Nightmare Theatre

When meteors fall in a curious V-formation and crash on a field in England, an alien force possesses several scientists and infects bystanders with a deadly disease.

Inspired by this week's film, Roger Corman's 1960 tale of a busboy-turned-murderous-sculptor, "A Bucket of Blood," The Baron opens up a coffee shop and El Sapo tries his hand at beat poetry.

El Sapo discovers evidence that he wasn't the Baron's first choice as manservant, as they join Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson in the poorly-named "The Terror", from Roger Corman in 1963.

Starfish-shaped aliens land in Tokyo, bringing humanity a "Warning From Space" in this 1956 film from the Land of the Rising Sun.

This week's movie, William Castle's 1959 creepfest "The House On Haunted Hill", wherein Vincent Price's character throws a haunted house party with deadly results, inspires El Sapo to organize his own party for the Baron and Mittens.

A mysterious stranger appears in the studio as the gang views Roger Corman's tale of an inept nursery employee and the blood-sucking alien plant who loves him in 1960's "The Little Shop of Horrors". But where's Mittens?

Political fever is in the air as Nightmare Theatre returns with the 1973 satire "Werewolf Of Washington" starring Dean Stockwell. Meanwhile, The Baron pursues his own political ambitions as he runs for Neighborhood Watch Captain - but who will be his opposition?

A mysterious stranger arrives in Furnace Flats, New Mexico just as demonic happenings begin in this 1961 stinker. Meanwhile, the Baron discovers that El Sapo may have made his own deal with the devil.

The title tells it all in this mish-mash of classic horror and western tropes from 1966, as El Sapo's cure for Mitten's unfortunate skin condition results in the return of a familiar, unwelcome face to the NMT studios.

Vincent Price is the titular character in this post-apocalyptic classic from 1964. Back at NMTV23, El Sapo becomes convinced that the world has ended and he and the Baron are the only non-zombie survivors.

This Americanized version of the 1966 kaiju classic that introduced the world to the legendary giant flaming turtle, and the little boy who loved him. But what's Gammera up to now? The NMT crew find out in an exclusive interview.

You better watch out - Kris Kringle gets embroiled in a Martian power struggle in this low-budget lump of coal from 1964. Meanwhile, the real Santa is traumatized by El Sapo's insults and is unable to fulfill his duties, leaving the NMT crew holding the bag.

The gang returns to the NMTV studios with the help of special guest Deep Roy. and dig up this creaky 1963 thriller, directed by the legendary Francis Ford Coppola - proving conclusively that even cinematic geniuses can make crummy movies. Meanwhile, Sapo gives Mittens an axe and...

Mittens is stalked by an "investigative journalist" who threatens to expose him to his local access cable audience, as the NMT crew suffers through this 1977 made-for-TV stinker about a mysterious creature wreaking havoc on a ski resort.

A concert pianist loses his hands in a car crash, and a mad surgeon replaces them with those of a criminal in the 1962 version of this oft-filmed French novel. Meanwhile, an unfortunate accident on the NMTV set gives Sapo an opportunity to perform some experimental surgery of his own.

Zombie-mania hits the NMTV studios as the gang screens this incredibly low-budget effort from 1959, wherein yet another mad scientist is turning fun-loving teens into unquestioning slaves. Sapo becomes concerned with both the growing zombie menace and the tendency to use middle-aged actors to play teenagers, and turns the corporate might of Von Doren Industries to produce products for both potential markets.

El Sapo conjures up a demon to the NMTV set, while screening this 1961 shlocker wherein a man's dreamlike visions of a mysterious woman lead him into a Satanic cult.

The NMT crew suffer through this 1971 micro-budget retread of "Creature From The Black Lagoon" wherein a team of scientists discover the titular beast, a half man-half octopus, deep in the Mexican swamps.

The NMT gang return with the fully restored version of what may be the worst film ever made, as Sapo starts a manservant school and the Baron becomes a hotelier - with Torgo's help.

It's a double dose of Corman as brothers Roger and Gene conspire to tell the story of an astronaut infected with alien embryos bent on conquering humanity in this 1958 cheapie. Meanwhile, it appears that Mittens may be "in the (alien) family way" himself.

It's armageddon Italian style in this lurid tale of a post-apocalyptic dystopia ruled by homicidal bikers, released on an unsuspecting public in 1983. Back in the NMTV studios, the Baron and Sapo speculate on the snacks that might be available following a nuclear holocaust.

Sapo challenges the Baron to find the movie this time, and he comes back with the F.W. Murnau silent classic, with soundtrack provided by dream-prog legends Analog Missionary. Adding to his humiliation, Sapo's parents pay the NMTV studios a visit.

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A young psychiatric nurse joins the staff at a remote mental hospital and gets more than she bargained for in this 1973 "video nasty". Back at the NMTV studios, Sapo imagines he is being haunted by a mysterious figure from his past.