YONGARY Monster From The Deep / Toei Company - 1967

It's Monday Halloween Countdown 2012 with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. Our feature is a redo from a few years back, it's about Yongary, a monster from the depths of the Earth. Earthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of a prehistoric gasoline-eating dinosaur that goes on a rampage through Seoul.

Eegah!! sent over a fun little soundclip, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button there next to the little green 'STOP' switch, NOW, Rufus The Gnat! Here's our rockin' audio offering for... YONGARY Monster From The Deep!

Here's little fart, Icho! He's hidden on the side of the road using an Itch-Ray on his newlywed pals, getting big laffs from the peanut gallery!

The couple, Ilo and Suna, have to stop their cool Corvair convertible on the side of the road to scratch, then later, they're still itching, this time for some action! Afterall, it is their honeymoon...

Ilo's an astronaut, ready to be shot into space in this nice looking plastic model.

C'mon guys!.. I'm upside down here for Pete's sake!.... C'MON!! You guys are jerks!

Suna gets to watch her husband's launch from the control room, then, her and the chief have a spot of tea to celebrate a successful launch. It's Korea, so, don't ask me!

Ilo does his thing, so, he turns the capsule around and heads on back...

But, back at the ranch, there are severe earthquakes taking place at the center of the country... What could be causing them, the ring of fire?!

BOO!!!.. Hell no, it's me, Yongary!!

Yongary's coming, let's head to the mountains! These people are too busy indulging to give a flip! The music in the soundclip is pretty damn cool for Korean, if it is!

Ilo and Icho encounter the giant beast as it wanders through the city, tearing it to pieces!

The big lug just does what monsters do!

Icho tweeks his ray beam dealie and focuses it on Yongary...

Then, you can hear in the soundclip where Yongary starts doing the Frug to a swinging surf tune! What will they think of next?

Love this shot as a round comes in and explodes just in front of big Y.

Dropping napalm, follow in order!.. Dump 'em all!

Tabonga's Halloween Countdown Contest 2012 No. 1 ~ Win a MONSTER SCULPTURE made by Tabonga!

Here's the question... 'Dropping napalm, follow in order!.. Dump 'em all!' is a quote by what famous actor dropping bombs in a classic fifties giant monster flick? Who is the actor? First comment with the correct answer wins!!

Here's the little guy you'll win, a Silver Screaming Skull, he's 3-1/4" tall...

***Our contest winner is Randall Landers!! Congrats, Randall!

Dude catches a Starfighter!!

In the end, they drop devilish chemicals from a helicopter and melt the poor thing!..

Tune in tomorrow for who knows what Eegah!! may have brewing in his cellar... Visit Tabonga's Monster Shop!

NUDE PER L'ASSASSINO - Berto Pisano (1975)

I've never been a big fan of slasher films, but I've learned to really like the Giallo genre over the years, because most of them have very cool music, well thought out and Edgar Wallace like twisted story lines, and top of the line cinematography, but the rest of them are just garbage as far as I'm concerned, and that's the category that tonight's feature falls into! Not trash mind you, but garbage! Most of the time I just give people credit for even making a movie, but not this time!

This ain't "The Girl From Ipanema" but just the same, all the guys go Aaahhh!

The guy with the camera and the world's ugliest swim suit is just like all the characters in this film, obnoxious and totally unlikable!

Bad portrayals of loathsome clowns doesn't endear the viewer at all! Maybe I'm being too hard on this film, if it was 3 minutes long, it might have been pretty good!

Peeping in on the perverts!! I'm guessing just about one third of this film is naked people! If you like seeing nude people getting killed, then this is the film for you, but make sure and get the kids a babysitter first!!

The music for "Nude Per L'assassino"  or as it was released in America, "Strip Nude For Your Killer" is pretty cool in a Miles Davis kind of way, and is definitely the highlight of the movie! Funny, the literal translation would be "Nude For The Murderess!" The music was written by Berto Pisano who also composed the music for movies with titles like "Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!," "They Were Called Three Musketeers But They Were Four," and "Exciting Love Girls!"

The best part of the movie is when these eight guys have a pissing contest in the park!

The ultimate party whiskey, J & B, must have been one of the major financial backers!!

Who cares? Get it over with!! There are over 1200 words in the English language that have 'ass' in them, but I think only the different variations of 'assassin' have 'ass' in them twice!

First thing most people do with they find out a rabid killer is on the loose is parade around in the altogether!

Lookin' for clues in all the wrong places! Nice inexpensive Halloween costume!!

If we find the person who owned this, we will find the killer! Yeah, buddy, it was freakin' Frosty The Snowman!

You're entitled to your own opinion, here's mine!! Just like this guy's feet, this movie stinks! Here's five other things that happened in 1975 that are far more interesting than this film! #01 - The United States Patent and Trademark Office is renamed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,  #02 - "Wheel of Fortune" premieres on NBC,  #03 - Mozambique gains independence from Portugal,  #04 - Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in "The Thrilla in Manilla," and  #05 - The heavy metal band "Iron Maiden" is formed by Steve Harris!

IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE / Universal International Pictures - 1953

It's Monster Redo Monday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. Time to update this title since we did it years ago, hit the refresh button, NOW! One thing about Universal Studios, they always took their horror and sci-fi very seriously, this was their first monster feature in the fifties with a huge budget of $800,000. The story's about an alien spaceship that makes an emergency landing in the Arizona desert, it crash lands near the home of writer and an amateur stargazer, John Putnam. John and his girlfriend witness the event, so, John decides to investigate...

Eegah!! sent over a great lil' soundclip for our enjoyment, sooooo, push the big red 'GO' button there by the neon ventilator, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula! Here's our monsterous audio offering for... IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE!

This is stargazer John Putnam and his girl Ellen Fields, a local schoolteacher, they watch as an alien craft zooms across the horizon and crashes into a nearby cavern. Richard (THE MAGNETIC MONSTER) Carlson plays John, Barbara (WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE) Rush plays Ellen. For me, Richard Carlson was the perfect fifties sci-fi guy!

The viewer gets a sneak peek of the inside of the spacecraft and then the unique Xenomorph creature, which was created by the awesome Milicent Patrick. Milicent also designed the monster mask in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, the Creature in CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and the Mutant for THIS ISLAND EARTH, move over Paul Blaisdell!

Sexy Milicent Patrick with some of her pals...

John finds the spaceship in the cavern just before a landslide covers it entirely. The locals have trouble believing that John actually saw a ship from another world.

Electricians Frank and George are the first ones to be taken over by the aliens.

Frank's wife and George's girlfriend notice big changes in their personalities!

Hey, my last post had a space cadet in it too! This lil' creep just scared the crap out of Ellen, believe it or not!

Ellen's body is taken over next... I dunno, I think she's a lot sexier as an alien, I dig those eyebrows the most!

She lures John into a mine entrance, then, turns on the charm!

Back at home, John notices that he's had an unearthly visitor, there's a snailish glitter-like substance on the floor, also, some of his clothes are missing!

When he goes back to the mine he's met by alien Ellen, who then tries to kill him with her deadly ray gun! Ironically, she dies during the encounter.

John meets his double, the leader of the mission, they just need a little more time to replinish the power to the ship's space drive...

The locals have come to blow the place up with dynamite. John convinces the aliens to release their captives, and, that would buy them the time they need to power up for the launch as a gesture of good faith.

We'll end with the wise words of John Putnam ~ They'll be back!..