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This Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episodes list is intended to complement the Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) page. Each entry starts with a code, which represents its episode ("experiment") number. The title then follows. If the original film title is different from the MST3K episode title, the former follows in parentheses. Next, also in parentheses, is the initial release year, a color or black & white notation, the production company (if known), and the country of origin (if not the United States). Within a final set of parentheses is the initial MST3K air date of the episode. A synopsis then follows.
SEASON KTMA / KTMA-TV Minneapolis 1988-89
K00 The Green Slime (1969, Color, Toei/MGM, Japan) (Not aired) Astronauts out to destroy a menacing asteroid must fight one-eyed tentacled creatures that have been brought aboard their spaceship. Contrary to widespread rumor, this is not a complete pilot episode for MST3K but merely a half-hour video produced to show programming executives the show concept and how the proposed series would run. It was never aired and no fan copy is known to exist.
K01 Invaders from the Deep (1981, Color, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), UK) (11/24/88) Movie version of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation puppet series Stingray, about the eponymous super-submarine operated by the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASPs), fighting aquatic creatures who attempt to take over the planet. The first episode ever aired. No fan copy is known to exist.
K02 Revenge of the Mysterons (Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons) (1980, Color, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), UK) (11/24/88) Movie version of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation puppet series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a space adventure about an international intelligence agency trying to save the earth from destruction by aliens. No fan copy is known to exist.
K03 (1978 or 1986, Color, Japan) (11/27/88) A Sandy Frank production that finds Starwolf Ken on a mission with Earthlings to destroy a secret weapon. No fan copy is known to exist.
K04 Gamera vs. Barugon (Daikaijû kessen: Gamera tai Barugon) (1966, Japan) (12/4/88) A monster egg yields a lizard-dog which fights Gamera.
K05 Gamera (Daikaijû Gamera) (1966, Japan) (12/11/88) A nuclear explosion awakens an arctic monster, which goes on a rampage but is befriended by a boy.
K06 Gamera vs. Gaos (Gamera tai Gyaosu) (1967, Japan) (12/18/88) Gamera fights a bat-like monster.
K07 Gamera vs. Zigra (Gamera tai Shinkai kaijû Jigura) (1971, Japan) (12/31/88) Gamera fights a telekinetic parrot-fish alien.
K08 Gamera vs. Guiron (Gamera tai daikaijû Giron) (1969, Japan) (1/8/89) Gamera saves two boys from aliens that eat brains and a sword-headed monster.
K09 Phase IV (1974, Color, Paramount) (1/15/89) Pollution causes ants in Arizona to go on a rampage.
K10 Cosmic Princess (1976, edited 1982, Color, Group 3 Ltd, UK) (1/22/89) A re-edit of two Space: 1999 episodes, "The Metamorph" and "Space Warp". Moonbase Alpha encounters an evil scientist with phenomenal destructive powers and a shapeshifting woman who proves to be a headache.
K11 Humanoid Woman (Cherez ternii k zvyozdam) (1981, Color, Maxim Gorky Filmstudio, USSR) (1/29/89) Astronauts probing an abandoned spaceship find an android woman whose planet is threatened by pollution and a dictatorship.
K12 Fugitive Alien (1978 or 1986, Japan) (2/5/89) Starwolf Ken goes on a mission with Earthlings.
K13 SST: Death Flight (1977, Color, ABC Circle Films) (2/19/89) A transatlantic SST has inflight problems thanks to "repairs" by a disgruntled engineer, and the plane is not allowed to make an emergency landing because of a flu virus carton that's been blown open. This 1977 made-for-TV disaster movie features an all-star cast.
K14 Mighty Jack (1968, prod. 1987, Japan) (3/5/89) Sandy Frank edited together the first and last episodes of Maitei Jyakku, a live-action Japanese TV series, to make this movie about a top-secret world-protecting organization and their incredible flying submarine (both called "Mighty Jack") and their attempt to defeat the terrorist organization "Q". (Also done in Experiment 314)
K15 Superdome (1981, Color (TV), ABC Circle Films) (3/12/89) A terrorist threatens the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Mostly an excuse to show off a parade of ex-football stars. Includes Tom Selleck as McCauley.
K16 City On Fire (1979, Color, Astral, Canada) (3/19/89) Sappy disaster film centered on a hospital as an oil refinery explosion ignites an entire town. Stars include Shelley Winters as Andrea, Leslie Nielsen as the mayor, and Henry Fonda as the fire chief.
K17 Time of the Apes (1974, rel. 1987, Color, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan) (4/2/89) 1970s Sandy Frank production in which a woman and two kids take refuge in cryogenic capsules, only to awake in a world populated by apes. They are pursued endlessly, and meet up with a fellow human refugee. (Also done in Experiment 306)
K18 The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967, Color, AIP) (5/7/89) A female villain plans to take over the world. Stars Frankie Avalon as Tommy.
K19 Hangar 18 (1980, Color, Taft International) (5/14/89) A Space Shuttle experiment accidentally kills an astronaut and downs a UFO, which is captured by the military and transferred to a hangar in West Texas for analysis. Eager to win re-election, the President keeps the UFO secret and casts blame at the surviving astronauts, who go on a quest to blow the lid on the coverup.
K20 The Last Chase (1981, Color, Crown International) (5/21/89) In a Mad Max-type future, America has no gas and an ex racecar driver makes his way to California. Stars Lee Majors as Franklyn Hart.
K21 Legend of the Dinosaurs (Kyôryuu: Kaichô no densetsu) (1977, Color, Toei Company Ltd, Japan) (5/28/89) Seismic activity around Mount Fuji awakens hibernating dinosaurs, who go on a rampage.
SEASON 1 / Comedy Channel 1989-90
101 The Crawling Eye (The Trollenberg Terror) (1958, B&W, DCA, England) (11/89) A mutant extraterrestrial "eye" is ravaging the Swiss Alps, and a scientist (Forrest Tucker) and a young psychic find the eye and save the world.
102 The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (La momia azteca contra el robot humano) (1959, B&W, K. Gordon Murray, Mexico) (12/89) (Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 1: "Moon Rocket") A mad scientist wants to steal a mummy's treasure, and builds a robot to handle the dirty deed.
103 Mad Monster (1942, B&W, PRC) (12/89) (Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 2: "Molten Terror") A mad scientist experimenting with a concoction from wolf blood injects it into his assistant, who then turns into a werewolf. The assistant then is forced to silence the scientist's critics.
104 Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966, Color, Realart) (12/89) A marooned spaceship on a strange planet leaves only a young boy as the survivor. The boy grows up into manhood, and when the rescue ship comes along he takes one of the rescue women as his companion.
105 The Corpse Vanishes (1942, B&W, Monogram) (12/89) (Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 3: "Bridge of Death") Bela Lugosi plays a botanist who uses the blood of brides to create a youth potion for his elderly wife. This is the oldest feature film to be MSTied.
106 The Crawling Hand (1963, B&W, AIP) (12/89) An astronaut's capsule crashes in the ocean and a severed hand washes up on the beach. A teen takes it to his boarding house where it goes on a rampage. Includes Alan Hale, Jr. (Skipper from Gilligan's Island) as the sheriff and Peter Breck (Nick Barkley from The Big Valley) as a NASA investigator.
107 Robot Monster (1953, B&W (3-D), Astor) (1/90) (Shorts: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 4: "Flight to Destruction"; Part 5: "Murder Car") A cheesy flick about the last days of Earth, featuring Ro-Man (the famous gorilla-in-a-diving-helmet icon of sci-fi B-movies).
108 Slime People (1964, B&W, Hansen Enterprises) (1/90) (Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 6: "Hills of Death") Nuclear tests near L.A. awaken sleeping monsters, who head to the city.
109 Project Moonbase (1953, B&W, Lippert) (1/90) (Shorts: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 7: "Camouflaged Destruction"; Part 8: "The Enemy Planet") In the future (1970!) a space station deals with a communist spy who is sabotaging projects, finally forcing the ship to become marooned on the moon. Based on a Robert A. Heinlein story.
110 Robot Holocaust (1987, Color, Tycill Entertainment) (1/90) (Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 9: "Battle in the Statosphere") 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.
111 Moon Zero Two (1969, Color, Hammer/Warner, England) (1/90) A carefree astronaut battles for a fair lady looking for her brother.
112 Untamed Youth (1957, B&W, Warner) (2/6/90) Two sisters hitchhiking are sentenced to 30 days labor at a cotton farm run by the corrupt county government. Stars blonde bombshell Mamie Van Doren.
113 The Black Scorpion (1957, B&W, Warner) (2/13/90) Giant black scorpions emerge after a Mexican volcano eruption and go on a rampage. How will the heroes stop the attacks?
SEASON 2 / Comedy Channel 1990-91
201 Rocketship X-M (1950, B&W, Lippert) (9/22/90) A rocketship is accidentally diverted to Mars rather than the moon, where the crew find the ruins of a Martian civilization and a band of rogue survivors. Stars Lloyd Bridges (of Airplane! and Hot Shots fame) as Colonel Graham, and features Noah Beery, Jr. as Major Billy Corrigan.
202 The Sidehackers (Five the Hard Way) (1969, Color, Crown International) (9/29/90) Two motorcycle racers meet at a competition, and become the victims of manipulation by a girlfriend who wants to change partners.
203 Jungle Goddess (1948, B&W, Lippert) (10/6/90) (Short: The Phantom Creeps, Part 1: "The Menacing Power") Two bounty hunters set out to find a woman who supposedly crashed in an airplane in remote Africa. They find her serving as head executioner of a native tribe. Stars George Reeves (from The Adventures of Superman).
204 Catalina Caper (1967, B&W, Crown International) (10/13/90) Two surfers decide to become detectives, and one of their first cases is tracking down a rare Chinese artifact. Classic beach blanket bingo entertainment, starring Tommy Kirk and featuring Lyle Waggoner. Singers Little Richard, The Cascades, and Carol Connors provide the requisite musical diversions.
205 Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1961, B&W, Exploit Films) (10/27/90) (Short: The Phantom Creeps, Part 2: "Death Stalks the Highway") A couple of spies in Moscow are caught, and the Russians incinerate Manhattan. Tons of stock photography and propaganda. This was the first episode to feature a "stinger" (a memorable scene from the film) at the end of the closing credits.
206 Ring of Terror (1962, B&W, Ashcroft) (11/3/90) (Short: The Phantom Creeps, Part 3: "Crashing Timbers") A college kid must steal a corpse's ring to join a frat. Note: The Phantom Creeps short follows the movie.
207 Wild Rebels (1967, Color, Crown International) (11/17/90) A retired race car driver, talked into going undercover by the police, joins a biker gang and must serve as the getaway car driver.
208 Lost Continent (1951, B&W, Lippert) (11/24/90) Story of a rescue mission for a downed rocket in a dinosaur-infested planet. Stars Cesar Romero as Major Nolan and Hugh Beaumont (Leave It To Beaver) as Robert Phillips.
209 The Hellcats (1968, Color, Crown International) (12/8/90) The shenanigans of a girl biker gang.
210 King Dinosaur (1955, B&W, Lippert) (12/22/90) (Short: X Marks The Spot) Astronauts land on a planet populated by cheap dinosaurs and monsters.
211 First Spaceship on Venus (Der Schweigende Stern) (1959, Color, DEFA (GDR)/Iluzjon Filmunit, East Germany/Poland) (12/29/90) A multinational team of astronauts heads to Venus but finds a world destroyed by nuclear war.
212 Godzilla vs Megalon (Gojira tai Megaro) (1973, Color, Toho/Cinema Shares, Japan) (1/19/91) Godzilla and robot superhero Jet Jaguar battle a giant insect bent on razing the planet for an evil race.
213 Godzilla vs The Sea Monster (Gojira-Ebira-Mosura: Nankai no daiketto) (1966, Color, AIP-TV/Toho-Continental, Japan) (2/2/91) Godzilla allies himself with Mothra the giant moth and they conquer a giant lobster sent up by an evil race. Features Hal Linden (TV's Barney Miller) as the English-dubbed voice of Yoshi, and Japanese singing duo Pair Bambi as "Mothra's Little Beauties" — tiny, spooky twin Mothra priestesses.
SEASON 3 / Comedy Central 1991-92
301 Cave Dwellers (The Blade Master) (1984, Color, Metaxa Film/New Line Cinema/Royal Film Traders, Italy/USA) (6/1/91) A hero battles his way across the countryside against evil. Sequel to Ator the Invincible, both starring Miles O'Keeffe.
302 Gamera (1965, B&W, Daiei, Japan) (Daikaijû Gamera) (6/8/91) A military plane crashes in the arctic, awakening a giant turtle who heads south to Japan. First in a long series of Gamera movies, most featuring annoying precocious children (Kenny in this one) who regularly infiltrate secret military facilities.
303 Pod People (Los nuevos extraterrestres) (1984, Color) (6/15/91) A sheltered rural kid adopts a large alien egg, which gives birth to a mischievous alien dubbed Trumpy. Meanwhile, a group of "rock stars" vacations in the wilderness nearby, has a run in with poachers, and a mishap brings them to the house with Trumpy. "Burning rubber tires!"
304 Gamera vs. Barugon (Daikaijû kessen: Gamera tai Barugon) (1966, Daiei/AIP-TV, Japan) (6/22/91) A giant turtle fights with a giant lizard spawned from a jewel-like egg, and the huge battle nearly destroys Japan. Unique in that its two main characters are adults.
305 Stranded in Space (The Stranger) (1973, Color (TV) (NBC), Bing Crosby Productions) (6/29/91) A TV sci-fi pilot episode has an astronaut who finds himself on an alien Earth-look-alike and tries to go home. Stars Glenn Corbett and a host of '70s TV-guest-star regulars. Features "Ward E", a 1984-like reconditioning facility.
306 Time of the Apes (Japan release 1974; USA release 1987; Color, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan) (7/13/91) 1970s Sandy Frank production in which a woman and two kids take refuge in cryogenic capsules, only to awake in a world populated by apes. They are pursued endlessly, and meet up with a fellow human refugee. (Also done in experiment K17)
307 Daddy-O (1959, B&W, Imperial AIP) (7/20/91) A drag-racing crooner is forced to be a courier for drug dealers. Much of the music was scored by John Williams of Star Wars and Jaws musical fame. "Want some?"
308 Gamera vs. Gaos (Gamera tai Gyaosu) (1967, Daiei/AIP-TV, Japan) (7/27/91) Ally Gamera fights a pterodactyl-like mutant while local villagers fight a highway construction plan. Little boy Ichi is Gamera's obligatory child friend.
309 The Amazing Colossal Man (1957, B&W, AIP) (8/3/91) A military officer is accidentally exposed to an atomic blast, turning him into a raving giant. Las Vegas is at his mercy.
310 Fugitive Alien (Japan TV-series 1978; USA film 1986, Color, Sandy Frank/Tsuburaya, Japan) (8/17/91) Sandy Frank production (made from two early episodes of a Japanese TV show) about militant aliens striking fear into the hearts of interstellar civilizations. A man named Ken, kidnapped from Earth as a child by Valnar raiders and raised to be one of them, finds himself aiding his home planet's cause against his fellow "Star Wolves". "He tried to kill me with a forklift!" (Also done in experiment K12)
311 It Conquered the World (1956, B&W, AIP) (8/24/91) (Short: Snow Thrills) A carrot-shaped Venusian alien comes to Earth and uses a naive scientist to help it turn humans into zombies. Stars Peter Graves as Dr. Nelson, Lee Van Cleef as the deluded Dr. Anderson, and Beverly Garland as Anderson's alarmed wife Claire.
312 Gamera vs. Guiron (Gamera tai daikaijû Giron) (1969, Daiei/AIP-TV, Japan) (9/7/91) Ally Gamera battles aliens who have abducted a couple of kids (Akio and Tommy, who looks uncannily like a young Richard Burton), while little sister Tomoko tries in vain to get help. Features a return appearance of Gaos (from Gamera vs. Gaos), who is sliced and diced by knifed-headed monster Guiron.
313 Earth vs. the Spider (1958, B&W, AIP) (9/14/91) Teenagers discover a giant spider, and a local scientist foolishly stores the supposedly-dead creature in the high school gym, where rock 'n' roll really does wake the dead. A rampage through town ensues.
314 Mighty Jack (1968, prod. 1987, Japan) (9/21/91) Sandy Frank edited together the first and last episodes of Maitei Jyakku, a live-action Japanese TV series, to make this movie about a top-secret world-protecting organization and their incredible flying submarine (both called "Mighty Jack") and their attempt to defeat the terrorist organization "Q". (Also done in Experiment K14)
315 Teenage Cave Man (1958, B&W, AIP) (11/9/91) (Shorts: Aquatic Wizards, Catching Trouble) The title character (played by Robert Vaughn) pushes beyond the limits and laws of his caveman tribe to explore the forbidden world around him, discovering many familiar ideas along the way. Features Frank DeKova (Chief Wild Eagle of F Troop) as a reactionary elder.
316 Gamera vs. Zigra (Gamera tai Shinkai kaijû Jigura) (1971, Color, Daiei, Japan) (10/19/91) Ally Gamera's final MSTied movie about his battle with aliens who want to take Earth away from its polluting inhabitants. Features Gamera child-friends Kenny (different from the Gamera Kenny) and Helen, who repeatedly succeed (where the adults fail) in evading Zigra and its minion.
317 Viking Women vs. the Sea Serpent (The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent) (1957, B&W, AIP) (10/26/91) (Short: The Home Economics Story) A oceanic monster interrupts a sea battle between Vikings.
318 (Japan TV-series 1978; USA film 1986, Color, Sandy Frank/Tsuburaya Productions, Japan) (11/16/91) Another Sandy Frank production and sequel to Fugitive Alien (experiment 310). Ken and the Bacchus 3 crew are ordered to destroy an alien superweapon, then move on to attack Valnar's Star itself. (Also done in experiment K03)
319 War of the Colossal Beast (1958, B&W and Color, AIP) (11/30/91) (Short: Mr. B Natural) Sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man. The giant Colonel ravages Mexico looking for food. The short, about a dancing female pixie inexplicably named Mr. B Natural who teaches an adolescent boy to appreciate music, is one of the show's most popular shorts.
320 The Unearthly (1957, Republic, B&W) (12/14/91) (Shorts: Posture Pals, Appreciating Our Parents) A mad scientist fails in all his experiments and ends up with a horde of mutants. Includes John Carradine as Professor Conway and the hulklike Tor Johnson as Lobo.
321 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964, Color, Embassy) (12/21/91) Inhibited Martians abduct Santa and a couple of kids in hopes of keeping their kids from watching TV. Look for Pia Zadora as Girmar and Ned Wertimer (the doorman on The Jeffersons) as Andy. "Hooray for Santy Claus!"
322 Master Ninja I (1978, 1984, Color (TV), Film Ventures International) (1/11/92) Movie version of the first two episodes of TV show The Master ("Max" and "Out-of-Time Step"). An American ninja and his goofy sidekick look for his missing daughter and protects a nightclub owner's handicapped daughter. Look for Demi Moore as Holly, and Polydent spokesman Claude Akins as Jason.
323 The Castle of Fu Manchu (Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu) (1968, International Cinema, Germany/Spain/Italy/England) (1/18/92) An evil doctor decides to freeze the Earth and abducts a talented scientist with heart problems.
324 Master Ninja II (1978, 1984, Color (TV), Film Ventures International) (1/25/92) Movie version of the third and fourth episodes of TV show The Master ("State of the Union" and "Hostages"). An American ninja and his goofy sidekick help a tuna cannery unionize and save a Senator's daughter from a terrorist.
SEASON 4 / Comedy Central 1992-93
401 Space Travelers (Marooned) (1969, Color, Columbia, Repackaged) (6/6/92) Various obstacles hamper attempts to rescue three NASA astronauts trapped aboard a crippled space capsule. A severely edited version of Marooned, the only MST3K film to win an Academy Award, the movie features big names like Gregory Peck, Gene Hackman, and David Janssen, and is the last film Frank Capra worked on.
402 The Giant Gila Monster (1959, B&W, McLendon Radio Pictures) (6/13/92) Classic monster movie, but almost no violence, involving a 30-foot killer lizard loose in the woods near a bumbling town full of rowdy, dancin', hot-roddin' teens. Produced by Gordon McLendon, a Dallas broadcast tycoon, who originally billed this together with #407, The Killer Shrews.
403 City Limits (1985, Color, Showtime) (6/20/92) In a bleak future, a teen rides his motorcycle into an abandoned city and gets involved in a gang dispute that centers on taking control of the city back from an evil corporation. James Earl Jones has a small part.
404 Teenagers from Outer Space (1959, B&W, Warner) (6/27/92) A group of aliens (who are all considerably older than teenagers) land on Earth and decide to use the planet as a farm for their livestock, which greatly resembles a lobster. One of the aliens rebels and flees to a small town while being pursued by another alien who kills anyone in his path. "When we get back, the high court may very well sentence you to TOR-CHA!"
405 Being from Another Planet (Time Walker) (1982, Color, New World) (7/4/92) In early-'80s California, King Tut's sarcophagus 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 dishonest student.
406 Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959, B&W, AIP) (7/18/92) (Short: Undersea Kingdom, Part 1: "Beneath the Ocean Floor") Mutant leeches inhabit a small lake in a Florida swamp. A store owner pursues his unfaithful girlfriend and her lover with a shotgun to give them a scare, where they are seized by the leeches. More townsfolk end up missing, which leads to a manhunt. The short (Undersea Kingdom) is the first segment of a 1930s movie serial about a group of Navy men who discover Atlantis.
407 The Killer Shrews (1959, B&W, McLendon Radio Pictures) (7/25/92) Scientists on an island seek to shrink animals genetically, some of who are killer shrews that inadvertently become huge. From then it degenerates along the lines of Jurassic Park. Produced by Gordon McLendon, a Dallas broadcast tycoon, who originally billed this together with #402, The Giant Gila Monster.
408 Hercules Unchained (Ercole e la regina di Lidia) (1959, Color, Warner, Italy) (8/1/92) Queen Lidia casts a spell of amnesia on Hercules, who becomes a prisoner in her harem. He must save his bride.
409 The Indestructible Man (1956, B&W, Allied Artists) (8/15/92) (Short: Undersea Kingdom, Part 2: "The Undersea City") A convict dies on the electric chair and is brought back to life by mad scientists. The convict then goes on a rampage and seeks out his killers. Stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as Charles Benton.
410 Hercules Against the Moon Men (Maciste e la regina di Samar) (1964, Color, Govenor (Italy/France)) (8/22/92) Hercules battles a cult of Moon Men who live in a cave and are trying to bring their queen back to life.
411 The Magic Sword (1962, Color, United) (8/29/92) Typical fairy tale about a prince rescuing his bride from an evil magician.
412 Hercules and the Captive Women (Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide) (1961, Color, Wooler Bros (France/Italy)) (9/12/92) Hercules goes to Atlantis to save his son.
413 Manhunt in Space (1954, B&W, ITC) (9/19/92) (Short: General Hospital, first installment) Movie version of pulp '50s matinee sci-fi flick Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode "Pirates of Prah". Rocky Jones, battling alongside his idiot pal "Winky" and using invisibility circuits to hide his spaceship, fights evil Queen Cleolanta and her lieutenant Ampersand— er, Atlansan.
414 Tormented (1960, B&W, Cheviot Productions) (9/26/92) A jazz pianist living at a beachfront community pushes his mistress off a lighthouse. Her ghost comes to haunt him and disrupt the nuptials, as his adoring 6-year-old future sister-in-law stumbles across his secret.
415 The Beatniks (1960, B&W, Barjul) (11/26/92) (Short: General Hospital, second installment) A leader of a gang of delinquent teens is heard singing over a jukebox at a greasy spoon and gets the chance to be a star. His gang becomes resentful of his success, and when an innocent person is killed, a mess unfolds and his career takes a nosedive. The General Hospital installment is a ridiculously tense celebration at a nurse's house.
416 Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1956, B&W, Topaz (England)) (11/26/92) Astronauts travel to a moon of Jupiter and discover a civilization of women. When they're not lighting up smokes at every opportunity, the astronauts help the women battle a monster that has been terrorizing their settlement.
417 Crash of the Moons (1954, B&W, ITC) (11/28/92) (Short: General Hospital, third installment) Movie version of the pulp '50s matinee sci-fi flick Rocky Jones, Space Ranger episode of the same name. Our hero tries to save two worlds from collision, despite the self-defeating efforts of Cleolanta.
418 Attack of the Eye Creatures (1965, Color, AIP) (12/5/92) Aliens land near a small town and are investigated by disturbingly incompetent military personnel. A teenager and his girlfriend fight the aliens. Peter Graves has an uncredited cameo as the unseen narrator of an Air Force briefing film. Famous for misspelling its own title as Attack of the the Eye Creatures. "They just didn't care!"
419 The Rebel Set (1959, B&W, Allied) (12/12/92) A coffeehouse owner (Edward Platt, the Chief from Get Smart) wants to knock off an armored car, and get three losers to help him.
420 The Human Duplicators (1965, Color, Woolner/Allied) (12/26/92) A tall alien (Richard Kiel, Bond villain "Jaws") takes over a professor's mansion-basement laboratory to make human clones to infiltrate the government. Includes Hugh Beaumont (TV's Leave It To Beaver father) as Austin Welles.
421 Monster A Go Go (1965, B&W, BI&L) (1/9/93) Irradiated astronaut ends up landing on Earth as a giant mutant.
422 The Day The Earth Froze (Sampo) (1959, Color, Mosfilm/Suomi-Filmi/AIP, Finland/USSR) (1/16/93) Fantasy story tells the tale of a witch whose magic mill is stolen, so she in turn steals the sun.
423 Bride of the Monster (1956, B&W, Banner) (1/23/93) (Short: Hired!, Part 1) Mad scientist Dr. Eric Vornoff (Bela Lugosi) lives in a remote swampy area and creates supermen in his lab with the help of his mutant assistant Lobo (Tor Johnson). He takes revenge on his critic, performs Frankenstein experiments on intruders, and feeds his enemies to a pond-dwelling octopus. Written and directed by Ed Wood, Jr. "He tampered in God's domain".
424 Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966, Color, Emerson) (1/30/93) (Short: Hired!, Part 2) Two hapless travellers and their daughter in rural Texas stumble into an inn run on behalf of The Master by the satyr Torgo, harboring a deadly cult. Manos is seen as one of the worst films ever made, and is regarded among MST3K fans as one of the best episodes ever.
SEASON 5 / Comedy Central 1993-94
501 Warrior of the Lost World (1985, Color, Visto International, Italy) (7/24/93) Mad Max ripoff has a nameless hero (Robert Ginty, Anderson from The Paper Chase) rescuing a fair lady's father. Also features Persis Khambatta (Ilia from Star Trek: The Motion Picture) as Nastasia and Donald Pleasence as Prosser.
502 Hercules (Le fatiche di Ercole) (1957, Color, Embassy, Italy) (7/17/93) Hercules goes in search of the Golden Fleece.
503 Swamp Diamonds (1956, B&W, Woolner) (7/31/93) (Short: What To Do On A Date) Four women break out of prison and try to hunt down diamonds. Includes Beverly Garland as Vera and Mike "Touch" Connors as Bob ("Touch" touching off a slew of jokes).
504 Secret Agent Super Dragon (New York chiama Superdrago) (1966, United Screen Arts, France/Italy/Germany) (8/7/93) A CIA agent battles a Venezuelan crime lord bent on poisoning the U.S. with an exotic drug.
505 Magic Voyage of Sinbad (Sadko) (1952, Filmgroup, USSR) (8/14/93) Sinbad tries to find the bird of happiness for a destitute town.
506 Eegah (1962, Color, Fairway International) (8/28/93) A prehistoric monster falls in love with a teenage girl. Another bomb produced by the outfit that made #812, Incredibly Strange Creatures.
507 I Accuse My Parents (1944, B&W, Producers Releasing Corp) (9/4/93) (Short: The Truck Farmer) A 1940s movie features a young kid who gets mixed up with jewel thieves and blames his alcoholic parents. Stars Mary Beth Hughes as Kitty.
508 Operation Double 007 (OK Connery) (1967, United Artists, Italy) (9/11/93) A spaghetti James Bond ripoff. A plastic surgeon (Neil Connery, yes, that's Sean Connery's brother) sets out to stop the plans of evil villain Thair Beta (Adolfo Celi, who also appears in #1013, Diabolik).
509 The Girl in Lover's Lane (1960, B&W, Filmgroup) (9/18/93) Misadventures and intrigue follow a runaway in a small town.
510 The Painted Hills (1951, B&W, MGM) (9/26/93) (Short: Body Care and Grooming) A Lassie movie set in 1870s California amongst rivalry of gold miners.
511 The Gunslinger (1956, B&W, AIP) (Western) (10/9/93) Two frontier women face off in a small boomtown. Stars Beverly Garland as Rose Hood. The two lead players were bitten by red ants during their romantic scene underneath a tree.
512 Mitchell (1975, Color, Allied Artists) (10/23/93) A cop pursues drug traffickers. Stars Joe Don Baker as Mitchell. Joel Hodgson's last episode
513 The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1959, B&W, AIP) (10/30/93) A doctor's fiancee is decapitated and her head is kept alive in his laboratory. Then the doctor is off to find a body for the head. Michael J. Nelson's first episode as the central character.
514 Teenage Strangler (1968, Color, Ajay) (11/7/93) (Short: Is This Love?) Co-ed slasher movie.
515 The Wild World of Batwoman (1966, B&W, ADP Productions) (11/13/93) (Short: Cheating) Batman-genre ripoff.
516 Alien from L.A. (1987, Color, Cannon/Golan-Globus) (11/20/93) A babbling, clumsy California teenager (Kathy Ireland) looks for her father, supposedly in Atlantis (depicted as underground in this film). Loosely based on the Jules Verne novel Journey to the Center of the Earth.
517 Beginning of the End (1957, B&W, Republic) (11/25/93) The government uses radioactive waste to boost crop production, but it also boosts the size of grasshoppers to tremendous proportions, and Chicago is at stake. Stars Peter Graves as Ed.
518 The Atomic Brain (Monstrosity) (1963, B&W, Emerson) (12/4/93) (Short: What About Juvenile Delinquency?) A wealthy, aging widow decides to transplant her brain into a young body.
519 Outlaw (Outlaw of Gor) (1989, Color, Cannon Group/Breton Film Productions) (12/11/93) Italian movie star is abducted to the planet Gor, where he battles to save Gor from an evil villain. Stars Jack Palance as Xenos.
520 Radar Secret Service (1950, B&W, Lippert) (12/18/93) (Short: Last Clear Chance) Secret Service outfit uses radar to track down uranium smugglers. Features a railroad-sponsored driver-safety short.
521 Santa Claus (1959, Color, Azteca, Mexico) (12/24/93) An odd mixture of Mexican Catholicism and magical legends form this tale about a poor girl, a rich but lonely boy, and three brats whose Christmastime is the battleground between Santa (with his friend Merlin and his international host of child assistants) and the Devil (represented by mischievous imp Pitch, who tries to corrupt the kids and sets up elaborate pranks to prevent Santa from making his rounds). "No, Lupita!"
522 Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955, B&W, Columbia) (1/15/94) Juvenile misfits end up doing away with a sheriff, and end up with the law on their tail.
523 Village of the Giants (1965, B&W, Columbia) (1/22/94) A group of teenagers drink a potion which turns them into giants. Based loosely on a story by H.G. Wells. Stars Tommy Kirk, Beau Bridges, and little Ronnie Howard. Choreographed by a 22-year-old Toni Basil, who was also featured.
524 12 To The Moon (1960, B&W, Columbia) (2/5/94) (Short: Design for Dreaming) In the future, a multinational expedition to the moon uncovers hidden moon men who want no contact. Also contains a short called Design for Dreaming, similar to the short in #701, a bizarre musical number from the '50s dedicated to technology and consumerism.
SEASON 6 / Comedy Central 1994-95
601 Girls Town (1959, B&W, MGM) (7/16/94) A mysterious death lands a teenage girl in a reform school headed by a group of good-hearted nuns, but the girl's sister is in trouble. Includes Mamie Van Doren as Silver, Mel Tormé as Fred, and Paul Anka as crooner Jimmy.
602 Invasion USA (1953, B&W, Columbia) (7/23/94) Cautionary tale of a group of ordinary Americans facing the consequences of failing to support their government in fighting Communism, when the Soviets invade the mainland.
603 The Dead Talk Back (created 1957 but released first 1993, B&W, Headliner Productions) (7/30/94) (Short: The Selling Wizard) A psychic researcher invents a radio that can talk with the dead, so that he can solve a crime.
604 Zombie Nightmare (1986, Color, Gold-Gems) (11/24/94) A dead car crash victim is brought back to life by a voodoo doctor. The victim then seeks revenge. Stars Adam West (Batman) as Capt. Churchman.
605 Colossus and the Headhunter (Maciste contro i cacciatori di teste) (1962, American International) (8/20/94) A Greek hero battles a tribe of savages who have abducted a king.
606 The Creeping Terror (1964, B&W, Crown International) (9/17/94) A carpeted, bloblike monster goes on the rampage. Remarkable because of its near-total absence of dialog. (Director Art Nelson accidentally ruined the sound equipment while filming at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, so he later narrated the entire film in post-production.)
607 Bloodlust! (1959, B&W, Crown International) (9/3/94) (Short: Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm) A mad game hunter traps "youths" on his island to add to his trophy collection. Yet another version of The Most Dangerous Game. Includes Robert Reed as Johnny.
608 (1977, Color (TV) (NBC), Quinn Martin) (10/1/94) (Short: A Day At The Fair) A failed Quinn Martin TV pilot brings intrigue and mystery in Hawaii as an undercover cop battles a foreign villain.
609 The Skydivers (1963, B&W, Crown International) (8/27/94) (Short: Why the Industrial Arts?) Coleman Francis film set at a tiny airfield in a small California town. Husband-wife team Harry and Beth run a jump school. The husband rebukes his old girlfriend, Suzy, who hooks up with his fired mechanic Frankie to seek revenge. Excellent cameo by Nashville steel guitar legend Jimmy Bryant.
610 The Violent Years (1956, B&W, Headliner Productions) (10/8/94) A gang of delinquent girls go on a crime spree. Written by Ed Wood, Jr.
611 Last of the Wild Horses (1948, B&W, Lippert) (Western) (10/15/94) Cowboy stops some cattle rustlers and gets framed for murder. Stars Mary Beth Hughes (#507, I Accuse My Parents) as Terry. The host segments parodied the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror".
612 The Starfighters (1964, Color, Riviera) (10/29/94) Hastily-edited film tries to tell the tale of an Air Force F-104 pilot who is trying to become a hot shot, but his father, a congressman, wants him out. Stars future real-life Congressman Robert K. Dornan.
613 The Sinister Urge (1959, B&W, Headliner) (11/5/94) (Short: Keeping Clean and Neat) Cops try to shut down a porn ring. Written and directed by Ed Wood, Jr.
614 San Francisco International (1970, Color, Universal) (11/19/94) Pilot for TV series San Francisco International Airport. With the flair of a typical 1970 made-for-TV movie, hijackings, kidnappings, and marital problems plague an airport manager. Features a large cast of '70s TV-movie actors headed by Pernell Roberts.
615 Kitten With A Whip (1964, B&W, Universal) (11/23/94) While running for Senator, a soft-hearted man (John Forsythe) finds himself alternately cajoled and blackmailed into helping Jody (Ann-Margret), a young woman who has broken out of a reform school, and her "friends".
616 Racket Girls (1955, B&W, Globe Roadshows) (11/26/94) (Short: Are You Ready for Marriage?) A sleazy gym owner gets into trouble, becoming the target of the mob and the law. Primarily a vehicle for 1950s women's wrestling stars.
617 The Sword and the Dragon (Ilja Muromets) (1956, Color, Mosfilm, USSR) (12/3/94) Barbarians attack Russia in the 1200s, but a valiant man fends off the hordes with wisdom.
618 High School Big Shot (1953, B&W, Filmgroup) (12/10/94) (Short: Out Of This World) High school nerd is manipulated by a pretty classmate who wants him to help with homework, and to plan a heist.
619 Red Zone Cuba (Night Train to Mundo Fine) (1966, B&W, Hollywood Star) (12/17/94) (Short: Speech: Platform, Posture, and Appearance) Another rambling Coleman Francis film in which an escaped criminal stumbles upon a desolate Army post, invades Cuba with a group of friends, then goes in search of ore. Francis takes a lead role. John Carradine sings the title song and appears as Wilson.
620 Danger!! Death Ray (Il raggio infernale) (1967, Color, Leda Films/Meteor Film, Spain/Italy) (1/7/95) Italy rides on the coattails of James Bond success, with a secret agent saving the earth from a villain's disintegrator ray.
621 The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961, B&W, Crown International) (1/21/95) (Shorts: Money Talks, Progress Island USA) A Russian agent spying on nuclear tests turns into a monster and wanders around the test range. Includes the hulklike Tor Johnson as the beast. Directed by Coleman Francis, who narrates the film. Shorts include Money Talks, a 1955 flick about the importance of a budget, and Progress Island USA, a brassy 1973 film meant to lure investors to Puerto Rico.
622 Angels Revenge (Angels' Brigade) (1979, Color, Arista) (3/11/95) A really bad copycat of Charlie's Angels. Eight women fight a drug dealer. Includes Jim Backus as Commander March, Jack Palance as Farrell, and Alan Hale, Jr. (Skipper from Gilligan's Island) as Manny.
623 The Amazing Transparent Man (1960, B&W, AIP) (3/18/95) (Short: The Days Of Our Years) A mad scientist wants to steal radioactive substances and makes a convict invisible, who in turn wants instead to rob a bank.
624 Samson vs. the Vampire Woman (El Santo contras las mujeres vampiro) (1961, B&W, AIP-TV, Mexico) (3/25/95) Male slaves are being held in a crypt by vampire women. Frank Conniff's last episode.
SEASON 7 / Comedy Central 1995-96
701 Night of the Blood Beast (1958, B&W, AIP) (11/23/95) (Short: Once Upon A Honeymoon) An astronaut is still alive after his capsule crashes. He then learns he's been taken over by an alien. The short Once Upon a Honeymoon is a trippy technicolor story produced by Ma Bell, richly populated with themes of telephones and consumer longings.
702 The Brute Man (1946, B&W, PRC) (2/3/96) (Short: The Chicken of Tomorrow) Rondo Hatton stars as a disfigured man who goes on a killing spree and befriends a blind woman, in a sequence ripped off from Frankenstein.
703 Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (Deathstalker III: Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell) (1989, Color, New) (2/10/96) Cheesy medieval flick follows a buoyant hero on a quest for three magical stones, finding love and intrigue along the way. He eventually butts heads with a middle-age, balding sorcerer.
704 The Incredible Melting Man (1977, Color, AIP) (2/17/96) An astronaut is exposed to radiation and turns into a monster.
705 Escape 2000 (Fuga dal Bronx) (1981, Color, FGH/Filmco Ltd/Hemdale, Australia) (2/24/96) Sequel to 1990: The Bronx Warriors. An evil corporation is razing the Bronx to create an investment property, and is deporting people with lethal force. It will take an Italian Rambo to strike back. "Leave the Bronx!"
706 Laserblast (1978, Color, Selected Pictures) (5/18/96) In a dusty southern California town, a deadbeat teenager discovers a laser weapon left behind by Claymation aliens. He uses it for petty revenge, but in the process the weapons transmogrify him into a grotesque hunter. Guest appearance by Roddy McDowall as a doctor. Trace Beaulieu's final episode.
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE / Gramercy Pictures 1996
M01 This Island Earth (1953, Color, Universal International Pictures) (4/19/96) An atomic scientist is invited to collaborate with other scientists on a mysterious project that has interplanetary consequences. MST3K: The Movie started a limited theater run between Escape 2000 (705) and Laserblast (706). The host segments are arranged and executed somewhat differently for this "episode". Mike and the Bots riff on their own movie's credits at the end.
SEASON 8 / Sci-Fi Channel 1996-97
801 Revenge of the Creature (1955, B&W, 3-D, Universal) (2/1/97) The first sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon, in which the creature ends up in a Florida aquarium. Clint Eastwood (at age 24) appears as lab technician Jennings. The Ocean Harbor area was actually Florida's Marineland Aquarium at St. Augustine. Music by Henry Mancini (Pink Panther theme).
802 The Leech Woman (1960, B&W, Universal) (2/8/97) An alcoholic middle-aged woman discovers the secret to perpetual (albeit temporary) youth from an African tribe. She steals the tools used in the ritual and returns to America, killing young men to maintain her youth.
803 The Mole People (1956, B&W, Universal) (2/15/97) Explorers find a lost civilization underground. Music by Henry Mancini (Pink Panther theme).
804 The Deadly Mantis (1957, B&W, Universal) (2/22/97) An Arctic earthquake causes a monstrous praying mantis to invade Washington DC and New York. Music by Henry Mancini (Pink Panther theme).
805 The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958, B&W, Universal) (3/1/97) Severed head of a devil worshiper wreaks chaos at a ranch.
806 The Undead (1956, B&W, AIP) (3/8/97) A hypnotist sends a prostitute back to the 15th century to live as her earlier self, a woman falsely accused of witchcraft, then follows her back to change the past.
807 Terror from the Year 5000 (1958, B&W, AIP) (3/15/97) A time machine brings back a woman (Salome Jens) from 5200 A.D. who wants to take males to the future. She uses hypnosis to get her way. Outdoor shots filmed in and around Dade County, Florida.
808 The She-Creature (1956, B&W, AIP) (4/5/97) A carnival mesmerist uses hypnosis on a woman to summon the spirit of a murderous female sea creature. Amusing turn by a mumbling Lance Fuller (This Island Earth) as the mesmerist's scientist opponent.
809 I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957, B&W, AIP) (4/19/97) High school kid becomes a werewolf, and can't control when the transformations occur. Michael Landon (at age 20) plays the title character.
810 The Giant Spider Invasion (1975, Cinema Group 75) (5/31/97) Mutant spider eggs land in Wisconsin, thanks to a meteor. Alan Hale, Jr. (Skipper from Gilligan's Island) plays the sheriff.
811 (1979, Color, Clonus Associates) (6/7/97) In an isolated community set in a remote desert area, clones are being bred to serve as a source of replacement organs for the wealthy and powerful. Produced by Walter Fiveson. Stars Dick Sargent (Darrin Stephens #2 from Bewitched) as the laboratory director and Peter Graves as a corrupt politician.
812 The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies (1964, Color, Fairway) (6/14/97) A couple of slackers stumble across a cult of monsters at a early-'60s carnival. Includes Cash Flagg (Ray Dennis Steckler) as Jerry. Shot with a $38,000 budget.
813 Jack Frost (Morozko) (1966, Color, Gorky Film Studios, USSR) (7/12/97) Just like Cinderella, a pretty young woman is forced to slave away, while a young boy with a bear for a head must perform a good deed to have his spell dissolved.
814 Riding With Death (1976, Color, Universal TV) (7/19/97) TV-movie version of short-lived series Gemini Man, loosely based on The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells. Laid-back INTERSECT agent Sam Casey (Ben Murphy), who can turn invisible at will, tackles archnemesis Robert Denby in two episodes ("Smithereens" and "Buffalo Bill Rides Again") artlessly stitched together. Both halves feature country-pop singer Jim Stafford playing trucker-turned-racer Buffalo Billy Joe Higgins with painful enthusiasm. Co-produced by Steven Bochco, creator of Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and Hooperman.
815 Agent from H.A.R.M. (1966, Color, Universal) (8/2/97) Silly '60s James Bond knockoff. An American spy protects a scientist from Russian agents.
816 Prince of Space (Yusei oji) (1956, B&W, 59 Manly TV, Japan) (8/16/97) Earth ally Prince of Space defends Earth from aliens, finding a memorable adversary in the chicken-like Phantom, dictator of Krankor.
817 The Horror of Party Beach (1964, B&W, 20th Century Fox) (9/6/97) A beach community is plagued by sea monsters caused by radioactive waste dumped off the coast. Filmed around Stamford, Connecticut.
818 Devil Doll (1963, Associated Film Distributors, US/England) (10/4/97) A ventriloquist turns to hypnosis to transfer a person's soul into his dummy.
819 Invasion of the Neptune Men (Uchu Kaisoku-sen) (1961, B&W, Toei/TV, Japan) (10/11/97) A costumed hero in a flying rocket-car saves Earth (Japan?) from aliens. Stars martial arts films star Sonny Chiba as Space Chief.
820 Space Mutiny (1988, Color, AIP, South Africa) (11/7/97) An apoplectic but hunky hero helps the Santa Claus-like commander (Cameron Mitchell) of a colony spaceship (that looks exactly like the original Battlestar Galactica) fight a mutiny led by the cackling security chief (John Philip Law). Watch for the scene where a lieutenant is working at her console moments after she's killed by the villain.
821 Time Chasers (Tangents) (filmed summer 1990, released March 1994, Color, Edgewood Studios) (11/22/97) A nerdy inventor goes through time with his pretty accomplice to stop a corporation from using his invention. Shot on a $150,000 budget by 20-year old director David Giancola in the Rutland, Vermont area.
822 Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (1983, Color (Video), Starmaker Video) (12/6/97) In an Orwellian future a corporate employee discovers forbidden films inside the computers. He projects himself into one of the films (a cheesy rendition of Casablanca), much to the dismay of Big Brother CEOs and the computer itself. A PBS production starring Puerto Rican actor Raúl Juliá as both Aram Fingal and a virtual Rick Blaine.
SEASON 9 / Sci-Fi Channel 1997-98
901 The Projected Man (1966, Color, Universal) (3/14/98) Typical '60s British sci-fi fare of a professor who develops a way to teleport matter, then tries teleporting himself with disastrous results.
902 The Phantom Planet (1961, B&W, AIP) (3/21/98) Interesting flick set in the future (1980) where an astronaut lands on an asteroid populated by Lilliputian aliens. He shrinks to their side and fights for their cause.
903 Puma Man (L'uomo puma; The Pumaman) (1980, Color, ADM Films, Italy) (4/4/98) Spaghetti Greatest American Hero type ripoff features a flying hero trying to stop an evil villain from using an ancient mask to rule the world. Includes Donald Pleasence as Dr. Kobras.
904 Werewolf (Arizona Werewolf) (1996, Color, Tozart Publishing) (4/18/98) A man is turned into a werewolf after digging up strange bones. Includes Joe Estevez (brother of Martin Sheen) as Joel. Filmed around Flagstaff, Arizona. This is the most recent film to be riffed by MST3K.
905 The Deadly Bees (1967, Color, Amicus) (5/9/98) Another '60s British sci-fi movie, this one about a pop singer who takes a vacation at a bee farm on a remote island (probably the Isle of Man). She finds herself in the middle of a feud between her surly host and an eccentric neighboring beekeeper. Carnage from swarming bees soon follows.
906 The Space Children (1958, B&W, Paramount) (6/13/98) (Short: Century 21 Calling) At a Pacific missile complex, the children of rocket technicians come into contact with a mind-controlling blob, and together they sabotage a rocket launch. The short, Century 21 Calling, is a Bell Company production done in 1962, covering the Seattle's World's Fair and proposing things like Call Waiting which actually became reality.
907 Hobgoblins (1987, Color, Rick Sloane Productions) (6/27/98) A ripoff of box-office hit Gremlins, this 1980s mid-America tale follows several teens who are pursuing monsters that escaped from a movie studio vault. The monsters make the victim's dreams come true before doing their grisly deed.
908 The Touch of Satan (1971, Color, Futurama/Dundee) (7/11/98) A man gets lost and becomes the guest of a young woman, who turns out to be a witch.
909 Gorgo (1960, released 1961, MGM, England) (7/18/98) A sea monster appears off the coast of Ireland. It's captured by circus men, and then the mother comes looking for it.
910 The Final Sacrifice (1990, Flying Dutchman/AIP Home Video, Canada) (7/25/98) Looking for his father, a young man stumbles into a devil-worshiping cult.
911 Devil Fish (Shark rosso nell'oceano) (1984, Color, Filmes Internationale-Nuovo, Italy) (8/15/98) A group of Florida scientists discover a prehistoric shark that may breed itself by the millions. Since one of the scientists is female, a love triangle subplot is also played out.
912 The Screaming Skull (1958, B&W, AIP) (8/29/98) (Short: Robot Rumpus) In order to seize his wife's fortune, a husband populates his house with skulls to drive her insane. The short features Gumby.
913 Quest of the Delta Knights (1993, Color, ?) (9/26/98) A band of knights seeks to defeat an ruthless monarchy using items from long-dead Atlantis. Includes David Warner in two roles, wise man Baydool and the evil Lord Vultare.
SEASON 10 / Sci-Fi Channel 1998-99
1001 Soultaker (1990, Color, Pacific West Entertainment / Victory Pictures) (4/11/99) After being killed in a car wreck, two teens refuse to go with the Grim Reaper. Joel and TV's Frank guest star.
1002 The Girl in Gold Boots (1968, released 1969, Color, Geneni Film Distributors) (4/18/99) A girl from rural California heads to the city to be a go-go dancer. There, she and her agent get mixed up with bikers and drugs. The Monkees-esque title song is sorely overused and you won't be forgetting it anytime soon.
1003 Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1995, filmed 1984 & 1995, Color, ?) (9/12/99) A grandpa tells a story about a magic shop in a town, which contains a spellbook and an evil toy monkey. Stars Ernest Borgnine as the grandfather. Extensively cannibalizes the 1984 film The Devil's Gift.
1004 Future War (1994, released 1995, Color, Cine Excel Entertainment / Silver Screen International) (9/25/99) An alien race kidnaps Earthlings as slaves, using dinosaurs as trackers. One of the slaves escapes and heads to 1990s Los Angeles.
1005 Blood Waters of Dr. Z (Zaat) (1972, released 1982, Color, Barton Films) (5/2/99) A Florida scientist turns himself into a catfish monster and attacks those who wronged him.
1006 (The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II) (filmed 1983; released 1985; Color, ?) (5/9/99) A professor and his students camp out in hopes of finding a Bigfoot creature. Filmed in documentary-style near Fouke, Arkansas near Texarkana.
1007 Track of the Moon Beast (1976, Color, Lizard Productions) (6/13/99) A slacker in a New Mexico city is hit with an extremely tiny meteor particle during a meteor storm and goes on a rampage whenever the moon is full. Features the freespirited guitar tune "California Lady".
1008 Final Justice (1984, Color, Arista Films) (6/20/99) A beefy Texas sheriff (Joe Don Baker) tries to bring his own brand of justice to Malta in pursuit of the bad guy that killed his partner. Ends with the massively anticlimactic line, "The big one's got my badge. Will you get it for me?"
1009 Hamlet (Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark) (1960, B&W, German TV) (6/27/99) The Shakespearean story about the plight of the Prince of Denmark stars Maximilian Schell as Hamlet and Ricardo Montalban as the English voice of Claudius.
1010 It Lives By Night (The Bat People) (1974, Color, AIP) (7/18/99) A doctor gets bitten by a bat in a cave, and turns into a bat.
1011 Horrors of Spider Island (Ein Toter hing im Netz) (1960, B&W, Rapid-Intercontinental) (7/25/99) Survivors of a plane crash find themselves on an island covered with spiders. Those that are bitten turn into spiders.
1012 Squirm (1976, Color, AIP) (8/1/99) (Short: A Case of Spring Fever) Power lines knocked loose during a thunderstorm electrify the ground, causing millions of supercharged worms to attack the residents of Fly Creek, Georgia.
1013 Diabolik (Danger: Diabolik!) (1968, Color, Paramount) (8/8/99) A skilled thief living out of a ritzy "bat cave" steals $10 million from the Italian government. A Dino De Laurentiis production (producer of Barbarella).
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