"MST3K" originally aired on a local Minneapolis station. It's ten seasons (with 197 episodes) were later picked up by the Comedy and SyFy channels. I have not watched all but my favorite continues to be "Manos: The Hands of Fate". This 1966 film is the sole work of fertilizer salesperson Hal Warren. He bet that anyone could make a movie. So armed with $19,000 off he went. The results are cringe worthy. Without the MST3K treatment, "Manos" is impossible to watch. It is consistently voted the WORST movie of all time. See Entertainment Weekly's take on it here
I've watched four of the 14 episodes thus far. Reptilicus is my favorite to date. It's a Danish import about a giant reptile tail that magically regenerates and terrorizes the citizens of Copenhagen. The screaming citizens, cheap models of the city and super weird winged reptile (with tiny arms) are hilarious.
Grade: 4 Monsters (out of 5). If you like horrible movies, rapid fire riffing and tons of pop culture references, "Mystery Science Theater 3000" is for you. Hopefully this is the first of many seasons on NetFlix. There are plenty more bad movies where these came from. And some are so bad, they're actually good.
http://ew.com/article/2005/06/06/worst-movie-ever-made/
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-st-mystery-science-theatre-3000-returns-20161123-story.html
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May 3, 2017
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