MST3K rights master list

[notundercovercop32]

With inspiration from Citizensmurf's list I decided to compile the master list of all the films featured during the network run of MST as to who the home video versions were licensed from. It's not definative as there are a few question marks on the list. The only one that is really unknown as this point it Quest of the Delta Knights (though I think I may have a lead on who owns it). The titles in red and italicized are the ones that have not been released or re-released yet on Home Video by Shout Factory. Changes will be made as needed. 

Season 1:

Crawling Eye: Corinth Films Inc. (Via Wade Williams)

Robot Vs the Aztec Mummy: BCI Eclipse

Mad Monster: Public Domain

Women of the Prehistoric Planet: Wade Williams

The Corpse Vanishes: Public Domain

The Crawling Hand: *Kit Parker Films Inc.*

Robot Monster: Corinth Films Inc. (Via Wade Williams)

The Slime People: Kit Parker Films Inc.

Project Moonbase: Corinth Films Inc. (Via Wade Williams)

Robot Holocaust: Tamryn Productions and Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc (Which shall henceforth be noted as MGM for space saving)

Moon Zero Two: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc

Untaimed Youth: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc

The Black Scorpion: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc

Season 2:

Rocketship X-M: *Wade Williams*


The Sidehackers: Crown International Pictures Inc.

Jungle Goddess: Corinth Films Inc. (Via Kit Parker Films)

Catalina Caper: Crown International Pictures Inc.

Rocket Attack U.S.A.: Kit Parker Films Inc.

Ring of Terror: *Public Domain*

Wild Rebels: *Crown International Pictures Inc.*

Lost Continent: Corinth Films Inc. (Via Wade Williams)

The Hellcats: *Crown International Pictures Inc.*

King Dinosaur: Kit Parker Films Inc.

First Spaceship on Venus: Public Domain

Godzilla Vs. Megalon: *Toho*

Godzilla Vs The Sea Monster: *Toho*


Season 3:

Cave Dwellers: Public Domain

Gamera: Joyplex Inc.

Pod People: Public Domain

Gamera Vs Barugon: Joyplex Inc.

Stranded in Space: Public Domain

Time of the Apes: Tsuburaya Productions Inc.

Daddy-O: AMC Networks (Via Selma Enterprises)

Gamera Vs Gaos: Joyplex Inc.

The Amazing Colossal Man: *Susan Nicholson-Hofheinz* (Via Selma Enterprises)

Fugative Alien: Tsuburaya Productions Inc.

It Conquered the World: *Susan Nicholson-Hofheinz* (Via Selma Enterprises)

Gamera Vs Guiron: Joyplex Inc.

Earth Vs. The Spider: AMC Networks (Via Selma Enterprises)

Mighty Jack: Tsuburaya Productions Inc.

Teenage Caveman: AMC Networks (Via Selma Enterprises)

Gamera Vs Zigra: Joyplex Inc.

Viking Women and the Sea Serpent: AMC Networks (Via Selma Enterprises)

Star Force Fugative Alien II: Tsuburaya Productions Inc.

War of the Colossal Beast: AMC Networks (Via Selma Enterprises)

The Unearthly: The Peter Rodgers Organization Inc.

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians: *Public Domain*

Master Ninja I: CBS Studios Productions LLC

Castle of Fu Manchu: The Peter Rodgers Organization Inc.

Master Ninja II: CBS Studios Productions LLC

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Season 4
Space Travelers: Columbia Pictures Corporation Inc.

The Giant Gila Monster: *Public Domain*

City Limits: Gerald Ronson

Teenagers from Outer Space: *Wade Williams*

Being from Another Planet: Concorde-New Horizons Picture Corporation

The Giant Leeches: *Public Domain*

Killer Shrews: *Public Domain*

Hercules Unchained: *Public Domain*

The Indistructable Man: *Public Domain*

Hercules Against the Moon Men: *Public Domain*

The Magic Sword: Bert I Gordon Productions and MGM

Hercules and the Captive Women: Beta Film GmbH

Manhunt In Space: Public Domain

Tormented: *Public Domain*

The Beatniks: Public Domain

Fire Maidens from Outer Space: *Paramount Pictures*

Crash of Moons: Public Domain

Attack of the The Eye Creatures: *Susan Nicholson-Hofheinz* (Via her ownership of the remake rights to Invasion of the Saucer Men)

The Rebel Set: *Public Domain*

The Human Duplicators: Public Domain

Monster A Go-Go: **

The Day the Earth Froze: KAVA-National Audiovisual Archive

Bride of the Monster: Corinth Films Inc. (Via Wade Williams)

Manos: The Hands of Fate: The Peter Rodgers Organization


Season 5:

Warrior of the Lost World: KOA Films Entertainment

Hercules: Public Domain

Swamp Diamonds: *Public Domain*

Secret Agent Super Dragon: *Public Domain*

Magic Voyage of Sinbad: Widnes Enterprises Ltd (Via RusCiCo)

Eegah: *Public Domain*

I Accuse My Parents: *The Peter Rodgers Organization*

Operation Kid Brother (AKA Operation Double 007): DS SRL Rome (PWH) and MGM

Girl in Lovers Lane: Public Domain

The Painted Hills: Public Domain

Gunslinger: The Peter Rodgers Organization

Mitchell: Essex Enterprises Ltd (From Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.)

The Brain that Wouldn't Die: Rex Carlton Productions (From MGM)

Teenage Strangler:
*Creative Film Enterprises*
Wild World of Batwoman: The Peter Rodgers Organization

Alien from LA: Cannon Films Inc. and MGM

Beginning of the End: The Peter Rodgers Organization

The Atomic Brain: The Peter Rodgers Organization Inc.

Outlaw: Cannon Films Inc (From Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc)

Radar Secret Service: Kit Parker Films Inc.

Santa Claus: BCI Eclipse

Teenage Crime Wave: Columbia Pictures Corporation Inc.

Villiage of the Giants: MGM

12 to the Moon: Columbia Pictures Corporation Inc.


Season 6

Girls Town: *Paramount Pictures*

Invasion USA: *TBA*

Dead Talk Back: *Sinsiter Cinema*

Zombie Nightmare: Gold-Gems Ltd.

Colossus and the Headhunters: *TBA*

The Creeping Terror: Crown International Pictures Inc.

Bloodlust: Crown International Pictures Inc.

Code Name: Diamond Head: CBS Studios Productions LLC

The Skydivers: Crown International Pictures Inc.

Violent Years: Public Domain (Though they may have had to reliscence from Wade Williams now that he owns the film)

Last of the Wild Horses: Kit Parker Films Inc.

The Starfighters: *Public Domain*

Sinister Urge: *Wade Williams*

San Francisco International: Universal Studios Inc.

Kitten With a Whip: Universal Studios Inc.

Racket Girls: Public Domain

The Sword and the Dragon: Majestic International Pictures Inc

High School Big Shot: *TBA*

Red Zone Cuba: The Peter Rodgers Organization

Danger!! Death Ray: Films Around the World Inc.

The BEast of Yucca Flats: Corinth Films Inc. (Via Wade Williams)

Angels Revenge: Multicom Entertainment Group

The Amazing Transpearant Man: *MGM*

Sampson Vs the Vampire Women: Cinematograficia Rodriguez

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Season 7:
Night of the Bloodbeast: Public Domain

The Brute Man: Films Around the World Inc.

Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell: Concorde-New Horizons Picture Corporation

Incredible Melting Man: Quartet Productions (Via MGM)

Escape 2000" Fulvia Film S.r.l (Via Blue Underground)

Laserblast: Full Moon Direct

Season 8:

Revenge of the Creature: Universal Studios Inc.

The Leech Woman: Universal Studios Inc.

The Mole People: Universal Studios Inc.

The Deadly Mantis: Universal Studios Inc.

The Thing That Couldn't Die: Universal Studios Inc.

The Undead: AMC Networks (Via Selma Enterprises)

Terror from the Year 5000: *Susan Nicholson-Hofheinz* (Via Selma Enterprises)

The She-Creature: AMC Networks (Via Selma Enterprises)

I Was a Teenage Werewolf: *Susan Nicholson-Hofheinz* (Via Selma Enterprises)

The Giant Spider Invasion: **

Parts: The Clonus Horror: *Clonus Associates
*
The Incredibly Strange Creatures: The Peter Rodgers Organization

Jack Frost: Widnes Enterprises Ltd (Via RusCiCo)

Riding With Death: Universal Studios Inc.

Agent For H.A.R.M: Universal Studios Inc.

Prince of Space: *Toei Company*

The Horror of Party Beach: AMC Networks (Via Iselin-Tenney Productions)

Devil Doll: Image Entertainement and Gordon Films Ltd.

Invasion of the Neptune Men: Toei Company Ltd.

Space Mutiny: All Channel Films Inc.

Time Chasers: *Edgewood Entertainment*

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank: All Channel Films Inc.



Season 9

The Projected Man: Universal Studios Inc.

The Phantom Planet: *Public Domain*

The Pumaman: Rocca Delle Macie S.p.A.

Werewolf: Tony Zarindast

The Deadly Bees: *Paramount*

The Space Children: *Paramount*

Hobgoblins: *Rick Sloane*

Touch of Satan: The Peter Rodgers Organization

Gorgo: King Bros. Ltd. (from VCI Entertainment Inc.

The Final Sacrifice: Tjardus Greidanus

Devil Fish: KOA Entertainment

The Screaming Skull: MGM (Robot Rumpus short: Premavision Inc.)

Quest of the Delta Knights: **

Season 10

SoulTaker: Dr. Ivor Royston and Dennis Carlo

Girl In Gold Boots: The Peter Rodgers Organization

Merlins Shop of Mystical Wonders: **

Future War: Cine Excel Entertainment

Blood Waters of Dr. Z: Barton Films

Boggy Creek II: and the Legend Continues: *The Peter Rodgers Organization*

Track of the Moonbeast: *TBA*

Final Justice: Liberation Entertainment

Hamlet: The Peter Rodgers Organization

It Lives By Night: MGM

Horrors of Spider Island: *Public Domain*

Squirm: MGM

Diabolik: *Paramount Pictures*

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So was there an issue with Dr. Ivor Royston and Dennis Carlo that forced Shout! to recall Volume 14? An explanation was never given besides "we lost the rights".

[CrowTrobotfan92]

I'm pretty sure Monster A Go-Go is either public domain or might be with MGM or Warner, not sure.

[Udvarnoky]

Nov 26, 2016 5:11:52 GMT -5 @packer said:

So was there an issue with Dr. Ivor Royston and Dennis Carlo that forced Shout! to recall Volume 14? An explanation was never given besides "we lost the rights".

Interesting thing about Soultaker...the Amazon VOD version reappeared not too long ago. It was made unavailable early this year around when Volume XIV went out of print, but it is conspicuously back now. So I don't know if that means Shout! quietly got the rights back and haven't said anything yet, or maybe the issue only impacts DVD rights. Or perhaps Amazon just effed up.

As for what happened to make Shout! lose the rights in the first place, I don't believe it was anything untoward. I think they just couldn't justify forking over the dough to renew the license. The set Soultaker was on came out in 2009, which is plenty long enough for every MSTie who was interested to nab their copy. If the rights to Soultaker were more expensive than the norm, Shout! probably just couldn't justify another round from an accounting perspective. I'm sure it will be back eventually, if it isn't already based on the above.

[superandroidtron]

Given the Black Friday surprise and the volume 38 host segment bonus, it might be worth sticking the KTMA films in here as well.