THE LAST HORROR FILM - Joe Spinell (1982)

Tonight's Saturday Night Special is dedicated to my dear friend Zillagord, since he's the only person I know that is sleazier than Joe Spinell in this flick, and he knows just exactly why!

It's sometimes known as "The Last Horror Movie," or sometimes..

"Fanatical Extreme!"

Joseph J. Spagnuolo, aka Joe Spinell is Vinny, a super loser New York cab driver who wants to make movies!

Vinny is slightly obsessed with a beautiful actress named Jana Bates!

Vinny's fanatical fandom for Jana, who is going to be at the Cannes Film Festival, makes him decide to go there, and plead with her to be in his movie!

Once in Cannes, this movie goes one hundred percent Screaming Yellow Bonkers with a Zima Bloody Mary chaser!

Vinny has many visions of his fame and fortune, but unfortunately for him, they're only in his head!

If life was a pinball machine, then this movie got tilted!

Let the carnage begin!!

SAY CHEESE!!

Dungeon super-heroine Caroline Munro is the good sport actress Jana Bates that Vinny is so fixated on! Right here, she looks like she just tried one of my refrigerator pickles!

You can read about some of Caroline's other fantastic films including "Star Crash" (Which also featured Joe Spinell), "The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad," and "Don't Open Till Christmas" right

HERE!

So, one by one, all the people associated with Jana Bates are getting gruesomely picked off, and Vinny seems to be up to his neck in some serious bullshit!

There's no shortage of nudity, that's for sure but then they are in the French Riviera, where people aren't so uptight about that thing because they don't eat cheeseburgers five times a week!!

Vinny is a little insecure and calls his Mom a few times to tell her how successful he is!

I love this part! Vinny's Mother is played by Filomena Spagnuolo, aka Mary Spinnel, who is actually Joe Spinell's real Mom! She also has 13 other acting credits!

They also don't eat French Fries with those Cheeseburgers in Cannes!

Brilliant location choice for a film!

Vinny's wild obsession with Jana Bates makes him do fun things like project her face on his naked body!

Vinny goes to a strip club, and this hot stripper drives him so insane that he jumps on the stage and starts humping her! He's quickly removed from the premises!

Vinny's visions are pretty comical most of the time!

After getting snubbed time and time again, Vinny decides to try the more direct approach!

This doesn't work out to well for him either!

Now Jana is out of there and off running down the street, but when the people of Cannes recognize her, they just all think it's a publicity stunt, and don't try and help her at all!!

The end is a twisted mess of a movie inside a movie!

In his own warped mind, Vinny thinks he's the big winner instead of the big loser that he really is!

The final scene shows Vinny and his Mother sharing a joint! 

To tell you the truth, I didn't really like "The Last Horror Film" that much when I was watching it, but after it was over, I kept thinking, you know, that really wasn't that bad of a movie!!
Joe Spinell died in 1989 at the age of 52, and his Mother passed away two years earlier in 1987 at the age of 83. What a killer family!
So, let's just hope North Korea and the United States stop their chest thumping shenanigans, or this just might truly be "The Last Horror Film!"
Oh, and I just found out, if you have an Amazon Prime account, you can watch this movie for nothing, and I suggest you do!

DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE - "Shock! After Shock!" (1971)

This evening's Sick Sister Saturday Night Special is the 1971 twisted film "Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde!"

I never can figure out stuff like why would they put a picture of two naked people on the poster, and they are not even the people in the movie.

"Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde" is a real gender bender of a movie! The obvious twist is that after Dr. Jekyll drinks his potion, instead of turning into the Mr. Hyde villian, he turns into a beautiful evil woman instead!

 Well that describes about half the men in the town!

Ralph Bates is Dr. Henry Jekyll. Ralph was just finishing up his two year run of Hammer films that included "Horror Of Frankenstein," "Taste The Blood Of Dracula," and "Lust For A Vampire."

Ralph himself succumbed to cancer at the age of 51.

 Where else would Dr. Jekyll live besides behind door 13?

Dr. Jekyll wasn't really a bad person, in fact he was totally dedicated to curing the ills of society, except for the killing of the whores for their hearts part.. When Dr. Jekyll does a test run of his bloody potion on a fly, it changes sex from a male to a female, but it doesn't really concern him that much.

 The notorious London grave robbers Burke and Hare help the Doctor get what he needs!

Yeah, I'd say he fits the bill all right!

Dr. Jekyll ingests the serum that he has made...........

...........With startling results, even to himself!

 Essentially, there are two reasons to watch "Dr, Jekyll And Sister Hyde,"

Martine Beswick................

 ......And Martine Beswick!

 Maybe his greatest achievement, the Doctor seems quite pleased to have boobs!

The locals catch up to Burke and Hare, so the good Doctor has to go out and do his/her own dirty work now!

Martine Beswick came out of retirement in 2019 to make a film with two other classic Hammer beauties, Caroline Munro and Virginia Carlson titled "House Of The Gorgon," and it looks like they are still trying to raise enough money to release it, but you can watch a trailer on YouTube!

I'm sure you know the story, the Doctor's life is now spiraling out of control!

Dr. Jekyll is getting weaker, and Sister Hyde is taking over, but he/she can switch back at any given time, and it's not usually good timing either.

The end was already per-determined!

This is quite a fascinating still since you never really see the two of them together in the movie!

AT THE EARTH'S CORE / American International Pictures, Amicus Productions - 1976

Welcome to Dungeon post #2200, holy cow!.. Also, our main Google counter (not the one at the bottom of the page) has us at 2,477,230 hits as I write this review! Not too bad for two old monster dudes!!

Today's story's about a Victorian era scientist (Peter Cushing) and his assistant (Doug McClure) who take a test run in their Iron Mole drilling machine. They end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic birds that's full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen.

I have a sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our atomic gopher holes, NOW, Rufus The Gnat!.. Here's... AT THE EARTH'S CORE!

Here are Dr. Perry and David Innes ready to board their Iron Mole drilling machine. They waste no time getting to the action...

The huge machine shakes and vibrates its way through the earth as the viewers watch in awe.

The damn thing goes out of control and digs them a deep hole almost into the super hot core!

Eventually, they break through into a huge underground cavern full of strange light, weird plants and hungry lumbering monsters!

These two giant sumo boars fight it out as the cave people are moved to their new underground home as slaves to the weird bird people.

Then, they have to defend themselves against these eyeless fanged killer plants! I liked these things so much that I started an art piece last night of similar creatures...

The sets are extra nice for this Amicus production. If you'd like to check out some really bad Amicus sets, watch THE TERRORNAUTS!

Then, David has to battle this monstrous lizard hulk to save his friend from being eaten alive!

Here's a nice shot of the giant telepathic birds watching the battle from a safe perch.

The place blows itself back to Hell as the doc and Dave come up with some new dance moves to celebrate the event!

David and the doctor start up the old Iron Mole and dig their way back to the land of the surface dwellers!

Here's a nice side boob parting shot from David's cave girl pal and very popular Hammer actress, Caroline Munro as Dia. We're back tomorrow with post #2201 from... The Dungeon!