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1. Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space Part 1

   WARNING, THE FOLLOWING 4 FAN RIFFS DON'T PLAY,
   Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space Part 1,
   Atomic Treatment & Mr B Natural: Superargo and the Faceless Giants
   Atomic Treatment & Mr B Natural: The Earth vs. The Flying Saucers
   MICRORIFFS-SUBVERSION & ESPIONAGE
   Maybe they will be fixed in the future but I wouldn't purchase them unless they add some type of corrected notice to the description.
   For the greater part, all riffs I have downloaded work fine, even others by Atomic Treatment, who I really like.
   I just wanted to make buyers aware of my experience.

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2. Repulsion

   Roman Polanski's ode to psycho-sexual breakdown, starring the already psychotic looking Catherine Deneuve. Shot in blk/wht, early 60s. Favorite part: when the walls sprout arms and start grabbing poor young Cathy in the hallway of her own apartment.

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3. Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

   Can Vampires and Humans co-exist? Complete with SPF 100 sunscreen, man-made fake blood, and a cast including David Carradine, Bruce Campbell, and M. Emmett Walsh, this is a brilliant film rife for riffing.

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4. The Metric System (PBS TV Series 1978)

   What do the aci film shorts and this series have in common? They were both: (1) Insanely produced and; (2) aired on PBS' GRETA (Gulf Regional Education Television Affiliates) time during the school years (mainly used by home schoolers at time, or what your parents made you watch instead of 'Gilligan's Island' when you were sick).

   Anyway onto this series.. as the RiffTrax Crew knows from their plethora of aci shorts, producers had a bizarre way of 'education' the youth of the 70s. If it wasn't about making crafts out of refuse, it was counting turkeys in a pen, or creating unholy abominations and calling them 'puppets.' but I digress...

   About the time of the mid to late-Seventies/Eighties, the world was going 'Metric Crazy' and was being 'converted' faster than the ghouls in 'Night of the Living Dead.' Naturally our country held out and fought the system, but during this battle, the US did attempt to force us to learn about this new form of measurement in the most insane way possible.

   Before Square One TV, you had 'The Metric System.' Yes, that was the name of the show.. which basically was about a fictional television network that would show programs which were based on a metric/measuring theme. Some were direct parodies of other PBS shows, such as 'Centimeter Street,' with Big Bug (a giant version of the classic Cootie Bug Game character), whereas others were original send offs.

   One memorable moment was 'Metric Man,' where they would use a weird, live head action with puppetry, before Marc Weiner popularized it with his stand up and Weinerville show. The hilarious thing was MM's archnemesis was (get this) an inchworm. Yes, you heard me right, an inchworm, who mainly got pissed off at Metric Man for using him to compare the difference between inches and centimeters in one episode.

   Regrettably, I've attempted to locate something of this series for you so you can grasp the concept. To give you a frame of reference, imagine if the show was still running today: they would probably make a spoof on MST3K, probably calling it 'Metric Science Theater 10 K (because, you know, of the metric thing)' and have a Joel/Mike and the 'bots send off, watching cheesy metric-based films and making measurement comments, with the intermissions being based on metric-themed stuff, while the mads would probably get mad by using 'outdated' measuring methods. Though the show itself did educate in some way, it was hilarious for the fact this came off more like something along the lines of 'The Carol Burnett Show,' than an educational program. If you're wanting to accept this challenge of locating this classic, here's why I believe at least one of the episodes should be riffed:

   (1) The pretense of being a network: Overlooking the corny title, the show does begin and end as if you had come across an actual network program. The sketches are devised as television shows. Centimeter Street happens to be one of the more hilarious parodies for the fact Henson and CTW did allow the producers to use the muppets of Ernie and Bert (but here are called, Bernie and Ert).

   (2) Metric Man: Essentially the fact when you see how this is executed you can probably hear Mike go, "Oh, what new fresh Hell is this?" And Kevin go, "Wow, an inchworm for a villain? Who'd ever think of something like that?" Whereas Bill would comment on how the problems of the MM citizen deal more with measuring than real disasters.

   (3) Just for the fact the whole concept was more disturbing than anything 'Fun in Balloonland,' or aci films could devise.

   Sorry I couldn't locate anything on this classic for you, but if anyone out there can, I'd appreciate it if you submit it here and help see if this could get Riffed... even if it's just for one episode...

   What do the aci film shorts and this series have in common? They were both: (1) Insanely produced and; (2) aired on PBS' GRETA (Gulf Regional Education Television Affiliates) time during the school years (mainly used by home schoolers at time, or what your parents made you watch instead of 'Gilligan's Island' when you were sick).

   Anyway onto this series.. as the RiffTrax Crew knows from their plethora of aci shorts, producers had a bizarre way of 'education' the youth of the 70s. If it wasn't about making crafts out of refuse, it was counting turkeys in a pen, or… more

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5. Double Indemnity

   The next time you riff a classic, please let it include Edward G Robinson and/or Fred MacMurray.

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6. The Skateboard Kid (1993)

   The Skateboard Kid is a 1993 Roger Corman movie about a young teen, Zack, who moves to a new town and is rejected by the new kids there. That is until his skateboard is struck by lightning and becomes a talking, magic skateboard with a creepy mobile face. Oh, and it's voiced by Dom Deluise. It doesn't get better from there.

   Why riff this?
   1) Picture the puppets in The Clean Club. They're better animated than the talking skateboard is. The magic skateboard, upon which the entire movie hinges, looks like something a junior high might have constructed by a school play and then tossed out for looking too awful. Plus, it's voiced by 90s heartthrob Dom Deluise, who is constantly cracking awful jokes.
   2) The film shamelessly borrows from pretty much every other kid's movie. Zack come to town and runs into a gang of bullies. He meets a girl he likes. He has a dead parent. So does she! They conspire to get their parents to date. But mom is engaged to someone else. Oh, and there's a Goonies style treasure hunt to go along with the mystical flying skateboard.
   3) Timothy Busfield plays Zack's dad. He's a professional clown. He's not funny in the movie, but he (and Cliff DeYoung) are basically the only real actors in this movie, with everyone else turning in bad dinner theater level performances.
   4) It's recorded in "Ultra-Stereo." I have no idea what that is, but it's ultra.

   A trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1vM1Mn933Y

   The Skateboard Kid is a 1993 Roger Corman movie about a young teen, Zack, who moves to a new town and is rejected by the new kids there. That is until his skateboard is struck by lightning and becomes a talking, magic skateboard with a creepy mobile face. Oh, and it's voiced by Dom Deluise. It doesn't get better from there.

   Why riff this?
   1) Picture the puppets in The Clean Club. They're better animated than the talking skateboard is. The magic skateboard, upon which the entire movie hinges, looks like something a junior high might have constructed by a… more

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7. If Looks Could Kill (1991)

   21 Jump Street's Richard Grieco in a "teen James Bond" quasi-spoof. Why didn't this guy's career ever take off? I could almost hear the riffs as I watched this.

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8. Varan: The Unbelievable (US Release 1962)

   If you're into Japanese rubber suit monster movies here's one for you!

   In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan.

   Commander Jim Bradley of the United States Navy is sent to Japan to test a chemical, which if successful, will be used to desalinate water. Unfortunately, the indigenous population are against the experiments in their lake, which happens to have the right amount of salt content, because it is feared that the chemicals will re-awaken their god, Obake. After Bradley's wife Anna intervenes, the populace is evacuated and the experiment goes on as scheduled. Unfortunately, as predicted, the chemicals reawaken their god, which happens to be a giant prehistoric beast. After destroying the local village, the creature then sets his sites on the city of Oneida.

   Varan is later a monster that lives on monster island with godzilla!

   If you're into Japanese rubber suit monster movies here's one for you!

   In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan.

   Commander Jim Bradley of the United States Navy is sent to Japan to test a chemical, which if successful, will be used to desalinate water. Unfortunately, the indigenous population are against the experiments in… more

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9. "Hypothermia"

   This is one of those movies that was so bad that you realize after about 45 minutes in that you've now connived yourself to go to the end. You know you're going to be disappointed, but you suck it up and do it anyway.

   Three reasons it needs to be riffed?

   1. The monster looks a mix of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon", a piranha, Tammy Faye Bakker and the little dragon from "How to Train Your Dragon".
   2. The acting is the most stellar "anti-acting" I've ever seen.
   3. It has Michael Rooker at his Michael Rooker-iest.

   https://youtu.be/6YR3XoXMLIs

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10. The Devil's Rain

    The Devil's Rain has it all. Shatner. Borgnine. A teeny tiny bit of Travolta. Consulting from the Church of Satan's own Anton LaVey. And hilarity. So much hilarity. Borgnine in full Devil makeup attached for your amusement and edification.

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11. Skyscraper (1996)

    Why?
    1) Anna Nicole Smith is a helicopter pilot?!
    2) Anna Nicole Smith with a gun!?
    3) Anna Nicole Smith with a lead role in anything?!

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12. Starship Apocalypse

    • Seems to have been shot entirely in one greenscreened room
    • Almost all the asskicking of a 70s action drama
    • The acting is even more plastic than the faces and boobs
    • Shatneresque... line... delivery
    • Space lingo cliches. Everywhere.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXb5p7N_YeY

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13. Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

    Now RiffTrax friends, I'm setting the TARDIS B-Movie ChronoScope way back to the 1950s, but fortunately in colour. And it's a Jimmy Stewart film! And it was one which also inspired the TV Series 'Bewitched.'

    Basically our mystic tale commences with Gillian 'Gil' Holroyd, a modern day witch with her familiar, Pyewacket (I stand corrected, 80s films weren't the only one with odd names..), has become fascinated with her neighbor, Shep Henderson, a publisher, and decides she wants him. But regrettably, Shep has a beau, Merle Kittridge, who was Gil's poison penpal (aka 'frenemy') from her college days, and Gil does everything she can to discourage her and get the guy.

    Meanwhile, Shep's co-worker, Sidney (played by Ernie Kovacs), is working on a book about witches and witchcraft, and Gil's brother, Nicky (Jack Lemmon, not Adam Sandler, remember, this is the 1950s), devilishly decided to help Sidney with his research along the way.

    Funnier moments are played by Gil's Aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester) and Bianca de Passe (Hermione Gingold - who also played the Old Witch in 'Winter of the Witch.') in this tale.

    Why RiffTrax should take a crack at this Classic:

    1. The cast itself: Jimmy Stewart, Ernie Kovacs and Jack Lemmon to name a few, which was funny they were in this flick about witches and witchcraft. And they deliver their lines well, but it's funny how Stewart acts oblivious towards the whole witch thing, despite the fact Kovacs plays a publisher researching the topic, and Lemmon, the cunning warlock to decides on helping him.

    2. The supernatural tale itself: Jimmy Stewart is mostly remembered for George Bailey in 'It's a Wonderful Life.' So it's hilarious to see him in a film where this time he's dealing not with angels but witches and the fact this was one of the cinematic stories inspiring William Asher to create the romance between 'Samantha and Darrin,' the other was the B&W tale, 'I Married A Witch.'

    3. The first film in colour: in the late 50s there were some flicks that were produced in technocolor, but usually it was reserved for musicals and grand productions, so it's interesting how this one was produced in color without someone breaking into song. But one hilarious moment is when Gil is tormenting Merle in the Zodiac Club through the musical moment with the band playing, encouraged by Lemmon's character no less.

    Overall this is one which would be great to riff, either Live or as a VOD.

    Here's the Trailer:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDBbmP2TctE

    Now RiffTrax friends, I'm setting the TARDIS B-Movie ChronoScope way back to the 1950s, but fortunately in colour. And it's a Jimmy Stewart film! And it was one which also inspired the TV Series 'Bewitched.'

    Basically our mystic tale commences with Gillian 'Gil' Holroyd, a modern day witch with her familiar, Pyewacket (I stand corrected, 80s films weren't the only one with odd names..), has become fascinated with her neighbor, Shep Henderson, a publisher, and decides she wants him. But regrettably, Shep has a beau, Merle Kittridge, who was Gil's poison penpal (aka 'frenemy') from her college days, and Gil… more

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14. Strike Commando (1987)

    Glorious rip-off of Rambo: First Blood Part II, directed by Italian schlockmeister Bruno Mattei and starring Reb Brown.

    1. Did I mention that "Blast Hardcheese" of Space Mutiny is in it? Of course he yells a lot and does much blasting.
    2. There's a hilarious scene where Reb Brown's character, Ransom, tells a dying Vietnamese boy about Disneyland while fighting back tears (apparently the Disneyland he went to had popcorn growing on trees and a magic genie!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptNdU8x2YfQ
    3. Also feature a stereotypical Russian baddie that Reb Brown eventually butts heads against (literally!)

    Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtAyJPuKuMY

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15. Labyrinth 1986

    David Bowie, strange trolls, and a maze? That'd be a great Rifftrax

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16. Pushed Too Far

    A story of action and drama, a small peaceful community faces danger when a deranged professional wrestler stalks its citizens...and finally the local karate school owner.  His non-violent teachings won't allow him to seek revenge, but when his family becomes the target, he is faced with the toughest decision of his life.  No one knows what a man will do until he's...PUSHED TOO FAR!  
    

    It's based in my home town of Greenfield, Indiana.

    http://youtu.be/t9X4um-zsZU

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17. Blood Beast of Monster Mountain

    Can there ever be enough Bigfoot movies? CAN THERE?!!!
    Reason one... this song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anxx1YZ_aI8

    Reason two... this guy (national Yo-Yo champion/psychic investigator/professional magician/adult theater owner/exploitation filmmaker Donn Davison) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYA0fNlAGro

    Reason three... there's just too many unanswered questions from Curse of Bigfoot!

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18. Teen Beach Movie

    The Disney Channel original movie stars Ross Lynch & Maia Mitchell about a couple gets transport into a 1960's beach movie, but they changed the movie but if don't change it back it may change them forever. Surf's up for the riffs.

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19. Wild in the Streets (1968)

    From the studio who brought you Gas-s-s (American International, whose initials make me want to cry out when I see their films.. A... IIIII..), brings you this bizarre little gem which could've been the inspiration for 'Logan's Run.' Well, probably more of the Run part...

    But I digress.. Wild in the Streets tells of a strange tale about what happens when you attempt to let a rock star attempt to procure the future voters of America (because THAT'S always an INSPIRED idea, what next, electing a possum for president... oh,well..

    Hal Holbrook plays a Congressman who decides the best way for procuring the youth vote for his run for the Senate, is to get the most popular rock star, Max Frost, to encourage the America's youth to vote.

    Seems simple enough. So is 'reversing the polarity of the neutron flow.' Because even though the film does warn us about Frost, seems the Congressman doesn't check out this guy's background too well.

    Max Frost was once known as Max Flatow, who started off as a social miscreant, with a penchant for making home-made explosives. Not to mention having Shirley Winters for a mother..

    Now is it just me, but before Ms. Winters played nice with Rankin/Bass' productions as Frosty's wife, Crystal, she always played these wonderful nutjobs in these films. Just sayin'. Anyway, Frost manages to insinuate himself into the system..

    And things go downhill from there...

    First off, Frost convinces the government to lower the voting age down from 18 to 15, then (as if anyone didn't see this coming) announces his candidacy for President.

    Before anyone realizes it, Frost gets elected and the first thing he does is put anyone over 30 into concentration camps (oops, sorry, I mean 'retirement homes') where they are forced to ingest LSD and live out their lives there... oh, and the Congressman gets hung, and not in a good way...

    'Wild in the Streets' happens to be one of those films you have to see to actually believe and will make you think 'Logan's Run' was tame by comparison. But here are three good reasons why RiffTrax should do this one:

    (1) Plethora of stars: Long before Sharknado 2 started doing this, this film did it, and if you like to see Shirley Winters slapping a very young Greg Brady (Barry Williams - unaccredited, but you see him in the first of the film as a young Max), this film is for you. As well as Richard Pryor.

    (2) The film can't decide if it's a movie or a documentary.. Seriously, in the start of the film, the director decides on giving you an insight into Max Flatow right away, and his troubled childhood, and what made him become the famous Max Frost. Then at that moment afterwards, the film jumps us into the story.. think of it as a reverse of 'Night of the Living Dead,' you'll get the idea.

    (3) It's the most absurd tale of its time. For some reason, back in Sixties and Seventies, being 30 was sort of classified as being 'over the hill.' And for some reason, Hollywood loved producing films enforcing this fact. But Wild in the Streets does take it over the top with Frost chanting '15 or Die,' as his motto to get his fans to vote and get Congress to lower the voting age. Afterwards his plans go into madness, as he reveals his distrust of adults (yes, I suppose having Shirley Winters slap you will do that to you..)

    Anyway... here's the full movie, courtesy of Drive-In at Youtube.com:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oVTHJLVSOo

    And I hope you guys at RiffTrax consider this flick, because though it's not a gas, it will blow your mind... or make you lose your mind.. I forget which..

    From the studio who brought you Gas-s-s (American International, whose initials make me want to cry out when I see their films.. A... IIIII..), brings you this bizarre little gem which could've been the inspiration for 'Logan's Run.' Well, probably more of the Run part...

    But I digress.. Wild in the Streets tells of a strange tale about what happens when you attempt to let a rock star attempt to procure the future voters of America (because THAT'S always an INSPIRED idea, what next, electing a possum for president... oh,well..

    Hal Holbrook plays a Congressman who decides the best way… more

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20. Thunderbirds Are Go

    Classic puppet movie is perfect to be riffed. Don't you think so, M'Lady?

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