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Turkey Tuesday #1 - TODAY! Scener + Amazon Prime
Hello, Traxians! Your old pal Erik the Web Guy here.First, I wanted to thank everyone who watched our Scener Stream and Scream events in October. I personally had a lot of fun watching a couple of riffs I hadn't seen yet, along with one of my old favorites, Ghost House. (But then again, all I kn...
Talkin' RiffTrax: JACK-O
Oh hi, Jack-O!This past Friday's release, JACK-O, carved its way into the RiffTrax Halloween pantheon, and is currently haunting our top 10 list. Mike, Kevin and Bill are back to talk about it. (We would have had this video posted sooner, but Patreon was having some issues yesterday.)Enjoy!You c...
JACK-O Extended Preview
Here's the Extended Preview for our latest Halloween riff, JACK-O! A Talkin' RiffTrax for this riff is coming soon.What was your favorite Halloween tradition? The candy? The costumes? Or visiting some middle-aged guy’s Haunted Garage? Jack-O strongly posits that the last one was a formativ...
Jack-O Trivia Slides!
Greetings and Happy almost-Halloween, Traxians!Our new seasonally-appropriate riff, Jack-O, was just released moments ago on the site. Since we premiered this one in theaters, that particular theatrical broadcast also included our usual pre-show trivia slides, which you're all surely familiar wi...
Talkin' RiffTrax: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Greetings, Traxians!Erik here with a brand-spankin' new episode of Talkin' RiffTrax: THE PODCAST!MJ and The Bridg' are back with me to discuss their latest riff, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? They inquire briefly about my breakfast before diving into the topic at hand, including digre...
Extended Preview: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Do you lay awake night after night, tossing and turning, wondering... What Ever Happened to Baby Jane??Sure, we all do! Bridget and Mary Jo bring you up to speed with the 1991 redux of the classic - this time with real live sisters: the Redgraves Lynn and Vanessa!This Grand Guignol of sibling rivalr...
Help us write a new Coronet riff!
EDIT: Wow, over 250 entries! Thank you so much. We are recording these shorts tomorrow, this one is called "Voting at 18" and will be released on Sunday, 11/1. So tune in then to see if we picked yours! Or maybe we'll announce it here. I dunno, I just work here. -CLThis means you can sto...
Talkin' RiffTrax: GYMKATA
"Gymkata!" Yes, the source of the well-known MST-era callback is finally getting its proper place in the pantheon of Riffed Movies.Mike, Kevin and Bill finally got around to riffing this gem of 80s cheese, and they're back to talk about it in this episode of Talkin' RiffTrax. Enjoy!Y...
It's a Mary Jo Photo!
Why is Mary Jo laid up with a bum ankle? Didshe trip? Was she pushed? Will Bridget care for and feed her?....What does any of this have to do with theirnext release? Can you guess the TV versionof the cult classic they are riffing? Winners get candy corn and apples!P. S. Mary Jo is not actually hurt...
Extended Preview: GYMKATA
Hey folks! As some of you heard at last night's Scener event, this morning I've pushed the "Publish" button on our much-anticipated Just the Jokes riff of GYMKATA!Back in the glorious era before Hollywood discovered irony known as "The '80s", some coked-up lunatics decide...
Exclusive Scener Watch Party today: THE LAST SLUMBER PARTY
We have a winner: THE LAST SLUMBER PARTY!Please visit the secret Scener profile TheTraxianRoom tonight at 4:30pm Pacific / 7:30pm Eastern for THE LAST SLUMBER PARTY, with me and your fellow Traxians, followed by SISTERS OF DEATH over on the main RiffTrax Scener theater.EDIT: As a reminder, you won&#...
Traxian Extra: Diana Buckley, RiffTrax Director of Finance
Hi Traxians! Bill here once again.I sat down for a chat withRiffTrax financial wizard Diana Buckley about her work for the team, including her side interest of finding cool and weird short films for riffing. We also talked about Diana's enduring love for arguablythe king of all bad movies: Ed Wo...
Talkin' RiffTrax: Amanda and the Alien
Hi Traxians! Your old pal Erik here.I spoke with Bridget and Mary Jo today about their latest release, Amanda and the Alien! In this audio episode we discuss whether Jennifer Aniston would have been a better "Amanda" than Nicole Eggert, how to pronounce words like "paprika," and 90s ...
Extended Preview: AMANDA AND THE ALIEN
Amanda, played by Nicole Eggert’s midriff, is an aspiring artist and Gen-Xer who works two jobs while being ignored by her parents and two-timed by her loser boyfriend. Amanda’s whole world is turned upside down when she meets a hot alien and helps hide him from ruthless government agents that a...
Starship Troopers - Digital Goodies!
UPDATE: The next day...Thanks to everyone who came out and stuck with us through the technical mishap at the beginning. Once things got sorted out, the show was a success and a ton of fun; we're thankful to the more than 2000 of you who watched along with us, even if we had to start 30 minutes l...
Extended Preview: CHARADE
The classic riffing duo, Mike and Bridget, teamed up to riff this 1960s classic staring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, available now at RiffTrax.com (and free to a bunch of 2020 Kickstarter backers). Here's the first five minutes, exclusively for Traxians. Enjoy!Get the full riff here, or downlo...
Kickstarter shirt production!
Hi, Traxians!One of my favorite parts of doing our Kickstarter campaigns is seeing the rewards that our backers are due to receive actually going through their process of getting made. (This is second only to actually receiving them from the makers.)Since I love being able to give Patrons behind-the...
Got Netflix? Help us "break" Scener this Wednesday!
Hi there, Traxians! Erik here with a small request.As you may already know, next Tuesday the 29th we're hosting a RiffTrax Live show thanks to the fine folks at Scener, with a live riff of Starship Troopers on Netflix US.Before that, though, we're doing a quick Beta Test with Marvel's Da...
Talkin' RiffTrax: BEAKS!
Ohai, Traxians!Last Friday we released the René Cardona Jr. joint Beaks! And the guys are here to talk about it, as well as their favorite Christopher Adkins(on) movies, duck attacks, and more.You can download this video here.Enjoy!
Bill chats with Mary Jo about SPEAK UP, ANDREW, writing jokes, MST, and more!
This week the legendary and very nice Mary Jo Pehl joins me, her old fellow MST3K Mad, to chat about a recent short she and Bridget Nelson riffed: SPEAK UP, ANDREW! And yes, the short itself is as intense and emotional as its title. Everyone's on a knife's edge about Parent's Night!Mary ...
Extended Preview: BEAKS!
Beaks! goes by a few alternate names, like Birds of Prey (sans Harley Quinn) and Falco Terror (an objectively cool title), but of course we had to go with the version that provides its own thrilling punctuation. It stars a Blue Lagoon-less Christopher Atkins, and it’s an eye-plucking delight. Seri...
Bill chats with RiffTrax video editor Casey June about R.O.T.O.R.!
Thisongoing Traxian extra series continues withBill talking to RiffTrax video editing master Casey Juneabout an underratedRiffTrax gem, the goofy 1987 RoboCop / Terminator / Judge Dredd mashup R.O.T.O.R. What does that acronym stand for? It's not exactly clear!The streaming video version is here...
Talkin' RiffTrax: MARTIAL LAW 2
Hi there, folks!We recently riffed and released the second entry in the MARTIAL LAW franchise, MARTIAL LAW 2: UNDERCOVER!Cynthia Rothrock is back, but Chad McQueen is out — his character, Sean Thompson, is now performed by Jeff Wincott (Night Heat).But on the plus side, you get the addition of Bil...
Bill chats with RiffTrax web developer Nik Anderson about THE VISITOR!
Hi folks!Today is our web developer Nik Anderson's birthday, and I thought I'd give him a small gift: publishing my interview with him, here on Patreon! It's fragile, so please don't break it.ThisTraxian Extra series continues asI chat withNik about a memorableRiffTrax movie: THE VIS...
Traxian Extra: Bill chats with Bridget about LADY MOBSTER!
RiffTrax and MST3K starBridget Nelson joins us for this ongoing Traxian Extra series, to talk about her hilariousriffswith Mary Jo Pehl and one movie in particular: LADY MOBSTER, starring Susan Lucci.Hear all about this bad soap opera version of The Godfather, complete with 1980s gigantic shoulder p...
Patreon/Kickstarter "Bill" coins production update!
Hi everyone!Erik here, with a brief update on the coins that were created as part of this year's Kickstarter and related items! This year, for our third Challenge Coin reward, and to round out the trio of "Mike, Kevin and Bill" will be Bill Corbett, cast in a copper coin with an antique ...
Traxian Extra: Bill chats with Peter about WHIZZO!
In this ongoing Traxian series, Bill talks to RiffTrax marketing director Peter Hunter about one of his favorite RiffTrax movies, the totally inexplicable midwest madhouse that is A CHRISTMAS CIRCUS — starring everyone's favorite clown, Whizzo. Now you've got that to worry about!-bcWatch t...
Extended Preview: High School U.S.A.
There are enough plots and characters for everyone in this made-for-TV movie!It’s a who’s who and who’s not of ‘80s celebrities, like Michael J. Fox, Nancy McKeon, Anthony Edwards and more.Grab your bingo card and dauber, and play along with Bridget and Mary Jo in this hard-hitting look at l...
Talkin' RiffTrax: LYCAN COLONY
We see a lot of bad movies here at RiffTrax; we sift through them like fine flour that’s gone off and gotten weevils and spores and now smells like guano.There are different levels of bad, to be sure, but there are also different facets of bad. Different qualities of badness, if you will. Behold L...
Extended Preview: LYCAN COLONY
Lycan Colony takes everything you know about werewolves and asks “But what if it were dumber, cheaper, and the aspect ratio occasionally got all squished up for no apparent reason?”When a brain surgeon shows up to work drunk and kills a patient on the operating table, he’s forced to move to a ...
