THE AMAZING MR. X / Ben Stoloff - 1948 / Music by Alexander Laszlo

Tonight at Dungeon we have decent lil' flick from great year of 1948!! Star Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari (she replace Carole Landis, who commit suicide a few day before shooting start!), Richard Carlson and Donald Curtis. Great cast of actors in this ghost noir thriller, main writer was Muriel Bolton.

Dungeon love music guy Alexander Laszlo because he did stuff for NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST and ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES, both directed by Dungeon pal Bernie Kowalski! Mr. Lazlo also compose for BLACK MAGIC, HIGH POWERED, SCARED STIFF, JOE PALOOKA, CHAMP, HOT CARGO, TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN, 56 TV episode of RACKET SQUAD, 13 TV episode of ROCKY JONES, SPACE RANGER and more!!

So, on wif' da show!.. Tabonga' pet tarantula Ralphie have honors tonight to push big red 'GO' button, drum roll pleeze... THE SPIRITUALIST!

Lynn Bari have big dilemma, should she remarry after 2 year of husband' death? She talk with fake spiritualist Mr. X about problem, then lover boy Richard Carlson show up at very bizarre beach, at night even!.. Nice hat!

Rich press issue as portrait of dead husband Donald Curtis leer at happy couple.

Is ghost real or not?!

Who the hell care? Time to get lit!!

Uh oh, Lynn hearing dead husband voice, how can that be, he... DEAD!! Time to pack bags for nut house!

Mr. X find out Donald still alive and is messin' wif' wifey for $$$$.

Richard get shot but still able to cut electricity in basement with ax! Good job!!

Things starting to unravel big time for Don as he try to shoot wife.

Rich try to climb stair to get to Lynn, but cops come in and shoot up Donald just in nick of time!

Mr. X and girlfriend like to talk to raven, take very serious, they not crazy though!!

CIRCUS OF FEAR - Johnny Douglas - "Three Just Men" (1966)

"Circus Of Fear" or "Psycho-Circus" as it's known in one of it's other incarnations, is based on a novel by Dungeon Hero Edgar Wallace, entitled "The Three Just Men," and is a crazy story with enough twists and turns to keep Chubby Checker or Mario Andretti happy!! The theme music is quite MOR, but that might have something to do with the fact that composer Johnny Douglas was the music director on a boatload of those "Living Strings" records that RCA cranked out in the 60's and 70's!! Want to check out more of Johnny's work, go to any thrift store, and you'll find them right next to all those TJB records!! Here's the real surprise, Johnny also provided music for a number of TV shows in the 80's like "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends", "The Incredible Hulk", "Dungeons & Dragons", "G.I. Joe", AND 98 episodes of "Transformers!" Put that in your "Living Strings" and smoke it!!

Because it's an Edgar Wallace tale, there's going be a lot of rationalizing, so you get a whole lot of scenes like these with Leo Genn as Elliott putting the pieces together!!

This German poster gave the viewer a good idea of what's going on, and because he was so popular in Europe, Edgar's credit is right at the top!

Nothing says lovin' like smokin' in the wagon, yeah, Circus Monkey Love!!

This is another one of Mr Wallace's trippy twisted tales, so who do you think is up to all the mischief in this here psycho circus??

Is it Klaus Kinski as Manfred Hart? Klaus always has to be a contender for suspect, just because he's so nuts, no matter what character he's playing or what film he's in!!

Was it little guy blackmailer Skip Martin as Mr. Big causing all the fuss??

Maybe it's Mario, the knife thrower played by Maurice Kaufmann! People are getting stabbed with a throwing knife, so he's a really fine suspect!!

Could it possibly have been the stupid comedian Eddie, portrayed by Eddi Arent? He's way too innocent!!

Christopher Lee as Gregor looks anything but innocent, but is it possible, is he really horribly misunderstood & disfigured underneath that hood?

I have too much respect for the writing of Edgar Wallace to give away the ending, so you'll just have it rent it yourself!!

On this poster in English, they don't even mention Edgar Wallace!! It's just all so weird some times!!

The Dungeon SATURDAY AFTERNOON FLICK - "King Kong vs. Godzilla" - 1963

Dungeon bringing you real classic 'rock'em sock'em' total action feature this afternoon! Star everbloody favorite, King Kong + Godzirra wif' lots-o cool stills to satisfy happy place in you nut brain!

Japanese version have music by Akira Ifukube, who else?.. We have nice clip where kid get to sing on magic radio, thank you Eegah!! He always make it fun!

Okay, now we startin' the show!.. KING KONG CAN'T MAKE A MONKEY OUT OF US! Ha, just keep saying that to you silly self!

Dirty ratz-a-fratz!.. Drunk Navy guy crash brand new atomic sub into iceberg, let us see wha' hoppin'.. Hey, guess what?! Godzilla wuz asleep in there!!! Pretty sure called 'double whammy' in professional gameshow world!

Now Godzilla all grumpy and pissed at same time, was almost ready to score in excellent dream he was having! Better take cover, human jerk!!

Lots of weird adventure tracking down big hairy ape King Kong on lost island!

Easy to trick stupid animal when it come to taste buds!.. Knock out drops in ice cold beer! Hey, where is King Kong' pillow, anyway?.. Yawn!

And, when I wake up, King Kong wuz in Japan!!.. Come on, WHAT HELL!!

Uh oh, Godzilla still pissed!! He need anger management class!

Crap, Bireley's closed!!!

To get King Kong to fight area they first humiliate him with giant balloon flight over downtown Japan!! KK say in interview later, "Everbloody could see my butt!"

Now, four action still to enjoy!!

See, nice!!

These guy know how to fight!.. DIRTY!!!

Might as well document it, can use for blackmail later!

KONG RULZ!!!

The world watch as King Kong swim back to his lost island! Goodbye, old pal! And, thanks for helping tear the crap outta Japan!.. Again!! Thanks!!