THE FLY / 20th Century Fox - 1958 / Music by Paul Sawtell

Rodan here... Tonight's classic feature is none other than... THE FLY!! You know, the much better 1958 original version, not the 1986 remake! For me, this is one of three sci-fi movies from the '50s that is close to flawless! My other picks are FORBIDDEN PLANET and THE THING. Composer Paul Sawtell has an awesome resume of work that starts in the '30s! And, now!.. "The Fly!" 

 

This film is brutal!.. And, devistating!!.. It is hard to imagine anything more horrifying than this story by George Langelaan and James Clavell. A brilliant man and his beautiful wife, truly in love, they have it all!! And, he's on the brink of creating a gift of the gods! A giant technological leap ahead for man!.. (Like the Krell!!) 

 

I have always loved neon... This would make a great art installation! 

 

Everything seems to be operating exactly as designed! A true spectacle of genius!!

 But, wait, something has gone wrong! Now, try not to panic!.. 

 

David's fly hand will not stay under his lab coat!.. It has a mind of it's own!!

 Patricia Owens captures the horror of the gut wrenching situation with perfection!! And, let's give some credit to director, Kurt Neumann! 

 

Then... The veil comes off!!

 A horror beyond imagination! NOW, WHAT?!

 After a futile search for the fly with 'a white head,' dementia sets in and David starts destroying the lab! 

 

He, then, destroys himself via a giant metal press... 

 

At the end, Vinnie and the inspector both witness the gruesome fate of the fly with David's head!! 

 

The message of this movie is simple... Don't go places God forbids!!

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD - Scott Vladimir Licina - "Zombies" (1968)

For some obscure reason, "Night Of The Living Dead" doesn't really seem like a 60's movie to me, I guess that just shows how far old lonesome George was ahead of his time. 

 The original music score is attributed to Scott Vladimir Licina, but Ib Glindemann, Philip Green, Geordie Hormel, William Loose, Jack Meakin, and Spencer Moore all had their stock music used in this movie, so who knows who is really responsible for what. Just say George Romero did it all and be done with it! 

 

Naked zombies make sense if you think about it, or try and picture a zombie tieing his shoes, and why would a zombie even bother putting shoes on or getting dressed anyway? They got nobody to impress!! 

 The music doesn't rock or swing but it sure is eerie! George opened up the portals of Hades, and out sprang a whole generation of DIY film makers, so yeah, you can basically say that the whole industry went to hell at this point in time, leastwise that would be our humble opinion anyway!! 

 

Uh, oh, unlike certain varieties of vampires, werewolves and mummies, these zombies die if they get shot. Screw the doves and deer, new style hunting season just opened!!

PSYCHO A GO-GO - Tacey Robbins - Jimmie Roosa "Who Needs You Ordinary Boy" (1965)

Hey, it's Friday night, so let's rock, and get ready to rumble, because this is the final installment we have for you from the loco extra-weird Al Adamson production known as "Psycho A Go-Go." So, to kick it off....."Now for her final show, the very lovely Linda Clark!" Here's Tacey Robbins as Linda doing "Ordinary Boy" which was the flipside of her 45 release "My L.A." 

 

This film was sliced and diced and pieced back together with added bad footage and re-released in 1972 as "Blood Of Ghastly Horror." 

 

Go-Go Girls go go go!!! So, is this a great movie or what? 

 

Lyle Felice as the Boss named Vito is quite despicable in this role, and yet he has lots of time to keep himself well groomed! You can just tell that he's already got lots of bad stuff planned!! You might remember Lyle from his only other Hollywood role as the Deputy in "Cape Canaveral Monsters!" 

 

Here Tacey belts out this slow yawner of a torch lounge song, called "Who Needs You" written by Jimmie Roosa! 

 

This is the point where it really starts getting weird. They introduce the Christy Minstrel doll that sings "Swanee River"in this gawdawful freaky little voice, and later, they start playing reprises that will worm under your skin even more! Just whatever you do, never listen to it more than one time in a row or you will go stark raving bonkers, guaranteed! 

 

So right about here it's time to introduce Roy Morton as bonafide psycho Joe Corey!! Seems like Roy only ever had one more role, and that was in a 1972 film called "Fuzz" where he played a rapist!! Wow, imagine that! 

 

So they're all going to go for a nice little ride, and did I forget to tell you that the little girl is even more irritating than the doll!! Joe hasn't quite totally lost his cool yet!! 

 

Really classy pad they're taking them to!! Al sez spare no expense!! 

 

Anyway, Roy is wound up pretty tight, and he was either a great actor or a real psycho! 

 

The final chase scenes were shot at Mammoth Lakes, Calif.(Mommoth in the credits) and the beautiful landscape was used to ultimate advantage once again by future Oscar winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond AKA William Zsigmond. This film looks awesome for the money they used to make it!! 

 

Oh, yeah, did I forget to mention the Go-Go Girls?

Aventura al Centro de la Tierra (Adventure at the Center of the Earth) 1965 / music by Raul Lavista

Whoa! Already Tabonga Thursday!! So, tonight we go south of border and this time have Tabonga's very fave Mex Gurl, Kitty de Hoyos!!!!! Arriba!!.. Movie begin with 5 minute narration as words roll. Yawn!.. Probably okay if you speak Mex, or... Well, anyway, here's sounds from... CENTER OF EARTH! by great composer Raul Lavista!

 Surreal Bat Attack!!.. Look like Frazetta! 

 

Man, bats real mad at acrobat guy!! 

 

Pretty good monstruo with nice sharp claw! We call him... Bat Dude!

 Oh, this what happen if smoke in bat dude cavern!! You get claw in neck!! 

 

Tabonga and Bat Dude love Kitty! 

 

Here, Bat Dude tear ugly snake-eel in half and offer to Kitty, but, Kitty not hungry!! 

 

Okay, cut to chase, then! Bat Dude want hot monkey love!!

 Not really need caption here! 

 

Boy, you know, Kitty look terrific from behind too!!! 

 

Okay, just when things get interesting, Army guys show up with machine gun and start blasting?!!.. What gives?! 

 

So, of course, they shoot poor horny Bat Dude in Bobo!.. COLD!!!

ISLAND OF TERROR - Malcolm Lockyer - "Isotopes" (1966)

Unless you really start thinking about it, you just don't really realize how many 'Island Monster/Voodoo/Jungle Out Of Control' movies were really made back in the good old days!! We still haven't counted them all either, but for now, here's one more!! This time it's a UK Planet Productions film from 1966 called "Island Of Terror" and it's a fun, but silly little romp! 

 

The love affair between Edward Judd and Carole Gray was just heating up, but as luck would have it, it would have to be postponed, or we got a completely different story!! The Doc does have a cool bachelor pad though!! Composer Malcolm Lockyer is the gentleman responsible for the music, having also composed the music for "Dr. Who and the Daleks" and many other non-horror films. To show you his ability to swing, he also conducted The Million Airs Orchestra in 26 Glenn Miller tribute concerts before his death in 1976. A very talented man without a doubt! 

 

I never get this part, the door says "Keep Out Radiation Danger" and they act like it says "Welcome!! Please come in! 

 

It's not like they didn't really a have a warning!! 

 

Then the really stupid looking killer mutant cancer cell disgustingly splits open and spills out it's chicken noodle soup guts to the world! 

 

He's killed a number a of vampires in his career, but it looks like Peter Cushing has finally met his match!! Screams for Kreng in the background! 

 

"Thunderbirds" composer Barry Gray is credited for any electronic sound effects you might hear in this man with no bones or any number of the other scary scenes! 

 

What is it anyhow, are people just inherently stupid? I distinctly heard the man say, "Stay Away From The Windows!!" See where not listening gets you, kids??