Friday, September 18, 2009

THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES!!? / Ray Dennis Steckler

Now, here is one crazy schlock classic from 1964 which star Cash (WILD GUITAR) Flagg, Carolyn (PERVERTED PASSIONS) Brandt, Brett (WILD ONES ON WHEELS) O'Hara, Atlas (THE THRILL KILLERS) King (hilarious Lithuanian-marbles in the mouth dialect!!) and Don (THE SADIST) Russell as Ortega, Madame Estrella's UUUGGGG-LY! evil assistant. Then, Madame Estrella no prize neither since she have big hairy wart on right cheek!!.. Yuk!

Flick start wif' Madame Estrella pouring poison (poison?) on dude face to make behave like good little zombie while Ortega choke him down!! Bad-ass combo...

Believe it or don't, Tabonga see this when it came out, long time ago!! Eegah!! make great soundclip as jusual, flick advertised as first musical horror show, and boy, is full of wild an' bizarre act, gurlz, song, costume and dance!!.. Whew! Two alternative title are DIABOLICAL DR. VOODOO and THE TEENAGE PSYCHO MEETS BLOODY MARY!

Music is by the great André Brummer with Libby Quinn, Libby only work on one other project. André first American flick wuz MONSTER FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR and he even work on EEGAH!! Musical numbers by Alan Smith and Bill Turner.

Tabonga' pet tarantula Ralphie all set to push great big old 'GO' button an' here he go!.. TISCWSLABMUZ!!?.. Many nice pics today for viewing pleasure too!

Freakin' carnival time, A-hole!


Jerry an' Harold go to pick up Angela an' screw wif' Angela' bro Madison, who have convertible '57 Chevy!

A Wild Mouse, a Crazy Monkey and a Teen Psycho!

Carolyn play alcoholic dancer Marge, Bill Ward play her dance partner. Top of Bill' head look like landing strip for misquitos!

A night at the carnival follow with crystal ball reading by Madame Estrella chaser!

Lots of glitzy gurlies dancin' and singin' the night away!

Meanwhile behind the curtain, Jerry learning how to be zombie!

Here is Don Snyder as he deliver his song for you and club audience!

We laugh back then, but that one damn cool Nash Rambler Harold gots there...

Whoa, even mo' glitzy gurlies dancin' and singin' the night away!

Now is time to change Jerry' face around lil' bit with splash of poison!

Estrella' zombie escape from back room and cause pile-o-trouble!

End wif' police bullet through Jerry' heart after long wild chase along rugged Long Beach coastline.

SPACE IS THE PLACE - Sun Ra and His Astro-Galactic Infinity Arkestra - "Bring On The Ladies" (1974)

Being cranky and cantankerous, we don't often get requests, but when we do.....You end up on a date like this! SO, here's some ca-razy music that's perfect for a Friday night, requested by one of our long time readers, Max, from jazz mad genius Sun Ra's endeavor into the realm of science fiction film, "Space Is The Place!" Sun Ra was one amazing character you could easily devote a whole blog to! He was inducted into the Jazz and Big Band Hall of Fame in 1987, and returned to the planet Saturn in the year 1993!!

Max said he thought there was a soundtrack available for this film, and there is, unfortunately it has been discontinued, but high-priced copies can be found in orbit on Amazon!

But what he really wanted to hear was this insane cacophony where Sunny Ray is playing piano in an uptown club at the begining of the film, and the solar winds come up and blow through the joint like nobody's business!!!

Sun Ra's music accelerates quickly and becomes more and more manic as the Arkestra joins in and the wind blows the piano right out from underneath him!

That was sure as Hell not what the customers were expecting or wanting! Surprise, Surpirse!

"Space Is The Place" is an insane film I don't even have time to try and explain, but I will tell you that Sun Ra was a huge fan of science fiction and was known to sit through double features twice in a row, so when he got big enough, he finally managed to do what most folks can't, make his own movie AND get it distributed!!!

The rest of the members of the mind-numbing Arkestra included John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Danny Davis, Eloe Omoe, Kwame Hadi, Larry Northington, Danny Thompson, Tommy Hunter, Ken Moshesh and Lex Humphries!!!

Lucky you, this film is actually available on Netflix!!! Just make sure you're prepared!!!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

KING OF THE ZOMBIES / Monogram Pictures - 1941 / The Mantan Show

Welcome kiddee, wonst again, to Dungeon Wednesday B/W Oldie Flick Night! Tonight we're presenting another above average Monogram cheapie. Monogram Pictures end up producing 607!! movie between 1917-2002! Others they make are: MYSTERY PLANE, WOLF CALL, HAUNTED HOUSE, DOOMED TO DIE, QUEEN OF THE YUKON, THE APE, INVISIBLE GHOST, SPOOKS RUN WILD, THE CORPSE VANISHES, THE LIVING GHOST, THE APE MAN, GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE, VOODOO MAN, HAUNTED TRAILS, GHOST CHASERS, JET JOB and many more!

Soundclip tonight is wild an' crazy no kidding, so, put on seat belts! Music is by Edward J. Kay who work on tons of Monogram flick and who we have reviewed already and will in future.

So, what else, pet gnat Piff inches away from pushing big old red 'GO' button... now touching... now pressed! I IS A ZOMBIE?!

Again, careful with 'dis soundclip!!

Gas gauge say near empty so Dick (THE BANK DICK) Purcell, Mantan (A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO) Moreland and John (DESTINATION MOON) Archer decide to set plane down on island below. (Dick Purcell dies of heart condition at age 35!)

Plane crack up bad when coming down an' Mantan is thrown from wreckage and end up next to old gravestone! He probably wake up and scream!

The gang walk around an' find old dark house in middle of jungle! Mantan have plenty of creepy encounter after that, of course!!

Later that night, Mantan get to go to kitchen and hang out with sexy maid and cranky old voodoo lady!

Then, he get to meet future zombie pals he be rooming wif' from now on.

Jungle not exactly safe place at night! At least one zombie have good posture!

"I is a zombie, I is a zombie!"

Hey, who's been wearin' this? It smells like freakin' garlic-onion-tabacco halitosis in here!.. WTF!!

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting in this corner, the Intercontinental Tag-Team Wrestling Champions of the Island and all-around total bad-asses!.. THE PSYCHO ZOMBIES!!!

Hisssss!.. Booooo!..

King call zombie to come in, time for more help in 'dirty work' department, but they decide to turn on him instead! Zombies, go figure!

Might want to watch where you...

King of Zombie now recipient of well-deserved zombie's revenge. All zombie push King (back back back) and make fall into hot fire pit while he blast away at ex-pals!

Everbloody love that Mantan!!

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