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Screamin’ Ball at Dracula Hall – The Duponts

It’s party time at Dracula Hall, which I believe is somewhere in Pennsylvania. Released in 1958 and featuring references to all the great horror movies of the day, “Screamin’ Ball at Dracula Hall” is like a horror wikipedia. Sorta.

Things get off to a risky start as Dr. Jekyll and Frankenstein poison the wine and put ACID IN THE SOUP!? Christ almighty. Stick to the mini sandwiches and beer, my friend. Dracula and the Thing from Outer Space show up to “do the stroll”, which is either a dance or sex. Or both, who knows with Drac!

But then, dear Lord, things take an unfortunate turn as the “five-fingered Thing”(?) throws an ATOM BOMB at Dr. Cyclops’ wife!!! I guess this gets the neighbors upset because somebody calls the police. I can imagine that 911 call. “Um… a what? Atom bomb? Dr. Cyclops?… sure, we’ll be right over.”

Hitler may have been close to building an atomic bomb
Call ze police!

Fortunately, it turns out that the whole thing was a dream. Either that or the singer blacked out. Either way, he’s gonna have a story to tell! I still have no idea what “The five-fingered Thing” is. Maybe it’s Thing from Addam’s Family?

Who are the Duponts? No, they didn’t invent paint, but that’s where they go their name!

The Duponts were a doo-wop group formed in the late 1950s. They only recorded a few singles during their time together, but did get on of Alan Freed’s concert circuits, so that’s a good gig at the time. Their lead singer left the group in 1958 and joined The Chesters, who never really went anywhere. The trail ends there. I assume they’re all dead of radiation sickness by now.