MUSEO DEL HORROR / Producciones Sotomayor - 1964

It's Mexican Monday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. We gots another House Of Wax, this time, Mexican style, and, an above average atmospheric addition to Mexican horror cinema. It was directed by the very busy Rafael Baledón, who also directed the vintage classics ORLAK, THE HELL OF FRANKENSTEIN and LA LOBA!

Eegah!! sent over a neat little soundclip that includes some entertainment from this flick, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button there next to the other hot wax machine, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula! Here's our audio offering for... MUSEO DEL HORROR!

The story starts with a splash, a beautiful woman is kidnapped by a creepy caped dude only to be covered with hot wax, hey, just like in my post last Monday!.. Woob!!

Then, we get to see the wax museum of Dr. Raúl, who gets around with the use of a cane!.. Hmmm, sound familiar?

We also get to visit the nightclub a few times, that's where we hear the song in the soundclip.

This lady of the night asks a stranger in the shadows for a light, and, when she gets a glimpse of his face, well!..

What else, the coppers are baffled by the mystifying disappearances of a number of women. There's some graverobbing going on, too!

One lady wakes up on a slab and runs out the door!..

She comes face to face with some of her new buddies in the hallway!

The doctor has a den filled with lots of stuffed animals and the like! Here, one of his patrons is visiting.

Gee, I wonder where the doc will get the head for his newest attraction?!

The girl's boyfriend shows up in the nick of time, he battles the doctor, who uses his cane just for show, and, the doc falls to his death in the old opera house... Close the curtains!

SOME GIRLS DO - Kenrick Pitt (aka Ebony Keyes, aka Lee Vanderbilt) - "But Then Again" (1969)

Well, here's a fun end of the year romp for you, a movie I had been unsuccessfully doing some serious serarchin' for, but with a little help from Bulldog Drummond, I finally found it!!

It's called "Some Girls Do," and shouldn't get confused with a soft-core film made the same year titled "Girls That Do!" The title song was written by Don Black with lyrics by Charles Blackwell, and was sung by Lee Vanderbilt who had quite a few popuar singles in the 60's in the UK! So without further adieu, here's "Some Girls Do!"

"Some Girls Do" starts off in a hurry, and believe me, there's lots of good-lookin' girls, and they're doing lots of bad things............

.......................and a lot of the time, they seem to be really enjoying themselves!!

 Go ahead! Pick one! They're all mindless zombie robots, flesh and blood, with a switch in their neck that will turn them off or on! Every man's dream or every man's nightmare?

All these pretty women wreaking all kinds of havoc all over the place, now just what is going on here anyhow?

Enter Richard Johnson as the inimitable Bulldog Drummond!! His drink of choice is the Bullshot, which is made of vodka and beef broth, with a dash of Worchestershire, Tabasco, salt and pepper, kind of like a Bloody Mary, but you substitute a Bulldog for Mary! Richard was also Bulldog Drummond in "Deadlier Than The Male," and don't forget, he was the Doctor in "Zombi 2!" Richard is still working and was in at least 3 projects this year!

Sydne Rome is the annoying Flicky! She wants to be Bulldog Drummond's assistant, but her aim is not always true, in fact, she's just a little twisted! This was Sydne's first on screen appearance and she's kept working ever since, and this year she appeared in the TV mini-series called "Anna Karénina" as Principesse Scerbàtskaja! Wow, now that's a mouthful!

The honourable Robert (BEAT THE DEVIL, THEATRE OF BLOOD) Morley has the role of Miss Mary!

 "Some Girls Do" just go around looking for trouble!

Some beautiful girls like to get all decked out, sit in trees, and shoot at things!!

Ronnie (COCKTAILS IN THE KITCHEN, NOGGIN THE NOG) Stevens as Peregrine Carruthers, provides the mostly unneeded comedy relief!

Classic portrait of the Bulldog!!

Beba (WOMAN IS A WONDERFUL THING) Loncar as Pandora holds what might look like a transistor radio, but in reality is a sonic disruptor capable of killing!

I could have easily come up with twice as many stills from this movie, it's that much fun to look at most of the time!

The Graham sisters Doris and Dora, as the twin bartenders, were a mild distraction for about 30 seconds!

You know this shot wants to make you see this movie! Between his jump suit, and their shower shoes.....What else could you possibly want?

James (THESE ARE THE DAMNED, THE NANNY) Villiers is Carl Petesen! Yes, they had to ruin the whole thing by having a guy pulling all the strings in the background! Carl hosts a party for his new friends dressed as The Duke of Wellington! The very lovely Israeli born actress Daliah Lavi keeps the movie interesting! Daliah wasn't in all that many movies, but the ones she has been in would make a very nice collection, like THE RETURN OF DR.MABUSE, THE WHIP AND THE BODY, THE DEMON, TEN LITTLE INDIANS, THE SILENCERS, and CASINO ROYALE!

This looks like more of a cast ensemble picture, but it is actually a shot from the film!

More than anything, this movie is just eye candy for spy pervs!

That'll fix 'em, blow the sons a bitchin' bitches to Hell, and that freak leader of theirs too!

THE MAGIC SERPENT / Toei Company - 1966

It's Dragon Friday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. We gots a rare little flick from the studio who brought us GAMERA, and, get ready, this freakin' studio has a staggering 1,392 production credits, starting way back in 1937!!! My favorite alternate title for this film is FROGGO AND DROGGO.

Eegah!! sent over a soundclip from the wedding ceremony with some extras for our earjoyment, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button there next to the rubber dragon, NOW, Rufus The Gnat! Here's an earfull from... THE MAGIC SERPENT!

The ninja-themed story takes place in ancient Japan, a good lord is killed by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend. A young prince, Ikazuki-maru, is rescued from Yuki Daijo's evil dragon by a magic bird sent by a friendly wizard. Ten years later, the prince goes to avenge his parents and the wizard's death, using his magic powers.

Ikazuki-maru knows some wild tricks to intimidate his opponents with, like, being able to detach his head for shock value!

Before the wizard dies, he tells Ikazuki-maru where he has hidden the sacred stone.

When he finds his enemies, Ikazuki-maru performs his magic, then, has to battle the powerful Yuki Daijo.

His friend, Sunate, is ordered to kill Ikazuki-maru while he sleeps, but, cannot perform the act!

During the wedding celebration, Ikazuki-maru shows up on his Magic Frog, quickly ending the festivities!

Holy crap, it's GOKU!!

The Magic Frog steps on a lot of bad guys!

There's a titanic battle between FROGGO AND DROGGO, but, good defeats evil at the end and THE MAGIC SERPENT puts a big old checkmark in it's loss column...

SUSPENSE - "Man In The House" (1949)

 Tonight we'll take a little look at Season 2,  Episode 13, dated November 29th, 1949, of the early horror TV series titled "SUSPENSE," cause nothing says the holidays like "Suspense!"

 "From bumper to headlight, you're always right with Auto-Lite! So what could possibly go wrong??

This illustration shows you all the different things that Auto-Lite makes for your personal vehicle! Seems like Auto-Lite should be running the whole world by now! Or maybe they do, and we just don't know it!

 Kim Hunter, better known as Zira, from the "Planet Of The Apes" series of films is left at home by her loving husband! Oh, don't worry, everything will be all right. Not!!

Every person's worst nightmare, you come home, and there's an escaped homicidal maniac in your house!

 The maniac has gagged Kim's Mother because she's really annoying, and won't shut up!

 

And when that doesn't work, he has to get the gun out to get his message across!

Alan Baxter as the intruder had a nice career dating back to 1936 and was in everything from "13 Hours By Air," and Hitchcock's "Saboteur," to being Colonel Grover in the "Outer Limits" episode titled "O.B.I.T."

"SUSPENSE" was  pretty tame, but amazing for it's time, and it wouldn't be any time at all before the face of horror on network television advanced itself to super creepy levels like this shot from the 1961 TV show called 'Way Out!