CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR - Peter Knight - "The Crimson Cult Party" (1968)

Well, I guess that's it for me this year, and I don't know about you, but for me, it's just about the same as it started, Weirdsville!!! I hope you had a good time. I've been holding on to tonight's feature for about two years for some reason. It's a hard movie to track down, but worth the freakin' effort, and this time I mean freak for real!

The "Curse of the Crimson Altar Cult" immediately sets the scene with this remarkable cast of characters, like A Man and His Goat, but at least it's a Toggenburg and not a Nubian!!

Nita Lorraine as A topless gal with a whip and........

A Holy Man of dubious virtue!!!

I'm laying down odds, Chicken Gal is going to meet up later with Goat Man after the show!!

Where did they have to dig this conehead up from??

Oh Boy, Nicholas Head (in his second and last role) as a blacksmith of questionable masculinity in a leather loincloth with antlers......

And Barbara Steele decked out like a dead bride of the devil, and we're only like 3 minutes into this movie!!! I haven't said it in a long time, but, Like Wow!!!

Here's the action at the end of the festivities! Denys Peek as Peter Manning takes the final oath!!

Mark Eden as Robert Manning is the guy who has come to find out what happened to his brother!! Mark Eden has done it all, from Quatermass thru The Avengers and Dr. Who, and walks through this film with a casual spirit usually reserved for the likes of somebody like Anthony Eisley!

There's quite the party going on at the Morley pad, the last place that Peter Manning was seen or ever saw!!

Like new and improved ways of drinking champagne!!

What a gig! How much do you get paid for a role like this? Kevin Smith as The Drunk worked about once every 10 years, but he took the 80's off for rest and recuperation!!

Man, this party is a real gasser, and the incredible thing is, it has nothing to do with the movie hardly at all!!! The wild music is provided by respected English composer Peter Knight!!!

Finally, it's time to get to the guts of this movie, and what a fine array of talent it is! First off is Christopher Lee as Morley, sometimes he's a good guy, but mostly, he's not!!

And the genius of Michael Gough as the nimrod Elder!!

And then, bigger than shit, out pops Dungeon God, Boris Karloff, just like Robert Manning predicted, in what was in reality, his last role!!!

In this village, it's the season for the annual celebration of the burning of the witch Lavinia (Barbara Steele)!!

Huge kudos to the developers of Photoshop, whose artistry made these fotos look at least 500% better for your viewing pleasure!!

Maybe part of the reason this film fell out of circulation was for it's opening reference to psychedelic drug use, and I quote, "........and drugs of this group can produce the most complex hallucinations, and under their influence, it is possible by hypnosis to induce the subject to perform actions he would not normally commit!" You know, stuff like signing your name in blood, and selling your soul to some cat named "Ba‘al Zəbûb!" Right On, Brother!!!

The Howdy Do-It Peanut Gallery for each and every acid induced sacrificial dream, sits in stoic rapture. What could these people possibly be thinking about??? It's no coincidence that the blogger id for this photo ends with 666!!!

Really cool shot of the secret passage to the sacrifice room, replete with tons of fake spiderwebs! No, really, as part of the plot!!

Robert Manning tries his damndest to explain to the local authority, Roger Avon as Sergeant Tyson, what all his suspicions are! Robert Avon made a career out of playing constables, clerks, and receptionists, and can't do anything under the circumstances without a search warrant!!

Just a nice classic picture of the mild-mannered genius, Boris Karloff!!

Well, it all gets pretty twisted toward the end, with deep seated family hatred and sole surviving members sought out for execution, all in the name of the witch, Lavinia! You know, Babara Steele has long been known for having that kind of effect on people!!

Dinner's Ready!!!

The smell of bar-b-qued Morley fills the air! Boris and Mark Eden are joined by Virginia Wetherell as Eve, and Michael Warren as The Chauffeur, for the final viewing!

Christopher Lee should have better sense by now than to be sucked into yet another infernal, eternal damnation! Good thing for him, they're just movies!! See you next year!

THE GOLDEN BAT / Toei Tokyo - 1966

Welcome, everbloody, to last Saturday Matinee at Dungeon Soundflick Theater for 2009!! Ôgon Batto is original Japanese title and star popular Sonny Chiba as Dr. Yamatone. Director Hajime Sato only have seven credit but include THE GHOST OF THE HUNCHBACK, TERROR BENEATH THE SEA and GOKE, BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL!!

Original music is by Shunsuke Kikuchi, who have total of 149 composing credit, wow! A few other title he work on are: BRUTAL TALES OF CHIVALRY, WICKED PRIEST, SNAKE WOMAN'S CURSE, GOKE, BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL, WAR OF THE INSECTS, GAMERA vs GURION, GAMERA vs MONSTER X, GAMERA vs ZIGRA, KAMEN RIDER vs SHOCKER, ROBOT DETECTIVE, ELECTROID ZABORGER, THE CLASSROOM OF TERROR, SPACE IRONMAN KYODAIN, UFO WAR: FIGHT! RED TIGER, ULTRAMAN ZOFFY, DRAGON BALL and DRAGON BALL Z!!!

Eegah!! love it when there is comradery song sung by gang of guy flying around somewhere, and, this flick is no exception!! Once you learn word to catchy tune, you can sing along too!.. C'mon, it fun!!

Okay, Tabonga' pet tarantula, Ralphie, say he all ready to push big red 'GO' button and get 'Last Saturday of the Year Soundclip' a-rollin'... so, here goes!!.. THE GOLDEN BAT!

Oh, and, as special end of year bonus, we gots plenty of great stills for you perusing eyeball pleasure!

Bent on world domination, Nazō plan on making rogue planet Icarus to collide with Earth! He have no lower body and hover around in mini saucer and have metal pincher claw!! Now, that is too cool!!

Sonny is secretly made into special UN agent in secret Japanese Alps laboratory, and, whose secret mission is to help finish secret Super-Destruction Beam Cannon that can destroy Icarus.

Look like they doing drugs, too!

Dude gots everything, mountain garage door open up and jetcar go flying into wild blue yonder...

Actually, they flying on rescue mission to mysterious island somewhere in middle of Pacific Ocean.

At island they discover ancient ruins of Atlantis, but suddenly up pop big strange metal-drill-squid-spaceship!! That as bad as the giant-bat-rat-spider in ANGRY RED PLANET!

ATTAAAACK!!.. Thing-a-ma-jigger being commanded by evil ass, Nazō, what else?!

On to Plan B, go find ancient superhero Golden Bat, who been hibernating for over 10,000 years, waiting for this moment to save Earth! Heaven know they cannot do it by self, that for sure!

Get ready, Ōgon Bat is considered very first Japanese Super Hero, appearing in a pulp novel!!

Simply put, Golden Bat is “God of Justice and Protector of the Weak!”

GB see infernal thing pop up again, so, he fly over and break their giant new very expensive plasma TV they just get yesterday for XMAS!! "Hey-yo Prancer, hey-yo Dancer!"

Nazō then utilize skills of Werewolf Guy, Hot Chick and Scarface Dude to help out with nefarious plans.

But, good guy got ding-danged zip guns! ...Oootch, otch, yowie!! Hey, dat hoits!!.. STOP!!!

Portrait of typical early Japanese airship design. Have that old time, pulp feel.

Old Nazō can be real som-om-a-bip if he not have his medication!!

He make famous Doctor and Scarface Dude change brain for awhile...

...So he can have access to gurl he want to kidnap!

Thing pop up in town now, so, GB turn on powerful scepter that can conjure lightning and cause earthquakes! ...Hell, yeah!

.......BULLSEYE, MUTHERFUCKER!!!

Nazō get all depressed!

Scarface Dude go down!

GB get back the Super-Destruction Beam Cannon and they destroy rogue planet Icarus, thus, saving day!!

Hey, and look at Tabonga' new watch he get for jolly old XMAS!!