Would anyone know about these if not for "MST3K"?
by lee_eisenberg | created - 09 Dec 2012 | updated - 31 Oct 2013 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996 Video)
Unrated | 92 min | Fantasy, Horror
Two creepy "horror" films joined together by Merlin's Shop which is, in turn, introduced by a Grandpa telling the story.
Director: Kenneth J. Berton | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, George Milan, Bunny Summers, John Terrence
Votes: 4,614
Ernest Borgnine stars in a movie that appears to be made half in the '80s, half in the '90s.
2. The Blade Master (1983)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Muscle-bound Ator and his mute East Asian sidekick travel from the ends of the earth to save his aged mentor from the evil, mustachioed Zor.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Lisa Foster, David Brandon, Charles Borromel
Votes: 3,897
How much Keefe is in this movie?
3. The Skydivers (1963)
75 min | Drama, Sport
A woman seeks revenge on her former lover, who owns a skydiving business.
Director: Coleman Francis | Stars: Kevin Casey, Eric Tomlin, Anthony Cardoza, Marcia Knight
Votes: 5,005
Don't worry if you didn't understand the plot. I sure didn't.
4. The Starfighters (1964)
78 min | Drama
A young Air Force lieutenant falls in love with fighter planes while his father, a Congressman and war hero, yearns for him to fly heavy bombers.
Director: Will Zens | Stars: Robert Dornan, Richard Jordahl, Shirley Olmstead, Richard Masters
Votes: 3,525
And I thought that Bob Dornan was vile as a congressman!
5. Catalina Caper (1967)
G | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
A group of swingin' teens take time out from having fun in the sun to try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.
Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Tommy Kirk, Del Moore, Peter Duryea, Robert Donner
Votes: 2,243
It's a beach party movie. What did you expect? Still, I liked Crow's pun about the Greek guy's name.
6. Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
Not Rated | 70 min | Horror
A family gets lost on the road and stumbles upon a hidden, underground, devil-worshiping cult led by the fearsome Master and his servant Torgo.
Director: Harold P. Warren | Stars: Tom Neyman, John Reynolds, Diane Adelson, Harold P. Warren
Votes: 37,542
All hands, no brains.
7. The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
PG | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Giant spiders from another dimension invade Wisconsin.
Director: Bill Rebane | Stars: Steve Brodie, Barbara Hale, Robert Easton, Leslie Parrish
Votes: 4,599 | Gross: $0.29M
The Skipper calls someone other than Gilligan "little buddy".
8. Angels' Brigade (1979)
PG | 97 min | Action, Comedy
Six sexy women, and a teenage girl, devastate a right-wing militia before doing battle with ruthless drug pushers.
Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Lieu Chinh, Jacqulin Cole, Liza Greer
Votes: 2,098
Note to the Skipper and Mr. Howell: stay on the island!
9. The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community and a heroic teenager attempts to destroy the creature.
Director: Ray Kellogg | Stars: Don Sullivan, Fred Graham, Lisa Simone, Shug Fisher
Votes: 4,330
OK, so there was some good music.
10. Horrors of Spider Island (1960)
Unrated | 77 min | Horror
Survivors of a plane crash on a remote island find it is covered by spiders. When bitten, the survivors start turning into spiders!
Director: Fritz Böttger | Stars: Harald Maresch, Helga Franck, Alexander D'Arcy, Helga Neuner
Votes: 4,206
Taking place on a Pacific island, it was filmed in Yugoslavia.
11. Tormented (1960)
Unrated | 75 min | Horror, Thriller
A man lets a former flame fall to her death rather than let her interfere with his new relationship, but her ghost returns to disrupt his impending nuptials.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders, Juli Reding
Votes: 2,940
Lloyd, you're the best bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine. Or Portland, Oregon, for that matter.
12. Bloodlust! (1961)
Approved | 68 min | Horror, Thriller
A crazed hunter kidnaps people and turns them loose on his private estate, where he hunts them for sport.
Director: Ralph Brooke | Stars: Wilton Graff, June Kenney, Walter Brooke, Robert Reed
Votes: 2,588
I spent all those years wondering what Robert Reed did before he was the "Brady Bunch" dad.
13. The Hellcats (1968)
R | 90 min | Sport, Thriller
The brother and fiancee of a dead policeman infiltrate a female-led biker gang to uncover his murderer.
Director: Robert F. Slatzer | Stars: Ross Hagen, Dee Duffy, Sharyn Kinzie, Del 'Sonny' West
Votes: 1,895
Emphasis on the hell part.
14. Five the Hard Way (1969)
M | 82 min | Action, Sport
Motorcycle racer Rommel seeks vengeance against JC, a madman who murdered the sidehacker's fiancee.
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Ross Hagen, Diane McBain, Michael Pataki, Richard Merrifield
Votes: 2,077
Enough to make anyone NOT want to motorcycle.
15. Prince of Space (1959)
57 min | Action, Adventure, Family
When an alien force tries to invade Earth to steal a powerful new rocket fuel, a mysterious hero intervenes.
Director: Eijirô Wakabayashi | Stars: Tatsuo Umemiya, Hiroko Mine, Takashi Kanda, Ushio Akashi
Votes: 3,124
Japan is supposed to be a LOT better than this.
16. Eegah (1962)
Unrated | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.
Director: Arch Hall Sr. | Stars: Arch Hall Jr., Marilyn Manning, Richard Kiel, Arch Hall Sr.
Votes: 6,125
Richard Kiel was just getting started, so we can forgive him.
17. Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966)
95 min | Thriller, Mystery
A series of murders in Michigan lead an American secret agent to Amsterdam, where he uncovers a plot to imperil the world with a potent new drug.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Ray Danton, Margaret Lee, Carlo D'Angelo, Jess Hahn
Votes: 1,128
Was it Crow or Servo who proposed the Edie Adams Fan Club?
18. Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young alien and a teenage earthling fall in love, and plot to stop the alien's race from using Earth as a food-breeding ground for giant lobsters from their planet.
Director: Tom Graeff | Stars: David Love, Dawn Bender, Bryan Grant, Harvey B. Dunn
Votes: 3,857
They looked older than teenagers.
19. The Dead Talk Back (1994 Video)
65 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A psychic researcher attempts to solve a murder by using a radio that enables him to speak with the dead.
Director: Merle S. Gould | Stars: Aldo Farnese, Scott Douglas, Laura Brock, Earl Sands
Votes: 991
Who cast Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?
20. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Approved | 62 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Jan Shepard, Michael Emmet
Votes: 4,856
Hicks vs. bloodsuckers: 0 People laughing with the Satellite of Love crew: infinity
21. Hobgoblins (1988)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A young security guard must track down diminutive aliens who kill people even as they make their fantasies come true.
Director: Rick Sloane | Stars: Tom Bartlett, Paige Sullivan, Steven Boggs, Kelley Palmer
Votes: 12,452
What do you call a ripoff of a ripoff?
22. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror
Jerry falls in love with a stripper he meets at a carnival. Little does he know that she is the sister of a gypsy fortune teller whose predictions he had scoffed at earlier. The gypsy turns him into a zombie and he goes on a killing spree.
Director: Ray Dennis Steckler | Stars: Ray Dennis Steckler, Brett O'Hara, Atlas King, Sharon Walsh
Votes: 5,305
No identifiable plot, but Sharon Walsh is a real looker.
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