MONSTER / Academy International - 1979

Welcome everbloody, to our Friday Night Frights, here at The Dungeon!..

Tabonga can say, unequivocally even, that this flick has the best title of any monster movie, ever, in the history of recorded time! ...MONSTER!!.. 'Nuf said?!

So, here's Greg and Janie on their first date. He was just getting ready to play her a hot tune with his guitar when this all happened...

But, you know, that's how monster movies usually start!

Tagline reads... "Buried in the mud of countless centuries - something has begun to grow..." Wow, scary!

Alternate titles are MONSTROID, IT CAME FROM THE LAKE, MONSTER, THE LEGEND THAT BECAME A TERROR, THE TOXIC HORROR and TOXIC MONSTER!!

The music was by Mr. Gene Kauer, he has 36 composing credits that include... THE ASTOUNDING SHE-MONSTER, GIRL WITH AN ITCH, THE CAPE CANAVERAL MONSTERS, THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS, MONSTROSITY, FORTRESS OF THE DEAD, AGENT FOR H.A.R.M., SWAMP GIRL and FACES OF DEATH!!

Welp, it's time to bring in that furry little 6-eyed freek, Ralphie The Tarantula, he's gonna be pushin' that big red 'GO' button over there... to the left... right, that big red 'GO' button, yes, correct... Anywho, here comes the... MONSTER!

Wow, check it out, it's Granny Goose!!.. What you got in the bag, Goose?!

Philip Carey was also in these TV series... TALES OF THE 77th BENGAL LANCERS, PHILIP MARLOWE, CHEYENNE, 77 SUNSET STRIP, LAREDO and KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER!

This is the news bitch Phil refers to with his flippant corporate diatribe in the soundclip.

The monster could come out of the lake and kill us at any second, so, I'm gonna have a dance with my beautiful daughter, Jaunita!..

Here's Dungeon Favorite, Anthony Eisley, and Robert's lil' bro, James Mitchum. Tony (real name, Fred) has been in classics like THE WASP WOMAN, THE NAKED KISS, THE NAVY vs THE NIGHT MONSTERS, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF TIME, THE MUMMY AND THE CURSE OF THE JACKELS, THE MIGHTY GORGA, THE WITCHMAKER, DRACULA vs FRANKENSTEIN and DEEP SPACE!

Just love this still, that's all.

Here's a pretty grim portrait of John, but, he still had 35 more credits after this one!! What a man.

Science at work, even as you sleep... Look at the cool face in the radar scope!

Whut-zit... To-yah!!..

James got the lead role because he was willing to get in the water... What a dope!!

Tony didn't get top billing, but, he got to ride in the helicopter!!

Rubbernecker City!

Can you believe this, dude's directing traffic on the lake! But really, he's actually hitting the infernal thing with the oar!!

These are the two best looking stills of the lake creature, it actually looks decent!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

KA-EFFIN-BLOOIE and a half!!!

See you in Hell, you mean old monster, you!

As John thanks God for the victory, you can really notice how bad his hands look from all the surgery! They show them up closer at times, it didn't seem to bother him, though!

Ghoulnight Everbloody!!..

THE CREEPING FLESH - Paul Ferris - "Evil, Insanity, and Revenge" (1973)

If it looks and tastes like Hammer, then it must be a Columbia Picture, hey, what the heck?? Either way, it doesn't matter, because"The Creeping Flesh" is a great little flick, and the good news, your early X-Mas present is, that it streams beautifully for free over at this Crackle Website!! Sure, there are a couple of very brief commercials, but it's worth it to be able to see this awesome flick gratis!

Peter Cushing is Emmanuel Hildern, and this is his very hip pad. Chicks dig the big skeleton guy he brought back from New Guinea!

Emmanuel's brother is James Hildern, portrayed by Christopher Lee, they have a very competitive relationship! Just how many movies did Pete and Chris make together anyway? Only 22? I thought it was in the 100's! Christopher Lee not only did all his own stunts, but he was also at one time a 'scratch' golfer, but it makes sense when you consider that he is the consummate performer, no matter what!

This is Emmanuel Hildern's daughter, Lorna Heilbron as Penelope. Lorna was busy for years but mostly on TV! She was only in 5 other movies besides this one!! Penelope is a sweet and innocent girl who has never quite gotten over the death of her Mother!!

Mrs Hildern, Penelope's Mom, who was played by Jenny Longacre, is featured briefly in a dream sequence. Jenny was working a lot in the 70's and 80's, and even put in an appearance in the 2009 flick, "Boogie Woogie," that also had Christopher Lee in it!

Jolly old Victorian England, if you had a problem, you had two choices, shock therapy or............

..........Pub Therapy! Hey Doc, pour me another draft, and send one of them wenches on over!!!

Here's the deal, that big skeleton turns to flesh when it gets wet, so by mistake, Emmanuel re-constituted a finger. Not by mistake, he drew some blood from the finger he cut off, and shot up his daughter with it, and shall we say, Penelope's had quite a personality change, and, on top of that, she's drinking!!

This jackass buys her a drink, because he thinks she's a hooker, but she resists his advances, so he pushes even harder!

To which she reaches out and in perfect Freddie Francis fashion, scratches his face like some kind of wild animal!!

Penelope then proceeds to go back downstairs to dance and flirt, and let this guy know she didn't want to dance, by slicing his jugular vein with a broken bottle!!

She runs out of the pub, and everyone chases her, and crazy Lenny, who was so mean, that he had earlier cleared the pub single-handedly, tries to help her get away, and this is how she repays him!!! A hand stomp is next!!
Kenneth J. Warren had the role of Lenny! Ken managed to be involved in 91 TV and movie projects in his short 43 years on the planet, playing characters with colourful names like Clobber, Jumbo, Dingus, Curly, and Warlock!

Emmanuel and his assistant had also injected a monkey with the blood serum, and the monkey freaked out and messed up the Doc's place, then Emmanuel gets the news about his daughter, who now resides at his brother's sanitarium, and his buddy tells him, "Well, Thank God we didn't use it on any humans!!" Oh, Shit!!

Now it's time to shift gears, and here's what happened!

Richard Hildern decides to take advantage of his brother's untimely confusion, and steals the big skeleton! He doesn't know anything about the finger, so the pounding rainstorm has no meaning to him! In a nutshell, the carriage crashes and releases the newly re-formed creature!!

And he wants his finger back!!!

Peter instinctively knows exactly what the Hell is going on, and realizes he is in deep, deep crap!!

It's been a while since we've seen a movie with a real monster in it, and before I forget, the music for "The Creeping Flesh" was composed by Paul Ferris, who had a total of 13 films he composed for, including "She Beast," "The Sorcerers," "The Blood Beast Terror," and "Witchfinder General!"

Another classic Freddie Francis POV shot from inside the monster's head! Freddie rarely fails to deliver the goods! So, what are you waiting for? Go check it out! You've got nothing to lose, except maybe a finger or two!!

LA LLORONA / Producciones Bueno - 1960

Hello everbloody, welcome to another Moldie Oldie Monday, here at The Dungeon.

Tonight's featured flick is a well done production from Mexico, it's about the Crying Woman, who was put to death centuries ago, and the curse she tries to fulfill after arriving in the present, and that is, to try and kill the young son of the cursed family after she becomes his nanny...

Mr. Luis Mendoza López composed the music. Luis had a total of 4 composing credits between 1939-60, this was his last movie. When we have titles in a foreign language, Eegah!! usually is heavy on the music with a touch of dialogue, like this one!!

Now it's time to bring in our littlest Dungeon helper, the one and only, he's right over there... You can't see him, but he's there, and he's ready to push that big red 'GO' button and start our Eariffic Earclip for tonight's offering. Here's... LA LLORONA!

The newlyweds move in to their newly inherited casa and then find out about an ancient curse on their family.

In the past, there was a sorceress who had the love of the man of her dreams...

But, she was accused of blasphemy, and sentenced to death. Before she dies, she puts a curse on the family of the accusors.

It wouldn't be much of a story if she didn't show up mysteriously to then become the nanny of the couple's young son, would it?..

The couple doesn't believe the story of the curse.

She looks into the eyes of the person who sentenced her to death so many years ago.

Here, mom hands over her kid to... La llorona!

So, she tosses his ball out into traffic!

This scene will make you squirm, for sure!

She tries to get him to fall out the second story window!.. He actually almost really falls!!

She turns evil as she decides to do away with the boy personally, without all the gimmicks!

But, she can't do it...

You can hear her scream as she disappears out the window, to her doom!

So, everything turned out for the best, good won out over evil once again!

The crescendo you hear at the end of the soundclip is beacause of this cute little kitty. We're pretty sure this is La llorona, back to finish the job...

It looks like Tabonga's newest lil' pal, BOO!

Ghoulnight Everbloody!!