Tonight was another Rifftrax simulcast event. Sarah organized a whole crew o' folks to attend: Charles & Zac, S & D, Spacegrrl & J. Last time, for the Plan 9 show, the place was mobbed so we got there super early tonight (about 7.15 for an 8pm start) and there was no one else there. Eventually it turned into a pretty good-sized crowd but it was weird to walk into all that empty. On the up side, no problem finding 8 seats together.
Tonight's was maybe not as much of a spectacular as the last show. Really it was just Mike, Bill and Kevin riffing on a bunch of freaky Xmas themed short films. There wasn't as much interaction with the audience and the special guest (Weird Al) just joined them to riff on 1 film (a non-holiday musical short extolling the virtues of pork) and did not sing any songs. But if there wasn't as much hoopla, the movies more than made up for it. If you watched MST3K, it was like a whole night of the short subjects they'd occasionally show before the feature. Or, if you're local to the Triangle, it was like a holiday themed show from AV Geeks (except with bot-esque snarking throughout). The movies ranged from bizarre to freaky to psychotic. Particular standouts were the one about the Xmas tree, the visit to Santa, the previously mentioned ode to pork, a demented doll-coming-to-life dream, and an early cartoon version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" that probably would have left me emotionally scarred for life if I'd ever seen it as a child.

good times, indeed...