LOST IN SPACE / "Trip Through The Robot" - 1967

Welcome to Far-Out Friday ever'bloody!.. Today we get Lost In Space with the Robinsons, Major West, Dr. Smith and the Robot. In this season 2 whack-a-doodle adventure, the gang is in the Valley of Shadows (why?) and the Robot is affected by strange forces and it grows to the size of a building! Will and Dr. Smith enter the Robot to try to reverse the process and save it from total destruction... And, screwing this episode all up!

Prissy Dr. Smith is sitting, eating an apple and a banana while Will fields a complaint from the Robot, it's feeling kinda low. It claims that Dr. Smith failed in its maintenance last go round, which is his only freakin' job!!

So, the Robot goes exploring in the Valley Of Shadows for some reason!.. Will and the doctor (of what?) go looking for the damn thing when they find it laying on its back, as big as a house!

Will sez that they have to try and fix the Robot, what else?.. So, they go inside to see what they can see, Will has his tool kit too boot, but, how's he gonna turn a big old nut?!!

Man, to me, this looks like a futuristic McDonald's Funland for kids!

The colors are just insane!! Anyway, Dr. Smith gets himself in a peck of trouble and Will has to pull him out of the... Uhh... Oh yeah, thing!

Why, if I wuz Freddie Blassie, I'd pile drive that pencil-neck geek!

Great, now look who show up... The Buzz Kills!!

In the meantime, the Robot is all haywire and such, and it's starting to shrink back!!

Well, try and squeeze through... No, wait, it's too small!.. Let's try over here!.. No, we can't go there because... Wait, what'd you say?.. HELL NO... We ain't gonna hold your fucking hand!!.. Grow up, you freak!!

Wouldn't you know it, they forgot Will. Outside the Robot, dad stretches his arm out as far as he can for Will to grab. But, will the little guy be a little too short and get crushed inside the incredible shrinking Robot? Tune in next week when........ Doh!

Okay, okay, the damn series ain't gonna end here! Get over it.

So, they pick the Robot up just in time for a comical ending. Notice in the first pic, Dr. Smith's in a spot where he doesn't even have to pick up anything!! What a shit!

We end with this comical teaser, so, better tune in next week to see what other problems Dr. Smith gets the crew into! Join us tomorrow for even more cool junk from the Dungeon Gang, right here!!..

GATTI ROSSI IN UN LABIRINTO DI VETRO - "Eyeball" (1975)

For tonight's Wicked Wednesday presentation we go back to Italy and Spain and the 1975 wild world of Giallo film making!

Tonight's feature is titled "Gatti Rossi In Un Labirinto Di Vetro" which translates into English as (Are you ready for this one?) "Red Cats In A Glass Maze."
They tried everything possible to try and sell this movie to American consumers, but were not successful, so it is also released in English as "The Secret Killer," and/or
"Eyeball!"

The basic story is there is a group of American tourists, and the women are getting bumped off one by one, along with some of the locals by a maniac with a knife who is cutting an eye out of each one of them for some odd reason. Also, almost everyone on this a bus is also not only a potential victim, but also possibly the suspected killer!

My favourite day of the year!!

"Gatti Rossi In Un Labirinto Di Vetro" was filmed in Barcelona, Spain, as seen here, and also in Lazio, Italy!

After that, here's what you get, one eye at a time!

Lots of sharp knives!

More eyes gone!

Bloody sharp knives!

Bloody sharp knives in the hands of the wrong people!

It took me a long time to get over my initial reaction to Giallo movies, not being a big fan of people running around cutting other people up, but over time, I found out that despite all the lurid posters, and stinkin' knives, Giallo flicks are usually quite intelligent and confusing as Hell!

But then, that's just me!

It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to understand why the title got changed from "Red Cats In A Glass Maze".........................

...................To "Eyeball!"

Director Umberto Lenzi started off his career doing 'Sword and Sandal' movies, followed by 'Secret Agent/Spy' movies, before moving on into making 'Giallo' movies!

Umberto also directed one of my favourite films, "Kriminal."

After his run of 70's Giallo films, Maestro Lenzi turned to making Eurotrash horror and cannibal films like "Nightmare City," and "Eaten Alive."

To show you what a sense of humor Umberto had, he directed at least nine movies using names like Humphrey Milestone, Humphrey Humbert, Harry Kirkpatrick, and Bob Collins! 

This brilliant man only passed away a couple of years ago in 2017 at the age of 86.

The Detective on the case was set to retire in a week when all these gruesome murders started, but he was able to get it all figured out just in time!

I just stumbled into a snake pit of 60's and 70's strange and odd Euro horror, so I'll be back on Saturday with more, unless of course...........Something else happens!

ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN / Please Don't Make Her Angry! - 1993

In today's HBO TV remake of the great schlock original, young heiress Nancy Archer is driving home after finding her husband with another woman at a motel, when, she encounters a UFO that zaps her with some kind of laser ray. After a second encounter, she finds herself growing in size every time she gets angry!

Stars include Daryl (BLADE RUNNER) Hannah, Daniel (VAMPIRES) Baldwin, William (THE MEPHISTO WALTZ) Windom, Frances (PINK CADILLAC) Fisher, Cristi (BATMAN RETURNS) Conaway, Paul (THIS IS SPINAL TAP) Benedict, O'Neal (DEEP IMPACT) Compton and many more...

This sucker was filmed in good old Taft, California, so, here's one for Eegah!! and all I have to say, is,,, The Seven Sisters!! Anyway, here's a nice shot of Nancy in her light blue Cadillac heading back home.

Being a Fifties Sci-Fi Guy, I just want to scream when I see another lame-ass rip off of an overused saucer design!.. JFC, D!! So, Nancy is hit in the chest with a pink ray before the ship disappears into the night...

Back at a motel, Harry's having a romp with Honey! Remember, this was an HBO production, a little nudity was added for a little viewer titillation! All I can say is, nice ass!

My favorite parts were Sheriff Denby and his little helper out looking for a UFO. The kid is basically the brains and it's fun to watch them interact. And, the Sheriff drives a classic 1950 Shoebox Ford, now, that's class!

Nancy talks Harry into helping her search for the saucer. After driving around in the country the damn thing shows itself again. Nancy goes over to the space ship only to be abducted! Man, the perspective is all screwed up here, first of all, if the ship was directly over her, it'd be a lot bigger!!

After Nancy has returned from wherever, she's having a discussion with her dad and Harry where she gets angry and grows to an enormous size, busting her head through the second floor! Boy, it's a good thing that her bra didn't snap off!

So, she's a bad girl and has to stay in the barn. Her doctors pay her a visit. Again, the perspective is off, the doctor's pointing like five feet above Nancy's head.

They had to do it, Nancy shows up at a drive-in where they're showing the original movie!

Great shot as Nancy heads into town, love those shadows!

She finds Harry and Honey at Honey's Nail Salon and pounds her fist through the roof. Harry's scared as Hell and tries to hide from his giant pissed off wife!

He gets to his Porsche but can't get it started before Nancy scoops up the car with Harry screaming bloody murder inside!! She wants to have a 'little' talk with him.

At the end, the military brings in helicopter gun ships. They fire at her like a thousand times and never fucking hit her once!!!!!.. Anyway, she gets crucified on the power lines, the ship then arrives and takes her away!

So, let's say goodbye...

Goodbye!

This movie is all about woman empowerment. Inside the spaceship, women control everything, and men like Harry are there to work on their social skills!!

Join us again on Wednesday when we'll try and come up with something cool for you, here, at The Dungeon!!