What is RiffTrax?

At RiffTrax, we make movies funny!

Written and performed by the stars of the Emmy nominated and Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000 aka MST3K, RiffTrax features the unique humor of Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo) and Bill Corbett (Crow T. Robot) and sometimes a friend of ours or seven.

We riff on Blockbuster Movies, Educational Short Films, and feature- length Cheesy B-Movies that you can watch instantly. It's like watching movies with your funniest friends!

You can enjoy our work in a bunch of different ways. For big blockbuster movies, you can sync our funny commentaries along with your copy of the movie using our magic auto-syncing app, and for all sorts of cheesy B movies they are merged with the movie and classic shorts and you can download or watch as on-demand streaming video. We also sell our movies on DVD and Blu-ray. You can also catch a great selection of our movies on Amazon Prime, Tubi and Xumo plus watch The RiffTrax Channel on Twitch, Samsung and Pluto.tv.

RiffTrax Live

RiffTrax also hosts in-theater special events we call RiffTrax Live! These events are filmed in front of a live audience and simulcast to over 700 cinema screens all over the country with our partner Fathom Events. Cities we've broadcast from include San Diego, California; Nashville, Tennessee; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Durham, North Carolina! We have done over 30 nationwide live shows to date and more are in the works.

About the Riffers

Mike Nelson

Michael J. Nelson is the former host and writer of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Kevin Murphy

Kevin Murphy has cultivated the act of talking back to the movies into an art form and a career.

Bill Corbett

Bill Corbett is a former writer for MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 and also a performer on the show, providing the voice of the robot Crow (v.2.0) and playing various other strange characters -- including the all-powerful

Bridget Nelson

Bridget Jones Nelson was a writer and performer on Mystery Science Theater 3000 playing such roles as Nuvenna: Woman of the future, Drunk Girl, Lisa Loeb, Flavia Roman Princess and Mr.

Mary Jo Pehl

Mary Jo Pehl is a former writer and villain on Mystery Science Theater 3000.

RiffTrax Presents

Matthew J Elliott

Matthew J Elliott is a British writer and performer who lives in the town that spawned Georgie Fame, author of Lost Horizon James Hilton, Colin “Chariots of Fire” Welland (his actual middle names, believe it or not), and

Janet Varney

Janet Varney is a comedian, actor, writer and producer.

Cole Stratton

Cole Stratton wears a lot of hats. Not literal ones, as he has a tiny head and it just doesn't look right.

Ian Potter

Ian Potter is a writer, performer, sound designer and occasional table. He was born in England, in an obscure coastal town called Liverpool.

Trace Beaulieu

TRACE BEAULIEU is a comic actor, writer, and performer. He was a founding member of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning, cult hit show, Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Frank Conniff

FRANK CONNIFF is a comedy writer and performer who began his TV career writing for the Peabody Award-winning Comedy Central series Mystery Science Theater 3000, where he also played “TV’s Frank,” the bumbling, yet lovabl

Meet the Senior Writers

Conor Lastowka

Senior Writer/Producer

Conor Lastowka is a Senior Writer-Producer who has worked at RiffTrax since day one.

Sean Thomason

Senior Writer

Sean Thomason is a Senior Writer-Producer at RiffTrax, where he’s been writing full-time since 2009.

Guest Riffers

"Weird Al" Yankovic

"Weird Al" Yankovic, the undisputed king of pop culture parody, has sold more comedy recordings than any other artist in history.

Fred Willard

Fred was born and raised in Shaker Heights, OH, Willard began his career by spending a year at Chicago's famed Second City. Willard's improvisational performance as "Buck Laughlin" in the film "Best in Show" earned him t

Neil Patrick Harris

Performed with Mike on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory now hosting the Oscars!

James Lileks

James Lileks was born in Fargo North Dakota, the son of Norman Rockwell and Betty Crocker.

Richard Cheese

America's loudest lounge singer Richard Cheese performs swingin' Vegas versions of rock, rap, and Top40 hits, "swankifying" contemporary songs into traditional pop vocal standards. Cheese has sold more than 135,000 CDs;

Josh Fruhlinger

Joshua Fruhlinger was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, leaving him with a love of chicken wings and a tendency to say "pop". He taught ancient Greek and Roman history to undergraduates before fleeing from academia i

Paul and Storm

Paul Sabourin and Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo grew up in the suburbs in the '70s and '80s, which explains a lot.

Joel McHale

Hailing from Seattle, Washington, and blessed with Irish and Nordic ancestral roots, Joel McHale is one of the whitest and fairest stars around. Armed with sunscreen, his Mariners jersey and plenty of Wellbutrin, Joel b

Paul F. Tompkins

Paul F. Tompkins is from Philadelphia, PA, where he started performing stand-up comedy in 1986. In 1994, he moved to Hollywood, CA, which led Paul to a stint as a writer and performer on HBO’s MR.

Meet the RiffTrax Crew

Erik Peterson

Senior Comedy Engineer

Erik (also known as "torgospizza" in places like reddit and Twitter) traded snow for sun when he moved from Upstate New York to San Diego in October of 2006, just a mere 2 months after RiffTrax's inception.

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