MST3K: Volume XXXI, The Turkey Day Collection
DVD
Director: Lewis Collins, Alex Nicol, Jeff Lieberman, Harold Kress
Writer: Jo Pagano, John Kneubuhl, Jeff Lieberman, True Boardman
Cast: Joel Hodgson, Michael J. Nelson, Tom Servo, Crow T. Robot
Shout! Factory
Not Rated | 480 Minutes
Release Date: November 25, 2014

In the not-too-distant future…

The latest collection of episodes from Mystery Science Theater 3000 celebrates the cult television series’ Turkey Day tradition. First held in 1991 to commemorate the show’s third anniversary, the MST3K Turkey Day marathon aired on Comedy Central from midnight, November 28, to 6:00 a.m. on November 29.

The annual Turkey Day marathon aired on Comedy Central until 1995, and the Sci-Fi Channel ran a Thanksgiving MST3K marathon in 1997, unofficially known as Turkey Day ’97. Last year, Shout! Factory produced an online six-episode marathon of MST3K episodes, hosted by Joel Hodgson to celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary.

Now Shout! Factory is bringing the tradition home with MST3K: Volume XXXI, The Turkey Day Collection. This collector’s edition set includes four turkeys: Jungle Goddess, The Painted Hills, The Screaming Skull, and Squirm.

Squirm
Blu-ray
Director: Jeff Lieberman
Screenwriter: Jeff Lieberman
Cast: Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R.A. Dow, Jean Sullivan, Peter MacLean, Fran Higgins, William Newman, Barbara Quinn
Scream Factory
Rated R | 93 Minutes
Release Date: October 28, 2014

Written and directed by Jeff Lieberman (Blue Sunshine, Just Before Dawn), 1976’s Squirm is one of those “nature strikes back” movies – you know, like Frogs, Slugs, or Food of the Gods, where otherwise harmless animals become cold-blooded killers because of man’s propensity for playing God.

In the case of Squirm, it’s an avalanche of bloodthirsty killer worms, writhing across the American South in a tidal wave of terror! Set in the rural town of Fly Creek, Georgia, Squirm gets to squirmin’ when a powerful storm knocks utility poles over and the resulting surge of electricity drives the worms to the surface.

Millions of carnivorous worms overrun the sleepy fishing village, burrowing into the flesh of Fly Creek’s locals – human beings so impossibly dull that they make rubber fishing bait seem not only interesting, but absolutely enthralling. OK, so “enthralling” is probably a stretch, but obviously the stars of a movie called Squirm are the worms, not the wormfood.