MST3K: Sting of Death (RiffTrax Experiment 01)

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The not-too-distant future is now! Mike, Tom Servo and Crow are back in the S.O.L., Pearl Forrester is hatching schemes with the dubious assistance of Brain Guy and Bobo, and all is right in the world. Well, not all is right, the movies are still terrible of course. Let the deep hurting begin anew with the first episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000: the RiffTrax Experiments, Sting of Death!

It’s the swingin’, stingin’ 60s, so naturally a bunch of 45 year old “young people” are out to party on an island in the Florida Everglades. Because they’re extremely cool they choose to party at the house of one of their dads, a marine biologist in tiny shorts who recently suffered a prominent and upsetting head wound which has nothing to do with the plot. Watch out for amplifiers to the for’ed, kids!

Their swampy island party gets broken up by a jellyfish monster, which is kind of a neat coincidence because they just happen to dance to a song about jellyfish by Neil Sedaka. That’s right, Neil Sedaka, because this shindig is whiter than Wonder Bread!

Mike and the bots try not to be terrified by the monster’s obvious rubber swim fins and… whatever the heck is going on with its head! They struggle not to identify the killer immediately because, come on, it’s obviously that one guy! They start a dance craze of their own, soon to sweep the nation! Most of all, they try to keep their sanity in the face of Pearl’s latest scheme, a plot so nefariously complex that even she might not understand it!

Hop on a Florida fanboat, bring a few gallons of ointment, and strap in for Sting of Death!