Best of the Worst: High Voltage, Death Spa, and Space Mutiny 

That "I'm Beta, you're VHS" line is extra great seeing as he dies not long after.

Interesting trivia, Reb Brown and his love interest in Space Mutiney were married before the made Space Mutiney together and are still married to this day.

Fun Fact: The Director of Space Mutiny was the choreographer of the star wars holiday special

100 bucks says Mike edited this video. I can only see him looping that scene exactly 20 times just because Rich made an off-handed comment about it.

Geez, I guess it's a good thing Rich didn't say "I'd use that shot 100 times!"

"I think it's very nice of you to give that dead woman another chance." -Crow T. Robot

Dave Ryder (Reb Browne) is known by many names in this movie thanks to MST3l: Slab Bulkhead, Fridge Largemeat, Punt Speedchunk, Butch Deadlift, Bolt Bigplank Splint Chesthair, Flint Ironstag, Bolt Vanderhuge, Thick McRunfast, Blast Hardcheese, Buff Drinklots, Trunk Slamchest, Fist Rockbone, Stump Beefgnaw, Smash Lampjaw, Punch Rockgroin, Buck Plankchest, Stump Chunkman, Dirk Hardpeck, Rip Steakface, Slate Slabrock, Crud Bonemeal, Brick Hardmeat, Rip Sidecheek, Punch Sideiron, Gristle McThornBody, Slake Fistcrunch, Buff Hardback, Bob Johnson, Blast Thickneck, Crunch Buttsteak, Slab Squatthrust, Lump Beefrock, Touch Rustrod, Reef Blastbody, Big McLargeHuge, Smoke Manmuscle, Beat Punchbeef, Pack Blowfist, Roll Fizzlebeef.

Mike being so quick with the Bozo the Clown reference makes so much more sense now.

Anyone else think Mike and Rich are like Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble?

I went to a shrink to analyze my dreams, she said its lack of sets that's bringing me down.

Josh is in this episode presenting a very strong case for the existence of beards.

"I think its really nice of you to give that dead woman another chance"

I love that a clip from 'Ghostbusters' is used as a definitive retort to Jay's skepticism about electricity being used to defeat ghosts.

Fun fact: Antonio Sabato Jr, the incredibly awkward actor in the first movie, would go on to complain about his inability to get a job in Hollywood, comparing it to the treatment of Jews in the Holocaust.

31:15 Freeze frame when the head explodes. You'll see sausages fly out.

I'm on a serious binge. These are great.

Chelsea Field is the "beta/vhs" girl in Death Spa at around 5 mins. She is, of course, married to Scott Bakula, a.k.a. Jonathan Archer, captain of Earth's first Warp 5 starship, Enterprise. (I had to look up that last part.)

Can we all just appreciate that Amy Smart has been in 2 movies called High Voltage

Oh, Space Mutiny...I have watched the MST3K version, and the version completely free of riffing. My sides hurt from laughing at this cinematic wonder every damn time. Love this show, too--y'all are timeless. x

Space Mutiny via Mystery Science 3000 is well worth the watch.

Rich, your laughter makes my world go round.

I just realized that Josh's shirt is Officer Willard from ROTOR.

I didn't think he was actually gonna replay it 20 times

"All right everybody, look alive! Oh, sorry Susan."

"Besides, I'm Beta, you're VHS." That... That didn't work out in the long run, did it?

Fun fact: If you go frame by frame when the mirror lady explodes, there are totally hotdogs among the gore that flies out of her.

I love how general the "Asian Mafia" is. I bet they don't even specify if they're Yakuza or Triads (Japanese or Chinese respectively). They're just...Asian. That's it. That's all you need to know. Did this inspire the "Asians" from Pineapple Express? "Can't you be more specific!? Technically Indians are Asian!"

Red letter Media is always is the highlight of my day. When I see a new vid happear, I scream in delight like a little girl.

"I'm beta, you're VHS." Amazing. That's going on my gravestone.

As MANY have pointed out: The entire "Belarian" sub-plot has no connection to the actual movie, this is likely because these sections were filmed for part of a (you guessed it) different movie entirely. They never interact with any of the main characters besides Santa Claus, and that scene is particularly suspect as he is wearing an entirely different costume for it than anywhere else in the movie. The Belarians never had anything to do with anything and the scenes they shot with them were probably thrown in by the editor(s) in order to lengthen a running time that was clearly too short for a full-length film. Also they really did steal footage from Battlestar Galactica and were somehow not sued to my knowledge. The film is such a mess of editing that its a wonder it even made it to theatres.

@13:30 Isaac Florentine directed High Voltage during his experimental days also directing various Power Rangers episodes, when that franchise suddenly started getting a lot better action sequences. Good chance the stunt actors were from that series as well.

RIP Antonio Sabato Sr., who passed on Jan. 10th 2021 from Covid

Sadly, David's actor in Death Spa actually died of AIDS several months before the film was actually released. Death Spa was his last film

Rich Evans is the greatest man to have ever lived.

Missed their chance to call them "Mockuza."

David A. Prior directed all of the Dance of Birth Lady segments in Space Mutiny. Things make so much sense now.

"Besides, I'm Beta. You're VHS." Niccccce.

It's 2:40am and I laughed out loud when Mike put the action figure in his mouth.

Lochlyn Munro from that High Voltage movie has been in about five million movies and TV shows. Every single one a bit part. What a thankless career.

4:36 I think Jay meant to say "a Vat of Saved by the Dumbbell".

For some reason, those lasers and go-karts in Space mutiny remind me of Takeshi's Castle

One of the Asian maffia guys is Jin-Soo Kwon from Lost.

"They don't want to pay for the 4K transfer..." If it was shot on 16mm film instead of Hollywood standard 32mm than 2K actually would be the transfer quality. Even the Criterion Collection caps their remasters of 16mm films at 2K (while every 32mm film they remaster is done in 4K).

wow Rich Evans does his own stunts. That's really impressive. He's bringing the hack fraud ratio of RLM way down.

Rich makes a pretty damn good action hero in terms of one liners and gravelly voiced-ness

One day Rich (Evans) will go postal on Mike. And we’ll all nod knowingly because we knew it was coming.

Fuck my life. Watching Rich Evans Max Payne his way through the ending is the best thing I'll ever see.

Love that Rich has his own corner throne in these old videos

Mike doesn't cover his mouth when he sneezes, unsubscribed

I don't know what's weirder. Amy Smart being in High Voltage or Antonio Sabato Jr playing the first live action Deathstroke on Lois and Clark.

You guys need to do a Cameron Mitchell Best of the Worst episode and dig up the rest of the shitty movies he's been.

Question: are we seriously expected to believe that the blind woman in Death Spa is just bumbling her way through life while her eyes heal like nothing's wrong? Like, how did she even GET to her locker in the first place? Did she just stagger through the parking lot while groping at stuff and hope she reaches the front door of the gym? Generally speaking, there's a reason why people in this condition remain in hospital while they're waiting for their eyes to heal. Just saying.

Josh's remark about immobilising a lady is seriously underrated.

I came to two realizations during this video. 1. Mike says "ironically" all the time and it is almost never actually irony. 2. Rich's laugh sounds like Patrice O'neal. Both of those things make RLM better.

Whenever these guys do a movie from MST3K I always wonder if they've seen it or not there first. Space Mutiny and Santa Claus comes to mind.

Interesting how everyone now looks so much better and younger now than 6 years ago, except for Mike, he still looks the same.

I just watched Space Mutiny and it was the first film that actually made me feel physically sick. It's just so incredibly BAD at every level that even the hilarious cardboard car chase becomes painful, but I got the impression that everyone involved actually believed they were doing something really good. It's like a Neil Breen movie where EVERYONE is delusional. I think this is what made me feel sick. I would still recommend it, if just for its weird effect it had.

I think the computer in Death Spa is a red herring. Not for us, but for the characters. Ghost posses computer so it looks like it's the computer's fault when people die...even when not related to the computer. But it was in the age of 'COMPUTER DO ALL THINGS!" film making.

I'm kind of shocked you guys didn't have that much to say about Space Mutiny. That movie is absolutely hilarious.

"Oh my pantyhose are itchy, pantyhose are itchy. Itchy itchy itchy,,,,"

13:20 - Fun Fact! The "Scanty" guy is Cameron Mitchell's son. Proving that acting ability isn't passed down genetically.

37:53 Dune, which is from the 60s, iirc, has precognition and sort-of-reincarnation. The Foundation series has an unexplained branch of mathematics which also acts basically as prophetic abilities. Yeah, sci fi does have a history of mystical elements, sometimes hidden under pseudoscientific jargon, other times not.

Lets all mourn for Anthony Sabato Jr.'s acting career as he is now blacklisted from Hollywood for daring to speak his mind. I mean, 'cuz he's definitely a quality actor, and everyone should be begging to feature him in their next project.

BOTW is like watching a gameshow, in Hell... Where the contestants are always the same and no one ever wins. I love gameshows!

The first ad that played on this was "best of the best" sale at a furniture store. Best of the best ad on a best of the worst episode.

"I think MST3K is just obscure enough they think they can get away with it"

Caught Space Mutiny on Mystery Science Theatre. That final toy golf cart chase scene was . . . amazing.

I am surprised the High Voltage "Box Crash and Fall" clip didn't make it into the 100 episode montage.

Amazing how that stuntman landed on his head twice in one fall.

after almost a decades worth of rewatches i just noticed the amazinng rotor t-shirt on josh

Ok, we need a 10 hr video of the dude falling on the box from the roof.

The gunshot sounds in High Voltage are so distractingly heavy. Like, it sounds like every single gun is a magnum no matter what.

"The many names of David Ryder" is one of the best ever MST3K riffs

Can you please confirm whether Rich Evans does his stunts himself?

I've binged these for like two days and I quess these guys are big and dont answer to any puny youtube comments like mine. But thanks for endless hours of entertainment. My life is much better now!

Another top-notch sneeze, Mike. Keep up the good work.

I almost died laughing when Jack said "Like a battles."

Did you guys see the part where the stuntman fell into the box? it looked like it hurt.

Super shocked that no one on BOTW has seen the MST3K episode of Space Mutiny. ROLL FIZZLEBEEF!

00:25 Shouldn't Jay be arrested for that pour while living in Wisconsin??

I couldn't stop laughing at the 20 takes part. OMFG.

Just letting everyone know... the art on the Death Spa Blu-Ray is the same same cover art that was on the original VHS release and probably the one-sheet if there was one. Love that artwork. Love that ridiculous movie.

19:58 The epic showdown: the Fakuzas versus the Fank Robbers in an action shootout at the Fauxtel.

Plot Twist: Chris Evans is actually a dolphin.

Space Mutiny, it's basically the 80's INNNN SPAAAAAAAAAACCE!

46:56 "Are ya-are youuuuuuu-are you talkin? This isn't a discussion part...yeah, why donchu ja, why dont chjew ja shutthheffuckup?" Mike Stoklasa 2014

I absolutely adore the little cardboard speeders from Space Mutiny

So wait, what does a bunch of Fank robbers robbing the Fakuza have to do with High Voltage? There was nothing electrical about that movie.

They met up at a fautel . All these years and I thought of a joke

its funny coming back to this video after the years and seeing the boys all young and clean shaven

16:47 - I was also amazed at the sound of the guns in this movie - they are badly distorted and stupidly loud, but that makes them work - just like it made dubstep work.

I have never laughed so hard over a sequence of the same shot being repeated over and over again. Genius.

that`s neat that Amy Smart was in two movies called High Voltage

Odd coincidences, Antonio Sabato Jr. did a better Woo-like film later in The Big Hit, and Amy Smart managed to do two movies with the words High Voltage in the title.

The death spa cover is the original artwork, used to see it all the time back in the video store when i was too young to rent it 😂

Those gun sound effects in High Voltage are stolen from Blade Runner

Continuing my 2021 journey through the playlist. 16-10-2021

17:30 Very subtle product placement by Mike there for the Red Letter Media Rich Evans Plush toy.

When they mentioned recycling (or rather, stealing) footage and used Star Wars as an example, they were on the money with that one. It made me recall one of the most blatant Star Wars rip-offs ever: The Man Who Saved the World, AKA Turkish Star Wars.

Funniest thing ever: 44:17 I was pissing myself.