SPACE: 1999 - Dragon's Domain / Incorporated Television Company - 1975

Here's a great little shocking stuffer from that exciting series, SPACE: 1999. This is definitely my favorite episode, it's all about a discredited Eagle pilot, Tony Cellini, who has freaky recurring nightmares after he was the only survivor of a disastrous space mission. Now, the Moon is approaching the same area in space that Cellini encountered.

The series starred Martin (THE BEING) Landau, Barbara (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE) Bain and Barry (ASYLUM) Morse and was produced by the amazing team of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson!!

The episode starts with Dr. Russell explaining the story behind what happened to Eagle pilot Cellini to Commander Koenig, and, a flashback of his recollections ensues...

Cellini and a small crew are on a mission to an alien planet. They encounter stranded spaceships and hook up to one of them... Beautiful miniature work there!

Cellini is in the cockpit, the other crew members open the door to the stranded ship, and...

A freaking thing from Hell manifests itself!.. Now what?!!

Well, it pulls you in, then, spits you out! And, you don't look that great when it spits you out!! Anyway, each crew member is killed the same way with Cellini trapped in the cockpit, he breaks out just in time to see the massacre.

He detaches the ship from the rocket and drifts through space until he's eventually rescued. Back on Earth (before the Earth/Moon disaster), Dr. Russell was his physician.

Flashback over, Koenig and his pals go to see Commissioner Dixon for permission to go to the approaching planet and check out Cellini's story, because, if true, it could be a disaster for humans...

Permission is granted and an Eagle finds the ship. Love this shot, dog pile on the monkey!!

There are MOBY DICK overtones as Cellini sneaks out to deal with the monster, because, he thinks he knows how to kill the goddamn thing from Hell... Before he's dragged in, he tells Koenig to attack the glowing eye.

Koenig somehow manages to use an ax to disable the eye, finally killing the monster.

The thing is a mass of melting gristle and tentacles, bringing the story to an end. We're back on Wednesday for more early presents, til then, Scary Xmas Ever'bloody!

TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED - Roald Dahl - Season 01, Episode 08 - "Neck" (1979)

As much as I'd like to do all 112 episodes of "Tales Of The Unexpected" one by one in order, unfortunately I still have some semblance of a life, so I'm jumping from Season One, Episode One, to Season One, Episode Eight for this evening's Saturday Night Special in The Dungeon!

It's a simple tale with a simple title about some very complicated people, and it's simply called

"NECK!"

I find it amusing that Mr. Dahl also wrote children's books! "James and the Giant Peach" was another one of his creations!

This is Somerleyton Hall in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England!

Somerleyton Hall dates back to 1240, but this version of the estate was built in the mid 1800's, and is open to the public for tour at a meager price if you're ever in the area!

In this story, Michael Aldridge is the lord of the manor as Sir Basil Turton! Sir Basil likes to collect very large scultures and put them in his garden! Michael was a staple on British TV for four decades or more!

Paul Herzberg is John Bannister, an art associate of Sir Basil's that he has brought home for the weekend! Paul was also in another "Tales Of The Unexpected" titled "A Time To Die," 9 years later!

The always lovely and fun to watch Joan Collins is Sir Basil's wife Natalia. She is a slut!!
You gotta love Joan Collins. She was "The Siren" in the "Batman" TV show, she has been on "Star Trek," "Space:1999," and two other "Tales Of The Unexpected!" She was also in "Empire Of The Ants" before going on to be in 209 episodes of "Dynasty" from 1981 to 1989! If she was making around $120,000.00 per episode as I have read, then that means she made a little over 24 million dollars for that gig, and she's still active! What an amazing woman!

Peter (Blow-Up, The Legend Of Hell House) Bowles is Major Haddock, Natalia's secret lover! Peter was on almost every cool 60's British TV show, like f'rinstance, "The Protectors," "Secet Agent," "The Avengers," and "The Prisoner!" Like Joan Collins, Peter is still working today!

These two are not very good about hiding what's going on!

 You'd never see a painting on the wall like that in a 1979 American TV show, I guarantee!
Classic Shakespearean actor John (The Elephant Man) Gielgud is mafnificent as Jelks the butler!

 Playin' footsies at dinner with the young new guest, and then when the lights go out, she sneaks up to his room!

 B U S T E D!!!

 After a night of infidelity, what else would you want to do than walk through this garden of very large sculptures with the man whose wife you were screwing?

 See, it wasn't even what you thought!

 But it could have belonged to this guy, Mr. Cool!

The next day, Major Haddock and Natalia go horseback riding and a romp in the hay, and then decide to have some fun with Sir Basil's new acquisition!

But all the fun comes to a screeching halt when Natalia gets her head stuck in the sculpture!

For a couple of minutes, it turns into a "Three Stooges" episode!

Sir Basil had caught sight of the happy couple kissing and carrying on through a window, so he let it go on for a while before coming out with some bag balm or something to smear all over Natalia like the greased pig that she is!

When that didn't work, Sir Basil decides to chop the sculpture in two, but he just might have missed!

Well, now you know why it was called "Neck!"

BEETLEJUICE / Geffen Company - 1988

Today's post is a fun Tim Burton production, it's all about Adam and Barbara, a normal couple who happen to be... Dead! They have given much time to decorate their house, but unfortunately, a new family is moving into it. The couple try to scare them out, but, end up becoming the main attraction to the money hungry family. They call upon Beetlejuice to help them out, but, good old Beetlejuice has more in mind than just helping!

This crazy movie stars Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones and more. So, sit back and check it out...

Adam and Barbara call out their only hope in helping them out with their problem. They chant... Beetlejuice... Beetlejuice!.. Beetlejuice!!

Beetlejuice has a special, very creepy way of saying... Hello, der!!

Beetlejuice makes himself at home and hangs out with a pile of cool monsters and, whatever. Half the fun in this flick has to do with the strange creature machinations in Tim Burton's fertile mind!

Adam sits down with this cigarette smoking corpse, that bad habit is probably what killed him in the first place!

Barbara and Adam have their wild side too, as whacked out monsters!

Here's are some nice close ups of Barbara and Adam, I love this kind of stuff, I've made a career of creating the weirdest artwork I can come up with.

This is the family trying to capitalizing on Adam and Barbara's haunted house, they think everything's going their way until...

The damn sculptures in the living room come to life and start walking around the house!

The family members get their just desserts, and, everything is good again in weirdsville!! Beetlejuice... Beetlejuice!.. Beetlejuice!!

Tune in again tomorrow for something special, here at... The Dungeon!