The Mads Are Back: The Complete Second Season
Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff, "The Mads" from Mystery Science Theater 3000, took their touring act online on July 21, 2020 with a live-riff of Ed Wood’s GLEN OR GLENDA (1958), and have held the monthly tradition ever since.
The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 8 (with special Q&A guest Bridget Nelson)
Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 8 is Season 2, Episode 12 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with special Q&A guest Bridget Nelson. Recorded live July 12, 2022.
The Mads Are Back: Cosmos: War of the Planets (with special Q&A guest Jonah Ray)
What happens when you film a movie using leftover sets & costumes and a lackluster script that goes literally nowhere? Cosmos: War of the Planets! An Italian sci-fi flick that makes about as much sense as its title.
The Mads Are Back: The Brain That Wouldn't Die (with Special Q&A guest mary Jo Pehl)
A mad scientist and his girlfriend put their relationship to the test after she gets decapitated and he jumps through hoops trying to find her a replacement body, in the schlock classic: The Brain That Wouldn't Die!
The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 7
Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 7 is Season 2, Episode 9 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with Trace, Frank, and Chris. Recorded live April 12, 2022.
The Mads Are Back: The Devil's Hand (with special Q&A guest Dave Hill)
When a man keeps dreaming of a beautiful woman he's never met, he takes it upon himself to visit a doll shop in the middle of the night, as one does. What he discovers is an evil cult forcing attendees to sit through the world's most boring open mic in The Devil's Hand!
The Mads Are Back: The Yesterday Machine (with special Q&A guest Beez McKeever)
A former Nazi scientist with a lot of time on his hands and very little in the way of home decor plans to travel back in time and stop Hitler's suicide in what may possibly be the lowest budget time travel picture of all time: The Yesterday Machine!
The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 6 (with special Q&A guest John Erler)
Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 6 is Season 2, Episode 6 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with Master Pancake’s John Erler. Recorded live January 11, 2022.
The Mads Are Back: Manos: The Hands of Fate (with special Q&A guest Jackey Neyman Jones)
It’s a Christmas miracle as Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff riff on a movie they hoped they’d never, ever watch again: Manos: The Hands of Fate. This time with a pristine 1080p print thanks to Ben Solvey’s 4K restoration. Now you can see the pile of dirt Torgo is forced to sleep on!
The Mads Are Back: Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (with special Q&A guest Blaine Capatch)
Astronauts and their rather unhelpful robot companion land on Venus only to stumble upon a group of scantily clad women who worship a pterosaur as God, and aren’t too fond of the Astronauts for killing their God. It’s the 1968 Mamie Van Doren-starring sci-fi flick directed by Peter Bogdanovich, Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women!
The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 5 (with special Q&a guest Kliph Nesteroff)
Available exclusively at Dumb Video, The Mads Are Back: A Night of Shorts 5 is Season 2, Episode 3 of Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s ongoing livestream series, hosted by Chris Gersbeck and featuring a post-film Q&A with comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff. Recorded live October 12, 2021.
The Mads Are Back: The Brain Eaters (with special Q&A guests Marcus Parks & Carolina Hidalgo)
When the inhabitants of a small Illinois town begin vanishing, it’s up to Ed Nelson and a rag tag team of UFO investigators to solve the case over an excruciatingly-long 60 minutes in the 1958 sci-fi borefest The Brain Eaters!
The Mads Are Back: The Beach Girls and The Monster (with special Q&A guest Lizz Winstead)
When a series of killings plague a small Santa Monica beachfront, a conspiracy unravels that is both uninteresting and boring in the schlocky sixties beach party flick, The Beach Girls and The Monster (1965)!