SURPRISE! / Frank Dietz: Monster Kid Home Movies - 1975

It's another Friday around here and that means, time for another Monster Kid Home Movie... This time, a couple are walking in the hills and get a big surprise! And compared to other MKHM contributors, this one stands out, even at 2 minutes and 19 seconds.

We start with an arty shot of two teens descending a slope, I guess just out for a walk.

They slip and slide down the hill while she leads the way.

Then we get a nice long shot as they reach the bottom.

Could you guys hurry it up! This thing's just a little over two minutes long!!

Phew!.. Okay so, like, whoa! What the Hell's that?! I'm getting an EQUINOX vibe here, and the huge thing don't seem exactly, friendly!! Looks like it has a giant bath towel draped over its shoulder, pretty funny.

A close up shows a very cool cyclops monster, not bad, and, the animation is very well done to boot. They get an A...

Oh God!.. It's looking right at us!!

I guess to show rage, they use an orange filter on this shot. Unlike most of the shorts in MKHM, this one has been edited.

The next thing you know is, it has grabbed the squirming boy and smashes him into a boulder! It looks like Mr. Bill getting squished with everything rolling together.

Then you think it's going after the girl, but...

She just calmly walks away and back to wherever.

And she walks through a snow patch as the feature quickly cuts - Das Ende - Join us again tomorrow when we'll bring you even more crazy stuff, here at The Dungeon!!..

SPACE SHERIFF GAVAN - "The Movie" (2012)

 

Seems like a good time for a WTF!? Wednesday down in The Dungeon, and for me at least, "Space Sheriff Gavan" is about as WTF!? as it gets unless you're a Japanese kid, and then it all probably makes perfectly good sense.

The heroes here are Space Pirates, and I have to admit, I can't tell a Space Pirate from a Power Ranger, but I'm sure there are massive differences if you're informed about this stuff. but since I'm not, it's just one giant action adventure to me, and if you're going to have action, it might as well be 100% outlandish!

The Space Pirates have been falsely accused of doing nefarious deeds, and the authorities have sent Space Sheriff Gavan to round them up, and bring them in to justice.

Space Sheriff Gavan is not pleased that Superintendent Weevil wants to execute the Pirates immediately for their supposed crimes.

 

It turns out that it's not Superintendent Weevil at all, but instead it's Ashuraada of the Zangyack impersonating him, and after Space Sheriff Gavan frees the kids, Ashuraada shows his true dirty rotten bastard colours!

After one of the what seems like hundreds of battles, Ashuraada whisks the Sheriff off to the Makuu dimension, and the Pirates have no choice but to follow since he saved their lives!

The Makuu Dimension is a pretty cool looking place, but it's really evil as can be!

That's the Makuu Prison up on the hill.

 

Merriam-Webster defines clamoring as "to become loudly insistent," and that's why I love sub-titles!

There's a bunch of freaks in the prison, and I wanted to show more, but this is one of the scarier ones!

 

Oh, and the one that wants to lick this Pirate girl! 

What the hey, I thought this was kind of a kid's show!

I forget what the deal was with this character, but it was something really weird!

The Space Pirates are pretty badass!

And so it goes, without getting into a lot of unnecessary extra details!

 

They busted Sheriff Gavan out of prison, but now Ashuraada and his minions have returned to our dimension to take care of business!

Nice portrait of the Space Pirates!

For all you pyromaniacs, there is definitely no shortage of explosions! 

Freakin' Ashuraada just refuses to give in! Dude's got a real problem!

So, how do you like those kinky drillbomb shoulder pads?

Ole Ashuraada has got even more tricks up his multiple sleeves!

Six arms is just never enough when you want to swallow up the whole universe! 

Man, I don't know about you, but I'm sure glad we've got these Space Pirates watching out for us!

No, not really, until you blow him to kingdom come!!

 

So cool, and entertaining too!

BLUE DEMON / EL DEMONIO AZUL - 1965

Here's the second movie starring Blue Demon. He teams up with a professor to go up against a mad scientist who is turning himself into a freaking werewolf!

Along with Blue Demon, this one also stars two horror heavies, Jaime Fernandez and my fave, Fernando Oses. Jaime had 183 acting credits including playing the guy that turned into that freak thing in RETURN OF THE MONSTER in 1959 and was in another Blue Demon flick, BLUE DEMON vs. SATANIC POWER in 1966. Fernando played the guy with a snake for a hand in HELLISH SPIDERS in 1968. We made a short like in 2002 called SNAKE BAIT where Eegah!! and I both had snakes for hands, we had never seen HS. Fernando usually played a wrestler or tough guy in a ton of my favorite Mex horror movies.

So, we start with the werewolf, (too bad he doesn't look like the one on the poster!) he's out looking for someone to kill and satisfy that primal urge. He finds a couple in the woods and doubles his satisfaction!

At the morgue, Blue Demon's professor friend is examining the two bodies, and has an idea about what had happened to them...

Blue Demon shows up at the professor's house and they go to the castle of Prof. Carral, who is believed to be involved in the murders. This framed mask has an extra pair of eyes!

As they wander through the place, a bat dive bombs them. The professor aims his rifle (that he made sure to bring) and fires a shot, killing the pest! They leave and go home.

Then at the arena, Blue Demon gets his hand raised yet again, after kicking another guy's ass!

Back at the castle, Carral is getting another injection ready. His helper has trepidation since he has to handle the boss when he's a werewolf, and it ain't fun!

Sometimes, Carral has to be put in a cage to contain his rage.

Here's a pretty cool shot of the castle at night.

So anyway, Blue Demon and the professor go back to the castle to end the madness. First they see a skeleton with clothes on, then the devilish book that has inspired Carral.

While Blue Demon explores the lower levels of the castle, the professor reads some of the information in the book. The helper catches the professor there and locks him up in the basement.

Well, the werewolf is on the loose and Blue Demon is hot on his trail. They rumble and our hero tosses him off a small cliff and into a pit.

As the monster writhes in pain, a group of villagers come to the edge of the pit and start filling him full of lead. His girl, even though he tried to kill her, mourns over his dead body.

Everyone goes down into the pit to say goodbye, Blue Demon leaves and has to wander his way back through the woods... The End - We're back Wednesday, hope the world will still be around, join us then!