# Best film to appear on MST3K **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735 "2014-01-14T01:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/1 "2014-01-14T01:00:00Z")
We’ll just exclude _This Island Earth_, _Marooned_ and _Phase IV_. Annnnnnd go. “We’ve got MST3K threaaaaaad!!” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/2 "2014-01-14T01:02:52Z")
I always thought _The Killer Shrews_ was actually kind of okay. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/3 "2014-01-14T01:08:14Z")
Bloodlust! is, dare I say it, a pretty good movie. It’s basically The Most Dangerous Game with more than a couple people involved. Heck, it is a good movie. Yet, it made a great MST3K as well. It’s one of the only ones I really enjoyed while at the same time enjoying the riffing. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/4 "2014-01-14T01:17:00Z")
_The Puma_. . .er, excuse me, _Pewma Man_. It’s bad, but you took the good ones off the table, and I’m not watching B&W Hamlet, so _The Pewma Man_ it is. It’s entertainingly bad. _Final Justice_ has honorable mention here. “You think you can take me? Go ahead on.” ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/5 "2014-01-14T01:17:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Bloodlust! is, dare I say it, a pretty good movie. > > It’s basically The Most Dangerous Game with more than a couple people involved. > > Heck, it is a good movie. Yet, it made a great MST3K as well. It’s one of the only ones I really enjoyed while at the same time enjoying the riffing. That comment reminds me that there were a couple times during _Overdrawn at the Memory Bank_ when I wanted them shut-up so I could figure out what was going on. ---
**Author:** ![citizenzen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@citizenzen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citizenzen)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/6 "2014-01-14T01:30:48Z")
Who do you prefer, Joel or Mike? I started MST3K a bit late and didn’t know Joel was the original host. It took me a while to warm up to him, but you can count me in as a Joel fan. Joel can be seen in this episode of [Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee](http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/joel-hodgson-a-taste-of-hell-from-on-high). Which oddly enough, I found to be quite unfunny. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/7 "2014-01-14T01:36:52Z")
\*I Was A Teenage Werewolf \*was pretty good, within its genre. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/8 "2014-01-14T01:38:57Z")
The _Trollenberg Terror_ (Crawling Eye) and \*Gorgo \*were both pretty decent. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/9 "2014-01-14T02:32:28Z")
They showed a German TV version of\* Hamlet\*. Granted, it was low-budget, but still, Hamlet! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/10 "2014-01-14T03:10:16Z")
A Russian-Finnish production of a fantasy movie called “_Jack Frost_” (1965) has better ratings from the IMDB than other big productions of the day like the fantasies _The Sword and the Dragon_ and _The day the earth froze_ (both also riffed by MST3K), that last one was in my childhood mind in the same level as the Simbad movies of the 70s, fun and sometimes scary. But, I have seen people that make lists point at Jack Frost as one of the most enjoyable films the crew had to watch. The movie is free to watch at the IMDB/Hulu: [http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi60532761](http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi60532761) Not Disney alright, but interesting to see the cultural differences on how faerie tales are pictured in Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/11 "2014-01-14T03:12:56Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > _The Puma_. . .er, excuse me, _Pewma Man_. It’s bad, but you took the good ones off the table, and I’m not watching B&W Hamlet, so _The Pewma Man_ it is. It’s entertainingly bad. I was going to say that. But since it’s taken, I’ll say “Final Sacrifice”. [Rowsdower](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6OPyfQxwDM) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/12 "2014-01-14T03:15:05Z")
I adored The Horror of Party Beach and would have been highly amused, even without the commentary. ---
**Author:** ![Werekoala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@Werekoala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Werekoala)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/13 "2014-01-14T03:26:21Z")
Well of course, _Gamera_. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/14 "2014-01-14T03:32:30Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > \*I Was A Teenage Werewolf \*was pretty good, within its genre. “1942, an Ewok behind enemy lines…” That line knocked me off my couch with laughter. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/15 "2014-01-14T03:47:25Z")
Has anyone else here seen Bloodlust? I’ve seen almost all the movies mentioned here and I think it’s still better. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/16 "2014-01-14T04:07:12Z")
I’ll second the Russo-Finnish movies. They have a bizarre, non-hollywood style and pacing to them that makes them interesting (albeit not necessarily great) along with some very clever effects. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/17 "2014-01-14T04:14:33Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > That comment reminds me that there were a couple times during _Overdrawn at the Memory Bank_ when I wanted them shut-up so I could figure out what was going on. I don’t get why that movie has a bad rep, among the few dozen who have ever heard of it. Sure, the effects are cheesy. So what? It’s got an okay story and the performances aren’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/18 "2014-01-14T04:25:01Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > “1942, an Ewok behind enemy lines…” > > That line knocked me off my couch with laughter. I had a similar reaction to “Hello, breakfatht!” which I think was during _The Magic Voyage of Sinbad_. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/19 "2014-01-14T13:06:55Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I always thought _The Killer Shrews_ was actually kind of okay. For a low-budget film, with very limited effects, it wasn’t bad. I saw in a Barnes and Noble a couple of weeks ago that James Best (who starred in the original) has just made a sequel (he wrote and starred in it): > **[Return of the Killer Shrews (2012) ⭐ 2.9 | Comedy, Horror](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1832447/)** > > 1h 24m > **[Startpage - Private Search Engine. No Tracking. No Search History.](http://www.killershrewsmovie.com/)** > > Search and browse the internet without being tracked or targeted. Startpage is the world's most private search engine. Use Startpage to protect your personal data. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/K-YLkHGK6wg/hqdefault.jpg "Return of the Killer Shrews Official Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-YLkHGK6wg) From the box and the trailer, it’s clear that they now have (not entire up-to-snuff) CGI Killer Shrews. At least it beats dogs wearing carpets and masks. And it’s got Bruce Davison, the original Willard from “Willard”, now facing bigger rodents! ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735/20 "2014-01-14T13:16:08Z")
_I Accuse My Parents_ was pretty damn funny. Story of a kid who got into trouble because of his… lame parents. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-to-appear-on-mst3k/678735.md?page=2)