RiffTrax Live: “The Giant Spider Invasion” to be shown in select theaters from coast-to-coast on Aug. 15 (with a pre-recorded encore on Aug. 20)

Fellow “RiffTrax” enthusiasts and fellow MSTies of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” will be interested in a live movie riffing event of a cult arachnid sci-fi film.

It’s time for “RiffTrax Live: The Giant Spider Invasion”

Poster artwork for the upcoming “RiffTrax Live!” edition of “The Giant Spider Invasion.”

RiffTrax, in conjunction with Fathom Events will be presenting the live coast-to-coast theatrical riffing broadcast of “RiffTrax Live: The Giant Spider Invasion” in participating cinema venues from coast-to-coast on Thurs., Aug. 15 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central (local time).  A pre-recorded theatrical encore broadcast of the RiffTrax edition of “The Giant Spider Invasion” will be shown in participating theaters from coast-to-coast on Tue., Aug. 20 at 7:30 p.m. (local time, according to Fathom Events’ site).   This will be the 30th “RiffTrax Live!” performance, according to the official RiffTrax Twitter site.

Featuring “Mystery Science Theater 3000”/MST3K alums Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett; the RiffTrax crew’s live riffing edition of The Giant Spider Invasion” showcase will be broadcast live via satellite to participating theaters from coast-to-coast, direct from the historic Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee.

The RiffTrax crew will be riffing the cult sci-fi arachnid creature feature, “The Giant Spider Invasion” (1975) with Barbara Hale (of “Perry Mason” fame), Alan Hale Jr. (of “Gilligan’s Island” fame), Steve Brodie (of “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms” fame), Diane Lee Hart, Christiane Schmidtmer, Robert Easton, Leslie Parrish and Bill Williams.

RiffTrax Live: “Octaman” to be shown in select theaters from coast-to-coast on April 18 (with a pre-recorded encore on April 24)

Fellow “RiffTrax” fans and “Mystery Science Theater 3000” MSTies will be interested in a live movie-riffing event of a cult creature feature from coast-to-coast.

It’s time for “RiffTrax Live: Octaman”

Artwork for the upcoming “RiffTrax Live!” edition of “Octaman” (1971).

RiffTrax, in conjunction with Fathom Events will be presenting “RiffTrax Live: Octaman” in participating theaters from coast-to-coast with a live theatrical telecast on Thurs., April 18 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central (local time, according to Fathom Events’ site).  A pre-recorded encore will occur in participating cinema venues from coast-to-coast on Wed., April 24 at 7:30 p.m. (all times local, according to Fathom).

Featuring “Mystery Science Theater 3000”/MST3K alums Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett; the “RiffTrax Live: Octaman” presentation will be broadcast live to participating cinema locations throughout the country, via satellite from the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee.

The RiffTrax crew will be riffing the cult creature feature, “Octaman” (1971).  “Octaman” was directed and written by Harry Essex.  Essex was known for writing the screenplay for Jack Arnold’s Universal sci-fi classic, “It Came from Outer Space” (1953) and Arnold’s Universal monster creature classic, “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (1954).

The players who appeared in Essex’s 1971 creature feature entry were Pier Angeli (as Susan Lowry), Jeff Morrow (as Dr. John Willard, Morrow previously appeared in Joseph Newman’s 1955 Universal sci-fi classic; “This Island Earth” in the role of Exeter), Kerwin Matthews (as Dr. Rick Torres, Matthews previously appeared in the title role of Captain Sinbad in the 1958 Ray Harryhausen–Charles H. Schneer–Columbia classic, “The 7^th Voyage of Sinbad”), Read Morgan (as the “Octaman”), Jerome Guardino (as Johnny Caruso), David Essex (as an Indian, David Essex is the real-life son of Harry Essex), Robert Warner (as Steve), Buck Kartalian (as Raul).  According to Fathom Events’ official site, the creature make-up effects for the “Octaman” creature were created by a young Rick Baker; who went onto greater fame for his work in the fields of make-up and creature effects in modern cinema.

RiffTrax Live: “Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny” to be shown on Dec. 3rd

For those who watched the “Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day ‘15” streaming marathon, there’s another “cheesy movie” serving presented by several familiar voices from the cult series.

It’s time for “RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny” (1972)

Fans of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” and “RiffTrax” will be in for a holiday treat, as Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett will riff the 1972 Z-budget kiddie holiday film, “Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny.”

The cast of RiffTrax, in conjunction with NCM Fathom Events, will present a live broadcast screening of this low-budget Christmas film in select theaters from coast-to-coast, on Dec. 3.  A re-broadcast of that night’s screening will occur in select cinema venues on Dec. 15.

An advertisement for the RiffTrax screening of “Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny” was seen throughout Shout! Factory TV and their streaming broadcast of the “MST3K Turkey Day ‘15” event on YouTube (in-between each episode) .

Original newspaper ad for “Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny” (via the Daytona Beach Morning Journal/Google News Archives)

From a long line of cheesy, low-budget “kiddie” holiday films…

“Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny” is one of many cheesy holiday films that have been riffed by the cast of RiffTrax over the years, including “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” (1964) and K. Gordon Murray’s English-dubbed Mexican fantasy film, “Santa Claus“ (1959).  Both aforementioned films have also been shown on MST3K.

Why you should see the RiffTrax version of this holiday “turkey” (for those that may have never watched MST3K or RiffTrax):

If you didn’t watch the “Mystery Science Theater” marathon, or have never experienced a “RiffTrax Live” screening, then this is the perfect opportunity to experience movie riffing at its finest on the big screen, through the courtesy of Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett.

RiffTrax Live Presents: “Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny” (1972)

Broadcast live in select theaters nationwide on Thurs., Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Closest theater venue to the “home office” of “Silver Screen Reflections (for the Dec. 3 showing):

R/C Gateway Gettysburg Theaters 8

20 Presidential Circle

Gettysburg, PA 17325

Phone: (717) 334-5575

Buy Tickets from R/C Gateway Gettysburg Theaters 8 (via MovieTickets.com)

Complete list of theaters from coast-to-coast that will be showing “RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny”(on Dec. 3, via NCM Fathom Events)

NOTE: A re-broadcast of the RiffTrax screening of “Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny” is scheduled for select theaters from coast-to-coast on Dec. 15.  Yet according to the theater listings for the re-broadcast date (via NCM Fathom Events), R/C Gateway Gettysburg Theaters 8 will not be showing the Dec. 15 re-broadcast (the listing of theaters for the re-broadcast may be updated by then).

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