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Talkin' DripTrax: Zombie, AKA I Eat Your Skin
NOTE: This was first published on April 26th, 2019 on DripHowdy folks! Happy Friday. And also, may we add:BRAAAAAAIN--er, wait a minute.... SKIIIIIIIIIIIIN. There we go.Today's RiffTrax Movie is a movie so nice, they named it twice: originally titled Zombie, they later renamed I Eat Your Skin so they could re-package the movie into a double feature with I Drink Your Blood. Makes perfect sense!...
Octaman set build time lapse!
NOTE: This was first published on April 24th, 2019 on DripHi DripTraxians!Erik here, once again, back home after an amazing trip to Nashville. Tonight is the encore rebroadcast of RiffTrax Live: Octaman at 7:30pm local time, and in honor of that, we've put together this exclusive time lapse of the set being built.Led by Duncan Ragsdale, the designers created a grassy swamp set for our riffers,...
Exclusive OCTAMAN Live show rehearsal clip!
NOTE: This was first published on April 18, 2019 on DripHowdy folks!Erik here, LIVE from Nashville, Tennessee.We're mere hours away from the first live broadcast of the year, Octaman! We thought it'd be awesome to give you a special sneak peek at not only tonight's event, but also to show you a bit of how the magic is made.So, please enjoy this exclusive rehearsal video, shot earlier t...
Drip Exclusive Live Short + RiffTrax Live: The Five Doctors clip!
NOTE: This post was first published on April15th, 2019 on Drip.Hello DripTraxians!In honor of this week's RiffTrax Live, we thought we'd treat you to an exclusive bit from our 25th live show: Doctor Who - The Five Doctors. Featured in the clip above is the full live riffing of the short "Play Safe" which taught us the incredibly important lesson to not run into active power lines. ...
Talkin' DripTrax: The Girl from Rio
NOTE: This was first published on March 14th, 2019 on Drip.Hello everyone!Erik here with another edition of Talkin' DripTrax! Today, the guys are driving around town discussing last week's release, The Girl from Rio.It's a 70s "spy-fi" movie about the scantily-clad women of the island nation of Femina, and their plot to take over the world, of course. Attempting to stop them is...
RiffTrax DripCast 03: Sean Thomason!
NOTE: This post was originally published on March 12th, 2019 on DripHello once again, DripTraxians!We have a very special episode of the 'cast here for you today. This one was recorded LIVE in the RiffTrax office just hours after hitting our 2019 Kickstarter goal. So naturally we discussed basket weaving, the finer points of pickling, and shuffleboard.In all seriousness, Sean Thomason was grac...
RiffTrax DripCast Episode 02: Conor Lastowka
NOTE: This post was originally published on February 21st, 2019 on DripHello DripTraxians!Peter here once again to bestow upon you some fine audio goodness on this, the most Thurs of Days.On this latest episode, I was joined by RiffTrax writer Conor Lastowka. We discuss such marvelous topics as his new audiobook, reflections on earlier RiffTrax titles/performances, and of course, Rollergator.As al...
RiffTrax DripCast Episode 01: Erik Peterson
NOTE: This post was originally published on February 8th, 2019Happy Friday, DripTraxians!Peter here to anoint your weekend with some audio goodness. In this debut episode of the RiffTrax DripCast, I spoke with senior web engineer Erik Peterson. We discuss how Erik came to be part of the RiffTrax team, a favorite movie of his that he’d love to see riffed, and the intense details of how certain ...
Designing the MST3K Reunion Show set
NOTE: This post was originally published to Drip on January 25, 2019.Hi everyone,Erik here with yet another trek behind the scenes. As we are deep in preparation for our slate of 2019 Live Shows, I thought it'd be fun to revisit the process of designing the set for our RiffTrax Live MST3K Reunion Show!Camp Digital, our RiffTrax Live production partner since the very beginning, has always done ...
Talkin' DripTrax: Yor, the Hunter from the Future
NOTE: This post was first published on January 18th, 2019 on DripSalutations, citizens of DripTraxia!Peter here. We hope Yor ready for quite the release today. Our old buddy Blast HardCheese himself, Mr. Reb "A Face That Was Built For Screaming" Brown stars as the titular Yor in Yor, The Hunter From The Future.A RiffTrax favorite actor, a vaguely post-apocalyptic future, and cheesy dinosau...
Talkin' DripTrax: KRULL
NOTE: This post was first published on December 31st, 2018 on DripGreetings, DripTraxians!Erik here. Apologies for not having a post last week - most of us at RiffTrax HQ have taken a bit of time off. Hope you don't mind! We didn't take a break from releasing riffs, though; this past Friday, we released our MP3 commentary of our second 2018 live show subject, Krull! And as is tradition, pl...
Talkin' DripTrax: SOLO
NOTE: This post was first published on December 21st, 2018 on DripHowdy, DripTraxians!I've got a great feeling about today's episode of Talkin' DripTrax.That's because we've finally released our MP3 "Just the Jokes" commentary for the latest entry (as of this writing) into the Star Wars franchise, SOLO: A Star Wars Story.The guys spill on what they learned watching this...
Talkin' DripTrax: Santa's Summer House
This house seems familiar...NOTE: This post was first published on December 14th, 2019 on DripSeason's Greetings, DripTraxians!One of our favorite Yuletide traditions is our Christmas holiday riff. That's why we're pleased to present to you this year's big seasonal feature, Santa's Summer House! Not only does it star the son of Robert Mitchum, Chris, as a Santa who doesn't ...
Talkin' DripTrax: Star Wars Holiday Special
NOTE: This post was first published on December 12th, 2018 on Drip.Hello, DripTraxxers!Life Day this year may have already passed, but it's never too late to talk about the Star Wars Holiday Special!We've got another episode coming very soon, in which we'll talk about this year's holiday feature-length riff.Until then, please enjoy this very special episode of Talkin' DripTrax ...
Talkin' DripTrax #25: Stranger Things (S1E1)
NOTE: This post was first published on November 30th, 2018 on DripGreetings, DripTrax!Today we released our riff on the first episode of Netflix's hit show Stranger Things, which was made possible thanks to us having met a stretch goal during this year's Kickstarter campaign. Backers of said campaign who pledged at the $74 level and higher get it for free! (To get yours, just visit the 201...
It's a Wonderful Drip
NOTE: This post was first published on November 15th, 2018 on DripGreetings, DripTraxians!One of our most requested movies of ALL TIME to riff on is, without question, It's a Wonderful Life.We've even tried making it a stretch reward on our recent Kickstarter campaign, but have always fallen just short of being able to offer it - even as a "Just the Jokes" MP3 riff.That is, until n...
The Christmas Moose (Part 1)
NOTE: This post was first published on November 14th, 2018 on DripHello, DripTrax!Erik here, bringing you fine folks Part 1 (of 4) of "The Christmas Moose" - an audio skit from our upcoming Yule Log video!This one is even more special than usual because it was suggested by you, dear DripTraxians, that we include a funny bit that could take place in the "background" at some point - ...
From the cutting room floor: Doodles' Song!
NOTE: This post was originally published on November 7th, 2018 on DripHowdy folks, Kevin Murphy here.Here at RiffTrax, we pride ourselves on delivering the most for your silliness dollar. This means we occasionally need to cut scenes from some of our titles, for dirtiness, naughtiness, talkiness, utter boringness, and occasionally because a movie tries to be funny and fails, miserably. Poor, dumb ...
Talkin' DripTrax #24: Trucker's Woman
Note: This post was first published on November 2nd, 2018 on DripHello Driptraxians! Conor here. I spent a long time watching movies today that were NOT Trucker’s Woman, and though they were OK, maybe even amusing, they left me with a yearning for the beaded seat cushion-y tale of a Trucker and (presumably) his Woman.Possibly the first movie ever to feature an actual decade (The 70s) in a co-sta...
Talkin' DripTrax #23: Terror in the Wax Museum
NOTE: This post was first published on October 26th, 2018 on DripHello, Fellow Traxians of Drip! RiffTrax’s own Kevin Murphy from RiffTrax, here to introduce you to the latest installment of “Talkin’ Driptrax!” And with that statement I think I just typed more X’s into a single sentence than I have since the time I reminded people the the movie xXx was not rated “XXX” but merely titl...
Nosin' in a Winter Wonderland
NOTE: This post was first published on October 24th, 2018 on DripHi everyone!Erik here once again with some behind-the-scenes magic for your watching and listening pleasure.Kevin continues to recreate holiday tunes on the nose flute for our upcoming Yule log video, and he shot some video during the process that you might all enjoy. What other classics would you love for him to cover? Let us know i...
Talkin' DripTrax #22: Ready Player One
NOTE: This post was first published on October 19th, 2018 on DripHowdy, DripTraxians!We've just released our latest Just the Jokes riff for Ready Player One! And like every single one of our MP3 releases, the file itself includes an introduction by the riffers and our proprietary Perfect Sync robot, DisembAudio (Conor Lastowka).The introduction contains important notes for anyone who wants to ...
Mele Kalikimaka: Nose Flute Edition.
NOTE: This post was originally published on October 9th, 2018 on DripHowdy, Drippers!Erik here. After I posted about our upcoming Yule Log video, several of you had suggested that maybe Kevin should record some holiday tunes using his signature instrument, the nose flute. Well, I'm pleased to report that he has taken this suggestion to heart! (Or, nose, as it were.)He's doing a bunch, but ...
We Live In an Age of Wonders.
NOTE: This post was first published on October 2nd, 2018 on DripHello all. Kevin here. As I often do when I can't get to sleep I make a mug of tea and tuck into an old movie I've seen many times. Last night it was the Stanley Kubrick / Arthur C. Clarke classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. I've watched it dozens of times over the years and continue to find new things, make new discoveries.But...
Talkin' DripTrax #21: The Phantom Creeps
NOTE: This post was first published on September 28th, 2018 on DripHappy Friday, DripTrax House!Today's RiffTrax Movie release may be familiar to some of you MSTies out there: The Phantom Creeps,which was originally released as a serial - a few of which got riffed by the crew on the Satellite of Love! - and then later on, edited and released as a 70+ minute movie.If that alone doesn't do i...
Behind the Yule Log
NOTE: This post was first published on September 17th, 2018 on DripHello, DripTraxians!Erik here, with an update on what is quite possibly my most anticipated RiffTrax holiday video ever—and in this particular case, it's not a bonkers Christmas short from the 40s.The video above is a bit of a sneak peek. Below is what the majority of the final video's running time will look like.We'v...
Talkin' DripTrax #20: Rescue Me (with Bridget and Mary Jo)
NOTE: This post was first published on September 21st, 2018 on DripHappy Friday, DripTraxians!Erik here, and I'm pleased to bring you another episode of Talkin' DripTrax — with Bridget and Mary Jo! This week's subject is the 90s action flick Rescue Me, which we just released on the site earlier today. Please enjoy!
Talkin' DripTrax #19: Freddie Steps Out (with Bridget and Mary Jo)
NOTE: This post was first published on September 7th, 2018 on Drip.Hi, it’s Bridget with a quick note about Freddie Steps Out before I join Mary Jo for Happy Hour! (half price loaded potato skins and Grain Belt Premiums ain't gonna order themselves)I sorta think this installment is not as well written as the first one (the movie, not the riffing). Kinda like they thought they could rest on t...
Talkin' DripTrax #18: SPIKER
NOTE: This post was first published on August 30th, 2018 on Drip.Howdy, everyone!Erik here, ready to "serve" up another episode of Talkin' DripTrax! Today's RiffTrax Movie release is a slice of 80s cheese that's basically the volleyball scene from Top Gun, stretched into a feature-length film called Spiker.It's one of the most 80s movies we've ever riffed that also incl...
Behind the scenes at RiffTrax Live: KRULL
NOTE: This post was first published on August 23rd, 2018 on Drip.Greetings from Nashville! The Belcourt Theatre, to be precise.We're busy getting ready for tonight's live event, which begins in a mere two hours (for those of you in Eastern and Central time zones).As a special bonus, our producer Sarah Vanderbush shot this video just for you! Join our technical director David D. Martin as h...
