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The following is a list of RiffTrax, downloadable audio commentaries featuring comedian Michael J. Nelson and others ridiculing (or riffing on) films in the style of Mystery Science Theater 3000, a TV show of which Nelson was the head writer and later the host. [1]
In 2012, RiffTrax was purchased from Legend by Nelson, Murphy, Corbett, and RiffTrax CEO David G. Martin. [2] The movies chosen for Mystery Science Theater 3000 were predominantly low-budget B-movies because the show itself was low budget and producers could only afford films in the public domain or otherwise cheap licenses. [3]
On December 17, 2010, RiffTrax released Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny, with their synchronous commentary, as a "Video on Demand" download. It has since been made available on DVD as well by Legend Films as well as an extended in-studio edition, and has been hosted as a Rifftrax title on streaming services.
A 3 movie marathon performed in Glenside, PA at the Keswick Theatre. Performed on New Year's Eve, the first two movies were performed before midnight, and the third after midnight. Dave (Gruber) Allen opened. January 30, 2010: Danger on Tiki Island: San Francisco CA One public show at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, CA. Warm-up material ...
After experiencing a mild revival of popularity on the Internet, the film was presented as a RiffTrax feature in April 2008, with commentary by Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy; they described the film as a "concentrated dose of lab-purified nightmare fuel" and said that it makes monkeys more terrifying than they already are. [5]
[2] Mill Creek Entertainment included R.O.T.O.R. in their "Sci-Fi Invasion 50 Movie" DVD boxed set in 2011. [3] In October 2014, RiffTrax released R.O.T.O.R. as a video-on-demand title with humorous commentary. [4] In February 2016, the film was released on Blu-ray by Shout! Factory in a double feature with Millennium. [5]
The Guy from Harlem was the subject of a 2012 episode of RiffTrax.They described the film thus: "It trades most of the sleaze, grime, and, well, exploitation that you expect from the genre for dopiness, sexual situations that fail to lead to actual sex, a clumsy confused sweetness, and more botched lines per minute than anything we've ever seen."
In historical context, this, alongside another sponsored film In the Suburbs, dealt directly with the growth of suburban capitalism. [2]Mary Jo Pehl and Bridget Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame parodied the film via RiffTrax on June 30, 2015 and again live on a MST3K reunion show a year later.