Carnival of Laughs
"Carnival of Souls" is one of my favorite low-budget "cult classics"...so much so, I even own the Criterion edition. So I couldn't pass up the chance to get Mike, Kevin, and Bill's take on it.
The movie itself actually looks pretty good in this transfer and can be watched without the commentary. Add the commentary, of course, for the laughs. Things start out slow and I'm not terribly impressed, but the jokes get better as they go along, particularly Kevin's running "Password" gag in the department store scene.
If you're a fan of Carnival of Souls as well as a fan of MST3K, this one's a must have.
Carnival of laughter, plenty of laughter....
While in a car with two friends, some young men drag race with them, drive onto a bridge and the car with the girls gets sent over the side into the river below. A bit later while people are trying to find the submerged car, one of the young women named Mary comes out of the water and can't seem to remember what happened. So after barely any time grieving she decides to take her organ playing ability to Utah where she can make a new life, she shacks up in a house where a creepy, drunk guy across the hall keeps hitting on her, the priest that feels her type of organ playing is evil and Mary herself just looks blank as ever no matter what the scene calls for.
Oh and there's a mysterious, creepy and shut down carnival that Mary seems drawn to for some reason that she doesn't understand, oh by the way Mary also keeps seeing some scary guy in drab make-up that seems to want something from her, but what? This is honestly not a terrible movie, there's some atmosphere to it, sadly...
When Organists ATTACK!
"Just a warning, do not eye his lemon drink." ... A cautionary tale about consequences of Drag Racing and Organ Playing gone bad in Utah. Contains spooky stock footage, a rooming house with a relentless pervy guy, a twitchy spinster, a creepy submergible specter and plenty of modest origanist's dresses too. This surreal moody cult film breaks Kevin's spirit and he threatens the hold Bill & Mike hostage until DisembAudio negotiates with the film. As always the former stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 do a bang up job Riffing this one, I'd recommend anything with their brand especially the downloadable Twilight Saga audio commentaries which may be their funniest work to date.
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