Night of the Blood Beast (Turkey Day Special)
Night of the Blood Beast
The Brute Man
Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell
The Incredible Melting Man
Escape 2000
Laserblast
Shorts
The Chicken of Tomorrow
Featured in DVD Sets
20th Anniversary Edition
Volume XVI
Volume XXII
Volume XXXV
Volume XXXVI
Volume XXXVII
The final season of MST’s Comedy Central run is unfortunately brief, cut short reportedly due to production on The Movie, and also partially due to shifting agendas at the network trying to phase the series out of its image. If you choose to include This Island Earth to beef this season up, I don’t blame you.
Whatever the reason might be for the season being short, this might be the most consistent season. Is it the best season? Well that’s a tough one to address because it’s hard for it to contend with the others seeing how short stacked it is. While favorite episodes might be at a minimum and other seasons might have episodes that are more thought of, season seven doesn’t have a bad episode in the bunch.
Movie selection starts out with some cheesy old timers, including The Brute Man, which is one of the oldest movies ever featured on the show. The season transitions to some low budget schlock from the 70’s and 80’s, which transition somewhat seamlessly into the Sci-Fi era of the show.
On the host end, the show brings back Dr. Forrester’s mother Pearl as TV’s Frank’s replacement. As talented a performer as Mary Jo Pehl is, the loss of Frank Conniff hurts and it’s a huge gaping hole in the Mads’ dynamic. Dr. Forrester isn’t the same evil self anymore now that he’s submissive to his mother. The change is not for the better and definitely needed to change further by the time the Sci-Fi era rolled around.
The season was close to being the last, with Laserblast offering a temporary season finale had the series not found another network. Luckily Sci-Fi gave the series a chance, and three more seasons came about. Season 7 would have been a high note to go out on, even though the finale in general is a bit lackluster. But it’s hard to dislike any of these episodes when they’re as damn funny as they are.
Top Episode:
The Brute Man
Bottom Episode:
Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell
20th Anniversary Edition
Volume XVI
Volume XXII
Volume XXXV
Volume XXXVI
Volume XXXVII
The final season of MST’s Comedy Central run is unfortunately brief, cut short reportedly due to production on The Movie, and also partially due to shifting agendas at the network trying to phase the series out of its image. If you choose to include This Island Earth to beef this season up, I don’t blame you.
Whatever the reason might be for the season being short, this might be the most consistent season. Is it the best season? Well that’s a tough one to address because it’s hard for it to contend with the others seeing how short stacked it is. While favorite episodes might be at a minimum and other seasons might have episodes that are more thought of, season seven doesn’t have a bad episode in the bunch.
Movie selection starts out with some cheesy old timers, including The Brute Man, which is one of the oldest movies ever featured on the show. The season transitions to some low budget schlock from the 70’s and 80’s, which transition somewhat seamlessly into the Sci-Fi era of the show.
On the host end, the show brings back Dr. Forrester’s mother Pearl as TV’s Frank’s replacement. As talented a performer as Mary Jo Pehl is, the loss of Frank Conniff hurts and it’s a huge gaping hole in the Mads’ dynamic. Dr. Forrester isn’t the same evil self anymore now that he’s submissive to his mother. The change is not for the better and definitely needed to change further by the time the Sci-Fi era rolled around.
The season was close to being the last, with Laserblast offering a temporary season finale had the series not found another network. Luckily Sci-Fi gave the series a chance, and three more seasons came about. Season 7 would have been a high note to go out on, even though the finale in general is a bit lackluster. But it’s hard to dislike any of these episodes when they’re as damn funny as they are.
Top Episode:
The Brute Man
Bottom Episode:
Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell
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