13 GHOSTS / William Castle's 3-D Movie - 1960

Here's a small treat for us, here at the Dungeon. We realized we never did a full post of this classic movie from William Castle, so, what it is Dr. Bro! Eegah!! and I saw this fun movie in 1960 and had great time with the free 3-D glasses, which we saved for years until we sold them a few years back. This is a movie we really liked.

It stars Donald Woods as Cyrus Zorba, Rosemary DeCamp as his wife Hilda, Charles Herbert as his son Buck, Jo Morrow as his daughter Medea, Martin Milner as their lawyer Ben, and Margaret (Wicked Witch of the West in THE WIZARD OF OZ) Hamilton as their housekeeper Elaine.

Cyrus gets a telegram late at night by a creepy little messenger, played by David (the Spirit of the Inner Sanctum) Hoffman.

Cyrus is read the will that states the Zorba family will inherit their late uncle's estate, and is handed a mysterious sealed package which he takes with him to their new residence. Inside the package is a special pair of glasses that will allow him to see the ghosts.

Wow, what an interesting house, love these places!

The first night there, they pull out a Ouija board, and find out someone there will die at the hands of the ghosts!

Cyrus puts the glasses on and enters a lab full of ghosts and gets attacked by a swirling ring of fire. And the door is locked!

They ask Elaine to tell them the history of the old mansion, she explains the situation with the ghosts and tells them they are in danger...

Buck tries his luck with the ghosts and puts the glasses on. He sees a big lion and a headless lion tamer, who seems to be looking for his head!

After sliding down the bannister, Buck find two one hundred bills on the floor. Ben just walks in and wants to know all about money, and comes up with a devious plan to find the fortune and keep it for himself. He convinces Buck that they should keep it all a secret between him and himself, they can tell his parents after they find the rest of the money. Buck buys it.

The night the Zorba's are to vacate the residence the next morning (because of their concern of danger) they hold a séance with Elaine to see if they can get some answers from the spirits. They make contact with their uncle, DR. Zorba, who melds himself with Cyrus.

In the meantime, Ben has taken Buck to a special room that has a bed that suffocates the sleeper. Ben puts Buck on the bed and the top starts slowly closing in on the boy.

Suddenly, some smoke  comes through a vent, shocking Ben.

Out of the smoke comes the super creepy Dr. Zorba with murder on his mind

Buck wakes up and runs to a safe spot while Zorba's ghost pulls Ben to the bed and holds him there until the deed is done. The ghost then disappears.

Yes, the family finds the fortune and will stay there for good as Buck tries to scare his mom with Ben's mask of Dr. Zorba. Elaine assures the family that the ghosts have left the house for good!

But then she says... They'll be back!

MONSTERS - "The Moving Finger" (1991)

What the heck? It's time for another Saturday Night Special already? Let's just go with the flow!

 

After three seasons, "The Moving Finger" was the last episode of "Monsters," so I guess they decided to just let it go, because this is one bizarre episode. If this had been the first episode, there would probably never have been a second one, it's that bloody weird!

Being a Stephen King Story is not going to make it any more normal!

What a happy couple! Just by looking, it's obvious they are made for each other.

 

This is damn near a one-man show starring Tom (12 Monkeys) Noonan as Howard Mitla. At 6'5" Tom was used to doing a show all by himself. His wife was played by Alice (The Lost Saucer) Playten. Tom is still around but hasn't had any credits since 2018 (Tall guys are hard to cast and keep in frame) and Alice passed away in 2011.

Gross! 

A finger in the bathroom sink drain. Let's just take a moment to contemplate this subject..

Freakin' Gross!

Maybe it's just a plumbing problem!

Industrial Strength drain cleaner DISSOOLV-O should do the trick!

It appears the problem is a little deeper than that!

Might need to call "Roto-Rooter" or Lord Litter to discuss this mess!

Now it's starting to get serious!

This has gone far enough, now it's time to break out the big guns!

What kind of finger can put up with a hedge trimmer onslaught?

It isn't even the middle finger!

If Howard Mitla ever had a mind, he's totally lost it by this time!

It's the last episode, so might as well let it rip!!

Thank goodness a cop finally arrives to put an end to this madness!

Unfortunately most hands have more than one finger!

JOURNEY TO THE 7th PLANET - The Trailer

Here are some stills from the JOURNEY TO THE 7th PLANET off of a trailer collection I have. It's a VHS transfer and so has a certain funk to it, but it does tell you  everything you could expect to experience in the movie. Eegah!! and I saw this one back in 1962 and it was pretty wild, in fact, we saw the original cut that now seems to be lost and the only print available has a few scenes edited out.

Okay, here you go, the movie in words, clear your mind and let's take a Journey to the 7th Planet, Uranus.

I don't know, I have so much work to do that I don't have time for hidden desires.

What are our unbearable fears? I'm sure we all have them lurking in some shadows in the back of our fragile minds.

I get 'into space' but I don't get 'beyond space.' Leave a comment if you know what it means.

They probe the unknown in their Atlas rocket and actually go beyond the mysteries of the sixth sense! Face it, you'll need to see the movie to find out what that means.

Okay, we're here, knocking on the door of the 7th planet, gird your grid...

Good old John only has one thing on his mind, and so does Greta.

I guess that astronauts are pretty much daredevils when you think about it.

Nothing's a bigger distraction than enticing beauties from Uranus!

The mind monster loves toying with the guys.

Wow, if my heart will stand shock still, I want to go see this dang flick!

Now you know everything to expect in JOURNEY TO THE 7th PLANET, coming soon to a theater near you!