X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES - Les Baxter - "Pluck It Out" (1963)

The ending of "X" is a very somber and sordid affair, and not real uplifting! I've been sick, so now's the perfect time to get it out of my system! This is basically the sequence of events in between these two lobby cards, and the music goes on to The End! The preacher is played to perfection by veteran actor John Dierkes!

"If thine eye offends thee, SOUNDCLIP NO LONGER AVAILABLE

BUD ABBOTT and LOU COSTELLO meet FRANKENSTEIN / Universal - 1948 / Music by Frank Skinner

Well, looks like Rodan will be breaking some rules tonight!.. First, a movie from 1948, and then, a record number of great stills for your most satisfying viewing pleasure!!

The Dungeon felt it necessary to include this super classic Universal film in it's archive for more than a few reasons! Abbott and Costello were my very favorite comedians when I was a kid, just to start with!

Mr. Frank Skinner does the honors for tonight's sound clip. He ended his career in 1967 with 319 composing credits!! Here are a few of the titles he worked on: SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE, MAN MADE MONSTER, INVISIBLE AGENT, THE MUMMY'S TOMB, FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN, SON OF DRACULA, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, HOUSE OF HORRORS, THE BRUTE MAN, THE BLACK CASTLE, ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS, REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS, THE LEECH WOMAN...

It seems like the Mexicans may be the only ones to have kept this sort of artistic tradition alive after the early fifties!

Lou is listening to Lon snarl and growl on the other end!

HEEEY, BAAAAA-BIT!!..

Come here! Look, you see, there's nothing for you to be afraid of!..

...Except for these guys!!!

No monster movie is complete without a spooky castle and girlie ghoulies!!!

What's it going to take for Lon to convince everyone that he's a werewolf?!

Classic comedy scene here, where, Lou sits down by Frankie, thinking its Bud!

Getting ready for the costume party, as the boys' boss lays into Lou!

Here's a few stills that show why Universal ruled the world back in the day!.. Look what you got for your money!!

KER-RASH!!!

Glenn Strange really did make an awesome Frankenstein Monster!!!

And, the great little surprise at the end is Vincent Price delivering his lines as The Invisible Man!!

RAT PFINK A BOO BOO Part II - Ron Haydock - "I Stand Alone Go Go Party" (1966)

So the story goes something like this, at this point in the filming, Ray Dennis decided the movie wasn't really going anywhere, so rather than quit, he just finished it off as fast and cheaply as he could by suddenly adding the appearance of our two masked heroes! So let's get going with "Bullets To The End"

Consequently, the rest of the movie is nothing but a bunch of chasing around in L.A. with music, and not a whole lot of anything else going on!

Lonnie just keeps on singing! This time it's "Big Boss Go Go Party"!!!

This shot has all the elements you need to make a perfect motion picture! Nothing and a dumpster!!

"I Stand Alone"!! Yeah, he really did!!! Ron Haydock was a massive talent who, like many others, styled his brand of music after Gene Vincent. He was also a writer of soft-core novels, worked for Forrest J. Ackerman on "Famous Monsters Of Filmland" and went on to be editor of his own magazine, my second favorite monster mag, "Fantastic Monsters Of The Films" with Paul Blasisdell and Bob Burns! And that is one more completely different story! In 1977 Ron Haydock was hit by a semi truck, while he was hitch hiking, and killed instantly!!! Damn!!!

All right, get everybody to head on over to the beach! Roll camera! That's a wrap, kids!!!!

Speaking of Bob Burns, here he is as Kogar The Gorilla, which always brings to mind my favorite quote from "Famous Monsters" in an article about Bob Burns! "Bob be nimble, Bob be quick, Bob jump over the candlestick, Bob Burns!!!

For more information that I could ever dredge up for you, here's a link to a killer article written just about a year ago on Ray Dennis Steckler by Greg Goodsell! "Steckler For Details"!!! There's a great box set that is readily available that Ray Dennis Steckler put out, that includes this film, "The Thrill Killers", "The Lemon Grove Kids" and of course the Steckler monsterpiece, "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies!" What are you waiting for???