After a triumphant debut at Blobfest riffing “Son of the Blob”, Movie Riffing Melee is coming back for a pre-Halloween treat. Here’s the description from The Colonial Theatre’s website:
“Matt McGinnis’s Movie Riffing Melee returns to the Colonial Theatre for a special spook-tacular Halloween event, and this time YOU are the star!
Along the way, randomly-selected audience members will have the chance to riff against each other in a fast-paced, competitive melee to take home the title of “Movie Riffing Royalty.” But don’t worry about coming up with all those zingers right off the dome – we’ll provide the script, you provide the performance! Think you have what it takes?Join Matt McGinnis (Mystery Science Theater 3000 ) and his wonderful assistant, Roxie, as they present the 1940 Bela Lugosi film, The Devil Bat , in which a mad scientist uses a large bat to kill anyone who wears his custom-made aftershave lotion. Yes, that’s the real story.”
If it was the main theater, I’d wing it, but it‘s one of the side rooms with 174 seats. I don’t think it will sell out, but maybe.
It would almost be a “day before” decision for me - about 4.5 hours each way means I pretty much have to spend the night somewhere, not counting the possibility of ca-ca weather.
So I went ahead and got a ticket, and will treat things as if it’s a go, until it is (possibly) isn’t.
Anyone else hope this can become a thing for Matt to regularly do and create something on his terms? If there was ability to stream it, I’m sure a not insignificant number of people would sign up on Patreon or what not to view it.
