DRACULA / A Vampire In Love - 1979

In this vampire love story, the only survivor of a ship wreck, Count Dracula, is discovered on the beach by young Mina Van Helsing, who is visiting her friend Lucy Seward. Lucy, her fiancé Jonathan Harker, and her father Dr. Jack Seward (who runs the local asylum) try to make the Count feel welcomed in England. The Count quickly takes the life of Mina, and then proceeds to romance Lucy, with the intention of making her his Queen. Soon after the death of Mina, the Sewards call her father Dr. Abraham Van Helsing to come to their home. As Lucy falls deeper under the spell of the Count, Dr. Van Helsing almost immediately comes to understand that his daughter fell prey to a vampire and discovers the culprit to be none other than the Count himself. So, Dr. Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, and Harker work together to foil the Count's plans to take Lucy away to his native Transylvania.

This is basically another Hammer movie, even shot at Shepperton Studios.

This one stars Frank (DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE) Langella, Laurence (MARATHON MAN) Olivier, Donald (THE MUTATIONS) Pleasence, Kate (WITHOUT A TRACE) Nelligan, Trevor (IVANA TRUMP'S FOR LOVE ALONE) Eve and more.

A ship is wrecked near Whitby in England. Upon inspection, there is no one aboard except the tied and slain captain, a gruesome sight...

It doesn't take long before Dracula's creeping around, looking for a victim. And, what's better than little Mina Van Helsing!

Soon, Lucy goes to the Count's place for a trist. Man, the place is dripping with atmosphere!!

Love blooms from a little ol' bite into a big ol' pile of crazy bliss an' stuff!

Jonathan Harker uses every trick in the book to try and get his precious Lucy back!

Man, I just love this shot, reminds me of someone!

Love this shot too, Van Helsing and Harker, in a quick little boat, catch the ship carrying the Count and board it.

They find Lucy and the Count in their coffin, it's time to end the madness!

As always, easier said than done, especially when dealing with monsters! Distracted, Van Helsing waits just a second too long and ends up with the stake through his own gut!

Jonathan is somehow able to hook Dracula on a hoist and the Count is slung up a long mast into the sunlight... And gets baked alive!

Lucy returns to normal as Jonathan looks up at the withered Count.

But, we hear the Count give out a howl as he drifts away from the ship and into the air, disappearing from sight. Lucy weeps for her lost love! That's it for today, check back Wednesday for even more junk for you, here, at The Dungeon!!..

COLOMBO - "Fade In To Murder" (1976)

 Tonight we've got a Saturday Night Special that truly lives up to it's name, a very special episode of the TV series "Colombo!"

 They decided to start Season Six off in 1976 with a bang, and that's just what they did!

This episode was titled "Fade In To Murder," and was a story about a very popular TV detective, who was also a conniving and ruthless murderer in real life!

The TV detective is played by none other than The Shat himself in one of his many memorable roles. His name is Ward Fowler and on TV, he's known as Detective Lucerne.

 This might be Peter Falk's show, but William Shatner owns this episode! Ward Fowler is unhappy with his domineering Producer Clare, and he's about ready to do something about it! Clare Daley is played by lovely Lola (The Monolith Monsters) Albright. Lola Albright was also a singer and played Peter Gunn's girlfriend, torch singer Edie Hart in 84 episodes of "Peter Gunn."

 Any William Shatner fan will enjoy this show I guarantee!

 As Ward Fowler, he sneaks into one of the prop rooms to borrow a gun to use as a murder weapon.

 It's just mesmerizing to watch Bill do his thing!

 He also stole some clothes from the costume department!

Now, it's just starting to get good. Next up is "The World's Greatest Sinner" himself, Timothy Carey as the coffee shop owner named Tony.

 Ward Fowler's got it all figured out!

 The dirty bastard shoots Clare right in the back, and kills her!

 There's a cool picture hanging on the wall in Tony's place of Ward, Tony, and Clare in happier times.

 During the investigation, the bumbling Colombo stumbles onto the set of the TV shoot.

 As it turns out, Colombo is a big fan of Detective Lucerne, and has seen every episode of the show!

 Because of that fact, Colombo is thrilled to have Detective Lucerne help him on this case!

 Ward Fowler just keeps on working it, and getting everything set just perfect!

 Colombo has to go to Universal Studios to ask some questions.

 It's like some kind of magical train wreck to watch Bill Shatner work the room!

 He's leading Colombo around by the nose, and then it happens!

 He gets caught!

And as it turns out, the buffoon Colombo is the genius, and Lucerne is just a fictional character played by a mediocre actor! What a great show, and why not? It was directed by Dungeon legend, Bernie Kowalski.
Big shout out to Lord Litter in Berlin for pointing this one out to me!!

THE THREE STOOGES / Dizzy Pilots - 1943

Here's one where the boys get a month deferment to develop and test their new airplane, The Buzzard, for a government grant, or, be inducted into the Army.

So, our little morons the Wrong Bros. get their deferment, what could possibly go wrong?

Oh boy!.. The boys can only dream of their futures as airplane builders, Moe especially.

Of course Moe ends up in the hot tar Larry's mixing and they can't get it off. Moe instructs them to hook him up to the hydrogen tank, fill him up and then cut away the strips. Larry turns on the gas but doesn't have a clue as to what he's doing, he's just turning all the knobs, and the look on his face.

Hey Moe!.. Whadda'ya doin' up there?!

Moe eventually floats through a ventilation hole in the roof and heads for the clouds.

Curly grabs a rifle but Larry tells him to use a shotgun instead, you know, just to make sure that he hits him!

And then, Moe is hung up on the propeller of The Buzzard and ends up in the tar tub. And Curly says... Well, here we go again!

It's the day of the test and two government men are there to watch the event. First thing out of the shoot, The Buzzard barely gets off the ground because of instability. Damn, it must have been so much fun to make these Stooges shorts back in the day.

The boys manage to make it into the sky somehow but everything breaks and their dreams of aero pioneering are dashed into a million pieces.

This episode has that classic boot camp scene with the drill Sergeant, reused in another title.

We end with the boys ducking out a back lot at Columbia Pictures... Check back tomorrow to see what Eegah!! has going on!