TOURIST TRAP / A Place To Lose Your Mind And Soul - 1979

In today's wild and weird story, a group of young friends on vacation are stranded at a secluded roadside museum where they are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekinetic powers to control the attraction's mannequins!

This one stars Chuck (SOYLENT GREEN) Connors, Jocelyn (THE ENFORCER) Jones, Jon (END OF THE WORLD) Van Ness, Robin (DEATH WISH II) Sherwood, Tanya (THE BEASTMASTER) Roberts, Dawn (MOMMIE DEAREST) Jeffory and Keith (WITHOUT A TRACE) McDermott.

Hey, looks like that Slausen place could be some sort of tourist trap!.. Well then, let's make sure we don't go there!! The girls decide to go skinny dipping in a pond instead. A Mr. Slausen shows up and tells them that there are snakes swimming around in the pond, then leaves.

And wouldn't you know it, their vehicle broke down and they have to rely on Mr. Slausen to help them out. He takes them to his place, what could possible go wrong, right?!

It doesn't take long before things get weird. One girl gets locked inside a room full of mannequins and is greeted by Slausen's 'brother' who wears a mask!

Dude's a maniac, he takes some special goop and slaps it on her face to satisfy some craven need! Don't worry, she doesn't make it out alive...

Molly's having a crappy time at the tourist trap. She thinks she has conked the brother over the head with a rifle butt, but, it ends up being Slausen himself, he's crazy!

Slausen spends much of his time with his mannequins, that's him in the blond wig, just talking and acting out for them. It's already established that Slausen has eerie psychic powers!

There's just something about this shot that I like, reminds me of a painting I did in the eighties about Martian Mummies invading Earth in their flying saucer.

In Slausen's man cave, this wooden Indian tosses a hatchet and wins a prize!

Poor Molly is seemingly the last survivor, Slausen likes her. Jerry, the only guy, comes into the room. Molly tell him to kill Slausen with his ax, but, he's a mannequin!! First, he pulls Jerry's arm off, and to make sure she understands what's happening, he pulls the head off too!

But, when Slausen is dancing with a mannequin that turns into a woman, Molly drops the ax on his neck, surprise mofo!!

So, the danged mannequins start screaming their heads off!......

We'll give Molly the last word... There's a lame surprise ending that's not worth mentioning. So, there you go, Hollywood changed Chuck into a raving lunatic! Tune in on Wednesday as we wind down November, here, at The Dungeon!..

LOST IN SPACE / "Trip Through The Robot" - 1967

Welcome to Far-Out Friday ever'bloody!.. Today we get Lost In Space with the Robinsons, Major West, Dr. Smith and the Robot. In this season 2 whack-a-doodle adventure, the gang is in the Valley of Shadows (why?) and the Robot is affected by strange forces and it grows to the size of a building! Will and Dr. Smith enter the Robot to try to reverse the process and save it from total destruction... And, screwing this episode all up!

Prissy Dr. Smith is sitting, eating an apple and a banana while Will fields a complaint from the Robot, it's feeling kinda low. It claims that Dr. Smith failed in its maintenance last go round, which is his only freakin' job!!

So, the Robot goes exploring in the Valley Of Shadows for some reason!.. Will and the doctor (of what?) go looking for the damn thing when they find it laying on its back, as big as a house!

Will sez that they have to try and fix the Robot, what else?.. So, they go inside to see what they can see, Will has his tool kit too boot, but, how's he gonna turn a big old nut?!!

Man, to me, this looks like a futuristic McDonald's Funland for kids!

The colors are just insane!! Anyway, Dr. Smith gets himself in a peck of trouble and Will has to pull him out of the... Uhh... Oh yeah, thing!

Why, if I wuz Freddie Blassie, I'd pile drive that pencil-neck geek!

Great, now look who show up... The Buzz Kills!!

In the meantime, the Robot is all haywire and such, and it's starting to shrink back!!

Well, try and squeeze through... No, wait, it's too small!.. Let's try over here!.. No, we can't go there because... Wait, what'd you say?.. HELL NO... We ain't gonna hold your fucking hand!!.. Grow up, you freak!!

Wouldn't you know it, they forgot Will. Outside the Robot, dad stretches his arm out as far as he can for Will to grab. But, will the little guy be a little too short and get crushed inside the incredible shrinking Robot? Tune in next week when........ Doh!

Okay, okay, the damn series ain't gonna end here! Get over it.

So, they pick the Robot up just in time for a comical ending. Notice in the first pic, Dr. Smith's in a spot where he doesn't even have to pick up anything!! What a shit!

We end with this comical teaser, so, better tune in next week to see what other problems Dr. Smith gets the crew into! Join us tomorrow for even more cool junk from the Dungeon Gang, right here!!..

GATTI ROSSI IN UN LABIRINTO DI VETRO - "Eyeball" (1975)

For tonight's Wicked Wednesday presentation we go back to Italy and Spain and the 1975 wild world of Giallo film making!

Tonight's feature is titled "Gatti Rossi In Un Labirinto Di Vetro" which translates into English as (Are you ready for this one?) "Red Cats In A Glass Maze."
They tried everything possible to try and sell this movie to American consumers, but were not successful, so it is also released in English as "The Secret Killer," and/or
"Eyeball!"

The basic story is there is a group of American tourists, and the women are getting bumped off one by one, along with some of the locals by a maniac with a knife who is cutting an eye out of each one of them for some odd reason. Also, almost everyone on this a bus is also not only a potential victim, but also possibly the suspected killer!

My favourite day of the year!!

"Gatti Rossi In Un Labirinto Di Vetro" was filmed in Barcelona, Spain, as seen here, and also in Lazio, Italy!

After that, here's what you get, one eye at a time!

Lots of sharp knives!

More eyes gone!

Bloody sharp knives!

Bloody sharp knives in the hands of the wrong people!

It took me a long time to get over my initial reaction to Giallo movies, not being a big fan of people running around cutting other people up, but over time, I found out that despite all the lurid posters, and stinkin' knives, Giallo flicks are usually quite intelligent and confusing as Hell!

But then, that's just me!

It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to understand why the title got changed from "Red Cats In A Glass Maze".........................

...................To "Eyeball!"

Director Umberto Lenzi started off his career doing 'Sword and Sandal' movies, followed by 'Secret Agent/Spy' movies, before moving on into making 'Giallo' movies!

Umberto also directed one of my favourite films, "Kriminal."

After his run of 70's Giallo films, Maestro Lenzi turned to making Eurotrash horror and cannibal films like "Nightmare City," and "Eaten Alive."

To show you what a sense of humor Umberto had, he directed at least nine movies using names like Humphrey Milestone, Humphrey Humbert, Harry Kirkpatrick, and Bob Collins! 

This brilliant man only passed away a couple of years ago in 2017 at the age of 86.

The Detective on the case was set to retire in a week when all these gruesome murders started, but he was able to get it all figured out just in time!

I just stumbled into a snake pit of 60's and 70's strange and odd Euro horror, so I'll be back on Saturday with more, unless of course...........Something else happens!