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Reptilicus
Hello~
Since you are a fan of really bad movies, and specifically lizard ones; Dinosaurus, Planet Of Dinosaurs, Jurassic Park, Tommy Wiseau films, might I suggest that no collection is complete without having the 1961 classic - Reptilicus! Please look into this. Without hyperbole, I say it could very well be the ice-cream bunny of lizard movies. Oh yes.
Thank you
309 votes -
Deadly Eyes
It's a fantastic B-movie about rabid rats that prey on anyone who isn't a middle-aged white male. Terrible special effects, campy acting, and an inane plot reminiscent of "Killer Shrews". Definitely worth a look-see.
31 votes -
Star Maidens
There was an Anglo-German production in the 1970s called Star Maidens, there were 13 roughly 30 minute episodes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Maidens, it even had people in it who were famous at the time or went on to become more famous. The premise was that there was a rogue planet called Medusa ruled by women and two men escape to Earth seeking sanctuary, and such is the plot. But it's amazingly camp, there is lot's of running about with almost dance steps in, there are German actors who could probably speak decent English but seem to be forced into the German of comic book German POW guards, for you alien ze escape is over! It's worthy of the efforts of a really good Rifftrax, it's got all the right elements of being cheesy, famous actors, sci-fi, camp as a bag of yellow frogs, and from the golden age of crappy sci-fi YV the 1970s, also being Anglo-German what more could you ask for.
There was an Anglo-German production in the 1970s called Star Maidens, there were 13 roughly 30 minute episodes, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Maidens, it even had people in it who were famous at the time or went on to become more famous. The premise was that there was a rogue planet called Medusa ruled by women and two men escape to Earth seeking sanctuary, and such is the plot. But it's amazingly camp, there is lot's of running about with almost dance steps in, there are German actors who could probably speak decent English but seem to be forced into the German of…
28 votes -
Linda's Film on Menstruation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE5ci3dMbu4
Holy crap! It's that guy from Breaking Bad!....hahaha
It's not the best preserved, but very riffable, film on the old taco dribbles.7 votes -
Iron Eagle
Nothing says awesome like a hot shot fighter pilot that has to invade a country and save his p.o.w. Dad. Only problem is he stinks at flying unless he's listening to sweet 70s and 80s light rock tunes
42 votes -
Masters of the Gridiron
Masters of the Gridiron: This film has everything you could ever hope for in a movie... the '86 Cleveland Browns on a barbarian quest for Super Bowl glory, mid-western football players pretending to be samurai warriors, Cleveland favorites the Michael Stanley Band, UNSCRIPTED BEAR WRESTLING... Hell, it's even got Tiny Tim performing a gripping rendition of "The Lord of the League!" Dare you hope that this could go on for fourteen perplexing minutes? YES.
22 votes -
Ghost Documentaries
Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures or any of those supernatural-type shows. Also anything about Bigfoot, Lochness Monster, etc. Love the Richard Terry riffs, more of those!
14 votes -
Vegetable Soup (1973 - Syndicated TV Show)
This one I'll have a bit better for you. Now I know RiffTrax doesn't riff TV shows per se, but this one you might love to riff at least one of the episodes for this one made shows from Sid Marty & Krofft look positively normal. In fact if Mike, Bill and Kevin view this first episode I've linked to, they'll probably think 'Fun in Balloonland' is a cake walk compared to this.
So what is 'Vegetable Soup?' Possibly a show designed by Andy Warhol to compliment his art? You wish.
Once upon a riff, Kevin lamented that 'Free to Be, You and Me,' was responsible for an aci short.. not sure if it was 'At Your Fingertips: Grass,' or 'Cylinders.' But what 'Free to Be' did inspire was this plan on educating our kids to be tolerant of others of gender, race and cultures. Thus, in the Seventies, PBS and Syndicated series started producing a plethora of shows to do just that.
However, when you see, Vegetable Soup, you might feel the same way as you did with 'Read On!' Especially since the intro has disturbing animation with them singing the theme song about the world being like a bowl of vegetable soup.
Basically the show itself is broken up into vignettes: The first one is called 'Outerscope One.' This one hearkens back to the days of the marionette shows, 'Thunderbirds' and 'Stingray,' so no, you haven't lost your mind.
Essentially the plot goes something like this, some kids decide on constructing a spaceship (or skylab, as they call it), which looks like something the Little Rascals had engineered (then again, I think they could've come up with something better), and they launch themselves up into space with a kettle that spews forth (get this) a solution of baking soda and vinegar (or something to that effect), and can safely pierce the atmosphere without burning up, or worry about asphyxiation for the fact their window is a bicycle tire (wasn't 70s world wonderful). Anyway, as with the Robinson Family, the kids end up getting lost, but travel to worlds where each have some underlying message about accepting others.
After this segment ends, you'll scream GAH! Mainly because remember the animated singers in the intro? To segue you to the next segment, they show one band member sing about the next segment.
Usually the following short will deal with kids round the world doing stuff. But one short vignette I remember most was 'Nigel.'
Who's 'Nigel,' you ask? He's a pet boa constrictor which a little boy owns and has bizarre adventures, such as having him lose Nigel in a library, getting a fellow student to blame Nigel for biting him, and things like that. And, no, Bill, it doesn't have Nigel strangling and eating the kid, though for the most part there were times you'd like to see that.
But the most bizarre segment of the series happen to be 'Woody the Spoon.' Voiced by the Miss Divine herself, Bette Midler, Woody would appear with his disturbing floating face and dole out a cooking lesson in rhyme upon foods from around the world. Personally, I used to endure the other crap just to see these segments, just for the fact the tune was actually soothing, just to offset the disturbing animation.
Usually at the end we'd see the face (which was probably the ghost of Cookie Monster's ancestors) gobble up the food, then lick Woody.
Overall, the reasons I feel RiffTrax should take a stab at an episode of this are as follows:
(1) Outerscope One: If the stories aren't thinly-disguised, the marionettes are hilarious, as well as some of the plots. And as I aforementioned you really have to suspend disbelief with this one.
(2) Woody the Spoon: The fact Bette Midler does the voice for this is a bit mind-blowing, since this was done probably before she became famous. Though she does an excellent job with the character, the animation does make this a bit off-putting. But it's fun to see how out-there you can make cooking something like Japanese rice for kids.
(3) Nigel segments/live segments - Usually nothing special with the other live segments (think the .. and Families series which were previously riffed). But the Nigel segments stand out mainly not due to the antics which occur, yet, the odd fact Nigel's owner's family allows him to actually own a boa constrictor. (Interesting fact: a lot of families hated this segment because kids who did watch this show usually wanted a pet snake as well)
I've submitted some links here for you to see the show. I recommend only selecting an episode from the series' First Season, since they were more riffable than the Second, which they did tone down on the animation, but did have Outerscope Two have an adventure on Earth, and combined the marionettes with live-action this time. Then had a strange game show called, 'The Big Job.' But the rest sort of lacked the bizarre atmosphere of the First Season.
With that, I submit to you, Vegetable Soup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwktFmbBg2c (Full Ep. 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKOPVjpMZ4g (Woody)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRcNIqrZ6KI (Outerscope One)
This one I'll have a bit better for you. Now I know RiffTrax doesn't riff TV shows per se, but this one you might love to riff at least one of the episodes for this one made shows from Sid Marty & Krofft look positively normal. In fact if Mike, Bill and Kevin view this first episode I've linked to, they'll probably think 'Fun in Balloonland' is a cake walk compared to this.
So what is 'Vegetable Soup?' Possibly a show designed by Andy Warhol to compliment his art? You wish.
Once upon a riff, Kevin lamented that 'Free to…
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Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn has the song White Christmas and a musical number involving black face on Lincoln's birthday. I have watched it many years. Fred Astire and Bing Crosby are great in the movie but the movie needs to be riffed
6 votes -
Second Glance
Hey Scotty...!
Jesus, Man!4 votes -
Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury
This movie just came up on netflix and it's so cheesy!!! It needs a riff.
23 votes -
Planets of the Sun (1974)
Join Spock as he tells us about the Solar System -- or what it was, back in the 1970s.
24 votes -
Short Circuit
Military robot gets struck by lightning and develops emotions.
15 votes -
The Protector (1985)
- Jackie Chan cusses in it.
- Big John Studd plays one of the bad guys.
- There is a...memorable sequence set inside a massage parlor.
https://web.archive.org/web/20121224135731/http://www.hkfilm.net/protect.htm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089847/?ref_=nm_knf_i416 votes -
476 A.D. Chapter One: The Age of Aquarius
This insane take on classic cinema is an indie from Colorado and perfect for a riffing - a story about the fall of Rome shot mostly shot on green screen in one man's apartment complete with sequences that are suggestive of an acid trip and hilarious by themselves but are perfect set ups for riffing such as this instantly classic scene: https://youtu.be/bNh9hcmHD_0
Just now released on Amazon VOD, it is ripe for for riffing!! And this is coming from the actor who played Ceasar.
38 votes -
They Live
John Carpenter's 1988 cult classic isn't a bad movie, but it could be very funny if parodied. There's a seriousness in the film that's matched with a very odd conceit -- that the world is being invaded by spacemen who are vulnerable only to Roddy Piper in sunglasses. It has the longest fist fight in world history, a highly 1980s style, and its a good bet that the movie is popular enough to be in lots of DVD collections already.
108 votes -
Death Proof
Why?
1) You get to make Vroom Vroom noises.
2) Plenty of quiet time to rant and riff
3) When else are you going to be able to make fun of Kurt Russel and get away with it?21 votes -
The Dope Game or Hood Rats
Both these movies are perfect. Trust me, Just watch them
5 votes -
113 votes
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"I am"
"I am" is a profoundly weird short from the '70s that is theoretically supposed to be educational. From what I can tell, its subject matter is some kind of vaguely existential examination of what it means for a person to have worth. This is all for middle/high school kids mind you. Mostly it just consists of a sad kid wondering around a decaying rust belt city being belittled by his friends and family while being occasionally interrupted by some sort of rapid-fire flashbacks to random events, an action that is accompanied by stings of accordion music. It also appears to be the only surviving work by a company known as Wombat productions.
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https://ia802709.us.archive.org/19/items/archiveiam/archiveiam.ogv"I am" is a profoundly weird short from the '70s that is theoretically supposed to be educational. From what I can tell, its subject matter is some kind of vaguely existential examination of what it means for a person to have worth. This is all for middle/high school kids mind you. Mostly it just consists of a sad kid wondering around a decaying rust belt city being belittled by his friends and family while being occasionally interrupted by some sort of rapid-fire flashbacks to random events, an action that is accompanied by stings of accordion music. It also appears to…
22 votes
