Extended preview: CREATING REM LEZAR
Added 2024-03-22 18:52:38 +0000 UTCHello, Traxians!
It's a Happy Friday! Or at least, it will be until you gaze your eyes upon this weirdness!
Zack and Ashlee are outcasts at school. We’re not sure why, perhaps because their singing voices sound like waterfowl being fed into a paper shredder.
They bond because they are both seeing visions of a superhero with a purple mullet named Rem Lezar. Rather than do the sensible thing and inspect the town’s water supply for lead, they decide to drag some old mannequin parts into a shed and bring Rem to life. What follows is one of the craziest things ever committed directly to VHS tape, and based on what we’ve endured together over the years, those words should carry some serious gravitas.
Rem Lezar is determined to teach the kids the true meaning of friendship. This is quite ironic, because not only would you switch seats on the city bus if Rem sat down next to you, you might swear off vehicular transport in general. Standing in his way is the evil Vorock, who might be the first supervillain whose origin story involves MS Paint. He is played by the movie’s writer and director, and the caliber of his performance, frankly, explains a lot.
Fans of the video-editing group Everything is Terrible (including myself) will recognize this blue-mulleted superhero, as they have inserted clips from this thing into some of their projects over the years — but perhaps, also like me, will not have seen the entire movie.
Now, finally, we have a chance to not only uncover the origin of this caped kids crusader, but to do so with the riffing help of Mike, Kevin, and Bill.
Enjoy the first five minutes in the player above, then get the full riff right here.
Comments
I have now looked up the story of this movie and how it became a cult film, and I am thoroughly charmed. I’m so happy I know about it now!
Abigail M
2024-03-27 04:59:27 +0000 UTCI really hope there will be a Talkin' Rifftrax for this one.
Doug Taylor
2024-03-26 17:16:25 +0000 UTCWhy does the "hero" look like an unsettling (not strong enough word) Unsolved Mysteries sketch?
Bort Ward
2024-03-26 11:13:57 +0000 UTCWe have ourselves a new RiffTrax stand-out!
Joshua McGovern
2024-03-25 20:16:27 +0000 UTCThe Christmas Dragon was the last S13 episode of MST3K. I meant to say The Christmas Martian, sorry!
Oliver Langland
2024-03-24 17:10:55 +0000 UTCOh, this is already so painful. XD Where and how on earth did you guys find this thing?
Abigail M
2024-03-24 13:32:05 +0000 UTCUsually I make it to the opening credits on something riffed before going 'what the hell is that?' I made it ten seconds.
Randall Norman Pick
2024-03-23 03:42:05 +0000 UTCthat's awful, that's brutally terrible, that's................... just perfect fodder for a Riff Trax mocking!
E. Lee King III
2024-03-23 02:21:15 +0000 UTCWatched and survived To Catch a Predator: The Movie….I meant Creating Rem Lazar. This makes The Christmas Dragon look like Oscar material.
Oliver Langland
2024-03-23 01:53:27 +0000 UTCThere is a picture of three children on the principal's desk, facing away from him. So the boy is not out of line asking if he has kids. I had to somehow rationalize why he would ask the question when my first guess was he has three kids. Perhaps they are trophy photos. That reason the best I could come up with.
Hapless Old Man
2024-03-22 22:38:07 +0000 UTCHaving already been indoctrinated into the world of Rem Lezar, I am SO hype for this.
Julia
2024-03-22 22:07:38 +0000 UTCThat hallway was so long, I was expecting a sign for Valley Lodge
euskera
2024-03-22 21:27:39 +0000 UTC
