Well, hello der!.. Here's a Mexican horror flick that was dubbed in English for American TV, it's about the Cagliostro family that has tried for generations to rid the world of vampires. Count Cagliostro instructs hid daughter and others in a method he's developed to accomplish their goal, ridding the world of vampires once and for all...
This one has a memorable vampire bad guy, Carlos (139 acting credits) Agostí plays Count Siegfried von Frankenhausen to the hilt, a sadistic fiend to be sure. His equally sadistic helper, Frau Hildegarde, is played by Bertha (the Frau is back in THE INVASION OF THE VAMPIRES) Moss and our heroine is played by Begoña (SANTO vs. THE KING OF CRIME) Palacios.
Count Frankenhausen and Frau Hildegarde watch as the count's mysterious carriage pulls up after a trip through the countryside.
This is the driver of the carriage, he don't take no lip from the passengers!
And to prove he's a bad ass, here's the Count when he's thirsty, for blood!!
On the good side of town though, Count Cagliostro is lecturing family and friends and giving a demonstration with his invention that will neutralize vampire blood...
Count Cagliostro's daughter Ines and her doctor fiance decide to get inside Frankenhausen's creepy place to really see what's going on there. She poses as a maid, and she gets the job, but, the first thing she has to do is take that damn cross off!
Ines is in her room changing at the count's mansion (where she now stays) when someone outside the door turns the knob back and forth, then leaves. The door knob fascinates me.
Here's what a typical Vampire Alter looks like, the can's just to the left there..
Somewhere along the line, the loyal Hildegarde has displeased the Count, and after choking her, he's ready to beat her with a lethal weapon, I assume from the dark ages.
On their way to the next crime against all that is good and godly, the Count and Hildegarde pass by a skeleton still bound to a torture wheel.
In order to save Ines, the good guys have to pass through corridors of huge spider webs!
Just as the Count is ready to bite Ines, her father and fiance enter the room, and she is saved!
The Count fights back, he changes into a giant bat and harasses the two men. Alas, her father dies saving Ines and her fiance. Also, the Count is back a year later in THE INVASION OF THE VAMPIRES! There you go kids, your Spanish lesson for the day, you can go do your thing now, we'll see you all tomorrow, here at The Dungeon!!..
Friday, May 22, 2020
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
R.I.P. - PETER THOMAS (December 1, 1925 – May 17, 2020)
Well, I had something completely different planned for tonight, but I was just informed by Lord Litter in Berlin, that the great composer and Dungeon hero Peter Thomas has passed away at the age of 95 on May 17th.
Sadly, you probably won't even hear about it on the news in the U.S.
So here are some of the films, and one TV show, that Peter has scored that we have featured on this blog. Take a look, and you'll understand why I think he was one of, if not the best, soundtrack composers of all time!
1963 - Die Weisse Spinne (The White Spider)
1966 - "Die Rechnung - Eiskalt Serviert" (Tip Not Included)
1966 - "The Trygon Factor"
1966 - "Um Null Uhr Schnappt Die Falle Zu"
1967 - "Die Schlangengrube Und Das Pendel" (Castle Of The Walking Dead)
1967 "Der Mörderclub Von Brooklyn" (The Body In Central Park)
1966 - "The Trygon Factor"
1966 - "Um Null Uhr Schnappt Die Falle Zu"
1967 - "Die Schlangengrube Und Das Pendel" (Castle Of The Walking Dead)
1967 "Der Mörderclub Von Brooklyn" (The Body In Central Park)

1968 - Der Hund Von Blackwood Castle" (The Monster Of Blackwood Castle)
1968 - "Dynamit In Grüner Seide" (Death And Diamonds)
1969 - "Der Mann Mit Dem Glasauge" (The Man With The Glass Eye)
And that's just a taste!
Peter Thomas left us with 175 composing credits to his name, and his passing is the end of an era!
Try as they may, he will never be replaced!
Monday, May 18, 2020
WEREWOLF OF LONDON / Beware The Stalking Being - Half-Human - Half-Beast! - 1935
It seems incredulous to me that in all the years we've been doing this, that we haven't done WEREWOLF OF LONDON until now. It's not even in the Wolf Man Legacy Collection for obvious reasons, you can find it on a double bill on DVD with SHE-WOLF OF LONDON. The story goes like this... So, while on a botanical expedition in Tibet, Dr. Wilfred Glendon is attacked by some strange animal one night. After returning to London, he finds himself turning into a werewolf and terrorizing the city, and the only hope for curing his affliction is the rare Asian flower he brought back with him.
I remember seeing this one on late night TV in the late fifties, I liked it but I always lost interest after a while.
Classy title card! It stars Henry (MASTER OF THE WORLD) Hull, Warner (CHARLIE CHAN IN LONDON) Oland, Valerie (BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN) Hobson, Lester (214 Acting Credits!) Matthews and Spring (DECEMBER BRIDE) Byington. Warner was born and died in Sweden.
It all starts in Tibet, Dr. Glendon is being stalked by a weird looking animal while out searching for an illusive plant in the mountains. After locating the flower, he's attacked and his arm is scratched by the animal before it escapes into the dark!
He takes the plant back with him to his lab in London where he bathes it in artificial Moonlight, an invention of his.
The British Botanical Association adores Dr. Glendon and his bizarre flesh-eating plants!
Oh yeah, Dr. Glendon has his faithful assistant to assist (ha ha) him with his work.
Then it happens, the artificial Moonlight causes the doctor's hands to transform while handling the plant. He uses a freshly cut flower stem to bring things back to normal... Now he knows he's a werewolf, that's what attacked him in the mountains!
I was working in the lab one night, when the Moonlight turned me, into a Fright!..
This is what the doc looks like when he's avoiding the police, he rents a room during the full Moons from an old lady (Mrs. Whack) and asks her, what if he said there were such things as real werewolves?!.. She answers, I'd tell 'em I'm Little Red Riding Hood!
Well,,. He easily escapes from his room (causing old women to faint) and almost gets his paws on this damsel sitting there, whose boyfriend just left. She sees him in her compact mirror and screams bloody murder as she runs away.
So, he secretly hides in a tower at his place, thinking it would contain him, but he simply bends the bars on the window and escapes!
He finds his wife with another man. As he's ready to do his wife in, her friend conks the doctor on the head, knocking him out.
By now everyone knows the doc's a werewolf, and he's desperate for a cure...
Dr. Yogami sneaks into the lab and when the doc's back is turned, Yogami uses the flower's liquid. You see, Dr Yogami is the one that attacked Glendon in the mountains of Tibet. Glendon also finds out that there is no cure, , the flower is good only for a temporary fix...
The police arrive and the doc is shot, and actually dies, he apologizes to his wife before the end though. Of course he turns back into his human form for the audience to mourn over.
We're back Wednesday with more cool junk for the masses, as always, here at The Dungeon!!..
I remember seeing this one on late night TV in the late fifties, I liked it but I always lost interest after a while.
Classy title card! It stars Henry (MASTER OF THE WORLD) Hull, Warner (CHARLIE CHAN IN LONDON) Oland, Valerie (BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN) Hobson, Lester (214 Acting Credits!) Matthews and Spring (DECEMBER BRIDE) Byington. Warner was born and died in Sweden.
It all starts in Tibet, Dr. Glendon is being stalked by a weird looking animal while out searching for an illusive plant in the mountains. After locating the flower, he's attacked and his arm is scratched by the animal before it escapes into the dark!
He takes the plant back with him to his lab in London where he bathes it in artificial Moonlight, an invention of his.
The British Botanical Association adores Dr. Glendon and his bizarre flesh-eating plants!
Oh yeah, Dr. Glendon has his faithful assistant to assist (ha ha) him with his work.
Then it happens, the artificial Moonlight causes the doctor's hands to transform while handling the plant. He uses a freshly cut flower stem to bring things back to normal... Now he knows he's a werewolf, that's what attacked him in the mountains!
I was working in the lab one night, when the Moonlight turned me, into a Fright!..
This is what the doc looks like when he's avoiding the police, he rents a room during the full Moons from an old lady (Mrs. Whack) and asks her, what if he said there were such things as real werewolves?!.. She answers, I'd tell 'em I'm Little Red Riding Hood!
Well,,. He easily escapes from his room (causing old women to faint) and almost gets his paws on this damsel sitting there, whose boyfriend just left. She sees him in her compact mirror and screams bloody murder as she runs away.
So, he secretly hides in a tower at his place, thinking it would contain him, but he simply bends the bars on the window and escapes!
He finds his wife with another man. As he's ready to do his wife in, her friend conks the doctor on the head, knocking him out.
By now everyone knows the doc's a werewolf, and he's desperate for a cure...
Dr. Yogami sneaks into the lab and when the doc's back is turned, Yogami uses the flower's liquid. You see, Dr Yogami is the one that attacked Glendon in the mountains of Tibet. Glendon also finds out that there is no cure, , the flower is good only for a temporary fix...
The police arrive and the doc is shot, and actually dies, he apologizes to his wife before the end though. Of course he turns back into his human form for the audience to mourn over.
We're back Wednesday with more cool junk for the masses, as always, here at The Dungeon!!..
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