Hello, Traxians!
This week, a trio of wriffers (a shorthand I've just now come up with for "writers/riffers") - Conor, Kevin, and Bill - turned their hats around backwards in order to talk about our upcoming Over the Top re-riff, along with our history of this Stallone classic, and more.
You can watch in the streaming player, or download this video here. 2024-09-26 22:31:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The BritTrax blokes are back!
Hey there, Traxians. Erik here with a special preview of today's release, an early Hitchcock movie from 1938: The Lady Vanishes!
Are storm clouds gathering overhead in your late 1930s European home?
Are you a useless arse who wants to make peasants dance in your bedroom (purely for research purposes), or a plucky g...
2024-09-06 20:16:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Traxians!
Ever wonder about the process that goes on when it comes to our resident artist Jason Martian creating artwork for the Bridget and Mary Jo releases? Hot on the heels of last week's She Gods of Shark Reef B-movie riff, I asked Bridget and Jason to walk us a bit through the process. Here's what they had to say...
Jason:
Each piece of art starts with a...
2024-08-30 16:45:51 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy, Traxians!
The late, great Roger Corman was about as prolific as they get - producing almost 500 movies and directing more than 50. And She Gods of Shark Reef is one of them! x
On the lam after one of them kills a guy, brothers Jim and Chris are shipwrecked on an island and rescued by a mysterious village of gals galore! Chris falls in love with young Mahia, but island house mother Pua wants Chris and Jim gone ASAP. They try to escape - but they’r...
2024-08-23 20:52:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Traxians!
It's time for another episode of Talkin' RiffTrax!
In this latest episode, the guys talk about our most recent VOD B-movie riff, Body Count, aka Robert Davi's Fantasy Camp.
Mike, Kevin, and Bill discussed this action-thriller riff and dive into some of the finer details, like members of this all-star cast disappearing and reappearing, the scenes of Davi himself just hangin' around and doing nothing, and also how he's able to beat - of all p...
2024-08-16 20:08:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy folks! Happy Friday!
The term "body count" has taken on a different meaning in recent years, but thankfully we can always point to some old-fashioned B-movie material anytime we need a refresher of its original meaning. And who better to deliver that definition than Hollywood's own Robert Davi??
Body Count is your classic police vs. killer scenario, with one clever twist: they take a simple plot and make it confusing as hell. To help you o...
2024-08-09 17:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi there, Traxians! Erik here.
Last week we put our 35th live show under our collective belts! "Point Break" was live in front of an audience at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, and as is typical for these events, we premiered the latest RiffTones song for the end credits! (The song is also available in MP3 and FLAC formats RIGHT NOW for our Kickstarter backers from the $60 "SUPER PACKAGE" level and h...
2024-08-01 22:50:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Traxians! Happy Friday, and Happy almost-birthday to us!
On July 20th, 2006, RiffTrax published its first-ever MP3 commentary for the original Road House. It was just Mike and Disembaudio, learning about whether pain hurt or it don't, and when the best time to be nice is.
Now, 18 years later, we can finally vote, buy cigarettes, and rent R-rated movies! We still can't rent a car, but that's probably for the best.
Mike, Kevin, Bill, Conor, and Sean took to t...
2024-07-19 18:39:10 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Traxians!
Your oldest [cough] pal Erik here, with... [cough] hmm.. I think I might be coming down with something...
Never the less, I'm here with our first GrimTrax feature, a not-at-all cheerful movie about a global pandemic! What a way to start the weekend. It's Virus (not the one from the '90s with Jamie Lee Curtis, unfortunately) — but a fun romp regardless! [cough]
A mysteriou...
2024-07-12 17:38:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Each year, the nature-based "reality" networks band together for Shark Week, and for that, we're forever grateful. Whether Richard Terry has ever attempted to find and then wrestle a ghost shark remains to be seen; so until that happens, please enjoy Mike, Kevin, and Bill talking about our recent entry Ouija Shark, which we released back in May.
Enjoy! You can download this video 2024-07-11 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Look out, Traxians! It's another Rothrock riff! And the guys are back to dig in a bit more.
They talk about stingrays' lack of claws, the fact that everyone in the movie, including secondary characters, seems to know martial arts, and more. Hold on to your eyeballs.... and enjoy!
You can get this latest B-movie riff here, or download this video 2024-06-26 21:21:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Cynthia Rothrock (who kicked far fewer asses than you’d expect in Santa’s Summer House but more than makes up for it here) competes in the surprisingly lucrative L.A. street fighting circuit.
The rules? You lose if you touch the ground or try to pet Blanka. Meanwhile, across town, a therapist has convinced a woman to leave her husband. He’s a violent maniac, but we think she was mainly 2024-06-21 17:56:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy, Traxians!
Our video editor has been sick for a while, so we've got a couple episodes of Talkin' RiffTrax from releases past to fill in! The first is for what is quite likely the most "indie" movie we've done. Once again, the term "movie" here being used rather loosely!
Where else can you find Fey folk, Old Testament Nephilim, AND the Greek god Hermes? The guys dig in to the whole casserole, a...
2024-06-20 22:05:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi there, Traxians!
Erik here. Today we released a Bridget and Mary Jo revisit of the 1960s thriller Tormented! Enjoy the first five minutes here, and download the entire new take right here.
Tom Stewart (Hollywood actor Richard Carlson originally from Minnesota - woohoo!) is a successful Jazz musician with a perky fiancee named Meg. A few days before their Cape Cod wedding, his e...
2024-06-07 21:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Traxians!
Earlier this week, our writers/riffers - Mike, Kevin, Bill, Conor, and Sean - sat down at their Zoom Desks (that's gotta be a thing by now, right?) to participate in a game of PowerPoint Karaoke!
"What's PowerPoint Karaoke," you ask? Great question! Please allow me to elucidate on the meaning of the phrase with this brief presentation...
It's kind of what it sounds like! Conor brought with him a bunch of PowerPoint topics and slides that only he has seen. ...
2024-06-07 16:23:56 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy, Traxians!
Erik here. Whenever I see the title for this week's release, I can't help but imagine an alternate-universe, Don Bluth-animated version, "All Zombies Go To Hell." Maybe someone needs to make that poster...
Our new release sounds like something an angry dad would yell downstairs at a rowdy middle school sleepover. “What in the Hell of the Living Dead are you kids doing down there??”
Hopefully they’re not transforming into fles...
2024-05-31 18:05:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Traxians!
A little while back, to commemorate our release of the oft-requested The Amazing Bulk, our own Bill Corbett sat on a Zoom call to interview Jed Rowen and Jordan Lawson, two of the stars from the movie — The Detective and the Bulk himself, respectively.
They chatted about all things Bulk, of course. By the end of this half hour you'll know WAY more about The Amazing Bulk than you ever thought possible.
We'll be posting this one to our YouTube chann...
2024-05-28 17:17:51 +0000 UTC View PostHey Traxians! Erik here with another video for ya for a little attempt at a movie called Ouija Shark.
i know what you're thinking: is the shark made out of a Ouija Board? Are the Parker Brothers involved? Is this an officially-licensed Ouija product?
The answer to all of those questions is a resounding "No!" ... However, this "movie" is from the same "filmmakers" behind ...
2024-05-24 17:10:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Well hey there, Traxians!
Another Friday passed us by, and that almost always means a new RiffTrax B-movie release! Sometimes, however, we go even lower than "B" and this latest Riff is no exception.
Ember Days is the movie, and this is the first 5 minutes for your viewing pleasure. You can get the full riff right here!
Enjoy...?
2024-05-21 21:04:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Traxians!
Last week we hosted a live stream with the writers and riffers, talking about all things '90s. Were they even REAL? They dive into this divisive question in this video recording of last week's webinar.
Enjoy! You can also download this episode here.
2024-05-13 23:32:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi there, Traxians!
A couple weeks ago we release a spookyish movie by the director-ish person known as Bill Rebane, The Demons of Ludlow. Did this stab at filmmaking succeed? Mike, Kevin, and Bill seem initially split on the results, but ultimately seemed to grow to really appreciate the auteur's vision oh who am I kidding, they did not like this one very much at all.
Enjoy this entry in Talkin...
2024-05-10 17:55:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy, Traxians!
Erik here with another extended preview for your enjoyment! This week's release, The Demons of Ludlow, has a lot going for it:
It's another "Haunted Object" movie!
This time it's a piano!
And it's directed by Bill Rebane (of The Giant Spider Invasion fame)!!!
All of these things are true! Here's a snippet from our synopsis:
An intrepid reporter visits a quaint small...
2024-04-26 17:00:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Friday, Traxians!
Erik here with a little peek behind the curtain at an extended version of the trailer for our upcoming Live Show! It features ALL of the jokes that were recorded, including several that didn't make it into the 30- or 20-second versions (the 20 is still a work in progress - more on that later) but which we wanted to immortalize here on Patreon.
Funny story: the first line from Keanu in this is a great line, and the trailer actually got approved 2024-04-12 20:05:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy, Traxians!
The guys (Mike, Kevin, and Bill, that is) are back with another round table discussion that we call to call Talkin' RiffTrax! This week, they chat a little bit more about our recent riff of a not-movie (un-movie?) called The Amazing Bulk. If you haven't seen it yet, well, maybe this little chat will seal the deal! Enjoy!
You can download this video 2024-04-10 22:28:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, everyone! Erik from RiffTrax here with a rare 2nd update today.
Today our video editor Casey June finished editing and delivered our RiffTrax Live: POINT BREAK trailer, and we're showing it to you FIRST before anyone else. Thank you for being a Traxian - your support is truly appreciated!
Here you'll find the 30-second version of our trailer that we'll be submitting to Fathom Events for their review. With any luck they'll approve this one without any notes and we'l...
2024-04-05 21:12:46 +0000 UTC View Post(WARNING: Contains some extremely fakey gun violence.)
Howdy folks! I know that, after our release of Creating Rem Lezar, you would think that surely we've scraped the bottom of the barrel. But did you know the bottom had a basement? Yes, it's finelly time The Amazing Bulk got its due!
For years, people have been asking us to riff The Amazing Bulk. And for years, we have hidden under a bed hoping those people won’t find us.
Well, at l...
2024-04-05 17:31:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Traxians! Your oldest Internet pal Erik here.
There are many things we love, including but not limited to, the following:
Getting paid by the FBI to learn how to surf
Attending RiffTrax Live Shows
Receiving gifts featuring artwork by Adam Koford just for subscribing
Okay, there's one more thing we love: YOU, our dearest Traxians! And thanks to our friends at Patreon, they have a way for us to give you all these... okay, ...
2024-03-29 22:04:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there, Traxians!
With a little over one week remaining in our latest Kickstarter campaign, we felt it was only appropriate we give you a look at the designs for this year's Traxian bonus reward: a RiffTrax Logo Ornament! Take a gander and behold its glory:
Cast in brass and colored with enamel, we think this is going...
Hugs and Lezars, children of Riffing!
Did you know the actor who plays Rem, Jack Mulcahy, is a multi-award winning actor?
You wouldn't really know it from this, but please enjoy this episode of Talkin' RiffTrax about our latest release anyway, Creating Rem Lezar.
You can also download this episode of Talkin' RiffTrax 2024-03-26 23:13:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, 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...
2024-03-22 18:52:38 +0000 UTC View Post