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Weekend Discussion Thread: What SHOULD the Movies Have Been Called?

Alert reader David writes:

Thought the thread about movie titles was a fun discussion. Now, what about the logical extension? If you had the chance to fix the titles of the movies to what actually happened in them, what would the MSTie movie titles be?
For me: “Godzilla Versus the Sea Monster” would have been more appropriate if the title was “Godzilla Plays Pitch-and-Catch With the Sea Monster.”
With a title like “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Give Up Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies”, there’s no way the movie could fit the title. Maybe “The Mixed-Up Zombies Trapped In a Closet While a Bunch of Bad Strip Shows Where No One Stripped When On” might be closer.

Instead of “Robot Monster,” what about “Horny Alien Gorilla”? Probably would have helped the box office.

What’s your suggestion?

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  1. Cabbage Patch Elvis says:

    The Bloodwaters of Dr. Z = Attack of the Dumpy Seahorse
    Final Justice = Joe Don Baker’s MALTA
    Hobgoblins = The Movie That Should Not Be

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  2. This Guy says:

    “Manos,” the Hands of Fate = Out of Focus, Out of Frame

    Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders = Ernest Borgnine’s Creepshow

    Quest of the Delta Knights = Warner vs. Warner

    Space Mutiny = Battlestar Industria

    Boggy Creek II = Crenshaw’s Little Creature

    Danger: Diabolik = Ca$h for Gold

    Overdrawn at the Memory Bank = Everybody Comes to Raul’s

    Laserblast = Chesthole

    The Puma Man = Vadinho and Some Jagoff

       8 likes

  3. Flash says:

    Mitchell- Eli Wallach, Joe Don Baker, what the @#$@ are you doing in a film like this!!?

       5 likes

  4. Depressing Aunt says:

    I gotta apologize for my entry at 47. Seems like I had some kind of brain fart earlier this afternoon. Anyway:

    Riding with Death–Attagirl, Abbie!

       1 likes

  5. pondoscp says:

    Mystery Science Theater 3000 – The show where the guy talks over the movies

       5 likes

  6. littleaimishboy says:

    “Beginning of the End” s/b “Bugs on Postcards!”

    “Escape 2000” s/b “Progress Borough USA”

    and of course

    “Attack of the the Eye Creatures” s/b “Attack of the Eye Creatures”

       2 likes

  7. big61al says:

    This Island Earth = Battle of the Foreheads
    Horror at Party Beach = The Hotdog Monster or How I stopped worrying and learned to love Radiation

       2 likes

  8. Bob (NotThatBob) says:

    “It Conquered the World” should be “The Big Carrot That Wasn’t Good For You.”

       5 likes

  9. Bob (NotThatBob) says:

    “Red Zone Cuba” could be renamed “The Three Stooges go to Hell.”

       7 likes

  10. R.A. Roth says:

    Wild World of Batwoman? More like Pointless, Plotless Excuse to Show Girls in Revealing Clothing.

       4 likes

  11. StumpChunkman says:

    Cedar, Sleaze, and SLEEP! (Devil Doll)

    Left Bank Turn (Mighty Jack)

    Mumbly Guy vs. a Dump Truck (Warrior of the Lost World)

    Sexist Pigs in Spaaaaaaace (Rocketship X-M)

       6 likes

  12. Dereklap says:

    As Mike riffs in “Last of The Wild Horses”…this movie should have been called “Lost and Found”

       3 likes

  13. Canucklehead says:

    Don’t know if this one’s been mentioned yet, but the obviousness of it just hit me:

    The Sinister Urge – That Darn Smut

       6 likes

  14. StumpChunkman says:

    Worst Family Vacation Ever (Manos)

    The Perks of Being a White Male (I Accuse My Parents)

    How Bella Got His Groove Back (Bride of the Monster)

    Dr. Batch or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Wearing Pantyhose* in the Swamp (Boggy Creek)

    *or Disturbingly Tight Jeans

       7 likes

  15. This Guy says:

    The Atomic Brain = The Ogling and the Pawing

    The Undead = STAAAAAAAAAAAAY: The Movie

    Pod People = My Little Alien: Trumpy is Magic

    Girls Town = Boobs Akimbo (credit the Brains for that one)

    Radar Secret Service = The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and the Dozens of Other Men in Gray Flannel Suits

    The Creeping Terror = DIE-Pont StainMaster Carpeting

    @64: Alternative for Manos: “National Lampoon’s Satanic Vacation”

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  16. Crow T. Robert says:

    Skydivers, Red Zone Cuba and Beast of Yucca Flats = The 3 Days the Earth Stood Still
    Project Moonbase = Project Housewife
    Manos = The Christmas that Didn’t Totally Suck.

       1 likes

  17. jason says:

    Final Justice- mitchell 2 this time its personal.
    laserblast. you could call oh wait i guess it was about laserblasting

       1 likes

  18. Stefanie says:

    “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies” – “Lamest Strip Show EVER!!”

    “Radar Men From The Moon” – “Moon Invaders”

    “Jungle Goddess” – “My White Goddess”

    “Rocket Attack U.S.A.” – “Communism Wins!”

    “Cave Dwellers” – “Ator Vs. The Cave Dwellers”

    “Stranded In Space” – “Stranded On Terra” or “The Perfect Order”

    “Earth vs. The Spider” – “Attack Of The Giant Spider”

    “The Saga of the Viking Women and their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent ” – “Viking Women Vs. Grimald Warriors”

    “Space Travelers” – “Gene Hackman Ruins The Space Program”

    “Hercules and the Captive Women” – “Hercules Goes To Atlantis”

    “The Beatniks” – “I Killed That Fat Barkeep” or “Shut Up, Iris” or “The Stupid Punks”

    “Attack of the the Eye Creatures” – “Attack Attack Of Of The Eye Eye Creatures Creatures”

    “The Rebel Set” – “Beatniks Gone Bad” or “How To Spend Your 4 Hour Layover In Chicago”

    ” ‘Manos’ the Hands of Fate” – ” ‘Manos’ Of Fate”

    “Outlaw (of Gor)” – “Cabot!!! Cabot!!! Cabot!!! Cabot!!!!” or “Fugitive Of Gor”

    “Teen-Age Crime Wave” – “A Teenage Criminal Thanksgiving”

    “Magic Voyage of Sinbad” – “Sadko And The Bird Of Happiness”

    “Beginning of the End” – “Just Plain Peter: The U Of M Years”

    “Invasion U.S.A.” – “Communism wins! Part 2”

    “The Dead Talk Back” – “Oh, It’s True!”

    “Colossus and the Headhunters” – “Maciste Vs. The Headhunters”

    “Racket Girls” – “Women Wrestling: The Last Clean Sport”

    “The Sword and the Dragon” – Ilya Muromets Vs. The Tugars” or “A joke By Ingmar Bergman”

    “The Brute Man” – “Creeper, Creeper, CREEPER!!”

    “Escape 2000” – “Leave The Bronx”

    “Horror of Party Beach” – “Sodium”

    “The Screaming Skull” – “Gaslight: With Skulls”

    “Hamlet” – “Alas Poor Who?” or “Another Hamlet Adaption? Seriously?! And German? AAGGHH!!” or “How Much More Hamlet Do We Need?”

    “Diabolik” – “This has been the official biopic of Larry Fine.”

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  19. PrezGAR says:

    Alien from L.A. – Jenny to the Center of the Earth. (Just change Kathy Ireland’s name from Wanda to Jenny.)

    Miss B Natural.

    Soultaker – Grim Reapers

    Angels Revenge – Drug Busting Babes vs Jack Palace

       3 likes

  20. Fart Bargo says:

    The CREEPING TERROR – The CREEPING BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!

       2 likes

  21. StumpChunkman says:

    Fiancée of the Monster (Bride of the Monster)

    Down, Down, Down (Mole People)

    They Just Didn’t Care (Attack of the the Eye Creatures)

    They Just Gave Up (Monster A-Go-Go)

    They Just Didn’t Bother (Castle Of Fu-Manchu)

    They Just Hate You (Manos)

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  22. Depressing Aunt says:

    It Lives By Night –Manbearpig

       4 likes

  23. StumpChunkman says:

    Cheesesteak and the Guy Who Wants to be the Queen’s Advisor (Colossus)

    Small Town USA vs. The Spider (Earth vs. The Spider)

    Sausage Fest I: Love on the Rocks (Lost Continent)

    Sausage Fest II: A Wilde Time in Tokyo (Godzilla vs. Megalon)

    Spinal Injuries of the Old West (Junior Rodeo Daredevils)

    Buffalo Shots Aplenty (Outlaw or any Herc movie)

       2 likes

  24. Matt D says:

    Final Sacrifice- Larry Csonka’s Rowsdower Marks the Spot

    Soultaker- Robert Z’Dont Watch This Movie

       7 likes

  25. Joseph Klemm says:

    Final Justice: Mitchell Eats Malta
    Gamera vs. Barugon: Barugon (Admit it: Gamera is pretty much tacked into this film)
    Pod People: Between E.T. and Nukie
    It Conquered the World: Attack of the Killer Zucchini

       2 likes

  26. MAC aka: afriendlychicken says:

    “The Girl In Lovers Lane” – The Girl Who Was Murdered By An Idiot

       3 likes

  27. Happenstance says:

    “Where The Fish Lives”
    “Eight-Legged Volkswagen vs Dumb Hicks”
    “Canada on Fire!”
    “More Like ‘Queen’ of Space” (oh wait, that’s been used)

       2 likes

  28. Creeping-Death says:

    parts: the clonus horror: Should be The Island v 1.0 :-)
    The Thing that Died: Should be “The Incredibly Strange Head Who Stopped Living.”
    Time of the Apes: Planet of the Apes with ADD
    Space Mutiny: Stump Chunkman and the MILF

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  29. schippers says:

    Mitchell –> CSI Mobile

       1 likes

  30. schippers says:

    #65 – “National Lampoon’s Satanic Vacation” in place of “Manos”

    That’s the best one I’ve seen on this thread.

       3 likes

  31. John Seavey says:

    I’ll let people guess these…

    “The Creature Gets Captured, Escapes Briefly and Gets Shot”

    “Steve Gets Preggers With Cocktail Shrimp”

    “Huts With Chicken Legs, Mushroom-Headed Guys, and Crazy Killer Santas: Russia Sure Has Some Crazy-Ass Folklore”

    “The Softcore Porno Of Guy With a Slapdash Makeup Job Island”

    “The Fur-Covered VW Minibus Invasion”

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  32. Cornjob says:

    This may have been mentioned, but Space Travelers should have been called Stranded in Space, and Marooned (Space Travelers original title) would work quite well for Stranded in Space.

    And the Rebel Set should have been called The Beatniks, while The Beatniks should have been called The Rebel Set.

       3 likes

  33. Sitting Duck says:

    @ #82: Actually Sampo brought that up himself in last week’s discussion.

       3 likes

  34. "Hotcha!" says:

    The Giant Sheriff Invasion!

    Toblerone Vs Peanuthead: The disinfestation –Escape 2K

    The Creeping Carpet

    Dress to the Right Stuff –Prince of Space

    The Unbearable Grayness of Being — just about any B&W 50’s flick they did

    Kickboxer: The Forced Perspective War –Future War

    It Almost Conquered a County –It Conquered the World

    Refueling: The Movie –Starfighters

    The Fat Blue Line–Mitchell

    Space Mutiny, Or How I learned to stop Worrying and Scream Like a Little Girl

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  35. Bob (NotThatBob) says:

    “Robot Monster” should be called “TV-Headed Gorilla Makes Threats and Bubbles”

       3 likes

  36. Kali says:

    Plan 9 was supposedly originally going to be called “Grave Robbers From Outer Space,” which would have made more sense, considering that’s how Criswell refers to the movie. And, of course, it would have been more commercial.

    As for MSTed films:
    Robot Monster — Fat Guy in Gorilla Suit Goes Nutzoid (Move over, Troma!)
    Lost Continent — Rock Climbing!
    Space Mutiny — NOT Battlestar Galactica, I Promise / or Santa and the Space Battles (That Cost a Nickle to Produce)
    Mitchell — The Chubby Blue Line (I know somebody must have used this already, but it’s too easy to let go)
    Viking Women vs the Sea Serpent — Some Unfit Women Do Not Face a Sea Serpent
    Incredibly Strange Creatures … — Stupid Guys Do Nothing Throughout Movie (Now THAT’s a Troma movie!)
    This Island Earth — Boring Humans Meet the Mute-Ant
    Project Moonbase — Never Mind the Plot, Show Us the Girl
    The Final Sacrifice — The Failures of Rowsdower!

    And for our old buddy, Bela Lugosi:
    Bride of the Monster — Super Rice of People!

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  37. Kali says:

    Forgot one:

    It Conquered the World — Attack of a Vlasic Pickle (just try to sing it like that Tomatoes song…)

       3 likes

  38. doug says:

    Dogs In Costumes – Killer Shrews.

       3 likes

  39. Cabbage Patch Elvis says:

    Track of the Moon Beast:
    The Film that features the Band that played California Lady

    or

    What’s in Johnny Longbow’s Stew

       4 likes

  40. Gary Bowden says:

    Here’s one: The Starfighters should have been called “The Love Lives of Men in their Poopie Suits”…

       2 likes

  41. Bob (NotThatBob) says:

    “The Creeping Terror” should have been called “Hungry Hungry Carpeting.”

       4 likes

  42. WampaX says:

    The Day the Earth Froze – Lemminkäinen or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sampo.

       1 likes

  43. Bombastic Biscuit Boy says:

    Phase IV should be The Ants and I
    Horrors of Spider Island should be Honeys on Horndog Island
    Mighty Jack
    should be What the Hell is Mighty Jack?
    Indestructible Man
    should be Highly Resilient Man
    Operation Double 007
    should be Not Really OK Connery
    Alien from LA
    should be Squeaky Goes Down Under

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  44. The Beatniks: Shut Up, Iris!
    The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Feelthy Peegs
    Manos, The Hands Of Fate: Pull My Finger
    Fire Maidens Of Outer Space: Fire Maidens Of Padding
    The Dead Talk Back: Can You Turn Your Radio Down?
    Terror From The Year 5000: Nice Rack, Shame About Her Face
    The Brain That Wouldn’t Die: Head (oh, wait, the Monkees already used that one)
    Attack Of The Giant Leeches: Leech On A Hot Tin Roof
    The Killer Shrews: The Killer Martinis
    The Thing That Couldn’t Die: Maysure For Maysure
    It Conquered The World: My Friend Pickle
    The Unearthly: The Un-Acting (Crow said it best)

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  45. Bob (NotThatBob) says:

    “My Friend Pickle” – I love that.

       0 likes

  46. agentmom says:

    “Monster A Go-Go” = No Monster No Go-Go

    “Time of the Apes” = I don’t care!

    “Gamera vs. Guiron” = NO MORE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, YOU HEAR!

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  47. huggybear says:

    “Attack of the Giant Leeches” = “Attack of the Glad Trash Bags”
    “Werewolf”= “Is you There Paul?”
    “Girlstown” = “Double D Detective”
    “Gamera” = “Kenny’s World”
    “The Screaming Skull” = “Searching for Mickey”
    “Pod People” = “Spanish ET Rip-off”

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