CLIP OF THE MOMENT: SHIP OF MONSTERS (1959)

Here is a clip from the exciting climax of Ship of Monsters (La Nave de los monstruos, 1959)! SPOILER ALERT!

synopsis: "Ship of Monsters" is an unbelievable science-fiction / comedy / musical / western black & white movie featuring two sexy and stacked space-women (one of whom is Mexican scream-queen Lorna Velazquez) and their whacked-out robot. While on a seemingly innocent spaceship trip to visit Earth the two babes, upon landing, compete for the attention of a happy-go-lucky singing cowboy. Then, one of the women turns out to be an evil vampire bent on world domination! She thaws out a group of 4 insane looking frozen monsters she has hidden away in a nearby cave to do her wicked bidding!

TRAILER OF THE MOMENT: BOY GOD (1982)

The Boy God, aka Roco, ang batang bato, is an ultra-weird fantasy / action / adventure film about a chubby young boy born with superpowers who must travel through a mystical and dangerous land to find his real (dead?) parents. On his journey he helps a tribe of midgets battle a giant Cyclops and takes on a 2-headed monster with the aid of a Wonder Woman-ish female super hero! He also fends off the local village against vampire creatures and an evil scientist. The whole mess ends up in a wildly manic kung fu and gun fight against the scientist and his men! Available on DVD-R!

CLIP OF THE MOMENT: ROSEMARY CLOONEY ON "TWILIGHT THEATER" (1982)

Another clip from NBCs tv program "Twilight Theater"! (see Pee Wee Herman's appearance below) In the skit "Common Nightmares", an intro revolving around the Barnes and Barnes song "Party In My Pants" leads into Rosemary Clooney singing her classic pop hit "Come On-a My House". The shot of the rotating pig with candles was taken from a Residents music video. Also at the "party" are a few New Wave icons from bygone years (remember Spazz Attack from Devo's "Satisfaction" video?). This may not seem like a big deal nowadays but this was some freaky shit for a major network in 1982!

CLIP OF THE MOMENT: PEE WEE HERMAN ON "TWILIGHT THEATER" (1982)

This is a segment from the NBC late night tv special "Twilight Theater". As far as I can remember there were 2 episodes several months apart that appeared in the time slot where Saturday Night Live usually was. I believe SNL was in repeat stage between seasons maybe and I suspect that NBC was giving "Twilight Theater" a trial run as a possible replacement program for SNL? I remember that the first episode was hosted by Roddy McDowell and had a lot of "hip" music stuff and was slightly-underground-leaning-ish, at least for a network tv program in 1982. It might not seem like a big deal now, but in pre-MTV days seeing, for example, a Devo music video ("Beautiful World") on tv was a big deal! They also had a skit revolving around a Barnes and Barnes song - "Party in my Pants" featuring Rosemary Clooney and a few New Wave icons (Spazz Attack anyone?) -, a Tom Tom Club video ("Genius of Love"), The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra and other cool stuff. Including probably the very first ever tv appearance by our beloved Pee Wee Herman, predating his own tv show and even those early "Late Night with David Letterman" appearances". The skit, called "The Pee Wee Herman Show", features Steve Martin in a brief cameo spot who, if I remember correctly, also appeared in a few other skits on the show. It also features Gary Panter's "Clocky" and opening credit artwork, and has the same kind of atmosphere and theme song as Pee Wee's live stage show that was taped and turned into the HBO "Pee Wee Herman Show" 1-off special. I don't recall much about the second "Twilight Theater" episode except that it wasn't quite as cool.

Note: This was taped by myself when I was in high school on my Dad's Betamax. The picture and sound are a bit rough but all things considered it's a miracle it survived.

"Will Pee Wee ever see Joe again?" Enjoy!

TUNE OF THE MOMENT: "HELLO TO YOU" by KEN NEVADA MAINES

This song is from the rare LP "The World of Las Vegas". I thought that the internet would benefit greatly from this tune. I didn't have any pictures of Ken Nevada Maines so I used pictures of my beautiful dog Bella Buttons.

TUNE OF THE MOMENT: "HARLEM SHUFFLE" by THE MAZE (1967)

I always loved this groovy cover! This track will get you movin', baby!!

Bill Barounis and Onar Films on DVD

Bill Barounis was a friend of mine in Greece who sadly passed away last year after a long battle with cancer. Bill was, among other achievements, the creator of the Onar DVD label which made many rare Turkish exploitation movies available in English subtitled versions. Below is a post and photo taken from the Mondo Macabro blog by Jared at Mondo Macabro DVD, re-posted here with their permission, on how to get some of these DVDs and, in the process, help Bill's family out.

I can heavily recommend "3 Dev Adam" ("3 Mighty Men" aka "Santo and captain America vs. Spiderman"), one of the most bizarre super-hero rip-off movies ever lensed!

~Brian H.



Last year our good friend Bill Barounis tragically died after a long battle with cancer. He left behind both a family and a large overstock of DVDs from his labor-of-love boutique label Onar Films. Thankfully, his friend Ali Murat Guven has endeavored to come to the aid of his grieving family by selling that overstock. I know there are many people who came late to the Onar party or simply weren't able to to pick up every discs at the time. Here's a chance to complete your collection and help out somone in need at the same time.

Here's Guven's statement on What and How:

ONAR FILMS DVD'S ON SALE
This sale is for the Family of our friend Vasilis "Bill"... The money will be send to his family.

For the orders outside Turkey: buyers add/pay their shipment . All will send to you with PTT (turkish post) Tracking number system. Sending time for Turkey is 1 week and Outside Turkey is 2 weeks. You can contact onarfilms.lastfilms@yahoo.com.
For the signed posters you have to mention your names!.
Ali Murat Guven

PS: I will add details for all your questions...

Prices and the list of the movies
25 lira - 11 euro - 14 dolar
30 lira: 13 euro - 17 dolar

3 DEV ADAM (LAST 85 copy) / Price: 25 lira
With a small poster signed by Aytekin Akkaya

ÖLÜLER KONUŞMAZ Kİ / AŞKA SUSAYANLAR (İki filmli DVD / LAST 80 copy) / Price: 30 TL
With a small poster signed by Aytekin Akkaya

KORKUSUZ KAPTAN SWING (Last 80 COPY) / Price: 25 TL

TARZAN İSTANBUL’DA (Last 90 COPY) / Price: 25 TL
With a small poster signed bu Kunt Tulgar

SÜPERMEN DÖNÜYOR / DEMİR YUMRUK DEVLER GELİYOR (İki filmli DVD / Last 70 COPY) / Price: 30 TL
With a small poster signed bu Kunt Tulgar (director of the Supermen Donuyor)

KİLİNK İSTANBUL’DA (Last 30 COPY) / Price: 25 TL

KIZIL TUĞ: CENGİZ HAN (Last 75 COPY) / Price: 25 TL

ALTIN ÇOCUK (Last 90 COPY) / Price: 25 TL

CASUS KIRAN (Last 15 COPY) / Price: 25 TL

CELLAT (Last 5 COPY) / Fiyatı: 30 TL

KİLİNK UÇAN ADAM’A KARŞI / KİLİNK SOY VE ÖLDÜR (İki filmli DVD / Last 80 COPY) / Price: 30 TL

This statement came sometime (last week) and I'd wager this no longer accurately reflect the numbers still in stock. Email for inquiries.

Bill was a man with a dream. He lived it, and he died with it. Keep that dream alive and order as many Onar DVDs as your wallet will allow.