MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES - Lon Chaney/James Cagney (1957)

Tonight's Saturday Night Special is just that, a classic Universal movie starring a classic actor as another classic actor in other classic Universal films! Now that's something you can't say about most movies!

"Man Of A Thousand Faces" was made in 1957, and is a biography of one of the world's best actors, Lon Chaney!

Lon Chaney only lived to be 47 years old! His eternal resting place is at Forest Lawn in Glendale, Calif. if you'd like to pay a visit!

In real life, both of Lon Chaney's parents were deaf, and in this movie they were the sweetest people you could ever run into! His pregnant wife had a serious problem with it! If you want to see a movie about real prejudice and anti-tolerance that's not about race, religion, or sexual preference, then you need to see "Man Of A Thousand Faces!" It's a real eye-opener!

I always love a good record player shot!

The amazing actor James Cagney as Lon Chaney is refreshing in a role that has nothing to do with gangsters or mobsters! 

I don't really know how much of this story is real, and how much is fiction, but in this movie, Lon Chaney's wife as played by the glorious Dorothy (430 episodes of "Peyton Place") Malone is a total selfish bitch!

This was a casting call list that Lon thought he could take advantage of!

And here he is as a Lascar with a scar! He's joined by the marvelous Marjorie Rambeau in her last onscreen appearance!

This shot of the film making crew is just too classic!

Lon Chaney got the role of Quasimodo in "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame," and that was followed by the still unparalleled classic to this day.......

......."The Phantom Of The Opera!" If you're a fan of the modern musical "The Phantom Of The Opera," and you've never seen this 1925 film, well, then I can only say one thing, you need to!

For me, "The Man Of A Thousand Faces" is not as much about the man himself as it is about his ex-wife, and son Creighton Tull Chaney aka Lon Jr. over the course of a few decades! One of the later versions of Creighton was played by Roger (77 Sunset Strip) Smith. You really can't go wrong with a movie like this. These are times that will never be repeated! It's just that simple!!

R.O.T.O.R. / Manson International, WestWind Pictures - 1987

Hey, if you never knew the meaning of R.O.T.O.R., welp, it means Robotic Officer Tactical Operation Research! You'll notice this poster is VHS box art, the only way it was released here.

The story's about a prototype robotic human intended for crime combat that escapes from the development lab and goes on a killing rampage... Lots of no-name actors, filmed in Dallas, TX, home of the Gas Monkey and Fired Up Garages!

The whole mess starts here, at Division Headquarters, exactly at 10:00 pm, CST.

Red haired dude has some interesting info for the development division of the corporation...

He has brought his super 8 film to show the guys what he's been working on, a robotic framework for a super cop! The company is very interested in the thing or else we wouldn't have a movie! Oh yeah, the robot's nickname is... Willard!

Later, at the Tactical Operations Computer Center, this guy is working away with the help of his personal robot that's wearing a copper's hat, talk about goofy looking!!

Anyway, they make a R.O.T.O.R. cop, he breaks out of the lab and locates a cool motorcycle to get around on. He steals the bike and is gone before anyone figures it out.

The first thing the defective super cop does is locate a couple making out in their car.

The dude gets out to bribe him with a few bucks, but, gets shot in the head while holding up the money up for him to see!

The girl gets away after honking the horn, which disables the crazy cop from the sound and drives to a gas station to use the phone. That plum colored phone booth? looks pretty cool.

But, he follows her on his cycle and torments her again as she tries to ditch him. Hero shows up and shoots the crazy cop a number of times, but, it only stops him momentarily!

Then, our hero comes up with a plan to destroy the menace, He lassos his wrists and has him tied up between some trees...

He pushes a button, and... KA-BLAM!!! No more robot!! The day is saved.

But, get ready for R.O.T.O.R. II, this time though, we get a freakin' bad girlie-bot!! Tune in tomorrow when Eegah!! will have a very special post for us to enjoy, later!

ZOMBI 3 - Lucio Fulci (1988)

Tonight I got zombies for you, lots and lots of zombies!! Not one, not two, but three! Zombies can be a real pain in the ass, and that's what this Lucio Fulci flick is all about! It was released in Denmark as "Zombie: Hell On Earth!" "Zombi 3" was shot in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines," so for those of you who don't speak Spanish, that translates into "The Bathrooms!" There's also a Los Baños in central California, it's not really that far from Manteca (Lard)!

This one goes out to Dr. T., let's all hope he's doing all right!

So let's just get this straight! "Zombi 3" is actually Fulci's second zombie movie because his first zombie movie retitled "Zombie" was originally titled "Zombi 2" even though there was never a "Zombi 1."

It's a story about science versus the military, but there's always a woman in the middle!

Not really, this is actually a movie about zombies, lots of zombies.......

.......blood-thirsty, flesh-eating zombies!

And even more zombies! Freakin' zombies everywhere!!

And when you've had enough zombies, just go on ahead and scream!!

Because there's more zombies right around the corner!

The bastards are everywhere!

A very good way to  rid yourself of a zombie is to turn it into a flaming fajita!

Or you could try this method if you want to have a little more hands on approach, cause everybody knows, there's more than one way to skewer and grill a zombie!

Zombies are everywhere, so don't go this way!

This reminds me of a Disney cartoon that's way far out of place!

You might end up staying longer than you expected!

There's just no escaping these zombie sons of bitches! They are literally everywhere!

They even have gnarly zombie feet!, and as you will find out in the end, it's possible for these zombies to even talk!

At this point you just have two choices, give in to the zombies, or.....

 .......................Set 'em all on fire and send their dead asses back to Hell where they belong!

They call it the art of incineration!
Speaking of art, if you want to really know about what was happening in the 80's, then go check out Lord Litter's Radio On Show! It's a real zombie burner!