THE THREE STOOGES / Mummy's Dummies - 1948

It seems that The Three Stooges are the perfect 'go to' guys for an April Fool's post, so, on with the show! I pity the Fool that don't like the Stooges!!

Our tale begins in ancient Egypt, as you can tell from this still...

Here are the boy working away at their job, restoring chariots to sell. Of course, there are lots of silly things going on, Shemp and Larry get slapped a lot as a result of their super shoddy workmanship! What's funny here is they're using car wheels on the chariot.

So, a buyer comes in and buys the chariot, after he leaves the lot, the damn thing completely falls apart when he steps onto it...

Wouldn't you know it, the boys sold the chariot to the head of the palace guards and now they have to go see King Rootentooten (to be executed), played by the wonderful Vernon Dent! He's having a bad day, his tax money was light for some reason, and, he has a bad toothache!

The boys have a plan, they will pull the king's tooth and avoid their demise... So, Shemp is elected to pull the tooth, first, he accidentally pulls Moe's tooth, then, he gets a hold of the king's nose. What's really funny is, Shemp wears glasses, but, has to take them off before he can actually see clearly!!

Shemp finally gets the king's tooth pulled and the boys become royal chamberlains!!

The boys are wandering around the palace when they overhear the head guard tell his pal that he has hidden the missing tax money in the chest there. Moe and Larry nearly get stuck after they hide in the chest.

Meanwhile, Shemp dresses up like a mummy. When a guard opens up the coffin, he comments on what an ugly old cuss the mummy is!

Moe gets conked after he opens the coffin. Of course, Shemp thought Moe was a guard.

Larry and Moe decide to get the chest to the king, so, they use a periscope to transverse the chest through the hallways. When one guard opens the lid, Moe punches him right in the nose!

Everything gets extra crazy when Shemp gets unwrapped in front of the king.

Then, Moe and Larry bring in the knocked out guards in the chest, saving the day and solving the mystery of the missing tax money.

King Rootentooten offers his daughter's hand in marriage, so, the boys fight over the right. Shemp wins the contest and is ready to take a look at his new bride-to-be...

The boys are horrified when they get a good look at her face!!.. So, that's that, tune in Wednesday when we return for another round of weirdness, here, at The Dungeon!

THE SOUNDTRACK WORK OF TOSHIYUKI HIRAOKA - (2006 - 2019)

I have another blog that features mostly 1980's and 90's cassette tape music, and my next presentation there is going to be a demo tape I got from a very gifted musician in Japan named Toshiyuki Hiraoka in the late 80's! I then remembered that my friend and DJ/Musician in Berlin, Lord Litter, recently told me that Toshi was writing soundtracks for movies these days, so I thought what better way to combine the two blogs for once!
The first of Toshi's 43 composing credits was in 2003 for a video release titled "Necro Files 2," and he has worked on many short films and videos since then. I'm just going to show you thirteen of the posters that I could find on IMDB for some of  the movies like
"Mad Cowgirl" that came out in 2006.

"Violent Blue" seen here come out in 2011.

"House Of Forbidden Secrets" escaped in 2013!

 I will readily admit that these 2000's psycho/slasher types of films are not really my favorite genre, nor have I seen any of them, but some of the names are hilarious, like
"Death-Scort Service" which came out in 2015.

"Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance" hit the streets also in 2015.

The early tapes I got from Toshiyuki usually featured just him playing guitar and bass with a drum machine, and thinking back on it, it sounded a lot like soundtrack music!
"Fiendish Fables" came out in 2016.

Toshi was very busy in 2016 working on movies like "Chaos A.D."

 Maybe if he reads this,
he'll tell us how he became the 'go to guy' for all these lurid titles like
"Cannibal Claus" in 2016.

When I first heard that Toshi was recording scores for movies, I naturally assumed they were Japanese movies, but I was sure wrong about that!
Another from 2016 was "Caged Beauty."


Because once wasn't enough, "Death-Scort Service Part 2" came out in 2017.

Now here's one I just might try and watch! What a title! From 2018,
"Wrestle Massacre!"

Set to be released in July of this year,
"Enter The Samurai" is a documentary about the making of "Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance," which by looking at the trailer, looks pretty insane!

And last but not least, what else could it be but in post production,
"CLOWNADO,"
Cursed circus clowns with power over tornadoes to wreak havoc on the world!
Okay!
You can click right here to go to the cassette blog and listen to some more of Toshiyuki's Humble beginnings!

 

THE MONSTER / Bob Burns: Monster Kid Home Movies - 1953

Last Friday I posted Bob Burns' 1952 entry into Monster Kid Home Movies, THE ALIEN. Today, I gots THE MONSTER from 1953, barely over 3 minutes, Bob's second entry into this obscure but popular genre. Again, it seems that Bob had some professional help, check out that very nice title card!

We start the story at this 'private laboratory' somewhere in LA I'd say. Well, I wonder what's going on beyond that door, are those kids making monsters again?!..

Okay, the answer is!.....

Yes, yes they are!!.. Those crazy kids are making another freakin' Monster!!.. God help us all!

So, it's time to re-animate this messed up dead guy! I can't remember, how in the heck does this damn thing work again?.. I guess that's about right...

Aww crap-a-roonie! Now, what in the Hell am I going to do?... Like, HEEEELP Mr. Wizard!!

The Monster gets up as...

The equipment goes totally haywire, using good old sparklers to achieve the effect. I loved those sparklers when I was a little guy.

The Monster spaz chops the assistant and they scratch the footage to make it look like electricity shocks. One down, one to go!

Then, the Monster deep sixes the mad scientist kid as the place catches fire.

The place starts caving in and the Monster gets caught under some burning timbers and says goodbye, only a minute after he was brought back to life!! Stupid kids!

We end our tale here, with another sweet card... Tune in tomorrow when Eegah!! pops in to give you another treat, here at, The Dungeon!..