Nightmare Theatre
The Baron Mondo Von Doren is a minor demon assigned to inflict misery upon mankind by way of bad movies. With his sidekicks—the masked wrestler El Sapo de Tempesto and pet werewolf Mittens—the Baron introduces old horror films in a humorous manner with little respect and a side of intriguing film history.
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13 episodes. Playback and audio depend on the available source.
S1:E1 They Came from Beyond Space
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.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E2 A Bucket of Blood
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.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E3 The Terror
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.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E4 Warning from Space
Starfish-shaped aliens land in Tokyo, bringing humanity a "Warning From Space" in this 1956 film from the Land of the Rising Sun.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E5 The House on Haunted Hill
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.
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06120 minS1:E6 The Little Shop of Horrors
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?
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E7 Track of the Moon Beast
The crew suffer through the story of a junior archaeologist who is struck by a piece of meteorite and transforms into a giant lizard in 1970s-era California in "Track of the Moon Beast."
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E8 The Killer Shrews
A genetic experiment gone awry creates a race of giant carnivorous rodents that threaten a group of castaways trapped on a remote island in a hurricane in this 1959 low-budget bomb. Meanwhile, NMTV23 may have a killer shrew infestation of its own.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E9 The Mesa of Lost Women
In yet another genetic experiment gone awry, a mad scientist attempts to create a race of superwomen in the Mexican desert, but ends up with giant spiders instead in this confusing film from 1953. The NMT crew try in vain to make sense of it all.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E10 The Brain That Wouldn't Die
After a horrific auto accident, a brilliant surgeon attempts to keep his fiancé’s head alive while searching for a replacement body in this 1962 drive-in disaster, as the Baron offers helpful driving safety tips.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E11 Horror Express
Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee star in this 1972 production based on the same source material as "The Thing", where a creature that has been discovered frozen in the arctic thaws into something evil, this time on a train - prompting the Baron and El Sapo to come up with other examples of films mixing terror and transportation.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E12 Wasp Woman
A cosmetic company executive seeks the secret of eternal youth through injections of wasp venom, with predictably horrific results in "The Wasp Woman", a 1959 Roger Corman chiller. Meanwhile, the Baron explores the downside of scientific experimentation in cinema.
Not verifiedAudio unverifiedS1:E13 Moon of the Wolf
It's panic on the bayou as the gang screens the 1972 TV movie "Moon Of The Wolf," set amidst the class-divided Louisiana swampland. El Sapo and Mittens lament the discrimination against werewolves in media.
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