Thursday, January 8, 2009

THE KILLER SHREWS / Hollywood Pictures - 1959 / Music by Harry Bluestone & Emil Cadkin

Welcome to Tabonga' Thursday posting here at Dungeon... Tonight' offering is nutty lil' flick by Hollywood Picture they film in Texas, not Hollywood!!.. Texas good at suspension of disbelief!

Get ready for this, music composer Harry Bluestone work on only three other movie besides THE KILLER SHREWS!.. One was in 2007!!!

Music dude Emil Cadkin have 13 composing credit which include TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000!

Best part of tonight' sound clip is when Rook get attack by Shrews and scream like little gurl! So here ya go!.. KILLER POOCHIES IN SHREW CLOTHING!

Out in ocean, James Best and pal Rook notice it might sprinkle so high-tail it to nearest island!.. Rook play by Judge Henry Dupree who act in just one more flick.

Wow, Rook head look almost perfectly round!

Rook have to wait back at dock while James go relax wif' local bigshot scientist and lovely daughter Ingrid Goude... And, you know, one drink lead to another!!.. Ever'thing's cool, daddy-o! Just pour another one right in there, palsie!

Then with no warning!!.. Super weirdo science nerd Dr. Radford Baines barge in and break up party with super important announcement that can't wait for even 2 second more or he gonna have one big heart attack!!

Tabonga notice in this flick and THE UNDEAD... They start filming before paint dry on the walls!!

Ever'bloody so drunk they forget that Rook is only spicy meatball on island and it Shrew' snacktime!! He try to climb high in flimsy tree and it break!.. Too late for diet he was thinking about as he become part of cycle of life!.. Shrew Chow! An' well, 'judging' from soundclip, he sound pretty delicious!!

Here two disgusting sights, Mario' leg while Shrew gobble on it, and Ken Curtis who play total ass-wipe Jerry!!

James have hair-brain idea that just might work! Put a bunch o' upside down barrell with eye slot together an' ever'bloody waddle out to water and then swim out to boat to safety!! Sound simple enough!

More spookier than it seem when on drawing board and drunk as hell!

What, you not think they not barely make it and Ken not get all chew up by Shrews, do you?!.. And, Tabonga love that last photo!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

SUPERMAN AND THE MOLE-MEN - Darrell Calker - "Superman Anthem" (1951)

Great movie from way back in 1951, that was the pilot for the Superman TV series, directed by the master of speed, Lee "Rollem" Sholem, and starring George Reeves as Superman, and Phyllis Coates as Lois Lane! "Superman And The Mole-Men" is a fun watch the whole way through, and you just havn't lived if you have never experienced it!!

Superman is, was, and will always be, the greatest super hero ever, period!! And without a doubt, this shot proves it!!!!

Every town has their claim to fame, like Baker, Calif. and their world's tallest thermometer, but only Silsby has the world's deepest hole!

I could just stop here, because the shot of this Buick just mesmerizes me; Hell, it's got more chrome on it than the whole production line of 2008 Hondas, and talk about gettin' out of my grille, this thing looks like a shark about ready to attack, and check out that license plate, it has to be some Satanic reference!! Poetry in motion as Clark and Lois pull into town to check things out!!

The consummate Clark Kent!!

So out of the world's deepest hole, here they come, The Mole-Men!!!

The Mole-Men are just kinda harmlessly creeping around, but when somebody does see them, they generally get this reaction! The Kreng!!!

Phyllis Coates' interview with Tom Weaver in his book "Return Of The B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes" is priceless and a must-read if you can get your claws on a copy. She was a very spirited women with a good sense of humour! Here she reacts to the little Mole-Men peeping toms!

Lois is quite a strong female role model, and doesn't take much crap from anyone. Phyllis recounts in that Tom Weaver interview that she took a good shot to the chin that knocked her cold in one of the episodes, when she wasn't on her mark! To show you how cool she was, she only blamed herself!!

OH, so you like to beat up on women, now you're starting to piss Superman off!

So, after the local mob tries to kill the innocent little Mole-Guys, they go back down in the hole to their home and come back with a little re-enforcement! Oh, Yeah, they only looked cute!! You got to love that tag team effort! These guys know how to work together!

Shakespearean actor Jeff Corey, who I'm sure was a helluva nice guy, shows what a great actor he was in the extremely unlikable role of stupid redneck Luke Benson, who would have got his sorry ass wasted if Superman hadn't of showed just up in the nick of time!!

One of my heroes Lenny Bruce once said, "I don't know what it is about midgets, they just don't like it when you try and pick them up!!" Watch out Superman!!!

It's all fine in the end, Superman saves the day; I don't think anyone really got killed, and there's still time to have a drink on the set and wax poetic!!!!!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

THE NEW INVISIBLE MAN / Mexico - 1958 / Music by Antonio Díaz Conde

Tonight Tabonga keep 'new year ball' rolling with Mexico 'New' Invisible Man flick for 1958, the year regular Invisible Man re-invent hisself!

You see they use Invisible Man image in poster and title sequence. Called 'very smart' in low budget city. Tabonga not sure but Tabonga think that 'pose' come from some other flick artwork!!

Every monster' dream!.. Look like he have invisible hand in interesting place!

Music dude Antonio Díaz Conde is Mexican treasure with whopping 267 composing credits from as early as 1942!.. Hell, yeah!!

Okay, hit it!.. HAPPY NEW INVISIBLE YEAR, MAN!! ...'Hic!'

Ana Luisa Peluffo look totally hot as she drive New Invisible Man around... Tabonga bet he always like to play around wif' that 'invisible hand' of his!!

New Invisible Man have wild sense of humor, burn up crook' money and then blow up lil' TV and make ever'bloody run like scared chicken!!

Tabonga just like this shot!.. Make Tabonga thirsty!!

Oh, in the news, had to close down water park here, too many kid gettin' hurt!.. Bad!!

They so cute when they asleep!!

When dude wake up, he say... 'Wha' hoppin'?!'

Monday, January 5, 2009

DAS UNGEHEUER VON LONDON CITY - Martin Böttcher - "The Monster Of London City" (1964)

Born in 1927, and still living well, as far as I can tell, composer Martin Böttcher is, in my humble opinion, one of the most gifted soundtrack composers out there, and after hearing the musical musings of "Monster Of London City", I'm sure you'll agree!! Chopped, hacked, and mutilated, this Edgar Wallace take on the Jack The Ripper tale is brutal, and the music fits the mood perfectly, just like O.J.'s glove!!! If you like movies that treat women like dirt, and allow little kids to witness murder, then you're going to love this 1964 German horror thriller!

Not merely twisted enough on it's own, you have to have at least two stories and their characters intertwined, so a major part of this film is a stage production of "Jack The Ripper!" It's also a real cheap and easy way to slip in some early backstage nudity!!

I lost track of the victim count, this is probably 3 or 4!!

If truth be told, this hooker was really dumb! I guess it's commonplace to hang out in dark secluded alleys, and not get killed!

The last victim just lays down on her bed and invites whoever into her flat! I guess she hasn't heard about the killer going around chopping up prostitutes! Gee, do you think she's going to get it too?? Twisted to the end, the writing is almost as brilliant as the music, but if this movie was in colour, it'd be too gory for me to watch!!

Damn, I love this music, and I just recently read that Martin Böttcher played the guitar at a very young age, so, maybe that's where all that cool electric guitar influence comes from! How to explain all that outstanding sax, bass and bongos is anyone's guess!! Hey Martin, how about an interview so we can find out??

Monster Music

Monster Music
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