Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 8

The original "Turkey Day" version, in which a jingle writer's honeymoon is derailed when he is forced to write a tune overnight in "Once Upon a Honeymoon (1956)." Then, in "Night of the Blood Beast (1958)," an astronaut is implanted with alien embryos. (imdb)

A jingle writer's honeymoon is derailed when he is forced to write a tune overnight while his new bride fantasizes about redecorating their home with telephones in Once Upon a Honeymoon (1956). Then in Night of the Blood Beast (1958), an astronaut recovering from a rocket crash discovers that alien embryos have been implanted in his abdomen. (imdb)

A deformed creeper is the protagonist and antagonist in "The Brute Man (1946)," today's experiment watched by Mike and the Bots. It is preceded by a bunch of chickens in "The Chicken of Tomorrow (1948)." (imdb)

A hero on a quest to gather magical stones battles an evil sorcerer and learns the benefits of a potato diet in "Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (1988)". Tom and Crow put on a Renaissance Fair for Mike and Crow reads a trashy romance novel to Pearl as a favor. (imdb)

In an intriguing coincidence, Crow finally gets to direct his first film, "Earth vs. Soup," in between viewing "The Incredible Melting Man (1977)", a film about a incredibly '70s physician trying to stop an astronaut from gradually turning into soup. (imdb)

A grunge punk fights an evil corporation enforcing an evacuation of the Bronx in "Escape from the Bronx (1983)." Mike and the Bots have men's night on the Satellite of Love and Dr. Forester tries to come up with a way to boost the show's ratings. (imdb)

Doctor Forrester's funding has been cut off, and as he waits for the Satellite of Love to crash, he sends Mike and the Bots Laserblast (1978). Can our heroes escape to the edge of the Universe? More importantly, can they figure out why Leonard Maltin gave the film 2½ stars? (imdb)