SALVARE LA FACCIA - Benedetto Ghiglia/Rossano Brazzi - "Psychout For Murder" (1969)

Welcome to a new feature in The Dungeon called Eurotrash/Giallo Wednesday! I'll be planning on doing this on a regular basis in the future, at least once a year!

 Watching "Psychout For Murder" is kind of like getting a colonoscopy! You don't know what to expect at first, then the next thing you know it's over, and you don't know what happened. It wasn't a bad thing, but then again, it's not something you want to do again real soon!
Why the English title is "Psychout For Murder," I have no clue, but that's what suckered me into watching it!

 Is it sex, is it love, or "is it just confusion?" It's up to you to figure it out!

 It seems that leg belonged to a member of a high society big business family member, and there she was, with a common person! Shame, Shame!!

 Although this is an Italian movie, the star, Adrienne Larussa as the persecuted Licia, is an American actress who spent a lot of time on the sets of soap operas with names like "General Hospital," and "Days Of Our Lives!" She was also in the David Bowie film, "The Man Who Fell To Earth!"

 I like sub-titles! Some times, like right here, they explain a lot!

So they ship Licia off to the funny farm!

Can they cure her of being a depraved sex addict?

 I think these toys explain the whole story!

 She learned her lessons well, and now she has crazy down to perfection!

 Great gas station shot circa 1969!

 I read about comparisons of Adrienne Larussa to Soledad Miranda, and that's something that probably can't be denied!

Things are starting to slow down some, so it must be time to bring on the band! You'd probably have to ask composer Benedetto (Secret Agent Super Dragon) Ghiglia who these cool cats were, but I don't think that's gonna happen since he passed on back in 2012 at the age of 90!
 Here's what it sounds like when this party is going on! 

 Classy Rossano Brazzi is Licia's oh so upstanding, but hyper hypocritical Dad!
Rossano also wrote and directed this film, and it was produced by his younger brother Oscar Brazzi! It's just a family affair all the way around!

 Licia decides to put on a little poolside performance for her sleazy brother-in-law!

 Now THAT is a cool record player!

 One more long hallway, and I'm outta here!

See what can happen? They took a nice girl, and turned her into a monster!
Politics as usual!

THE WIZARD OF GORE / Mayflower Pictures - 1970

Time to go off the edge, Herschell Gordon Lewis is the driver. Herschell brought us stuff like BLOOD FEAST, TWO THOUSAND MANIACS!, MONSTER A-GO GO, COLOR ME BLOOD RED, SOMETHING WEIRD, THE GRUESOME TWOSOME, SHE-DEVILS ON WHEELS and plenty more twisted flicks. Today's story's about a TV talk-show hostess and her boyfriend who investigate a shady magician with the ability to hypnotize and control the thoughts of people in the audience in order to stage gory on-stage illusions using his powers of mind bending! It's one Hell of a tale, filmed in Chicago.

I have a sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our smelly chum bucket, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula!.. Here's a sample from... THE WIZARD OF GORE!

Well, here's the eager, stylish audience ready to be gored big time!..

For his first trick, Montag the Magnificent pulls out his handy chain saw to entertain the audience! The saw does its job and makes for lots of gore to enjoy.

Nice picture of the... Err, the chair! Yeah, nice chair, I'd like one of those for my place!

For his second illusion, Montag asks some dude from the audience if the metal spike is real.

Yes, it's real, so, Montag pounds it into this gal's head and then pulls out her brain!

The illusionist goes to the morgue and steals a female body after putting the goofy mortician in a trance. Looks like he's saying bye-bye to someone.

Break time, okay, who's hungry for some fried chicken?!.. Buck, buck, cock-a-doodle-do!!

For his next trick, Montag uses his large hole punch machine to drill through this pretty screaming gal's bloody guts.

This time, he rams long swords down the throats of two girls! Wow, some bras are not very attractive under those tight fitting blouses.

TA-DA!!!..

Check out this office space. Now, that's one weird ass place to work!!

After Montag is supposedly burned to death, the talk-show hostess and her boyfriend celebrate the event. Hey, great looking 1970's apartment!

The celebration is brought to an abrupt end!.... MONTAG!!!.. Well, we can only imagine what Eegah!! has in store for us on Wednesday, til then.. MONTAG!!!

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.

2. Glen or Glenda - Ed Wood - 1953

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.

8. The Nude Vampire - Jean Rollin - 1969