Neo kills a lot of the films 79minute running time by fighting sock puppets, feminist barbarians, mutated humans, and offscreen giant spiders instead of robots. While youre all out enjoying the latest marvel movie, ill be watching a larpers rendition of star wars with a durian as the villain, thank you very much. I can forgive effects for being lowbudget if the film makers at least try, but execution of the special effects in robot holocaust is disgraceful. It is part battlestar galactica, part mad max, part squirm, part star wars, part petticoat planet. From the clearly amazing director of breeders and bad girls dormitory. Against hideous giant worms, flesh eatng mutants and robot warriors, the nomad neo and his robot klyton, face the unimaginable evil power of the dark one in a spectacular battle beyond description to reclaim the earth and rescue the human race from the robot holocaust. Robot holocaust 1987 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. As was common with rrated movies featured on the show, this film had to have a few scenes. Robot holocaust is the sciencefiction version of that idea. And mgm has released a hd print for and television screenings, so hopefully a dvd or bluray is in the works. List of mystery science theater 3000 episodes wikipedia. Robot holocaust is a 1986 scifi feature now available on hulu. At the end of the film, the robot cared for young rocky, jr. Robot is a 2010 indian tamillanguage science fiction action film written and directed by s.
Tom servo, surveying any desolate field or cityscape, would for years to follow solemnly intone the final section of the above narration. In a postapocalyptic future, the mysterious neo travels the wasteland with his robot companion. Danny denzongpa, santhanam and karunas play supporting roles. The dark one caused a nuclear holocaust, killing billions and destroying everywhere except new york city. It is available on the mst3k youtube page here and on shout. This movie is a horrid amalgam of every film in scifi.
But in all honesty, this film may break the machine. The movie takes a complex look at wwii and the holocaust, skilfully balancing dark humor and horror at different moments throughout. It has a lot of heart, and not a lot cash to back it up, and thats just fine with me. Neo, a drifter from the atomicblasted wastelands, arrives with his klutzy robot sidekick at a factory where slaves labor to fuel the sinister dark ones power station. Without even running it through the machine, i can say that robot holocaust is in a league of its own, a type 8. A rip off of star wars with sword and sorcery elements and a robot apocalypse even with an alien rip off. Robot holocaust 1987 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. The film stars rajinikanth and aishwarya rai bachchan in lead roles. At the same time, though, i admire the inherent spiritedness of the film itself and how it.
In this swordandsorceryscifi combo, robots have taken over and the few humans not under the domination of the evil dark one, are plotting a. All thats left is a city called new terra played here by a fully functional new york city, which is ruled by the mysterious dark one. Robot holocaust dvd is available as a deluxe edition with custom cover and. Sadly, robot holocaust is yet to see a dvd release, outside of a mystery science theater collection. The ensuing chaos had led to a radiation spill far more deadly than any nuclear warfare. It was nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film. Mystery science theater 3000 mst3k is an american television comedy series created by joel hodgson and produced by best brains, inc. Robot holocaust is a 1986 film directed by tim kincaid. Complete films, some in parts, some cross over several genres e. Robot holocaust was a 1986 postapocalyptic yarn by director tim kincaid, who was mainly a director of gay porn films.
Despite being tied to full moon features, the film has yet to see a dvd release. Robot holocaust 1986 survivors of devastation regroup after robots revolt against their human masters on new terra. That having been said, there was something about this movie that i couldnt walk away from. Meanwhile the chick whos not drunk but is trying to cover a polish accent has the father of one of the main characters captive and awaiting the dark one. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. New cinema edition of, robot holocaust now playing. Archeotrash film festival presents a tribute to the fantasy movie robot holocaust directed by tim kincaid. It was also the last to feature a commando cody serial. See the full list of robot holocaust cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. The year that brought you ferris buellers day off, aliens, platoon and top gun not to mention highlander. If the plot sounds familiar enough for you, its because on a really basic level, its the matrix wrapped in a smelly straighttovideo burrito. How could this movie have been overlooked by mainstream audiences.
The society had been all but destroyed by the robot rebellion of 33, when the robots had turned on their masters, by the billions. Complete coverage of the 71st primetime emmy awards. At the same time, though, i admire the inherent spiritedness of the film itself and how it tries earnestly to be as epic it can be despite its shortcomings. Mystery science theater 3000 s 01 e 10 robot holocaust. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. With the harsh backdrop of a thriving manhattan in the background, our team of brave heroes bravely traverses a condemned building site full of cannibals. One of the earliest shows during the programs cable run, robot holocaust quickly established itself as a fan favorite. Evil robots take over the world after humans forget how to dress or recite dialogue, all whilst confusing the human race with a promotional. In this swordandsorceryscifi combo, robots have taken over and the few humans not under the domination of the evil dark one, are plotting a rebellion. The film tells the story of a childless couple in nazi germany who agree to hide a jewish friend, despite the risks it poses. This was showed at the archeotrash reunion day in april 2008. Ranking every mst3k episode, from worst to best paste. Maybe it was the atmosphere, or maybe it was the evil supervixen or. It is the first instalment in the enthiran franchise.
In 2001, mgm released an exclusive vhs of the film. It was made in italy by adult film director tim kincaid and released straight to vhs. In the us version, there is narration throughout the whole movie. The next year, in 1989, the show began its national run on the comedy channelcomedy central, running for seven seasons on that channel until its cancellation in 1996. Buckle up, because this is fullthrottle 80s trash at its finest, and a film so ridiculous that it became a running gag on mst3k for years after it appeared on the show. It can be easily found on vhs complete with an awesome cover that has nothing to do with the film. Its woefully underbudget, the dialogue is cheesy, and the acting is hammy at best. Why is it not inducted into the glorious film hall of fame that these other acclaimed films are represented in. Robot holocaust 1987 angelika jager in robot holocaust 1987. The show premiered on ktma now wucw in minneapolis, minnesota, on november 24, 1988. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of robot holocaust with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at.
The air is poison and robots have taken over and here you were, worried about all those. Also, one quarter of robot holocausts robots are good. It is worse than a type 7 stool which is the worst category a film can fall into. A sexy villainess who talks like elmer fudd, a robot that acts like don knotts and a villain who seems to have escaped from a boiling pot at red lobster are the painful features of this dismal scifi epic. Next is robot holocaust 1987, a futuristic epic that seems to have done a lot of its filming in central park. Survivors of devastation regroup after robots revolt against their human masters on new terra. Radar men from the moon chapter 9 serial and robot holocaust it was the first mst3k episode not counting the ktma era to feature a color film. Robot holocaust 1986 a highly unlikely band of heroes traverses a postapocalyptic wasteland to rescue a scientist from the tyrannical dark one and his army of robots. Robot holocaust is a silly and rather horrible affair thats one good old schlocky time for likeminded fans of outrageous cinema. Gathering a motley crew of allies on the way, neo and pals. Aside from one bad guy and neos robot sidekick, klyton, no one has a frickin laser cannon. You have the main character, neo, who rebels against robots who have enslaved the whole human race, though nowhere in. Stay far away from this one unless you are a postapocalyptic completistmasochist.