PHARAOH'S CURSE - Les Baxter - "The Curse" (1957)

Well, "The Curse" seems to be working pretty dang good around these parts, right about now.

Just in case there is the slightest possibility you didn't notice, this is a "Bel-Air" production!!!!

The DVD of "Pharaoh's Curse" that Tabonga scored from a street vendor in Cairo, wouldn't play much past the five minute mark, so we can't give you all the musical thrills and pictures you and this picture deserve!

No thanx to modern technology, the Internet connection in my cave is intermittent at best until I can get some help out here, so what that all adds up to, is this quick post of the theme from the classic 1957 film, "Pharaoh's Curse!" It stands alone with an excellent soundtrack by the almighty Les Baxter! I can't imagine, what would these movies have done without him??

The real wild west, except for the fact that it's in the east, where still to this day, in certain areas, you shoot first and ask questions later!

AAAAAAAaaaaaahhhhhh!!!! Saw this for the first time in "Famous Monsters Of Filmland" magazine!!!!

What's sad is, if you search for "Pharaoh's Curse" today on the mighty Internet that can provide essential details to each and every subject available, you get this!!! Now that, my friends, is SCARY!!!

THE HYPNOTIC EYE / Allied Artists 1960 / Music by Marlin Skiles

~ TABONGA TUESDAY ~

Marlin Skiles on our previous post THE BOWERY BOYS MEET THE MONSTERS. Here more flicks and serials he work on... BATMAN AND ROBIN '49, KING OF THE ROCKET MEN '49, ATOM MAN vs SUPERMAN '50, LOST PLANET AIRMEN '51, JALOPY '53, SPOOK CHASERS, THE GIANT CLAW, 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH!.. DANG!! Hypno-Babes & Beatniks!

So, this how flick start, pretty gurl put something in hair and go over to stove and turn burner on high. Then she put face close and catch her hair on fire! Gurl freakin' crazy!!

Or, maybe she... Hypnotized!!

Weirdo newspaper dude throw darts to pick stories from wall of possibilities!

AYE!!!!

Okay, now you have to take a crap! A big one!!! (So sorry everbloody, Tabonga have twisted funnybone!)

Sometime Desmond make audience act like Curly, and they cannot stop til he say so... STUPID!!

Detective Steve agree with Tabonga... STUPID!!

Oh, so here is irrestible 'Hypnotic Eye' that make gurlz act so damn crazy?!.. Give Tabonga a break!!

OOPS!..

Tabonga never pass up chance to show nice '59 Ford!

This dude name is Lawrence Lipton, "King of the Beatniks." Tabonga pretty sure he just make that up (he have only one acing job, this one!). Two guy that totally blow Larry out of water are Julian Burton from Dungeon favorite BUCKET OF BLOOD, which we already post, and Go Man Van Gogh from Bob Clampett's BEANY & CECIL!!!

Allison mean bitch here! She getting water super hot so detective gurlfriend can take shower in it!!

Okay, here why Allison so mean and make Desmond make pretty gurl ugly! She all messed up TOO!! So, she get revenge on unsuspecting victim!! At end, Allison fall off scaffold and land on Desmond!! Oh, flick banned in Finland!

DR. SATAN Y LA MAGIA NEGRA - Luis Hernández Bretón - "Dr Satan Vs Black Magic" (1968)

Dr. Satan confuses me a bit! He is obviously eviler than Hell incarnate, and he's not even The Boss, but he's also the good guy because he's fighting some one eviler than himself, and this outing, it's Black Magic, but Black Magic isn't black, he's Asian, and not a magician, but a vampire! You see what I'm saying? Anyway, it's quite a struggle, and the music follows along somehow because the very experienced composer, Luis Hernández Bretón knew what he was doing, along with the help of Sound Man José Li-ho!!

The coolest laboratory doors ever!! The electronic squiggles you'll hear are the sound of the doors opening & closing!!

I wish I had a cool lab like this!!

I don't even understand why Dr. Satan needs such a cool lab, he could do these kind of stuffs in the dungeon or even in the bed room!

Now he's got the Zombie Girls under his power, so he's almost unstoppable! This is a great shot, by the way!!

I don't know, my Spanish isn't perfect, but this Dr. Satan deal doesn't look like such a bad gig to me! Good night girls!!

One dark night Dr. Satan pays Mr. Black Magic a visit, and shoots a little harpoon thing into his jugular vein, only too find out he's a vampire. Unfazed, Black Magic turns into a bat and has to be pulled off of Dr. Satan by the Zombie Twins!

So, without further adieu, Presenting tonight's extra special feature, in super dynamic living colour, Ladies and Gentlemen, Our Buddy Dr. Satan in: "Dr. Satán Y La Magia Negra"!!!!!!

As bad as he'd like to put on, Black Magic's not really that bad of a cat. Here, he cuts up with his girlfriend and his best friend!!!

Uh, Oh! It's the Boss!!!! You guys better get off the internet!!!

It's just like wrasslin', obviously Black Magic doesn't have the huevos to stand up to Dr. Satan and the Girls, it's a set up, send in the next chump!!! Black Magic is going down!!

BLACK SUNDAY aka THE MASK OF SATAN / Alta Vista Productions (Italy) 1960 / Music by Roberto Nicolosi

Tonight we have the elegant ultra classic Italian film, BLACK SUNDAY, with our favorite girl, Barbara Steele! She is so hot!

But, she's been a bad girl, and, that ain't good!

The music here by Mr. Nicolosi gives a glimpse of the atmosphere he creates. It looks like he was a classic Italian drama composer mostly. Les Baxter did the music for the American version!! So, here's the theme, a piece at the Pub or Inn or wherever, and, then... HORROR! The Black Mask Of Satan On Sunday!

Did you know that the guy with the over-sized mallet is going to pound that mask onto the face of the bound and helpless, Babs?! And, were you aware of the fact that the inside of the mask is lined with spikes?!!

Although we are posting this one as BLACK SUNDAY, our print is THE MASK OF SATAN (which is a much better title). That's why we know Les Baxter doesn't do the music!

Scorpions come out of her eye sockets!!

The most beautiful witch in the world!..

Is that John Entwistle?!... Oh, well, who cares when you have a bar-maid like that?!

I'm so glad I missed this one when it came out! This part is damn creepy!!

Babs' evil helper has just uprooted his grave marker from below and is headed towards some mayhem!

Sensing danger!..

Barbara commands her servant to do her bidding!

"I'LL BE BACK!"

This movie was directed by the great Mario Bava, who also directed the Dungeon favorite CALTIKI, THE IMMORTAL MONSTER a year earlier!