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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 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.
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 Gamera vs. Barugon (1966, Japan) (12/4/88) A monster egg yields a lizard-dog which fights Gamera.
K05 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 (1967, Japan) (12/18/88) Gamera fights a bat-like monster.
K07 Gamera vs. Zigra (1971, Japan) (12/31/88) Gamera fights a telekinetic parrot-fish alien.
K08 Gamera vs. Guiron (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 (Space 1999 TV Movie) (1976, edited 1982, Color, Group 3 Ltd, UK) (1/22/89) A re-edit of two Space: 1999 episodes. 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 a live-action 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 Su-Muru (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 Mount Fuji awakens hibernating dinosaurs, who go on a rampage.
101 The Crawling Eye (1958, B&W, DCA, England) (11/89) A mutant extraterrestial "eye" is ravaging the Swiss Alps, and a scientist (Forrest Tucker) and his female telekinetic aide find the eye and save the world.
102 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 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. (the Gilligan's Island skipper) 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) (Short: Commando Cody Part 4 and 5) 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 Project Moonbase (1953, B&W, Lippert) (1/90) (Short: Commando Cody Part 7 and 8) 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 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?
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 (from Airplane! and Hot Shots fame) as Colonel Graham, and features Noah Beery, Jr. as Major Billy Corrigan.
202 The Sidehackers (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 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 Wild Rebels (1967, Color, Crown International) (11/17/90) A retired race car driver, now an undercover cop, 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 Starts 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 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 (1973, Color, Toho/Cinema Shares, Japan) (1/19/91) Godzilla battles a giant insect bent on razing the planet for an evil race.
213 Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster (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 Mothtra priestesses.
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.
302 Gamera (1965, B&W, Daiei, Japan) (6/8/91) A military plane crashes in the arctic, awakening a giant turtle who heads south to Japan.
303 Pod People (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 (1966, Daiei/AIP-TV, Japan) (6/22/91) A giant turtle fights with a giant lizard, and the huge battle nearly destroys Japan.
305 Stranded in Space (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.
306 Time of the Apes (filmed 1974; released 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) Crooner is forced to be the getaway driver for a couple of bank robbers. Much of the music was scored by John Williams of Star Wars / Jaws musical fame.
308 Gamera vs. Gaos (1967, Daiei/AIP-TV, Japan) (7/27/91) Ally Gamera fights a bat-like mutant.
309 The Amazing Colossal Man (1957, B&W, AIP) (8/3/91) A military officer's science experiment collapses, exposing him to radiation which turns him into a raving giant. Las Vegas is at his mercy.
310 Fugitive Alien (1986, Color, Sandy Frank/Tsuburaya, Japan) (8/17/91) Sandy Frank production about militant aliens taking over Earth. A hero must battle the aliens to save the world.
311 Peter Graves as Dr. Nelson.
312 Gamera vs. Guiron (1969, Daiei/AIP-TV, Japan) (9/7/91) Ally Gamera battles aliens who have abducted a couple of kids.
313 Earth vs. The Spider (1958, B&W, AIP) (9/14/91) Rock and roll awakens a mutant spider, which was being stored in a high school gym.
314 Mighty Jack (1968, prod. 1987, Japan) (9/21/91) Sandy Frank edited together the first and last episodes of a live-action 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 Robert Vaughn is the title character.
316 Gamera vs. Zigra (1971, Color, Daiei, Japan) (10/19/91) Ally Gamera's final movie about his battle with aliens who want to take Earth away from its polluting habitants.
317 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 (doorman on the Jeffersons) as Andy. Hooray for Santy Claus!
322 Master Ninja I (1978, 1984, Color (TV), Film Ventures International) (1/11/92) An edited version of the TV show "The Master". 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 Castle of Fu Manchu (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) Another edited version of the TV show "The Master". An American ninja and his goofy sidekick help a tuna cannery unionize and save a Senator's daughter from a terrorist.
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 space aliens lands on Earth to release some of their man-eating lobster-like livestock, but one of the crew members detests his race's Borg-like behavior and defects to a town straight out of Leave It To Beaver. He is hunted by his crew members, and meanwhile one of the livestock escapes.
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 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 inadvertantly 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 (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 Lon Chaney, Jr. as Charles Benton.
410 Hercules Against the Moon Men (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 (1961, Color, Wooler Bros (France/Italy)) (9/12/92) Hercules goes to Atlantis to save his son.
413 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 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. While not lighting up smokes at every opportunity, the astronauts help the women battle a monster that has been terrorizing their settlement.
417 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.
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.
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 (1957, Color, Embassy, Italy) (7/17/93) Hercules goes in search of the Golden Fleece.
503 Beverly Garland as Vera and Mike "Touch" Connors as Bob ("Touch" touching off a slew of jokes).
504 Secret Agent Super Dragon (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 (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 Mary Beth Hughes as Kitty.
508 Operation Double 007 (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 (Girl in Lover's Lane (1960, B&W, Filmgroup) (9/18/93) Misadventures and intrigue follow a runaway in a small town.
510 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 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. Based on a Jules Verne story.
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 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) Secret Service outfit uses radar to track down uranium smugglers.
521 Santa Claus (1959, Color, Azteca, Mexico) (12/24/93) No, Lupita! 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).
522 Teenage Crimewave (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 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 Mel Tormé as Fred and Paul Anka as the crooner Jimmy.
602 Invasion USA (1953, B&W, Columbia) (7/23/94) Weird movie about Russia invading the U.S.
603 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 (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 The Most Dangerous Game. Includes Robert Reed as Johnny.
608 Quinn Martin TV pilot brings intrigue and mystery in Hawaii as an undercover cop battles a foreign villain.
609 Skydivers (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.
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 Bob Dornan.
613 Ed Wood, Jr.
614 San Francisco International (Airport) (1970, Color, Universal) (11/19/94) With the flair of a typical 1970 made-for-TV movie, hijackings, kidnappings, and marital problems plague an airport manager.
615 Kitten With A Whip (1964, B&W, Universal) (11/23/94) While running for Senator, a man tries to help a young girl who has broken out of a reform school. He ends up falling for her, and becomes her pawn. Stars Ann-Margret as Jody.
616 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 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 Tor Johnson as the beast. 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 Angel's Revenge (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. (the Gilligan's Island skipper) as Manny.
623 Samson vs. The Vampire Woman (1961, B&W, AIP-TV, Mexico) (3/25/95) Male slaves are being held in a crypt by vampire women. Frank Coniff's last episode.
701 The Incredible Melting Man (1977, Color, AIP) (2/17/96) An astronaut is exposed to radiation and turns into a monster.
705 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 McDowell as a doctor. Trace Beaulieu's final episode.
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.
801 Revenge of the Creature (1955, B&W, 3-D, Universal) (2/1/97) Creature from the Black Lagoon 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) Scientist's wife discovers the fountain of youth in the hormones of men she kills.
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) Decapitated head of a devil worshiper wreaks chaos at a ranch.
806 The Undead (1956, B&W, AIP) (3/8/97) A 1950s prostitute ends up in the 15th century and is being persecuted as a witch.
807 Terror from the Year 5000 (1958, B&W, AIP) (3/15/97) A time machine brings back a woman from 5000 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) An evil doctor uses hypnosis on a woman who is the reincarnation of a sea creature. The results produce a monster and murders.
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 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 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 ("Morozhko") (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) James-Bond ripoff of an invisible secret agent battling a mad scientist. Based loosely on a story by H.G. Wells. 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 (1956, B&W, 59 Manly TV, Japan) (8/16/97) Ally Planet Prince defends Earth from aliens. Stars Krankor.
817 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 The 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 Man (1961, B&W, Toei/TV, Japan) (10/11/97) A costumed hero in a flying rocket vehicle 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) A spaceship battles attackers bent on selling everyone into slavery.
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. Stars Puerto Rican actor Raúl Juliá as both Aram Fingal and Rick Blaine.
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 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") (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 (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 about two feuding beekeepers on a remote island, probably the Isle of Man, one of who runs a bed and breakfast with a famous pop singer as one of their guests. Carnage from bees soon follows.
906 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 (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 Gumby.
913 Quest of the Delta Knights (1993, Color, ?) (9/26/98) A band of knights seeks to defeat an evil monarchy using items from long-dead Atlantis. Includes David Warner.
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.
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 mall, 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 who can't get a date turns himself into a catfish monster so that he can breed with them.
1006 Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek 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 (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 theirselves on an island covered with spiders. Those that are bitten turn into spiders.
1012 Squirm (1976, Color, AIP) (8/1/99) Mid-70s flick about power lines causing worms to go nuts in a southern town called Fly Creek. Massive overacting and poorly rendered Southern accents.
1013 Dino De Laurentiis production (producer of Barbarella).
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