Saturday, May 14, 2011

TERROR CIRCUS - Tommy Vig - "Barnyard of Death" (1974)

Wow! What the Hell was that all about? It seems like that movie "Nothing Lasts Forever" was actually cursed! I find it kind of ironic that about one or two days after I heard on the radio that Google had lost their place as number one in world sales to Apple, the Google owned Blogger goes down for almost 24 hours after running almost flawlessly for years! Weirdsville! And speaking of weirdsville, I'm all messed up now, so I'm switching from space to spaced-out, which brings us to tonight's feature, if you want to call it that!

"Terror Circus" just might possibly be the worst movie I've seen lately, and it's alternative title, "Barn Of The Naked Dead" I'm pretty sure is the worst title I've ever heard of too! It's a twofer, two pieces of crap for the price of one, and it still ain't no deal, but the music is pretty good!

How many times have you been told about the perils of hitchhiking, and yet it still goes on! Here's the good news, it's not a public service announcement!

Three showgirls on the way to Vegas in a broken down station wagon take a back road shortcut through the desert after they were told by a desert rat gas pumper creep that their car might overheat! The three stooges, I mean girls, are Manuela Thiess as Simone, Gyl Roland as Corrine, and Sherry Alberoni as, who else, but Sheri!

Now the people who made this movie had some money, and a good eye from the looks of these shots, but it's just too bad this isn't a National Geographic film!!

"Terror Circus" is about a scum-suckin' jerkoff jackass who preys on innocent women out in the boondocks of the California-Nevada desert, so be careful when you're heading to Sun City or Sin City! Them weirdos are out to getcha!!

Now the whole reason I wanted to see this movie was to see more of Sherry Alberoni's work, but sometimes I don't get such smart ideas! If you want to go back a couple of weeks and read about Sherry's part in "Cyborg 2087" you'll know why I wanted to! Sherry is a major cartoon voiceover artist among her many talents!

Sir Lancelot from Hell offers the girls some shelter from the elements, but when they get there, what they see is not exactly what they expected, and considering what they are looking at, you would think they would have more concerned looks on their faces! Oh, look, it's women held captive and chained up in a barn, how quaint!

The music for "Terror Circus" also released as "Nightmare Circus" was written by award winning jazz percussionist and vibraphonist Tommy Vig, who has played with everyone from the likes of Rod Stewart to Miles Davis! The theme song, "Evil Eyes" was written by Mr. Vig, Harvey Siders, and Chuck Niles, and was sung by Pamela Miller!

Andrew Prine is Andre, the sick in the head ringmaster of this twisted circus! Andrew Prine has been actively acting since 1957, and is still going strong today, with a feature coming out this year, "Beyond The Farthest Star!"

I don't know why Andre thinks he's such a big shot, it's only a one ring circus, and there's no elephants! P.E.T.A. would be really upset with the way he treats his animals!

Andre is not quite right in the head, and suddenly comes to the conclusion that Simone is his Mother, so he takes her from the other animals, and brings her to his house so they can be together. He loves his Mother, so he lets her sleep in his bed, but he doesn't take the chains off!

Left alone for a few minutes, Simone discovers that Andre is even sicker than she thought!

Although Andre's real Mom is dead, his Father is still very much alive, and lives in this outhouse on the lower forty of Andre's property!

Andre's land is right next to a nuclear test site, and it's had a dismal effect on dear old Dad over the years, and Andre didn't have a side or freak show....

.......so Pops doesn't really respect him that much, and has his own show to put on!

Sheri has the final word!

"Sherry, Sherry baby, Why don't you come out with your red dress on, Mmm you look so fine, Move it nice and easy, girl, You make me lose my mind!" - Bob Gaudio

Friday, May 13, 2011

THE MADMEN OF MANDORAS / Sans-S - 1963 / MIGHTY MOUSE - 1960

Hello everbloody, welcome to a Friday The 13th/Friday Night Drive-In with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!! The alternate title of this flick is THEY SAVED HITLER'S BRAIN. The story's about Nazi doctors who save Hitler's head (brain), and, now it's giving orders on the small tropical island of Mandoras!

The original music is by Don Hulette, who had 16 composing credits that includes GIRL SHY (redone music for silent movie), SPEEDY (redone music for silent movie), HORROR HIGH, DEATH MACHINES, BREAKER! BREAKER! and STARHOPS. The rockin' music in the club is by anybloody's guess...

Let's get this Friday The 13th party started! Over there, next to the soda machine, is our fuzziest Dungeon helper, Ralphie The Tarantula! He's here for one reason, that is, to push the big red 'GO' button and start our Eariffic Earclip for... THE MADMEN OF MANDORAS!

Here's a good place to start tonite's story, with a stiff drink!

While visiting Mandoras, Phil and Kathy Day meet Camino Padua, he tells them a disturbing story about what happened to Hitler after WWII. Phil is played by Kerwin Matthews look alike, Walter Stocker, who did mainly TV work.

Padua is played by Carlos Rivas, you'll remember that face from THE BEAST OF HOLLOW MOUNTAIN and THE BLACK SCORPION. Carlos also played Lun Tha in THE KING AND I.

Camino continues to tell about how Nazi scientists and doctors removed Hitler's head, which is alive, then took it to a secret location.

They're rockin' out at the club, as heard in the cool soundclip!

Here's kitten, Suzanne Coleman, telling Phil and Kathy about the 'shaved cats' who kidnapped her. They were the craziest!!

Phil seems distracted. And, wife Kathy's right there, even though you don't see her in the pics!

Just another day in Mandoras. Nestor Paiva plays the mayor, you'll remember Nestor from these cult classics... MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, TARANTULA and THE MOLE PEOPLE! Nestor died in 1966 at the age of 61 with 290 acting credits.

Bill Freed plays Hitler. THEY SAVED HITLER'S BRAIN was the TV version, released 5 years later with added and subtracted footage!

It's rumored that Dick Cheney got some of his ideas for 'enhanced interrogation' from this flick, no kidding!!

What, the master race is only a stupid head?!

When Hitler can't fall asleep, his babysitter takes him for a ride in the Mercedes and tells him a bedtime story.

The good guys locate the Nazi's secret hideout in the hills (Bronson Canyon).

Camino tosses a grenade at Hitler's Mercedes Benz and scores a hit! In basic training at Fort Lewis, we all got to toss a live grenade! Wasn't my favorite thing to do.

Sucker gots whut he deserved!!

~ MIGHTY MOUSE CARTOON BONEROUS!

Wow, Ralphie gets to push another button tonite, this one's for... MIGHTY MOUSE!

The story starts with this lil' mousette getting a mysterious package delivered to his front door.

There's a space helmut in the package, he puts it on and is pulled into space by a magnetic force and taken to a giant castle on an asteroid!

When Mighty Mouse tries on one of the helmuts, the same thing happens to him.

He has to battle a giant robot and a pair of fire breathing dragons!

Mighty Mouse destroys the robot and finds a tiny, kindly old scientist inside. The scientist explains that he was just getting kids to come and play on all the fun amusements he made for them!

Happy Friday The 13th Everbloody!!..

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