Monster of the Day #3411

Updated on June 12, 2023 By Ken Begg 6 Comments

Friday’s Watch Party was Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow. I liked ii more than most, I fear, except for the last 20 or 25 minutes, which are great. That’s Paul Blaisdel above, who
has a comic cameo (oops, spoiler). Earlier he had be lurking around in the full She-Creature suit, minus the boobs, as you can see. Amusingly, his complaint basically echoed that of the mad make-up artist in How to Make a Monster.

I got a minor crush on Sanita Pelkay, a Julie Newmar-esque statuesque tall drink of water who was in full sexy librarian mode the entire movie. Except when she was wearing Gill Woman tights, also not a bad look. She basically appeared in this and one was of the moon chicks in Missile to the Moon. She was married to ’50s sci-fi star Rex Reason, though.

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  • I thought it was a lot of fun, and too good-natured to really dislike even when it made no damned sense. I was a little surprised how much some folks seemed to dislike it. The last 20 minutes really redeemed all. I love the old haunted house gags that turned up in so many old shorts and features, and which were skewered so effectively in Young Frankenstein.

    Not enough drag racing though.

  • Beckoning Chasm

    I was somewhat taken aback to learn that this was, in fact, Paul Blaisdel’s last film.

  • 🐻 bgbear_rnh

    Geronimo

  • It had its moments, but really, it was a bad flick. When the final confrontation between rivals, one the film even starts with, takes place off screen with no indication who won, that’s bad plotting.

    Sanita Pelkay was gorgeous. Too bad she wasn’t in more.

  • Rock Baker

    And the girl doing the Kilroy at Paul’s shoulder is Elaine DuPont, another girl worthy of a nice healthy howl. And another one you’d have thought would have a larger filmography.

  • Gamera977

    Yeah, I’m not sure I’d call it a film considering it really didn’t have a plot to speak of. Looks like they had a restaurant, garage and a haunted house set and just hired some actors to stick in there.

    Which to say I’m not knocking it. I really enjoyed it. It was fun and didn’t overstay it’s welcome. Some pretty gals and the music was good. Although it could have used more racing.

    It’s funny that I enjoy stuff like this, the ’50s seemed pretty friggin’ cool. The kids from the G.I. and Silent Generation had way better music and just seemed cooler than the depressing Boomers and their ugly smelly hippies. Frankly Woodstock just plain sucked, dirty nasty drug addicts and the music stank. There I said it, the music SUCKED…