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A welcome message from Mike

Hey, Traxian people, Mike Nelson. I wanted to thank you for joining us here and give you some idea of what to expect.

Most of the time, the movies we deal with give us more material than can be contained by a single RiffTrax (in fact, Conor and I just realized we had referenced the movie Birdemic some seven times in the last few days; yeah, it's a sickness). It's...

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Conor's interview with RiffTrax Live director Don Carr

Conor's interview with RiffTrax Live director Don Carr

Hello, Traxians! Erik here with some behind-the-scenes footage to commemorate our impending release of RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion.

While in Nashville, Conor and I snuck into the production truck to interview the director of nearly ALL of our live shows,...

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Founding Traxian Status ends October 21st!

UPDATE: Due to popular demand we have extended the deadline by one week.

Why, hello there patrons of the Traxian variety! 

Hope you've been enjoying the Patreon so far. It's been a month already - can you believe it?We simply cannot thank you all enough for your support on this new leg of the Traxian journey. However, this also means that our exclusive...

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Talkin' RiffTrax: Contamination

If you're into Italian-produced sci-fi with more gooey explosions than plot points, then you're in for a real treat with our latest riff, Contamination! It's like if Alien had been made by the director of Starcrash, and... it just so happens to be from the director of Starcrash View Post

CONTAMINATION - Extended Preview

CONTAMINATION - Extended Preview

Delivered straight from Mars to a mysterious abandoned boat to the sewers of New York City to your very own home, it’s a big steaming pile of Contamination! Emphasis on the “big steaming pile” part.

This is some high-grade Italian shlock cinema, full of sci-fi thrills, horror chills, and...

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Talkin' RiffTrax: Karate Cop

Welcome to your VERY EXCLUSIVE video in which Michael J. Nelson and I (I being Kevin W. Murphy) Discuss the film we had just freshly riffed, KARATE COP.  A few salient features of this video for you to enjoy:

  • You will notice that Bill Corbett is absent. We believe he had a pressing engagement elsewhere,...

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Extended Preview: Karate Cop

Hey there, Traxians! 

This weekend will be one to remember because we're premiering a brand new TRAXIAN Perk: Extended Previews! 

These are different from the preview clips that you're used to, which are comprised of some of the funniest/weirdest/guitar-noodliest moments from a riff. Extended Previews are longer chunks of uninterrupted rif...

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Welcome to our Patreon!

Hello there! And welcome to TRAXIANS, our subscription offering on Patreon. 

Holy cats! We're grateful and humbled by your response so far to our soft launch here on Patreon. But of course, our fans are the best, so who would expect anything less?

We hope you've been enjoying the archive of goodies we've transferred over from Drip and preserved here for posterity. Wh...

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Rejected RiffTrax Live 2019 slides!

Hello Traxians, you ladies and lords of the land of Trax. RiffTrax writer Sean Thomason here, with a little “red-band” material - that’s right, UNCENSORED REJECTED CONTENT!!! If this were a DVD case, there’d be a big red stamp on the front to let you know it might be a little naughty.

For every live show, we put together a slate of pre-show slides for your enterta...

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Talkin' DripTrax: Subspecies IV: The Awakening

Talkin' DripTrax: Subspecies IV: The Awakening

Why hello there Traxians!

Peter here to take your Monday up a notch with another installment of Talkin' DripTrax! This time, the guys are discussing our latest release Subspecies IV: The Awakening AKA the fourth installment so nice, you won't even worry about movies one through three....

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Giant Spider Invasion live set build!

Giant Spider Invasion live set build!

Our Live Show sets are always wonderful. Just enough set to evoke the silliness yet to come without ruining the sight-lines for folks brave enough to sit in the front rows. 

And for that we have Camp Digital’s Set Department to thank, including award-winning Art Director Duncan Ragsdale, who brings her keen eye and sense of humor to all our sets, assisted by Giancarlo Cruz and th...

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Talkin' DripTrax: STREET FIGHTER

Talkin' DripTrax: STREET FIGHTER

Hello, everyone! 

We recently released our latest Just the Jokes MP3 Commentary track, for the beloved 90s video game adaptation, Street Fighter. A true classic!

Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia - in his final role - and containing very little street fighting, ...

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Watch Sean Record The Giant Spider Invasion Intro!

Watch Sean Record The Giant Spider Invasion Intro!

NOTE: This post was originally published on August 15th, 2019 on Drip

Hello everyone! 

Your oldest pal Erik here with an exclusive video clip ahead of tonight's live show - The Giant Spider Invasion! Sean "One Take" Thomason recorded the introductory voiceover for this one in the Camp Digital production truck with live show sound engineer Tom Davis, and our ow...

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Talkin' DripTrax: The Million Eyes of Sumuru

Talkin' DripTrax: The Million Eyes of Sumuru

NOTE: This post was originally published on August 5th, 2019 on Drip

Howdy folks! Erik here with another installment of Talkin' DripTrax - this time, for our RiffTrax Movie we released this past Friday, The Million Eyes of Sumuru. 

Some of you may recognize that movie t...

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"Spider on the Highway" musicians

"Spider on the Highway" musicians

NOTE: This post originally appeared on Drip on August 1, 2019

Hi, DripTrax! Kevin here.

Just finished mixing the final version of Spider on the Highway, and it's scarily Neil-ish. It’s as fun and dumb and ragged as the movie itself. 

This is the first ...

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The Legend of Octaman - the music video!

The Legend of Octaman - the music video!

NOTE: This post was originally published on July 25th, 2019 on Drip

Howdy, folks!

In just THREE more Thursday nights, we're bringing our third and final RiffTrax Live event of 2019 to hundreds of theaters across the nation: The Giant Spider Invasion! You can get tickets HERE...

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Spider on the Highway: THE DEMO

NOTE: This post was originally published on July 15th, 2019 on Drip

Congratulations, Dear DripTrax people: YOU get the first chance to hear the song I’ve written for our August RiffTrax Live show, The Giant Spider Invasion. What's more, you get to hear the actual Demo Vers...

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Talkin' DripTrax: Kill or Be Killed

Talkin' DripTrax: Kill or Be Killed

NOTE: This post was originally published on July 12th, 2019

Hello Drippers! 

Erik here. Today's RiffTrax Movie release is Kill or Be Killed, a film whose sequel we've already riffed (we do that ...

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Watch Peter and Tony eat Gross Food!

Watch Peter and Tony eat Gross Food!

Originally published to Drip on July 3, 2019.

Hi folks,

Erik here! Yesterday, our own Peter Hunter celebrated his third year working with us. And that reminded me: we've talked about it 2019-09-12 22:12:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Talkin' DripTrax: 1990: The Bronx Warriors

Talkin' DripTrax: 1990: The Bronx Warriors

NOTE: This post was originally published on June 28th, 2019 on Drip

Hello, Drippers! And happy Friday to ya.

In Season 7 of MST3K, a movie was riffed in which citizens of a post-apocalyptic New York City were ordered to "Leave the Bronx!" But did you ever wonder what happened before all of that Bronx-leaving? Well, good news! Our newest RiffTrax Movie release, 2019-09-12 22:11:45 +0000 UTC View Post

(He's a) Star Raider - the music video!

(He's a) Star Raider - the music video!

NOTE: This post was originally published on June 21st, 2019 on Drip

Hi folks!

We're thrilled to bring you the music video companion to our RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders theme song, "(He's a) Star Raider" edited by Tony Masiello! Tony's cut together clips of the movie, along with our ow...

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Talkin' DripTrax: Yesterday's Target

Talkin' DripTrax: Yesterday's Target

NOTE: This post was originally published on June 14th, 2019 on Drip

Hello DripTraxians!

Mike, Kevin and Bill are back again with another installment of Talkin' DripTrax. This time, the guys are talkin' about the Daniel Baldwin, LeVar Burton vehicle we like to call Yesterday's Target (co-...

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Talkin' DripTrax: The Power

Talkin' DripTrax: The Power

NOTE: This post was originally published to Drip on June 7th, 2019

Howdy folks,

The Power is out! No, we're not talking about yet another screw-up by your local G&E company, we're referring to the 1980s horror film about an ancient, demonic idol that possesses people, driving them to kill. And it's the subject of 2019-09-12 21:56:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Watch Conor record the Intro VO for Star Raiders!

Watch Conor record the Intro VO for Star Raiders!

Originally published to Drip on June 6, 2019

Howdy, Drippers!

As promised, here's Conor recording his fantastic intro VO for the Star Raiders live event, which we're broadcasting "live from tape" tonight in hundreds of theaters across the country. I'm pretty sure we ended up using the last one...

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Watch Sean record the Octaman intro voiceover!

Watch Sean record the Octaman intro voiceover!

This post was originally published on Drip on May 30, 2019.

Hey, DripTraxians!

Erik here once again with some exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, ahead of next week's STAR RAIDERS theatrical broadcast.

You may have noticed that at the beginning of every live show, there's a bit of an introductor...

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Redesigning the RiffTrax Logo

Redesigning the RiffTrax Logo

NOTE: This post was originally published on January 11, 2019 on Drip.


Hello, folks! Erik here.

Happy Friday! It's 2019, and I hope yours is off to a great start.

As the saying goes, "New year, new you!" and so I thought that now would be a perfect time to go back in time a little bit, to talk about how we updated our logo a few years ago. Like most...

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Talkin' the Teen Agers movies with Bridget and Mary Jo!

Talkin' the Teen Agers movies with Bridget and Mary Jo!

NOTE: This post was originally published on May 24th, 2019 on Drip

Hi DripTrax!

Once in a while, a series of films about teenagers comes along that calls for Mary Jo and me to become obsessed. This Talkin’ DripTrax is devoted to one such series of teenage films. This particular series of teenage films is called the “The Teen Agers”.

We felt the discussion you ar...

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Talkin' DripTrax: Giant from the Unknown

Talkin' DripTrax: Giant from the Unknown

NOTE: This post was originally published on May 17th, 2019 on Drip.


Hello, everyone! Your best, oldest and totally-known friend Erik here.

This week's feature is about a Giant who comes from somewhere totally unknown to modern humans — Spain! 

Giant f...

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Talkin' DripTrax: BLOOD THEATRE

Talkin' DripTrax: BLOOD THEATRE

NOTE: This post was originally published on May 10th, 2019 on Drip


Kevin here. Back in the summer of 1998, the cast, crew and writers of Mystery Science Theater were almost killed by a miserable, feckless, moldy pile of cinematic dung called HOBGOBLINS, by allege...

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RiffTrax DripCast Episode 04: Kickstarter Roundtable (with Erik Peterson)

NOTE: This post was originally published on May 1st, 2019 on Drip

Hello RiffTrax fans out there in RiffTrax land!

Today we have a long-overdue dose of audio goodness to brighten up the middle of your week.

A little while back, we put a call out for your questions regarding the Kickstarter process. So RiffTrax Web Engineer Erik Peterson and I hopped on the ol' DripCast...

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