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.

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.