So just what is a Turkey Day Marathon? Back in the early ‘90s, when Mystery Science Theater was still on and Joel Robinson was still on board the Satellite of Love, Comedy Central would have something on the day after Thanksgiving calling it the Turkey Day Marathon, which would consist of 24 hours of MST3K. Not sure how many years they did it, but I knew I was in front of the TV for it as much as I could.

About a decade later, in 2003, I decided that I was going to something very similar to that. To celebrate all those cinematic shipwrecks, I was going to spend the Friday after Thanksgiving in front of my TV, assaulting my eyes with some of the best in bad cinema. How tough could it be? As much as I tried to get volunteers to join me on this insane escapade, no one was daring enough to do it. So I would have to go it alone. At least for the time being.

Now over the years, the definition of a “bad movie” or what we view during this event can always be debated. Yes, there are a lot of these titles that I would consider “great” films. Okay…maybe not great or well made, but they’re damn entertaining. And after all, that is what a movie is supposed to do, right? Of course, there are a few that are like having your toenails pulled out…very slowly. But that’s what we’re here for. Jumping on that grenade. Taking one for the team. We’re professional, so we know what we’re doing here.

What you’ll read here are our reviews of the movies that we tackle with each marathon. I don’t remember or had written down which films I watched on my very first T-Day Marathon back in 2003, but have kept record of every one since then. While I started doing these on my own, it wasn’t too long before I was joined by other died hard cinephiles.

Feel free to steal some of these titles to hold your own mind-numbing marathon. But just remember….to steal a quote from the opening of James Whale’s Frankenstein, “Well…we’ve warned you!”