Wacky Retro Monster Movies
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- In this episode of the Wacky World Lounge ... I mean, the Atomic Snack Bar, Mr. Sterling takes a look a five wonderfully wacky monster movies.
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MUSTACHE FRANKENSTEIN UPDATE: This just in. We now have some actual information about our mustachioed monster. Turns out, he was played by a stuntman and actor who would go on to become the luchador, Tinieblas.
Tinieblas would also appear in The Fury of the Karate Experts and World of the Dead. Guess I should have checked IMDB a bit more closely. But that's the way it goes round here.
A big thanks to www.youtube.com/@raulcruz716 for the information.
Thanks for the update.
@@garfieldsmith332 I know everyone was on the edge of their seat waiting for more info on Mustache Frankenstein. And we provide only the finest Mustache Frankenstein info at the Snack Bar.
I don't know about the actor, but I believe that the character's correct name is Mustachio Frankenstein.
@ euansmith3699 - that's Se~nor Mustachio Frankenstein to you!
@@tonysantiago255 I sit corrected.
Very pleasantly surprised to see here Santo and Blue Demon!
Glad to be service, good sir.
"You want to come bowling, Mr Stirling?"
"Not tonight, daddy-o; I'm feeding my plant."
Dick Miller is so effortlessly cool.
Kiss Me quick appears to include an early outing for Alfred Molina in his guise as Dr Octopus.
The Mummy from that Santo/Blue Demon film has got a wonderful face.
Gillman's expression, with his Billy Idol sneer, made me chuckle. Thanks for another great episode.
The fishmen from Humanoids of the Deep are probably the sleaziest of gill-men type creatures, but the Creature from the Tub Lagoon is pretty close. And kinda rock n' roll as well. Now that's the buddy picture I want. Dick Miller vs the Rock n' Roll Gill-man.
Thanks for watching, good sir.
Love Saturday the 14th. The actors pull off the required delivery of absurd/oblivious lines as straight dialogue with aplomb.
Agreed in full. And I think it's those very straight faced performances, especially Richard Benjamin, that really make it stand out. Other than the wonderful monsters, of course.
Mad Monster Party is my personal favorite.
That's one that has always eluded me. It sounds neat, though. I'll have to see about tracking it down. Thanks for the suggestion.
Kiss Me Quick "A high concept drama" "The most realistic portrayal of alien life ever put on screen" I cannot agree with you more, Mr. Sterling!
I am very wise. And I say very wise things.
@@AtomicSnackBarTotally agree, lol!
"a mad scientist who is working on a groundbreaking experiment of turning humans into gorillas,
...as any rational person would !"
You killed me !!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
We here at Atomic Snack Bar Inc., formerly Wacky World Inc., take no responsibility for any "Monsters Crash the Pajama Party" related deaths and/or injuries. It's in the terms of service. Same holds true for ninja attacks and mustache Frankenstein encounters.
@@AtomicSnackBar 😂🤣😂🤣 thanx !!
Yes to ongoing series please. I'm a big fan of wackiness, a huge fan of people eating flowers, and a mild fan of monsters. Maybe I'll even go as Mustache Frankenstein to this year's company Halloween party
But considering you work for Mustache Frankensteins Inc., a modeling agency for Mustachioed Monsters, wouldn't that just be a normal day at the office?
Wacky monster magic at its best, fantastic list! 😀👍
I thank you, good sir. And no wacky monsters were harmed in the filming of this episode. Other than myself.
Saturday the 14th was my jam growing up... and every rewatch of my VHS made it harder and harder to see the creatures. This had the unintended effect of leading me to imagine them much cooler than they actually are, but they're just so damn charming! Who wouldn't side with the monsters?!?
When I was a kid, I had this little plastic tower that contained these little plastic monsters from a company called Arco. There was one that vaguely resembled one of the monsters from Saturday the 14th and I used to pretend it was him. I had such a good time with that one.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
Yes! Still working, but will watch when I get home and will assimilate and pontificate (?) later. Looks like this gonna be a good one!
If I may sound a little less than my normal less-than-humble for a moment, this is easily one of my best yet.
@@AtomicSnackBar Diggin’ the shirt , Diggiin’ the shelves. diggin’ the subject.
@@chrisbridges4885 I've asked you to stop burying my shirts in the backyard. It's really a bit much.
Great to see more of these films, and what’s wild is it seems like it’s a never ending bowl of goodies!👍. Also, great to see someone else making a mention of the old time spook shows, something I’ve always been interested in too.
If you dig spookshows, I highly recommend that Monsters Crash the Pajama Party DVD. Though I was just on ebay looking at prices and youch.
There are some clips on YT of different spookshow ads, which are really neat, but I have yet to run across any actual footage from one.
@@AtomicSnackBar thanks for writing back. Believe it or not, I used to have a copy of Mark Walkers Ghostmasters book back in the day. It's probably the definitive text on the culture, but like that dvd, the prices on it make me roll my eyes out of my head right not lol.
@@williamcurry4868 But of course. Unless I just didn't get an alert, which does happen often these days, I wouldn't miss responding to a Curry comment.
It is kind of crazy the prices some of these sellers ask. And I notice the items often sit there for months and months not selling. One would think they'd get the hint that it's time to drop the price.
I had that monster drawing toy!
Ah, that's neat. I don't recall if I ever ran across that one in the wild. But I loved monsters and drawing.
the old Orphan and sometimes Broadway theater had those. Midnight shows around Halloween. Fun stuff
As I have very often said, I would be a terrible person to give a time machine to. I would really like to go back and check out a spookshow or three.
@@AtomicSnackBarMe too. I asked my mother, years ago, if she had gone to one or heard of them, she said no.
@@jerryrichardson2799 Or so she says. Dun DUN DUNNNNN.
Ah, yes the old 5 hour spook marathons.
@ garfieldsmith332 - The closest thing to those Spookshows I ever got was an All-Night Planet of the Apes Marathon at a Drive-in back in the summer of 74. My older teenage brothers who were of driving age wouldn't let me wear my homemade Cornelius mask to the SnackBar though. You're so effected by Peer pressure at that age.
Ship of Monsters is a great Mexican monster movie that features alien creatures, stripperific alien astronauts (one of which is a vampire) and a Mexican singing cowboy. I'd also give a nod to the 1968 movie Mission Mars, with Darren McGavin, Nick Adams, and some of the weirdest Martians ever. A very groovy musical score, too. Round it out with Yokai Monsters 100 Monsters from Daiei Studios, the makers of the Gamera movies. First of a trilogy of Yokai Monsters films.
Oh yeah, dig me some Ship of Monsters. I covered that one in ... you know, I don't remember. Top 60s something or other. Maybe Robot II?
I haven't seen Mission Mars, but Darren McGavin alone is enough reason to give it a watch. I'll have to add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion.
As to the Yokai Monsters, I have that first trilogy on DVD, but haven't gotten around to watching it yet. I hear good things.
(6) Without any regrets, I missed all of these barkers. Oddly enough, I did get my DVD copy of "Westworld" today. I nearly choked on my beer when I saw Richard Benjamin in the last entry. Another MOST interesting upload as usual, Mr. Snack Bar!!!
You are missing out, good Lady. Especially, the fifth and first entries on the list. But that is an odd co-inky dink. You know what they say, though. Great minds stink alike.
Saturday the 14th got to find that movie the exchange of argument about Dracula's infidelity hilarious
Shout put it out on bluray, which is still readily available. I only have the DVD release, so I can't say for sure, but it's supposed to be a nice new scan.
El Santo!!!
The greatest luchador, superhero, folk hero, actor of all time.
Loved all of Santo's movies💪😎
@@randybarnett2308 I just watched Santo In The Wax Museum here semi-recently as well.
Quark...i can't believe anyone remembers it... another incredible video.... keep it up ASB.... Peace
I found quite a few of the episodes of Quark here on YT recently. I've been re-watching The Tick, but once that is finished, I'm thinking about giving Quark a watch.
Thanks, Donnie.
Great show as always! I was wondering where did you get that incredibly awesome dungeons & dragons piece that sits on the shelf behind you? On a side note it's great to see your channel growing. Cheers 🍻
That would be a Gamestop exclusive dice tower. And it is an awesome piece. The fire even lights up. It can be tough to find, but does pop up in stock here and there.
And thanks, Kid. I appreciate you still being around after all this time.
Of course, I never miss a show. I'm definitely going to track that one down. Thanks for letting me know where to find it. 👊
@@atarikid282 Very good then. Do let me know if you are able to get ahold of one.
Mr S., don't cut it off -- don't! Some helpful advice from Warren!
So, you think I should keep the tentacle that keeps sprouting from my back?
@ awarningtothecuriouswerewolves - I both do and don't want to know what you're talking about.
@@AtomicSnackBar -- I thought you were talking about your beard Mr. S! What else could I be talking about? Cheers Warren, who did cut his off -- beard!
@ awarningtothecuriouswerewolves - Ooooh. Beards. That makes total sense. I was reading about 'circumcision' earlier this week, so it must have stuck in the back of my mind. Wphew.
@@tonysantiago255 -- Nose hairs? w
Loved Saturday the 14th as a kid. So many fun monsters just popping up in it. It's goofy as heck but that "gillman" scene was a lot more harrowing then I was expecting from a parody. Weirdly unsettling animated intro too. Maybe I was just a high strung kid. XD
There were a few scenes like that. I can imagine the lady finding her husband's head was pretty gruesome to many as well. I was a little monster nut, so it was always the most random and unexpected stuff that scared me. The tree from Poltergeist for example.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
Little Shop of Horrors is a masterpiece. Far superior to the remake. have not seen that particular Santo movie, n\but have seen a couple of them. Good fun little movies. Some other wakcy sci-fi movies I remember are Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster, Journey to the 7th Planet, Superargo (2 films), World Without End, The Cyclops, King Dinosaur, The H-Man. So many of them to list. The 50s and 60s were fun decades for Sci-Fi.
I haven't seen that Little Shop remake since the 80s. The effects are spectacular, but other than that, I think the original is just more my speed. I could be wrong, but musicals just aren't my cup.
And good Mr. Smith, Santo and Blue Demon vs the Monsters is must see TV. Easily my favorite Santo film. Very highly recommended. Oddly, YT and Monsters in Motion are the only places I've ever seen it available subbed.
Thanks for the suggestions. Thus far, you're the only person who has given any. Speaking of Super Argo, I've been wanting to cover Super Argo and the Faceless Giants for good while now.
@@AtomicSnackBar Same for Little Shop. Not really fond of musicals but I have watched a few mt wife likes. Have not seen the Superargo films for a long time. Last time was on TV. DVD are long out of print. I may check some of my UK places. Santo films are available but in Spanish and no subs. Others with subs are pricey,
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Was checking on line and apparently First Spaceship on Venus is coming out on Blu Ray in July. Great sci-fi flick. I have a couple of dozen of the 50s 60s "B" movie sci-fi flicks in addition to kaiju and better sci-fi.
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Thanks to Roger Corman and Bert I Gordon a lot of low budget but entertaining sci-fi films were made. These guys made the best the could with shoe string budgets.
@@garfieldsmith332 Then there's the VCI Santo collection that is dubs only because of legal issues. Really odd case there. Still a nice release, though, with amazing picture quality.
Another thing I like about Corman is his re-use of assets. There's a really fun early 90s Hammer spoof he did called Transylvania Twist. At the end, the Venusian from It Conquered the World shows up as a demon. Very neat to see. And talk about a film that needs a nice bluray.
That's neat about first Spaceship on Venus. I shall have to keep an eye out for that one.
@ garfieldsmith332 - Dang it! I already have two different DVDs of FSOV. Both really good. And NOW somebody decides to do a Bluray?! Aghhhhh!!! ( picture Charlie Brown hitting his head against a tree)
@ garfieldsmith332 - Yoko Tani was a babe.
I loved Saturday the 14th! 😂
As did/do I. I had this little plastic tower as a kid that was full of little plastic monsters. And I used to pretend some of them were the Saturday the 14th monsters.
Thanks for watching.
Most Excellent list Rob, but I would expect no less from the internet’s favorite robot gorilla video host 😁 I totally remember that Monster Maker commercial, in fact i used to quote the “Very niiiiice!” line as a kid, but couldn’t remember where it came from 😅 And oh man, _Saturday the 14th,_ i haven’t seen that since it was in the theater 😳 May have to revisit.
For some of my fave wacky monster flicks, how about 1967 Supermarionation-puppet-style monster extravaganza _Mad Monster Party,_ 1968’s _The Bat Woman,_ with female Mexican wrestlers, mad scientists, and a (small) army of fish-men, the 1981 Vincent Price & John Carradine nightclub-based anthology _The Monster Club_ (which has one of the best theme songs EVER, “Monsters Rule, OK!” 😁), and for sheer sleazy-sounding title value (but a rather tame movie overall) 2005’s giant creature sci-fi spoof-tacular _The Naked Monster,_ with more classic B-movie all-star actors than you can shake any number of sticks at. And as a bonus, anything by genre mash-up _artiste extraordinaire_ Damon Foster of _Shaolin vs Frankenstein_ infamy 😆
Most excellent lists is what I do ... except for all the times that I don't. But man, you need to see Saturday the 14th again. It's all kinds of Gappa-friendly, me thinks. Shout put it out on bluray. I haven't seen it, but it's supposed to be a new 2K scan or something of K-like effect. I still just have my old DVD.
Some fine suggestions there. Monster Club is probably my favorite anthology film next to The Dungeonmaster. I should say it's my favorite traditional style anthology film. And you wanna talk about one of the finest stripteases ever put on film. Hubba hubba, as Winston Churchill once said.
The Bat Woman is a good one. With the new fancy Indicator release, might be a good time to cover it again on a top list.
I don't think I know Shaolin vs Frankenstein. Give me all the details.
Yes to "Mad Monster Party"!! Strong memories from childhood that I just HAD to see that movie when it was in theaters and, yes, many (many) decades later, I still have a fascination for this film and it's swinging era. It goes far, far back in the memory machine and it was a really big event in my childhood calendar going to see it.
@@toomuchstuff4828 Mad Monster Party is one of those films I've heard about for decades, but it has just never crossed my path. So it almost felt like an urban legend for the longest time. Sounds like I need to give it a looksee.
@@AtomicSnackBar “K-like effect” suggests there’s potential for a K-pop joke in there somewhere 😆
I really should revisit S14th, the clips you showed definitely seem like something i should enjoy and kinda made me wonder why it didn’t stick with me more as a kid 🤷🏻♂️ The DVD must be pretty rare, as i likely would have picked it up if i had ever encountered it in my used media travels, but I put the Bluray in my watchlist, will keep an eye out for a good price 😁
And hubba-hubba indeed, Mr. Churchill, that dancer takes it _ALL_ off! 🤣
Funny thing about Mad Monster Party, i had never heard of it until my older brother asked if i had it in my collection, apparently he had seen it as a kid, so i grabbed the dvd, and it was quite the hoot! 😄
And I can give no better explanation for Shaolin vs Frankenstein than to direct you to the video review by your friend and mine, InterWebKasey himself 😉
@@AtomicSnackBarYou can get clips for free on UA-cam and rent the movie here, as well. It features the considerable voice talents of Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller, as well as the incredible vocal stylings of Ethel Ennis, First Lady of Jazz. It is a monster love story! You will really enjoy its swinging '60's aesthetic.
Heavens to murgatroyd! I'll bet you have quite a collection of "Something Weird" DVDs! The film snippet accompanying your Russ Meyer mention has inspired my Friday late-night movie for this evening: FASTER PUSSYCAT, KILL! KILL!. I want to mention how much I enjoy your mid-stream breaks: the Levi's stay-press pants in an assortment of colors blew my mind! As always: Cheers Mr. R, and I look forward to your next Sterling Retrospective from the lounge!
But it begs the question, can one ever truly have enough films from Something Weird Video? Greater minds than I have pondered such a heavy topic and come away scratching their heads.
Faster Pussycat is a fine choice for your evening viewing. Talk about one that needs some kind of modern release. Other than Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, I don't think any of Meyer's work in still in print. My copy of Faster Pussycat is an old VHS I taped off IFC many years ago.
@@AtomicSnackBar I was lucky enough to get the short-lived blu-ray release of "Faster" from RM Films about 10 years ago. It looks terrific in HD. Hopefully it can be licensed by some distributor because it is definitely Meyers' masterpiece and the epitome of retro exploitation cinema!
@@TheVid54 I wasn't even aware such a thing existed. I've only run across the DVD releases from ... probably 20 years ago now. And even those slipped past me.
I love, in "Faster, Pussycat, Kill, Kill", how the gas station guy just dumps the entire plot synopsis on to the wild women when they turn up at his station.
@@euansmith3699 It's a thinkin' man's film.
You never cease to amaze! --Dan
What can I say? I take my vitamins.
Most of the time.
" Kiss me quick!". "Okay. Where's your quick?" That joke is attributed to Groucho Marx. I've never seen Saturday the 14th, but any Paula Prentiss movie is for me. I've never seen Journey to the Center of Time, so another one for the list! That Levi's commercial is best watched under the influence of a donut with 'sprinkles'.😉 I think I had those striped bell-bottoms ( or flairs which were not as wide) when I was 12. I've never seen a Santo film either. Man, we definitely missed out on those Spook Shows. What?! No Gorilla suit actor credits?! I'm guessing that you're saving it for your Gorilla suit actors tribute video. I can't wait to go to eBay and see what that Pajama Party DVD is going for. Thanx for the silliness, my friend. And NICE shirt. Your closet must be very visually hallucinogenic under a blacklight with strobe effects.
A keen observation as per usual, Mr. Santiago. I actually have no idea who played the gorilla in Monsters Crash the Pajama Party. Information is scarce and the cast list, though listed, doesn't have many of the actual parts credited. The director, David Hewitt is in the film in some role. I would like to think it is he in the costume.
A second keen observation, good sir of the Jerry Warren society. My closet has gotten pretty darn full. I like to have different shirts for the episodes, but being that I shoot four a month, it's really starting to add up. Fun fact ... fun adjacent fact, I probably have 4 times more Hawaiian and bowling shirts than I do t-shirts.
@ AtomicSnackBar - well, I hope that you kept the receipts. They're tax deductible as they are technically 'work clothes'. Seymor Toochus. Nothing but highbrow humor around here. My kind of guy.
@@tonysantiago255 There's a moment in Kiss Me Quick! where the Frankenstein monster comes out with the dancing girls. Couldn't show the clip here for obvious reasons, but it's a neat little scene. Also, thought you might dig that Billy Wilder reference.
@ AtomicSnackBar - It's funny how ideas come back around. We sadly missed the timing with those Spook Shows, but in the early 2000s, when the X-Men movies were at their height, my nephew and some of his friends got paid ( probably in sodas, popcorn and movie tickets) to dress as the X-Men and Track's black suited soldiers dragged my nephew's girlfriend out of the audience exclaiming that she was a "Mutant!" at which point the heroes run in and a brawl breaks out between the two sides. Not exactly spooktacular, but a lot of fun just the same. A LOT of work though. But teenagers are willing to do almost anything for free movie tickets.
@ AtomicSnackBar - "Trask's soldiers". Spellcheck.😑
Fascinating to learn of the backstory behind The Time Travelers!
I thought that was quite the interesting little story as well.
I would love to be in a interactive movie.
That sounds like fun.
Yeah, I've never been to anything like that either. But it sounds like it would have been a hoot. If only my time machine was working.
I remember seeing 'Saturday the 14th' at the drive-in with my family when I was 6 or 7. I didn't want to see it because I knew there were monsters in it, and I used to be afraid of monsters (I had just recently seen 'The Blob,' which scarred me for life). But 'Saturday' was so crazy that I was too confused to be scared - probably because I spent about half the movie cowering in the back of our '72 Chevy Blazer with my jacket over my head. I'll have to seek out a copy, now.
Too confused to be scared ... I like that. That would make a great tagline for something. But it's definitely worth giving it another watch. Shout put it out on bluray and it's still readily available. Supposed to have a nice new scan too.
Thanks for sharing the memory. I enjoyed reading it.
@ AtomicSnackbar - It's also right here on UA-cam. Not in 4k bluray but FREE!
@@AtomicSnackBarcool movie, I saw Sat the 14 when it came out back in the day. I absolutely loved the “Creature of the Tub” scene with the perfectly placed suds. I might be misremembering but wasn’t there some Jaws type music playing when the head fin popped up?
@@chrisbridges4885 It's one of the best scenes even still. Though my gilman bias may play into that a bit. And you are remembering correctly. There was some very Jaws-esc music playing.
@@tonysantiago255 Well yeah, there's that. If you wanna be one of those people.
Not including giant monsters which is a different category I would say first Creature From the Black Lagoon then It! the Terror From Space and Humanoids From the Deep. Those are my favorites. Also human monsters like Freddy and Jason are also catagorized seperately but you already know that. Love this episode.
All fine choices there. Of the non-wacky variety, the Creature is easily my favorite classic. I'm also a sucker for the Martians from Mars Attacks. Mainly the trading cards, but the film versions were really neat as well.
Thanks for watching, Travis. Nice to hear from you again.
Feed me, Seymour 😂😂😂😂
How could one resist that face? I surely couldn't.
Thank you for mentioning Saturday the 14th. This is one of my favorites from childhood I was 10 when this came out. To me it was a fun film to watch on a weekend when I had nothing to do and I was bored. Even to this day when I get a chance to see it pop up some popcorn get some pizza rolls couple of mixed drinks and enjoy a great movie for my childhood.
For such a fun, unique little film, it kind of flies under the radar. When I was a kid, I had this little set of small plastic monsters figures by Arco. There was one in there that vaguely resembled one of the Saturday the 14th monsters. So I would pretend it was one in the same. Good times.
Thanks, David.
One of my favorite movies of Paula Prentiss was The Stepford Wives.
She was in the 70s version, I take it? I would imagine that's the best version.
@@AtomicSnackBarHands down. the one and only version to be considered. A Sci-Fi classic which reflected the masculine fear and backlash to 1970's feminism and spoofed suburban culture before gated communities became a big thing in the 1980's.
@@toomuchstuff4828 I'll have to add it to the list.
Some weird and wacky films to be on the lookout for. And with the bonus of a classic Levi's commercial voiced by the legendary Ken Nordine. Outstanding. I'd watch a whole video of his commercials.
He did have a great voice, indeed. I was digging around earlier to see if I could find some kind of definitive list of his movie trailer work. No such luck.
That Levi's advert freaked me out, man.
@@euansmith3699 So it didn't make you want to buy jeans?
@@AtomicSnackBar As an Octopus, I find it difficult to find a pair that fits.
@@euansmith3699 Oh yeah, silly me. I apologize for being so insensitive.
The Horror at Party Beach is a wonderfully groovy silliness. I think that they were were spoofing multiple genres and just having fun. I actually own that one.
That's a really interesting movie. Because you take out the cartoonish monsters, and it's pretty dark with some violent moments and gore.
One of the Few Sci/Fi-Horror Flics to come out of Connecticut!
@AtomicSnackBar - I personally think that the people involved though to themselves🤔 "Well, since we don't have the money to make a serious Sci-fi Monster movie, let's just have fun throwing together everything we like: teenage beach movies, biker movies, 60s guest bands, music and dancing and do the whole teenagers and monsters thing. And throw in some 'Laugh-In' style jokes. A true mashup before the term came into being. I think the Sea Monster was deliberately goofy looking. It has that " Let's put on a show! " Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland 40s teen attitude. If you're familiar with those. Ask your Mom.
@@tonysantiago255 If you can't afford an Epic... make a Spoof!
The young Jack Nicholson scene is wild. I just watched a 2003 movie of his.
He's a wacky fella. What was the movie?
@@AtomicSnackBar Something's Gotta Give. It was with Diane Keaton.
@@AlliAsAlways that’s a good one. I also like Wolf, and As Good as it Gets
I remember watching a scene or two of those Mexican movies featuring Santo, Blue Demon and another wrestler named Mil Mascara(1,000 Masks in Spanish). I remember seeing a scene where Santo faces up against Dracula. These movies were only shown on Univision or Telemundo. I was at a disadvantage at the time because as a little kid, I didn’t understand Spanish and I still need to learn. In the summer of 1984, the USA Network had Commander USA’s Groovy Movies. The perfect show if you couldn’t go to the mall or returning home from the mall on Saturday afternoons. Commander USA showed the Mexican horror movies, which were English dubbed and featured actor Abel Salazar, among them was The Brainiac (or Baron Blood). The strangest movie I saw was The Swamp Of The Lost Monster, which featured a Creature From The Black Lagoon-like creature and a cowboy who had to swim in a Speedo and the story was set in the 1800’s.
Worthy of note: In Mexico, the wrestler is more popular than the cowboy. The ornate masks that they wear symbolize their culture and the dichotomy of good and evil.
Speaking of Something Weird Video, the first video I ever bought and watched from that company was The Evil Brain From Outer Space. It was the first film that I saw the Superman inspired hero Starman. The trailer collection at the end of the movie is noteworthy.
Great work, friend!😎👍🎷✌️👏
@ garyreid2178 - Cool trivia Mexicana there. And nice memories. But a cowboy in a Speedo? Yeah, that's definitely something weird. And not in a good way. Although, now that I think about it, I think he used to play guitar in the NY subways back in the 90s.
Hitting me in the nostalgia bone there as well. I only caught it a handful of times, but I remember Commander USA well. They would run the commercials quite often. USA was a fantastic channel back then and I watched it a whole lot. From Cartoon Express to Up All Night! to the After Lunch Creature Crunch that changed my movie watching world.
I also have fond memories of The Brainiac. It's one of the first trailers shown in the Horrible Horror VHS tape and thus one of my first exposures to 50s/60s sci-fi. I know I talk about that tape way too often, but it shaped who I am.
Speaking of Something Weird and trailer comps, the Something Weird sampler DVD is one of the best ever made. Highly recommended.
Thanks, Gary.
@ AtomicSnackbar - just an FYI; the Naked Cowboy as he was known, had a quick cameo in the first Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movie. He sang the Spider-Man theme from the Spider-Man '67 cartoon.
@@tonysantiago255 Who knew you were such a Naked Cowboy aficionado. The many layers of Santiago.
@ AtomicSnackBar - I am a font of worthless knowledge.
Man I hadn't seen that animated Levis tv ad in a long time! The "yellow submarine" with a slice of "La Planète Sauvage" style of animation was amazing. (Planète Sauvage came out 3 years after but the first few seconds of the ad really flashed me back to that amazing French movie).
And strong agree Saturday the 14th being in this (or any!) list! :)
I caught Fantastic Planet/La Planète Sauvage on Night Flight when I was a lad and I had never seen anything like it. It was really captivating and almost felt like something I shouldn't be watching.
Since you dug that one, have you ever seen the Arcade Attack short film? Highly recommended if you haven't.
Thanks for stopping by, Pat.
@@AtomicSnackBar Arcade Attack! I remember it had a very "NFB" vibe to it. It's been a while, I'm going to have to rewatch it now, thanks for reminding me of it.
The perfect cap to a night of delivery. Thank you!
Certainly, good sir. And it was my pleasure.
Between Quark, Westworld, Saturday the 14, and Love at First Bite, Richard Benjamin was the man. Also the Monster Maker commercial brings back awesome memories. I never could find that set.
@@Skaramine Something I just learned tonight, the art in the Monster Maker set was by Dave Stevens of Rocketeer fame.
Monsters at a Pajama Party 🧟♂️🧛🏻♀️ Santos & Blue Demon! Oh the Retrorama League of Legends! It's odd the most unusual DVD Retro finds I discovered at Book Stores in the $5.00 bin... Santos/Blue Demon was one there years ago..."Daughter of Horror" 1950's B-Movie mayhem another Cult Gem 💎
That is impressive indeed. I've never even seen a Santo film for sale anywhere but online. Nonetheless, in a $5 bin. Pretty spiffy.
Great video. I love the Santo movies. I had a "Mighty Men & Monster Maker" as a kid. That commercial brought back fun memories.
I just found out tonight that the art in the Monster Maker set was done by Dave Stevens of The Rocketeer. I thought that was really neat.
@@AtomicSnackBar Man, that makes wish even more that I still had mine. I just looked on eBay. Most of the ones for sale are incomplete.
@@vksjd How much are those running for these days?
@@AtomicSnackBar $30 and up for incomplete ones. There's one complete set up for bid. It's at $23.50 plus $11.55 shipping with 2 days, 20 hours left.
@@vksjd That's a good price, but with 2 days, I would almost bet it will be at least doubled by close.
As a fan of Saturday the 14th, this is the single best thing on youtube I have ever seen.
APPLAUSE!!!
Excellent to hear. I appreciate that. But now, it's all downhill from here on out. I'll probably just have to start covering famous quilts now.
@@AtomicSnackBar As long as those quilts have classic universal movie monsters on them I'll keep watching.
@@jdmcdonnell71 Reason I mention that is a book about famous quilts was part of why I ended up changing my penname. There was an author of the same name published with a book on that very topic.
Don't know which I like more, the wonderful movie reviews or Mr R Sterling, that magnificent bastard.
Oh, you are much too kind. Do stop it.
And by stop it, I mean continue on a whole, whole lot.
I have that DVD, Monsters Crash The Pajama Party, and recently found a vinyl record that's an audio version of all the spookshow trailers, plus a few extras
That sounds great. I'm a collector of film soundtracks and scores. Where did you find it? And did they do a CD version as well?
The cyclops monster in "Santo and Blue Demon vs The Monsters" is a reused costume of "Uk" from "Ship of Monsters" (1960). Another costume from the film, "Tawal" (little guy with big exposed brain), also appears in a few shots, though he plays no part in the plot, such as it is.
Well, I'll be. He sure is. Very little alteration at that. And I'm a fan of both films too. Thanks for pointing that out, Brad.
@@AtomicSnackBar "Ship of Monsters" is a particular favorite of mine, so I was tickled to spot some old friends from it in this one. I run a site called "Million Monkey Theater" and have written long-form articles on both films. I'm a big fan of Mexican schlock!
@@BradHollowniczky I covered "Ship of Monsters" in my Top 1960s Sci-fi Robots Part II, kind of my main series here at the Snack Bar. If you are so interested. - ua-cam.com/video/KoiCNgZyyG8/v-deo.htmlsi=XbarhHUba9aogvc-
And Million Monkey Theater? That's a great title. Leave me a link if it will let you.
Dick Miller also regularly appeared in Joe Dante's movies. House (1985) is probably my favorite wacky monster movie (Big Ben is great).
He did indeed. And I'll always give Dante credit for his love of 50s sci-fi.
I'm a big fan of both House 1 and 2. As a kid, I leaned to the first one. But seeing them again as an adult, the second was more my speed.
The remake of 'The Little Shop Of Horrors', was ONLY remade, as a comedy, in 1986. The one with, Steve Martin. There never was, a straight remake of the film. That was the only attempt, as far as I know. 'Seymour Toockus', and 'Singing In The Rain'. That's good humor, and I don't mean, ice cream.
One of my few great regrets about the channel ... why I didn't use the name Seymour Tuchus, I'll never know. Hats off and an ice cream bar to you, good sir.
I used to think Gilligan played Seymour on Little Shop of Horrors!😂
Ohhhh man. Can you imagine how awesome it would have been to have Bob Denver in that role?
The Van Helsing Dude as I'm sure you know was Posy/Apoc perennial Steve Darden. & little personal fun-fact... a long-time friend of mine contributed SFX work on 'Saturday the 14th Strikes Back'! Outstanding Compilation Mr. ASB! May the 4th Be With You!
Not to mention the very underrated Werewolves on Wheels.
And that is really neat about your buddy. I actually saw Saturday the 14th Strikes Back at the theater. I remember it clearly because it opened the week before school started back. Don't remember much about the movie itself, though.
"Seymore Tukous"? Where have I been? Talking College day's, Flesh Gordon, stuff. Mushnick's Shop of Horror's was a standout on Chiller Theater where I first saw it.. Funny and street gritty. That last one looks to be a blast.
If I ever do a Wacky Sci-fi Movies episode, Flesh Gordon would be a prime contender. Added bonus of the stop motion creature.
Saturday the 14th is a ton of fun. It's out on bluray and right here on YT. Thanks, Ivor.
All of them would make good Scooby Doo monsters, except Audrey 2
That's a good point. I hadn't considered that. That's funny.
"Moustache Frankenstein" for the win. Thanks, Atomic Snack Bar!
Well said, Walter. You know what's what.
@@AtomicSnackBar Thanks, man!
Saturday the 14th is my favorite in this genre. I love how they would toss calendar pages into the waste basket. Where can I get a copy of this movie? I love your channel.
Luckily, this one is quite easy to find. Shout put out a nice bluray which you can get on Amazon for a decent enough price. It's also right here on YT if you just want to stream it.
Thanks, James. And thanks for watching.
Now I have to track down Saturday the 14th, which I haven't seen I was a kid, and Kiss me Quick and monsters crash the pyjamas party, which I've never seen. I need to retire so I have time to watch all these movies.
Looks like they cleaned up little shop of horrors. It was very fuzzy when I saw it on VHS
Fortunately, Shout put Saturday the 14th out on bluray and it's still readily available for a decent enough price. Kiss Me Quick! and Monsters Crash the Pajama Party are unfortunately quite tough to find now. But they are both on a certain archiving site to download.
And you're right, Little Shop is looking quite nice. Especially, for a public domain film.
Trivia for SANTO AND BLUE DEMON VERSUS THE MONSTERS: The werewolf and cyclops were recycled monsters from previous films; the stunt man in the Frankenstein mask was a body builder turned stunt double who would double for Ron Ely in his Tarzan days and would later become the masked luchador Tinieblas ( Darkness) , a scene with the werewolf killing a little kid was filmed but deleted with the movie instead just implying the werewolf killed the kid, Alejandro Cruz, known in wrestling circles as Black Shadow is credited as playing Blue Demon in the movie but it's inaccurate, Alejandro Cruz had doubled for an injured Blue Demon in a few movies prior to this one but Blue Demon does his own fisticuffs in this movie, Alejandro Cruz is briefly seen as Blue Demon but it's stock footage from an earlier movie. There is a set photo of the monsters hanging out with a little kid, that little kid would grow up to be Hijo Del Santo ( Son of Santo ).
That is fantastic information. I searched and searched and couldn't find a darn thing about it. But now that you've mentioned the Tinieblas connection(which is awesome, by the way), it led me down a rabbit hole of a whole bunch of new info that just wasn't coming up in my searches. Very cool and kudos to your knowledge.
That's neat too that the photo is of Hijo Del Santo. I'm a big toy collector and was actually looking at/debating buying a Son of Santo figure recently.
Thanks for the info, Raul. And thanks for watching.
Blue Demon was particularly relateable due to his "costume" consisting of khakis, polo shirt, wrestling mask. One only needs a wrestling mask and you're good to go.
"One only needs a wrestling mask and you're good to go."
Words I still live by to this day.
@ AtomicSnackbar - but if one only needed a wrestling mask one would be naked. Did the Mexican film market do corn? Add females and mud and you might be on to something.
@@tonysantiago255 Mind out of the gutter, Santiago. There could be children and impressionable llamas reading the comments this weekend.
@ AtomicSnackbar - well, the Y*T purple hairs haven't caught on to this one yet, so we'll see if I end up in jail again.
4 Musical!🎶
You couldn't make a b-movie back then without a mad scientist, a gorgeous lady, and a dude in a gorilla suit. Cinematic iron: it might be serving an industrial purpose and come cheaper and faster than gold, but.. it's honest. Little Shop of Horrors is a uniquely insufferable movie at times, but Miller as Burson Fouch steals the movie, as does Leola Wendorff as Mrs. Shiva, whose graveyard-stuffing family lineage is referenced in the Frank Oz Little Shop! For most of my 20s, I always hung that damn sign on the door to my room to see if any ladies ever got the joke, "We don't LETTING YOU SPEND so much!", but never any takers. Charles Griffin's performance doesn't come anywhere close to the groovy pipes of Levi Stubbs though, but then again, a kind word for Corman IS 'frugal'. Nice to hear so much about Mel Welles too, mostly for the Specterman content~
Kiss Me Quick looks absolutely mad, from the names involved to the mad scientist that I SWEAR was in another movie with more overtly Reich-ian tones. I'd certainly love to Seymour Tuchus than this movie provides, but pretty cool of TV's Frank to play an alien in this movie! And hey, big ups to _Mondo Collecto_ and the acquisition of a copy of the flick thanks to your RP Whalen!
The William Castle/Spook Show aspect of gimmick movies is one of the most interesting phases of cult/B-movie history, with all those daring tricks to play on the audience with just a little flair for presentation. The Tingler always comes to mind because of Vincent Price~ *_"The Tingler is LOOSE IN THE THEATER! SCREAM, SCREAM FOR YOUR LIIIVES!"_* I mean, we unintentionally pay homage to such things nowadays, but when you're doing it to fill seats and pay off an effort like this, you tend to swing harder than for the fences. Ib Melchior's Time Travelers gave me nightmares for some reason, I think it was the weird intelligent eyes in those featureless robot heads.
This is why you don't take the Brown Acid, by the way, otherwise you start worrying about things like man's evolution, the Levi's _Hop Sack_ ...or even *Dacron Polyester*
_dacron polyester.._
I'll let you get to the El Santo content on your own time, because I've already gassed on for YEARS in this comment, but I just want it known that Mustache Frankenstein can totally take Boxershorts Wolfman from _Kiss Me Quick._
Saturday the 14th is one of the first monster movies I ever saw, actually! I remember it was close to when I turned 5 because I'd gotten an NES from my birthday recently, and was given to sneaking into the den to watch TV at nite anyways. Initially the movie scared me (it was the alien eye-stalks thing) but then, when those monsters put on a snack attack in that kitchen, I remember thinking for the first time that monsters were a lot like me; they just loved to play games, munch snacks, and stay up past bedtime to get into fun times! And the rest is history, for me and so many other little monsters. Also, that Helsing exterminator is totally Guillermo del Toro, look at him!
And on that incredibly engineered segue, I'ma suggest Little Monsters, a movie that I saw around the same age as well that hipped me to the late nite fun and the idea that monsters are just buddies I ain't met yet. Its reputation speaks for itself, and I still love to watch it after skipping to the first encounter with Maurice, but it was also not only kind of frightening at times, but also has cool plot elements to it as well, I feel like no one ever touches on that.
If you made it to the end of this, thanks very much and I only promise to start that channel of my own so I can at least make my time-wasting diatribes a video you can pause and skip! 🪙✨
Mel Welles is really an unsung hero. All Little Shop and Spectreman aside, Lady Frankenstein is one of my favorite takes on the story. My first exposure to Rosalba Neri too.
Mondo Collecto is a fun documentary and covers several very different collections. I put link to it in the video description for all your Mondo Collecting needs. Or all your Ted V. Mikels needs.
Those Time Travelers androids ... I'm not sure if they were supposed to be that creepy, but easily some of the creepiest ever put on film. They're like one of those stress guys you squeeze, but life-sized and nightmare inducing.
And those are some bold words. I'm not sure Boxer Shorts Wolfman would agree.
I was a big fan of Little Monsters as a kid. Haven't seen it since, though. But that was another monster land I wanted to go live in. I thought Fred Savage was so lame in that movie for giving it all up.
@@AtomicSnackBar I mean, I'd want to as well, but even as a little kid, I had a logical brain for stuff I wanted to do. Weekends with the monsters, all while studying how to maybe counteract the Monsterfication process! Math made sense when I looked into it at the time, so everything can be figured out with enough study... that's what I thought at SIX for some reason, but I'd come to my senses~
Also, maybe we can get a Tag Team Smackdown Monster Mash matchup with Brock Lesnar and Mustache Frankenstein teaming up against El Santo and Boxershorts Wolfman, with the undercard being Azul Demon and the Incredible Melting Man.
And that commercial Was so.Peter Max I almost had a flash back!!
I aim to please.
You had me at Little Shop of Horrors my friend, but the Deathstalker reference made the video great to me. Got to love the consistent inconsistency of that series
I have a theory. Because of course, I've put the appropriate amount of time into thinking about Deathstalker. But in said theory, the Deathstalker from the first and fourth films are the same guy. The true Deathstalker. The fellow from Part II was just a loveable scamp that took the name for loveable scamp type reasons. The Deathstalker in the third film I can't speak for. I've still yet to track that one down.
@@AtomicSnackBar part 3 is an urban myth, round my way, spoken of in hushed tones in smokey rooms. Some say, it’s hiding out in a loch in Scotland but I can’t speak to that
@@haitch2676 Isn't every room you go into smoky and filled with hushed tones, though?
@@AtomicSnackBar it seems that way, I’m trying to figure out if I have an obscure form of radar or if the rooms become smokey as I walk in. The hushed tones though….. that’s pure admiration for my shiny bald dome
@@haitch2676 To be fair, though, you do conveniently always seem to go out on evenings when the Astbury Fanclub Society of Greater Lower East Britain are meeting up.
Howdy!
Now with that out of the way, you should keep up with this series, it's fun to get random and wacky suggestions that might otherwise not float to the top of any lists.
Back in 2020 I did a challenge with a friend to watch one film from each year between 1910 and 2020, Little Shop of Horrors was my selection for 1960 and aged beautifully, easily still holds up. I haven't seen the other ones on the list, will seek them out. Might I suggest 1959's "Teenagers from Outer Space" or 1955's "This Island Earth" if you haven't watched them.
Howdy, good sir. And those are both great suggestions, especially This Island Earth. I covered that in the 1950s Sci-fi Aliens episode. Teenagers from Outer Space, though, I have no covered.
That's a neat challenge. But there are certain years that would have been tough to narrow down. 1957 for one. '78 for another. What did you end up picking for those?
I really dug putting this episode together. It's kind of a nice mixture of the old channel format with the new. So, hopefully it does well.
@@AtomicSnackBar "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" for '78, I was pretty set on seeing things I hadn't watched before, then it smacked me in the face that I hadn't see that classic. For '58 I landed on "The Curse of Frankenstein". I can't remember if it was for the same reason or I was on a run of Frankenstein films.
@@Minikin1 Probably a controversial opinion here, but hey, I'm a rebel. But Curse of Frankenstein is my favorite Frankenstein film. Favorite Dr. Frankenstein. And favorite Frankenstein's monster.
I noticed an Inframan figure behind you which further cements my opinion of you as a man of refined tastes and superior sensibilities. I think Princess Dragonmom's stable of beasties in Inframan is a good fit for a future wacky retro monsters episode.
Good catch there, Joshua. That is one of my absolute favorite pieces too. I covered the Iron Armor Monsters in my Top 1970s Sci-fi Robots episode, but you are right, I am long overdue for some more Inframan coverage.
@@AtomicSnackBar Perhaps Princess Dragonmom could make a list of wacky villians
@@Gazebo48 That is a fine idea, right there.
Would like to see your whole toy collection ! Love your creature from the black lagoon collection
I've been thinking about doing that very thing. I just have a couple of shelves that are still works-in-progress I want to fill out more before I shoot something like that. Toys are one of my favorite things to cover. So I would really like to work them in more.
Thanks, Jesse.
Love the shirt!
"Passionate People Eater" sounds a bit close to Purple People Eater, a 50's r&r hit
I thank you kindly, your Madlyness. And you're right, it does sound a bit like Purple People Eater. Which, I would think, would have been a selling point.
@ AtomicSnackbar - or a potential lawsuit. Might explain the name change.
@@tonysantiago255 Not sure Corman worried with such things that early on.
I know I've said this on numerous other videos of yours, but, I love your shirt!
Well, I appreciate hearing it again. I am rather pleased with my Hawaiian and bowling shirt collection.
That's a seriously great shirt!
Thank you much. I saw it and was like, "Yup. That's the shirt."
The only other creature i can think of that sort of fits the bill for a weird black lagoon monster was the thing in Cormans 1955 The Day the World Ended. That was one strange looking monster & it had 3 eyes. Serling, you do your homework very well which makes your channel all the better. Plus, you don't mind us chiming in with some trivia, that's class .. Yes indeed these were some pretty off the wall flicks & we like them all .
That fine fellow actually popped up in my last Post Apocalypse films list. He is a unique one.
And I appreciate the kind words. I learned some time ago that the bulk of movie based YT channels are just people either running through the plots of movies or simply giving their opinions. I find both rather dull and decided to go another way.
Wonderfully wacky indeed.
Indeed, indeed, good sir.
Great review of great movies. Little Shop of Horrors is a super fun movie.
I thank you much, Mr. Power.
@@AtomicSnackBar You're most welcome, Mr. Sterling.
On Santo and the Blue Demon vs the Monsters the werewolf looks like Ravi Shanka with bad dentures.
I have to give you credit on that one. That's a pretty deep pull.
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ASB. Love the Gremlins reference about the late Great Dick Miller.... going to get your new book.... Peace 😊
You, good sir, are the only person that mentioned bit. Kudos.
And I appreciate that. I'm rather fond of it.
Whoa, whoa, whoa now, there was a 'Little Shop of Horrors' comic from 95? Now that I have to look into! I could talk forever about 'Little Shop of Horrors', all great fun....the OG, the 80s remake and the musical which I was lucky enough to see last year. Heck I even recall that cartoon you mentioned a little bit. Quick Q, Murray vs Nicholson, who was the better masochist? That television in Saturday the 14th that only airs reruns of TZ basically sounds like the TV in my house. 😉Speaking of which...that film feels like a rental from back in the day. So familiar, I feel like I saw it, but perhaps forgot a lot of it. Anyway, you have jogged my memory so I have to give that a fresh watch. Awesome work as always man, have a wacky week ahead!
That is a tough one. I haven't actually seen the 80s Little Shop since the 80s. So it's not super clear. That said, the Bill Murray scene does stand out in my memory. I would say, from what I remember, the Murray scene was funnier. But the Nicholson scene was more awkward and strange in a compelling way.
I think you'd dig Saturday the 14th quite a bit. It's kind of the perfect monster mash for our generation.
Thanks, buddy.
Great vid as always!
I agree that Corman is great with many excellent movies. Not something I often say but I've honestly never seen Kiss Me Quick or Monsters Crash the Pajama Party, though I will definitely seek them out. Oddly, I have seen several of the movies you mentioned as also done by the directors or producers.
My copy of Santo y Blue Demon vs Los Monstruos says 1970. Glad to see you mention this one. I'm a huge fan of Santo movies. Glad to see one of the six movies from the link I sent you.
Saturday the 14th is another great cheesy movie.
I love Corman's work. And it was solid across the decades too. From his directorial work to the exploitation films of the 70s, the B movies of the 80s, even his 90s output, great stuff. My favorite probably being his Sword & Sorcery films.
Both Kiss Me Quick! and Monsters Crash the Pajama Party are rather hard to get on DVD now and neither are on YT. But they are both on a certain archiving site. If you catch my drift.
I must say, I am impressed with your b-movie knowledge.
@ AtomicSnackbar - yeah... I don't get your ,'drift,'. Can you do it in pig-latin so the Almighty alg doesn't catch on?
@@AtomicSnackBar I catch your drift.
My collection of movies is not what it used to be (lost 2 TB worth of vids when drives crashed) but is slowly recovering. I have also recovered more than 70 serials from '30 thru 50s.
@@tonysantiago255 Sure. That would be Archiveay .... hey, wait a second.
@@kaljaxa5365 Oh man, that's rough. I generally burn that sort of thing to disc. Granted, that leaves me with stacks and stacks of DVD-Rs. But I do feel more secure with it.
Man..... you remember Quark...the garage ship..,that short lived series...i think...influnced Red Dwarf
I've been wanting to grab the DVD set, but it's out of print and a little pricy. A handful of the episodes are here on YT, though.
Clicked on the video topic. Starting watching and saw the Megos on the shelf....so immediately subscribed.
Good to hear from a fellow Mego fan. That whole shelf is Mego Star Trek. A mix of original releases and new. I also have the Enterprise playset. It's in rough shape, but still really neat to have.
Thanks for watching, Fred.
@@AtomicSnackBar one of my favorite toys from childhood was that Mego Enterprise. ❤️
@@fredbergstrom4866 I have the set itself on top of the shelves closed. Looks really neat up there. The furniture, which was all in good shape, I took out and have on the shelf with the Megos. I'll have to take a good picture at some point.
@@AtomicSnackBar I was watching the video and the wife unit said she liked the backdrop- implying that it was a green screen image.
I was “nope, all real”
A shelf walkthrough may be in order. Just saying- your public wants to know
@@chrisbridges4885 I have been wanting to do just that. Just need to finish the shelves first. Some of them are a little bare and some have some big gaps. Works in progress.
On the off chance you don't have it, you would love GHOST MASTERS which is a history of Spook Shows. Used and expensive, but tailor made for a gent with your bent.
No, I don't think I've ever heard of that. Sounds awesome, though. When was it made?
@@AtomicSnackBar 2nd edition January 1994 by Mark Walker
@@w.adammandelbaum1805 I did a bit of searching. You weren't kidding about the price, good sir. But I will keep an eye out. Maybe they'll do a 3rd Edition one day.
In the original LSOH, the man who was eating the rose - Miller - starred I believe in Bucket of Blood about an up-and-coming artist who is made famous by encasing dead bodies in Clay, the first is a dead cat.
I loved watching this Classic Creature from the Haunted Sea - a great comedy/Horror
The second one - trying to build the perfect woman, I would have stopped with the Blonde personally. I never heard of this and I love the review, definitely on my list of ones to watch and laugh
Kiss Me Quick! is a bit hard to find. It really could use a bluray release. But it is on that oh-so-convenient archiving site, if you catch my drift.
I haven't seen Creature from the Haunted Sea, but I do quite like the monster in it. He's a real looker.
Awesome episode. I hope you make more videos about monsters.
The Atomic Magic 8-Ball says, "Chances are pretty good."
Thanks, Josh.
@@AtomicSnackBarSure thing. Thanks for the great content.
@@joshdean5449 If you haven't seen it, I would be so bold as to recommend my Top 1950s Sci-fi Monsters episode.
@@AtomicSnackBar Yeah, I’ve seen it. Great episode.
@@joshdean5449 Most excellent. Thanks, Josh.
That Levi's commercial was surprisingly unsettling...Also, in regards to monster movies, where would Attack of the Killer Tomatoes fall?
That is a good question. I'm a big fan of the Killer Tomato named Zoltan. He was supposed to be one of the entries on my Sci-fi Plant Creatures episode. But darn if I couldn't find any decent footage at the time.
Another really Wacky one is The Creeping Terror (aka The Crawling Monster). A giant shag rug eats people. Very cheaply made. Mostly narrated saving costs on sound production and actors. But it is a hoot and a cult classic.
I’ve tried watching it a couple times but always fall asleep.
Oh man, I dig the creature in that one. But I tend to be a sucker for very outside the box, non-humanoid monsters in films.
@@fredblonder7850 I think that was the intention. Fall asleep so you do not realise how bad it is. 😀
Oh man I remember that Mighty Monster Maker Kit ad!!! Is that Ted Cassidy as the Monster?
You know, I'm not sure. It certainly does look it could be. Mr. Cassidy got around and lent his amazing voice to many a trailer.
Thanks for stopping by, Mr. Grognard.
@@AtomicSnackBar What got me was the voice when he says "Heads". It seems to have his particular gravelly tone.
@@GreyhawkGrognard You're right, it does sound like him. I was curious and looked into it further. It looks like the Monster Maker was released in '79, the same year that Cassidy died. That doesn't rule him out, but it is interesting.
Something else of note, the art in the kit was done by Dave Stevens of the Rocketeer fame.
@@AtomicSnackBar You are a font of information. Thanks, and as always, an awesome video.
@@GreyhawkGrognard I appreciate that. And I see you have a Greyhawk themed channel. I will have to check that out. TTRPGs are another passion of mine, just not something I'm able to work into my own videos very often.
Alright. I've seen the first and last movies in this list.
Probably the best two on the list. Though Santo and Blue Demon is pretty darn close.
i love your shirt
Thank you much. I saw it online and it just called to me.
"The Monsters are -- barely -- in it!" lol! I enjoyed this upload Mr. S & wasn't familiar with any of the films -- but I'm saddened that "Kiss Me Quick" isn't available on the Tube -- what a bummer! Cheers Warren, who is really bummed out -- butt not literally!
Barely in it ... I will go stand in the corner of shame for not catching my own joke.
But before I do, Kiss Me Quick! is on an archiving site I probably can't mention here. You know, THE archiving site.
@@AtomicSnackBar -- I'll bum around & see if I can find it -- if I don't go blind! Thanks for the...naw, another pun coming on, I'll stop now! Cheers Warren, who has learned restrained!
Loved it!!! More please
I shall consult with my P.R. team, my legal team, and my bowling shirt guy, and run your suggestion by them.
Thanks, John.
As a monster movie fanatic, I really enjoyed this video, but hang my head in shame as I’ve only seen one of the movies! I have come across that Monsters Crash the Pyjama Party dvd online a few times so will see if I can still find it. That Santo movie looks amazing. I really need to see Saturday the 14th. Love the Pink Floyd reference! The Wall is one of my favourite albums. Yes, please make this an ongoing series.
I find that rather surprising that you haven't seen Saturday the 14th. Shout put it out on bluray and it's supposed to be quite nice. I still just have my old DVD copy. But either way, I think you need a trip to the corner of shame. Been spending too much time at the beach. Not enough time being ashamed.
@@AtomicSnackBar Ok….as soon as I’m out of the corner of shame, I’m buying Saturday the 14th.
@@horrorhands666 It's really unique, because it's a spoof movie. Not quite Naked Gun level spoof, but zeroing in on that. Yet the humor is really dry, which I really appreciate.
@ AtomicSnackbar - Dry? Like your martinis? A dry donut means you hit the Donut Shop near closing time. Been there. No amount of short microwaving is gonna bring that puppy back.
@@tonysantiago255 To paraphrase the great Bogie, "I gave up stale donuts once -- it was the worst afternoon of my entire life."
🤬 Actual Sat. 14th! 🎥 👍
Awesome list. Leave it to RS to showcase some lesser known gems.
I have never seen all of that release of The Little Shop of Horrors, only the 80’s one, which I really didn’t like that much. Oh, and the off broadway play which I DID enjoy.
Also, I haven’t seen Kiss Me Quick or Monsters Crash the Pajama Party; but I’ve heard good things about Pajama Party.
The Santo movie is also one I haven’t seen, but I have seen Santo and the treasure of Dracula and Santo and Blue Demon vs Dracula and the Wolfman….both very, very wacky.
Saturday the 14 …..
Such a great monster mashup
Once again, great list.
Looking good and sounding great…. Thanks for sharing!
I haven't seen the 80s Little Shop since the 80s. But other than the amazing creature effects, I haven't really had much interest in revisiting it. The original, though, from what I remember about the 80s films, is a very different animal. It has that wonderful 1960s indie film charm and thankfully lacks singing.
I've seen Santo and Blue Demon vs Dracula and the Wolfman as well. In my nearly humble, sleazy tiki opinion, Vs. the Monsters is much better. Way more Batman '66 than horror movie.
And thanks, pal. I imagine you look and sound great as well whilst you watch the Snack Bar. Probably with a gladiator helmet made out of tinfoil. That would be the logical way to go about it.
@@AtomicSnackBarno gladiator helm, but I do line the inside of my floppy camo jungle hat with strips of heavy duty aluminum foil; double layered with shiny side out, of course.
Man, ditto feel on the eighties Shop of Horrors. Audrie (?) looks great, but I hated it’s voice.
And of course you gotta love Mr Martins performance- and his nitrous machine. For me though, once was (more than) enough.
Funny coincidence, RiffTraxx has been showing the 60’s version recently on their free channel. I leave that channel on for my dog whilst at work ( the wife has dubbed it Rufftraxx) and I caught some of it the other day. I remember thinking that I should give that one a chance, though I’d like to see it without the riffing.
@@chrisbridges4885 But of course. You aren't a savage.
And Rufftrax. That's good.
But man, I hadn't even thought about the whole voice element. I remember that same actor voiced Mother Brain on Captain N when I was a lad and it always kind of annoyed me.
@@AtomicSnackBar mother Brain sounds familiar, but Captain N doesn’t ring a bell
@@chrisbridges4885 It was a cartoon in the 80s that brought together a bunch of very odd takes on NES characters.
Did you know Richard Benjamin's wife in Saturday the 14th is his real wife of 62 years?
Oh, no, I had no idea. But that makes a lot of sense. They did quite a bit together. Even had a TV series at one point.
@barbd8022 - Dang! Lucky son of a crab nugget. I've loved Paula Prentiss since Where the Boys Are that great Frank Gorshin classic. Benjamin must be at least 6', because she's about that herself. Tall Texan drink of water. And as for Yvette Mimeux...😍
Lovely vid, made me smile many times. I always feel a kind of homely feeling with your vids. I did love Saturday 14th when I was a youngling. Battle Beyond the Stars and Lady Frankenstein are prime viewing - how is Battle Beyond the Stars not as popular as Star Crash? Watched Riki Oh - this week for the first time: well, that was a film - actually quite enjoyed it, sort of, maybe. Watched 80s Flash Gordon yesterday - always good. Tonight I feel in a Swamp Thing mood. Again thank you for providing so much nutty goodness.
I did post a new vid just now - bit different, more folksy - and a hat.
That, my friend, is easy. Two words. Caroline Munro. Elle doesn't hurt either. I'm a big fan of both, either way. So I can see the case to be made for either.
Riki Oh is another great one. That was one of the first bootleg DVDs I ever bought. This was long before there was any kind of western official release. Still have that bootleg too. Long past due to upgrade.
Which Swamp Thing will you be partaking of?
@@AtomicSnackBar I watched Wicker Man instead - May bank holiday, so, seasonal. Probably go for the first Swamp Thing tomorrow, as its the one I haven't seen in a while.
Wow, Richard Benjamin must’ve been really hard up for money to do that movie. Cool shirt you got there and Levi’s commercial. I don’t remember seeing that one before but the other commercial is vaguely familiar.
Hard up? He's lucky he didn't have to pay them to be in such an awesome movie. It's good stuff.
I don't recall seeing the Levi's commercial back in the day either. But when I ran across it looking for the other awesome animated Levi's commercial, I just had to use it. It's just too wonderfully bizarre.
You’d never see Levi’s promoting “Dacron Polyester” these days 🤮. I got a real strong whiff of patchouli during that ad so it must’ve been from the peak flower power era.
@@trappenweisseguy27 Ah, patchouli, for those that enjoy the scent of stale dirt. Fun fact, in order create the foul smell of the Stinkor figure from Masters of the Universe, they mixed patchouli oil into the plastic.
Could’ve also been the cannon I’d just rolled.
@ AtomicSnackbar - that Levi's commercial was from the early 70s before you were born, my friend. Have you ever seen Say Anything with John Cusack? The only scene that had me on the floor is when Cusack is accusing Tim Robbins' ponytail hippy professor of trying to seduce his girlfriend and calls him a "Patchouli oil smelling M*** F***"!"😆😆😆😆😂😂😂 LMAO!!!
The Levi’s add alone deserves a sub.
Sub added !
Much obliged. Thanks, Graeme.
Thank God for dacron polyester
What would we do without it?
@ AtomicSnackBar - wasn't it banned for weakening the Ozone layer in the 80s?
@@tonysantiago255 No, you're thinking of E.T.
got little shop of horrors on dvd, got it free in a newspaper if you can believe it! 😅 Jack Nicholson was great as the pain perv 😂😂
Got it in the newspaper ... that is pretty darn spiffy. I once got a McDonalds record in the paper, if that counts.
@@AtomicSnackBar was it a criminal record fir robbing a Macdonald’s or a world record for eating the most happy meals?… because both of those options seem as likely as Macdonalds the fast food place releasing a music record 😅😅😅
ps if i remember correctly i got night of the living dead, boys from brazil and Odessa files during the same promotion, press and journal were doing crazy promos in the late 90s early 00s 😅
@@Godless_Guru It was indeed a music record. To nutshell it, they had a contest with some folks singing a fast, kind of tongue twisting song - The Menu Song. There was only one copy where the singers made it through the song. If you got that one, you won a million dollars.
@@Godless_Guru That's some fairly heavy stuff for newspaper giveaways.
Fun! Thanks.
Right back atcha, John.
Nice
Thank you much.
@@AtomicSnackBar thanx for these old films!
@@justoldog Glad to be of service.
"A Frankenstein..." I'm sure you meant to say a Frankenstein's monster, right? ;)
Saturday The 14th - I love this movie. I had a huge crush on Kari Michaelsen, who plays the daughter. I loved her in the show Gimme a Break.
Nope. I choose my wording very carefully. And it has absolutely nothing to do with being hopped up on donuts and about 3 martinis in.
And you know, I watched "Gimme a Break" but I don't think I ever put two and two together that it was the same actress. I learned something.
@@AtomicSnackBar She was my favorite actress on the show. I even remember when she appeared on Circus of the Stars and participated in a tightrope act. At least I think it was a tightrope, it may have been a trapeze act. I just know it had her in a leotard. :)
@@lurkerrekrul Wow. Circus of the Stars. I had completely forgotten that show even existed. Don't think I ever watched it, but I seem to recall seeing ads for it.
@@AtomicSnackBar Don't forget Challenge of the Network Stars. :)
@@lurkerrekrul Or Challenge of the GoBots.
Think maybe I lost the thread here.