#Cult of the Cobra

[weirdlookindog]

[bitter69uk]

“Legend has it that Howard Hughes stashed Faith Domergue in a Hollywood hideaway and almost forgot where he’d left her. True or not, he did keep her waiting around for years while he fashioned the ideal launching pad for her talents. But unlike Hughes’ greatest hype The Outlaw (1948) with Jane Russell, Faith’s premier effort Vendetta (1950) was the victim of its own massive publicity campaign. She ended up in Planet of the Prehistoric Women (1965) and worse. If Faith is remembered at all, it will be as another of Hughes’ Follies, his celluloid Spruce Goose.”

Author Penny Stallings’ casual dismissal of gorgeous starlet Faith Domergue’s Hollywood career in her 1978 book Flesh and Fantasy is pithy but also overly dismissive. If the destiny of Howard Hughes’ protégée (they met when she was 16) lay in in science fiction and horror b-movies (like It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955), The Atomic Man (1955) and Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)) rather than the A-list, it certainly wasn’t from lack of talent or beauty on her part. Domergue is absolutely spellbinding in the wonderful 1950 film noir Where Danger Lives opposite Robert Mitchum. And I’ve always yearned to see the Cult of the Cobra (1955), which isn’t streaming anywhere in the UK, damn it! I just recently watched Domergue’s second-last film So Evil, My Sister (1974) (aka Psycho Sisters. Tagline: “Death runs in the family”. She did one more after this: The House of Seven Corpses (1974)). Anyway, So Evil is a gloriously threadbare trashy no-budget exploitation flick in which Domergue (sporting impressive jet-black lacquered bouffant helmet hair) and Susan Strasberg play twisted sisters who constantly gaslight and double-cross each other. It’s a blast and it’s on YouTube! Coincidentally, Domergue (16 June 1924 – 4 April 1999) was born on this day 100 years ago.

[movieposters1]

[schlock-luster-video]

On August 5, 1955, Cult of the Cobra debuted in Finland.

Here's some new Faith Domergue art!

[stalkerkyoko]

svengoolie is one i haven't seen and toonami is rerun

[atomic-raunch]

Cult of the Cobra starring Howard Hughes girl, Faith Domergue. She’s relatively unknown these days but was also in a few great noir’s including Where Danger Lives with Robert Mitchum and of course, This Island Earth where she had a run in with the Metaluna Mutant.

[karatekels]

Query:

Did MPK (TIG's wife) deactivate her Twitter earlier this month because Elon Musk is a fucking buffoon from hell, or because she didn't want to watch the inevitable screeching of fangirls foaming at the mouth for her delicious husband?

Discuss.

[djpain619]

Been binge watching the original GIJoe series.

Need me an Imperium of Man Propaganda Series in the same vein as ciaphas cain. Except with a Regiment of Imperial guard made up entirely of Guardsman representing nearly every uniqe Regiment type in the Guard.

Anyone know what the British Equivalent of "Joe" is?

Till then I Got the working Title "I.G. Joe"

Cobra would be a Genestealer Cult Called "The Cult of the Celestial Serpent."

[madamshogunassassin]

Cobra (1986)

[terrence-silver]

I would like to T.I.G play a cult leader and a stalker

Technically, say, Jan Valek qualifies in a weird sense because he's the head of a cult of vampires he's the leader, the maker and subject of worship of (as a living saint turned immortal posthumously Beatificated by the very church that executed him), so your wish already came true in a sense. 🤷‍♀️

[strawbxttries]

has someone created an analysis on how cobra kai is a cult? if they haven't they really need to.

[weirdlookindog]

Ruth Carlsson in Cult of the Cobra (1955)

[mo-hawk]

Oh ok so the leaks were real and Johnny’s going back to cobra kai. Brb killing myself

[movieposters1]

[schlock-luster-video]

On August 18, 1959, Cult of the Cobra debuted in Lille, France.

[demetriandelibinaryboyfriends]

@allvalley100

Prompt: Snake Oil

Pairing: Hawkmetri

Inspired by this shitpost I made forever ago XD You really can have SO much fun with the mlm abbreviation.

This is a 5-parter--500 words total!

***

“Uh…Demetri?”

Demetri pauses frantic texting. His coworker’s leaning on his cubicle wall, frowning.

“I’m on lunch, Gary.”

“I know.” Gary chuckles. “And you’ve spent it glued to your phone instead of devouring your shawarma.”

“Right, uh. Trying to get an old friend out of this MLM…situation.”

“Oh?” Gary’s frown returns.

“We haven’t talked in forever, but…I worry about him. Don’t want him mixed up in that sort of…depraved lifestyle.”

“I see.”

Gary now seems more concerned. Demetri laughs awkwardly, trying to ease the tension. “Pyramid schemes, am I right?”

“Oh, multi-level marketing!” Finally, Gary relaxes. “Thought you were being homophobic.”

*

“He’s always been impressionable. Got brainwashed by this karate cult when we were teenagers, cut me off because I said they were sketchy.”

“He what now?” Gary’s eyes widen.

“Don’t worry about it. Point is, he gets really into questionable stuff, and…he hasn’t listened to me in years.”

A pause.

“Some mean girl from junior high messaged my wife, selling Speed-Gro hair enhancer shampoo,” Gary muses. “Lady sounded pitiful. My wife vowed to free her…even if she did steal her boyfriend in 8th grade.”

Demetri brightens. “Did it work?”

“Probably not a catch-all, but…show me the conversation. We can try.”

*

5:20 p.m. Hawk: Don’t ever speak to me again, or I’ll END you. Go rot in your basement playing nerd bullshit, bitch.

7:47 p.m. Demetri: Fine. Goodbye, Eli. ✔✔ Seen 9:53 p.m., September 24, 2018 ✔✔

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March 17, 2030

7:26 a.m. Hawk: Hey man!! Selling Kickass Karate™️ equipment—gloves, pads, nunchucks…anything!!! INCREDIBLE prices. New discounts, too!

9:41 a.m. Demetri: Hawk! It’s been too long! Why not discuss these awesome deals further over coffee? I’ll pay. You’re giving me your time AND a great opportunity!

9:50 a.m. Hawk: …like a date?

10:02 a.m. Demetri: No, no, strictly business :) Pick you up tomorrow?

*

Eli’s surprisingly pleasant on their da—er, business outing. 0 mentions of Cobra Kai.

Instead, he waxes poetic about working for Kickass Karate™️, and how they’re “totally hiring right now!” He barely notices them parking at Demetri’s apartment because Demetri “forgot his gift card.”

~~~

“The fuck? I’m not getting free coffee?!”

Traces of “Hawk” emerge when Eli finds himself locked in. Demetri accounted for this.

He thrusts a macchiato at Eli as the lights dim. “Ordered them earlier. Hope that’s still your favorite.”

A PowerPoint opener illuminates the TV.

“Demetri’s incredibly badass guide: Besting the dumb pussies scamming you.”

*

“You’ve looked better.” On Wednesday morning, Gary does a double take. “What were you doing with that PTO?!”

Demetri grins meekly, dabbing antiseptic across assorted cuts and bruises. “Eli finally listened about the pyramid scheme thing. He wanted to deal with it immediately.”

“You two…” Gary’s eyes widen. “You fought the guys scamming him? Is that even legal?!”

“Probably not.” Demetri shrugs. “But neither’s most MLM stuff, so…”

“Not true.” Gary smirks. “Not since Obergefell v. Hodges.”

“…fair point.”

“Is that why you have this Eli character openly saved in your phone as ‘Babygirl?’”

Demetri’s cheeks burn. “That’s not important!”