It's time for Saturday's Steckler Strangler Slasher Splatter Special, and what could be more appropriate than the 1979 flick, "The Hollywood Strangler Meets The Skid Row Slasher!" It was written by Christopher Edwards (Ray Dennis Steckler), and directed by Wolfgang Schmidt (Ray Dennis Steckler)!
What we have here is a failure to communicate!
This is Pierre Agostino as he-man stud Johnathan Click, the strangler himself! Pierre didn't make many movies, but he did reprise this strangler role 7 years later in Ray Dennis Steckler's "The Las Vegas Serial Killer!" I don't know why, but you will find both of these films streaming free in their entirety on youtube! Whatever happened to only 10 minutes and no nudity? I guess those rules are now ancient history!"The Hollywood Stranglers Meets The Skid Row Slasher" (This is not a great copy, but you get the idea; to see it in all it's glory, go to Netflix or buy a copy!)
"The Las Vegas Serial Killer" (This looks great, but there are commercials!)
On the left is Ray Dennis Steckler's Wife from 1963 to 1973, Carolyn Brandt, as The Slasher! You know right out of the box who The Strangler is, but Ray keeps the identity of The Slasher hidden for 15 or 20 minutes to build suspense, although suspense is never actually a factor in this film!
Pierre is a photographer without a studio, so he always goes to the girl's homes to photograph and strangle them! This gal had a roommate, so this outing turned into a double homicide half price sale! The names of the various victims are Lori Morris, Snowy Sinclair, Bonnie Smith, Joanne Hiatt, Jean Roberts, and Denise Alford! For most of them, this would be their only film ever!!
Carolyn Slasher runs a used book store. Here's a good example of why Ray Dennis is one of our heroes and how efficient he could be with his money. The checkout area of the store is nothing more than a folding table, they didn't even bother with a cash register! Carolyn was in almost all of Ray's films in some capacity, and also had the role of Fishman's girl in "Eegah!!"
The Slasher's victims number four, and ranged from Chuck Alford and Jim Parker, to Forrest Duke and John Leeman!
"The Hollywood Strangler Meets The Skid Row Slasher" is not a very good movie at all, and makes some of Ray's other films look like real masterpieces, but there is a lot of footage of topless girls, if that's what you're looking for in a movie!
90% of the time there is not even any dialogue! Imagine how much easier it is to put sound back in during post production than setting up all those microphones out on the streets. The only problem is that it makes the movie even that much more boring, so when he's not strangling, he's thinking to himself a lot!!!
I love this shot, and it makes great wallpaper!
Ray Dennis liked this shot so much that he used it again in "The Las Vegas Serial Killer!" If I'm not mistaken, Pierre never changes clothes once in the whole movie!!
This shot right here is the epitome of what this film is all about, stark and sparse! Stark and Sparse sounds like the name of a vaudeville comedy team!
The Strangler's pad is a wonder to behold from the cheapass 70's paneling to the Marilyn Monroe serving trays hanging on the wall! What a guy!!
For the major portion of the movie, the two killers work independent of each other, but they have chance run-ins at the bookstore, and both know that there is something special about the other one!
The cinematography was done by Sven Christian, AKA Ray Dennis Steckler! Give Sven some credit for having a good eye, and making a great shot like this happen from nothing!
In retrospect, It's not too difficult to imagine how great this film could have been if they were actually a married couple like in some 70's TV sitcom named something like "Choking With The Cleavers!"
Carolyn looks pretty good when she gets all gussied up, but she's got a real mean streak!
The two killers finally meet on their own terms, and it's true love! As he strangles her, she is ripping a knife into his gut!!
Ray Dennis Steckler was one of the only guys who ever was able to kill off his ex-wife legally! What a freakin' genius, he even did it more than once, and got her to pay for it, because on top of all that, Carolyn Brandt produced this film as well!
The amazing soundtrack was created by Dungeon Hall of Famer André Brummer, working once again as Henri Price! André's credits include films on our all-time favourites list, "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?" and "Eegah!!" This was his last film! I have no idea who is singing that crazy song!
They used to show "Cult Of The Cobra" all the time on TV when I was a kid, but I never did really like it! Besides the fact that it's a simple accursed mystery tale disguised as a horror flick, the basic premise is just bothersome! 
Here's the basic storyline!! If the stupid American G.I.'s had just done as they were told, there wouldn't have been a problem or a story! They were warned, one guy didn't listen, and now the whole team has to pay the price!
Talent is not a problem as "Cult Of The Cobra" sports an all-star cast that includes Jack (FORBIDDEN PLANET - BART MAVERICK) Kelly, William (109 Episodes of The F.B.I.) Reynolds, David (The Fugitive) Janssen, Marshall (IT! The Terror From Beyond Space) Thompson, Richard (77 Sunset Strip - The Big Valley) Long, and James (Mutiny In Outer Space) Dobson!!!!!! Daru the snake charmer is played by Leonard (The Claw) Strong! In this beginning scene, Daru is telling the boys about the ancient sacred snake ceremony that he will sneak them into for 100 bucks, but there's just one catch, "No Cameras!"
The Asian version of the RCA Victor His Master's Voice logo with a monkey instead of a dog!
I was in The Army! I know what guys do when they're off duty, they get really drunk, and act stupid, no matter what part of the world they're in! Too bad these characters didn't have some pinball machines to keep them occupied and out of trouble!!
"Remember, No Pictures!"
James Dobson's character is an idiot! He thinks he can sneak a picture of the ceremony with one of those old-time flashes that throw a massive white light, and make a big popping sound to boot! Reminds me of the time Tabonga and I smoked a cigarette in the car when my Mom went into the market for five minutes, and we thought she wouldn't notice the smell!!
The Carlssons get credit for the dance numbers! Good Luck finding out any more info on them!
A huge melee breaks out when the guys are discovered and brain bat Dobson tries to make off with the snake urn, like they're not in enough trouble already!!
The other five stage a daring escape!!
Meanwhile, now in the hospital, Dobson has an uninvited guest! All I can say is that the dumbass ends up reaping exactly what he sowed, "The Curse Of The Cobra!"
The boys all head back to America, and the next thing you know, a beautiful stranger shows up in their town! This stunning beauty is one of Tabonga's favourite actresses, the sultry siren Faith Domergue! Faith is a Dungeon Goddess, and her next three movies after this were "This Island Earth," "It Came From Beneath The Sea," and "The Atomic Man!"
David Janssen is the next to go! After some 97 credits, hard working, fast living David succumbed to a heart attack at the age of 48!
Faith's character is named Lisa Moya, and she just recently moved into an apartment directly across from Marshall Thompson's pad. They've only gone out a couple of times, but she already feels compelled to go to David's funeral! 
One by one, the curse takes it's toll! Jack Kelly is the next victim!! Dig that krazy snake eye lens!
There's not a whole lot of suspense here, the viewer knows exactly what's going on from the get go! Looks like they spent a lot on these silhouette images! 
They just don't make movies like this anymore because these days somebody would have looked up cults on Google after the first death, and the film would have only been 20 minutes long!
Everybody else is getting it figured out, but Marshall is a little dense, and doesn't realize Lisa is a snake until after he tosses her off a balcony, and in this amazing transformation scene, changes back to her normal self!!
Aw, Man, snake or not, now I'm never going to get any! Damn, Damn, Damn!!!
Beautiful poster!!
This is the last Friday Night Mexican Sci-Fi Drive-In Theater with Tabonga in May, 2012, here at The Dungeon!.. Our feature is one wild and wooly little space flick that stars Clavillazo (CASTLE OF THE MONSTERS) and Ana Luisa (THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERETTA) Peluffo. 
Eegah!! gave us a soundclip for our guilty enjoyment, soooooo, we might as well get the show started! You can push the big red 'GO' button located there slightly akimbo from the glowing chartreuse igloo, NOW, Rufus The Gnat! Here's some sound from... CONQUISTADOR DE LA LUNA!
In the soundclip, you hear a series of gadgets going off after the music, that's because Clavillazo is a kooky inventor living in his Rube Goldberg-inspired pad. Here he is getting washed by machines in the bathtub! 
Clavillazo's girlfriend is the daughter of the absent-minded professor who's the head of the project. He has to go to the rocket and fix an electrical short before the launch takes place, and, of course, accidently pushes the 'GO' button! 
At the launch site, the DESTINATION MOON rocket is shown in various stages of construction. They actually show a freakin' V-2 rocket for the launch (aargh!), then, this nice Sotomayor rocket is inserted as their faces get all bent out of shape from the g-force! 
Clavillazo's having a bit of trouble adjusting to no gravity in space! 
And, it's back to the DESTINATION MOON rocket for the Moon landing! 
Once they land and go exploring, they see a weird elevator appear out of the ground! 
They discover a civilization of lizard-like beings who give them pills for sustenance. 
Then, there's the evil brain what wants to take over the body of Clavillazo's girlfriend and destroy the Earth with a doomsday missile! Looks like it's urinating a 3-stream out of the top of the brain there, yuck! No offense, but, those Mexicans had some very strange ideas for their vintage horror and sci-fi films! I'm not complaining. 
Here's a Moon Lizard sucking on a 1-1/2" clear polycarbonate oxygen tube! 
Ready for this?!.. That's the flying saucer from DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS! Must be a composite shot, since it's on the Moon, weird!.. 
Clavillazo tastes some liquid dripping down the wall and gives an eye-popping response! 
WHAT THE HELL?!!.. Now we even have a shot from WARNING FROM SPACE?! 
We'll end with this composite shot where they put the Devil Girl saucer in the same scene with the DESTINATION MOON rocket!