MACISTE ALL'INFERNO (Maciste In Hell) - Carlo Franci - "The Witch's Curse" (1962)

Allright!!! Here we go again!! One of my favorite movies for I have no reason why, "The Witch's Curse" put some kind of spell on me back in 1962, and even after watching it again not that long ago, I still feel the same! Probably one of the best examples of WTF filming ever made! 'Sword & Sandal' genius Carlo Franci is responsible for the music! Carlo's resume reads like the text of your freshman year in high school mythology course! Stuff like "The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules" and "Medusa Against the Son of Hercules" and "Goliath and the Rebel Slave" and of course "Hercules Against the Moon Men!"

It's confusing as Hell to begin with, but one thing you need to know, is the answer to the question, "Do you believe in witchcraft?"

"The women are going mad, that's my explanation!!"

So, they're burning this witch at the stake, and the next thing you know is Maciste (Also known as Hercules) is uprooting this big tree to find the entrance to Hell!! I'm really serious, WTF???

Never to have failed the 'test of strength' Kirk Morris, born Adriano Bellini, as Maciste, aka Hercules, is on a mission!!

In retrospect, I'm thinking just maybe, Hélène Chanel was one of the reasons I remember this film so well!!

Thus starts one of the greatest sequence of events ever recorded on to celluloid!

Maciste leaps!!

Maciste barely hangs on!!

Maciste flexes, and picks up a really big piece of stuff!!

Maciste grapples with the big giant! Look how small he looks compared to The Giant!! The rest of the action was just too hard and fast for me to get any good screencaps, but just let it be known, the giant goes down!!!

This whole bit with Prometheus getting eaten by the birds will mess with your psyche for a long, long time, trust me!!

Don't worry, we've just scratched the surface!!

Maciste still has to deal with this Cyclops!!

And to this day, I still haven't figured out how he managed to keep this whole herd of stampeding longhorns at bay!! What a movie!!! Just totally freakin' amazing!!!

EEGAH!! + TABONGA! ~ 1959-63, Early Years

Hello, RODAN! here, and since I get to run the show on Eegah!! + Tabonga!'s off days, it came to me that this would be the perfect time to run this little feature. I figure everyone'll get a kick out of it, so, enjoy!

Everything seemed perfectly harmless at first, meeting in the 6th grade in Mr. Altman's homeroom class.

Eventually, things started getting out of hand... If you could see, there's a dart stuck in his skull!

After Eegah!!'s mom saw these last 2 photos, she knew she had to step in and do something!

So, she bought them a make-up kit! One time they dressed up as a clown and a devil and went to a liquor store and played pinball while the drunks watched!! No kidding!

>Rufus is a lo-tech devil, if someone comes, he hides behind the board he's holding!

Tabonga!'s dad was kind enuf to snap this shot. Hey, what else is there to do in a small town that's nothing but grape vineyards, and has a stinky winery?!.. Turn into monsters, natcherly!

The picture's always better when there's a thumb in the way!

Now, you see why Eegah!! + Tabonga! are the way they are!!

Things should be back to normal tomorrow, see you then!

DAMN!!! YOU PEOPLE MAKE IT HARD TO QUIT!!!

For the moment, your comments have saved this site from total obliteration, and I'm pretty sure this is what Forry would have wanted us to do, even tho that delete button is staring hard at me! Before we started this blog, I used to read the chrisgoesrock blog a lot, and think to myself, "Damn, this guy is cranky!!" and now I know why!! So, until something else goes astray..........absorb these thoughts from J.D. Lobue from the classic 1971 Al Adamson feature, "Dracula Vs. Frankenstein!!!"

"Here and Now!!"

Post Deleted Due To Overly Moronic Crybaby Content!!!

THE INCREDIBLE PETRIFIED WORLD / Jerry Warren - 1957

Welcome, everbloody, to Tabonga' Wednesday post! Basically, this Jerry Warren catastrophy cause Columbia Picture to cancel Phyllis Coates contract!.. Phyllis was Jerry ex-gurlfiend and he talk her into doing flick as favor. When Columbia dude see it, she get fired! Thanks a lot, Jerry!!

Check out poster with lady in red dress attack by monster octopus! All Tabonga can say... Kids probably very disappointed!!

Tabonga recognize music the same in KING DINOSAUR, ATOMIC BRAIN and small piece from NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD! but only know that Josef Zimanich was music director. Not that strange since flick is produce by Jerry!

Pet tarantula Ralphie so happy to push tonight' 'GO' button, he give Tabonga big hug!!.. Hit it! el SILLY PUTRIFIED TUNNEL!

All great adventure start wif' loaded super-genius and big ol' chunk-o-divinity!

John Carradine push off Sheila (BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE) Noonan, Phyllis (SUPERMAN) Coates, George (MAN BEAST) Skaff and Robert (THE HIDEOUS SUN DEMON) Clarke to almost certain death.

For some reason, Tabonga craving grape!

Of course, diving bell crash and everbloody have to get out and swim somewhere!

They find tunnels and now have new home with skeleton already in closet!! And, check out pave walkway!

WTF?!

WTF?!!

ANnnnNND... WTF?!!!

Where the hell Jerry find these guy?! Dude from France!!

John and super-genius feel a little guilty because diving bell accident was their fault, so they go take shop class to take mind off it!

Wilma an' Betty spruce up dining area!

Believe or don't, radio dude come down and fix diving bell!! And get this!.. They climb up ladder to leave!!!

Tunnel mole dude try to pull off love coup but wall come tumbling down!

...ON HEAD!!

Gurls run on pave pathway to find guys, then they all go back to surface world.

Even though everything look so damn great, Phyllis gonna get fired from Columbia Studio shortly!! Thanks a lot one more time, Jer!!..