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Mystery Science Theater 3000 or MST3K ran from 1988–1999 in the USA and became a cult classic. The format features a man and his robot sidekicks who, trapped on a satellite, are forced to watch bad movies. In its 11 years MST3K attained fiercely loyal fans and critical acclaim.
Try to explain MST3K and you either confuse people or sound like a weirdo. Truth is, those that get it, love it! Thanks to the lovely people at RHINO, BEST BRAINS and all those who helped make this possible.
Join us for a night of classic movies and brilliantly funny dialogue.
OVERDRAWN AT THE MEMORY
BANK
(1985, Dir: Douglas Williams,
83mins)
Raul Julia plays Fingal, a very
bored programmer at Novicorp..
When caught watching
'Casablanca' at his desk, Fingal
has to undergo rehabilitation
therapy called 'doppling'.
Doppled patients find their
minds transferred into the bodies
of animals for a new outlook on
life. However, Fingal's body is
misplaced and he is transferred
into a computer while the body
is located.
THE ATOMIC BRAIN
(1964, Dir: J. V. Mascelli, 64mins)
Mrs. March, sadistic, selfish, and
rich, asks her aging gigolo
boyfriend and renegade
scientist Otto Frank, to transplant
her brain into the body of a
young woman. Three foreign
domestics: Mexican Anita, British
Bea, and Austrian Nina, are
hired. Frank can transplant
brains without surgery and tests
the theory by putting a cat's
brain into Anita who literally
scratches Bea's eye out. Will
Nina now become the
receptacle for Mrs. March's
aging but still active libido?
HOBGOBLINS
(1988, Dir: Rick Sloane, 92mins)
A group of Hobgoblins, who
allow one to live out their wildest
fantasies but kill you in the
process, escape from their
prison, an old studio vault.
Kevin, the new security guard
and his friends must stop them
before dawn. The Hobgoblins
make their way to Club Scum
and wreak havoc, will they
escape back to their home
planet and how bad will be the
trail of destruction left in their
wake.
MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE
(1966, Dir: Hal Warren, 74mins)
A family on vacation in the
desert take a wrong turn and
end up at an old house run by
the creepy Torgo. He takes care
of the place while 'The Master' is
away. As night falls the family
are menaced by The Master
and his wives – a supernatural
cult that worships the evil deity
known as Manos.
Some films are so bad, they're
good. Meaning 'fun' or
'entertaining' or at least
'interesting'... But few films can
claim to be so dreadful, you
actually feel physical pain while
viewing them. So bad are these
damned few that you don't
experience them or watch
them: you 'endure' them. This is
the mother of all such films!