Monday, August 24, 2015

BLUE DEMON Contra LAS DIABOLICAS / Cinematográfica RA, Estudios América - 1968

Well, seems like a good time for a Dungeon Redo from 2008, here's a movie starring Blue Demon against some Diabolical Women in a story that takes place in Mexico. This time our hero is framed for murder and has to fight things out in the ring and in the streets...

I have a musical sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our little purple demon, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula!.. Here's a sample from... BLUE DEMON Contra LAS DIABOLICAS!

Our tale begins with the murder of this cute gal, now, who'd want to ta' do 'dat?!

Oh, never mind, look at this kwazy night club! And, look at those wild horns and cool suits! We've seen this band before in other flicks with Santo.

Here's a small pack of Diabolical Women, taking some time off to get drunk on their asses!

Somehow, Blue Demon is targeted for some diabolical plan!

But, what all bad guys fail to remember is that he can kick your ass in the snap of a finger!.. Yeah, I'm looking at YOU, pencil neck!!

Our nemesis, Mr. Big... Really, Mr. Big! Well, he has a plan to frame our hero by creating another wrestling Blue Demon ringer, this one is into murder though.

Then, the two Demons battle it out in the ring in front of a confused audience! I can tell in the bottom still that the guy standing is not Blue Demon, by the way his legs look.

Oh, what the Hell, one good choke hold deserves another!!

Mr. Big has a warehouse where he can torture the ones that oppose him, but, why would you hang a plaster guitar on the wall?! It defies logic.

The real Blue Demon shows up only to be staring down the nose of a pistol...

But, as things go, Mr. Big is exposed for who she is... Miss Not-So-Big! Then, she gets the evil eye from our kick-ass hero before she's taken away!

See you later, have a good one!!.. We're back on Wednesday with more... At The Dungeon!!

Saturday, August 22, 2015

WHO KILLED WHO? - Tex Avery (1943)

Some cartoons attempt to have some semblance of a story and others are nothing but a series of gags! "Who Killed Who?" is without a doubt, the latter!

The funniest thing about old cartoons is that they took them very seriously, as least as far as looks were concerned, and the artwork like this title card is generally very stunning!

The uncredited host and narrator is Robert Emmet O'Connor who just might possibly be the most uncredited actor in film history! Looks to me that in over half of the 213 films and shorts he was uncredited usually as a detective, a police sergeant, a judge, a sheriff, a riverboat captain, a prison warden, an immigration officer, a bartender, a secret service man, a cab driver, a magistrate, a game warden, a train conductor, a stage manager, a watchman, a baggage attendant, a motorman, a station attendant, a doorman, and/or a drunk! Look at that mug, movies would be nothing without this kind of super regular guy! Here's Robert's explanation of what "Who Killed Who?" is all about!

A dark and stormy night!

Here's the victim! That's about all you need to know! 
The rest is Gag City!

Some gags don't work unless you're really olde or you are a student of the past!
This is a "BooooLova" cuckoo clock! "Bulova" was a major watchmaker of the day!

This is a very large pistol!

When the Detective shows up to investigate the shooting, he tells everybody "Don't move!"  When a member of the audience gets up to get popcorn or go to the restroom, the Detective smacks him in the head!

For some reason, the hired help are the main suspects!

This is what the Detective gets when he asks them if they have any weapons!

While looking for clues, the Detective sees this picture on the wall, but quickly dismisses it! He then goes back to have another look, but the young lady has disappointingly closed her jacket!

This ghost comes unfurled after seeing a live mouse!

Another olde gag! Introducing Red Skeleton! 
(Red Skelton was a very popular comedian of the time!

Looking for clues in all the wrong places, of course!

They thought this gag was funny enough that they used it on the poster! A "Do Not Open Till Christmas" door reveals a hostile Santa Claus that promptly bops the Detective on the head!

It all wraps up with this diabolical hooded henchman!

He would have shot the Detective, but his gun is on empty!

The Detective goes to great lengths to deceive the henchman!

Finally the moment we've all been waiting for! Who is this evil masked man?

Well, what do you know about that! It was the host Robert Emmet O'Connor all along! No wonder he was uncredited so often! He obviously had some things to hide! Robert died in 1962, so I guess enough time has passed that the truth about his sordid past can now be revealed!

Friday, August 21, 2015

CREATURE / Trans World Entertainment - 1985

Today we go into outer space and find Dungeon Heavyweight Klaus Kinski there! Although, Klaus seems a little misplaced in an ALIEN ripoff. The story is about a crew of scientists that arrive on a moon of Saturn to examine ancient artifacts of unknown origin and discover that some Germans already have a ship there.

Sit on it, Potsie!!.. This dude sits on a cracked pod with a mean old alien monster inside!

I've got a sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button over by our alien in a pod, NOW, Rufus The Gnat!.. Here's a sample from... CREATURE!

Here's our crew as they prepare to land on the moon, not realizing the all fun they're in for.

Of course, they have to go down through the ALIEN rabbit hole to find the hidden horrors.

Guess who's been creeping around in the background?!.. Looks like this was a perk for getting Klaus to break character and appear in this spaced out gore fest.

Here, Klaus explains to the unsuspecting crew what they are about to step right in. You can hear him talk about it in the sound clip...

It's nothing less than a house of horrors when the humans start being infected by the CREATURE!

Like in the original THE THING, they try and destroy the monster with this hi-tech electro dealie-bob! It doesn't woik!

We get some good shots of the thing at the end. Believe it or not, this guy survives this gruesome ordeal, because...

His girlfriend comes in and blows the Hell out of the CREATURE!!.. We're back tomorrow with more cool junk from The Dungeon Gang...

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