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Saturday, December 25, 2010

THE SATAN BUG - Jerry Goldsmith "Green Pepper Burritos and Cold Mexican Beer" (1965)

First off, We'd like to say Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all the readers and followers of this blog, without you, we're nothing, and just like us, we hope you've discovered some weird movies you never knew about before!

!!! Satan Santa Saturday, it's got a nice ring to it!

Now that's good old-fashioned security, double concertina wire, with powerful lights and roaming killer attack dogs! Thanx to The Tedster for braving it all and unearthing this flick for you!

Most of the works of composer Jerry Goldsmith are not as difficult to find as "The Satan Bug," and that's an understatement! Mr. Goldsmith passed away back in 2004, but the legacy of films and TV shows he wrote for is beyond compare! How about seven episodes of the original "Twilight Zone" and 18 episodes of Boris Karloff's "Thriller" just for starters, "Gunsmoke," "The Man From U.N.C.L.E," "Planet Of The Apes," "The Waltons," and "Star Trek" to round it out! Jerry has probably affected more people's lives than The Stones, the only difference is, they don't know who did it!

In this scene we're introduced to the back of the hero of the flick, George Maharis, as Lee Barrett while the music cooks in the background!

Kind of hard to imagine that this was considered super high tech communications in the not that distant past!

Cruzin' in style à la 1965!

"The Satan Bug" had a major cast as you can see, here's a good shot of Richard(Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)Basehart and Frank(Sgt Vince Carter)Sutton as a couple of major nefarious evildoers!

These screencaps are kind of dark, but it's a pretty dark subject matter! The only thing these picture postcard shots are missing is the greeting 'Welcome to Palm Springs!'

Here's the gorgeous, and exquisite Anne Francis as Ann Williams, and also Ed Asner as Veretti the heavy henchman, along with George Maharis, in a simple, but very effective shot!

This was a most diabolical performance by Edward Asner, who is still working hard today, and out of all his almost 300 performances, is probably still most known for his role in 166 episodes of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" as Lou Grant!

Here's another great outpost card!

It's difficult to imagine Lou Grant trying to use poison gas on Mary Tyler Moore, or Sergeant Carter snuffing the life out of Gomer Pyle, that would be kind of like Maynard hitting on Thalia Menninger, and quite disturbing!

Anne Francis had an absolutely amazing career, and if you don't know what I'm talking about, I'll just say one thing, "Forbidden Planet" and that just scratches the surface! George Maharis is probably best known for his role in the hit TV series "Route 66." He started his career as a singer, and released a couple of albums later on in his career! He's spent his later years painting!

"The Satan Bug" is a extremely fast acting virus that if it gets into the wrong hands, could cause the complete extinction of all life as we know it! They stuck these guys in this out building, and if you look close, you can see that the bad guys have tossed in a vial of the stuff from one of those open upper windows!

It's a stalemate, a real Mexican standoff!!!

There's a whole big action sequence involving this cool looking helicopter!

Now if they can just decipher this madman's cryptic scribblerenders!

Here's the plan, evacuate the whole city of Los Angeles in two hours or less! Right, Boss!

Oh, man, gassed on the golf course, that just ain't right! Why do they always have to pick on the golfers, and why's that one dude look like he's got just a bathing suit on? WTF?!

Nothing has changed more in the last 40 years than communications! I'll leave you with yet another shot of 1965 high-tech intelligence, when spying on somebody, use the old tie the phone to the patio and look casual number!

"The Satan Bug" - Excedrin Headache #13!!! "And to all a good night!!!"

Monday, June 27, 2011

IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA In Color / Columbia Pictures - 1955

Welcome to Monster Monday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. Tonite's feature is a reprise of a previous post of this title, but, this time we're bringing it to you in COLOR!! Also, like our last post, this is a movie from the great year of 1955!

Nothing sez 'big ugly thing' better than blaring horns!

Lettuce bring in our Monster Monday Helper, sure 'nuf, good old Rufus The Gnat! Rufus is here to push the big red 'GO' button and start the show. Push the button now, Rufus, here's... IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA In Color!

Enjoy the pretty pitchers!..

Kenneth Tobey, on the left, will forever be remembered as Captain Patrick Hendry in THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, the guy was totally awesome with 205 acting credits!! So then, he's perfect here as submarine Commander Pete Mathews. Him and the crew brace themselves for a hit by something big!

Here's Donald Curtis and Faith Domergue as atomic bee keepers!! Don plays Dr. John Carter, Faith plays Professor Lesley Joyce.

Here's another classic fifties 'wrench in the works of the woman scientist' line by the Commander... You know, how can you deny yourself the greatest gift of being a woman...

Faith was discovered by and was a girlfriend of Howard Hughes.

Come on dude, even a giant octapus looks like an octopus, quit acting like a weirdo! The stethoscope reminds the guy of the monster's tentacles he saw... Sheesh!

He won't crack, so they send in the A-Squad to get to the bottom of the story!

Everbloody goes out looking for the giant puss! I built a Revell Panther Jet about this same year. Also, a B-47 with white walls, stylish!

Another Dungeon Favorite is Harry Lauter, he played the Queen's helper, Ampersand, in the Rocky Jones TV series. He was also in FLYING DISC MAN FROM MARS, THE FLYING MISSILE, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, EARTH vs THE FLYING SAUCERS, THE WEREWOLF, JET PILOT, IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD, THE SATAN BUG and SUPERBEAST.

Fish is an aphrodisiac!

Dr. Carter goes out with the crew to look for the beast! I swear, look at the size of Donald's cranium!

Yessir, that's where the Ghiradelli Chocolate Factory is located... Sir!

A still for every tentacle!

If a monster attacked our city in the fifties, we would all meet at the park!

This is how you got around and communicated in the fifties. Look at that radio!

A picture perfect for a postcard!.. 'Greeting from Fisherman's Wharf!'

It's old Rusty the Firetruck to the rescue, go Rusty!!

You know, a flame thrower is always a pretty effective weapon, just ask Dr. Mabuse!

The monster heads back to the ocean to escape the heat!

The only chance they have is with this atomic warhead! Those 2 stills look like some kind of model work!

If you ever wondered what the big red 'GO' button looks like here at The Dungeon, well, not this one!

The button is pushed, thus detonating the deadly bomb!..

Ghoulnight Everbloody!!..

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