THE LEOPARD MAN / Strange Savage Murder... Striking At Women Only! - 1943

Here we go with another week, here, at The Dungeon!.. This time, at the encouragement of her manager, a nightclub performer in New Mexico takes a leashed leopard into the club as a publicity stunt. Her rival, angered by the attempt to upstage, scares the animal, it bolts and runs out the door. In the days that follow, victims are being mauled and the countryside is combed for the loose creature. But, people begin to wonder if maybe the leopard is not responsible for the killings!

This one stars Dennis (TOPPER RETURNS) O'Keefe, Margo (LOST HORIZON), Jean (THE SEVENTH VICTIM) Brooks, Isabel (MAD LOVE) Jewell and James (i WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE) Bell.

Here's Kiki Walker with her leashed leopard making a splash at the club where she performs. It was the idea of her agent, Jerry Manning, there in the background.

But, the performer, Clo-Clo, is pissed at Kiki for the stunt, so, she clacks her castanets together loudly and scares the crap out of the big cat and it bolts out an open door!!

The first victim is a young woman out wandering by a train trestle where she hears the cat.

The next victim is found in a garden. The authorities have to use a ladder to get into the yard because the entrance door has been locked.

Jerry talks with his pal, Charlie How-Come, an expert on large cats. After the second death, something doesn't add up, is it possible that a person is killing the women?..

Clo-Clo is getting the creeps, so, she goes to a fortune teller to see what's up with her fate.

Clo-Clo draws an ace, which means she hasn't got much time to live! Then, this freakin' Texan runs over a cat in front of Clo-Clo after she exits the fortune teller's building. She asks the dumb ass what color the cat was, and, he says... BLACK! It's not long before she becomes another victim.

Love this shot, reminds me of when I was just a little guy, this was a normal scene in just about any city in the fifties. My cousin made lots of spending money shining shoes back then!

The beans get spilled when Dr. Galbraith, the zoo curator, thinks he has his next victim, Kiki...

Well, it was a set up, Jerry and his pal Dwight are on the other side of the door. When Kiki screams her head off, the guys chase Galbraith outside. The murderer hides in a crowd of mourners but the good guys catch his sorry ass anyway.

Jerry listens to Galbraith's twisted explanation of why he killed the women... But, when it comes to describing Dwight's girlfriend's death...

Dwight pulls his rod out and puts a bullet in the sicko's gut!.. Case Closed!!

Jerry and Kiki leave Dwight to explain to the cops why he shot Galbraith, he'll have to go to trial of course, but, you know, he'll probably get off... And, you can get off on another wild post on Wednesday when Eegah!! brings on the stuff!

IF.... - "When Do We Live?" (1968)

"If...." I wasn't haven't having so many computer problems right now, everything might be a touch better. In the meantime, in between time, Welcome to the Saturday Night Special version of The Dungeon!

"If...." is art! "If...." is dark! "If...." is stylish, but morose and full of despair! It's a fairly simple tale! If you kick a dog every day, some day it's going to bite you! But, if the dog is a bunch of rich kids, do you, or should we, even care?

"If...." is a highly acclaimed product from the mind of the great Lindsay Anderson in 1968, but I'll take his 1973 masterpiece "O Lucky Man!" that also starred Malcolm McDowell over this film any day of the week!

In Britain, they call them public schools which actually means private school. That's a good place to start!

Nothing that happens in this school would be allowed today! It's difficult for me to identify these days with a bunch of disenfranchised rich kids abused in a private school system! The school, and everybody involved with the school is gross, and you never see even one parent. The only thing I can think is that I guess this is where the whole British music scene got it's cajones! If this is the best world that the 60's British uppercrust could provide for their kids, then they damn well deserved Johnny Rotten!

The song that plays over and over that Mick is listening to on his record player is from the album entitled "Missa Luba" sung by Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin and conducted by Fr. Guido Haazen, which I just happen to have a copy for sale in my new Discogs store! If you have an eclectic taste in music like me, then you really should check it out! 

They taught fencing where I went to school too. When I was done, I knew all the ins and outs of chain link, wood, and cinder blocks!

Yummy! 

Maybe the problem is that there are basically no vegetables in these people's diets! 

Great shot of these vintage motorcycles! In fact, the whole movie is filled with great shots, but that just wasn't enough for me,

This girl (Christine Noonan) is obviously nothing but trouble! Christine also had two roles in "O Lucky Man," as the coffee trainee, and the girl at the stag party!

For a better take on rebellion, go listen to the late Gil Scott-Heron's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised!"

Bored boys will go to any length to entertain themselves! Of course, Malcolm McDowell is great, no matter what the role is!

Excessive corporal punishment is going to lead to some serious backlash!

 I just like all the details included in this shot!

This is a perfect example of a Pompous Self-Righteous Jackass! Unfortunately, this is not a species that has gone extinct yet!

 I would have loved to have the job of putting these collages together as long as they would have paid me!

 Some things are not so much different from mine or your youthful adventures! One day a bunch of teenagers were headed into the mountains for a day of fun and adventure. The only problem was they had got somebody to buy them some bottles of blackberry flavored sloe gin. Gulping that shit, just like Mick here, Tabonga was puking before we got 20 miles outside of town! What fun!!

This reminds me so much of me and my wife! I can't tell you how many endless nights before bed, I'd sing, and she would play the recorder!

Teenagers probably really shouldn't have access to stuff like this!

In light of the mass shootings that seem to becoming commonplace in modern society, do you really want to watch a satire about that type of killing? I wasn't in the mood! It did make me want to go back and watch "O Lucky Man" again though!

CHANDU THE MAGICIAN / Radio Broadcast Thriller - 1932

Today's post is about the megalomaniac and would-be world dominator, Roxor, who has kidnaped a man and his death ray invention in hopes of using it to degenerate humanity into mindless brutes, leaving himself as Earth's supreme intelligence! Faced with revealing the machine's secrets or allowing his family to die a horrible death at the hands of Roxor, the inventor's only hope lies with the intervention of his brother-in-law, the turbaned yogi and magician, Chandu, who has the power to make men see what is not there!

The movie stars Edmund (AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS) Lowe as Chandu, aka Frank Chandler, Irene (THE RAVEN) Ware as Princess Nadji and Bela (THE BLACK SLEEP) Lugosi as the evil Roxor.

Here's Chandu entertaining the troops in India with the old magic rope trick, where a youngster climbs to the top of the hemp and rings the bell!

In another place, inventor Robert Regent is testing his new death ray, and guess what?.. Yeah, the freakin' thing works better than expected!

Here's a beautiful shot at dusk of the boat that has brought Chandu and Princess Nadji to their port of danger.

In the meantime, Roxor's goons have kidnapped Regent and his death ray and taken them to the madman's hidden mountain castle. Roxor gets the word from a gopher that there are people coming their way...

Here's one of Chandu's comedy relief pals climbing up the giant wall surrounding Roxor's castle. Besides being terrorized by vultures, our guy looks down to see all the people that didn't make it up the wall. Like, where in the Hell did they get all those damn skeletons?!

Here's the other comedy relief guy. His story is that he drinks a lot and then sees a mini version of himself that he can argue with!!!

Wow, check out this set... It's beyond amazing!

Anyway, Roxor has Chandu put in an Egyptian coffin and dumped into a deep pond!!.. Don't worry, he barely makes it back to the surface alive.

Roxor puts people in this room that the floor drops down and send them to their death down a huge hole!!.. NOT COOL!!

And now, Roxor is ready to start the demolition of the world!.. Let the destruction begin!!

Oops!! Guess who shows up unexpectedly?!.. Now, Roxor is one unhappy camper!

Well, Chandu hypnotizes Roxor into believing he cannot move. Roxor is unable to stop the energy flow of the machine and the place is ready to blow!!

And, it does, bringing this wild tale to an end... Tune in tomorrow for more precious Dungeon Cargo, just for you and those guys over there!!