THE LOST CONTINENT - The Peddlers - "Sacrifice To Giant Jaw-Snapping Mollusks" (1968)

Happy All Freakin' Saints Friday!! Tonight we've got what I consider A special treat for this 2008 Countdown, a title used many times over the years, "The Lost Continent," this particular version coming from 1968! Director & Producer Michael Carreras rocks! Just check his credits!!

I wasn't really familiar with this film, and a couple of years back one late night I ran into a series of odd German lobby cards I'd never seen before on the Internet, and I, as the consummate film fan couldn't figure out where these particular monsters, balloons, and boobs originated from, but luckily, recently I found this strangely classic film on Netflix, and the rest is prehistoric history or hysteria as it were! English pop singer Dana Gillespie plays the part of Sarah!!!

So, this slimy cast of characters sets off to sea, kind of like in "Gilligan's Island" only for a slightly longer cruise, and each and every one has a background that wouldn't allow them to be on a normal ship!!

Eric Porter is "The Boss" or in nautical terms, "The Captain"!!!

I smell a mutiny on the way!!!

The phosphorous cargo seems to be a bit of a problem, since if it gets wet, it explodes!!! YOW!!!! Even The Captain had issues!!!

"Desolation Row!"

Freaky!!!!


And Freakier!!!!

"OUCH!!!!!"

And then after all that, you still have to deal with this pinhead jerk and his followers!!!

So, here we go people, me and Tabonga are old, and yet, sometimes we have never even heard of super amazing bands like the guys that did the soundtrack for this film, The Peddlers!!!!! The world is a mess, I know the names and music by heart of people like Debbie Gibson and The BeeGees, but I'd never heard of The Peddlers until I researched this film!! OWWWWWW!!!!!!!
The Peddlers were a three piece band so way far ahead of the pack, they sound much more like the 90's band Morphine, with the haunting vocals of the late Mark Sandman, than their contemporaries Emerson Lake and Palmer! The Peddlers are still so very cool to this day, and you should go out of your way to get anything by them that you can get your grimy little hands on!!

Here's like a studio version of this haunting ultra cool and smooth tune!!!!

In The Studio

NEUTRON vs THE DEATH ROBOTS / Estudios América, Mexico - 1962 / Music by Enrico C. Cabiati

Tonight Tabonga present one his favorite flick, NEUTRON vs THE DEATH ROBOTS! In Mexico say 'Los Autómatas de la Muerte.'

Worst title card ever!!.. Music man Cabiati know his stuff for sure, long resume start in 1939! He also work on SANTO flick!.. Now give big listen to excellent Theme & Extras! To Tabonga, sound kinda like FLASH GORDON theme from 1954 TV, have 'hero' feel to it.

So, on good side of track there smart Professor and crime fighter NEUTRON, The Atomic Superman! Great name!! But, Professor have bad news for him, he think bad-boy science dude Dr. Caronte still alive, not dead!!

Professor right, on wrong side of track Dr. Caronte live and well! Also have lil' buddy Nick for helping out evil plans, here he showing Nick all cool new junk he have! In middle pic robot man not form right, he turn into three rock!!..

Typical Mexican monstruo flick where music at night club play important role! Here Nora sing her song, she is famous star. For whole movie she have her three lover boys in audience who all in love with her and act like school boys! One is Neutron and you have to guess! In the meantime... Here's Nora!

Then, real fun start, Dr. Caronte send out Nick and robots to suck blood and steal. Last pic show Nick crawl under robot leg!! Thing like that why Tabonga love this flick!!

Back to club, guys getting all horny and Nora have to divert attention to unknown trio who play classic tune. The Unknown Trio and The 3 Musketeers!

Dr. Caronte big spoil sport and kidnap Nora with Neutron look-alike robot. Then, Neutron try to take neutron bomb with spikes he find to professor for disarming, but Dr. Caronte show up to get bomb back!

All hell break loose when Neutron turn around and smack Dr. Caronte with quick atomic move!! Then they fight and fight and fight and fight... Then they go on wild car chase back to Dr. Caronte lab and they fight there!! Finally Nick pull big lever and bring down house on doctor as Neutron barely escape. So, maybe Dr. Caronte not dead again!! ...Get it??

We end with classic sinister portrait of Nick!

GOO'NIGHT EVERBLOODY!!

KYOFU NO MIRA (恐怖のミイラ) - NOT "Yami Ii Hikaru Me" (Fear Of The Mummy) - (1958)

I got an email from Box.net today, Nov. 6, 2008, saying they had deleted the sound file included in this review for copyright protection infringement! For my money, this would have been the last film I would have thought anyone had a copyright on since information and copies of the film are like non-existent! So, whatever, I don't get it, and now neither do you!!! The link is now dead, sorry about that!
So, thanx to JohnF, I've corrected this title some eleven years later, and the correct title is Kyofu no Mira (恐怖のミイラ) not "Yami Ni Hikaru Me" or in English, "Fear Of The Mummy," or "Fear For The Mummy."
 This film is about as obscure of a movie as we've seen lately! You can't hardly find out anything about it, except that it was directed by the virtually unknown Masakura Tamura and starred Bob Strickland in his 7th and last film, and that it was really a series of TV episodes edited into a movie.

Chillin' before it's time to go to work, then the alarm goes off and the Mummy has to find a trench coat so that he can stroll on down to the local bar and get a drink!! Some days it just doesn't pay to get up!!

Tabonga found us a copy in a pawnshop somewhere in Yokkaichi and the quality was barely worth watching, but the inventive soundtrack of eerie Casio noodling combined with some meandering guitar licks that sound a lot like something from one of the German "Dr. Mabuse" films and composed by God only knows who, makes it more than worthwhile!!

So, you want weird? That's why we're here!! Let the count down continue!!!

SAMSON IN THE WAX MUSEUM / AIP TV - 1965 / Music by Raúl Lavista

Tonight Tabonga present some great sounds, Raúl Lavista is music director and he pretty good at that job!! Original 1963 Azteca Films flick from Mexico name - Santo en el Museo de Cera. Here's the Theme and More! K. Gordon make big mistake calling el Santo... 'Samson!'

Impressive is what Tabonga call this flick, maybe Santo best!! Excellent sets, props, characters, action... Dr. Karol showing off wax museum! Like doctor in DOCTOR OF DOOM, Dr. Karol one devious SOB!!

When go down stairs, that where monsters stay, all nice an' creepy there. Top pic show girl slip and almost fall off!.. Careful, gurlie!! Wax monster look good too!

Dr. Karol fool Professor Galván into have Santo help solve fake crimes made up by him. Keep him on wrong trail, good strategery!! Oh, and they can watch Santo wrassle on Professor Galván atomic TV!!

Okay, bottom line!.. DR. KAROL OUT OF FREAKING MIND!!

Santo have one match with dirty wrassler Benny Galan. Benny be so bad that Santo finally have enough and pummel his ass!

Things getting bad in Dr. Karol lab too! He getting ready to wax some gurlies for museum new exhibit!.. Lucky thing Santo show up just in nick of time to pummel more dude!

Santo finally kick 2 more henchman ass, but then Dr. Karol let real monster loose on Santo!!

Sorry to say, some monster not too bright!.. So, Santo dump hot wax on 4 Stooges!

Until next time!.. Goo'bye everbloody!!