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RIP Kyoko Enami

Japan — Actress Kyoko Enami died October 27 due to pulmonary emphysema. She was 76.
Among her most acclaimed films was 1973’s “Tsugaru Folksong.” But MSTies know her from her role as Karen in the movie in episode 304- GAMERA VS. BARUGON.

Anime News Network has the story.

Thanks to Timmy for the heads up.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Dangerous Stunts

Alert reader Charles suggests:

What about dangerous stunts? There is a scene in the “Beast of Hollow mountain” where a stuntmen and horse fall down a mountain. I had to look up whether that stunt man was killed. It sure looked like he was seriously hurt.

One of the things I like about season 11 is that they pay attention to this — like the fire pellets being shot at the stars of “The Land that Time Forgot.”

What are your most egregious stunts in MSTed movies?

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Weekend Discussion Thread: MST3K-Inspired Scare Houses

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?