GHWP Live Tweet August 28, 2015 - Midnight Spectreman

Selections:
Episode 44 - Alen Kyudora - Cosmic Plunderer
Episode 45 - Alien Pal Forever

     Under a blood moon, twenty women have been killed and their bodies drained of blood (reminder: still a show for children). Scars on the neck of every victim point to a vampire plaguing the city, but the extraterrestrial always stands as suspect number one even above the supernatural in the world of Spectreman. To make matters more in tune with the theme, all of the victims live in polluted areas. George has his suspicions, but the work day is over and he heads home for a good night's sleep (note that this also is the first time we actually get to see where he lives in the series). In the middle of the night, George is visited by a dark stranger that somehow knows that George is Spectreman. Could the theme song have been a lie all this time?! The dark stranger bests George in a scuffle... and then hits George in the face with a pie.

Is a pie to the face funny when the guy also threatens to kill you? Yes. Yes, it is.

      George finally gets the upper hand on his captor, discovering him to be a Space Patrol officer from the closest neighboring galaxy to Spectreman's home world of Nebula Star, and the narrator rushes in for the shortest and most hilarious exposition you've ever seen.

Not a member of the Fish Police, but a reasonable facsimile.

     The alien ranger has been on the trail of the space vampire Kyudora, a vicious serial killer that has drained the blood from countless worlds, and now Kyudora has made his way to Earth.

Even alien vampires from the depths of space have to rock the red cape. It's a rule.

     The ranger begs for Spectreman's help. Not only is the ranger unable to disguise himself among the humans to hunt his target, but he also grows ever weaker from a terminal illness. George agrees to help, but they are too late to save victim twenty-one when the full moon appears.

Supernatural alien monsters can only strike during a full moon. Also a rule.

     What follows is perhaps the darkest and most unusual Spectreman story of the entire series. It separates itself almost completely from the rest of the series, giving Dr. Gori and Karas a week off and focusing on some of the other horrors that exist in the universe. It almost feels more like an episode of Kolchak The Night Stalker than an episode of Spectreman. You won't want to miss this one, folks, and the fun starts Friday night after #Bmoviemaniacs. Stay tuned to the #GHWP hashtag for start time and other details.