MST3K DVD Order of Release

Shout Factory

Due out in
July 2010

• Contains episodes: 
  • Lost Continent (Joel)
  • Crash of the Moon (Joel)
  • The Beast of Yucca Flats (Mike)
  • Jack Frost (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Features:
  • Special Introductions by Frank Conniff and Kevin Murphy
  • Original Mystery Science Theater Hour Wraps
  • A Look Back at The Beast Of Yucca Flats
  • Original Trailers & Promos
  • 4 Exclusive MST3K Mini-Posters by Artist Steve Vance

Shout Factory

Released:
March 2010

• Contains episodes: 
  • The Crawling Eye (Joel)
  • The Beatniks (Joel)
  • The Final Sacrifice (Mike)
  • Blood Waters of Dr. Z (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Features:
  • The Crawling Eye Special Introduction By Joel Hodgson
  • Mystery Science Theater Hour Wraps On The Beatniks
  • Brand-New Interview With star of The Final Sacrifice Bruce J. Mitchell
  • The Main Event: Crow Vs. Crow At Dragon*Con 2009
  • Blood Waters Of Dr. Z Photo Gallery
  • Original Trailers & Promos
     

Shout Factory

Released: 
December 2009

• Contains episodes: 
  • The Corpse Vanishes (Joel)
  • Warrior Of The Lost World (Joel)
  • Santa Claus (Mike)
  • Night Of The Blood Beast (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Features:
  • New Interview With Warrior Of The Lost World Director David Worth
  • Santa Claus Conquers The Devil: A 50-Year Retrospective
  • Night Of The Blood Beast (Turkey Day Version)
  • Turkey Day 95 Intros
  • Original Theatrical Trailers
  • Four Exclusive MST3K Mini-Posters By Artist Steve Vance

Shout Factory

Released:
July 2009

• Contains episodes: 
  • The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy (Joel)
  • The Girl in Lovers Lane (Joel)
  • Zombie Nightmare (Mike)
  • Racket Girls (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Features:
  • Glimpses Of KTMA: Scrapbook Scraps I
  • Behind The Scenes: Scrapbook Scraps II
  • Zombie Nightmare = MST3K Dream (Interviews with Zombie Nightmare stars Frank Dietz and Jon Mikl Thor)
  • Kevin Murphy and Trace Beaulieu in a sneak peek from the upcoming Hamlet A.D.D.
  • Promos

Shout Factory

Released:
February 2009

• Contains episodes: 
  • Mad Monster (Joel)
  • Manhunt in Space (Joel)
  • Soultaker (Mike)
  • Final Justice (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Features:
  • Original Trailer for Mad Monster
  • Joe Estevez on MST3K
  • Greydon Clark on MST3K
  • Cheap Seats Without Ron Parker

Shout Factory

Released:
October 2008

• Contains episodes: 
  • First Spaceship on Venus (Joel)
  • Laserblast (Mike)
  • Werewolf (Mike)
  • Future War (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Features:
  • “History of MST3K” documentary
  • 20th Anniversary panel from the 2008 San Diego Comic Con
  • “Variations on a Theme Song”
  • original movie trailers

Universal Studios

Re-released:
May 2008

• The big screen version of the show and also one of its most accessible programs for newbies is (finally!) being re-released on an anamorphically-enhanced DVD (although still with no extras)

Rhino

Released:
February 2008

Repackaged Vol. 10 with “The Giant Gila Monster” replacing “Godzilla vs. Megalon”

• Contains episodes: 
  • The Giant Gila Monster (Joel)
  • Swamp Diamonds (Joel)
  • Teen-age Strangler (Mike)
  • The Giant Spider Invasion (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Features:
  • MST3K Video Jukebox
  • Photo Gallery
  • Outtakes

Rhino

Released:
October 2007

• Contains episodes: 
  • The Rebel Set (Joel)
  • Secret Agent Super Dragon (Joel)
  • The Starfighters (Mike)
  • Parts: The Clonus Horror (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Features:
  • MST3K Video Jukebox with 15 songs from the series
  • Outtakes consisting of the best moments from Poopie 2

Rhino

Released:
February 2007

• Contains episodes: 
  • Ring of Terror (Joel)
  • The Indestructible Man (Joel)
  • Tormented (Joel)
  • Horrors of Spider Island (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Features:
  • MST3K Jukebox
  • Mystery Science Theater Hour intros
  • Bert I. Gordon interview
  • theatrical trailers

Rhino

Released:
August 2006

Unavailable due to rights issues with “Godzilla vs. Megalon”

• Contains episodes: 
  • Godzilla vs. Megalon (Joel)
  • Swamp Diamonds (Joel)
  • Teen-age Strangler (Mike)
  • The Giant Spider Invasion (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Features:
  • MST3K Video Jukebox
  • Photo Gallery
  • Outtakes

Rhino

Released:
May 2006

Out of Print

• Contains episodes: 
  • Women of the Prehistoric Planet (Joel)
  • Wild Rebels (Joel)
  • The Sinister Urge (Mike)
  • The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Features:
  • Special Intros

Rhino

Released:
November 2005

Out of Print

• Contains episodes: 
  • Monster A Go-Go (Joel)
  • The Dead Talk Back (Mike)
  • The Phantom Planet (Mike)
  • Hobgoblins (Mike)

   

• DVD Details:
  • Animated gate sequence
  • Animated Main Menus
  • Bonus Features: none

Rhino

Released:
April 2005

• Contains episodes: 
  • The Killer Shrews (Joel)
  • Hercules Unchained (Joel)
  • Hercules Against the Moon (Joel)
  • Prince of Space (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Feature:
  • Three Shorts:
    • Assignment: Venezuela (Mike)
    • Century 21 Calling (Mike)
    • A Case of Spring Fever (Mike)

Rhino

Released: October 2004

• Contains episodes: 
  • Gunslinger (Joel)
  • Teenagers From Outer Space (Joel)
  • Attack of the Giant Leeches (Joel)
  • Mr. B’s Lost Shorts??!! (both)

   

• DVD Details:
  • Animated gate sequence (correct for each episode)
  • Animated Main Menus
  • Bonus Features: none

Rhino

Released: March 2004

• Contains episodes:
  •  “Manos”: The Hands of Fate (Joel)
  •  Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (Joel)

   

• DVD Bonus Feature:
  • The entire Poopie! blooper reel (located on the Manos Disc)

Rhino

Released: March 2004

• Contains episodes: 
  • Merlin’s Shop Of Mystical Wonders (Mike)
  • The Touch Of Satan (Mike)
  • Time Chasers (Mike)
  • Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Feature:
  • New intros by Mike Nelson

Rhino

Released: November 2003

• Contains episodes:
  • Space Mutiny (Mike)
  • Overdrawn At The Memory  Bank (Mike)
  • Girl In Gold Boots (Mike)
  • Hamlet (Mike)

   

• DVD Bonus Feature:
  • New intros by Mike Nelson

Rhino

Released:
April 2003

• Contains episodes:
  • Sidehackers (Joel)
  • The Unearthly (Joel)
  • The Atomic Brain (Mike)
  • Shorts Vol. 2 (both)

   

• DVD Details:
  • Animated gate sequence (correct for each episode)
  • Animated Main Menus
  • Extra Footage (all except Shorts 2): outtake footage from the shooting of the host segments

Rhino

Released: February 2003

• Contains episodes:
  • Cave Dwellers (Joel)
  • Pod People (Joel)
  • Angels Revenge (Mike)
  • Shorts Vol. 1 (both)

   

• DVD Details:
  • Animated gate sequence (correct for each episode)
  • Animated Main Menus
  • Bonus Features: none

Rhino

Released:
November 2002

• Contains episodes:
  • Bloodlust (Mike)
  • Catalina Caper (Joel)
  • The Creeping Terror (Mike)
  • The Skydivers (Mike)

   

• DVD Details:
  • Animated gate sequence (correct for each episode)
  • Animated Main Menus
  • Uncut version of each film on the flip side of each disc

Rhino

Released:
June 2002

Out of Print?

• This Joel episode features another “Biker Movie”, one that may be the worst movie of the bunch!
   
• DVD Details:
  • Animated gate sequence
  • Animated Main Menu (movie music in background)
  • Uncut version of film on the flip side of disc
  • Original Trailer

Rhino

Released:
June 2002

• The only Season One episode available from Rhino, so although not one of the better Season One episodes, this is a good way to see the show during its early formative days
   
• DVD Details:
  • Animated gate sequence
  • Animated Main Menu (movie music in background)
  • Uncut version of film on the flip side of disc

Rhino

Released:
March 2002

• Coleman Francis, one of the worst directors ever, directed this, one of the worst movies ever (...but a very funny MST3K episode hosted by Mike)
   
• DVD Details:
  • Animated gate sequence
  • Animated Main Menu (with audio from movie in background)
  • Bonus Features: none

Rhino

Released:
March 2002

• Joel has publicly said that this is his favorite movie of the show (making this hilarious episode a must for any MST fan!)
   
• DVD Details:
  • Animated gate sequence
  • Animated Main Menu (with Tom Servo singing in the background)
  • Bonus Features: none

Rhino

Released:
November 2001

• This is a major fan favorite and, as Joel’s final episode, this is also a must-have
   
• DVD Details:
  • Animated gate sequence
  • Animated Main Menu (with ’70s-era waa-ca-cha background music)
  • Original Trailer for the theatrical release of Mitchell (which was actually R-rated!)

Rhino

Released:
November 2001

• This Joel episode is one of the most popular episodes ever, definitely a must-have for any collection.  However, I put this release last because I instead recommend getting this episode in the MST3K Essentials set, which has another episode in it (Santa Claus Conquers the Martians), yet costs about the same as this stand-alone release.
   
• DVD Details:
  • Animated gate sequence
  • Animated Main Menu (with the Torgo Theme in the background)
  • Bonus Feature: the entire Poopie! blooper reel

Rhino

Released:
January 2001

Out of Print

• This Mike episode is the only offering from Rhino with one of the mainstays of MST3K:  a “Giant Monster” Movie
   
• DVD Details:
  • Main Menu has limited-animation (Joel Theme incorrectly in background)
  • Uncut version of movie included (Full-frame, though, not letterboxed)
  • Riffing clips from other Rhino MST3K titles (eps #513, #506, #515)

Rhino

Released:
January 2001

• As for this movie’s genre or plot... I don’t know – but Mike and the ’Bots riff this awful flick (and a short) to shreds!
   
• DVD Details:
  • Main Menu has limited-animation (music from movie in background)
  • Uncut version of movie included
  • Riffing clips from other Rhino MST3K titles (eps #513, #506, #515)

Rhino

Released:
April 2000

• This is Mike’s first episode as host of the show, as well as one of the first two episodes to be released on DVD
   
• DVD Details:
  • Main Menu has limited-animation (music from movie in background)
  • Uncut version of film on the flip side of disc

Rhino

Released:
April 2000

• This Joel episode, featuring a misplaced caveman, is one of the first episodes released to DVD and is definitely a worthwhile ep
   
• DVD Details:
  • Main Menu has limited-animation (Joel Theme in background)
  • Uncut version of movie included
  • Also has a branching feature in which cut footage can be branched to while watching the edited MST3K version (Note: unfortunately, this is the only one with this great feature)

MST3K and Related Book Recommendations

• the absolutely essential companion guide to MST3K

• Mike’s humorous book of essays on bad movies

• Mike goes a bit broader in his second book, writing essays on all aspects of American life and pop culture

• Mike’s first true novel, it’s about a man and a cunning 6-foot-long rat

• Kevin Murphy (aka best known as the voice of Tom Servo) spent an entire year going to movies at different types of theaters

• Although not from the MST3K group, this book covers the history of a lot of those dated shorts seen on MST3K

VHS Video Order of Purchase Recommendations