RAUMPATOUILLE - DIE PHANTASTISCHEN ABENTEUER DES RAUMSCHIFFES ORION - Peter Thomas - "Planet Ausser Kurs" (1966)

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Tonight we set the controls on the time machine once again to 1966 Germany, and the second episode of the very clever and charming German "Space Patrol," - Raumpatrouille - Die Phantastischen Abenteuer Des Raumschiffes Orion!

Episode II was called "Planet Ausser Kurs," and if I can get my translation straight this time, it should be something like "Planet Off Course" or as a Google translate, "Planet Except Price!" I think we'll go with the first one!!

Regardless of country of origin, for 1966 TV, "Raumpatrouille" is, and was, a wonder to behold, and with a musical soundscape by the always amazing Peter Thomas, it rises to the level of almost perfect!

Now if I could just understand what the fuck they were saying, I'd say it was perfect! The copy I have is in German, and was donated to the cause by that fine gentleman out of Texas, Professor Grewbeard! Don't know exactly what The Prof is up to these days, but I'm sure it's something amazing!

You can't tell me that it doesn't look like this planet just sneezed!!! ACHOOOOO!!!!

Everything about "Raumpatrouille" is clean and precise high-tech space eye candy!

Yes, it's true, there will be nerds in the future! Lots of them!

Jesus, not only do I need to go back to German class, I need to take algebra over too! So what would you call a green brassiere? An Algae Bra?

Here's two 1960's classic German space chicks, in the top shot is Charlotte Kerr as General Lydia Van Dyke, and in the bottom foto is Eva Pflug as Tamara Jagellovsk!!

Dude gets burnt real bad, and the viewer is exposed to the very first use of a spray on healing band-aid!

Here's a nice shot of that Planet Except Price!

Whoa, big explosion! Wouldn't you have liked to see this shot in living colour?

When everything settles down, it's back to the home base, drinks, dancing and a whole lotta love! Baby, I ain't fooling!

SON OF FRANKENSTEIN / Universal Pictures - 1939

It's Monster Monday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. I have all the Universal Monster Legacy DVD collections, so, time to break 'em out. There is no way that I'm going to post those movies in any particular order, random is a key word around here! Our feature stars horror greats Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill, 'nuf said? We watched the Hell out of the Universal movies on local Friday night thriller TV shows in the mid to late fifties, what a time that was, wow! You never forget that music.

Eegah!! sent over a soundclip from this classic flick, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button there next to the old sulfur pit, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula! Here's our audio offering for... SON OF FRANKENSTEIN!

Baron Wolf von Frankenstein moves his family into his infamous father's old mansion with a lab out back. He's interested in his father's work and wishes to persue it. The two photos show the sheer complexity of the place and the feeling of dread that overshadows it.

In a great role Bela plays old twisted neck Igor, a survivor of the gallows. He pops in at the old dilapidated lab while the Baron's inspecting it, he pushes that stone off the ledge, nearly killing the Baron. Igor tells him it was an accident!!

Great shot of the old sulfur pit, wouldn't want to fall into that!

Igor shows the Baron where he has been hiding the monster in a underground chamber. There's some interesting graffiti on his dad's tomb, reminds me of the title sequence in HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER for some reason.

Some nice stills showing the monster being pulled up from below, then, getting a checkup using the Baron's modern medical equipment!

I saw THE WASP WOMAN at the theater in 1959, Michael Mark was absolutely perfect as the old bee.. err, old waspkeeper, Mr. Zinthrop. He also had a small part as a watchman in RETURN OF THE FLY the same year, another flick I saw when it came out!

The butler is brought in to help out. Love this still, it looks like Frankie blew a fuse!

This is a great part, when the monster confronts the Baron and then gets a good look at himself in the mirror!

Igor causes lots of trouble from a distance, he uses his horn to signal the monster to kill his enemies in town!!

The jig is up, the Baron discovers that the monster has kidnapped his son, and, the angry villagers are on their way!! Looks like Dr. Suess did the set and miniature designs!

DIE BANDE DES SCHRECKENS - Heinz Funk - "The Terrible People" (The Gang Of Terror) (1960)

Just got back from seeing Steely Dan in Vegas, what a great concert!! I highly recommend seeing them if they come to your area, you will not be disappointed, but now it's time for another edition of the Saturday night Edgar Wallace Special, this week featuring "Die Bande Des Schreckens!"

"Die Bande Des Schreckens" basically translates to "The Gang Of Terror!" How that ever got changed into "The Terrible People" is way beyond my comprehension! Terror = Terrible I guess! Somebody call the Marketing Department!

Otto Collin as Mr. Shelton is about to pay for his sins, but even as a dying man, he threatens the lives of all those who brought him down! One by one, they all must pay, and pay they will, dearly with their lives!

But first, it's Mr. Shelton's turn to face the the music, and that music was composed by Heinz Funk! Most of these German Edgar Wallace films had music by the great Peter Thomas, but Heinz Funk filled in on a couple of them quite nicely! Besides this film, Heinz wrote the score for "Dead Eyes Of London," and "The Green Archer!" Heinz Funk passed away in March of this year at the ripe age of 97!

Can it possibly be true? Does the claw still live?

The chief inspector in charge of putting all the pieces together is once again played by Dungeon Fave Joachim Fuchsberger! Normally I'm totally gone over anything that Joachim does, but in this movie, I'm not really fond of whoever they got to dub Joachim's voice into English, so it's kind of a deal breaker, but I got over it, and so will you!

Eddie Ardent is back on board for the comedy relief as Anthony Edwards, the photographer with the weak stomach!

Here's the revenge shopping list with the names of all those who are pegged for removal!

What a super bad ass clock!

Dungeon sweetheart Karin Dor is Nora Sanders! You have got to admit, she could be channeling a little bit of  Lucille Ball with this look and outfit! Karin is still working today, and is in a movie in production right now called "Triple WixXx!" 

Nora Sanders works for the extremely wealthy Mrs. Revelstoke as portrayed by Elisabeth Flickenschildt, who was also in a number of Edgar Wallace films like "The Inn On The River," "The Indian Scarf," and "Das Phantom Von Soho!"

Besides that very odd clock,  Mrs. Revelstoke's house is decorated with a fine assortment of weird masks and stuff!

Nora Sanders is a bit too trusting of some evil bastard who pretends to be a cop! Luckily Chief Inspector Young loves her as much as I do and will be there to rescue her in no time at all!

It appears that Mr. Shelton refuses to go away, dead or not!

This is one of the weirdest looking phones I have ever seen! I call it the low-profile cyclops, and I want one!!

When the address is 13, don't forget to knock three times and tell them Joe sent you, and if nobody answers the door, run like Hell!

In my humble opinion, nobody looks better tied up than Karin Dor!

I just couldn't leave out this portrait of Karin framed by the stairway bannister!!

Chief Inspector Young makes a daring rescue, and at one point it seems that indeed his goose is finally cooked this time, but yet another miracle of Edgar Wallace's writing allows him to escape certain doom and walk off into the sunset with the girl of my dreams! "The Terrible People" is available from Sinister Cinema directly or through Amazon! Once again all I can say is, what are you waiting for, the end of the world?