One of the most popular episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 saw Mike Nelson, Crow T. Robot (voiced by Bill Corbett), and Tom Servo (voiced by Kevin Murphy) being forced to endure writer/director Rick Sloane’s 1988 film Hobgoblins, which Nelson has said he considers to be an even worse movie than the infamous Manos: The Hands of Fate. Next Tuesday, August 17th, Nelson, Corbett, and Murphy will be sitting through Hobgoblins again for a Rifftrax Live special that Fathom Events will be beaming out to theaters. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at THIS LINK.
Here’s the info on Hobgoblins:
At an abandoned old movie studio, security guards keep getting mysteriously murdered. The mystery: Why are there so many security guards for an abandoned old movie studio?! But forget that; the real secret is Hobgoblins! Cheap rubber puppets from outer space! Who vaguely resemble Gremlins! But not enough to bring on a lawsuit! Their power: they’ll make your wildest fantasies come true, and then you die, laughingly and embarrassingly.
The studio’s new security guard, Kevin (no relation) quickly learns the secret of the Hobgoblins, and even more quickly lets them escape. Now it’s up to the inept Kevin and sexually-obsessed pals to thwart the Hobgoblins before they take over the world, or at least various neighborhoods in the Greater Los Angeles Area!
Back in the era of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Hobgoblins nearly destroyed Mike and the Bots. But the combined powers of Bill, Mike and Kevin will turn this wretched chunk of cheese into comedy gold!
The film stars Tom Bartlett, Paige Sullivan, Steven Boggs, Kelley Palmer, Billy Frank, Tami Bakke, Duane Whitaker, Kari French, and Don Barrett.
I’ve never been able to make it to a Rifftrax Live screening, but a Hobgoblins rematch sounds like the makings of a really fun time.
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