Michael J. Nelson
Biography: Michael J. Nelson is the former host and writer of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000. Since that time, he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, penned a regular column for TV Guide, and authored best-selling books for both HarperCollins and Abrams. His first book, Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese, thrilled critics, including Richard Schickel of Time Magazine, who said of Mike, "He's more fun than a barrel of Val Kilmers... Smarter than a roomful of Patrick Swayzes... and almost as hilarious as Keanu Reeves." Mike's laugh-out-loud follow-up, Mind Over Matters, prompted Kirkus Reviews to enthuse, "From someplace called Minnesota comes a Nelson funnier than Ozzie, Ricky, Lord or Half," and even dared to compare him to another legendary writer, saying of his Serious Speech to Business People, "[It] could easily precede [Robert] Benchley's immortal Treasurer's Report." And Kirkus Reviews loved his novel, Death Rat!, saying, "Fast-paced, outrageous and funny, first-novelist Nelson's mockery of media mendacity is as biting as La Dolce Vita or Network--only funnier!" Nelson speaks all over the country, is a frequent guest on radio and television, and along with fellow former MST3K writers/performers Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy operate a podcast called RiffTrax, which, in a similar vein to MST3K, targets more mainstream films.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 11, 1964
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
1996-04-19
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Overview: Dr. Clayton Forrester figures he can rule the world if he deadens his subjects' brains by making them endure terrible movies. Exploiting his access to nearby satellite-dwellers Mike Nelson and his robot pals, Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo, Forrester makes them watch "This Island Earth", a cheesy 1950s spaceship film. But when Mike and friends make funny comments throughout the movie and others that follow, Forrester's plan looks increasingly flimsy.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-19
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RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins
2021-08-17
RiffTrax Live: Hobgoblins
Overview: At an abandoned old movie studio, security guards keep getting mysteriously murdered. The mystery: Why are there so many security guards for an abandoned old movie studio?! But forget that; the real secret is Hobgoblins! Cheap rubber puppets from outer space! Who vaguely resemble Gremlins! But not enough to bring on a lawsuit! Their power: they’ll make your wildest fantasies come true, and then you die, laughingly and embarrassingly. The studio’s new security guard, Kevin (no relation) quickly learns the secret of the Hobgoblins, and even more quickly lets them escape. Now it’s up to the inept Kevin and sexually-obsessed pals to thwart the Hobgoblins before they take over the world, or at least various neighborhoods in the Greater Los Angeles Area!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-17
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RiffTrax Live: Amityville - The Evil Escapes
2021-10-26
RiffTrax Live: Amityville - The Evil Escapes
Overview: There’s still evil up there at the old Amityville house. A group of priests gathers to quell the demon that has long plagued this lovely five-bed, four-bath Dutch Colonial full of old-world charm and lots of curb appeal. BUT - the evil escapes! Which should have been made obvious by the movie’s title. And how does it escape? Like all evil does: by possessing a tacky floor lamp, getting sold at a garage sale and shipped to Los Angeles, where most evil household décor eventually finds a home. Soon the demonic floor lamp begins its reign of terror in the home of an innocent family, killing pets and home repairmen, forcing children to use power tools in unsafe ways, and possessing the soul of the youngest sister Jessica, who immediately begins to act like a total jerk. It’s up to the young priest Father Kibbler to save the family and confront the evil lamp, face-to-bulb, before more people die. Okay, more people DO die, but can Father Kibbler finally put an end to it?
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-26
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RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
2012-08-16
RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
Overview: For those who missed it in theaters, this is a completely new riff of “Manos” The Hands of Fate, the Texas-fertilizer-salesman-directed classic made famous by Mystery Science Theater 3000. All new jokes, same old Torgo. See Mike, Kevin and Bill riff it all on stage in front of a live audience at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville! PLUS! Before the main event, a live riffing of two extra-demented shorts. At Your Fingertips: Cylinders, from the same insane child arts & crafts series that brought you Grasses and Boxes. And Welcome Back, Norman which introduced us all to revolting folk hero Norman, along with his now famous (and also revolting) catchphrase.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-16
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RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead
2013-10-24
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Living Dead
Overview: This classic 1968 horror film is where it all began. No, not the cronut trend, we’re talking about the omnipresent zombie craze! 28 Weeks Later, Resident Evil: Retribution, that Zack Snyder remake of Dawn of the Dead...We wouldn’t have any of them without Night of the Living Dead! (Pause to think about whether this is a good thing.) When she’s attacked in a cemetery by zombies, a young woman named Barbara flees to an abandoned farm house. There she’s joined by a ragtag group of survivors who band together to wait out the apocalypse, with the occasional light descent into madness. The rest of the movie plays out like The Big Chill, but instead of Glenn Close sobbing naked in the shower, they board up windows and occasionally get devoured alive. So in this respect, Night of the Living Dead is the slightly less depressing movie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-24
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RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
2009-08-20
RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
Overview: The stars of MST3K riff the worst movie of all time in RiffTrax Live - Plan 9 From Outer Space. Live from the historic Belcourt Theater in Nashville! Hosted by internet superstar Veronica Belmont, and featuring geek troubadour Jonathan Coulton, RiffTrax Live offers non-stop music and laughs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-20
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Max the Hero
2007-10-20
Max the Hero
Overview: Animated comedy about a super hero who is kind of a jerk. His roommate decides to become his arch-enemy.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-20
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RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors
2017-08-17
RiffTrax Live: Doctor Who – The Five Doctors
Overview: Someone is taking the Doctor's past selves out of time and space, placing them in a vast wilderness – a battle arena with a sinister tower at its center. As the various incarnations of the Doctor join forces, they learn they are in the Death Zone on their home world of Gallifrey, fighting Daleks, Cybermen, Yeti and a devious Time Lord Traitor who is using the Doctor and his companions to discover the ancient secrets of Rassilon, the first and most powerful ruler of Gallifrey.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-17
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RiffTrax Live: RAD
2023-08-17
RiffTrax Live: RAD
Overview: Teens! Bikes! Feathered Hair! Love and revenge! Leotards and acid-washed denim! It’s all here in the legendary Eighties BMX-racing action-drama-romance RAD! Join Mike, Bill and Kevin as they spin, flip and slow-bike-dance their way into your hearts, LIVE in theaters nationwide on August 17th! Don’t miss it, if you want to be RAD!
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-17
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Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
2013-08-15
Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers
Overview: Starship Troopers is the tale of young trooper Johnny Rico, played by Casper Van Dien, star of this and...well, some direct to video sequels of this, mostly. He’s joined in the war by Denise Richards, impossible to believe as a gifted starship pilot long before she was impossible to believe as a gifted nuclear scientist in that Bond movie. He’s also joined by the great Neil Patrick Harris, who is somehow much easier to believe as an intelligence officer with psychic abilities that help him communicate with the giant bug aliens. Throw in Michael Ironside, because duh, it’s a war movie, you’re gonna need Michael Ironside, and Jake Busey, because duh, he just showed up on set and wouldn’t leave, add a love triangle, heaps of alien splatter, and you’ve got the sprawling, great, goofy mess that is Starship Troopers! Join Mike, Kevin, and Bill for this gorilla-gram free version of the blockbuster live show!
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-15
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RiffTrax Live: Godzilla
2014-08-14
RiffTrax Live: Godzilla
Overview: Sony Pictures, Fathom Events and RiffTrax are thrilled to be back in theaters nationwide this summer to riff the king of all giant lizard movies - GODZILLA! That's right, the 1998 version starring Matthew Broderick and Hank Azaria! (Because when you want action stars, you pick Ferris Bueller and the voice of Moe from the Simpsons.)
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-14
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RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
2022-08-18
RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
Overview: He’s back! You probably didn’t know that he was gone, but he was and now he’s back! Swamp Thing, AKA Swampington Montgomery Thing, returns to thwart the sinister plans of the evil Doctor Arcane, who apparently is also back. But! Here for the first time is Heather Locklear, the young woman who is drawn to the mysterious charms of Mr. Thing and desires a love that is both human and plant-based. A sequel to the Wes Craven cult classic, The Return of Swamp Thing is decidedly NOT directed by Wes Craven, but that’s fine, because it means this one is bigger, more fun, and way more riffable. Plus, to kick things off, a puppet goes to the dentist in Danny's Dental Date, a short that's way scarier than anything you'd find in Dr. Arcane's lab.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-18
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RiffTrax Live: Octaman
2019-04-18
RiffTrax Live: Octaman
Overview: Deep in the Mexican jungle, a legendary creature lurks in a radioactive swamp. Is it a man? Is it an octopus? No, it’s OCTAMAN! Okay, it’s a man in an octopus suit, but he’s really angry and decides to go on a light killing spree.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-18
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The Year of Laughing Dangerously
The Year of Laughing Dangerously
Overview: After being laid off, Brandi enters the world of stand up comedy. Over a year, her comedy coach Tim teaches her the art of joke telling culminating in a online comedy competition with a celebrity judge who hates her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
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GrimTrax
2024-01-19
GrimTrax
Overview: For the first time ever, we’ve assembled five shorts about death, loneliness, and dismemberment into one big, old-fashioned yukfest. On their own, they would have been too depressing to put out into the world. But together, they form into a Voltron of hilarity, if Voltron was eventually going to die facedown in the snow, sad and alone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-19
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RiffTrax Live: Point Break
2024-08-08
RiffTrax Live: Point Break
Overview: For our fifteenth year of RiffTrax Live, we've selected the 1990's cult classic about bank robbing, presidential masks, and surfing: Point Break! It was directed by Academy Award Winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) and stars Keanu Reeves (The Matrix, John Wick, Keanu), Patrick Swayze (Road House), and one of our all-time favorite character actors, Gary Busey (A Star Is Born, Predator 2). Mike, Kevin, and Bill will riff Point Break LIVE at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on July 27th, and the resulting hilarity will be broadcast to over 700 movie theaters across America on Thursday, August 8th with an encore on Tuesday, August 13th thanks to our partners at Fathom Events.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-08
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
2000-11-07
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
Overview: Shorts, Volume 3 is a compilation release from Rhino Entertainment featuring seven popular shorts from Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was originally released on VHS and later as a limited bonus with The Essentials DVD set if the set was ordered through a special website offer. Shorts, Volume 3 has since been re-released by Shout! Factory in The Singles Collection. The seven shorts featured are: Speech: Using Your Voice (Episode #313), Aquatic Wizards (Episode #315), Is This Love? (Episode #514), Design for Dreaming (Episode #524), The Selling Wizard (Episode #603), Out of This World (Episode #618) and Once Upon a Honeymoon (Episode #701).
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-07
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1
1998-07-01
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1
Overview: Shorts, Volume 1 is a compilation release featuring seven popular shorts from Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was originally released on VHS by Rhino Entertainment in July 1998; it was later re-released on DVD as part of the Volume 2 set from Rhino and its re-issue, Volume II from Shout! Factory. The featured shorts are: The Home Economics Story (Episode #317), Junior Rodeo Daredevils (Episode #407), Body Care and Grooming Episode #510), Cheating (Episode #515), A Date with Your Family (Episode #602), Why Study Industrial Arts? (Episode #609} and The Chicken of Tomorrow (Episode #702).
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-01
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 2
1999-10-01
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 2
Overview: Shorts, Volume 2 is a compilation release featuring six popular shorts from Mystery Science Theater 3000, including Catching Trouble (Episode #315), What to Do on a Date (Episode #503), Last Clear Chance (Episode #520), A Day at the Fair (Episode #608), Keeping Clean and Neat (Episode #613) and The Days of Our Years (Episode #623).
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-01
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Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
2013-12-05
Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Overview: The nasty Martian villain Voldar (his face is coated in green oil and he has a huge mustache, therefore he’s evil) captures two Earth children, Billy and Betty, who don’t hold out for even a minute but rat out our fattest, jolliest elf without a struggle. Voldar takes Santa and the children prisoner and heads off for Mars. Only the bravery of Billy and Betty and the bumbling of a stowaway and “the laziest man on Mars”, Droppo, can foil Voldar’s evil plans! Throw into the mix Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen, an insane short featuring a pixie named Snoopy, a horrific life size Jack in the Box, and a lion who is oh so proud of his candy eating ability, and you’ve got one of our funniest live shows to date. Please join Mike, Kevin, and Bill for RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-05
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RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection
2015-10-01
RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection
Overview: If you put everything about the 80s in a blender, then somehow ran the resulting smoothie through a translator that only speaks languages from another dimension, what you’d wind up with still wouldn't be half as hilarious, weird, and oddly charming as Miami Connection. It's 1987, and the Biker Ninjas behind the Miami drug trade are finding themselves facing the newest heroes in town: the Taekwondo-loving rock band Dragon Sound! They'll focus all of their black belt skills, alongside performing their hit songs "Friends" and "Against the Ninja" at a popular Orlando night club - to end the threat of Ninja Biker violence once and for all!
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-01
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RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers
2016-05-05
RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers
Overview: Mike, Kevin and Bill riff the original cut of Time Chasers. Plus, a short of "Chimp the Fireman."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-05
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This Is MST 3K
This Is MST 3K
Overview: A documentary about the cult television favorite Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
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Rifftrax Live: The Room
2015-05-06
Rifftrax Live: The Room
Overview: Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of RiffTrax riff Tommy Wiseau's The Room LIVE onstage and broadcast to 100's of theaters across North America. Like a modern day Ed Wood, Wiseau wrote, directed and starred as Johnny in this "dark comedy" about his tumultuous relationship with future wife Lisa, their best friend Mark, and their amorphous group of friends. This includes frequent uninvited guest Denny, a couple of frisky couch crashers, and psychologist friend Peter, who during the course of the movie is played by two different actors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-06
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Poopie!
1995-11-23
Poopie!
Overview: A selection of bloopers from cult TV favorite "Mystery Science Theater 3000", taken from seasons 2 through 6.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-23
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Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
1964-12-01
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
Overview: Join Moe, Larry and Curly Joe for 35 hilarious misadventures! Hosted by Mike Nelson of RiffTrax.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-01
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Motion Picture Odyssey
2013-09-03
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Motion Picture Odyssey
Overview: A retrospective look back on the making of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-03
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RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror
2012-10-25
RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror
Overview: Birdemic is one of our favorite bad movies of all time, and there’s no better way to watch it than RiffTrax Live. So grab a coat hanger, fire up your solar powered TV and for the love of god fully vest your stock options! Birdemic!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-25
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RiffTrax Live: Sharknado
2014-07-10
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado
Overview: RiffTrax gives the classic riff treatment of the cult film 'Sharknado', a film about sharks - in a tornado.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-10
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RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
2017-06-15
RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
Overview: Join Mike, Kevin and Bill, along with guests Bridget Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, the Mads from MST3K Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff, and special guest Paul F. Tompkins and relive this amazing summer-themed night of riffing and comedy!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-15
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Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls
2016-10-27
Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls
Overview: Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls! Mike, Bill, and Kevin riffed this spooky midnight-movie cult classic live in Nashville, and now it's available for you to download or stream in Anywhere-Ville! When young Mary survives a horrible car crash, she tries to start her life over with a new church organist job in a small Utah town, as one does. But along the way she’s haunted by a gaunt pale figure in a nice suit who leads her to an abandoned old pavilion on the shores of the Great Salt Lake. Soon Mary doesn’t know if she’s awake or dreaming, alive or dead, which makes her really dull at parties. Fans of Rifftrax Live: Night of the Living Dead will love this one. Weird, creepy and very silly, our live riff of Carnival of Souls is not to be missed!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-27
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Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
2017-04-13
Rifftrax Live: Samurai Cop
Overview: The Samurai Cop is here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and he’s already infringed on enough movies and cliches so he’s just going to stop with that introduction right there. Yes, the cop they call Samurai has travelled to Los Angeles from a faraway land they call San Diego. Because it would just make no sense to have the movie take place in San Diego, or to have the cop be from LA to start with. Or, y’know, Japan. Decapitations, explosions, poorly subbed in stunt doubles, mangled dialogue, prominent lion heads, and unfortunate banana hammocks abound in this extremely eighties-y nineties movie. Join Mike, Kevin, Bill, and Alfonso Rafael Federico Sebastian for Samurai Cop.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-13
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RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
2015-09-15
RiffTrax Live: Sharknado 2
Overview: Watch as the amazing comedians from Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) tear apart the awe-inspiring masterpiece that is Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-15
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The Last Dance: RAW
1999-10-31
The Last Dance: RAW
Overview: A documentary about the making of Danger: Diabolik, the final episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000's original run.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-31
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RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny
2018-08-10
RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny
Overview: Blast off to the 80s with RiffTrax Live: Space Mutiny! Mike, Bill, and Kevin riffed this cult classic low-budget space opera live in Nashville. Now you can watch the show from the comfort of your own home, or space golf cart, if you have one of those. This is the Big McLargeHugest show you'll ever own. It's a brand new riff, completely different from the original MST3K episode. The show stars with a live riffing of The Magic Shop, a hilariously weird short that's somehow based on a story by H.G. Wells. Also included: pre-show slides and more bonus material! Also also included: Kevin wearing a shiny space muumuu you won't soon forget.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-10
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RiffTrax Live: Mothra
2016-08-18
RiffTrax Live: Mothra
Overview: It’s the story of a group of explorers who travel to a remote island, kidnap two tiny women, thereby inciting the wrath of a giant (albeit adorable) larvae which then swims the ocean, cocoons itself in downtown Tokyo, emerges as the titular Mothra and destroys everything in its path. Yes, it's a tale as old as time, but Mothra does it best! Join Kevin, Bill and Mike as they roast one of the most beloved (and bizzarre!) of the Japanese monster classics, Mothra.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-18
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RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
2014-12-04
RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
Overview: From the strange and ridiculously colorful world of K. Gordon Murray comes the 1959 Holiday classic Santa Claus. Made in Mexico and dubbed into glorious English, Santa Claus tells the story of, well, Santa Claus, who lives in a big white castle above us in Geosynchronous Orbit and watches over us all in a way that would make the NSA jealous. It’s Christmas Eve, and on Earth poor little Lupita wishes for a doll. Santa hears her wish and prepares for his yearly visit, helped by the heavily medicated Merlin the Wizard and Santa’s unintentionally creepy mechanical reindeer.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-04
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RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
2019-07-06
RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
Overview: It’s the year 2762. The galaxy is plagued with warring factions using hokey special effects to destroy each other. Out of this chaos a hero rises: the dashing, exquisitely bearded Captain Saber Raine (Casper Van Dien). Saber and his elite squad of commandos (other actors) embark on a dangerous quest to save the Prince and Princess of an unnamed planet from the clutches of the Evil Overlord Sinjin - an overlord so evil HIS VERY SKULL IS FILLED WITH CHERRY JELL-O. Can our heroes fend off Sinjin’s army of mutant androids and rescue the Prince and Princess? Probably! After all it’s Space Opera, but you never know! Join Mike, Kevin and Bill for an unforgettable Sword-And-Laser Swashbuckling-ly fun time, beamed to theaters nationwide!
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-06
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RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
2015-12-03
RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
Overview: Santa’s sleigh is stuck on the beach, and only one creature can help him: The Ice Cream Bunny! Unfortunately, the fire truck that the Ice Cream Bunny drives needs repairs, so he’ll be a little late coming from Pirates World, the run-down theme park that he lives in. We’d like to take this moment to remind you that, yes, this is a REAL movie that people ACTUALLY made. Filmed in front of a live audience at the historic Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Mike, Kevin and Bill are delighted to inflict, er, present it LIVE for the very first time!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-03
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RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
2010-10-28
RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
Overview: Is there any possible downside to accepting an invitation from Vincent Price to spend an evening in a creepy mansion that was built on something called “Haunted Hill?” If so, Mike, Kevin and Bill couldn’t find it! In fact they were so eager to join Mr. Price and his terrifying moustache that they riffed the film live, on-stage, and now you can reap the rewards from the safety of home with this live show DVD! Yes, horror classic House on Haunted Hill provides a mesmerizing walk down “people actually used to find this SCARY?!?” lane. Join the RiffTrax guys as they bring their special brand of rapid-fire comedic commentary to every skeleton-hanging-from-visible-wires, clumsy sexual overtone, and a stunningly inept test pilot whose “heroics” typically lead him to bloody his own nose after locking himself in a broom closet!
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-28
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RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion
2019-10-18
RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion
Overview: The Giant Spider Invasion, one of the most popular MST3K movies ever, is coming to a Theater near you along with the mighty men of RiffTrax! There’s a monster in Wisconsin, and it’s going to slowly, VERY slowly, strike TERROR INTO YOUR HEART! Sure, your grandma could outrun it, but TERROR is more fun! When a fiery meteor lands in the woods, strange things begin to happen in this small Wisconsin town — even weirder than usual, and that’s a pretty high bar! While the townspeople are picked off by spiders of varying sizes, two esteemed scientists ramble around the countryside in a late model sedan, where they find friendship, romance and a big mechanical spider built on a Volkswagen Beetle chassis!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-18
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RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!
2009-12-16
RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza!
Overview: What do ice-skating reindeer, pipe-smoking santas and a parade of aquatic champions have in common? You’ll see them all in the RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza, now available as Download to Stream, DVD and Blu-ray! The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000® have a sackfull of delightful and demented shorts to riff live onstage. Some of the forgotten gems of Christmases past prove to be the perfect targets for the rapid-fire riffs of Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett. And if that wasn’t enough, they’re even joined by comedy legend “Weird Al" Yankovic for a musical short about the wonders of pork! It’s funnier than Ernest Saves Christmas and far less creepy than The Polar Express! Join Mike, Kevin, Bill and Al for a festive night of hilarious holiday comedy that is destined to become traditional Christmas viewing.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-16
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RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
2013-05-30
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
Overview: Watch Mike, Bill, Kevin, and an all-star crew of hilarious guest riffers take on seven classic less-than-educational shorts, filmed LIVE onstage at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre in January of this year, in all its gritty, low-light, shakey-cam glory! Show includes: Welcome Back Norman Perc! Pop! Sprinkle! - with Cole Stratton (Pop My Culture Podcast) and Janet Varney (The Legend of Korra) Choking: To Save a Life - with Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall) Cooking Terms More Dangerous Than Dynamite - with Adam Savage (Mythbusters) If Mirrors Could Speak - with Kristen Schaal (30 Rock, Bob’s Burgers, Flight of the Conchords) At Your Fingertips: Cylinders - with Paul F. Tompkins (Best Week Ever, Mr. Show, Tangled)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-30
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Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
2015-03-06
Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2015
Overview: Mike, Kevin, and Bill take on some of the funniest, most unbelievable vintage shorts we've ever found, live in the beautiful Castro Theatre with a crew of hilarious guest riffers! Shorts performed during this event include One Turkey Two Turkey, Setting Up a Room, Writing Better Social Letters, Live and Learn, Making Sense with Sentences, and Safety - In Danger Out of Doors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-06
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RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
2016-06-28
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Overview: Mike, Kevin and Bill were joined on stage by their MST3K colleagues at the State Theatre in Minneapolis to bring it back to their roots in an MST3K cast reunion the likes of which have never been seen before! Joining the guys are their old cohorts Frank Conniff (TV's Frank), Trace Beaulieu (Crow, Dr. Forrestor), Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester), Bridget Nelson (Nuveena, Mr. B), as well as Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson, AND the host of the revived MST, Jonah Ray, for a hilarious night of riffing for RiffTrax's 20th Live event. Taking turns in various permutations to riff on a slew of old-timey shorts, the show culminates in a Super Riff-A-Palooza finale with all nine riffers on stage at once!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-28
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Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
2016-04-04
Rifftrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2016
Overview: Mike, Kevin, and Bill were joined onstage at SF SKetchfest Live 2016 by very special guest riffers Bridget Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, Cole Stratton, Janet Varney, Adam Savage, Paul F. Tompkins, and John Hodgman including a gigantic, possible world record TEN PERSON riffing grand finale!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-04
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Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
2010-08-19
Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
Overview: In RiffTrax Live: Reefer Madness, Mike, Kevin and Bill deliver their trademark form of rapid fire comedy in front of a live audience! Lines could be flubbed! Tomatoes could be thrown! Mountain lion attacks are entirely possible!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-19
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MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special
1995-03-22
MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special
Overview: Tom and Crow preview the nominees for the 1995 Academy Awards and give their predictions.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-22
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Poopie Parade of Values
1995-11-23
Poopie Parade of Values
Overview: Infomercial about two tapes the MST3K Info Club on sale: The "Poopie!" tape of bloopers and "The MST Scrapbook", a video diary from the early days on KTMA until Season 6. Multiple clips of both tapes are shown.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-23
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The Rifftrax Yule Log
2018-11-18
The Rifftrax Yule Log
Overview: Holiday fireplace videos. We all love them, they bring comfort and cheer to our living rooms and family gatherings. But have they ever made you laugh? We’re proud to present a new kind of fireplace video, one filled with festive comedy and music to be enjoyed by all! And yes, don’t worry, there is still a fireplace -- Kevin Murphy's actual Minnesota fireplace! The RiffTrax Yule Log burns brightly for over two hours. Enjoy the fire while along the way lots of fun RiffTraxy moments pop in -- such as bits of new Christmas riffs, original songs written and performed by the guys, classic carols, nose flutes, skits and excerpts from beloved RiffTrax hits of holidays past! There’s truly nothing like it, and no better way to keep your loved ones happy and smiling as the egg nog kicks in. Even the Ice Cream Bunny gives it his “HURR HURR HURR” seal of approval! Spend your holidays nice and cozy with Mike, Kevin, Bill, Bridget, and Mary Jo, it’s the RiffTrax Yule Log!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-18
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Rifftrax: A Talking Cat!?!
Rifftrax: A Talking Cat!?!
Overview: Mike, Bill, and Kevin riff on a film where Eric Roberts plays a cat that talks. Also included is a caterer who makes "top notch" cheese puffs.
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Original Language: en
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Rifftrax: It's a Wonderful Life
2020-12-18
Rifftrax: It's a Wonderful Life
Overview: Mike, Bill, and Kevin riff on the classic Christmas film, but with the Pottersville part cut out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-18
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RiffTrax: Super Zeroes
2025-01-24
RiffTrax: Super Zeroes
Overview: Mediocrities, Assemble! Super Zeroes is a special packed with the best moments of some of the corniest vintage superhero flicks ever made. Complete with host segments from Mike, Kevin and Bill!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-24
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