Mystery Science Theater 3000: THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE Rewatch

January 20, 2022 1:51 AM - Season 8, Episode 5

Rewatch! Oh this one's rich. Buried in a box somewhere in the old west is an Evil Head. A psychically sensitive young woman finds it and immediately becomes its mind-controlled minion, and about 50% sluttier because we all know Evil Heads yearn to possess young women so that they can get it on by proxy. Eventually it manipulates the other people on the dude ranch (they have about 100 head of dude) to uncover the rest of its body and reunite the two, which seal together making it whole sure why not. Sadly, it then is knocked over and re-croaks, this time permanently, about 20 seconds later. So much for the power of evil. In the words of Paul Chaplin: "Alternate title: The Thing That Died." In the subplot, it's Observer Time. Previously.
posted by JHarris (6 comments total)

It's Thursday, that means it's time for MST Club! Every Thursday night at around 7 PM US Eastern Time (that's 4 PM Pacific) some of us gather to watch weird movies and MST episodes (the episode begins at 9 /6PM). This all takes place at https://cytu.be/r/Metafilter_MST3KClub. It'd be a lot of fun if you could join us!
posted by JHarris at 1:55 AM on January 20, 2022

My wife recently made friends with a coworker named Jessica, and every time she says her name I hear the Allman Brothers in my head. Tom Servo stutter singing while Aunt Flavia yells out the window remains one of my favorite bits. I start to giggle every time I think of it.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 6:02 AM on January 20, 2022 [2 favorites]

Oh, this is different than The Brain That Wouldn’t Die?
posted by Monochrome at 12:36 PM on January 20, 2022

It is! This also has to do with an evil head, but it's magic not science.
posted by JHarris at 7:01 PM on January 20, 2022 [1 favorite]

Aunt Flavia is, of course, the Doctor's aunt.
posted by StarkRoads at 9:36 PM on January 20, 2022

THE BIG VALLEY
posted by overeducated_alligator at 11:39 AM on January 23, 2022 [1 favorite]