Here's yet another Ron Stein chugging little background musical interlude piece that's playing on the jukebox again. There's an obvious plot set-up in this scene, "where'd the money come from", but is it really supposed to be comic relief too? It's a small town, so you kind of get the idea, but you really need to see it, so...Get yer own copy or at least borrow one from your cousin!
As Maria, Soledad Miranda dances a Greek dance as requested in this 1964 Spanish film, this being the other dance sequence that makes up the majority of the best part of this sleeper film. It's quite a treat for the rest of the guys in the movie and no wonder that she went on to be in "Eugénie Sex Happening" & "Vampiros Lesbos" among others before being snatched away in an auto accident in 1970. What a sad loss, only 27 years old! Here's to your memory Soledad!!
It's not every day that you get to write about flamethrowers in the movies, but tonight's the lucky time. In "The Return Of Dr. Mabuse" not only do they use a flamethrower, but it's mounted on an armored truck, just for the operator's safety. Now back in our day we used to used Hand-held flamethrowers, much more personal and equally effective when you're torching some innocent lady on a dimly-lit street! Here's thinking maybe these people have a few personal grieviances that must have been festering for quite awhile. Curious little tune to set the scene!
"Circus Of Horrors," always thought that was such a great title, & this movie looks astounding, beautifully shot in rich vibrant colour way back in 1960. This song is very uplifting and played more than a couple of times in the film. Why you should want to feel good in the middle of this scarface death orgy is beyond us, but go ahead & feel good anyway, the circus is in town and "look for a star" already, we're running out of time here! Here's two versions, one has an extra intro and some dialogue for your entertainment! 
One of the main songs in "Frankenstein Meets The Spacemonster" is "To Have & To Hold" by The Distant Cousins. Do Distant Cousins say "Go Go Go" also, no, they are a little more detached, & actually, it's really hard to figure out how this whole sequence fit into the movie at all, except they had some time to kill, they had a Moped, & they could travel around the island of Puerto Rico filming pretty cheap & easy, so what we get is "Oh, Oh, Oh!" insted of "Go, Go, Go!," and one of the weirdest solos ever recorded.
Distant Cousins
This Ray Milland directed film had a brassy jazz soundtrack from start to finish that was created by the master of the genre, Les Baxter. There is almost music in every scene, and it was hard to whittle it all down, but here's "Panic In Year Zero!," a seven & a half minute, almost all instrumental, almost all action, DD Monsterpiece. Now, don't you want to see the whole thing?
