NEON MANIACS - "Freak Frolic Night" (1986)

 This Wan and Waxen Wednesday edition of our Halloween Countdown is a 1986 film called "Neon Maniacs."

"Neon Maniacs" is basically a mess! If you don't believe me then just do a YouTube search and come to your own conclusion! This thing is all over the place for free, so there's nothing stopping you except your own good taste!

 There's a big scary door underneath The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, and on the other side of that door lives 13 freakaholic mutant jerkoffs!

Maybe they were trying to sell a set of trading cards! Hell, I don't know, but here are seven in no particular order! I don't know or care who's who, and it really doesn't matter for various reasons! This thing's name is Axe, I'm pretty sure!

I'm pretty sure this jackass is Ape!

This is Doc! Nice guy, at least he uses ether on his victim before he cuts his heart out!

 The rest of this clan of creeps were named Archer, Decapitator, Hangman, Juice, Mohawk, Punk Biker, Samurai, Scavenger, Slasher, and Soldier! There don't appear to be any chicks, so maybe that's what they're so pissed off about!

 My opinion too!

 So, for no explainable reason, these creatures are terrorizing a bunch of teenagers, killing and maiming, torturing, and chasing them all over town. There are a couple of kids in general they are really after! I give them credit, there are some interesting shots like this.........

........And this!!!

This is a location shot to prove it was happening in San Francisco!

 The climax of the film is a big costume party billed as "Freak Frolic Night," that allows the monsters to blend in with all the costumed revelers!

 The main attraction of the party is a 'Battle of the Bands' billed as a battle to the death! The new wave band is called The Outlaws, and the metal band is called Jaded! I think they should have both lost!

 While the mutant monster creatures are attacking and killing everybody, the two main teen characters think it's a good time to screw!! 

From the beginning to the end there's no explanations for why these creatures exist, where they get their powers and costumes, and why they do the things they do, then "Neon Maniacs" ends right where it started, absolutely nowhere!

DEMONS / Their Evil Becomes An Orgy Of Bloodshed! - 1985

Today's burnt offering is a demonic tale of a group of invited guests who are granted a free lunch in the form of a screening of a horror film that brings demonic forces to life! Penned in the theater, the crowd's feelings quickly turn to screams and a fear that the dead will lust after the flesh of the living.

This thing stars a pile of Italian actors including Urbano (GOR II) Barberini, Natasha (THE FINAL SCOOP) Hovey, Karl (THE TUNNEL) Zinny and Fiore (TRAUMA) Argento.

It all starts wif' a weird looking dude giving out tickets for a screening of a new horror movie. So, take your seat and we'll get this damned show a goin'...

In the movie they're watching, a small group of teens are exploring the catacombs in an old castle. One of them finds an old moldy book about supernatural spells, he turns to a page about conjuring demons and recites the spell aloud...

Another dude finds a satanic mask and puts it on just for the Hell of it. But, after he removes it, there's a tiny cut on his cheek.

It's just a movie, right?.. Well, no! Since the audience heard the spell, its influence starts a domino effect. This gal gets a huge blister on her face that pops and the evilness oozes out!

Of course, all Hell breaks loose after she bites the crap out of a few people! And now, there's more than one demon to worry about!

The non-demon people gather together after they board up and block the doors to keep the demons from coming in and taking over... Now what?!

Then, these very cool demons come up the stairs, looking for.. YOU!

Oh yeah, let's not forget about this damn dirty demon!! She digs lime sherbet.

There's a freaking damaged helicopter in the building, and in a scene out of THE LAND UNKNOWN, dude starts it up and uses the blades to take out the demons! The demon on the bottom gets its face ripped off by a blade!

It turns out that the whole city is now infected and this group of people are the only ones not affected. They like to shoot the monsters and then run them over!.. Hey, it's fun you know!

Anyway, they decide to head to the country and start a new civilization!!!.. What the fuck?!! Hey, check back on Wednesday when we'll bring you more Halloween fodder!!

ROUTE 66 - "Lizard's Leg And Owlet's Wing" (1962)

Season 3, Episode 6 of the TV series "Route 66" was titled "Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing" and it aired October 26, 1962!

 Welcome to Saturday The 13th in The Dungeon, and more Halloween Countdown 2018!

 If I recall right, "Route 66" was on TV on Friday night at 7:00 PM. Consequently, I was usually out on the prowl somewhere in that time zone, and never got to see much of it!

 Not aired as a Halloween special that I know of, but the title pretty much gives it away!

 When this episode starts, it seems like you're watching the end of some creepy classic Universal flick that was maybe on right before "Route 66," but........

 .......It's a fake-out! It's just Lon Chaney Jr. saying good night to his grandson!

And you thought you were watching "Route 66!"

 What a very cool kid's room clock!

 This is a convoluted story about three of the giants of horror wanting to make a modern day horror statement that, what was once scary, is still scary! Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr. and Boris Karloff were still the heavies of horror in 1962!

 

 "Route 66" was a show about two guys, George Marharis and Martin Milner, as Buz and Tod, two guys who travel historic Route 66, you know that one that "winds from Chicago to L.A." getting into mischief as they go! It's kind of like "The Fugitive" except there's two of them, and they're not running from the law!

 Born in Madera California, Jeannine Riley as Molly, the sad secretary would go on to be in Ted V. Mikel's  "Strike Me Deadly" and then as one of the main cast members of "Petticoat Junction," Billy Jo Bradley!

 Martita (Bunny Lake Is Missing) Hunt is great as Mrs. Baxter!

  Lon tries to scare Mrs. Baxter to prove that his kind of monster is still scary!

 The boys get a part-time gig at a motel, and while Buz is assigned to a group of executive secretaries that includes Molly, Tod has to figure out what's going on with the trio of terror who are all checked in under false names!

 Time for a commercial break!

These days, the shamers would lose their freakin' shit to see somebody like Super Bowl Champion,  4 time NFL Champion, and 1961 Most Valuable Player, The Golden Boy, Paul Hornung doing an ad for Marlboro Cigarettes! Times have changed, no doubt!!! Paul should be having a birthday here in a couple of months on December 23! Happy 83 Paul!!

 This is just a great shot of some of the executive secretaries!

 To test their theory that old classic monsters are still scary, Lon dresses up as The Wolfman, and crashes the secretaries' party!

 One by one, all the women in the room faint including Dungeon fave Betsy Jones-Moreland who was in "Creature From The Haunted Sea," "Last Woman On Earth," "The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent," and "The Outer Limits" episode titled "The Mutant!"

 Peter is very pleased with the results!

 Although quite silly, this really was a fun show to watch! Part of the silliness is due to the fact that the show was created and written by Sterling Silliphant (Sounds like the name of a cartoon elephant) whose screenplays range from "Village Of The Damned" to "The Swarm!"

 The Wolfman tries the direct treatment on Molly going into her room and terrorizing her, but she only feels sorry for him. He leaves, and every woman that sees him in the hall faints!

 In the end, they even dress Boris up as Frankenstein! As lame as it is, I've still got to say, what a cast, and what a show. If you have Amazon Prime, all four seasons  of "Route 66" play for free, including this one, and I can't think of a sillier way to spend 58 minutes of your Halloween fun time!