Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Collection Recommendation: Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia (Set 5) on Alpha DVD


Alpha Video presents another set of "Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia" discs!!!


First up is the ghostly-dare/skeleton-hoisted favorite, William Castle's "House on Haunted Hill", starring the super-sinister Vincent Price.


This 1959, nightmarish hit never grows old. In fact, it seems to get better with each view. Now with Mr. Lobo on board, it becomes all the more enjoyable, since our sardonic host interjects it with related tongue-in-cheek tidbits and bodacious bridges, including a handy, jack-o'-lantern decorating seminar and a nice and snooty Ben Cooper fashion show. (Also, as an informative bonus, this special DVD release contains a historic, tip-top exchange between Mr. Lobo and the late, great Sid Haig!!! Whoa!!!)


In addition to the "Haunted Hill" release, Mr. Lobo pays a comedic, live-audience, guest-jammed tribute to Tom Graeff's "Teenagers from Outer Space": a low-budget labor of love that's heavy on character, not to mention flesh-disintegrating death rays.


In this instance, Earth is visited by young, intergalactic aliens on a mission to pepper the planet with colossal lobsters as a food supply. One of their crew, the compassionate Derek (David Love), becomes smitten with a pretty earthling named Betty (Dawn Anderson) and from there, the fiendish invasion can't help but go awry. 


Mr. Lobo supplements the film's intrigue with dry jest and fantastic fillers, making this 1959 drive-in classic all the classier. 


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