VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA - "The Mummy" (1967)

Welcome back to The Saturday Night Special Mummy Madness Cavalcade in The Dungeon!

 This was Season 03, Episode 20 of "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea," and  for obvious reasons, it was called

"The Mummy."

 The basic premise is they need to deliver this Mummy-filled sarcophagus back to somewhere in the Middle East ASAP to avert a War! 

But the Mummy has other ideas!

 No Master, no burning Tanna leaves, this Mummy is an independent contractor! I'm not quite sure why he wants to spoil this party, that element was never quite explained! He's just on a destructive tear, and is Hellbent on not getting delivered to back where he came from! Maybe he's a wanted man!

 Looking pretty cool right about here, William Kelley is the man behind the bandages!

What an interesting guy! William had only five acting credits, including this one, and in the 40's, he was the man in the skeleton costume in two "Three Stooges" episodes, and he was also the man who played The Ghost in William Castle's "13 Ghosts!"

 It still looks pretty silly to see a Mummy aboard the Seaview! In this scene, he's looking for the latrine!

 So just like Vampires, writers make up their own set of rules when writing Mummy stories!

 This Mummy is really strong, and these two guys are complete idiots for trying to grapple with it. I love this shot because the guy in the back looks like he's getting a face full of something!

 That didn't work out too well!

 One of this Mummy's powers is making guys he fought with totally forget what happened! I have no idea how or why he has this power, but he does!

 He has also taken over the Captain's will somehow too, and while the Mummy is rummaging and rampaging around, the Captain is doing all kinds of destruction to the Seaview too, but nobody knows who is doing it!

 This part's cute! 

The Mummy is hiding from Kowalski like in a kid's game of hide and seek, but he's not very good at it, because he's a freakin' Mummy!

 When the Mummy attacks, Kowalski pushes the panic button, and finally gets somebody's attention!

 The Captain destroyed the circuit board and the Seaview is headed into a nosedive.

Now the sub is damaged inside and out, and there's a Mummy on the loose causing all kinds of havoc!

  After each encounter with the Mummy, somebody tries to shoot it to no avail, so the Admiral comes up with a plan to nuke it!

The Mummy has now sustained a fair amount of damage and ain't looking that suave and debonair any more!

 You can't shoot it, but you can shock the Hell out of it! Go figure!

I guess if there's nothing left but Mummy Chicharonnes, he can't do much more harm to anybody!

 "Oh Wow, did you see that? Big tough Mummy burnt up like a little bitch!"

"There are some things that are better left unexplained."

And you can take that to the bank!

NARCOTIC / One Night of Bliss... A Thousand Nights of Hell..! - 1933

An opening scroll tells us that NARCOTIC was "presented in the hope that the public may become aware of the terrific struggle to rid the world of drug addiction." The movie is nothing but a salacious look into a world of sordid pleasures. It tells the story of Dr. William G. Davies, an infamous snake-oil salesman who started his career as a promising medical student. But. after a single night of relaxation in a Chinatown opium den, Davies becomes addicted to drugs, and soon thereafter, his medical practice deteriorates...

This Dwain (MANIAC) Esper production stars Harry (ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL AND MR/ HYDE) Cording, Joan (HYPNOTIZED) Dix, Patricia (KING OF THE JUNGLE) Farley, Jean (GUILTY PARENTS) Lacy and J. Stuart (MARCH OF THE MOVIES) Blackton Jr.

Here's Dr. Davis, he's talking with his Asian friend, Gee Wu, who is an opium smoker. Dr. Davis is fascinated with Wu's tales of the benefits of doing drugs...

Davis recalls an incident as a medical student where he cut the baby out of the mother's stomach to save it after she was killed by an out of control automobile... That top still looks like the guy's piloting some kind of alien spaceship!

Look at that, some medical dude from a Daffy Duck cartoon!!

So, Dr. Davis and a pal spend a blissful night in an opium den, it's the beginning of the end!

Davis feels like a superman now, he can conquer the world, no prob!!

This taxi driver is nearly crazy , he needs his fix... It hits him so hard that he has no idea what he's doing, including running straight into an oncoming train! It amazes me what filmmakers could get away with back in the day!

At the local side show, Dr. Davis pushes his miracle cure, which is nothing more than tiger fat. He gets paid by the cashier after his act is complete.

Now it's time to party!!.. The host brings out an assortment of drugs so that the guests can choose their own preference. Yeah, well... Just pass me a joint.

This gal likes to snort and shoot up, bringing out her sexy side, what else?!

At the end of the session, a gong sounds, time to go home! Mrs. Davis automatically gets paranoid... The next morning at their apartment, Davis can't find his money, so, gets wifey out of bed, and because she doesn't know where the money is, he rips her dress off and leaves the place in a huff.

A year later or so, Davis has a visitor. Davis explains how drugs has helped him see into the future! And, he's told that if he could see into the future, he would have known that drugs would destroy his life!

The horrible truth sets in...

Now, there's only one way to square things up!.. Remember kids, don't use drugs, or...... Tune in tomorrow when Eegah!! will try and entertain the troops, here, at The Dungeon!

THE MUMMIES - "The Band, The Music, and maybe The Movie"

In the late 1980's in the Bay Area of California, a garage/punk band called The Mummies was formed! They were low-fi, budget-rock monsters!

Welcome to an Extra Moldy Wednesday edition of The Dungeon!

This video of "The Fly" will answer any questions you might have!
Above all else, The Mummies were performers! Unlike most mummies, as far as I know, they never killed anybody!

 The Mummies were D.I.Y. artists of the highest level and disdained big production values!
Their recordings were totally raw, just the way they wanted them to be!
When the technology of CD's came out, they wanted nothing to do with it!

 This 45 was released in 1990, with a pressing of only 1500!

The Mummies' members were Maz Kattuah on Bass, Larry Winther on Lead Guitar, Trent Ruane on Organ and Sax, and Russell Quan on the Skins!

 The Mummies reunited a couple of times, and in 1994 released this LP called "Party At Steve's House!"


I mean like what is there not to like about these guys?
They've got it all!! Intelligence, talent, and rags!

 According to Wikipedia, The Mummies are getting back together for a while in 2020, and are currently working on a movie! I sure hope they send us a copy, but what's it going to be on?
 8 Millimeter or VHS?

I hope ya'll dug that as much as I did, it's something I've been wanting to do for a long time because these Mummies are crazy cool!

 While I was putting this whole thing together, I found videos on YouTube by yet another Mummies band that I had never heard of before called Here Come The Mummies. Although this is a damn fine soul/funk band, and odd no doubt, something about them just doesn't seem right, and if you don't know what I mean, go back and watch the first Mummies video again!
This is just more like a really good band wrapped up in bandages!