SUCK - "Vampires Rock" (2009)

This Saturday Night Special sucked, but I liked it!

Sometimes they are hard to find, but this is a real rock and roll movie!

 

"SUCK" is about an ordinary but pretty good rock and roll band trying to make it. Ironically their name is The Winners, because they are anything but.

Rob Stefaniuk as Joey, the leader of the band, also wrote and directed "SUCK." He also composed and performed a lot of the music.

After a gig, the bass player goes home with this guy, and life will never be the same for The Winners, because she returns a changed person!

Dimitri Coats is the lead singer in a band called The Burning Brides, and is currently producing another rock and roll movie called "Free LSD."

"SUCK" might not be the greatest movie in the world, but it's got lots of fun pop culture and album album cover references like this thrown in here and there.

Jessica Paré is Jennifer, the transformed bass player.

Since 2017, Jessica has been Mandy Ellis on the TV show "SEAL Team."

Here's homage to another great album cover, T-Rex's "Electric Warrior" from 1971.

You can't get much more rock and roll than meeting Alice Cooper at The Crossroads!

"SUCK" is a Canadian film, and there's a great scene where the band gets pulled over at the border by an overzealous security guard, but when he finds out they are in a band, he just lets them go, because he used to be in a band himself.

 

 I guess so because the border guard was played by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson!

I think a great alternative title for this film would be 

"SLURP!"

The musician Moby who is a well known vegan and animal activist plays a character named Beef who has a band called The Secretaries Of Steak, and people in the audience throw meat at them!

That's how twisted this movie is!

If this shot looks familiar, it's because it's the same as the cover of The Who's 1979 LP

 "The Kids Are Alright!"

The rock and roll madness doesn't stop there. You've still got Iggy Pop as legendary eccentric Producer Victor!

When Iggy Pop gives you advice about life and rock and roll, why would you not listen to him?

If nothing else,"SUCK" is amazing eye candy and a lot of the effects are pretty dang cool!

The band has now completely gone to the dark side, and they're a lot more popular because of it!

Are they finished with the rock and roll cameos yet? Hell No! Here's Black Flag's Henry Rollins as DJ Rockin' Roger before he gets eaten alive on the air.

I almost forgot about vampire hunter Eddie Van Helsing as played by Dungeon Hero Malcolm McDowell. They even inserted a little bit of footage from another fave film "O Lucky Man" in flashback scenes of Eddie Van Helsing's past.

"Vampires Rock!"

Another cool headline was "Vampires Eat Jonas Brothers."

I stumbled on "SUCK" streaming on Amazon. It's pretty funny, the music is great, and there's some great effects. It's not super gory, there's barely any profanity, and it still manages to rock!

13 WILD VINTAGE MEXICAN HORROR POSTERS

Today I have for you13 wild and wooly vintage Mexican horror movie posters which includes some of our favorite lucha buddies of course.

We start with THE RETURN OF THE MONSTER from good old 1959, and I have to tell you, wow, this thing is out there. You really have to watch it to appreciate its weirdness!!

Oh boy, here we go, THE RIDERS OF THE SKULLS from 1965 is an episodic movie where our hero goes up against 3 classic monsters in the wackiest fight scenes... EVER!! Recommended.

ROBBERY OF THE THE MUMMIES OF GUANAJUATO from 1972 features a team of luchadores that go up against an evil count and a mad scientist, worth a view just get a gander at their dress duds, talk about style!

From 1964 we have WRESTLING WOMEN vs. THE AZTEC MUMMY, where, our gals go up against a female mummy and her boyfriend, also a mummy. The girls were in an earlier movie, namely, DOCTOR OF DOOM. The male mummy in this one can change into a snake or a bat, making for extra mayhem!

SANTO AND BLUE DEMON vs. THE MONSTERS from 1970 is another insane story, our heroes go against a mad scientist and his army of reanimated monsters. There on the right is the monster, OOK, borrowed from the earlier SHIP OF MONSTERS.

Then we have THE CASTLE OF MUMMIES OF GIANAJUATO that hit the screens in Mexico in 1973, it has 3 wrestling buddies that have to battle a mad scientist, killer dwarves and a horde of re-animated mummies!

In SANTO vs. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN from 1962, Santo has to protect a professor's daughter from vampires intent of kidnapping her and marrying her to the devil! This one is great MST fodder as Mike, Bill and Kevin rip away on it...

From 1959 we have THE MAN AND THE MONSTER, and I have to say, it has one of the goofiest monster makeup jobs in cinema history! That nose!! Anyway, the story's about selling yourself to the devil and the repercussions thereof..

THE AZTEC MUMMY from 1957 was the first in a trilogy of stories about a scientist who uses hypnotic regression to discover a re-animated Aztec Mummy that he's forced to battle with. His friend has a secret, he's actually a masked luchadore named Silver Angel. By the way, you can watch our movie trailer, SILVER ANGEL vs. THE DEATH ZOMBIES, there on the right, Check it out, fun stuff, we recommend it here at The Dungeon!

The 3rd movie in that series is the ultra wacky, THE ROBOT vs. THE AZTEC MUMMY from 1958, must see to believe! A mad doctor builds a human robot to go up against the deadly Aztec Mummy. It's hilarious to watch the mummy destroy the robot at the end, plus the MST gang add to the laughs as they rip away.

In 1966 we have BLUE DEMON vs. THE SATANIC POWER where our guy has to do battle with a re-animated sorcerer from the past whose powers are unearthly. Love the gal there!

SANTO IN THE HOTEL OF DEATH came out in 1963, it's about our hero who's confronted with mystery and mayhem as he has to deal with a psycho on the loose, all taking place in the hotel of death! Love that poster!!

Lastly we have THE SHADOW OF THE BAT from 1968, in it, Blue Demon has to do battle with the former disfigured wrestler called The Bat, who is planning to kidnap a beautiful female singer (shades of The Phantom Of The Opera)... Okay, there you go, 13 classic vintage poster to feast your eyeballs on, later dude...

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF GUMBY - "The Abominable Dough Man" (1988)

 

This week's Weird Wednesday feature is an episode of "The New Adventures Of Gumby," and was titled "The Abominable Dough Man."

In the 80's, Gumby is just chillin' while reading a book!

He's got a Sister now named Minga, and she's busy baking a loaf of bread!

While the bread rises, Minga sits down to watch some television.

 

The bread has to rise for thirty minutes.

Uh, Oh! Minga has fallen asleep.

While being ignored, the bread starts rising too much. It might seem farcical, but I had a similar thing happen to my sourdough starter one night!

Now this is getting out of control!

Gumby's Mom flips her lid when she sees the action and her eyes pop out!

Gumby's Dad is a fireman, and is called for help immediately!

 

The dough has now risen to monstrous size and is quickly turning into a giant dough boy!

Just the sight of the dough man makes "words get stuck in my throat!" Where's Kipp Hamilton when we need her?

Poor Minga, she's really scared as she looks up in horror!

Dough Man channels his inner King Kong, and Minga has the role of Fay Wray.

 

The firetruck shoots a tankful of water at the Dough Man, but the truck ran out of water before much damage could be done. It did melt off one of his hands, but he regenerated it immediately!

The call goes out to Gumby and his pals who come to the rescue.

Dough Man really scares this family!

Is there no way to stop this destructive lumbering lummox?

 

Ashes to ashes, dough to dough, make a rue, add enough liquid, and the big bad monster is nothing more than pancake batter!
 

Oh, Heck! It was just a bad dream!!