GALLERY OF HORROR / American General Pictures - 1967

It's Freakin' Friday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS started a trend of movies with multiple tales told, either by a narrator or mysterious interacting character. Well, director David L. Hewitt got his chance with this five story flick starring Lon Chaney and John Carradine. Alternate titles are RETURN FROM THE PAST and THE BLOOD SUCKERS, one tagline reads... So shocking it will sliver your liver!

Eegah!! sent over a soundclip of the theme from this flick for our earjoyment, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button there across from The Wizard Of Mars, NOW, Rufus The Gnat! Here's a taste of... GALLERY OF HORROR!

The dapper looking John Carradine narratates the tales as he stands next to a borrowed shot from THE TERROR.

He also stars in the first dime store story, "The Witches Clock." The Farrells have just purchased an old mansion (THE TERROR again) in Salem, Massachusetts, then, an old man named Tristram Halbin (Carradine) shows up at the door. Later, they are warned by a local doctor of the history of witches in the community and about the old clock which they got running again. All the stories have fairly predictible endings.

The second story, "King Vampire," is about an investigation by Scotland Yard to try and solve a mystery concerning a vampire with a slight build, who's killing off villagers.

Of course, the title, "Queen Vampire," would have given the ending away!

Tale number three's called strangely enough, "Monster Raid." Again, scenes from THE TERROR are used quite a bit in this one.

The story's about a man turned zombie when he overdoses on his own experimental drug, he somehow returns to avenge his death by killing his wife and her doctor lover.

If you're going to steal an interesting shot from someone, it might as well be from the great Freddie Francis!

Story four stars Lon in "Spark of Life," about a doctor obsessed with the experiments of Erich von Frankenstein. Him and two of his students try to restore a cadaver of a murderer to life, and succeed. Lon is still able to speak but looks bad. Look at the size of Ron Brogan as the reanimated man, damn!!

Back to THE TERROR, err, story five... It's called "Count Alucard" or "Count Dracula" depending on the credits or John Carradine!

It's pretty much the original DRACULA story just reworked to finish off this 83 minute wonder. Tune in tomorrow to see what old Eegah!! has in store for us!

DEAR DEAD DELILAH - Bill Justis - "What A Raunchy Way To Die" (1972)

Oh, Dear, I do think this is one of the weirdest posters yet! I think they were talking about the toilet seat!

Welcome to Weirdo Wednesday! Tonight's feature titled "Dear Dead Delilah" is a different kind of 3D movie, really different!! (Spoiler Alert: Not Really in 3D!)

In the 'Random Thoughts' department, I was just thinking how there was a whole slew of movies made in the 60's and 70's with odd questions as titles, you know, like: "Who Slew Auntie Roo?" "What's The Matter With Helen?" "Who's Minding The Store?" "What's Up Tiger Lily?" "Who Killed Teddy Bear?" "Whatever Happened To Aunt Alice?"  and "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?"

To go forward, first we have to move backward in time! Bill Justis who had a killer hit with the instrumental "Raunchy" in 1957 is the guy who wrote the corn fed music for "Dear Dead Delilah!" Bill was also a record producer for "Sun Records" who worked with the likes of Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis!!!

You might think this is Delilah, but it's not. This is Luddy Dublin as played by Ann (Private Parts) Gibbs in this flashback scene! Luddy has just done a bad thing! She just couldn't take it any more!

Luddy Dublin has just murdered her Mother!

Years later, Luddy is released from prison! Patricia Carmichael is the older Luddy! Pat's only other credit is on an episode of "Petticoat Junction!" As she is walking away from the prison, she sees some guys in a park playing football. As she's watching, she gets beaned with the football, and is taken to the home of the Charles family to recuperate!

The always amazing Agnes Moorehead is Delilah Charles! Check this out! The first movie Agnes was ever in was Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane!" Now that's some way to start a career, being in what a lot of people think is the greatest movie of all time! She followed that with Orson's "The Magnificent Ambersons!" In 1959 she was in "The Bat" with Vincent Price, in 1961, she was in a "Twilight Zone" episode titled "The Invaders," she was Velma in "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte," and of course she will be long remembered for her over 200 episodes of "Bewitched" as Endora, Samantha's Mom!

The year 1972 was Agnes Moorhead's last year on "Bewitched," and it's the same year this movie was released! Delilah is rich and supposedly dying, and since Luddy was without a home, she is kept on as a nursemaid for Delilah!

Michael (Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy) Ansara is Delilah's worthless gambler brother Morgan! Delilah has called the family together and announced that their Father has hidden 500 G's on the property somewhere! Finders keepers!

Damn, no wonder I can't get anything done around here, now I'm thirsty!

"Dear Dead Delilah" is a weird amalgam of elements flowing effortlessly from melodrama to gore fest and back again!

Delilah's back and neck massage goes a bit awry!

I actually forgot what the Hell this was, but it looks pretty cool you have to admit!

"Wheeeeeeeeeee..........!

It's nothing by "Walking Dead" standards, but this movie is pretty grisly just the same!

There's an ax murderer posing as the ghost of the late Father Charles!

Is she the murderer?

Or is he the murderer?

Or is Luddy the murderer? 

It's a real shame, but you're just gonna have to figger that one out all by your little ole self!

OUR GANG In Color - Hide And Shriek / Hal Roach Studios - 1938

It's Haunted Funhouse Monday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. I grew up watching THE LITTLE RASCALS and OUR GANG on TV, this one was always one of my favorites, now in color. This is the last of 169 OUR GANG shorts produced by Hal Roach Studios before selling the rights to MGM studios. Get ready, Hal produced 1,200 features before he died in LA at age 100, what a guy!!

Eegah!! sent over a fun little soundclip from this short, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button there next to the goofy disguise kit, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula! Here's our audio offering for... HIDE AND SHRIEK!

Billy Bletcher provides the scary, manical Haunted House voice!

Buckwheat and Porky show up at Detective Alfalfa's place and want to join up.

After swearing the boys in, Alfalfa reads about the finer points of being a junior detective.

Darla has a mystery for the boys to solve, someone has stolen her box of chocolates! Alfalfa asks Darla if they can share the chocolates with her if they sovle the crime, and, she agrees.

Alfalfa interrogates the suspects, but, they won't talk. He gets a bright idea and lets them go.

The boys put on disguises and follow the suspects, who climb into a truck parked on the street.

Alfalfa decides they should hide in a box in the back of the truck, then, they could go directly to where the chocolates are being stashed. Of course, the suspects get out of the truck on the driver's side and leave the scene! The truck takes off and arrives at its destination, the new Haunted House exhibit at the Long Beach amusement park.

The boys get a big surprise when they finally exit the box... What the heck?!!

Alfalfa throws a 'light' switch and starts the show, including the record player, as heard in the soundclip. I can't help but notice how modern the arm of the stylus looks, hey, Pioneer 1985!

Buckwheat gets separated from Alfalfa and Porky, who are stuck running on a moving floor, chased by a smoking demon!

Buckwheat has a fun encounter with an organ playing skeleton! As a little kid in the early fifties, nothing was much more frightening to me than a freaking skeleton, they really creeped me out for some reason.

Buckwheat joins the boys again and get sucked down a slide into another dark room. Eugene 'Porky' Lee later recalled being genuinely frightened during the filming!

They're attacked by a skeleton wearing a devil mask and then they're nearly decapitated!

The ride is over and the boys beat a hasty retreat, surprising the crap out of the owner!

The boys run past Darla, who found her chocolates and is sharing them with the suspects!

Needless to say, this place is.. "Out of bizzness!" Tune in Wednesday for more Eegah!!