Monday, October 5, 2009

WRESTLING WOMEN VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY / en español Las Luchadores Contra La Momia (1964). Music by Antonio Diaz Conte.

What??? Another farshtunken “VS” flick? Why am I always assigned the “VS” flicks? Must be cuz I’m the new guy on the slab. Not only do I get blamed for eating EEGAH’s and TABONGA’s leftovers outta the lunchroom icebox, but I hafta cover these “VS” clunkers too. I gotta an idea: how ‘bout ZILLAGORD VS EEGAH and TABONGA?? After watching this flick, I think I’ve gotta few new moves I can use on them dudes…. But I digress. And since I want my paycheck for the week and that half of a French Dip EEGAH put in the fridge this morning, I guess I’ll swallow my pride (and some roast beast) and resume my duties as Scoop Zilla, Cub Reviewer. Can somebody pass the Grey Poupon?

First off, lemme say that this flick is a bit of a schizophrenic affair: although this baby was made in Mexico and recorded in Spanish, it’s dubbed in some hilarious English and has two directors credited. Place the blame on Young America Productions. As far as I can tell, David Bowie had nothing to do with this laugh-riot, although it does answer the question posed in his song: “Ain’t there a woman I can sock on the jaw?” Yes, there is!

Actually, the music is by veteran composer Antonio Diaz Conte. Dude’s worked on muchas películas, including Panther Women, a buncha SANTO flicks, the awful (in the best sense) NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES, and DOCTOR OF DOOM, the prequel to our current flick. Conte did a nice creepy job, as did EEGAH of grabbing the atmospheric theme and adding a touch of the inane dialogue! My question: if you are gonna dub the movie, isn’t there a chance to actually write something decent? Oh, yeah, talent needs to be involved. ¡El diálogo ilógico esta aqui! OK, on wit’ da show…

Arm-bar!!

Fore-arm smash!

Dominance!

Submission!

Cheesecake and pointy bras!! Only thing missing is the raspberry jello and hot oil! Here’s star Lorena Velázquez as Loretta Venus, also know as Gloria Venus. Her pardner’s name is Golden Ruby (wha??). See, I told you, confusion abounds!

After the match, gurls get to wear these nifty capes! I know, kinda of a drag, s’posed to be fewer clothes in the locker room. Plus, the guy on the right named Dr. Sorba is blabbing about being in trouble. This dude is hilariously dubbed and desparate, he spouts every hysterical line but the immortal “I don’t know about you guys, but I’m getting out of here!” They saved that one for all the Godzilla flicks…

Peeper angry about the disappointing eyeful, so he offs the Doc with blowgun dart. And thereby hangs a tale….

Here, bad guy Black Dragon and his two sisters discuss their plot to steal the ancient Codex of the Aztecs. I didn’t know they had tampons back then! Hey, I was promised I wouldn’t hafta review period pieces.

Nothing suspicious here, dude with shades is just one cool gato! Clueless dude on the right is flick’s comic relief, Chucho Salinas. Relief is what you’ll need from this nudnik and his alleged “comedy” by the film’s end! Chucho gets great lines like, “It might be a limburger cheese they sent to poison us!” Oi, gevald!

Man, I love this “hidden” camera! How do they not see it? Maybe they’re too amused by the drawing of the drunken pig on the bottle next to it! Nice touch there…

This Black Dragon dude is like the MacGyver of Mexico, ‘ceptin’ that he’s Chinese. Or is it Japanese? I love these old flicks that aren’t all politically correct and simply refer to Asians as “Orientals.” Chinese, Japanese, look at these….

Back to the action! It’s the Judo Sisters against our heroines for possession of the Aztec Codex in what is billed as a “Sensational fight between members of the weaker sex!” Perhaps they should call it “The Eight Fists of Aunt Flo!” El todo barrio is abuzz!

Women wrestling! It pleasures me!

Back-breaker!

Our gurls triumph! They win the Codex AND the Golden Applicator!

Wasn’t there something in the title about a mummy? Oh yeah! FINALLY, our intrepid band of rugged women wrasslers and puny, unfunny men are off to the sarcophagus of the Aztecs!

They awaken the mummy. When the crypt begins to open, there’s some noise, and the women say, “Maybe it was the wind.” First time EVER in movie history that this line is not uttered by a man tryin’ to get into gurl’s pants! Goshers, these women are TUFF!

Why have you disturbed my eternal slumber? And where’s my huevos rancheros? Mummy asks this with a voice that sounds like a vomiting dog! Guess that’s what a long rest’ll do to yer voice.

Mummy scares off the whole lot by acting like Bono… Not before our friends steal valuable necklace from the dude.

This is one cool Mummy, he can turn into a rubber bat! Sorry, dear readers, but all EEGAH! gives me to work with is this paskidnye shot of this clock/ship. Man, being Scoop Zilla is rough!

Mummy comes for his goods, picks up a chick in the process. ¡Rico Suave!

With the Sleep Number Sacrificial Altar ©, the good-looking blonde can set her side for cozy comfort, while the skeleton can opt for firmer lumbar support….

It all starts crumbling down in the Aztec pyramid, kinda like the end of that TWO-HEADED TRANPLANT flick I covered awhile back. Here, gurls look to snag decorative tribal statues on the cheap-- who needs Pottery Barn??

Adios! Or should I say, Hasta Luego! Our grapplin’ gal-pals return in 1969 with WRESTLING WOMEN VS. THE MURDEROUS ROBOT. There’s that pesky “VS” again: flick suspiciously sounds like another job for Scoop Zilla, Cub Reviewer. Until that dreaded day, faithful readers, vaya con dios. And thanks for the mustard.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

MY FAVORITE HALLOWEEN COSTUME EVER!!!

We were invited to a Halloween party a few years back by a dearly departed friend, and we put this costume together in about 3 minutes, the pricetag left on the one mask was an extra special touch of authenticity! Tabonga provided the scary Scooby-Dooish background!!

Saturday, October 3, 2009

THE WITCHES MOUNTAIN / Azor Films, Spain - 1972

Whoa!.. Today we gots one extreme wild an' wooly soundclip from 1972 Spanish flick starring Patty Shepard, her career was nothing but Euro flick from 1966-88, big total of 47! Some movie she star in are ASSIGNMENT TERROR, THE WEREWOLF vs THE VAMPIRE WOMAN, CRYPT OF THE LIVING DEAD and SLUGS (US titles)!!

Everything start when mom come home and crazy thing happening like weird writing on mirror and little daughter kill the cat!! Oh, by the by, all this have absolutely nothing to do with the flick, lady just having bad day!!.. WTF!!!

No wonder story not make a lot of sense, screenplay by FOUR dude! But, music is great and really out there for 1972 Spain, at least Tabonga think so! Dude responsible is Mr. Fernando García Morcillo, he end up with 64 composing credit from 1951-97! More titles he compose for: THE SECRET OF DR. ORLOFF, FANTASIA 3, A WITCH WITHOUT A BROOM, THE CANNIBAL MAN, VOODOO BLACK EXORCIST, NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS and HOWL OF THE DEVIL!

So, Ralphie the Tarantula tell Tabonga his clock say it time to press giant big red 'GO' button once again here at old Dungeon. Oh, an' he say this dedicated to 'Monte.' Don't ask Tabonga, you figure out how tarantula' brain work! El Monte de las Brujas! Better batten down you hatches for this one!!

Perv hero pro photographer Mario (John Gaffari) taking topless pics of Patty as she sunbathe in the Pyrenees. Then, he ask her if she want to explore area with him since he on photo assignment.

What else, she say okay! Producer remind her that if she refuse... No flick! Anyway, they head out for adventure.

They stop for night at old castle. Kinda weird inn keeper and place, but, hey, can have fun anyway, so, a wash! Okay, we take the room!!

Tabonga spend extra time to get this 'perfect' still, so, everbloody better appreciate it!

But, fun get all wrecked because of perv inn keeper!

Next day they go on merry way and Mario waste lots of time an' film because he forget to take off lens cap!

They wander all over countryside and eventually stumble upon old witch place.

Old bat seem kinda okay but then she like to put long pin in doll head for some reason... Hmmm! Wacky!

Mario snoop around and find large quanity of pogey bait, and so he dispose of it best way possible!

Time to get hell out of another place! But, where in hell we going?

That night Mario and Patty get trapped and coven of witch come an' have big ceremony on mountain top!

They come for Patty!! "Patty, Patty, fo fatty!"

Okay, to make crazy mix-up story short... Patty turn into witch, Mario get ass kick good by gurlz!! Perfekt ind!

Friday, October 2, 2009

LES YEUX SANS VISAGE (Eyes Without A Face) - Maurice Jarre - "Christiane" (1960)

Prefect for all howls night and arguably one of the creepier movies ever made about a character in a mask, including all the versions of "Phantom Of The Opera" and "The Mask" itself, is "Eyes Without A Face!" No, we're not talking anything even closely associated to "Rebel Yell" here, but what we are talking about is a film you should see, and see before the final millennium, if you get the chance.

The cockamamie, trifling, cloying and annoying theme music composed by Maurice Jarre, the father of 'Oxygene Man' Jean-Michel Jarre, gives the listener no clue to the horror lying within!!

For what we have here is Alida Valli, as Louise disposing of a body! It's hard to tell in this film, but Alida was quite stunning when she let her hair down!

It's another interpretation of the age old fairy tale about the good Docteur Génessier, portrayed by Pierre Brasseur, gone bad because he caused his own daughter's horrible disfigurement in an automobile accident!

The demure Edith Scob as Christiane Génessier is forced to wear this mask while the bugs are worked out of the plan being used to find her a new face, I.E. killing young women and peeling off their faces and grafting them onto what's left of hers, and then disposing of the useless bodies!!

Once in a while you just have to peek, too bad this gal worke up too early!! Most of them never knew what happened, and never had to see the hidden horror known as Christiane!!

Time to go to work! Docteur Génessier is such a two-faced bastard, why didn't he just give Christiane one of his!!

Sacrebleu!! Another failure, and another body hits the mausoleum floor!!

Christiane breaks down at the dinner table, the graft is not taking!!

Sure Doc!! You can count on that!

I wasn't really looking for a wave this permanent!! I think I'll just leave my eyes open if that's okay with you!!

Christiane finally has enough, and just can't take it no more!!

Time to go trick or treating!!

Sorry if you don't speak French of don't like reading sub-titles, cut loose, go crazy and take a chance, you just might find out that it will be worth your time, and trust me, all those sound effects will make sense to you after you've watched the film!

Monster Music

Monster Music
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