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Zoombies
Zoombies is a 2016 horror, (supposedly) were the zombie apocalypse takes place just with animals.
1.There is laughable cgi animals.
2.The multitudes of stupid acts that the character Gabe constantly makes.
3. Also many Harambe jokes could be made.18 votes -
The Creepy Doll
This "horror" movie has no plot no pacing no actors it's like the room if Tommy Wiseau was a doll..
14 votes -
Man In The Iron Mask
Hammiest of the Hams Jeremy Irons and John Malkovich. Gérard Depardieu's ass, I mean nose. Also his ass makes an apperance. Peter Sarsgaard's unintentionally hilarious charge unto his death. And Leonardo Di Crapio playing both the hero and villain are all total riff worthy aspects of this good bad movie.
27 votes -
skinny and fatty
Used to see this short film about two Japanese schoolboys, one skinny and poor, one fat and well-to-do, who become unlikely friends on the old CBS Children's Film Festival.
As a kid, it was the first foreign film that I ever saw that didn't have Godzilla in it.
7 votes -
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Yeah, seeing how you guys were able to do the Gene Wilder version, then it's a good idea to do the Johnny Depp one.
Three reasons:
1. It features Johnny Depp being a goofy Willy Wonka.
2. It has a bit of disturbing moments.
3. It has a side story that some may think isn't necessary for a Willy Wonka film.85 votes -
Plane Talk
The unholy alliance between the airline industry and the phone company. A chubby guy needs a bigger seat belt so they plane can take off! https://youtu.be/r10wAV9rZKM
14 votes -
Killer is on the phone
This movie is in Italian. It would be fantastic if you guys would dub it into English. Just dubbing in the lines with a funny voice or sarcasm would benefit this film, but there are plenty of riff material too.
Telly Savalas as a paid assassin.
Crazy woman with amnesia.
Crazy woman's boyfriend looks like George Harrison.
Bitchy lesbian killer.And what's not to love about a film stuffed with extreme close ups of Telly Savalas?!
15 votes -
Silent night, deadly night (1984)
A child raised by nuns grows up to become a killer toy-store Santa Claus.
14 votes -
Pete's Dragon (2016)
The original version of Pete's Dragon was pretty good - full of song, cheerfulness and hope. But... the 2016 remake STINKS! It's just weird. Please, rent this and try to write jokes. It should be easy.
3 votes -
It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To
Another goofy haunted house slasher.
4 votes -
The rocky horror picture show.
Don't do the audience participation lines but actually do riffs.
3 votes -
Unbreakable
M. Night's OTHER good movie, starring Bruce Willis as the unluckiest man in the world and Sam Jackson as its most dedicated comic fan.
19 votes -
Filmation's Journey Back to OZ (c 1980)
Originally this was Filmation's tribute to celebrate the Wizard of Oz's 40th Anniversary in 1979, but it came out a bit later for the Holidays. The original broadcast had live segments with Bill Cosby playing as the Wizard to help connect scenes in the film.
As the name suggests, Dorothy and Toto get caught once more by a cyclone in Kansas (okay, tornado for you purists) and winds up in OZ once again.
Attempting to make her way to the Emerald City, she takes a wrong turn and comes across a menacing looking cottage, where a crow (voiced by Mel Blanc) entices Dorothy to look into a cauldron (because THAT'S always an exceptional idea), and discovers (believe it or not) green elephants cooking.
Before she can leave, she is confronted by Mombi, who apparently was kin to the former Wicked Witch of the West. Apparently Mombi wants her revenge by unleashing her green elephant horde upon the Emerald City and overthrow the Scarecrow.
Fortunately Dorothy escapes with the help of Pumpkinhead (and NO, not the monster), who was brought to life by Mombi herself as a slave. Though they attempt to warn the Scarecrow in Emerald City, Mombi takes over and imprisons him and Toto, with Dorothy and Pumpkinhead nearly escaping with the help of the Wooden Horse from a carousel.
Naturally, Dorothy seeks help from Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, but their fears of what these elephants could do to them make them bow out, but they suggest to see Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.
Naturally, Glinda has learned about the situation from her 'Lookie' Bird and does provide Dorothy some help in the form of a small white box. They store the box in the Wooden Horse's compartment and set out, but as typical fashion.. thanks to her crystal ball, Mombi attempts to stop them with a wicked forest. Unable to open the horse's compartment, Dorothy and Pumpkinhead are at the mercy of the trees.. until Glinda sends a golden axe to help them out.
Now before you think Dorothy's going to go all Jason Voorhees on those trees, the golden axe doesn't kill them (remember this was still the age of HEAVILY CENSORED entertainment). Instead when it strikes a tree, it transforms them into giggly-golden trees. No seriously..
Anyway, to sum up, Dorothy and the crew head back to the Emerald City, open the box, which releases White Mice .. because Elephants fear them.. and Mombi's plan folds faster than a house of cards.
In a desperate attempt to escape, she transforms herself into a rose for some reason.. not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer.. only to meet her demise by the rampaging elephants.. yes, Mombi gets destroyed by her own creation, like Victor Franken-what's-his-name...
So as a result, the elephant's fade and Emerald City is restored, but the celebration is short-lived as Pumpkinhead gets reverted back into a lifeless pumpkin. Sad, Dorothy is visited by Glinda, who claims she cannot save Pumpkinhead because he was an enchantment of Mombi's (sort of a Bewitched rule, huh? She can make a mind-blowing golden axe, mice from a box, but not reanimate a pumpkin.. strange). So they revert to the tear thing, as Dorothy's tear magically revives Pumpkinhead.
The story ends when Glinda creates a tornado to send Dorothy and Toto back to Kansas.. and afterwards, you'll be whispering like Bill, 'seriously, what the hell what that?'
So why should RiffTrax dare animate this odd sequel of sorts?
1) The odd cast of thousands: Because this was supposed to be sort of an anniversary special, Filmation had actually obtained many famous actors to play the characters. Most notable was Liza Minnelli, who was Judy Garland's daughter, to play Dorothy. As well as Paul Lynde as Pumpkinhead, and Ethel Merman as Mombi.. speaking of 'witch..'
2) Ethel Merman's hilarious, 'Be a Witch' song. Though the movie is fraught with many songs at the drop of a hat. The most memorable tune is Merman belting out this odd tune on how she became a witch, and how her ancestor had poisoned a town by slipping them a mickey in their punch.
3) The odd mashup of OZ character, and non-canon. If you thought the Dr. Who films were completely non-cannon, Journey Back to OZ has nothing on this, since Mombi and Jack Pumpkinhead were originally character from the second OZ book, but here it's like Filmation just threw away the book itself and went with there own thing. Though the original characters make an appearance, only the Scarecrow has more screen time than them since he's the leader of the Emerald City for some reason.
BONUS REASON: If you can find an original masters, the Bill Cosby segments were hilarious for the fact they sort of tie and interact with the film, though a bit odd at times. Otherwise, you'll probably get the one where Milton Berle is viewing it from a monitor and does his own rendition of MST3K and RiffTrax before their time.
Overall, this one is a classic for the fact it was a strange attempt by Filmation to produce a direct-to-tv film honoring the Wizard of OZ, but it really ends up making about as much sense as Fun in Balloonland. Though I couldn't find the whole film on YouTube, I've submitted the playlist for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwQCfCSjOns&list=PLrYnZQqREIHH_RhkhVx-uYuWrZE2ycpaO
Hope you enjoy it.
Originally this was Filmation's tribute to celebrate the Wizard of Oz's 40th Anniversary in 1979, but it came out a bit later for the Holidays. The original broadcast had live segments with Bill Cosby playing as the Wizard to help connect scenes in the film.
As the name suggests, Dorothy and Toto get caught once more by a cyclone in Kansas (okay, tornado for you purists) and winds up in OZ once again.
Attempting to make her way to the Emerald City, she takes a wrong turn and comes across a menacing looking cottage, where a crow (voiced by Mel…
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Posse
Mario Van Peebles' 1993 Blaxploitation / Western is ripe for riffing. Mario's outfit rivals Corey Feldman's Michael Jackson-inspired clothing in its silliness. The film features a wooden Mario's dad, Melvin (who deserves better), Big Daddy Kane as a card shark, and a dastardly Blair Underwood. Oh...and Salli Richardson-Whitfield (TV's Eureka) is naked (apologies to her in advance for this request).
18 votes -
Judgement Day
Judgement Day is a rare gem of lesser known 80's horror staring Cesar Romero and Monte Markham. Two students on vacation in Mexico feel that they that wandered into a tropical paradise. Little do they know that they have wandered into Satan's lair. This movie was also known as The 3rd Hand when it was released in the U.K.
Trailer is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nUnBTK6zGo
Movie is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IWwFfIvrBk14 votes -
Return to Boggy Creek (1977)
Practically a sequel in name only, this family film features Dawn Wells (GILLIGAN'S ISLAND) and Dana Plato (DIFF'RENT STROKES). Some kids, a reporter, and fisherman get lost in a bad rainstorm while searching for the legendary Boggy Creek creature called Big-Bay-Tie.
Charles B. Pierce, the director of THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK, hated this sequel and directed his own years later, which we all know as BOGGY CREEK II: AND THE LEGEND CONTINUES.
40 votes -
Zombies of the Stratosphere
Please riff Zombies of the Stratosphere. Even Nimoy says it's awful!
7 votes -
Goliath & The Vampires
Goliath must save the kidnapped women of his village from an evil zombie leader who needs their blood to feed his soldiers.
15 votes -
Gang Boy
Gang Boy is a Sid Davis film (about 27 minutes long) made in the 1950's, set in Pomona California about two rival gangs (one Anglo and one Mexican/Hispanic). It includes all of the stilted scenes, bad acting, bad plots that we love in Sid Davis films. I caught it the other night on one of the old movie channels and was transfixed and horrified all at the same time!
15 votes -
Lost TV Pilot: America 2100 (1978)
Once again I bring another lost bizarre pilot from the late 70s. A year before Starstruck, ABC apparently greenlighted this disturbing concept reminiscent of Woody Allen's Sleeper, and later Futurama.
But not in a really good way.
Basically the premise goes something to this effect: two standup comedians down on their luck attempt to keep warm within their freezing hotel room. One decides to boil milk for some reason, while the other has them take some sleeping pills.
Mysteriously as a result, the gas from the oven kills them, but the cold air somehow freezes them cryogenically, where they end up in suspended animation for 120 years. They are found by scientists who use cell rejuvenation to revive them into a bizarre world ran by a supercomputer called Max.
The funny part is when they Dr. Karen Harland, played by Karen Valentine, who informs them what has happened why the guys ponder whether or not this whole thing is nothing more than a bad dream.
Max (voiced by Sid Caesar) runs the world by appointing jobs to people when they are six. When the guys begin protesting the way of life here, Max consigns them both to the local zoo as specimens from the 'ancient 20th Century.' Meanwhile they plead their case to Karen by saying it's better to do things you want to do than being assigned, and she has always wanted to dance, leading to a brief montage of her dancing. Enjoying it, she pleads the guys' case to Max.
Reluctantly Max decides to leave the guys in her care, where she can educate them on life in the 22nd Century, whereas they can teach them how life was in the 20th Century.
So why should this bizarre pilot be riffed?
1) Absurd pilot right off the bat: In Sleeper, Woody Allen's character Miles accidentally gets preserved due to a mishap at his hospital; In Futurama, Philip J. Fry accidentally falls into a cryo-chamber and is frozen for 1000 years. But here, you kind of wonder how exactly did these guys get saved from gas inhalation? Though Dr. Karen explains that allegedly in a split-second the cold air mixed with the gas freezes them into suspended animation, one wonders how did they remain in the hotel without anyone finding them. As Mike might ponder: what? Did Earth undergo a global disaster back in 1978 which caused these guys to be buried and well-preserved for 120 years?
Then comes the odd fact when the guys are revived, they first think they are dreaming, then just accept the fact they've 'slept' for 120 years. Though you want to follow the MST3K mantra, and just relax, but you actually can't for the fact you're still wrapping your head around the fact of how these two guys somehow survived this long.
2) The lack of futuristic things: One thing I learned about 'futuristic shows' of the 70s was that unless you had a really decent budget, you basically just had a show about people in jumpsuits and videophones with robots and that was about it. In America 2100, for the most part you see Dr. Karen in her futuristic outfit, the scientific looking room. Then Max as a robot, though he's a supercomputer. Sadly, the Jetsons this ain't. Even the House of the Future (aka 1999 AD) at least did a better job, and they were genuinely predicting the future.
3) Max the supercomputer robot. Not since Crow, Tom and Gypsy have we seen a more hilarious mechanical character. Voiced by Sid Caesar, Max comes off more like a fussy old man than a omnipotent supercomputer. And strangely enough, he's pretty much what makes the show itself. I recall only enduring this long enough to see Max make more appearances.
Overall America 2100 was also a bit of a trainwreck, though at least it was good there were no apes involved in this one.
I originally attempted to find some clip to add to this to help you out, but apparently YouTube and Dailymotion have nothing to show. If any of you can find a clip or even the full video to this one, it would be appreciated.
So whaddya think, sirs?
Once again I bring another lost bizarre pilot from the late 70s. A year before Starstruck, ABC apparently greenlighted this disturbing concept reminiscent of Woody Allen's Sleeper, and later Futurama.
But not in a really good way.
Basically the premise goes something to this effect: two standup comedians down on their luck attempt to keep warm within their freezing hotel room. One decides to boil milk for some reason, while the other has them take some sleeping pills.
Mysteriously as a result, the gas from the oven kills them, but the cold air somehow freezes them cryogenically, where they end…
13 votes
