BLOOD OF GHASTLY HORROR - Jimmie Roosa & Don McGinnis - "Echo Of Terror" (1972)

Al! Al! Al!! What a story! For the longest time I thought Jerry Warren was the The King of cut and slash film making, but with the film "Blood Of Ghastly Horror", Al Adamson has easily become the rightful heir to the thone, and if you make it through this masterpiece of crap, you might want to find yourself situated near one too, as you might find you have a need to puke! I'm surprised Al didn't try to save even a few more pennies, and shave down the name to the abbreviated, more accurate, and appropriate title, simply "Ghastly!"

The IMDB got it wrong this time, "Psycho A Go-Go" and "Blood Of Ghastly Horror" are not the same movie!! "Blood Of Ghastly Horror" is 85% "Psycho A Go-Go," not figuratively, but literally. Al took his own film from 7 years earlier, "Psycho A Go-Go" and basically used it as one big flashback, then added a few minutes of meaningless footage and bullshit at the beginning, a few inserts, and a different ending.

The music by Jimmy Roosa is outstanding, but Al cut out all the cool Linda Clarke songs featuring the vocals of Tacey Robbins, but thank the Lord that he also cut out the nauseating "Swanee River" songs by that obnoxious minstrel pull-string doll! That alone makes it worth forgiving! Added music for this feature was by Don McGinnis who would go on to work on a lot of TV cartoons in the 80's about characters like The Potato Head Kids, My Little Pony, and the Muppet Babies! Starting to make sense??

Al must have paid "The Stars" John Carradine and Tommy Kirk for far less than a day's pay, probably around $79.00 a piece, as they just have a few lines and are out of there! Exit stage left!

Here's what Al can do with a used hard hat, a piece of styrofoam, the seat belt out of his car, and 37 cents of wire! Voilà!! Instant Mad Lab!

Only Al's wife, Regina Carrol, would be a good enough sport to put on all this makeup and not get paid!

A lot of the brilliant cinematography by the genius Vilmos Zsigmond that made the first film a standout is still intact, but the new added footage shot by Louis Horvath is a total mess, with the actors consistently out of frame. Sloppy, not arty! Looks to me like when Al says "Action!" it's kind of like playing hide and seek, ready or not here we go!! Hey Wild Al, wait for me to catch up, I haven't even started the camera yet!!!

You have to be able to appreciate the fact that this film is devious, but classic Al! If you haven't seen "Psycho A Go-Go" you might fall for this fiendish concept, but if you have seen "Psycho A Go-Go," then you're in for an ultra serious case of deja vu or bad acid flashbacks! One great thing about this film is that it makes you realize how fantastic some of Al's other films are. Al's "Dracula Vs. Frankenstein" is like "Avatar" compared to this movie!

Like Lenny Bruce, Tommy Kirk became a martyr whose career died for your sins. Blacklisted in the 60's for things that nobody would even bat an eye at today, the oh so horrible acts of treasonish behaviour, being gay, and smoking pot, I think this is right around that same time that Tommy's career had sunk so low, he was willing to do almost anything for money, including being the Grand Marshall of the annual Delano Harvest Holidays parade!!

HOUSE OF THE LIVING DEAD / South Africa - 1973

"It drives you mad before it kills!" is the tagline for this typical low-budget foreign gothic horror film from the early seventies...

Welcome everbloody, to our final submission for International Week Of The Living Dead... Sometimes me an' Eegah!! comment how we make lousy flicks look good, and surprise, our feature here is no exception! Tabonga out of turn since Eegah!! has to play domesticated dude tonight, so he gonna be here tomorrow with big surprise, no doubt...

Film is about a wealthy family in South Africa with curse on its head. Crazy scientist brother Breck like to experiment on monkeys, then peoples, and it gets pretty graphic at times. The 'normal' brother, Michael, brings his fiancee there for a visit. That's the story... Oh, and mommy dearest is a hateful old bitch!

Actor Peter J. Elliott has musical honors for this lil' flick. Peter appeared as an actor in THE AVENGERS, THE JAZZ AGE, THE DEMON, ZULU DAWN, SAFARI 3000, WILD ZONE and RAY BRADBURY THEATER.

Okay, so, Piff the Gnat getting another flying start toward the big red 'GO' button to start our eariffic earclip... Tabonga can see lil' Piff coming around the bend... now he really flooring it... closer, an' closer... 2 inches... 1 inch, and... BAM!!... He dood it!!.. HOUSE OF THE LIVING DEAD!

Tabonga had some fun with pic selection!

...Calling DR. WEREWOLF!

He trying to guess her weight!.. without permission!!

Par-tee, par-tee!

Yer bro's acting weird again!

Par-tee poo-per!

Economic Voodoo Science!

Dude, that's a fireplace!!

Hmmm, note to self, weeds getting out of control.

He holding pool cue like freakin' nub! No wonder he stink so bad! And, hey Holmes, maybe a little light would help?! (He make me yell at him!)

Tabonga 'pick of the litter!'

Oh boy, horseshoes!!.. Recess time at the nut house!

They tell cops big monster kill him (for excuse), but he was bonked in head with horseshoe!!

David Carradine, if he had followed in his dad's footsteps!

...The mean old bitch!

Tabonga have no idea what this is, but, it is cool!! Look like some crazy robot head!

A whole lotta twisted perspective going on here!.. GB?

I C U 2!..

Helluva fall, damn!!

Tabonga like her top, a lot!!.. See you tomorrow!

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD In Living Color!!

Welcome everbloody, to Tabonga' Special Birfday Bash, and we talkin' bashing skull!! Tabonga sumbit green poster for your approval, and, so to not get such a pinch!!..

So, git ready for big surprise, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD... IN COLOR!!

Something different on Tabonga Birfday Special 2010, mostly you can just relax and enjoy these wild an' crazy color stills from this awesome classic-classic, skull fracturing extravaganza! Everything already been said about this flick, right?.. So, nuf' said!!

Tonight Tabonga pushing his own button to start the show rollin' along... over hill, over dell... right into big fiesty pile of hungry old zombies!.. THE COLOR OF THE LIVING DEAD!!

Some of the music used was the same as in TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE... Now, on with the International Week Of The Living Dead!

ZILLAGORD!!

Ha-ha, me meant to do that!

Ben finally shows up, the only dude with a level head! Here he's ready to level a zombie head!!

...The fun just never stops!

They find out that radiation from a crashed satellite is to blame!!

They find a gas key but it doesn't work, so the escape effort falls apart and Billy and his gurlfiend get blowed up real good!!!

Gives new meaning to the term 'lunch truck!'

Classic, classic, classic!!!

Jus' shoot 'em in the hade!

Best part of the flick, Ben shoots Harry! He has to kill him again, later!!

One of the freakiest parts!!

Brother Johnny gets his gloved hands around sister Barbara's neck!

Blatant nepotism!!

We know how it goes from here!...............

Tune in Friday for our last installment with HOUSE OF THE LIVING DEAD!!