THE WARRIORS - "Can You Dig It?" (1979)

Welcome to Warrior Wednesday down in The Dungeon!

 Tonight I've got the ultimate Halloween story for you! It's a tale about a bunch of boys out trick or treating who get lost and spend the entire movie trying to get back home, kind of like Hansel and Gretel!

"The Warriors" is also a 1979 vision of a New York of the future.....

 .....But supposedly it's based on the ancient story of the Battle of Cunaxa! The interpretation might have changed a bit from 401 BC to 1979 AD just ever so slightly!

 So here we are! The future is now, the future is here!

 In the future if you live in New York, you and your buddies have to have some kind of shtick that makes you stand out from the rest of the schmoes on the street! Weird unity!

 It's gotta be rough to be a tough guy and still get up every morning and have to put your makeup on!

 Here's a more casual bunch, but I'm not too sure about those caps!

 The main guys, "The Warriors," have a more traditional look, like a motorcycle gang without any bikes!

 What about this troupe, out of work electricians?

 I think this was the Walmart crew!

 Don't trifle with The Lizzies or you might find yourself on the wrong end of the gun!

The pinball machine is way cooler than the really bad dude in the overalls and the roller skates in Playland!

And of course, the perennial favourites. The Baseball Furies!

So, yeah, a bunch of shit went down and now it's time to run.....

 LIGHTS!

CAMERA!

ACTION!

Hit It!

The ending credits roll, and the forever memorable

"In The City" by Joe Walsh rocks on!

 At least they still have vinyl in the future!

THE FLY / SLM Production Group, Brooksfilms - 1986

Here's a perfect Halloween Countdown flick, it's about Seth Brundle, a brilliant, eccentric scientist who attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation! Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself, a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man. Be afraid. Be very afraid!! It's a real Cronenberg nightmare!..

This thing stars Jeff ( INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS) Goldblum and Seth Brundle, Geena (THELMA & LOUISE) Davis as Veronica Quaife and John (THE FLY II) Getz as Veronica's friend.

Seth has already sent a live animal through the matter transporter, so, he decides to go through himself. Everything seems fine and is a success as far as he knows...

Veronica comes over to talk to Seth after he's told her about the seemingly successful transportation, when, he feels like he suddenly has super human strength. He thinks it's only because of going through the process of the rearrangement of his atoms.

Aware of his new powers, Seth goes to a bar for a few drinks and decides to give the big bruisers a lesson in arm wrestling! You can see see for yourself how the match goes.

Things are starting to go awry and Seth tries to isolate the problem. The computer shows that a house fly was in the transporting chamber when he went through!.. Holy effing shit!!

Veronica shows up to find Seth eating lunch, using fly vomit to break down his food! Yuck!!

At this point, Veronica is pregnant with Seth's baby! She has a terrifying nightmare where she gives birth to a big old maggot!! Yow!!

Getting worse, Seth tries to use the computer to reverse the process, but, because his speech has changed dramatically, the freakin' computer won't allow him to access it through his voice control...

Stathis, Veronica's friend, shows up to help her out but becomes a victim. First, Seth bites his hand and releases caustic fluids that basically melts it!

Then, Seth releases more fluid that dissolves the flesh on Stathis's ankle!! Ouch!!

Seth goes after Veronica, he freakily walks on the ceiling, scaring the Hell out of her!

Then, Seth goes through another change, his human flesh falls away, revealing a gruesome Brundle Fly! Veronica is coming unglued and still has love for him.

Stathis, in ungodly pain, grabs a rifle and is somehow able to get into position to shoot the wiring leading to Veronica's chamber after Seth tossed her inside and locked the door!

Okay, so you think things couldn't get any worse?!!.. Wrong! Veronica barely escapes her pod before the transfer takes place, but, the computer fuses Seth with his metal chamber and he's a big freakin' mess!!

Veronica has no choice, she must put Seth out of his misery and blows his head off! So damn sad, what a crazy flick!! David Cronenberg!!

Eegah!! will have more Halloween Countdown Cargo for us on Wednesday, better not miss it...

PAURA NELLA CITTÀ DEI MORTI VIVENTI - Lucio Fulci - "City Of The Living Dead" (The Gates Of Hell) (1980)

 
Rosina Sul Fiocco E Qui Andiamo!
It's tomb for another Saturday Night Special Halloween Countdown from way down deep in the nasty, dirty, and dusty catacombs of The Dungeon!

The devil fiddles at midnight, does he not, and it was just a harvest moon, so what did you expect, exactly?

You're in trouble!
Lucio Fulci started his film career working on musicals, comedies, and westerns, but it was no time at all before he would be tagged as "The Godfather Of Gore," and/or "The Spaghetti Splatter King!"

I'm thinking this movie might have some bad juju that goes along with it, because while writing this, my computer went into some weird cluster mode I've never experienced before!

If this event would not have happened, there would be no story! I'll be honest with you, "City Of The Living Dead" cornfused the Heck out of me, but then I am just a country boy, "But the train's coming round the bend!" I've also been listening to a lot of Velvet Underground lately!

If you've got a weak stomach, then keep a barf bag handy, because you're gonna need it!

Fulci went all out on the budget! I'm absolutely sure that finding this station wagon, and acquiring the Junie's Lounge location must have put him back at least 20 bucks!

This is it!
 Just about the only still I could get that wasn't gross, disgusting, disturbing or confusing!

"The City Of The Dead" is quite stark as you would imagine!

Christopher George has a special place in The Dungeon, we've just never quite figured out where it is, and here's why! He's always just a little different and it really shows in movies like
"Project X," and "Graduation Day!"

With Fulci at the helm, get ready for shots like this!

Great shot of this bomb!

Now it's time for the maggot storm which asked a lot of the actors involved I'm sure!

Here's a sneak preview of the new retro iPhone 13 witch is due to come out at the end of civilization!

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and now, it's.....

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Here's my biggest problem with "City Of The Living Dead," although it is set in New England, and despite the story line, and the fact that a lot of the locations were shot in America, it still seemed to me like it was happening in Italy!

Oh, Damn, that smarts!
Yeah, you got it, there are no heroes!

Fractured, Splintered, or any way you want to put it, in the vernacular.
There ain't no happy ending, and this isn't a movie for the faint of heart, or kids!

"Paura Nella Città Dei Morti Viventi" was also released as ..
"The Gates Of Hell,"
witch might actually be a more accurate title! And if you live anywhere near this place, don't let your kids go out trick or treating! Actually, don't let them go out at all!