Saturday, April 23, 2016

13 MOVIES THAT LORD LITTER LOVES!

...13 movies I watch again and again...Lord Litter...April 2016...
This was really easy, these movies came to my mind without thinking..it only can be a first part. These seem to be all-time classics of mine..but then there is too much missing..not a single Japan_Monster_Sci-Fi movie, no Jack Arnold movie, no *real* Edgar Wallace movie, no silent movie, no Ray Harryhausen, no Hammer movie, no Christopher Lee????..no..etc etc ..plus..this is no scale of values, no *hitparade*. It's just the order they came to my mind today.

1. Der Todesraecher von Soho - Jess Franco - 1972
Call me totally insane.. I like ALL Franco movies. If it gets too much pornography it gets pretty boring cause nothing happens but .. well you know... but ... also his late completely out of control video experiments are nothing but psychedelic feasts. For example you get 20 minute dances of naked people in a hall of mirrors, dancing to wild music...I've chosen *Der Todesraecher* cause I just LOVE Wallace movies and this is one - Bryan Edgar Wallace..of course solid Franco style.

What a statement! ..early 1950s cry for freedom..a bizarre *essay* styled movie..."...one is wrong because he does right - one is right because she does wrong..." Bela Lugosi intro monologue - you wouldn't believe how often I've seen this movie.

3. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Luis Bunuel - 1972
It is a real shame that there weren't more *intellectual* directors to go over the top into truth like Luis Bunuel..put the finger into the wound and act surreal! This is one of the movies that started my addiction!

4. Basket Case 3: The Progeny - Frank Henenlotter - 1991
I love all 3 Basket Case movies - but - The Progeny is so very much over the top and with a strange/strong social affinity that I've chosen this one.

5. Die Hölle der lebenden Toten - Bruno Mattei - 1980
When it seems that absolutely everything is exploited from a theme .. then comes Bruno Mattei and shows everyone what you really can do .. they say he's one of the worst .. exploitation trash?..hes one of the best!! Bruno Mattei is totally over the top .. all the time..


6. Blood Dolls -  Charles Band - 1999
I always knew that I was into the bizarre .. but THIS MOVIE!!!...I couldn't believe it..EVERYTHING is perfect here incl. the female Heavy Metal band in a cage that gets tortured if they play not loud enough or the wrong song. By the way Band's brother Richard Band is one of the most underrated film score composers around!!

7. Nightmare Concert (Cat in the brain) - Lucio Fulci - 1990
Lucio Fulci analyzing his own mind .. if you want to *understand* Fulci, watch this movie..if you dare. THIS is Fulci's definite statement.
In a different world Jean Rollin would've been one of the most respected movie directors.... on planet earth they didn't know where to put him.

THE perfect combination of a bizarre/thrilling movie and a cry for *equality* ..the *normal* are the freaks and the *freaks* are normal..
EVERY film with Vincent Price is TOTALLY up my alley. Theatre of Blood is probably his *statement*. Price plays Shakespeare actor who kills critics that don't like his acting - absolutely bizarre when he makes Robert Morley eat his beloved poodles...

11. The Black Cat - Edgar Ulmer - 1934
EVERY film with Bela Lugosi is TOTALLY up my alley. The Black Cat combines Lugosi, Karloff and Ulmer, has incredible surreal looks and a story between reality and bizarre_ism - a total winner...just like Bela, who is always around me somewhere..

EVERY film with Boris Karloff is TOTALLY up my alley. Especially in his last movies he proved that he just had to be on the scene and the scene started to *live*. Plus Reeves was a rare director to keep the idea of a horror movie but go a real different way..what a shame there are only 3 Reeves movies.

EVERY film with Lon Chaney, Jr. is TOTALLY up my alley.. both, Lon Chaney Jr. and this movie, I discovered pretty late. Chaney with his friendly, mellow, sad way of acting is something really special and this movie is the perfect *world* to live his character...completely bizarre ..caring about his *family*.

PS:.. Price, Lugosi, Karloff and Chaney Jr. are with me all the time .. I may meet one of them tonight ...LL

Bonus Time: Here's an instrumental track I really like off of a collaboration that our band Hermanos Guzanos did with Lord Litter back in the 80's! It 's called "Jumbo Walk" and sounds an awful lot like soundtrack music to me! The tape was called "Surfin On The Moon" and we released it as Hermoonos Guzanos and Lord Lunar!
 Cheers!!!
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Friday, April 22, 2016

THE LOST ZEPPELIN / Tiffany-Stahl Productions - 1929

Today's early talkie is loosely based on the crash of the airship Italia and the international rescue effort that cost an early polar explorer his life. Then, the pilot who rescued crew members also crashed when returning to rescue more survivors and had to be rescued himself!

I have a sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our crashed Moon rocket, NOW, Rufus The Gnat!.. Here's... THE LOST ZEPPELIN!

It cracks me up to see the formality of these characters, people just don't look like this anymore. Whut wif' our tattoos, goatees, shaved heads, funny looking clothes, technological diversions... Well, things have changed a bit.

The crew climb into the Zeppelin to start the journey and dude looks out his port hole.

They're off!!.. A horny Clamper moves in to console one of the crew member's pretty wife!

Back at the ranch, the women have in depth conversations about the expedition. You can hear them explain themselves in the sound clip.

The Zeppelin hits a lot of bad weather on its way to the South Pole, they keep in touch with the military communications command every step of the way.

The guys at an icy outpost hear the Zeppelin flying by, they run out to cheer and jump for joy!

Well, the damn thing crashes at the pole because of ice buildup.. What a miserable situation!!

This is a weird touch! Top still is of the crashed Zeppelin at the pole, bottom still shows a winter exposition back at home!! What a strange idea.

Here's our hero, the guy in his ski plane that saves the day... Hooray!!

Tune in tomorrow when Eegah!! saves the day for us with a special post, here, at The Dungeon!
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

THE THREE STOOGES - "Malice In The Palace" (1949)

I've got a seriously wacky week going on, so nothing's going to make it better than a Three Stooges featurette like.......


"Malice In The Palace" is not exactly politically correct by today's lame standards! 
In 1949, people still had a sense of humor!

As in almost every Three Stooges short, this is an obvious setup for disaster! That's what makes them so great!

Vernon Dent had over 400 credits to his name, and many of them were as the foil in a Three Stooges short!

George J. Lewis had over 300 acting credits himself! 
Amazing!!

This scene is all about what's happening off camera! They saw a cat run into the kitchen where Larry is preparing hot dogs for their meal!

First you hear the chop of the meat cleaver, then you hear the cat, then you hear the meat cleaver and Larry steps on the cat's tail, and it let's out a terrible screech!

Then the same thing basically happens to this dog! The meat cleaver comes down and the window closes on the dog's tail making him yelp like he's being murdered! 

The next thing you know, dinner is served! 

YUM YUM!!

So they get through that elongated gag, and then everything shifts and goes in another completely different direction!

In order to get to Shmowland, they have to leave Jerkola, and go down the Inseine River, over the Give A Dam, and through Pushover!

The boys feel safe disguised as Santas because as they say, "nobody believes in Santa Claus!"
That's it for now, but I'll be back on Saturday with a different kind of list! 
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Monday, April 18, 2016

TABONGA! AT THE MOVIES / The Fifties

Before I met Eegah!! in 1959, I saw 67 monster movies with my neighbors, dad and cousins from 1953-59. The thirteen movies I'm listing today were the ones that got to me the most or left a big impression in one way or another. Remember, I didn't see everything and these reflect only films I actually saw at the theater at the time...

VOODOO ISLAND was a pretty creepy movie, with all the killer plants and voodoo curses! And crap, it starred Dungeon Lord, Boris Karloff!

MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS was awesome, Universal had the biggest budgets and it showed. The giant dragonfly was a big bonus and the monster was truly terrifying, especially when he's wielding a sharp ax!

NOT OF THIS EARTH was one of the very best Corman productions, Paul Birch was a great villain, Beverly Garland I was in love with, Johnathan Haze was a wild character, cameo by Dick Miller and the unique Umbrella Monster was created by Paul Blaisdell... A winner!!

Wow, COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK was really something. It's one of those that you had to be there to see at the time, it was eerily haunting in all its black and white glory and weird music.

I remembered that THE FLAME BARRIER freaked me out pretty good, Blobs always occupied a special freak out spot in my overactive imagination!

I was 9 years old when I saw KRONOS, and, it blew my mind. For a sci-fi movie, it had it all. Besides the awesome robot, there were lots of other wild spacey things going on.

ENEMY FROM SPACE will always be my second favorite sci-fi movie from the fifties. I love this freaking creepy flick, Brian Donlevy IS Quatermass!! This card has been signed by the lovely Vera Day!

I like TARANTULA! the best of all the Universal fifties monster flicks. Man, at the time, it hit me between the eyes with a knuckle sandwich! The lab, the very convincing giant tarantula, the victims' gruesome makeup... The cherry on the top was Leo's last scene where his face was melting. That one was one of my top ten scares, it screwed with me for a long time afterwards!

CURSE OF THE DEMON was truly terrifying, like the night scene in the forest with those eerie sounds! When the Demon did appear, well, the goods definitely get delivered!

Man, did I love this flippin' over the top flick, THE BLACK SCORPION was action packed excitement in a stick of TNT! The big screen close ups of the scorpion's face were insane, since they turned the sound way up during those segments!

FORBIDDEN PLANET is my all time favorite fifties movies, that can never change. Holy cow, Robby, the incredible ID Monster, the super science, the fantastic crew, the saucer, Morbius, the sultry Anne Francis, the impossible electronic sounds, the scenery, and, on and on!..

My dad took me to see THE FLY when I was 10, I just was not ready to see the ultimate fifties makeup masterpiece, the twitching head of the monster!.. I thought I was gonna die!! The whole movie is fantastic, with Vincent Price and in colour.

Okay, THE BLOB takes 1st place in fifties scares for me, no shit, it messed with me the worst! Shown above is the sheet music for THE BLOB. I had the 45 single of this classic tune and played the crap out of it! Hope you enjoyed this little fun trip into the past... Tune in Wednesday when Eegah!! comes a knockin'..
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