Those are usually the best movies. Like Beast of Yucca Flats, Prince if Space, and Bride of the Monster, just name a few. But some movies are boring, even with the riffing, like Rebel Set, Radar Secret Service, and Rocketship X-M.
Things the American public was terrified of in the 1950s, in order of severity: - The ever-present threat of Nuclear War - Teenagers That's the whole list
It's an historical orthodoxy that the teenager was invented (in marketing terms) in the 1950s. One manifestation of that is the B-films with "Teenage..." titles.
There's a kinda overlooked riff at 1:10:12 that I always love. "Well, who is it?" "Bill Salisbury, a neighbor of ours." Mike: "He invented the steak." 😂
Show 522 is an example as to why fans should always watch & listen through all the MST credits. From front to back, bottom to top the shows are full of detailed craftsmanship.
Don Dohler later took this movie's basic premise of a gang of hoodlums holding a family hostage in their off-the-beaten-path home and used it for his film Blood Massacre. At the end the family of yokels peel their faces off and reveal themselves to be skeletal alien monster things and they slaughter all the thugs.
All of the acting was quite good. Sure the villain was over the top, but probably that was the director's choice. Performers are blamed many times by other professionals' bad decisions.
I was thinking between her parents and Jimmy Reardon's, these movies sure loved to portray these innocent, misguided kids as being raised by the most heartless people.........
Are the police even allowed to use pin-up pictures of suspects like that? Did they really not have any other, more appropriate photos of her? This is such a great episode, and proof that if the acting is hammy enough, a movie doesn't need bad special effects and monster-suits to be riffed.
"I'm removing you from the custody of your parents." GOOD! They were literally more concerned with the dad's work reputation than listening to their daughter telling the truth that she was innocent.
This episode is not that bad. It has an '' alternative theatre " quality to it. I liked the tension of all these characters trapped in the same house 🏡, unable to leave.
The only MST3K movie that I ever enjoyed for its own sake was the one that they watched in the MST3K theatrical film, which was "This Island Earth". Although not nearly as good as "The Day the Earth Stood Still", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", "Forbidden Planet", or other '50's sci-fi films, it's pretty fun, and it has very nice special effects.
At about 24:00 the Terry actress poses a little like Bonnie Parker (in that famous "cigar" photo). I'm sure that was no coincidence. It's no joke to say that this MST episode is one of my Thanksgiving traditions. I put it aside and wait a whole year to see it, just like any other Thanksgiving story. Plus, it's one of the great episodes even apart from that.
That doughy guy skit was great! I feel so bad for all the women that had to be paired up with doughy middle-upper middle aged men in movies during that era.
Yeah, This movie ain't no masterpiece, but that fight had me on the edge of my seat. Also it's filmed at Griffith observatory in LA, it was kinda cool to watch because I've been there.
What you have to understand about Hays-era Hollywood was they only cared about morality until the censors signed off on it. Then it was on to the real money of the picture: dames and guns! So the text is "crime doesn't pay", but the paratext is "let's stick these four virile youths* in a room so they can seduce and/or murder each other." * virility and youth not guaranteed
Am I the only one that was kind of invested in the movie itself? I mean, it's not a GREAT movie, and I wouldn't have watched the un-MSTed version of it, but I was kind of legitimately interested in seeing what was happening in the movie, which is unusual for MST3K..
Every once in a while an episode does that to me too. The ending to this movie though had a feel like they didn't know how to end it. It wrapped up way too quickly.
The first time I saw it (only a few years ago) I realised I was actually trying to listen to the dialogue OVER the riffs. I was pretty bamboozled when I noticed.
For once, I think that the film can be watched as a normal movie in which something happens and the audience wants to know what happens and how it ends. I would have watched it on its own and I would have paid to see it in the cinema.
@@sprybug I remember when I first saw this episode and got caught up in the movie. The ending was such a letdown because it just kind of ended. It reminded how bad it really was, despite my interest while watching it.
If you listen closely, or even if you don't, because I wasn't, when they showed the heroine's beauty pageant mug shot on TV and she screamed "TURN IT OFF", you can barely hear Tom say George C Scott, unless it was Crow. My guitar teacher told me the story that "TURN IT OFF" comes from the movie Hardcore, with George C. It took me a while to pick it up, but Trace says that a lot. In my study of comments, I haven't read anyone relate that, and I read a lot of comments. As for beauty pageants, everyone knows what happens to the losers, right? An endless stream of hospitality rooms and Rodney Dangerfield's.
Oh, yes, I know where "TURN IT OFF!" comes from. I just think that on the chance anyone IS familiar with it they don't want to relay it in the comments. Considering what was... happening in that scene with George C.
For once, the decisions everybody takes make some kinda sense. I specially liked the discussion about what to do next around the phone or Bill noticing that something is up because of the cigarette butts.
Humming the Rockford Files theme while a phone rings out: it's funny that when faced with a competently-made film, the guys tend to be stuck amusing themselves with jokes of only peripheral relevance.
“The next time you want to sample this one back, with my designer Line of Mace Moose.” (Spray) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, the crime wave consisted of TWO (count 'em) teenagers. Also, we learn that while the old farm couple were married in 1910, their only child Ben wasn't born until 1927. In the "Amazing Colossal Episode Guide," writer Paul Chaplin theorizes that they were Yankees fans, and "their favorite team's stupendous performance that year (the '27 Yankees are considered the best ever) sent them howling into their one and only frenzy of desire." He then recognizes the flaw in this logic, since if Ben were conceived during the 1927 World Series, he wouldn't have been born until mid-1928, so it must have been something else.
I listen to Penn Jillette's Sunday School podcast and recently he mentioned doing all the voice spots for Comedy Central back in the day. I thought, "wow I never noticed". Now I'm even more shocked that I didn't notice.
39:07 When Terry read the dates in the family bible why was her first question why the son was in college at age 27 and not why this couple didn't have their first kid until after they had been married for 17 years. That's what I would ask about if I read those dates and I'm mad because the movie never gives an answer. That makes no sense.
Mason Allen Yeah. One of The MST3K writers had the same problem. His theory is that Ma and Pa were huge ‘27 Yankees fans. sol.semo.edu/mst3k/Misc/Old%20Scifi%20era%20MST3K%20site/www.castleforrester.com/media/guide/0522.htm
He could have gone to college after serving in the war under the "G.I. Bill." Many servicemen did back then. Maybe he wasn't their first child, due to a miscarriage, or they had to "try" for a few years.
It's funny that in 1955 when this movie was made, America had already given up on providing support for the poor and rehabilitation for the incarcerated. Republicans like to point at black communities of recent years, but here we see a poor, white girl who was neglected by her parents and forced to grow up sooner than everyone else, lashed out and instead of getting any help, she was thrown into prison and shot dead. She didn't even know who she was yet. This country continues to give up on people. Gives up on its workers who stay at their jobs for 15 years, gives up on its war veterans and gives up on believing people can change if given the slightest treatment.
Mike: "None of this would've have happened if they'd just used the club! " None of this would've happened if they'd just worn sensible shoes!! You have to dress for success you know!
Thanks Will for sharing I hate to say it but I'll have to watch it again I must've paused it eight times but did enjoy the parts I did see two thumbs up Wll 👍🏼👍🏼. thanks 🙋🏽🇨🇦
The poor fool that got rolled at the beginning of the movie got what he deserved. A fifty something man trying to pick up a teenage girl (even though she looks about 35).
