Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) shaped the collective sense of humor of a generation. By coaxing jokes out of B-movies and mixing in pop culture references for good measure. They turned movie riffing into an art form and earned a cult following, two Emmy nominations and a Peabody Award.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians



In this children's movie, Martians abduct Santa and two children (one of them Pia Zadora) in hopes of bringing Christmas to their planet. Catch phrase: You're the laziest man on Mars!

Santa Claus










In this Mexican movie, the devil Pitch schemes to foil Santa Claus at every turn.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Manos: The Hands of Fate










(Short: Hired!, Part 2) A hapless family on a car trip in rural Texas take refuge at an inn run on behalf of The Master by the satyr Torgo, harboring a deadly cult. Widely considered to be one of the worst films ever made, and considered by fans to be one of the best episodes ever. Watch for all the wives in what is called a "gentle rumble". Catch phrase: "I am Torgo. I take care of the place while the Master is away". In the conclusion of a two-part short, our sales manager hero gets advice from his handkerchief-wearing dad.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Merlin's Shop Of Mystical Wonders



Using a series of flashbacks, a grandfather (Ernest Borgnine) tells contemporary stories featuring the legendary wizard Merlin. One story features a book of spells, the other an evil toy monkey. Much of the footage is taken from the director's earlier film, 1984's The Devil's Gift.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Diabolik










The skilled thief Diabolik (John Phillip Law) performs daring heists, culminating in the theft of twenty tons of gold. A Dino De Laurentiis production. (The final episode of MST3K)

Friday, May 8, 2009

Monster A-Go-Go



(Short: Circus on Ice) An irradiated astronaut returns to Earth as a giant mutant, and a search for him ensues. The short offers a look at the 40th Annual Carnival of the Toronto Skating Club. Catchphrase: But there was no monster...

Friday, May 1, 2009

Robot Holocaust










(Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 9: "Battle in the Stratosphere") In the future, a group of renegades fight to free mankind by battling the Dark One, the Room of Questions, the Vault of Beasts, and other menacing creations. Catch phrase: It was after the apocalypse...

The short is interrupted in mid-episode, with the Mads claiming technical difficulties.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Master Ninja I










TV show The Master cut together into a series of movies. An American ninja (Lee Van Cleef) searches for his long-lost daughter with the help of a sidekick (Tim Van Patten). In this installment, they defend an airport owner from businessmen and a corrupt sheriff, then defend a nightclub owner from thugs.

Friday, April 10, 2009

Revenge of the Creature










The first sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon, in which the creature is at last captured and taken to a Florida aquarium for "study." Watch for an uncredited Clint Eastwood as a lab technician. The Ocean Harbor area was actually Florida's Marineland Aquarium at St. Augustine.

Bill Corbett's first episode as Crow T. Robot.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Blood Waters of Dr. Z



A Florida scientist turns himself into a catfish monster and attacks those who wronged him.

Friday, March 27, 2009

The Incredibly Strange Creatures...










A couple of slackers stumble across a cult of monsters at an early-'60s carnival. Stars "Cash Flagg" (a pseudonym for the film's director, Ray Dennis Steckler) as Jerry. Shot with a $38,000 budget. Catch phrase: You feelthy peeg!

Friday, March 20, 2009

The Magic Sword



Sword-and-sorcery film about a prince rescuing a princess from an evil magician (Basil Rathbone). Also stars Estelle Winwood and Vampira.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Night of the Blood Beast










(Short: Once Upon a Honeymoon) An astronaut survives the crash of his capsule, only to learn he has been taken over by an alien. Catch phrase: "Steve?" In the musical short, a woman dreams of redecorating her house with phones.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Warrior of the Lost World



A nameless hero (Robert Ginty) and his talking motorcycle fight an evil dictator (Donald Pleasence) in a post-apocalyptic world.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank










In an Orwellian future a corporate employee discovers forbidden films inside the computers. He projects himself into one of the films (a rendition of Casablanca), much to the dismay of the CEO and the computer itself. A shot-on-video PBS production starring Puerto Rican actor Raúl Juliá as both Aram Fingal and a virtual Rick Blaine.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Space Travelers










Various obstacles hamper attempts to rescue three NASA astronauts trapped aboard a crippled space capsule. This, the only MST3K'd film to win an Academy Award, features big names like Gregory Peck, Gene Hackman, and David Janssen, and counted Frank Capra, Jr. as an associate producer. This severely edited version of Marooned was chosen because of its lack of action and the fact that Columbia forgot to renew the copyright for a short period of time.

Track of the Moon Beast



A New Mexico mineralogist is struck in the head by a tiny meteor. When the moon becomes full, he becomes a mindless humanoid lizard monster.

The Deadly Mantis










An Arctic earthquake causes a monstrous praying mantis to invade Washington DC and New York. Stars Craig Stevens and William Hopper (Paul Drake on Perry Mason)

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Gamera



A military plane crashes in the Arctic, awakening giant turtle Gamera. He heads to Japan and wreaks havoc, yet seemingly befriends a young misunderstood boy.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Hobgoblins










Several teens pursue aliens that escaped from a movie studio vault. The aliens make people's dreams come true, then murder them.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Being From Another Planet



In early-'80s California, a mummy found in King Tut's tomb is X-rayed by a university team. The radiation awakens the mummy. It escapes that night and creeps around campus for the next couple of days looking for five missing crystals that were pilfered by a student.