Popular Culture
One episode of the show This Movie Sucks! was dedicated to a double feature of two of Murray's films, The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy and Swamp of the Lost Souls. In the episode the edited down (and sometimes sped up) versions of the movies were made fun of by host Ed the Sock, Liana K and Ron Sparks with special guest Bandito who Liana dressed up like the robot from the first movie.
Three of his films were featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy in the first season, Santa Claus in the fifth season, and Samson vs. The Vampire Women in the sixth season. Additionally, The Brainiac appeared as an offering of RiffTrax, a movie-riffing service run by several MST3K alums.
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