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1. Criminally Insane (aka Crazy Fat Ethel)

   weird cult classic always make for good riff and this 1975 low budget slasher film is no different

   1. the film is about a mentally ill morbidly obese woman named Ethel who's allow to leave the mental asylum and live with her grandmother, when her grandma try's to get Ethel to lose some weight, Ethel kills her and this starts her path of killing anyone who gets in the way of her and food.

   2. This was cult director, Nick Millard's first film to get any recognition and shows his talent of bad editing, poor screenwriting and not knowing the word "subtlety".

   3. the two main reasons for it cult status, Ethel is played by Priscilla Alden, Alden who acted mostly in the films that Nick Millard directed (although she did have some minor rolls in other films and acted in theatre productions), her Ethel character made her a cult icon of low budget horror. then there's Detective McDonough played by b-movie legend, George "Buck" Flower, do i need to say more about him?. both give a surprisingly good performances despite hilariously bad dialog and direction there given.

   in the end, its weird movie thats is vary easy to riff on

   weird cult classic always make for good riff and this 1975 low budget slasher film is no different

   1. the film is about a mentally ill morbidly obese woman named Ethel who's allow to leave the mental asylum and live with her grandmother, when her grandma try's to get Ethel to lose some weight, Ethel kills her and this starts her path of killing anyone who gets in the way of her and food.

   2. This was cult director, Nick Millard's first film to get any recognition and shows his talent of bad editing, poor screenwriting and not knowing the word "subtlety".

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2. Tombstone
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3. My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Legend of Everfree

   The students of Canterlot High School attend a field trip to Camp Everfree, a nature camp owned by Gloriosa Daisy and her brother, Timber Spruce. During the bus ride, transfer student Twilight Sparkle has a nightmare of being overtaken by "Midnight Sparkle", a malevolent alter ego of herself produced while temporarily corrupted with magic from the alternate world of Equestria. Her friend Sunset Shimmer is supportive, relating through her own similar experience with transforming into a demon. Shortly upon arrival at the camp, Twilight develops telekinetic powers, which she worries is a sign of Midnight Sparkle's lingering presence.

   That night, Timber shares a campfire story that tells of Gaea Everfree,[N 1] a forest spirit, being angered by the camp's construction and threatening to unleash a plague of natural disasters upon it; the story also mentions a trail of glittering gem dust Gaea would leave in her wake. The next day, a sailboat mysteriously crashes into a dock the campers are building to use as a fashion show runway. The terrified campers spot a trail of gem dust in the water, convincing them that Gaea is real. Later, amidst an apparent earthquake and another sighting of gem dust, Twilight's friends begin developing their own unique supernatural abilities – Rainbow Dash gains super speed, Applejack gains super strength, Rarity creates diamond-like force fields, Pinkie Pie controls explosive sprinkles, and Fluttershy communicates with animals – which they find they can only use within the camp's boundaries. Twilight believes herself to be responsible for these magical occurrences, and she prepares to run away from camp. Sunset follows Twilight into the woods and, discovering her own power of telepathic empathy, convinces her to stay.

   As Timber leads them out of the forest, Sunset notices gem dust falling from his pocket and suspects him of staging Gaea's attacks. She later overhears him arguing with Gloriosa to abandon what Sunset assumes to be the camp, surmising from his longing for urban life that he means to shut the camp down by terrorizing the campers. Sunset brings Twilight and Spike with her to investigate a nearby cave kept off-limits by Timber, where they find a deposit of geodes infused with Equestrian magic. The three are confronted by Gloriosa, who reveals herself to be the true cause of the magical incidents. Sunset learns through her visions that Gloriosa, desperate to prevent businessman Filthy Rich from foreclosing the camp, has been wearing the geodes as a necklace to harness their magic in attempts at improving the campers' experience; Timber, disapproving of her reckless actions, invented the story of Gaea Everfree to cover for her.

   Gloriosa adds more geodes to the necklace and is corrupted by their power, taking on an appearance resembling Gaea. She traps Twilight, Sunset and Spike in the cave, and then enshrouds the camp in brambles. The three escape and regroup with their friends, who use their powers to defend the other campers. Twilight embraces her own magic with encouragement from the other girls and, after nearly transforming into Midnight Sparkle, frees Gloriosa from the necklace's influence by splitting it apart. The pieces turn into different pendants for the girls, who gain new magical forms and restore the camp. Still faced with the camp's foreclosure, the girls realize that the geodes are the source of their new powers, and use them to organize a fundraiser ball that is held within the cave. Their plan is a success, attracting a large crowd of former campers and saving the camp. Sunset wonders about the source of the cave's magic as, unbeknownst to the campers, magic energy seeps through a crack above the portal to Equestria.

   In a post-credits scene, the next day, the girls finally restore the dock, but Pinkie's sprinkles accidentally detonate and destroy it, leaving the girls and Spike in shock.

   The students of Canterlot High School attend a field trip to Camp Everfree, a nature camp owned by Gloriosa Daisy and her brother, Timber Spruce. During the bus ride, transfer student Twilight Sparkle has a nightmare of being overtaken by "Midnight Sparkle", a malevolent alter ego of herself produced while temporarily corrupted with magic from the alternate world of Equestria. Her friend Sunset Shimmer is supportive, relating through her own similar experience with transforming into a demon. Shortly upon arrival at the camp, Twilight develops telekinetic powers, which she worries is a sign of Midnight Sparkle's lingering presence.

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4. My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games

   The students of Canterlot High School prepare for the Friendship Games, an academic and sporting competition regularly held between their school's team, the Wondercolts, and the undefeated Shadowbolts from Crystal Prep Academy. Sunset Shimmer, who has been observing her friends' magical ability to "pony up" (grow pony-like ears, tails, and wings) whenever they play musical instruments, becomes concerned when Rainbow Dash transforms during a pep rally, seemingly at random. Tasked with finding the cause of this development, Sunset attempts to contact Twilight Sparkle in Equestria for advice, but receives no response.

   Meanwhile, Crystal Prep is attended by the counterpart of Twilight, a school outcast who has been investigating the magical activity surrounding Canterlot High. Twilight builds a locket-like device with which to detect and contain the magic for further study, hoping this will secure her application for Everton, a coveted independent study program. However, Abacus Cinch, her school principal, threatens to revoke the application so as to blackmail Twilight into participating in the Friendship Games and maintain Crystal Prep's victory record.

   Upon Twilight's arrival at Canterlot High, her device detects Sunset and her friends' magic and leads Twilight to them; as she approaches, the device inadvertently drains Rarity's magic when she "ponies up" after making uniforms for her friends. Sunset, initially mistaking Twilight for her pony counterpart, quickly realizes the misunderstanding and considers consulting the pony Twilight in person. When Crystal Prep's Twilight follows her to the portal to Equestria, the device absorbs its magic and deactivates it. The device similarly affects Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy when they attempt to befriend Twilight during the games, briefly tearing open dimensional rifts to Equestria as a result each time.

   Following Twilight's victory in the games' academic decathlon, the games continue with a "tricross relay", a relay race between archery, speed skating and motocross. Applejack transforms after advising a struggling Twilight in her stage of the race, causing the device to steal Applejack's magic and create a rift that temporarily brings monstrous plants through. Rainbow Dash "ponies up" to save the other competitors before losing her own magic, allowing Canterlot High to win the event to tie with Crystal Prep, but causing Cinch to accuse Canterlot High of cheating due to their perceived advantage through magic.

   Before the final event, Cinch and the Shadowbolts pressure Twilight into releasing the accumulated magic within her device to harness it against the Wondercolts. The magic instead corrupts Twilight, turning her into a winged and horned monster,[N 1] and she proceeds to obsessively open more rifts that threaten to destroy the parallel world. As the Wondercolts and Shadowbolts work together to save their classmates, Sunset notices her friends' magical auras and realizes that their magic manifests when they exhibit the same traits as the Elements of Harmony. Gathering their magic with the device, Sunset assumes an angelic form[N 2] with an appearance of Twilight's new Father and closes the rifts. She and Colter then help Twilight regain her senses alongside Spike, Twilight's dog, returning her to normal.

   Both schools, including the repentant Shadowbolts, accost Cinch for manipulating Twilight. Refusing to relent, Cinch threatens to report the incident to the school board. When taunted that no one would believe her account of the magical incidents, however, she concedes to a tie that is celebrated by both teams. Twilight, reconsidering her Everton application, realizes she is happier at Canterlot High and transfers there, where Sunset and the other students welcome her as a new friend.

   In a pre-credits scene, the Twilight from Equestria emerges from the reactivated portal with the counterparts of her friends gathered around it. She apologizes for her absence, explaining that she has just escaped from a time travel loop, before gawking at the sight of her own counterpart.

   The students of Canterlot High School prepare for the Friendship Games, an academic and sporting competition regularly held between their school's team, the Wondercolts, and the undefeated Shadowbolts from Crystal Prep Academy. Sunset Shimmer, who has been observing her friends' magical ability to "pony up" (grow pony-like ears, tails, and wings) whenever they play musical instruments, becomes concerned when Rainbow Dash transforms during a pep rally, seemingly at random. Tasked with finding the cause of this development, Sunset attempts to contact Twilight Sparkle in Equestria for advice, but receives no response.

   Meanwhile, Crystal Prep is attended by the counterpart of… more

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5. Matchless

   Euro spy spoof movie from 1960s. Stars Patrick O'Neal as a foreign correspondent who escapes from a Chinese prison with the help of a magic ring that makes him invisible.

   Also stars Henry Silva and Donald Pleasence.

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6. Corn's A Poppin'

   This is a movie that's going to be hard to sum up because it's so... perfect for riffing.

   It's a semi-musical film (about an hour long) about a popcorn magnate who needs to boost sales of his product, so he produces a TV musical variety show to promote it. What kind of music? Country music, of course! However, the PR guy is secretly working for a rival popcorn company, so it's up to the TV show's host and his whiny little sister to save the day. All this...and much more...written by Robert Altman.

   I have a few links to help prove my case that this is prime riffing material. First, this recent review of the film by Huffington Post: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5536972

   Someone in Detroit taped this movie off TV back in the day and it's on YouTube now. It has to be seen to be believed - SERIOUSLY, though the age shows: https://youtu.be/QzejNljcss0

   You'll be happy to know that the movie has been recently restored, and here's a link about that -

   http://m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/corns-a-poppin-music-box-robert-altman-robert-woodburn/Content?oid=13922490

   You KNOW you can't resist something this corny from the 50's!

   This is a movie that's going to be hard to sum up because it's so... perfect for riffing.

   It's a semi-musical film (about an hour long) about a popcorn magnate who needs to boost sales of his product, so he produces a TV musical variety show to promote it. What kind of music? Country music, of course! However, the PR guy is secretly working for a rival popcorn company, so it's up to the TV show's host and his whiny little sister to save the day. All this...and much more...written by Robert Altman.

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7. Nerve

   Nerve is a social media reality TV thriller where teenagers compete for watchers, only to find themselves as prisoners of the game. Unfortunately, the viewers watching the movie at home probably also felt like prisoners. It is filled with absurd moments that are ripe for RIFFs.

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8. Soaps

   You could really have fun with any of the old soaps. We are currently suffering through our granddaughter's obsession on a telenovela and I found myself starting to riff it because it was so hyperdramtic. Then my son came up with...Rifftrax should do the soaps. Great idea!

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9. THX-1138

   A cult classic, yes, but chock full of inscrutable moments ripe for the riffing. What is that suction-cup tennis match they're watching 15 minutes in? What are the ten shopping commandments for their weird consumerism based religion? Does the carpet match the drapes? WE HAVE TO KNOW!

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10. The Wee Sing Train (1993)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjdwjbgvkSU

    A bit of bland fluff meant to keep kids quiet for an hour or so. Two kids are transported into the world of their toy train set via the power of imagination or some crap like that, where they ride the talking train from one public-domain musical number to the next. Along for the ride is Tusky, an elephant who is less of an annoying screw-up than Jar Jar Binks, but not by much. Highlights include a garden of singing vegetables with creepy upper lips, disproportionate dancing paper dolls, and a talking frog who can't speak with the same voice for more than a minute. This movie's a bland bowl on mashed potatoes in dire need of some Rifftrax gravy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjdwjbgvkSU

    A bit of bland fluff meant to keep kids quiet for an hour or so. Two kids are transported into the world of their toy train set via the power of imagination or some crap like that, where they ride the talking train from one public-domain musical number to the next. Along for the ride is Tusky, an elephant who is less of an annoying screw-up than Jar Jar Binks, but not by much. Highlights include a garden of singing vegetables with creepy upper lips, disproportionate dancing paper dolls, and a talking frog who can't speak with the same… more

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11. Dating Do's And Don'ts

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxBOSdl-b54

    The lead character's name is Woody. There are probably at least ten good jokes in that alone. One of those dating etiquette shorts that offers divergent time lines in how to choose, ask for, and end a date

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12. Jake Speed

    When her sister is kidnapped by white slavers, only Grandpa knows what to do. He puts in a call to a fictional hero, Jake Speed. She is amazed to find that he actually exists, and that as flesh and blood, is much less formidable than his reputation.

    This is a cool/goofy/fun ride with a stellar sound track by Mark Snow.

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13. Makeup tutorial

    https://youtu.be/jYUcCsgD80E

    A makeup tutorial from the 40s

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14. Star Trek: The Cage

    Mike, Kevin and Bill riffing the original Star Trek pilot.

    Riffing frequencies are open, Captain.

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15. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

    Jonathan Frakes and bad acting! Enough said!

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16. Greenwich Village

    15 min short shown on TCM Sept 11 at 5:45am EDT. Early 70s in all its fashion glory, extolling the charms of quaint Greenwich Village, a suburban oasis in the big city (not the way I remember it in the 70s). It takes some doing but I THINK I finally identified it as promoting cotton as a fabric. I'm not making that up.

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17. witness. 1985.

    come on, Harrison ford, an amish person. must do.
    
    2nd reason........ harrison ford............ being amish.
    3rd reason. awkward sexual tension with an amish woman.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY3XnCyKAEU

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18. The Trial of Chaplain Jensen

    • The movie is in the public domain.
    • It is inspired by a real-life trial.
    • Lynda Day George of "Mission: Impossible" fame plays a bisexual nymphomaniac!
    • James Franciscus ("The Last Shark") is the male lead in this flick.

    https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ldgtv/conversations/messages/2136
    https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ldgtv/conversations/messages/2349
    http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-trial-of-chaplain-jensen-v129627

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19. The Swan Princess Christmas

    The Swan Princess may not have been as good as Disney's animated features, but it has its defenders. You cannot say the same for this direct-to-DVD sequel. The CGI makes all the characters look like they're made of plastic. The musical numbers are traditional Christmas songs given a blatantly anachronistic pop makeover heavy on the auto-tune. And speaking of anachronism, there's also a scene where Prince Derek goes snowboarding and a Star Wars parody complete with lightsabers. To top it off, the villain's Kryptonite? WIND CHIMES.

    Musical Hell review here:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhJVrEKzM3s

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20. Idaho Transfer

    Horrendous old sci movie where some podunk university in Idaho has discovered a rift in time through which they can travel to some post-apocalyptic point in the future. But only by taking off ones pants and straddling what appears to be a time bench?

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