Mystery Science Theater 3000: 10 Worst Movies They Riffed

5. The Wild World of Batwoman (1966)

wild world of batwomanSummary: The movie supposedly follows the exploits of Batwoman and her young agent "Batgirls" as they fight crime. Specifically, as they fight Batwoman's nemesis Rat Fink, a masked villain who plots to purchase a super powerful hearing aid, allowing him to eavesdrop on any conversation. Why It Stinks: Due to the success of the Batman television series, director Jerry Warren decided it was time to make a film to capitalize on the popularity of it (Note to filmmakers: Please stop doing this! It doesn't work!). Only problem was, he had a flaw in his thinking. See, it wasn't the human-in-an-anthropomorphic-bat-suit that people were watching it for. People watched Batman because it had humor, style, flash, some mystery, and good acting. The Wild World of Batwoman has none of those things, deciding to instead supplement their complete lack of script with gratuitous scenes of young girls "dancing". I put "dancing" in quotations for a reason... Sample: The first 54 seconds are a short preceding the film, after which the atrocity begins. Best Riff: "The music is terrible, but at least it's drowning out the dialogue!"
 
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