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Posted by Sampo, on October 27th, 2018 Our pal Projected Paul suggests:
I was just in Orlando to see the MST3k Live shows there. While in Orlando, and I attended Halloween Horror Nights at the Universal Studios theme park. The event is composed of several horror-themed houses filled with scare actors and atmospheric effects from licensed intellectual properties like the “Stranger Things” TV show and films like “Poltergeist”
It got me thinking, given that Halloween is near, that a number films from MST3k and other B-Movies would make for good Scare House events at theme park-like environments.
I think “The Brain” film from the 2018 MST3k Live Show could be the basis for a scare house. House attendees could be terrorized by the monstrous brain creature puppet, as well as the evil employees of the Psychological Research Institute from the film, as well as film characters hypnotized into murdering people by The Brain, who’d be portrayed by scare actors. You would go through rooms modeled after locations from the film, in which would mimic the hallucination scenes the characters experience in the movie.
For other MST3k films, I think “Squirm” and “The Killer Shrews” would make for good Scare House properties.
I would have to go with “Being from Another Planet,” and visitors would walk through an industrial basement that get’s scarier and scarier, but nothing happens. And you’ve spent $20. I didn’t say it would be a GOOD scare house!
Your pick?
Posted by Sampo, on October 24th, 2018  LOS ANGELES — James Karen, the instantly recognizable character actor perhaps best remembered as the shady developer in “Poltergeist,” died Oct. 23 at his home here. He was 94.
He was also noteworthy in such films as “The China Syndrome” (1979) and “The Return of the Living Dead” (1985) and on the finale of NBC’s “Little House on the Prairie.” But MSTies will remember his role as corrupt university president Dr. Wendell Rossmore in the movie in episode 405- BEING FROM ANOTHER PLANET.
The Hollywood Reporter has the story.
Posted by Sampo, on October 20th, 2018 I’ve been getting emails from this young lady for a while, and I have to say that what she is doing is … remarkable. Any description I could offer would pale, but I will try:
If you have owned any of the collections from Rhino or Shout, you may have noted, but perhaps rushed past, the introductory screen. This young lady has, among other things, made them an art form. She freely admits that her efforts may be perfect for our “Ward E” section.
So, as you enjoy her work, my question is: have you encountered a little corner of MST3K fandom that you would like to share? If you have, please do.
Also, keep those Discussion Thread suggestions coming to msampo at aol dot com.
Posted by Sampo, on October 13th, 2018 MSTie Twitter was on fire today with info from this web site.
If it’s true–and I hasten to note that this is not an official announcement–here are five of the six titles that will be on season 12:
1201: MAC AND ME
1202: ATLANTIC RIM
1203: LORDS OF THE DEEP
1204: THE DAY TIME ENDED
1206 ATOR
Also notable: The name of the series is called “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet. Hmmm…
What do you think?
Posted by Sampo, on October 10th, 2018 Mike Bloom of the Hollywood Reporter has a nice long story about MST3K at 30.
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