TIMM (for short) continues his head-ripping rampage, leaving Geiger-equipped Dr. Ted Nelson (Burr DeBenning) to follow the putrid piles of the grubby, brown-red pus he drips everywhere, not to mention the occasional ear or eyeball. Basically, TIMM looks like he is using a Little Caesars Hot-N-Ready as a face mask. The movie is one of […]
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXVI
Besides, fans of MST3K only need know that another collection exists, and they’re sold. The latest, Volume XXVI (aka 26, if you don’t like maths), may not have any classics among its four-ep offering, but any episode is worth owning. Among this batch, my favorite is the most recent: 1988’s Alien from L.A., a sci-fi […]
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXIV
This edition — four episodes on four discs, per Shout! Factory’s usual — is like a cinematic-crap tour around the globe. We venture south of the border for 1962’s Samson vs. the Vampire Women, a masked-wrestler epic that stars Santo (not Samson, no matter what the title says), the caped superhero of Mexico’s wrasslin’ ring. […]
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12 Creature Features
For me, only two of the titles stood out as new, or potentially just overlooked: 1974’s Horror High and 1968’s Kong Island. Both were novel enough that I could see paying $10 for it and not feeling short-changed, as long as you know upfront that the prints are less than pristine. As with such bargain […]
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXIII
As for the four films contained within? Well, they’re all horrible, naturally, which means they’re hilarious when pitted against Joel Hodgson or Mike Nelson and their robot friends, who sit in silhouette at the bottom of your screen, mocking all the way. In this set, we’re treated to a true variety of genres that previous […]
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXII
Now that we’re up so far in the chain of “MST3K” box sets, I’m assuming everyone reading knows and loves the show’s concept; I’ve reviewed so many of these, it seems pointless at this juncture to repeat it. So I won’t. This latest, “Volume XXII” (that’s “22” for those who didn’t pay attention in school), […]
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXII
Now that we’re up so far in the chain of “MST3K” box sets, I’m assuming everyone reading knows and loves the show’s concept; I’ve reviewed so many of these, it seems pointless at this juncture to repeat it. So I won’t. This latest, “Volume XXII” (that’s “22” for those who didn’t pay attention in school), […]
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The 7th Dawn
This vehicle for William Holden takes place in Malaysia — shot on location, even — as World War II comes to an end. He’s Maj. Ferris, while the character played by Susannah York (read: Superman’s Kryptonian mom) is named Trumpey, which will make any “MST3K” fan snicker in delight each time it’s spoken. Together, they […]