Saturday, March 24, 2018

2019 - DOPO LA CADUTA DI NEW YORK - "2019: After The Fall Of New York" (1983)

 Enough already with the doom and gloom, I think it's time to have some fun, so tonight's Saturday Night Special is a 1983 Italian vision of what we've got in store for us by next year, and it looks like it's going to be a pretty bumpy ride!!

 This prophecy is called "2019 - Dopo La Caduta Di New York" or in English, "2019: After The Fall Of New York!!"

 This New York is filmed primarily in Rome, Italy!

 Look at the kind of high-tech gadgetry we're gonna have by next year!

 So here's w hat I want you to do! Stare at this photo for about five minutes or more, and when you get to the point when you think you understand it, then...........

 .................Look at this shot, and when you figure this one out, you will now understand this movie completely, and with no further difficulty! That's the hero of this whole trip on the left, Michael Sopkiw as Parsifal. Michael is an interesting story, born in Connecticut and before becoming an actor, he was in trouble with the law over marijuana. He did a little time, and when he got out he studied acting. He only has five acting credits, but they're interesting enough to list! After this film, he was in "Blastfighter," "Devil Fish," and "Massacre In Dinosaur Valley" all in the 80's, and then he made one more appearance in 2014 in "Bad Dog And Superhero!"

 Landing in my old stomping grounds, Alaska!

 By next year there are going to be a whole lot more rats in the world, but it's actually a good thing, because it will give the geeks and freaks something to eats!

Tag, you're it, and it's one less Rat Eater in the world! Hal Yamanouchi has been working steadily in strange and odd films since 1977, and is still working today with films in both Pre and Post-Production!!

 Picasso's anti-war mural "Guernica" is a perfect backdrop for a future militaristic society gone mad!

 You have to give the makers of this movie credit, because they tried real hard!

 This is a sonic disruptor that makes a noise so high-pitched and annoying you will bleed from the ears until you die a slow and painful death!

Yep, those are teeth all right!

From the looks of this trio, it's pretty obvious to me, that's there's going to be a lot of changes in the next year. After the grand inquisition and impeachment, this just might be the next President and his top aides! That's 6' 9" Luigi Montefiori aka George Eastman in the middle as Big Ape! He might not look that sharp, but not only does George have 60 acting credits, he's also a proficient writer with 44 writing credits under that big old belt of his!

 Appealing to both sexes, this movie has hot model Valentine Monnier as the gal on the run called Giara! Besides being in this movie, she was also in "Devil Fish" the following year.

 If Valentine looks familiar and you lived through the 70's, this album cover by Chic might clue you in!

 A Super Model before Super Models were a thing, Valentine graced the cover of this issue of Cosmo in 1977!

 And for the ladies, this film is chock full of insanely intelligent and handsome dudes!! 

The foundation of the story is that there's only one fertile woman left in the world, and right now she's in suspended animation. Everybody wants her, but Big Ape is the one who wants to wake her up the most, because he's got a big ego, and doesn't care about anyone else, and wants his bloodline to be the future of humanity because he's so smart and good looking!

This just might be one of them 'Maser Rays!'

Laser, Maser, whatever it was, it did a number on Big Ape!

This is actually a pretty cool shot that vaguely reminds me of Ballantine 1960's Sci-Fi paperbacks!

Forgive me, but I just had to turn this last shot into a postcard.

Friday, March 23, 2018

WITCHCRAFT / The Doll In Brambles - 1961

Here's the first episode of the failed TV series that was supposed to compete with THE TWILIGHT ZONE, but, it could not compare to the classic show and was cancelled posthaste. Our story is about Madame Tirelou, a witch who will not allow her granddaughter, Marie, to marry her true love, Louis. Louis enlists the help of his old friend Fred to break the witch's spell. After she puts a curse on Louis after meeting Marie in the woods, Fred must figure out a way to save them for the mean old witch!

Here's your host, Franchot Tone, as he introduces the episode... Franchot had a healthy 112 acting credits from 1932-68 and was even in an episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE!

An American, Fred, played by Dungeon great Darren McGavin, visits his friend Louis in France, he is supposed to be best man at his wedding. But, Louis explains that his beloved Marie is forbidden by her grandmother to even see him!

Fred goes to visit Madame Tirelou and meets Marie, he hands her a note from Louis.

Love this shot of the grandmother, Madame Tirelou, she looks like a witch! After talking to Fred, she realizes that he is a friend of Louis and screams at him to leave her house!

The note tells Marie to meet him in the woods, which she does. Unknown to both of them, Madame Tirelou is watching the scene from a distance. Not good!

She goes back to her place and goes to her special room in the basement. She pulls out her wooden doll of Louis and wraps it in bramble branches while cackling!

Immediately though, Louis loses the use of his legs as he walks through the brambles on his way back home...

Fred goes to the witch's house to confront her, but, she is not there. Marie agrees to show him her hex room and he takes the wooden figure!

Later, after Fred is gone, the witch comes home and confronts Marie with a fireplace poker about what had happened while she was away...

Louis is found helpless where he had fallen and taken back to his home to recover, but, he has no use of his legs. The doctor thinks it is all in his mind...

The basement is also used to torture Marie when she misbehaves, Madame Tirelou has a bat ready to scare the Hell out of Marie when Fred and Louis arrive! Fred has told Louis that Marie is in extreme danger, jogging his mind to overcome his mental illness!

The witch goes crazy, putting hex after hex on Fred, but, he's not affected in an way. She keeps backing up and finally falls through the old balcony, falling to her death on the rocks below!.. YAY!!

They wait until the end to show the title card, kinda cool... Eegah!! is back tomorrow with more Cool Dungeon Cargo fur uns!

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

JAPANESE HORROR SPLASHES AND SPLATS FROM THE 1950'S AND 60'S!

It's time for yet another Weirdsville Wednesday in The Dungeon! I ended up with a bunch of Japanese horror movie trailers; I think you can find most of them on YouTube if you're interested. Not came, but comes! And that's the general rule with trailers, just like posters, the movie makers can say anything they damn well please, because nobody has ever held them accountable!

That 'Masterpiece' would be "RODAN," and if I recall correctly, he didn't come from Hell, it was Tabonga who came from Hell!

Scream if you want! Nobody can hear you in space!

Tumultuous!
Now that's a cool word you don't hear every day!

Late again!

 We've discussed before the fact that there are different title cards in movies and the trailers for them! I'm pretty sure this is a good example, because I've never seen this "Mothra" title card before! Wow!

 Speaking of "Mothra," how about this metamorphosis?

'Creature Killer,' can't get much more ominous than that!

And not Monty Python!

So in theory, everything should stop right here, cause it's over, right?!

 We sure as Hell better hope so!

 This one really gets to me, like ill-boding is so NOT ominous!

Aw, Sheeit!!

 I seriously hope this isn't one of the worst typos ever, and they actually didn't mean Laser ray gun! (Read the comments for updated information!)

Go ahead! Take the plunge!

 
Not screwing around here, we're talking 'Absolute Realism," and if you don't think so, then go and look it up!

Okay, well that's pretty much the end of the story, because there's not much to look forward to after that! We're screwed!! Why would you even want to see this film because when they say "The End," they mean it!!

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