News MST3K MST3K: RiffTrax Experiments To Kick Off With Deathsport as Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff Return Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff will return for the fourth episode By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on February 10, 2026 Courtesy of RiffTrax Comment 0 Share New Share Courtesy of RiffTrax MST3K needs no introduction in this part of the internet. The show where space puppets and a human host critique a classic movie that perhaps hasn’t held up well over the test of time is coming back with four new episodes. RiffTrax, the company where MST3K alumni Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett work, and Shout! Studios are behind these new episodes, which have the moniker MST3K: The RiffTrax Experiments. When the news broke on February 2, we didn’t know what movies the gang would tackle. We’ve recently, however, gotten more news: one of the movies will be 1978’s Deathsport. RiffTrax released a short teaser letting us know what we’re in for: sci-fi desert shenanigans, swords, and interesting headgear. The film was also one that MST3K host Joel Hodgson planned to do for the season fourteenth season campaign that didn’t come through. We also got news via RiffTrax’s Kickstarter (which, by the way, collected more than $1 million the day it launched) that we’ll see some additional familiar faces. Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff are coming back as the villains for the fourth and final episode, reprising their roles as Dr. Clayton Forrester & TV’s Frank. The two will also co-write an episode, though it’s not clear if Deathsport will be their episode. Given the framing, it seems likely that it’s not. More MST3K news will be coming out soon, if the hints RiffTrax is leaving on their Kickstarter are any indication. While we wait, check out the teaser trailer for Deathsport below. [end-mark] The post <i>MST3K: RiffTrax Experiments</i> To Kick Off With <i>Deathsport</i> as Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff Return appeared first on Reactor.