Genre-filtering could be better

[JoelStandsForQuality]

Update I’m not sure exactly when it got fixed, but the drop-down menu contrast has greatly improved.

The genre filtering in the video fridge is a great addition to the options for searching. However, it seems as of right now films are only getting a single tag applied to them, meaning a movie like Teenagers from Outer Space will show up under “Sci-fi” but not “Teens” as well. The drop down itself has a great selection of different genres to choose from, but the colors in the drop down menu need to be tweaked some as the white lettering on a very light gray/blue background is hard to see.

[TheBindingPolymer]

@The_Riddler’s got a project going that’s right up your alley:

The MST3K Movie Categorization Project

I’ve put together an Excel sheet that ‘categorizes’ each MST3K movie into a broader group. The goal wasn’t to have dozens of categories that get super specific, which would sort of defeat the point. The goal was to go fairly general and end up with as broad a set of buckets as possible. That being said, some movies didn’t lend themselves easily to big groups and so some broad categories have “subsets” … such as “Earth Drama - Revenge”, etc. So ultimately stuff like “Earth Sci-Fi” is meant t…

[The_Riddler]

Yup - feel free to dip in and expand on it to whatever level you wish.

[The_Riddler]

FYI here is my updated version with subcategories (minus my 1 to 10 ratings)…

EPISODE	TITLE	CATEGORY	SUBCATEGORIES	RATING
101	The Crawling Eye	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Earth invasion / Hypnosis / Mind Control	6
102	The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy	Mad Scientist With or Without Monsters	Robots / Zombies / Revenge / Mexico / World Domination	5
103	The Mad Monster	Mad Scientist With or Without Monsters	Werewolf / Revenge / Human transformation	3
104	Women of the Prehistoric Planet	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Jungle / Paralell Earth	3
105	The Corpse Vanishes	Mad Scientist With or Without Monsters	Crime / Human transformation	4
106	The Crawling Hand	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Teen / Human transformation	4
107	Robot Monster	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Post Apocalypse / Earth Invasion / Kid sidekick	3
108	The Slime People	Aliens / Monsters / Zombies On Earth	Hollow Earth / Journey to Save	3
109	Project Moon Base	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Moon / Cold War / Political Intrigue	4
110	Robot Holocaust	Post Apocalypse	Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Journey to Save	5
111	Moon Zero Two	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Heist / Moon	6
112	Untamed Youth	Earth Drama - Teen / Rebel	Musical career / Hostage	4
113	The Black Scorpion	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Western / Kid sidekick / Mexico / Radiation	4
201	Rocketship XM	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Journey to Save	3
202	The Side Hackers	Earth Drama - Revenge	Love Story	3
203	Jungle Goddess	Earth Drama - Jungle / Hunted	Paralell Earth / Hostage	3
204	Catalina Caper	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Comedy / Teen / Love Story / Music	6
205	Rocket Attack USA	Earth Drama - Cold War / Military	Disaster / Political intrigue / Radiation / Insects	4
206	Ring of Terror	Earth Drama - Supernatural	College	5
207	Wild Rebels	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Driving / Heist	5
208	Lost Continent	Earth Sci-Fi	Dinosaurs / Journey to Save	6
209	The Hellcats	Earth Drama - Revenge	Driving / Teen	5
210	King Dinosaur	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Dinosaurs / Paralell Earth	4
211	First Spaceship on Venus	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Paralell Earth / Hostage	4
212	Godzilla vs. Megalon	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Hollow Earth / Robot	7
213	Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Ocean	6
301	Cave Dwellers	Fantasy	Science Fantasy	8
302	Gamera	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Kid protagonist	7
303	Pod People	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Music / Teens / Kid protagonist	7
304	Gamera vs. Barugon	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Heist	6
305	Stranded in Space	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Paralell Earth / Stranded / Hostage	5
306	Time of the Apes	Post Apocalypse	Paralell Earth / Military / Revenge / Kid sidekick	7
307	Daddy-O	Earth Drama - Teen / Rebel	Musical career / Teens / Driving	6
308	Gamera vs. Gaos	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Humans as prey	6
309	The Amazing Colossal Man	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Human transformation	6
310	Fugitive Alien	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Earth invasion / Journey to Save	7
311	It Conquered the World	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Earth invasion / Word Domination	8
312	Gamera vs. Guiron	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Humans as prey / Kid protagonist	6
313	Earth vs. The Spider	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Teen / Humans as prey / Radiation	6
314	Mighty Jack	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Secret Agent / World Domination	5
315	Teenage Caveman	Post Apocalypse	Jungle / Caveman / Radiation	5
316	Gamera vs. Zigra	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Earth invasion / Kid sidekick / Hostage / Ocean	5
317	Viking Women	Fantasy	Historical / Ocean	4
318	Fugitive Alien 2	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Journey to Save / Revenge	4
319	War of the Colossal Beast	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Human transformation	5
320	The Unearthly	Mad Scientist With or Without Monsters	Human transformation / Police / Hostage	4
321	Santa Claus Conquers the Martians	Holiday	Alien invasion / Kid sidekick / Comedy / Hostage	6
322	Master Ninja 1	Earth Drama - Martial Arts	Crime / Ninjas	6
323	The Castle of Fu Manchu	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Secret Agent / World Domination	3
324	Master Ninja 2	Earth Drama - Martial Arts	Crime / Ninjas	4
401	Space Travelers	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Stranded / Hostage	5
402	The Giant Gila Monster	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Musical career / Teen / Radiation	6
403	City Limits	Post Apocalypse	Teen / Driving / Uprising	5
404	Teenagers from Outer Space	Aliens / Monsters / Zombies On Earth	Alien invasion / Giant monster / Love story / Humans as Prey	6
405	Being from Another Planet	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	College / Radiation	5
406	Attack of the Giant Leeches	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Human as prey / Hostage	5
407	The Killer Shrews	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Human as prey / Stranded	5
408	Hercules Unchained	Fantasy	Sword & Sandal / Love story	5
409	Indestructible Man	Earth Sci-Fi	Revenge / Crime	6
410	Hercules Against the Moon Men	Fantasy	Sword & Sandal / Alien invasion / Moon	7
411	The Magic Sword	Fantasy	Sword & Sorcery	6
412	Hercules and the Captive Women	Fantasy	Sword & Sandal / Journey to Save / Hostage	5
413	Manhunt in Space	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Political intruige	4
414	Tormented	Earth Drama - Supernatural	Crime / Kid sidekick / Revenge / Ghosts	6
415	The Beatniks	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Musical career / Teen / Crime	6
416	Fire Maidens of Outer Space	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Stranded / Hostage	4
417	Crash of Moons	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Disaster / Political intrigue	4
418	Attack of the the Eye Creatures	Aliens / Monsters / Zombies On Earth	Alien invasion / Teen	6
419	The Rebel Set	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Heist	6
420	The Human Duplicators	Aliens / Monsters / Zombies On Earth	Aliens / Robots / Earth invasion / Hostage / World Domination	5
421	Monster A Go Go	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Radiation	4
422	The Day the Earth Froze	Fantasy	Sword & Sorcery / Historical / Hostage	8
423	Bride of the Monster	Mad Scientist With or Without Monsters	Human transformation / Hostage	4
424	Manos The Hands of Fate	Earth Drama - Supernatural	Cult / Satanic / Stranded	7
501	Warrior of the Lost World	Post Apocalypse	Driving / Uprising / Hostage	7
502	Hercules	Fantasy	Sword & Sandal / Hostage	5
503	Swamp Diamonds	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Heist / Girls / Hostage	6
504	Secret Agent Super Dragon	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Secret Agent / World Domination	6
505	The Magic Voyage of Sinbad	Fantasy	Sword & Sorcery / Historical	6
506	Eegah	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Caveman / Teen / Musical	7
507	I Accuse My Parents	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Teen / Musical	8
508	Operation Double 007	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Secret Agent / Radiation / World Domination	7
509	The Girl in Lovers Lane	Earth Drama - Teen / Rebel	Crime / Tragedy	7
510	The Painted Hills	Earth Drama - Western	Revenge / Pet	5
511	Gunslinger	Earth Drama - Western	Revenge / Girls	5
512	Mitchell	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Police	9
513	The Brain that Wouldn’t Die	Mad Scientist With or Without Monsters	Human transformation / Creepy Guy	5
514	Teen-Age Strangler	Earth Drama - Revenge	Teen	5
515	The Wild Wild World of Batwoman	Mad Scientist With or Without Monsters	Comedy / Teen / Girls / World Domination	4
516	Alien From LA	Post Apocalypse	Hollow Earth	3
517	Beginning of the End	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Military / Radiation / Insects	7
518	The Atomic Brain	Mad Scientist With or Without Monsters	Human transformation	4
519	Outlaw	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Science Fantasy / Sword & Sandal	4
520	Radar Secret Service	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Police / Radiation	6
521	Santa Claus	Holiday	Satanic	5
522	Teen-Age Crime Wave	Earth Drama - Teen / Rebel	Revenge / Hostage	4
523	Village of the Giants	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Teen / Kid sidekick / Human transformation / Hostage	4
524	12 To The Moon	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Moon / Alien invasion	6
601	Girls Town	Earth Drama - Teen / Rebel	Teen / Crime	4
602	Invasion USA	Earth Drama - Cold War / Military	Cold War / Political intruigue	4
603	The Dead Talk Back	Earth Drama - Supernatural	Crime / Police / Mad scientist	5
604	Zombie Nightmare	Aliens / Monsters / Zombies On Earth	Teen / Crime / Revenge	4
605	Colossus and the Headhunters	Fantasy	Sword & Sandal	4
606	The Creeping Terror	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Earth invasion / Human as prey	7
607	Bloodlust!	Earth Drama - Jungle / Hunted	Teen / Stranded / Human as prey	5
608	Code Name Diamondhead	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Secret Agent / Heist	4
609	The Skydivers	Earth Drama - Teen / Rebel	Love Story / Revenge / Tragedy	5
610	The Violent Years	Earth Drama - Teen / Rebel	Teen / Crime / Girls	4
611	Last of the Wild Horses	Earth Drama - Western		3
612	The Starfighters	Earth Drama - Cold War / Military	Political intruige	5
613	The Sinister Urge	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Creepy Guy / Police	4
614	San Francisco International	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime		3
615	Kitten With A Whip	Earth Drama - Teen / Rebel	Teen / Girls	4
616	Racket Girls	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Crime / Girls / Creepy Guy	4
617	The Sword and the Dragon	Fantasy	Sword & Sorcery	5
618	High School Big Shot	Earth Drama - Teen / Rebel	Teen / Heist / Tragedy	3
619	Red Zone Cuba	Earth Drama - Cold War / Military	Political intruigue	3
620	Danger! Death Ray	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Secret Agent / World Domination	8
621	The Beast of Yucca Flats	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Human transformation / Radiation	3
622	Angel’s Revenge	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Crime / Teen sidekick / Girls / Music	6
623	The Amazing Transparent Man	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Crime / Revenge / Human transformation	4
624	Samson vs. The Vampire Women	Earth Drama - Supernatural	Vampire / Human as prey / Superhero	6
701	Night of the Blood Beast	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Alien invasion / Human transformation / World Domination	5
702	The Brute Man	Earth Drama - Revenge	Human transformation / Crime	5
703	Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell	Fantasy	Sword & Sorcery / Journey to save	3
704	The Incredible Melting Man	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Human transformation	3
705	Escape 2000	Post Apocalypse	Uprising	3
706	Laserblast	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Teen / Human transformation / Aliens	5
801	Revenge of the Creature	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Hostage	5
802	The Leech Woman	Earth Sci-Fi	Human as prey / Human transformation	4
803	The Mole People	Aliens / Monsters / Zombies On Earth	Hollow earth	4
804	The Deadly Mantis	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Military / Radiation / Insects	6
805	The Thing That Couldn’t Die	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Human transformation	4
806	The Undead	Earth Drama - Supernatural	Hypnotism / Historical	4
807	Terror From the Year 5000	Earth Sci-Fi	Time travel	4
808	The She-Creature	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Hypnosis / Revenge / Crime	4
809	I Was a Teenage Werewolf	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Hypnosis / Human transformation / Teen	4
810	The Giant Spider Invasion	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Aliens / Humans as prey / Insects	3
811	Parts: The Clonus Horror	Earth Sci-Fi	Human transformation / Human as prey / Hunted	4
812	Mixed Up Zombies	Aliens / Monsters / Zombies On Earth	Revenge / Human transformation	3
813	Jack Frost	Fantasy	Historical	5
814	Riding With Death	Earth Sci-Fi	Secret Agent / Driving	4
815	Agent for HARM	Earth Sci-Fi		4
816	Prince of Space	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Alien invasion / Superhero / Kid sidekick	7
817	The Horror At Party Beach	Aliens / Monsters / Zombies On Earth	Ocean	4
818	Devil Doll	Earth Drama - Supernatural	Hypnotism / Revenge / Creepy Guy	5
819	Invasion of the Neptune Men	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Earth invasion / Superhero / Kid sidekick	4
820	Space Mutiny	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Uprising	6
821	Time Chasers	Earth Sci-Fi	Time travel	4
822	Overdrawn At The Memory Bank	Earth Sci-Fi		4
901	The Projected Man	Mad Scientist With or Without Monsters	Human transformation / Revenge	3
902	The Phantom Planet	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Human transformation / Stranded	3
903	The Pumaman	Earth Sci-Fi	Superhero / Aliens	6
904	Werewolf	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Human transformation	3
905	The Deadly Bees	Earth Drama - Disaster	Insects / Disaster	3
906	The Space Children	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Alien invasion / Kids	3
907	Hobgoblins	Aliens / Monsters / Zombies On Earth	Teens / Comedy	6
908	The Touch of Satan	Earth Drama - Supernatural	Love story / Satanic	3
909	Gorgo	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Ocean / Kid sidekick	5
910	The Final Sacrifice	Earth Drama - Supernatural	Teen sidekick / Cult	6
911	Devil Fish	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Human as prey / Ocean	5
912	The Screaming Skull	Earth Drama - Supernatural	Tragedy	4
913	Quest of the Delta Knights	Fantasy	Historical / World Domination	4
1001	Soultaker	Earth Drama - Supernatural		4
1002	Girl in Gold Boots	Earth Drama - Teen / Rebel	Musical / Crime	5
1003	Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders	Earth Drama - Supernatural	Human transformation / Satanic	3
1004	Future War	Aliens / Monsters / Zombies On Earth	Time travel / Cyborgs / Dinosaurs	3
1005	Blood Waters of Dr. Z	Mad Scientist With or Without Monsters	Human transformation / Revenge / Ocean	3
1006	Boggy Creek 2	Earth Drama - Jungle / Hunted	Teens / College	3
1007	Track of the Moon Beast	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Human transformation / Love story	4
1008	Final Justice	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Police	6
1009	Hamlet	Earth Drama - Revenge	Historical	4
1010	It Lives By Night	Mad Scientist With or Without Monsters	Human transformation / Human as prey	3
1011	Horrors of Spider Island	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Human transformation / Girls / Human as prey / Creepy Guy	4
1012	Squirm	Aliens / Monsters / Zombies On Earth	Human transformation / Girls / Human as prey / Stranded	3
1013	Diabolik	Earth Drama - Spy / Crime	Secret Agent / Heist	6
1101	Reptilicus	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Ocean	6
1102	Cry Wilderness	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Kid sidekick	7
1103	The Time Travelers	Earth Sci-Fi	Time travel / Stranded	4
1104	Avalanche	Earth Drama - Disaster	Stranded	5
1105	The Beast of Hollow Mountain	Earth Sci-Fi	Dinosaur / Mexico	5
1106	Starcrash	Outer Space / Sci-Fi	Uprising / Journey to save	4
1107	The Land That Time Forgot	Earth Sci-Fi	Hollow earth	4
1108	The Loves of Hercules	Fantasy	Sword & Sandal / Hostage	4
1109	Yongary - Monster From The Deep	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Ocean	4
1110	Wizards of the Lost Kingdom	Fantasy	Sword & Sorcery	3
1111	Wizards of the Lost Kingdom 2	Fantasy	Sword & Sorcery	3
1112	Carnaval Magic	Earth Drama - Supernatural		6
1113	The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t	Holiday	Comedy	4
1114	At The Earth’s Core	Earth Sci-Fi	Hollow earth	4
1201	Mac and Me	Lone Alien / Monster / Zombie On Earth	Kid sidekick	6
1202	Atlantic Rim	Giant Monster / Kaiju	Earth invasion	5
1203	Lords of the Deep	Earth Sci-Fi		5
1204	The Day Time Ended	Earth Sci-Fi	Time travel	5
1205	Killer Fish	Earth Drama - Disaster	Stranded / Ocean	4
1206	Ator, The Fighting Eagle	Fantasy	Cult / Sword & Sorcery	5

[NotTVsFrank]

Do you have a screenshot of the illegible dropdown? Mine looks fine, but dropdowns can have a lot of variations. You may also want to try different browsers. If it looks particularly bad in one browser, you should report that as a bug.

[NotTVsFrank]

@JoelStandsForQuality

The drop down itself has a great selection of different genres to choose from, but the colors in the drop down menu need to be tweaked some as the white lettering on a very light gray/blue background is hard to see.

Do you have a screenshot of the illegible dropdown? Mine looks fine, but dropdowns can have a lot of variations. You may also want to try different browsers. If it looks particularly bad in one browser, you should report that as a bug.

[bygrinstow]

“Christmas” (or maybe “Holiday”) should definitely be a Genre category…

[ivan]

Holiday already is in the genre list. Is it not showing up for you?

[bygrinstow]

Oops, sorry, I just derped it. I was expecting “Christmas” since there are 3 Christmas specific movies, and had “Holiday” as an after thought when posting here…!

[euphoriafish]

I wouldn’t have thought of Holiday as a genre but I agree with you that it is one.

I generally think

• Kaiju
• Space exploration
• Teen drama ephemera
• Crime drama
• Medieval Fantasy
• Horror
• Sword and Sandal Fantasy
• Science Fiction
• Post Apocalyptic
• Mortality Concerns
• Exploitation

and Holiday, as you point out.

Maybe also Religious and Cult? Like the difference between Girls Town and Manos.