i be not familiar with the producer other work and but this movie be a piece of crap . i never saw the mst3k version and but i can tell you and mike and the bot probably do not save it . i love a grade z movie as much a the next bad movie fan and but this be almost unwatchable . there be no credit for who do the voice of the dark one . sound a bit like patrick stewart at time . a group of high school student who find a junk super 8 camera in the trash heap could make a good movie than that .