He Stinks

Juan Piquer Simon, auteur behind the MST3Ked Pod People, aka Los Nuevos Extraterrestres, has died of lung cancer at the age of 74. Telling the story of two aliens that looked like ALF post-unsuccessful rhinoplasty, one of whom does odd tricks while the other is a homicidal maniac, as they interact with a dysfunctional family and crappy band stranded in the woods, Pod People was one of MSTies’ favorite riffs. Other ridiculous films included Slugs, about a town apparently devoid of salt that is overrun by the title beasties; Pieces, about a chainsaw-wielding sociopath killing Boston’s co-eds to form a human jigsaw puzzle while being pursued by Christopher George in the all-dubbed, all-the-time portion of his career. The film ends when the corpse puzzle comes to life and rips off the killers testicles.