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K00 The Green Slime (1969, Color, Toei/MGM, Japan) (Not aired) Astronauts out to destroy a menacing asteroid must fight one-eyed tentacled creatures that have been brought aboard their spaceship. Contrary to widespread rumor, this is not a complete pilot episode for MST3K but merely a half-hour video produced to show programming executives the show concept and how the proposed series would run. It was never aired and no fan copy is known to exist.
K01 Invaders from the Deep (1981, Color, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), UK) (11/24/88) Movie version of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation puppet series Stingray , about the eponymous super-submarine operated by the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASPs), fighting aquatic creatures who attempt to take over the planet. The first episode ever aired. No fan copy is known to exist.
K02 Revenge of the Mysterons (Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons) (1980, Color, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), UK) (11/24/88) Movie version of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation puppet series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a space adventure about an international intelligence agency trying to save the earth from destruction by aliens. No fan copy is known to exist.
K03 Star Force: Fugitive Alien 2 (1978 or 1986, Color, Japan) (11/27/88) A Sandy Frank production that finds Starwolf Ken on a mission with Earthlings to destroy a secret weapon. No fan copy is known to exist.
K04 Gamera vs. Barugon (Daikaijû kessen: Gamera tai Barugon) (1966, Japan) (12/4/88) A monster egg yields a lizard-dog which fights Gamera.
K05 Gamera (Daikaijû Gamera) (1966, Japan) (12/11/88) A nuclear explosion awakens an arctic monster, which goes on a rampage but is befriended by a boy.
K06 Gamera vs. Gaos (Gamera tai Gyaosu) (1967, Japan) (12/18/88) Gamera fights a bat-like monster.
K07 Gamera vs. Zigra (Gamera tai Shinkai kaijû Jigura) (1971, Japan) (12/31/88) Gamera fights a telekinetic parrot-fish alien.
K08 Gamera vs. Guiron (Gamera tai daikaijû Giron) (1969, Japan) (1/8/89) Gamera saves two boys from aliens that eat brains and a sword-headed monster.
K09 Phase IV (1974, Color, Paramount) (1/15/89) Pollution causes ants in Arizona to go on a rampage.
K10 Cosmic Princess (1976, edited 1982, Color, Group 3 Ltd, UK) (1/22/89) A re-edit of two episodes, "The Metamorph" and "Space Warp". Moonbase Alpha encounters an evil scientist with phenomenal destructive powers and a shapeshifting woman who proves to be a headache.
K11 Humanoid Woman (Cherez ternii k zvyozdam) (1981, Color, Maxim Gorky Filmstudio, USSR) (1/29/89) Astronauts probing an abandoned spaceship find an android woman whose planet is threatened by pollution and a dictatorship.
K12 Fugitive Alien (1978 or 1986, Japan) (2/5/89) Starwolf Ken goes on a mission with Earthlings.
K13 (1977, Color, ABC Circle Films) (2/19/89) A transatlantic SST has inflight problems thanks to "repairs" by a disgruntled engineer, and the plane is not allowed to make an emergency landing because of a flu virus carton that's been blown open. This 1977 made-for-TV disaster movie features an all-star cast.
K14 Mighty Jack (1968, prod. 1987, Japan) (3/5/89) Sandy Frank edited together the first and last episodes of Maitei Jyakku, a live-action Japanese TV series, to make this movie about a top-secret world-protecting organization and their incredible flying submarine (both called "Mighty Jack") and their attempt to defeat the terrorist organization "Q". (Also done in Experiment 314)
K15 Superdome (1981, Color (TV), ABC Circle Films) (3/12/89) A terrorist threatens the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Mostly an excuse to show off a parade of ex-football stars. Includes Tom Selleck as McCauley.
K16 City On Fire (1979, Color, Astral, Canada) (3/19/89) Sappy disaster film centered on a hospital as an oil refinery explosion ignites an entire town. Stars include Shelley Winters as Andrea, Leslie Nielsen as the mayor, and Henry FondaHenry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 August 12, 1982) was an acclaimed American film actor beloved for his roles as plain-speaking men of humane decency. He was born in Grand Island, Nebraska to William Brace Fonda and Herberta Krueger Jaynes, and started hi as the fire chief.
K17 Time of the ApesTime of the Apes ("Sara No Gundan"), produced/filmed in 1974 and released in 1987, is a Japanese science fiction film. A teacher and two children take refuge in cryogenic capsules to escape an earthquake, only to wake up in a world populated by sentient a (1974, rel. 1987, Color, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan) (4/2/89) 1970s Sandy Frank production in which a woman and two kids take refuge in cryogenic capsules, only to awake in a world populated by apes. They are pursued endlessly, and meet up with a fellow human refugee. (Also done in Experiment 306)
K18 The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967, Color, AIP) (5/7/89) A female villainstereotypical villain, common in early 20th century silent films, wears formal black clothes, exquisitely neat facial hair, and a maniacal demeanour. A villain is a bad person, especially in fiction. Villains are the fictional characters, or perhaps ficti plans to take over the world. Stars Frankie AvalonFrancis Thomas Avallone (born September 18, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a 1950's teen idol. By the time he was 12, Avalon began making appearances on U. television for his trumpet prowess, and, seven years later, he had a #1 hit, "Venus," reco as Tommy.
K19 Hangar 18 (1980, Color, Taft International) (5/14/89) A Space Shuttle experiment accidentally kills an astronaut and downs a UFOUFO can mean: Unidentified Flying Object United Future Organization, a Japanese- Brazilian electronic jazz band UFO, the rock band that previously featured Michael Schenker UFO, the Gerry Anderson TV series United Farmers of Ontario, a political party tha, which is captured by the military and transferred to a hangar in West Texas for analysis. Eager to win re-election, the President keeps the UFO secret and casts blame at the surviving astronauts, who go on a quest to blow the lid on the coverup.
K20 The Last Chase (1981, Color, Crown International) (5/21/89) In a Mad MaxMad Max is an Australian science fiction film starring Mel Gibson. Released in 1979, it was directed by George Miller, and written by James McCausland with Miller and producer Byron Kennedy. The film is set in a semi- post-apocalyptic Australian outback,-type future, America has no gas and an ex racecar driver makes his way to California. Stars Lee Majors as Franklyn Hart.
K21 Legend of the Dinosaurs (Kyôryuu: Kaichô no densetsu) (1977, Color, Toei Company Ltd, Japan) (5/28/89) Seismic activity around Mount Fuji awakens hibernating dinosaurs, who go on a rampage.