"Mystery Science Theater 3000" The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1997)

Director:

Kevin Murphy

Writers:

Michael J. Nelson (head writer) and
Paul Chaplin (writer)

TV Series:

"Mystery Science Theater 3000" (1988)

Original Air Date:

14 June 1997 (Season 9, Episode 12)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Mike and the 'bots sit through The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964). Pearl returns a trio of space-brats to their parents.

Plot Keywords:

Omnipotent | Walk A Thon | First Communion | Crystal Ball | Live Broadcast

Cast

Kevin Murphy	...	Tom Servo / Professor Bobo / Omnipotent Mom
Michael J. Nelson	...	Mike Nelson / Buddy the Space Child
Mary Jo Pehl	...	Pearl Forrester / Shelly the Nanite
Bill Corbett	...	Crow T. Robot / Observer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Chaplin	...	Scooter the Space Child / Ortega / Ned the Nanite
Bridget Jones	...	Doreen the Space Child

Filming Locations:

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA

Trivia:

The character of Ortega would become a recurring character on the series. Ortega was played by series writer Paul Chaplin.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mike Nelson: Hi, everyone, Mike Nelson here on the Satellite of Love. It's Walk-A-Thon Season, and I'm being hit up by two competing groups. Gotta admire their energy. So, Crow, who are you doing it for again?

Movie Connections:

References "Hogan's Heroes" (1965)

Soundtrack:

The Little Drummer Boy

Almost as bad as the name

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

If you looked at the title and thought, 'That sounds like a horrible movie,' then you are absolutely right. I watched the Mystery Science Theater version and almost gave up halfway through that one. If even MST3K can't coerce you to finishing the movie, there's not much else that can. Why is it so horrible? Let me count the ways . . . First, the ridiculous sound. You can barely hear it, which isn't a bad thing in this case. It sounds like it was recorded on Edison's first phonograph, as the MST3K crew continually point out. Second is the cast of the movie. Almost everyone is Eastern European, which isn't always a bad thing. Eastern Europeans who can't act, however, is a very bad thing. Third is the story. The thing about the story is . . . well, frankly, there is no story. Apparently, its about this guy who dumps his girlfriend to go to a strip club, where a psychic hypnotizes him to kill this girl who has no relation to the story whatsoever. Then the guy almost kills his girlfriend and gets shot by the police after freeing the rest of the zombies. Story? This movie doesn't need one. There's no way that gaining one would help any.