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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SHOUT! FACTORY PRESENTS TWO NEW MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER RELEASES
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000:
THE ATOMIC BRAIN
and
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000:
THE TOUCH OF SATAN
AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY FROM SHOUT! FACTORY OCTOBER 18
Shout! Factory has announced the October 18 release of
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Touch Of Satan and
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Atomic Brain, available exclusively at the Shout! Select Store. Customers who purchase both titles from Shout! Factory will receive an
MST3K Stress Ball. Both DVDs are currently on sale for $14.99 each, as are all the previously released
MST3K single-disc DVDs from Shout! Factory.
What happens when a fiendish tale of postnuclear scientific hubris and lust for youth collides with a bunch of actors, a rolling camera and no budget? The luckless captives aboard the Satellite of Love know...and let's just say it ain't pretty. Join Mike, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot in
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Atomic Brain as they riff-isect with comic precision this 1964 horror flick about an old woman's quest for eternal youth, and the weird guys on her payroll who make it happen. But first you're treated to some masterful mockery of the 1955 short film
What About Juvenile Delinquency?, wherein a teen gang member rethinks his career path after his father is mugged. All this and a sneak peek at Tom and Crow's poignant and whimsical off-SoL play, Love Letters.
The Touch Of Satan gets a touch of the divine when Mike and the 'bots react in real time to this twisted tale of love, walnuts, wassail and witchcraft. A young man on his way westward makes a stop at an isolated farmhouse, where he meets and falls for - you guessed it - the farmer's daughter. What she is soon revealed to be, however, is no joke. Of course, that doesn't stop our hapless heroes aboard the SoL from turning this devilish drama into, oh, two thousand jokes. Meanwhile, with Pearl away, Professor Bobo and Brain Guy are none too pleased to be babysat by pretty but infantilizing Steffi (a welcome appearance by
MST3K crewmember Beth "Beez" McKeever).
The
Mystery Science Theater 3000 series was created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Jim Mallon. After a year on KTMA TV in Minneapolis, its national broadcast life began in 1989 on the Comedy Channel (later to become Comedy Central), where it ran for seven seasons. The show's final three seasons aired on the Sci-Fi Channel. The premise of the series features a hapless man who is trapped by mad scientists on a satellite in space and forced to watch old B-movies of questionable worth. To keep sane, he's built two robot sidekicks, and together they do a running commentary on the films, affectionately mocking their flaws with inspired wisecracks and acting as a demented movie theater peanut gallery. Series creator Hodgson originally played the stranded man, Joel Robinson. When he left in 1993, series head writer Mike Nelson replaced him as the new B-movie victim Mike Nelson, and continued in the role for the rest of the show's run. The format proved to be popular and remarkably durable. During its 11-year run and 198 episodes (including one feature film),
MST3K attained a loyal fan base and critical acclaim. The series won a Peabody Award in 1993, and was nominated for writing Emmys in 1994 and 1995.
Shout! Factory is a diversified entertainment company devoted to producing, uncovering and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their careers sharing their music, television and film faves with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory's DVD offerings serve up classic, contemporary and cult TV series, riveting sports programs, live music, animation and documentaries in lavish packages crammed with extras. The company's audio catalogue boasts GRAMMY-nominated boxed sets, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable "best of" compilations. These riches are the result of a creative acquisitions mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. With its fingers on the pulse of pop culture, Shout! Factory continues to impact the entertainment media landscape through acquisition of top quality programming for home entertainment releases. Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit www.shoutfactory.com
