Hello there, Traxians!
As we're in the midst of another successful Kickstarter campaign, we've decided to open up the RiffTrax warehouse and make available previous Traxian Kickstarter rewards! If your coin collection is missing a Mike, Kevin, Bill or Bridget and Mary Jo - now's your chance to complete your set. Coins start at $20 ea...
2024-03-22 02:48:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahoy, Traxians!
Mike, Kevin, and Bill discuss this past release called Hangmen, starring a young Sandra Bullock, Keith Bogart, and Dog Thomas as Dog Thompson (no, that's not a joke).
Get the full riff here. Download this video right here.
Back with more soon!
2024-03-14 18:53:35 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, Traxians! Erik here.
Today we're releasing on the site a movie called Hangmen from 1987. It stars Sandra Bullock in her first-ever movie role (and with a 2.9 on IMDb, also her lowest-rated - yes, even below The Net!) and a person named Dog playing a character named Dog. I kid you not!
Hangmen centers on a college student whose deadbeat dad just happens to be an ex-military assassin on the run from some real bad dudes. Dad visits... 2024-03-08 18:21:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, dearest Traxians!
Vimeo and Patreon seem to be working nicely together again! Hooray! (Okay, I know for most of you it won't really matter, but for me, it makes things quite a bit easier...)
Now that some bugs have been squashed, here's the Talkin' RiffTrax episode for last week's release, For Life Or Death. The guys just had to dig back in to discuss the wire work, the soul transf...
2024-03-08 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy folks! A couple weeks back we had a very special Hangin' Out With RiffTrax to celebrate our release of last year's Kickstarter reward, RiffTrax Goes to Golden Corral.
Mike, Kevin, Bill, Conor, and Sean all checked into Zoom to chat about it, and our Super and Ultra Traxians got to participate in the live stream Q&A afterward.
Enjoy!
You can ...
2024-03-07 22:13:25 +0000 UTC View PostHey there, Traxians! Erik here with a special update just for you.
We're going to be launching this year's Kickstarter campaign very soon. VERY soon.
How soon? This Monday at Noon Pacific (3PM Eastern). Just visit our Kickstarter profile here and click "Follow" to be notified of when the campaign goes live.
We wanted to give you all a heads up so that you could have some notice ahead of ever...
2024-03-01 20:08:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy Traxians!
A bit late on this one - apologies! Still trying to play some catch-up.
But anyway, last week we released a little-known gem about a bunch of high schoolers who are also very good at hacking this new thing called "The Internet", Spy High. Honestly naming your school that seems a bit conspicuous, if you ask me.
Mike, Kevin, and Bill stuck around after recording the riff to review everything they saw. Enjoy, won't you? You can also download this ...
2024-02-23 19:40:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh HI, Traxians!
With the momentous occasion of Mike, Kevin, and Bill finally making good on a Kickstarter promise (and, let's face it, the logical conclusion of years' worth of running jokes about the place) they finally made their way to the buffet at Golden Corral. And, as we were obligated to do as part of last year's Kickstarter stretch goals, we recorded it for your enjoyment. You can find the final product 2024-02-15 00:39:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there, Traxians!
Today we've got a B-movie release that's kind of in a different genre for us: Kids who Spy! Sure this one doesn't have any Antonio Banderas, but it does have a talking dog!-- wait, he doesn't talk? Well, then, at the very least you get "teenagers" running around trying to save the world from a destructive computer game, all using groundbreaking 90s CGI!
Enjoy this extended preview for Spy High, also known as Task Force 2001, an...
2024-02-09 18:10:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello there, Traxians!
As you might know based on trends from previous years, we're gearing up for this year's Kickstarter. In the past few Kickstarter projects, we've given a bonus Patron-exclusive reward at certain tiers, and we thought we'd ask for your input ahead of the 2024 campaign.
We've done five challenge coins in the past, featuring the visages of Mike, Kevin, Bill, Disembaudio, and Bridget & Mary Jo. Should we keep the tradition going with so...
2024-02-07 21:52:47 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy, Traxians! Last week released Terminus, a sort-of Euro-Mad Max style action film, but WAY weirder. The guys talk about it in this week's episode of Talkin' RiffTrax.
Enjoy! You can also download this video here.
2024-02-02 00:39:49 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks, Erik here! Brand new on the site, it's Terminus!
Put on your favorite action beret, because Terminus is one of the most European action movies we’ve ever encountered. It’s a French/German production, sort of a Euro Mad Max full of big ideas that don’t really come together, kind of like Euro Disney, or a Coca-Cola served at room temperature.
Greetings, Ultra Traxians!
This week we're releasing a movie called TERMINUS. I'm not really sure what it's about, but to me, it kind of looks like Mad Max and Blade Runner went on a bender after seeing Alien one time. This one looks weird, folks. In fact, there were so many "WTF" stills that I couldn't choose just one!
So please give us your best, funniest caption for any of the images above (be sure to mention ...
2024-01-24 23:08:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy, Traxians!
Your oldest Internet Pal Erik here, coming to you LIVE on this fittingly gloomy winter day from Portland, Oregon, and I'm here to bring you a little post with some inside baseball on a topic I always love to discuss: design! This time, said baseball relates to our latest feature-length special of shorts, GrimTrax, and the take on our Riff Planet logo that we created for the occasion.
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Greetings, Traxians!
Tomorrow, we're releasing something that's a little bit out there, even for us: GrimTrax! It's a collection of shorts that we originally felt were just too, well, grim to ever see the light of day - including one that we originally recorded way back in 2012!
More on that when we release this special tomorrow. For now, here's our webinar from last week where the writers and riffers discuss how this special came about, and what you might expect. Because...
2024-01-18 19:07:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Traxians!
Last week we released a brand new riff on an animated feature film, The Little Mermaid. And for some of you it might not be the Little Mermaid from your childhood! Although after releasing it, we've learned that a surprising number of you actually remember watching this one on VHS as kids. Hopefully our version was helpful in working through that trauma!
The guys stuck around ...
2024-01-12 22:35:37 +0000 UTC View PostHiya folks, Erik here!
But I'm not alone. Bridget and Mary Jo are back with another romance-murder-mystery-crime-drama-thriller! This time, Susan Lucci plays the titular "Her" and the blood is that of all of the previous husbands she's murdered — and framed! It's Blood On Her Hands, available now!
Susan Lucci is the conniving and calculating Isabelle Colli... 2024-01-12 18:00:42 +0000 UTC View Post
No, not THAT one! (I feel like we say that a lot...)
Hello Traxians! Erik here with you to kick off 2024 the right way: with a Disney-adjacent movie that sticks more closely to its source material, making it weirder and more sad than Walt could have dreamed!
Your first indication that this version of The Little Mermaid might be different from the one you’re used to comes when it opens with several minutes of live action tourism footage of Denmark. Come on... 2024-01-05 19:22:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi there, Traxians!
We're a little bit behind here, what with all the holiday insanity we're neck deep in right now! You know how much we love the winter for its sheer volume of "WTF" shorts and features - the weirder the better!
Today I'm bringing you the recording of our most recent Hangin' Out over Zoom, where the writers and riffers discussed their favorite Christmas movies we've riffed from over the years.
Enjoy! You can also download this video 2023-12-22 00:20:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there, Traxians!
Due to a few reasons the recording of our October "Hangin' Out" wasn't uploaded! But what's a little Amityville-adjacent chills for the holiday season?
So without any further delay, here's the recording of this recent Hangin' Out which was also a twofer! In it, the guys discuss our Halloween release Amityville Dollhouse (which doesn't even t...
2023-12-04 19:09:43 +0000 UTC View PostHey there, Traxians!
Today's release we just published on the site finds Bridget and Mary Jo returning to the very limited series of "Inspector Mom" made-for-TV movies with Inspector Mom 2: Kidnapped in Ten Easy Steps (which to me, sounds like a parody title - but hey, what can ya do).
It’s the mid-aughts and ballroom dancing is all the rage.
How wi... 2023-12-01 18:38:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Update December 6: Two things!
1) I've received word that Mike, Kevin, Bill, and Conor will be around at various points during the stream!
2) This movie does contain some disturbing content — one of the plot points (or whatever resembles a plot) involves a mass shooting inside a movie theater, and so I wanted to give some advance notice on that.
The "movie" (again, using the term loosely here) is so bizarre that it's really more head-scratching th...
2023-11-30 23:15:15 +0000 UTC View PostYour move, Traxians! Riffed or alive, you're ... riffing with me?
Erik here, and well, I tried! But it's possible that nothing is as awesome as a low-budget TV show pilot for one of the quintessential action movies of the 1980s, RoboCop 3.
Thankfully, the one-liners are intact, and the scenery gets chewed, so in this installment of Talkin' RiffTrax, the real heroes Mike, Kevin, and Bill talk about making square holes and clunky Robo-steps. Follow along as they di...
2023-11-30 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHi, Traxians!
Erik here, with apologies for the long delay in uploading this one. Vimeo and Patreon no longer play nicely together, and this has caused some of our previous uploads to not upload correctly, resulting in playback issues and posts just not appearing as they should. Therefore, I've decided to reupload this through Patreon's video platform! And the crowd goes wild! (Yayyy!)
A little while back we released a riff on one of the many (seriously, there's a lot of the...
2023-11-30 18:47:39 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, Traxians! Erik here.
Hope you're having a great week! Here's our latest Talkin' RiffTrax episode where Mike, Kevin, and Bill take an even closer look at our latest extremely overcooked Turkey, PARADISE MOTEL. Is it a movie? Technically! The guys discuss its stars' good looks, the director's surprising bona fides, and more.
One other thing: I've got a backlog of some vid...
2023-11-25 01:35:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Traxians!
Erik here, with another installment of Talkin' RiffTrax for your enjoyment. This time the guys rehash some of the top moments from the top blockbuster of 2022, and according to lots of folks in our social media feeds and other channels, the riff lived up to the hype. Have you seen it? If not, what are you waiting for??
Enjoy the guys here as the talk more about Maverick and how he's always getting chewed out by military brass. Back with more soon! Y 2023-11-17 18:14:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week, the writers and riffers "hung out" over on a Zoom livestream to talk about our newest MP3 commentary riff, Top Gun: Maverick! They also discuss the home video release of our 2023 live show, RAD, and answer some of your questions. You can watch the recording of this webinar in the player above - and you don't even need to buzz any towers in your experimental aircraft!
Enjoy, won't you?
You can also download this video 2023-11-15 23:15:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy, Traxians! Our riff for Top Gun: Maverick is finally here! You can finally enjoy the biggest movie of 2022 on the small screen, just the way it was meant to be seen.
Our MP3 "Just the Jokes" riff of this entertaining blockbuster is available FREE to our 2023 Kickstarter backers from the $75 tier and higher, and it's als...
2023-11-10 18:01:16 +0000 UTC View PostEDIT: Probably too late for an edit here, and it's probably my own fault for not being clear, but not looking for jokes here, just stuff that might be fun to discuss
Hey Traxians, Conor here. We have dedicated tomorrow's Hangin' Out session to ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS, so you should ask some questions in the comments here.
"Hey Conor, what makes a good question?"
Well, I'm very glad you asked, guy in the back of the room who looks suspiciously lik...
2023-11-06 14:44:22 +0000 UTC View PostHiya, Traxians!
Today we celebrate the release of RiffTrax Live: RAD! (Plus, it's free to our 2023 Kickstarter backers who backed at the $35 level and higher.)
As a special bonus for you, dear Traxians, our editor Tony created this Kevin-ified edition of our music video for the RiffTrax Live: RAD end credits theme song. E...
2023-11-03 19:17:34 +0000 UTC View Post