Saturday, February 10, 2018

COMANCHE BLANCO - William Shatner - "White Comanche" (1968)

It's a Shaturday Night Special in The Dungeon, because if you thought "The Intruder" was strange, just wait until you see The Shat in "White Comanche!"
On top of everything else, the music in "White Comanche" is not like anything you're ever likely to hear in a cowboy movie now or ever again, and was written by French composer Jean Ledrut! Listen to this short segment, and let me know if you disagree!

 "Comanche Blanco" or "White Comanche" is a Spanish film made in 1968 that stars William Shatner in the role of two brothers that are half white and half Comanche. One leans one way, the other goes to the other side! It's also well known as "Rio Hondo!" Here's the whole story in one sentence!
 They don't like each other!

Ladies and Gentlemen, without further adieu, here's William Shatner again in another one of his underappreciated but amazing accomplishments!

This is The Shat as gunslinger Johnny Moon!

 This is The Shat as Johnny's brother Notah Moon, an unmercilessness killer, and the leader of a small group of Indians that are more like an 1800's biker gang than a tribe!

 They could have just done it up right and ended it right here, but Johnny tells Notah to meet him in four days in a little town called Rio Hondo, and they can settle their differences once and for all! Notah's girlfriend is pretty Perla ("Espionage In Tangiers!") Cristal as White Fawn.

 You gotta admit that Bill makes a damn fine lookin' cowboy!

 As an Indian, not so much! 
Curiously enough, Notah never puts on a shirt at any time in the movie, but he does like to eat Peyote, which was interesting, but of no consequence. Unlike a lot of films that feature the same person as more than one character, the only scenes that the two brothers appear in together, one of them is off in the distance and is an unrecognizable stunt man!

The small but mighty core cast includes Joseph (Citizen Kane, Soylent Green) Cotten and Rosanna (Kiss Me Monster) Yanni! Sure, it might not be their finest moments, but this is a cowboy movie, what do you expect? I was raised on a steady diet of western movies and TV shows, and "White Comanche" isn't all that bad, believe me!

 I read somewhere that they called "White Comanche" one of the worst 100 movies ever made! Whoever said that has evidently not watched as many bad movies as me, because this really doesn't deserve that rating!

 "White Comanche" has some classic looking shots like this that make it easy to watch!

 On a Dungeon Pop Culture Scale of one to ten, having William Shatner and Rosanna Yanni in  a scene like this together is at least a nine and a half!

This shot of Bill and Joe is so cool, it doesn't even look real!

 Rosanna Yanni just might be Wesen! She's not really that good looking, and she's not that great of an actress, but she's got something red-blooded guys just have got to have!

 If there is a genre of film making called "Early Spanish Western Giallo" then "White Comanche" is a leader in the field! I think it's either five or six guys who get shot right between the eyes like this!

 They break the cardinal rule when an innocent kid gets killed in the crossfire of a shootout!

 I had to watch this sequence four or five times in a row. That guy back there gets shot and topples over that bale of hay head over heels! It's pretty slapstick!

 Aw, Damn! He's back!
 Just like Adam Cramer, Notah has to deliver a sermon to his followers to get them all fired up to take over!

For the final duel between the twin brothers, they both go shirtless, so you'll just have to guess who wins!
 Jeez, life without William Shatner would go on, but it sure wouldn't be the same!

Friday, February 9, 2018

MUNCHIES / Golden Rain Productions - 1987

Well, I guess that one good Corman production deserves a crappy one! Roger is producer on this small puppet monster flick that were so popular in the eighties, like GREMLINS, CRITTERS, GHOULIES, HOBGOBLINS, BEASTIES, TROLL and more!! This story goes like this... A space archaeologist (huh?!) discovers a "Munchies" in a cave in Peru! His evil twin brother and snack food entrepreneur kidnaps the creature, but, when chopped up, they regenerate into many new creatures, and, they are freakin' mean little ass holes!

This thing stars the great Harvey (THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW) Korman in a dual role of good and evil brothers. The rest of the cast are pretty much second string actors...

Bad Harvey and his partner in crime go to their snack food factory to deliver the Munchie he took from his brother. His helper's having some trouble figuring out what the Hell's going on!

So, worker dude has to deal with the little monster after breaking out of its jail... Must be time to chop up this stinkin' little piece of garbage!!

The pieces come to life and they end up with the rifle, you figure how that could have happened. You can tell, they have a twisted sense o' humor!

They love going through your shit, and, if you don't like it...

Thankfully, there are some hot chicks for us and the Munchies to drool over!

Oh look, how cute!!.. The little guy gots the Munchies!

Here's another classic shot from the eighties, a cute girl bent over exposing herself for all the kiddies (and Munchies) out there in Filmland...

We'll end the fun with this great shot of a Munchie out of control in a car, watch the Hell out!! So then, the only question is, what in the Hell will Eegah!! have for us tomorrow?

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

THE INTRUDER - William Shatner - "I Hate Your Guts" (1962)

 Well, I don't call it a Wild or Weird Wednesday for no reason at all, because the reason is movies like tonight's feature! It's called "The Intruder," a title that has been used more than once in the movies!
 The alternate title is the charming "I Hate Your Guts!"

 "The Intruder" is a statement about racism in the 1960's!

It was made in 1962 and features William (Captain Kirk) Shatner in the lead role as Adam Cramer, a bigoted rabble-rousing outsider racist hate merchant!

 "The Intruder" is totally the work of Roger Corman with the help of his brother Gene! Roger Corman is one of the biggest Dungeon heroes for obvious reasons, and he didn't have to make a movie like this, he must have just wanted to! 

 If being a bigot isn't bad enough, Adam Cramer also likes underage girls!

 These kids just want to go to school! (I find it pretty shocking that I can not find any credits for any of the black actors! Maybe things haven't changed as much as we would like to think!)

 This shot and this scene just scream "Mein Kampf!"

 This body language reminds me of a prominent politician today!

 This reminds me of a Dictator 70 years ago!

 These people just really want to be left alone!

 To further his character as a scumbag, Adam Cramer puts the make on his neighbor's wife while her husband is out of town! Everybody loves The Shat, and rightfully so, but man, that dude had a way of being vile and diabolically disdainful when the role called for it!

 Quite the juxtaposition between the 'Cut Rate' sign and the burning cross!

 Adam Cramer finally gets thrown in jail for inciting a riot, but is soon released without charge because of all the local townspeople and their support!

Leo (Attack Of The Giant Leeches) Gordon is Sam Griffin, the guy's wife that Adam Cramer just screwed! Sam's the real hero of the movie! Leo had 194 acting credits from 1952 to 1994! You might have seen him once or twice!

Sam temporarily turns Adam into the little girl that he really is! 

Frank Maxwell is another one of those guys who made a career out of being a Sheriff, a Detective, a Colonel, a Sergeant, a Doctor, a General, or a Chief! He was in the "Twilight Zone" episode "A World Of Difference" and in the "Outer Limits" episode "The Man With The Power!"
 
Frank was the town journalist! He walked the black kids to school so the white folks stomped the crap out of him, and totally destroyed one of his eyes, and the bad part is that it was all done it broad daylight in the middle of town by his neighbors!

 "The Intruder" is set in a fictional town in Texas, but was actually shot in the towns of Charleston, East Prairie, and Sikeston Missouri! The film crew had to pack up and get out when the locals didn't like what the movie was about, when they found out the truth!

 Racist mobs aren't really much more than zombies! This looks like it could have been a scene right out of "The Walking Dead!"

 Not soon enough, Adam Cramer eventually gets his just rewards and eats it! He would later go into rehab, and eventually become the Captain of the Starship Enterprise!

"The Intruder" is a disgusting, disturbing, and difficult movie to watch! The language will grate on your nerves after a while, and the racist protest signs are foul to look at, but Roger Corman was brave to make it, and it should be seen by everyone at least once, and that's easy enough to do, because you can watch or download it for free from the Internet Archive right about HERE!!

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