SANTO CONTRA LA MAFIA DEL VICIO / Cinematográfica Flama - 1971

It's Mexican Mafia Monday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. This time, our hero Santo goes to Acapulco to relax but ends up battling a dangerous mob that has targeted Mexican chemical plants for sabotage.

This flick features lots of great music, showcasing the talents of singer Jimmy Santy, it even starts with a lengthy musical number! Oh yeah, there's plenty of buxom ladies running around in bikinis, too. Hey, it's Acapulco in the good old summertime!!

Eegah!! sent over a groovy little instrumental soundclip with a sax from this flick, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button there next to the exploding chemicals, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula! Here's our audio offering for... SANTO CONTRA LA MAFIA DEL VICIO!

It's all sun, fun and chicas for Santo at the beginning, he's definitely earned this vacation.

And, don't forget about the night life in Acapulco, those neon lights are pretty cool. One of my first memories as a child was looking at neon lights as we drove around at night, I also loved cobalt blue glass, I used to imagine a house made out of glass and neon.

There's lots of dance numbers with beautiful ladies in their scanty costumes!

As a bonus, we also get to spend time in the girls' bedroom while they get ready for bed, a favorite pastime of mine.

Actually, Santo's never on vacation, wherever he goes there are always brutal matches he's scheduled to wrestle in!

This is a very tense part, the mafia has sent in a Santo duplicate to kill him. Before the other mafia goons reach the place, Santo has knocked the dude out and changed clothes with him. When the goons come in, they fill their own guy full of lead, then, throw him in the incinerator!! Phew, that was a close one!

Another Mexican hero of mine is this versatile tough guy, Fernando Osés. He played the guy with the spider arm in HELLISH SPIDERS and wrote 30 scripts, mostly classic movies featuring Santo!

Santo has plenty of tricks, when he's told to take off his mask, a small exploding pellet fires, distracting the gunman who then runs away!

It's curtains for the bad guys as Santo has outdone the creeps once again... Viva el Santo!!!

5 BAMBOLE PER LA LUNA D'AGOSTO - Il Balletto di Bronzo - "5 Dolls For An August Moon" (1970)

When I saved the short sound file for "5 Dolls For An August Moon," I named it "Crazy Ass Mario Bava Movie," and now as I'm writing this, I haven't changed my mind one bit!

It's Mario ("Black Sunday," "Hercules In The Haunted World," "Blood And Black Lace," "Planet Of The Vampires") Bava! Basically, the man can do no wrong, and when he does, it's still 7 times better than anything else you're likely to see!

Just got a new stylus for my turntable! I thought it was going to be impossible to find, but actually it was cheap and easy, so let's put it in the groove for the 60's Italian prog band Il Balletto di Bronzo and their contribution to some of the score for this movie!

Sometimes when the going gets rough, you just feel like a Mai-Tai!

Guess what Brainiac, it's a knife!

There's an island and the people who were invited there for the weekend are getting killed off, one by one!!

And you don't know who it was!! It's a question and a statement!

Nice place to die!! - Where?

Pushin' Th' Little White Daisies Up!!

Oh, My! He's been stabbed! What shall we do??

This movie is basically another takeoff on Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians!" Keyword: Hairy Chest!

Not knowing what else to do, they stash the bodies in a large walk-in meat refridgemirator!

Mario Bava has a great eye for cinematography, in fact, he has two great eyes, and this shot is a testament to both of them!

No, kids! Smoking still isn't cool, even if you go the extra suave route, and use your dirty feet! How about a pack of Toe-Jam Menthol Lights for your pleasure?

One by one, the bodies keep piling up or hanging around, as it were!!

In the not so distant past, this reel to reel tape recorder was state of the art super high tech stuff!

It's almost New Year's Eve, What the Hell!?     CHEERS!!!

......and that is exactly the same way I saw it too! Most of the time it doesn't really pay to be mean, so as The Youngblood's said, "C'mon people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together, try and love one another right now!" RIGHT! ...."this court finds you responsible!"

THE GOLDEN ARROW / Titanus - 1962

It's Magic Carpet Friday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. Here's a feature from Italy starring Tab Hunter and filmed at many actual ancient ruins and locations. At the time, this is not a movie Eegah!! and I would go to see, you know, like... Where's the freakin' rubber monster?! Love the name of the production company, Titanus!

Eegah!! sent over a musical soundclip for our earjoyment, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button there next to the atomic broken arrow, NOW, Rufus The Gnat! Here's an earfull of... THE GOLDEN ARROW!

Tab seems slightly out of place as the working class hero, Hassan, a blond, but, he easily wins the magic golden arrow archery contest.

This causes problems with the ruling class and he's thrown in the clink.

He's saved by a trio of helpful genies, they're his to command since he won the archery contest. He makes his escape.

Hey, what do you know... An ancient i-pad with an Etruscan skin!

He meets the Queen of Rocky Valley and has to fight off these burning men!

He's turned into a ghostlike figure by a genie, so, he pulls a Three Stooges 'needle in the ass' gag on the prince, who's trying to horn in on his girl.

The genies bring out the flying carpets for an all out war with the enemies, Hassan gets a bird's eye view of the action.

The genies gather up large pieces of pottery and drop them on their unsuspecting victims!

And, the bad guys get theirs in the end, they lose the treasure chest and land in a slag pond, where they belong!