MINIKILLERS PART TWO - "Macabre Heroin Flamenco" (1969)

You know what they say about "one good turn" so this Saturday Night Special is about three of the other "Minikillers" shorts. There's not a lot to go on here, but I found these Super 8 box photos that actually have names on them, so by trying to match the pictures, I think that first one I showed you last week was this one titled "Operation: Costa Brava."

 

The second one was this one titled "Heroin."

Diana Rigg's nameless character might not be Emma Peel, but she's definitely doing some spying for some reason!

 

She's watching some people on a boat and just chilling on the beach when it suddenly gets very weird!

 

 

Like out of nowhere, she's kind of surrounded by mannequins!

 

 

The one standing behind her is extra casual, and reading a newspaper to try and look normal.

 

All the dummies fall on her, and a buried net she was laying on scoops her up and drags her out to that boat she was spying on!

 

She escapes from the net, but also loses the covering she had on!

Diana Rigg was a national treasure and in 1994, she was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth!

 

She finds a slicker to slip into, and steals the hoods car to get away!

 

Before getting back to her own car, she parks the bad guys car in a 'No Parking" area so they get a ticket!

Each one of these silent shorts is approximately ten minutes long, and I think the next one is this one called "Flamenco," but she's wearing a dress in this box collage that she doesn't wear until the next episode, so who really knows?

That ten minute length kind of messes with the theory of showing them in the gas station.

 

In "Flamenco," the boys with the binoculars are back!

 

 They leave one of those creepy dolls in her car, and this one has a bomb in it!

I guess they didn't remember she had a rear view mirror!

These bozos aren't too hard to outfox!

 

She unceremoniously tosses henchman Moisés Augusto Rocha off the edge of a small cliff!

 

 

If a Deutsche Mark was about equal to a dollar, I'd say it's safe to say that not many poor folk were watching these at 29.99 DM each. 

 

"Macabre" starts off with the boys waiting for her with an open coffin!

After the last picture, you'll find a link where you can watch them all yourself. It just might be the only damn thing good that happened this whole year!

 

How is it even possible?

"MINIKILLERS"

EL FANTASMA DE LA CASA ROJA aka PHANTOM OF THE RED HOUSE - 1956

Here's  one we did back in 2007 which had only three photos, now we have the whole story. It's about a millionaire's ghost that watches while his heirs murder each other over his fortune.

 

It all starts with a knock on the door, you need to get Satan's permission to enter, a night club!

What Mexican movie wouldn't be complete without music, I ax you... This isn't the only guy that can entertain the crowd since there are a number of other acts on the lineup, he just likes to get up close and personal with the pretty ladies there.

And oh boy, nothing like some hot devilish chicks working at the club, but their hubbies (damn!) tell them it's time to leave and go to the reading of their dead relative's will.

The friend and lawyer to the deceased reads the will and Mercedes comes out on top, and it's big time sour grapes for the others. But of course, if anything should happen to her, well, someone else will get the hidden dough.

It doesn't take long before the 'ghost' of the dead guy shows up and tries to stab Mercedes.

Groovie, looks like the old Devil has cooked us up something special. Actually, he's a waiter, ready to serve  a flaming delight to that sweet couple at table 6.

Clavillazo, star of CASTLE OF THE MONSTERS and CONQUISTADOR DE LA LUNA, plays a private detective brought in to help Mercedes. And of course, his logic leaves a lot to be desired.

Our little detective encounters the ghost, and pulls a gun on him!  You know, you can't kill a ghost. Anyway, Clavillazo wants to put handcuffs on him but can't get the job done because holding the gun is preventing him from accomplishing the task. He hands the gun to the dude so that he can put the handcuffs on... Now, what could possibly go wrong?

And, he nearly gets a long blade in the back!

And now two people have been stabbed to death, everyone had better watch out...

Okay, time to chase Mercedes around and around and around... She stops the action like in a cartoon, and gets a sip of water before she calls 'action' again. Then, with a giant ax in hand, the ghostly guy swings and just misses her, demolishing the bannister!

Clavillazo dresses up like the ghost so there are now two of them running around. The real ghost guy gets conked upside his head, putting him out of commission...

Well, if it isn't the lawyer! Thing is, he dressed up like the ghost to keep an eye on the ones that actually committed the murders, and they're going to jail.

Mercedes falls through a trap door, goes down a chute and finds the hidden money, making for a happy ending... We're back tomorrow, so check that out. And, if the blog looks a little weird, don't blame us, blame the 'new' Blogger...

MINIKILLERS - "Your Guess Is As Good As Mine" (1969)

Diana Rigg may have left us, but I've still got some unanswered questions for her like What in the Hell was this all about! Tonight's feature is a legitimate Double WTF?! Wednesday presentation!

"Minikillers" is series of short Super 8 MM movies that were made in 1969 in Spain!

"Minikillers" stars Diana Rigg and is fairly difficult to find any solid information about!

"Minikillers" is basically the only credit there is for brothers Wolfgang and Michael Chmielewski.

Wolfgang did direct one other film and was a writer for the German TV show "Sonne, Wein Und Harte Nüsse."

 

Lots of binoculars! Lots of spying going on!

 

The Boss of whatever the Hell is going on is played by José Nieto. He's up to no good!

 

Basically you have no idea what is going on, and then Diana Rigg strolls into the scene headed for the Hotel swimming pool, and Jose is watching her!

The swingin' soundtrack was written by
Hans Rettenbacher!

 

Another very interesting thing about "Minikillers" is that it is a silent movie! There is music, but there is no diaglogue at all! Zero, Nada, Nichts, Zilch!

Moisés Augusto Rocha, along with José Nieto, were in a number of Jess Franco films which leads some people to speculate that Jess was also somehow involved with this project, but I have my doubts! The IMDB has Moisés billed as the "Bowled henchman." Do you think I should let them know that I think it's supposed to be "Bald?" 

 

I think this project came from the heart and soul of the Chmielewskis, and nobody else should get the blame or the credit, and besides the fact that you'll surely wonder what in the Hell is going on, there is no blame to be had!

This remote controlled creepy doll comes walking up poolside, and when this one guy picks it up, it squirts acid or something in the fellow's eyes!

 

Diana Rigg just sits there looking gorgeous watching the whole deal unravel!

 

After that, she calmly strolls over and picks up the doll and takes it back to her room.

At this point you have no idea who she is or what's she's doing, nor will you later!

Diana ponders the whole situation!

Somebody on a website some years ago had this to say about why these films exist!

"During the late 60s, people stayed sitting in their cars at the gas station, waiting for their fuel, and having their oil checked etc. So the idea was to "entertain" them by showing
short 4 or 5 minute films."

Personally I don't get it! What? They would wheel out a projector and a screen like being at a mini-drive-in? Sounds dubious to me at best!

Her door opens and another creepy doll comes wandering in, but Diana doesn't notice!

She's got somewhere to go and doesn't even see the doll waddling along across the floor!

It's too late, but the doll squirts some more deadly liquid from it's eyes. Diana is gone and the episode is over. Once again, you can thank Lord Litter in Berlin for finding this jewel for us!

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