THE MUMMY / Karloff The Uncanny... In His Most Startling Role! - 1932

Looks like it's Mummy Fever, here, at The Dungeon! In today's classic Universal tale, in 1921, a field expedition in Egypt discovers the mummy of ancient Egyptian Prince Im-Ho-Tep, who was condemned and buried alive for sacrilege. Also found in the tomb is the Scroll of Thoth, which can bring the dead back to life! One dark night, a member of the expedition reads the Scroll out loud, and then goes insane, realizing that he has brought Im-Ho-Tep back to life. Ten years later, disguised as a modern Egyptian, the mummy attempts to reunite with his lost love, an ancient princess who has been reincarnated into a beautiful young woman.

It stars Boris (TARGETS) Karloff, Zita (RAIDERS OF THE LIVING DEAD - 1986!) Johann, David (THE BLACK CAT) Manners, Arthur (THE MAN WITH TWO FACES) Byron, Edward (DRACULA) Van Sloan and Bramwell (THE MONKEY'S PAW) Fletcher.

So, in 1921, a British expedition team uncover the mummy of ancient Egyptian Prince Im-Ho-Tep and a chest containing Scroll of Thoth. After knucklehead reads the scroll, well, he unwittingly brings the mummy back to life! Of course, he goes mad after he realizes what he has done... When I saw this in the late fifties on TV, this is the part I remember most.

Then, in 1932, Imhotep mysteriously shows up in England with a tip as to where a lost tomb is located, so, it's back to Egypt...

After a treasure of artifacts is found, the pieces are brought back to England and are added to the museum's displays. Then, Imhotep seeks out Helen Grosvenor who he claims is his lover from the past. In a mystical pool, he shows her the events leading him to be reborn.

What happens is not pretty, being buried alive and all.

Here's a very cool shot of the evil Imhotep!

He wants to kill Helen and then revive her by reading the scroll out loud, making her immortal.

He's ready to commit the act when something seems amiss, so, he stops.

Helen pleads to the Egyptian Goddess Mut to save herself from the out of control Imhotep...

The statue comes to life and shoots a bolt of light from her talisman...

The scroll starts burning, and, Imhotep starts to deteriorate in front of our eyes.

Helen's saved by her beau just as...

The scroll burns up and Imhotep becomes just another skeleton, bringing our tale to an end. Join us again on Wednesday when Eegah!! will have another wild 'n' weird post for us!

BATMAN - "I'll Be A Mummy's Uncle" (1968)

This Saturday Night Special is Season 02, Episode 23 of everybody's favorite campy superhero from the 60's, "Batman!"

I've gotten off on some krazy 'Mummy' side road, and I'm not quite sure where it's gonna end!

I was going to watch the "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea" Mummy episode as suggested by our good friend, Mr. KD, but then he got me going on this 'Yvonne' trip, and then it went another whole direction!

If that doesn't make sense, I hope it will by the time we get to The End!

Sock it to me one more time!

I probably said it before, but when I was a senior in high school, I had to take a speech class, and one of the things that I and a couple other guys decided to do was write a "Batman" episode, and then we had to do a dramatic reading in the auditorium. 

It was ridiculous, of course!

So this all started by comparing dark haired beautiful women named Yvonne. First it was "The Mummy" and Yvonne Furneaux, getting mixed up with Yvonne Romain (who was never in a Mummy movie), and then KD brought up Yvonne Craig who was in this "Batman" episode called "I'll Be A Mummy's Uncle," but it turned out to be a trick, because there is no Mummy in this show, only in the title, but I watched it anyway!

 So here she is, looking beautiful as ever, Yvonne Craig!!
But that's just the beginning!

As fascinating as Yvonne Craig's life was, as I was reading about the other character's in this show, it got even more interesting!

If this shot doesn't send fear into the hearts of evil-doers everywhere, I don't know what would!

Yvonne Craig's first husband for two years was a goofy lookin' goober named Jimmy Boyd. Yep, the same Jimmy Boyd who sang the classic yuletide hit "I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," that sold two million copies in ten weeks back in 1952!  They must have been a cute couple!

Jimmy was also an actor and was also in a "Batman" episode called "Louie, The Lilac," as a character named Dogwood! (Go Figure!)

Wow! Victor Buono as King Tut, and Comedian Henny Youngman as Manny The Mesopotamian in a quick scene together, how cool is that?

But here's where this story really begins! The beautiful young lady in the role of Florence Of Arabia is Victoria Vetri, who sometimes, like in this case, used the name Angela Dorian.

Victoria was in the quasi-classics "When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth," and "Invasion Of The Bee Girls," but she got her start as Playmate of the Month as Angela Dorian in September of 1967.

The following year Victoria was named Playmate of the Year!
Victoria was also a close friend of Sharon Tate, and was supposed to come over the night of the Manson killings, but didn't make it. Escaping that scene, her life still managed to go to Hell!

So, what happened?

In 2010, Victoria got in an argument with her husband, and pulled out a gun, and shot him in the chest. He didn't die, but in she was sentenced to nine years in prison for attempted voluntary manslaughter in 2011. She was finally released last year!

 For more information on this amazing gal,

Here's a link to her web site!
Come back on Wednesday for more Mummy Madness!

TOWER OF LONDON / Don't Come Alone! - 1962

In today's movie directed by Roger Corman, upon the death of his brother, King Edward IV, Richard of Gloucester conspires to get the throne for himself. The late King had two young sons, his heir, Edward V and the younger Prince Richard, but they are not of age and so names his other brother Richard as Lord Protector of the Realm. He soon kills his younger brother but is haunted by his ghost for what he has done. As he continues to kill those around him, Richard is haunted by those he has betrayed hearing voices and slowly descending into madness. He spreads rumors that the late King's two sons are illegitimate and therefore not eligible to ascend to the throne. He assassinates the young princes and is crowned King Richard III. However, the ghosts from his past have the final say...

This one stars Vincent (THE TINGLER) Price, Michael (BRAINSTORM) Pate, Joan (TEENAGE REBEL) Freeman, Robert (THE FLAME BARRIER) Brown and Bruce (PIRANHA) Gordon.

King Edward IV is dying, he's trusting in his brother, Richard of Gloucester, to take care of his young sons after his death. Richard looks so serious about wanting to help out... Right!

Years later, Richard lures Edward V into his wine cellar, where, he ends up ramming a sword into the king to be's back, then, dumps him into a vat.

Soon after that though, the ghost of Edward pays the murderer a surprise visit. The incident leaves Richard perplexed and ignites his paranoia...

Richard's cruelty has no bounds, he has the girl whipped, where, she dies. Well, her ghost pays Richard visit, making him even a little nuttier.

But, nothing seems to diminish his terrorism, nobody's safe from his devious ways!

Here's a vision Richard has during one of his paranoia attacks.

Then, Richard is visited by yet another ghost who tells him his future (not good). He seems to be building up a tolerance to the ghosts, he just argues with the spirits now. Love that last still, the curl on his lips is priceless!

Richard was warned, but, decides to go to war with his rivals anyway. Like the ghost said, all his troops are dead, Richard is the only survivor...

The ghosts of all his victims show up to confront Richard, he trys to fend them off with his sword, but, they're ghosts!! Richard gets on his horse to make his escape but is thrown off and falls on his sword!!

Richard takes his last breath and disappears into a pond, never to be seen again... So, check in again tomorrow when we'll unwrap another wild 'n' weird post for you and everybody else!