THE OUTER LIMITS: 'The Invisibles' / Season 1 Episode 19 - 1964

Here we go with another classic episode from this great TV series. This time, some aliens plan to take over the US by recruiting disaffected loners adverse to a normal society. The Invisibles send crab-like parasites that attach themselves to human hosts (like in THE BRAIN EATERS and IT CONQUERED THE WORLD) in order to control them. The recruits are assigned low-level jobs with highly appointed government officials so they can get the parasite in close proximity to them. A US intelligence agent infiltrates the alien organization, but it may be too late!

It all starts here, in an old military barracks, three new recruits are taken to a room at the end of a long, dingy hallway!

In another room there though, something pretty damn interesting is about to happen...

The Invisibles recruiter takes a parasite out, pets it and puts it back in its cage. Then, he goes into an unearthly rant about The Invisibles taking over the world!

John (THE LOST WORLD) Graham Is the attachment supervisor, Don (THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS) Gordon plays Agent Spain and Walter (JACK THE GIANT KILLER) Burke plays the Invisibles recruiter.

At this point in the story, we find out that Spain is a government agent reporting in. He's trying to get to the bottom of what in the Hell's going on!

So, Agent Spain is given the job as a chauffeur for the Governor, but, the General (Neil Hamilton) and his helper, Oliver (Richard Dawson), suspect that Spain is an agent. But, the parasite dies and Spain has to wait for another one to arrive...

The General then goes into his emotional alien diatribe, welcome to Coo-Coo Ville!!

While waiting for the parasite to arrive, Oliver keeps an eye on Spain. Our hero tries to escape at night but his foot gets run over by the General's wife when she arrives at the house. During the confusion, Spain is barely able to speed away in the car...

Spain is to meet with another recruit he has befriended, he hobbles his way to the room.

But, his pal has agreed to set a parasite loose on him, hidden in a suitcase under the bed!

The thing is out and Spain crawls away as fast as he can, which ain't that fast, his foot is horribly damaged!.. Crawl you Mofo!!

The parasite, which growls, puts it into turbo drive and attacks Spain. Luckily, his pal comes to his aid and pulls the thing off and throws it as far away as he can. Then...

The cops shoot it full of lead, putting an end to the current nightmare. We also find out that the government is in hot pursuit of rooting out the Hellish creatures and the Invisibles' Earthly helpers! Phew, I was getting worried!!

Tune in again on Wednesday as we continue down the old Dungeon Trail...

MIDNIGHT LACE - Doris Day - "The Strangest Most Terrifying Game" (1960)

Tonight's Saturday Night Special is a movie I first saw a long, long time ago. It was made in 1960, and is titled......

.........."Midnight Lace!"

"Midnight Lace" stars Doris Day, whose body of film work is usually confined to the puppies and cotton candy realm, so it freaked me out as a kid to see her in a movie like this, kind of like how I felt when Frankie Avalon got stabbed in "The Haunted House Of Horror!"

Doris is a rich American in London!

Her British husband is played by the always charming Rex (Dr. Dolittle) Harrison!

I look at this shot, and the word 'stuffy' comes to mind first thing!

Hence the title "Midnight Lace!"

The 'Danger' signs come into play more than once to help deliver the foreboding overall feel! 

Dungeon stalwart Roddy (Planet of the Apes) McDowall 

has the role of an annoying possible suspect, a role that fits him well!

But all in all, "Midnight Lace" is basically a suspenseful showcase for Doris Day!

Gee Willikers, where's Rock Hudson when you need him?

Not really the best time to be celebrating anything!

Doris is stuck in the dark and claustrophobic lift going up to her flat!

These days any prank, annoying, or threatening phone call you make can probably be traced back to you, but back in the day when phone booths existed, it was a lot easier to hassle people on the phone anonymously! Like today, if you called your local dive bar and asked for mouse knuckles like Tabonga and I used to do, you'd probably have the authorities up your butt in no time at all!

Doris just turned 96 four days ago on April 3rd!

In a 60's male-dominated society, "Midnight Lace" was a film that had a female in the lead role, and supporting roles like Myrna (Nora Charles) Loy, and......

.....Natasha (The Fourth Square) Parry! Oddly enough, Natasha was also in another movie with the word midnight in the tile in 1950, "Midnight Episode!"

I don't have the exact calculations, but I'd bet that close to 40% of "Midnight Lace" is different head shots of Doris Day!

Doris Day has 43 acting credits to her name, but she was also a very successful singer, and songs with her vocals have been used in movies 117 times and growing, and that's why she will never be forgotten, because of songs like "Dream A Little Dream," "Tea For Two," and "Que Sera, Sera!"

Belated Happy Birthday Doris!! We love you!

PUNK VACATION / Windjammer Productions Inc. - 1990

Here we go again with another Friday Freak Out, here at The Dungeon!.. This time, the tranquility of a small California hamlet goes south after a diner owner is brutally murdered by a gang of vicious punks. The eldest daughter vows to get revenge on the punks for killing her dad, but she winds up being abducted by the gang. This leads to an all-out war between the punks and the redneck town residents! Shot in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, released direct to video.

This one stars a big pile of actors with very few credits attached to their names! Roxanne Rogers plays the punk's female leader, Ramrod, and Don Martin (great name!) plays Deputy Sheriff Don.

The story starts here, when an obnoxious punk on a motorcycle tries to harass a diner owner and his daughter. The owner chases the jackass away but him and his buddies come back to deep six the old man and scare the crap out of the daughter who's waiting in a car!

The punks are holed up in a barn on a ranch, they are a sharply dressed motley crew!

After one of the punks is shot, they transfer him to the local hospital where's he's handcuffed to his bed. The guard has his chair where he sits and checks out a women's undies catalog to kill some time!

The diner owner's oldest daughter gets involved, she tries to kill the punk in the hospital room, then goes out and confronts the punks at the ranch! It doesn't go well... One strange thing is, there are two or three punks with European accents! It's just weird.

Deputy Don and his pal Sheriff Virgil break up the party and rescue the undies-clad daughter.

The word is out and the local rednecks show up with their rifles, time for blood!..

They break up into groups, these guys get caught under nets the punks punk them with! It takes like five minutes for them to get out, when, all you'd have to do is lay your goddamn rifle down, idiot, then, simply, remove the net!! Ach du lieber!

These duffuses get punked when they get knocked off half way across the pipe!

These three dudes are pilling their way up a steep incline by a rope tied to a tree, when, another punk cuts the rope! They take quite a tumble!

Here's Ramrod, she kinda gets what she deserves, she gets shot but gets away at the end, Wow, there you have it, I'm done here. Eegah!! etches another notch on the old Dungeon Wall of the Weird tomorrow, don't miss it...