LEYENDAS MACABRAS DE LA COLONIA / Macabre Legend Of The Colony - 1974

Nothing says Halloween quite like Mexican wrasslers, I mean, like, they're already wearing masks! And if they want candy, all they have to do is beat up some kid and take theirs!!

In today's wild tale, luchador Tinieblas (The Giant) buys a macabre painting from an art dealer, he hangs it in his house and invites Mil Mascaras, El Fantasma Blanco (The White Ghost) and two pretty ladies over check it out. But when the clock strikes midnight, they are all transported back to colonial times where they have to go up against Spanish Conquistadors, Aztec warriors, an evil witch, and her bloodthirsty living dead mother, and who is the woman in the painting! 

Here's where we start... The painting. But, instead of telling this confusing tale again, I'm going to make up my own Halloween Hoots, it's a natural and I thought it'd be funny, for a change...

At the wrassling stadium before they go trick or treating, Tinieblas and Mil are in a contest to see who has the best mask. The audience is asked to cheer for the winner, loudest cheer wins. Right out of the chute, Tinieblas gets booed!!

Man, candy's the root of all evil... These guys are freaking grown ups!!

The boys come upon some easy pickings, so, they beat the snot out of the nerds, grab their candy bags, and then run away!

This girl's brat brother ate her candy corn and she wants them BACK!!

Come here kid so I can strangle you!!..

Okay, who's up for some hot witches' brew?.. C'mon you chicken, it's yummy!

Mil and the gang meet up with their friends, ready for a night of fun and treats.

As the friends roam the neighborhood, they notice a cool-ass floating fantasm that someone put up. One of the girls actually started screaming after she saw it! Everyone laughed.

Great, great, great grandma wants to hand out candy but is told to wash her hands first.

Mil and the gang agree to be locked up in a cell for a friend's haunted house gag.

Mil let's a Halloween buddy try a Vulcan nerve pinch on him to see if it really works.

It figures, another fight breaks out over candy!

At a party, the two girls dressed up as prostitutes take a painting off the wall and smash it over the head of that stuck up bitch Stacy!

After wolfing down all their candy, everyone is whoozy and disoriented, they pledge to NEVER DO THAT EVER AGAIN!! Then the boys realize, they need to get back to the stadium for another scheduled wrassling match!! Oh, I gotta puke!

They show up and have to battle three guys whose candy they stole!

And the lesson learned is... Don't let candy rule your life, it ain't worth it, just look!! Welp, we gots only two more posts before Halloween, so, don't miss 'em!!

THE SNOOP SISTERS - "A Black Day For Bluebeard" (1974)

 

It's time for a Snoop Sisters Saturday Night Halloween Countdown Special!

 

"The Snoop Sisters" were only on for what is considered one season, and there were only five episodes total, but those six episodes stretched from December 18, 1972 until March 19, 1974.

Funny math!

"A Black Day For Buebeard" was the last of the episodes!

 

The special guest star for this episode was Mr. Vincent Price.

For a couple of older ladies, "The Snoop Sisters" are a barrel of laughs! That's Helen Hayes as Ernesta Snoop, and Mildred Natwick as Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson! They're in costume because they are headed for a movie premiere, a tribute to their friend, the classic horror star Michael Bastion.

Michael Bastion makes a melodramatic entrance after a hearse drives up to the front of the theatre and they unload a coffin with him inside.

Of course, Michael Bastion is played by Vincent Price!

Always perfect timing, Michael's wife Amanda as played by Tammy Grimes, has just let him know that she has filed for a divorce!

In 1966, Tammy had her own TV show, "The Tammy Grimes Show," but it only lasted for six episodes.

"Gravely Yours" was a Michael Bastion retrospective.

This scene from the past is pretty telling considering what's about to happen!

There's only one problem. The only person enjoying the movie is Michael himself!

Michael goes to the restroom to check his makeup and when he gets back to his seat, he finds out that somebody has just stabbed his wife to death!

 

Michael gets arrested obviously, and now it's up to the Snoop Sisters to untangle the whole mess, starting with getting him out of jail.

These two are so cute together, it's a real shame the series didn't last longer.

Just like Vincent Price, Michael Bastion is also a supreme chef, so Gwendolyn arranges for him to make her lunch because they need to keep him distracted for a couple of hours. He wines and dines her, and she gets pretty drunk after about four bottles of very expensive wine. It's all quite humorous!

Gwendolyn is drinking so much, Michael becomes very animated and quite exasperated!

It's a good thing Ernesta finally calls to let her know she can stop the charade.

This is a great shot and as good a place as any to let you know that some of the other awesome cast members included names like.........

 

...........Roddy (Planet Of The Apes) McDowall, 

 

Bert (A Bucket Of Blood) Convy,

 

William (266 Episodes of Knot's Landing) Devane,

 

 

David (The Big Lebowski) Huddleston, and.......

 

.......One of THE best comedians of all time, Mort Sahl.

 

Well, I hate to give away the ending, but he was innocent!

THE THREE STOOGES In "A Bird In The Head" - 1946

In today's kwazy tale, the boys get the job of wallpapering a room in the house of  Professor Panzer, a mad scientist that wants to put a human brain in his ape Igor's head! But, he's having trouble finding someone with a small enough brain!!

Mr. Beedle, Panzer's helper, has hired the Stooges to wallpaper a room in the house, but he asks Moe if they knew what they were doing because Curly was eating the paste! Moe assures him that he won't recognize the place when they're done!

The professor has Beedle come in, he'd like to ask him a few questions about the paper hangers... Oh, and by the way, what's your hat size? Beedle says, 7-1/2, and the professor sighs, oh, that's too bad! He then asks his (very nervous at this point) assistant Nikko the same question, but alas, his brain is also too large.

Back in the room, the boys are up to their old tricks. Look how Larry's carrying the ladder! And of course Moe's on the receiving end!

Curly just cannot get the paper flattened out...

And, the first piece of paper Larry and Curly put up is over Moe. They think it's lumpy paste until they find Moe under it!

Beedle walks in to check on the progress.

And sure enough, Moe said he wouldn't recognize the place! This is one of my all time favorite Stooge scenes, Beedle keeps saying... This is SILLY, it's just SILLY! He tries to pummel the boys but slips on some paste and ends up in a closet.

The boys run across the hall and into Panzer's lab. After Moe calls Curly 'bird brain,' the mad scientist appears and is totally intrigued...

Panzer performs a few tests on Curly, including using a stethoscope on his head!!

Panzer tells the boys that if they cooperate with him, they will live in luxury for the rest of their lives! They agree and he shows them to their room, and locks them in. Then, Igor wanders into their room and they quickly hide under the bed!

Igor gets a kick out of stomping down on the boys as they cry out in pain!

Igor gets his foot stuck in the springs and the guys somehow get out of the room and head back to the lab. After an x-ray of his head and Panzer ranting about finding a human brain for Igor, Curly ask the madman, so, where are you going to find a brain? Vernon Dent's performance here is uncanny and he definitely steals the show!

The boys spoil Panzer's plan and run back to their room. There, Curly and Igor bond and now he's Curly's pal. The guys lock Panzer out of the lab after they return there. Moe tries to bully Curly and Igor steps in to threaten Moe if he tries! So funny! Curly even gets to slap Moe a few times while Igor holds him there, which Moe welcomes!

Then, Igor finds some grain alcohol that him and Curly share.

Panzer accesses the lab through a secret panel in the wall, holding a freaking machine gun! He tells the boys to get ready to die! 

But, Igor grabs the weapon from him and starts spraying the lab with bullets. After hitting the boys in the caboose with some shots, Panzer gets his turn

The Stooges and Igor make a hasty retreat, to live for another crazy adventure! Halloween is just around the corner, so, join us again tomorrow for another special treat, here at The Dungeon!!..