There are only 62 more episodes (not including KTMA) that have not been released on either Rhino or Shout! DVD…
…and challenges us to come up with sets Shout should release:
Here’s Rick’s list of the titles still outstanding:
The Slime People
Moon Zero Two
Untamed Youth
The Black Scorpion
Rocketship XM
Jungle Goddess
Rocket Attack USA
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
Stranded in Space
Daddy-O
The Amazing Colossal Man
It Conquered the World
Earth vs. Spider
Teenage Caveman
Viking Women vs. the Sea Serpent
War of the Colossal Beast
Space Travelers
City Limits
Being from another Planet
Hercules vs. the Captive Women
Fire Maidens from Outer Space
Attack of the Eye Creatures
The Human Duplicators
The Day the Earth Froze
Hercules
The Painted Hills
Outlaw
Radar Secret Service
Teenage Crime wave
Village of the Giants
Twelve to the Moon
Girls Town
Invasion USA
Colossus and the Headhunters
San Francisco International
High School Big Shot
The Amazing Transparent Man
Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell
The Incredible Melting Man
Escape 2000
The Leech Woman
The Deadly Mantis
The Thing that Wouldn’t Die
The Undead
Terror from the Year 5000
The She Creature
I was a Teenage Werewolf
Riding with Death
Agent from HARM
Horror of Party Beach
Invasion of the Neptune Men
The Projected Man
The Puma Man
The Deadly Bees
The Space Children
Gorgo
The Screaming Skull
Quest of the Delta Knights
Track of the Moon Beast
It Lives by Night
Squirm
Diabolik
Now, Rick gave me a BUNCH of great suggestions, and he is welcome to post them all in the comments section if he wants, but my favorite was his big bug set: The Black Scorpion, Earth vs. Spider, The Deadly Mantis and Squirm.
What would your set look like?
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It conquered the world (w/ Snow Thrills short!)
The painted hills
I was a teenage werewolf
Track Of the moon beast
That box set would make the world a better place.
Easy, go for the Old Teen set. Daddy-O and Girls Town (teens falsely accused, some nifty songs & teens dancing), along with Horror of Party Beach and I Was a Teenage Werewolf (teens endangered, stupid monsters/adults the problem, lame dancing). I’d buy that set.
The Mike Nelson: Destroyer of Worlds Set, with The Deadly Mantis, The She Creature, Riding with Death, and Agent from HARM. Now that Universal is oklaying episodes with their titles, get to it, Shout.
1: (A Pair of Mamie and Murphy set)
Untamed Youth
Girls Town
Being from another Planet
Riding with death
2: (What single sin and stew and stink set)
The Amazing Colossal Man
War of the Colossal Beast
Track of the Moon Beast
It lives by night
3: (Slimy drippy sodium set)
The Slime People
Attack of the eye creatures
The Incredible Melting Man
Horror of Party Beach
4: (Regression set)
The Undead
Terror from the year 5000
The She creature
I was a Teenage Werewolf
5: (Space and Union pacific set)
Rocketship XM
Space Travelers
Radar Secret Service
The Amazing Transparent Man
6: (Soviet set)
Moon Zero two
Rocket attack USA
Invasion USA
Agent from HARM
7: (Big insect and other set)
The Black Scorpion
Earth vs. Spider
The Deadly Mantis
Squirm
8: (Hollywood and real Africa and giant beast set)
Jungle Goddess
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
The Leech Woman
Gorgo
9: (Space Cur and Palance set)
Stranded in Space
The Painted Hills
Twelve to the Moon
Outlaw
10: (High pants apocalypse lost head set)
Daddy O
City Limits
Escape 2000
The Thing that couldn’t die
11 (Corman Aztec David Warner meets David Warner set)
It Conquered the World
Viking women and the Sea serpent
The Puma Man
Quest of the Delta Knights
12: (Big sweaty Pecs and super villain set)
Hercules and the Captive Women
Hercules
Colossus and the Headhunters
Diabolik
13: (Ancient teens, Atlantis and smug character set)
Teenage Caveman
Fire Maidens from Outer Space
San Francisco International
Deathstalker
14: (Teen and tween set)
Village of the Giants
Teenage Crime Wave
High School Big Shot
Space Children
15: (Experiments gone wild and where’s my record set)
The Human Duplicators
Projected Man
Invasion of the Neptune Men
Deadly Bees
16: (What’s left and Sampo set)
Screaming Skull
The Day the Earth Froze
The “They Might Be Giants” set
The Amazing Colossal Man
War of the Colossal Beast
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
Village of the Giants
The sexy set:
Viking women vs the sea serpent
Horror of party beach
Fire maidens from outer space
hercules vs the captive women
Set? As in one!? Pah!. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the definitive* list of the remaining Shout! sets, their themes and lineups:
Oh, You Teenagers!
High School Big Shot, Village of the Giants, Girls Town, Daddy-O
Oh, Man!
The Amazing Transparent Man, The Incredible Melting Man, The Projected Man, The Puma Man
Oh, Woman!
The Screaming Skull, Jungle Goddess, The Leech Woman, Viking Women vs. the Sea Serpent
You’re NOT A Hero!
Quest of the Delta Knights, Agent from HARM, Squirm, Outlaw
Okay, You’re a Hero – Technically.
Hercules, Hercules vs. the Captive Women, Colossus and the Headhunters, Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell
Stop Bugging Me!
The Black Scorpion, The Deadly Bees, Earth vs. Spider, The Deadly Mantis
You’re NOT a Monster!
Attack of the Eye Creatures, The Slime People, Horror of Party Beach, Terror from the Year 5000
Okay, You’re a Monster – Technically.
Gorgo, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, I was a Teenage Werewolf, The She Creature
It’s NOT an Invasion!
It Conquered the World, Rocket Attack USA, Invasion USA, Invasion of the Neptune Men
You’re NOT In Space!
Stranded in Space, Fire Maidens from Outer Space, The Space Children, Being from another Planet
Okay, You’re in Space – Technically.
Rocketship XM, Moon Zero Two, Space Travelers, Twelve to the Moon
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
City Limits, Teenage Caveman, San Francisco International, Escape 2000
I’m Not the Man I Was…
The Amazing Colossal Man, War of the Colossal Beast, Track of the Moon Beast, The Human Duplicators
Crime and Punishment
Radar Secret Service, Diabolik, Teenage Crime wave, Untamed Youth
A Matter of Life and Death
The Thing that Wouldn’t Die, The Undead, It Lives by Night, Riding with Death
Winter Special Clearance (aka And The Rest…)
The Day the Earth Froze, The Painted Hills
*…ly unofficial and almost certainly inaccurate and unreliable…
I’ve been waiting for this one!
Firstly, I would create, at long last, a “fan favorites” set, including
those episodes we’ve been waiting for for so long:
1: Rocketship XM
2: Fire Maidens of Outer Space
3: Outlaw of Gor
4: Pumaman
Next, I wouldn’t be able to keep myself from making a giant monster set:
1: The Black Scorpion
2: Godzilla vs the Sea Monster
3: The Deadly Mantis
4: Gorgo
Then I’d make ANOTHER fan favorites set:
1: Attack of the The Eye Creatures
2: The Day the Earth Froze
3: Riding With Death
4: Horror of Party Beach
In addition, based on Shout!’s recent deals with Universal and MGM, I’d design a set that might look something like this:
1: Being From Another Planet
2: Outlaw of Gor
3: The Amazing Transparent Man (or The Incredible Melting Man)
4: The Leech Woman (or The Deadly Mantis)
Here’s hoping at least one of these episodes is in volume XXVII! :)
the ‘Buffalo Shot’ set
Herc
Herc & Captive Women
Outlaw
Colossus & the Headhunters
Have to go along with #3 Sitting Duck’s Mike Nelson Destroyer of
Nations, although one of the charges is pretty weak. Hint: think
carefully before selecting your choice of Public Defender.
Btw, just got bookstore notice Volume XXVI is on its way!
The Cage Match Box Set
Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
Earth vs. Spider
Viking Women vs. the Sea Serpent
Hercules vs. the Captive Women
No real theme to this one, just four of my favorite underrated classics:
– The Human Duplicators
– The Painted Hills
– Colossus and the Headhunters
– The Incredible Melting Man
All four of these episodes make me laugh like a lunatic, but the average fan response to all of them seems to be middling-to-negative. Doesn’t matter, though, I’d still watch ’em over and over :D
The theme of this set is called “Episodes I’d Like to See Finally Released”:
The Day the Earth Froze
The Painted Hills
Horror of Party Beach
Track of the Moon Beast
I can barely add to all the wonderful selections so far, my faves being the various giant bug/deadly bug sets, but will add:
It’s the Crap-tastic ’70s! set:
— Puma Man (OK, technically released in 1980 but must have been filmed in ’79, and is full of ’70s cheese)
— Riding with Death (because it’s… Ben Murphy)
— Squirm (rampant unattractiveness of the ’70s)
— Stranded in Space (drab, drabber, drabbest… yep, it’s the ’70s!)
The “Roger Corman Doesn’t Want This Set Released” Set:
-“It Conquered the World”
-“Teenage Caveman”
-“Viking Women and the Sea Serpent”
-“The Undead”
I can’t think of a foursome that hasn’t already been covered, so instead I’ve come up with a set comprised of two themes: 70s TV/Gruesome Twosome!
The 70s TV, naturally, would be Riding With Death & San Francisco International.
The Gruesome Twosome would be Squirm & The Incredible Melting Man.
If we’re talking personalised sets, though, my foursome would be:
Riding With Death
San Francisco International
Diabolik
The Slime People
But, really, any 4 episodes would be good. :-)
My two sets would be a Joel set and a Mike set.
Joel: Rocketship X-M; It Conquered The World; Being From Another Planet; The Day The Earth Froze.
Mike: Girls Town; Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell; Riding with Death; The Puma Man.
Some great list suggestions here, and I especially like the “Mike Nelson: Destroyer Of Worlds” set. Very clever. But personally, out of all those remaining episodes I love so much, I was able to narrow it down to two sets I would kill for. Nothing clever here, just what I want the most.
SET 1 – Village Of The Giants, San Francisco International, The Incredible Melting Man, and The Leech Woman.
SET 2 – Riding With Death, The Horror Of Party Beach, Squirm, and Diabolik.
I’m a big horror film nut, and I love what Shout Factory has done with their new cult horror film label, Scream Factory. They release cult classic horror that has never really seen the light of day. As it turns out, they now have the rights to release “The Incredible Melting Man” later this year as a special edition blu-ray, with all the extras they have become known for. Since Scream Factory is owned by Shout, I don’t see why they couldn’t use the rights for a MST3K set, but I’m no expert when it comes to the details in the deals they make. Here’s hoping!
Hercules vs. the Captive Women
Fire Maidens from Outer Space
Attack of the Eye Creatures
Horror of Party Beach
That set would make me a happy camper.
My vote goes with Sitting Duck’s idea for a Mike Nelson “Destroyer of World’s” set. That would be uber awesome!
The ‘I’d Buy This Set Immediately’ Set:
Puma Man
12 To The Moon (w/ Life After MST3k: Bridget Nelson)
Radar Secret Service
The Day The Earth Froze
Those are my four favorite episodes not yet on DVD, and would finally force me to buy a set.
I know it’s an all-Mike box set, but we’re getting to the point where all-Mike or all-Joel sets are likely to happen.
Kidflash, I have to correct you. Joel did “The Day the Earth Froze.”
How about a “Earth vs. Insects” set?
“The Deadly Bees”
“The Black Scorpion”
“Earth vs. the Spider”
“The Deadly Mantis”
I’d go for another pattern like Shout did for Volume 19, even if some titles are hard to reach…. so I’d go for…
Rocketship X-M
Rocket Attack U.S.A
The Amazing Colossal Man
The Amazing Transparent Man
Rockets and Amazing Men, folks. Plus, Shout already made 2 boxsets with 3 Mike episodes…. how about 3 Joel episodes now? :P
#4 Great job all sets look cool. I’d still like to see a SHORTS set all 3 volumes and maybe all the songs and host segments. I really like the RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON set, it’s a long ride, I tend to fall asleep when I watch it at night. But I love the way it’s set up, the 3 GENERAL HOSPITAL shorts would be great one after the other. I’ve been wanting to see how many episodes are left, I couldn’t believe 62 episodes are still out there and I only hope and pray they do them all in any order.
My dream set would probably go something like this. We’d start with a classic Joel episode, “Daddy-O”. Next, “Fire Maidens from Outer Space” for the awesome Timmy story. Then, that 70s turkey, “Riding with Death”. And, finally, (the what I find to be under appreciated)”IT Lives By Night”. Of course, there are so many more awesome episodes that haven’t been released, but I have to go with the ones that immediately stood out to me as I read the list.
I’d do the following:
Amazing Colossal Man
War of The Colossal Beast
The Amazing Transparent Man
The Incredible Melting Man
As long as Hercules and the Captive Women is there, I don’t care what the rest of the set looks like.
One gigantic set of every episode(including KTMA) every short and special they ever did. Then hope I turn out to be Bill Gates long lost son and heir and inherit a billion dollars to buy it.
A Japan and Italy set
‘Godzilla Vs The Sea Monster’
‘Hercules And The Captive Women’
‘Invasion Of The Neptune Men’
‘Diabolik’
It’s been said before but…
I’d include a set of “re-release”, and it would be the ones that are out of print that were previously released by Rhino.
I do like the names (theme names) of the box sets that people are coming up with so far!
I would like an all Sci-Fi set.
Pumaman
Quest Of The Delta Knights
Track Of The Moon Beast
Squirm
502 – Hercules
502 – Hercules
502 – Hercules
502 – Hercules
TrickyMutha, you beat me to it. I love the idea of a Sodium Set, and I love your “Regression” set, with 4 movies with the same plot! I also endorse an “Old teens” collection, many to choose from both Mike and Joel eps. My list is the MST “By the Numbers” theme:
Moon Zero Two
12 to the Moon
Escape 2000
Terror from the Year 5000
Nice mix of early and late MST, B&W and color, and the numbers go up numerically as well as chronologically! !!!!!!
Yeah, how ’bout a box of big, BIG MEN –
Hercules
Hercules and the Captive Women
The Amazing Colossan Man
War of the Colossan Beast
P.S. – Kenneth Morgan – that Corman idea – that’s my favorite favorite favorite idea, period.
I am humbled and in awe of the thought that some of you have put into this. Great stuff. For me I’m hoping they just come out with one giant mega-set with all the remaining titles.
Don’t care about the rest of the box set, I just seriously need “Agent for HARM” with all speed. I refuse to buy the “whole season” bootleg DVDs I see at conventions
#23: Thanks for the correction.
Eventually I think we’ll see some reissues sprinkled into future Shout! sets. Probably near the end of the run, when the Over My Dead Body rights-level episodes (the Cormans, Godzilla) are left.
How many Rhino eps are OOP, anyway?
How about the “This Almost Forms a Peculiar Sentence” boxed set featuring… “Being from another planet, I was a teenage werewolf stranded in space, riding with death!”
The I Was A Former Child Star Set:
City Limits (Robby Benson)
Village of the Giants (Ron Howard)
I Was A Teenage Werewolf (Michael Landon)
The Space Children (Jackie Coogan)
OK, Robby and Michael might not have technically “child” stars, but they were still teenagers when they started out. Close enough.
@4 – I second the Soviet box, if only as an excuse to get Moon Zero Two out of Hammer limbo. :)
Of course, we all know the Shouts will really end up being pairs of two themed titles (to get the demographic mix of CC and SyFy), but plenty of helpful suggestions here.
I read through all of these sure that I was going to weigh in, but after reading these, anything I could add would pale in comparison. Well done MSTies!
High School Big shot
The Incredible Melting Man
Leech Woman
Track of the Moonbeast
I agree with Kenneth Morgan, #15. The set Corman doesn’t want released.
And, may I add, I hope Amazing Colossal Man sees the light of day. I have it on VHS, but no VHS player!
In what would prove to be one of the greatest sets ever, we would get Riding with Death, Day The Earth Froze, The Deadly Mantis, and Track of the Moon Beast.
The Vixens Box Set
Teenage Crime Wave (He’d never touch you, Terry. You’re dirt)
The Undead (Alison Hayes as the sexiest witch ever)
Leech Woman (Neil! Neil!)
Girl’s Town (Mamie van Hooter, er – Doren)
Not only that, but there is a special bonus movie: Wild Guitar. All the MST alums have returned to riff another Arch Hall Jr. movie! That’s right, Joel, Mike, Trace’s Crow, Mike Corbett’s Crow, Josh’s Servo, and Kevin’s Servo all appear in the theater together to riff away! How? Evil Mike from episode 611, Last of the Wild Horses has found a way back to our reality, and this causes a rip in the space/time continuum, so all the different crews find themselves pulled back to the past on the SOL to battle evil Mike! And what’s that? TVs Frank and Dr. Forrester are also there, on Evil Mike’s side? How will our heroes prevail?
A man can dream, can’t he? :)
I am going to add the “It would have been best if you had never met her set”:
High School Big Shot
Track of the Moon Beast
Rocket Attack USA
The Leech Woman
Id put the Lipperts in a set and the Hercules/Colossus in a set and since there’s room for one more in each …id add Rocket Attack USA with the Season 2 Lipperts and Day the Earth Froze for the Hercules set (Fantasy themed)
The USA: Invasions & Rockets set:
Rocketship XM
Rocket Attack USA
Invasion USA
Invasion of the Neptune Men
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the MAN set:
The Amazing Transparent Man
The Incredible Melting Man
The Projected Man
The Puma Man
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The WOMAN set:
Jungle Goddess
Viking Women and the Sea Serpent
The Leech Woman
The She Creature
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the TEENS and CHILDREN set:
Teenage Caveman
Teenage Crime Wave
I was a Teenage Werewolf
The Space Children
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the Space/Moon set:
Moon Zero Two
Stranded in Space
Space Travelers
12 to the Moon
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and my “stuff I personally want to see” set:
Daddy-O
Being from Another Planet
Attack of the the Eye Creatures
Girls Town
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What I’d really like to see from Shout! would be:
a two-disc Special Edition release of GODZILLA VS MEGALON and GODZILLA VS THE SEA MONSTER
as well as the same with THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN and WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST,
and
a two-disc Special Edition release of MITCHELL, ala the Manos set released last year.
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ahhhh, to dream…….