Schlock-Wire: Full Details For Shout! Factory’s Release of MST3K Vol. XIX

MSTies need to pre­pare space in their col­lec­tions for another mega-disc set because Shout! Factory is released the nine­teenth vol­ume of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 col­lec­tions in November.  It will fea­ture four clas­sic episodes of this beloved film-parody series that have never been released on video before — Robot Monster, Bride Of The Monster, Devil Doll & Devil Fish — plus a wealth of fea­turettes and other bonus mate­ri­als to sweeten the deal.  It even includes spe­cial mini-posters and a fea­turette of Gypsy.  Read on for all the schlock-satirizing details…

Shout! Factory to release

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XIX

AS A LIMITED-EDITION 4-DVD BOX SET

PACKED WITH GYPSY FIGURINE, MINI-POSTERS,

AND FRESHLY SQUEEZED BONUS CONTENT

Featuring Never-Before-Released MST3K Episodes

Robot Monster, Bride of the Monster, Devil Doll and Devil Fish

IN STORES NATIONWIDE NOVEMBER 9, 2010 FROM SHOUT! FACTORY

You are cor­dially invited to cel­e­brate the launch of this year’s hol­i­day sea­son with the ram­bunc­tious crew from the Satellite of Love, as Joel, Mike and their robot pals Gypsy, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot embark on a painfully joy­ful (and joy­fully painful) voy­age through the mag­nif­i­cent mad­ness of  the Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XIX limited-edition 4-DVD box set (fea­tur­ing the highly col­lectible Gypsy fig­urine) from Shout! Factory, in asso­ci­a­tion with Best Brains, Inc. on November 9, 2010.

This side-splitting col­lec­tion of MST3K fea­tures the show’s never-before-released episodes Robot Monster, Bride of the Monster, Devil Doll and Devil Fish.  Those entrees come with a side of extras, includ­ing a new intro­duc­tion by J. Elvis Weinstein, cult film­maker Larry Blamire’s full-fledged geek-out on Robot Monster, new fea­turettes on Bride of the Monster and Devil Doll, MST3K: Origins and Beyond from CONvergence 2009, orig­i­nal movie trail­ers, and four exclu­sive MST3K mini-posters by artist Steve Vance. There might even be an Easter Egg…we’re just sayin’.  This limited-edition 4-DVD box set also includes a fig­urine of Gypsy, the per­fect com­pan­ion to the Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo fig­urines included in pre­vi­ous year-end Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVD box sets, all of which have become collector’s items.  A must-have for loyal fans and col­lec­tors, Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XIX 4-DVD box set is priced to own at $69.97.

MST3K: ROBOT MONSTER

The sin­is­ter alien Ro-Man has dec­i­mated the Earth’s pop­u­la­tion, leav­ing only eight sur­vivors, includ­ing a pro­fes­sor and the fam­ily of young space enthu­si­ast Johnny.

Its sta­tus as “one of the worst films ever made” eas­ily makes Robot Monster an instant hit with the crew of the Satellite of Love! Join Joel, Servo and Crow as they explore their own fears of Ro-Man — errr … Ro–Tom – sur­re­al­ism and, of course, the awful great­ness (and the great awful­ness) that is Robot Monster!

Also includes the shorts Radar Men From The Moon: Chapters 4 & 5!

Bonus Features

• Brand-new intro­duc­tion by J. Elvis Weinstein
• Larry Blamire Geeks Out
• Original Robot Monster trailer

MST3K: BRIDE OF THE MONSTER

Horror cin­ema icons Bela Lugosi and Tor Johnson star in this unfor­get­table Ed Wood clas­sic as the crazed Dr. Vornoff and his beastly assis­tant Lobo, who con­duct heinous exper­i­ments on human vic­tims in an effort to cre­ate a race of atomic super-beings that will con­quer the world.

The film raises some intrigu­ing ques­tions: Do robots made of scrap parts aboard an orbit­ing satel­lite dream of elec­tric sheep? Can Joel and the ’bots carry a tune? Who doesn’t love cold Tater Tots^® and olive loaf? These and other, equally imper­a­tive, ques­tions will be answered — and more — in this “very spe­cial episode” of Mystery Science Theater 3000 that pays trib­ute to one of Ed Wood’s best bad movies ever! After all, no Ed Wood film would truly be com­plete with­out the bit­ing yet lov­ing riffs of your faith­ful Satellite of Love crew!

Also includes the short Hired!, Part 1!

Bonus Features

• Citizen Wood: Making ‘The Bride,’ Unmaking ‘The Legend.’
• Inventing the “Invention Exchange”
• Original Bride of The Monster trailer

MST3K: DEVIL DOLL

Well … hello Dolly!

Before a sold-out audi­ence in London , “The Great Vorelli” per­forms with his ven­tril­o­quist dummy, Hugo. The doll walks on his own. It talks on his own. It even threat­ens the audi­ence on his own. But is Hugo the real vil­lain? Or could it be that his ven­tril­o­quist owner has lost his marbles?

While Pearl and Brain Guy show the Romans how to have a good time at the Lesser God Day cel­e­bra­tion, Mike, Crow and Servo invite you to their own open-window frat party! Party it up with the S.O.L. crew, com­plete with spe­cial guests, devil dolls and their own British pub!

Bonus Features

• The Puppet Master: Richard Gordon on Devil Doll
• Original Devil Doll trailer

MST3K: DEVIL FISH

When Dr. Stella Dickens con­cludes the recent string of grisly deaths and demol­ished boats can’t be the result of any known marine crea­ture, she sets out to cap­ture the beast, a genet­i­cally cre­ated bio-weapon that must be kept secret … at any cost. One thing’s for sure, how­ever: The fish are bit­ing!

Beware the dol­phins, after Mike and the crew of the Satellite of Love decide to mock their intel­li­gence! Meanwhile, Pearl is forced to con­vince unex­pected vis­i­tors that the castle’s actu­ally a lux­u­ri­ous cruise liner! No one’s safe — least of all, Devil Fish – in this episode from Mystery Science Theater 3000’s ninth hys­ter­i­cal season!

Bonus Features

• MST3K: Origins and Beyond at CONvergence 2009
• Original Devil Fish trailer

The Mystery Science Theater 3000 series was cre­ated by Joel Hodgson and pro­duced by Jim Mallon. After a year on KTMA TV in Minneapolis , its national broad­cast life began in 1989 on the Comedy Channel (later to become Comedy Central), where it ran for seven sea­sons. The show’s final three sea­sons aired on the Sci-Fi Channel.  The premise of the series fea­tures a hap­less man who is trapped by mad sci­en­tists on a satel­lite in space and forced to watch old B-movies of ques­tion­able worth. To keep sane, he’s built two robot side­kicks, and together they do a run­ning com­men­tary on the films, affec­tion­ately mock­ing their flaws with inspired wise­cracks and act­ing as a demented movie the­ater peanut gallery. Series cre­ator Hodgson orig­i­nally played the stranded man, Joel Robinson.  When he left in 1993, series head writer Mike Nelson replaced him as the new B-movie vic­tim Mike Nelson, and con­tin­ued in the role for the rest of the show’s run.  The for­mat proved to be pop­u­lar and remark­ably durable. During its 11-year run and 198 episodes (includ­ing one fea­ture film), MST3K attained a loyal fan base and crit­i­cal acclaim. The series won a Peabody Award in 1993, and was nom­i­nated for writ­ing Emmys^® in 1994 and 1995.

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