THE BRASS BOTTLE - "Sihirli Vazo" (1964)

HO, HO, HO, and MERRY X-MAS to you all!!!

This is as close as I could come to a Christmas movie, and it's fairly similar in a few areas, like the co-star is the folk-singer/actor, Burl, "Mr. Holly Jolly Christmas" Ives himself! Burl is also known for his classic version of "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer," and he kind of looks like Santa too!

Also during one it's first appearances in the movie, "The Brass Bottle" itself looks like a Christmas gift! Actually, it's a gift that Tony Randall as Harold Ventimore is bringing to the Father of his future bride, Barbara Eden as Sylvia Kenton! Of course, Tony will always be known for his role in "The Odd Couple" as will Barbara for being Jeannie in "I Dream Of Jeannie," but they were both together in another great movie too, "The 7 Faces Of Dr. Lao!" I find it hilarious that Barbara Eden is in a movie about a genie, and it's not her!!

Richard Erdman as Seymour Jenks, and Kathie Browne as Hazel Jenks are Harold's eccentric room mates! These two combined have been in literally hundreds of TV shows! Previous to this film, Richard was in the "Twilight Zone" episode known as "A Kind Of Stopwatch!" Kathie is no longer with us, but Richard has had a lengthy career and is still working today!

Sylvia's Father refuses the gift (he had a electric table lamp that looked just like it) so Harold takes it back home and pries it open! Viola, there's a genie inside and all his problems should be behind him, but instead, all his problems just get worse!

The genie's name is Fakrash, and he is capable of doing all kinds of wondrous things!

Good shot of that classic Volkwagen bus back there!

The cops get involved when Fakrash delivers a herd of camels and their trainers to Harold's home!

Sydney Jenks tries to explain a few things to Harold in his own inimitable way!

In an effort to please him, Fakrash gives Harold a trunk full of these 10 dollar bills!

Harold has Sylvia and her parents over for dinner, but Fakrash changes the whole thing into a temple with dancing girls and all means of finery, much to Harold's chagrin!

The main course is the eyes of mountain lambs cooked in honey, of course!!

 

And then the fun begins! Pop singer Lulu Porter is the belly dancer turning all the guy's heads!

 The perfectly stuffy Edward Andrews has the role of Sylvia's Father! Edward's familiar face was all over the TV in the 60's and the 70's and he was in, not one, but two "Twilight Zone" episodes, "You Drive," and "Third From The Sun!"

Fakrash bring his old girlfriend into the scene to help poor Harold, but when Harold says "No!" she refuses to leave, and since she has genie powers too, Fakrash can't send her back! The scrumptious Kamala Devi had the role of Tezra! Kamala had a total of 13 credits to her name and was married to "The Rifleman" Chuck Connors for 9 years!

Since Tezra doesn't seem to be going anywhere, Harold gets her some modern clothes. She doesn't know what a girdle is so he has to demonstrate how it's worn for her!

I just like this shot of Burl Ives!

No, it's not a guest appearance by Francis The Talking mule! Fakrash had tried to explain to Sylvia's Father the truth of the situation, but since he was having nothing to do with it, Fakrash turned him into the pompous ass that he really is!

Well, The End isn't quite this bad for Harold, but he does have to go through a lot to get to a different ending! I don't know why this movie is so difficult to find, but all fans of 1960's pop culture will find it worth the search, so without further adieu, "to all a good night!!!"

TOURIST TRAP / A Place To Lose Your Mind And Soul - 1979

In today's wild and weird story, a group of young friends on vacation are stranded at a secluded roadside museum where they are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekinetic powers to control the attraction's mannequins!

This one stars Chuck (SOYLENT GREEN) Connors, Jocelyn (THE ENFORCER) Jones, Jon (END OF THE WORLD) Van Ness, Robin (DEATH WISH II) Sherwood, Tanya (THE BEASTMASTER) Roberts, Dawn (MOMMIE DEAREST) Jeffory and Keith (WITHOUT A TRACE) McDermott.

Hey, looks like that Slausen place could be some sort of tourist trap!.. Well then, let's make sure we don't go there!! The girls decide to go skinny dipping in a pond instead. A Mr. Slausen shows up and tells them that there are snakes swimming around in the pond, then leaves.

And wouldn't you know it, their vehicle broke down and they have to rely on Mr. Slausen to help them out. He takes them to his place, what could possible go wrong, right?!

It doesn't take long before things get weird. One girl gets locked inside a room full of mannequins and is greeted by Slausen's 'brother' who wears a mask!

Dude's a maniac, he takes some special goop and slaps it on her face to satisfy some craven need! Don't worry, she doesn't make it out alive...

Molly's having a crappy time at the tourist trap. She thinks she has conked the brother over the head with a rifle butt, but, it ends up being Slausen himself, he's crazy!

Slausen spends much of his time with his mannequins, that's him in the blond wig, just talking and acting out for them. It's already established that Slausen has eerie psychic powers!

There's just something about this shot that I like, reminds me of a painting I did in the eighties about Martian Mummies invading Earth in their flying saucer.

In Slausen's man cave, this wooden Indian tosses a hatchet and wins a prize!

Poor Molly is seemingly the last survivor, Slausen likes her. Jerry, the only guy, comes into the room. Molly tell him to kill Slausen with his ax, but, he's a mannequin!! First, he pulls Jerry's arm off, and to make sure she understands what's happening, he pulls the head off too!

But, when Slausen is dancing with a mannequin that turns into a woman, Molly drops the ax on his neck, surprise mofo!!

So, the danged mannequins start screaming their heads off!......

We'll give Molly the last word... There's a lame surprise ending that's not worth mentioning. So, there you go, Hollywood changed Chuck into a raving lunatic! Tune in on Wednesday as we wind down November, here, at The Dungeon!..

THE HORROR AT 37,000 Feet - An All-Star TV Movie (1973)

Lynyrd Skynyrd hit #27 on the Billboard charts in 1975 with "Saturday Night Special," but two years earlier there was a TV movie called "The Horror At 37,000 Feet!" Combine the two, and you end up here!

For a TV movie, I'm giving "The Horror At 37,000 Feet" 37 and a half stars because for starters, it was able to keep my attention, which is a major ordeal these daze, and number two, it has a killer cast that would be fun to watch no matter what they were doing!

Just to get started, you've got the amzing Chuck (The Rifleman) Connors as the Captain of this doomed flight!

Who else is on the Who's Who list of passengers on this journey to Hell? How about the incredible Paul (Catfish In Black Bean Sauce) Winfield?

Then there's Roy (The Invaders) Thinnes and Jane Merrow as this happy couple! Among a lot of other things, Jane was a chorus girl in the Herbert Lom version of "The Phantom Of The Opera!"

And Yes......The Shat is back! His significant guitar strummin' other is Lynn (Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun) Loring!

The lovable Buddy Ebsen is a lot grumpier on this flight than he ever was as Jed Clampett!

France (Battle For The Planet Of The Apes) Nuyen just really wants to get home!

H.M. Wynant was in "The Twilight Zone" episode titled "The Howling Man," and is the Co-pilot, and Russell (The Professor on Gilligan's Island) Johnson is the Co-Co-pilot!

The creepy little girl is Mia (Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains) Bendixsen!

Darling Darleen Carr as one of the stewardesses in the white plastic go-go boots and short skirts is the frosting on the cake! Darleen was also the voice of the girl in Disney's 1967 "The Jungle Book!"

As you can see the roster of talent here is first string and top shelf, like here in the background are Will (Sugarfoot) Hutchins and Tammy (Can't Stop The Music) Grimes! 
I just love this fustercluck of horror shot!

 There is some scary going on too!!

Okay, we've got a big scary mess on our hands, so what are we going to do about it Bill?

 

In The End, the pizza is burnt........

.......and The Shat just has to go!!

Anything else you want to know you can figure out for yourself, because you can watch it at your leisure for free on YouTube right here:

"The Horror At 37,000 Feet"
Have a Nice Day!!