4D MAN - Ralph Carmichael - "4D Man Jam" (1959)

So, is everybody having a good time?? It's kinda hard to tell sometimes & it gets a little weird around here, if you can imagine that! Like now, I'm seeing skeleton hands on the keyboard & thinking about "4-D Man" & the brilliant soundtrack you're about to listen to. Here you go, kids, you ordered a cheeseburger and fries & you get 7 minutes & 4 seconds of one of the greatest soundtracks ever created, and it is going to knock those livin' argyles offa yer feet, guaranteed!! Dig in! 4D Man!!!!

4D Man Jam

ZONTAR THE THING FROM VENUS - Ron Stein - "Please Come Back To Me" (1966)

"No one understands it, but it's the scientific achievement of the century!" No one, that is, except the one man band, Larry Buchanan, and I'm sorry, but Larry's not around anymore. Just like Jerry Warren, Larry wrote, directed & produced all his own films, and if Jerry & Larry had ever combined forces, they would have been THE guaranteed winners of the best worst films ever. Hands down, no doubt, It would be a lock!! And we would have loved it! But alas, that's just a dream, & the reality is "Zontar." Not a whole lot going on here, just a little domestic dispute, but what a cool pad!! The music is supposedly by an uncredited Ron Stein. Zontar

 

THE GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI - Nancy Sinatra - "Geronimo" (1966)

1966! What a year!! Right about here is where the genres start splitting off like some viral micro-organisms observed under a microscope. "Village Of The Giants" probably started it in 1965, "The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini," in 1966 & "Hillbillys In A Haunted House" in 1967 all basically used a bastardization of the monster movie concept to their advantage to hype the new teen or country musical acts they were trying to promote. Generally it makes for a fun watch, you didn't have to think real hard & the colors were bright! Throw in Basil Rathbone & Boris Karloff, and play a lot of music, try for some cheap laughs & don't worry about much else. Fluff is a good reference point, but, really good fluff. Down here we love these flicks, you can even fall asleep watching them, wake up later & you still know exactly what's going on. That's How Great these kind of films are!! Try THAT with "Citizen Kane" or "Larry Of Arabia," why don't you? Nancy Sinatra was always Hot, & her appearance here is no exception, even if the song ain't that great. Bobby Fuller's in there too, but that's another story, this one's about Nancy!

 

Nancy

HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM - Gerard Schurmann - "Jukebox Scene" (1959)

June Cunningham as Joan Berkley in "Horrors Of The Black Museum" is a Very striking gal, and she's had some great parts in the movies over the years, besides Joan(who actually had a last name) she portrayed Rita, Joy, Alice, Rosie, Evie & Jean, and let's not forget Marlene & Annette, & I'm sure she was grand in each and every role. The basic Hollywood 3-B rule from 1959 was this, Buxom, Beautiful or Blonde, and if you could do 2 out of 3, you were in. June succeeded immensely! Here's a snappy little tune by Gerard Schurmann, who, also composed the music for "Konga" & "The Headless Ghost." This very cool tune is most likely a cha-cha or mambo, a random song off the jukebox. A large bonus of some jukebox scenes in the movies, is women dancing, and June/Joan is really showing off in this scene for the guys in the bar! 1959, Blonde, Red Dress, Yeah! This is another classic film well worth renting for that upcoming Halloween party, but watch out for those ice tongs! Ouch!!! Not to forget, kudos to Michael Gough, one of the evilest nice guys to ever grace the planet! Cheers Michael and June!
Joan/June Jukebox

DIE NACKTE UND DER SATAN (The Head) - Jacques Lasry/Willy Mattes - "Opening Credits" (1959)

The music from the opening credits of this 1959 German film is some very odd distorted organ & percussion. It gets jazzier as the film progresses, but this piece stands alone as just weird. Composer Willy Mattes also did the music for "The Horrors Of Spider Island" & a hoard of other films. Jacques Lasry only worked on a couple of other movies for some reason. This movie always gave me the creeps, I think it was something about machine manipulated disembodied fatheads that was a bit disturbing, & this music sure didn't give much comfort! 

 Freak Out in the darkness, it's the night of the devil!! The Head

KYUKETSUKI GOKEMIDORO (Body Snatcher From Hell) - Shunsuke Kikuchi - "Goke" (1968)

Shunsuke Kikuchi, the composer of the music for "Goke" went on from 1968 to compose music for Kamen Riders, Ultra-Man, and a whole slew of Dragon Ball Z flicks, and that's only a fraction of his output! Check him out on IMDB.com to see the man's amazing accomplishments. In the meantime, who know's what's happening with "Goke"? This cat gets all mind-fried, and really, it's pretty dang weird, and after all, it is THE "Body Snatcher From Hell" & it don't get much more ominous than that, now, does it? Here's two versions of the music from the old forehead slicing scene. One version is the original, one has all the irritating screechbeeps taken out! It's all very peculiar either way! Be careful! GokeDiet Goke

 

ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN - Ron Stein - "Jukebox Jive" (1958)

Here's a great little cafe/bar/club whatever you want to call it scene where Honey is dancing with the doofus deputy and Harry arrives & kills the mood. The best part is this, these people only live 40 miles from Baker, Calif. in the middle of the stinking desert where "The World's Tallest Thermometer" is their only claim to fame & yet they own the "Star Of India, the most famous diamond in the world". Being over the top rich wasn't that special in 1958 I guess. The music on the jukebox by Ronald Stein is awe-inspiring, the dialogue is way beyond priceless. Frank Chase, as Deputy Charlie, did a lot of westerns on TV & in the movies and here gives a dancing performance beyond compare! Like the music? I'm sure you can find a Ron Stein CD somewhere, & this movie is available all over the place, & you need it!
Jukebox Jive
Jukebox Jive with dialogue