I VAMPIRI - Mario Bava - aka "The Vampires" - "Lust Of The Vampire" - "The Devil's Commandment" (1956)

If you haven't seen "I Vampiri" or it's English incarnation "Lust Of The Vampire" lately, well, what are you waiting for? It's a prefect film for the season!

Created in 1956, "I Vampiri" stakes claim to being the first Italian horror film of the sound era!

"I Vampiri" is not your tradtional Dracula type vampire movie, but instead is a film about bad science sucking the life out of helpless and hapless victims in order to keep one rich individual alive and beautiful! That's right, it's kind of like politics! As you can plainly see, there's a reflection that no unwitting person would want to see in the mirror of their dressing room. At least she had one last positive thought, he wasn't a vampire!

 Paul Konrad Muller is just a pawn in this nasty game of blood taking and giving!  Just the kind of person you want working for you! He'll do anything, as long as he gets his fix! As he is also sometimes known, Paul Müller has some 242 titles to his credit, and there's a wanted poster hanging on a wall in The Dungeon with his picture on it!

Here's your fix, sucker! We don't need you any more!!

The authorities are starting to get suspicious, so the only way they can get out of this one is to fake the professor's death, so he can continue his work unimpeded!!

The family motto is, "I shall conquer Hell!" Petty lofty ambition, and an ultracreepy mausoleum to go along with the attitude!!

On the left is Renato Tontini as Rinaldo, the professor's assistant, and on the right is Antoine (Fantomas Against Fantomas) Balpêtré is Dr. Julien du Grand! Renato was the kind of guy you'd want if there was trouble, and it wasn't difficult for him to act like a tough guy, because he was actually a professional light heavyweight boxer with a record of 26 wins, 14 losses and 4 draws!

The very atmospheric cinematography was done by none other than Mario Bava, who also ended up finishing the film as the director after the first director Riccardo Freda got into an argument with the producers! Almost the same exact thing happened when the two worked together a few years later on "Caltiki The Undying Monster!"

The dynamic music used in "I Vampiri" was composed by Franco (Hercules, Prisoner Of Evil) Mannino and Roman (Caltiki The Undying Monster) Vlad!

The next innocent prey is told by a man on the street to go to this apartment for a very special unexplained reason, and the results turn out to be another unexpected meeting with a hand full of chlorophyll!

They need to drain her blood to keep the madam young and viral!!

When the cops finally show up, all they find is an empty apartment!

This is one of the very first high-tech laser disc players!

Sword and Sandal Goddess Gianna Maria Canale is Mistress Giselle du Grand, a woman with more than just a few problems! Gianna was also the wife of the director of "I Vampiri," sculptor and art critic Riccardo Freda!

The blood of the last girl is having a very strange effect on Giselle in an actual physical and
mental way!

Straight out of the du Grand crypt, here's some '13' wallpaper for you!

Without a doubt, this is one of the creepiest excuses for a guard railing I've ever seen!

Giselle finally picks the worst possible time to change back to her true self, right in the middle of a police interrogation! It's going to be downright impossible to try and smart talk her way out of it this time!! "I Vampiri" is a well made movie available on Netflix that any lover of the genre is bound to like!

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!