LA BAMBOLA DI SATANA - "The Doll Of Satan" (1969)

I hope everybody's thankful that they get to know about movies like tonight's Wacked-Out Wednesday Feature from Italy!

This movie is called "La Bambola Di Satana," and it's English title was "The Doll Of Satan!" 

If they changed the title to "La Bombola Di Satana," they could have called it "The Cylinder Of Satan" which would have been a more interesting choice, and just as informative!
An even sillier literal translation is from the German "Der Satan Ohne Gesicht" to
"Satan Without Face." Just for the record, Satan is not in this movie, unless you count the male lead, whose name was Jack Seaton!

 I kept wanting to say that this film is more Krimmi than it is Giallo, but now as I think about it, it's kind of a pretty cool combination of the two!

The basic premise is an olde rich guy dies, and leaves everything including his castle to his pretty blonde niece, but other nefarious people are wanting the castle because it's secretly sitting on a big pile of Uranium that is worth a fortune!

 So stuff some more Lira in the Silver-Vox, and let's get this party started!

 The older dude in the box by himself looks pretty suspicious I must admit!

 This film has an incredible soundtrack that varies from these rockin' club scenes to what sounds like outtakes from possibly a Ornette Coleman/Charles Lloyd/Sun-Ra free jazz horror set, all courtesy of Maestro Franco Potenza!

Erna (Carnal Revenge, Les Lesbiennes) Schurer is Elizabeth! They're trying to drive her krazy so she'll sell the castle cheap and fast!

The crazy girl in the next room doesn't have as much to do with anything as you would think!

Do women still use those eyelash curlers?

The dog's role is more important than the girl in the wheel chair!

They are having a big slumber party and are trying to do everything in their power to make Elizabeth think there's a ghost that was also named Elizabeth haunting the joint!

They keep drugging Elizabeth to make her have krazy dreams and hallucinations!

There's a fair share of nakedness like this, but not much actual nudity, and for some reason, it's all done very conservatively!

I'm taking a guess that at least 15% or more of the movie is Elizabeth in bed!

A couple of people get killed and/or tortured, but it's mostly all just a bad dream!

Miss Elizabeth is in a heap of trouble. Where's The Macho Man when you need him?

Hooded characters like this are always freaky!

Meanwhile, back in bed...............

Elizabeth is starting to wake up to the idea of selling the place!

 He's asking the dog, what does that tell you??

For my money, "La Bambola Di Satana" has a lot more in common with a film like say "House On Haunted Hill" than it does with countless Giallo flicks. Maybe it's the lack of stabbings or detectives that make it different, or maybe it's the fact that it was the only film that Director Ferruccio Casapinta's ever worked on in any capacity. Either way, it's worth watching just to hear the music if nothing else. Now somebody just needs to release the soundtrack!

TOURIST TRAP / A Place To Lose Your Mind And Soul - 1979

In today's wild and weird story, a group of young friends on vacation are stranded at a secluded roadside museum where they are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekinetic powers to control the attraction's mannequins!

This one stars Chuck (SOYLENT GREEN) Connors, Jocelyn (THE ENFORCER) Jones, Jon (END OF THE WORLD) Van Ness, Robin (DEATH WISH II) Sherwood, Tanya (THE BEASTMASTER) Roberts, Dawn (MOMMIE DEAREST) Jeffory and Keith (WITHOUT A TRACE) McDermott.

Hey, looks like that Slausen place could be some sort of tourist trap!.. Well then, let's make sure we don't go there!! The girls decide to go skinny dipping in a pond instead. A Mr. Slausen shows up and tells them that there are snakes swimming around in the pond, then leaves.

And wouldn't you know it, their vehicle broke down and they have to rely on Mr. Slausen to help them out. He takes them to his place, what could possible go wrong, right?!

It doesn't take long before things get weird. One girl gets locked inside a room full of mannequins and is greeted by Slausen's 'brother' who wears a mask!

Dude's a maniac, he takes some special goop and slaps it on her face to satisfy some craven need! Don't worry, she doesn't make it out alive...

Molly's having a crappy time at the tourist trap. She thinks she has conked the brother over the head with a rifle butt, but, it ends up being Slausen himself, he's crazy!

Slausen spends much of his time with his mannequins, that's him in the blond wig, just talking and acting out for them. It's already established that Slausen has eerie psychic powers!

There's just something about this shot that I like, reminds me of a painting I did in the eighties about Martian Mummies invading Earth in their flying saucer.

In Slausen's man cave, this wooden Indian tosses a hatchet and wins a prize!

Poor Molly is seemingly the last survivor, Slausen likes her. Jerry, the only guy, comes into the room. Molly tell him to kill Slausen with his ax, but, he's a mannequin!! First, he pulls Jerry's arm off, and to make sure she understands what's happening, he pulls the head off too!

But, when Slausen is dancing with a mannequin that turns into a woman, Molly drops the ax on his neck, surprise mofo!!

So, the danged mannequins start screaming their heads off!......

We'll give Molly the last word... There's a lame surprise ending that's not worth mentioning. So, there you go, Hollywood changed Chuck into a raving lunatic! Tune in on Wednesday as we wind down November, here, at The Dungeon!..

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!!..