Shorts, Volume 1 is a compilation release featuring seven popular shorts from Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was originally released on VHS by Rhino Entertainment in July 1998; it was later re-released on DVD as part of the Volume 2 set from Rhino and its re-issue, Volume II from Shout! Factory. The featured shorts are: The Home Economics Story (Episode #317), Junior Rodeo Daredevils (Episode #407), Body Care and Grooming Episode #510), Cheating (Episode #515), A Date with Your Family (Episode #602), Why Study Industrial Arts? (Episode #609} and The Chicken of Tomorrow (Episode #702).

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leader...

Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial fa...

After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human a...

An assassin called Filthy Harry is hired by a shady figure and charged with killing the heroes. The...

An employee of a secret company operation becomes the victim of the company's special weapons projec...

An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisatio...

Dallas, an American golf tutor, arrives in a quiet Sydney suburb to teach at the local school and se...

In the year 2050, mankind is extinct. The last survivors travel back in time to stop the invader, Ki...

Dr. Clayton Forrester figures he can rule the world if he deadens his subjects' brains by making the...

Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to...

Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the ...

Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—the strangest, m...

Year 2038: The mineral resources of the earth are drained, in space there are fights for the last de...

Evil mastermind Karla plans a robbery with her powerful army of zombie robots but a superhero group ...

Ro-Man, an alien robot who greatly resembles a gorilla in a diving helmet, is sent to earth to destr...

The film is about the relationship between crazy scientist George Edison and his son Leo. After bein...

At an abandoned old movie studio, security guards keep getting mysteriously murdered. The mystery: ...

The last remaining human soldiers of a devastated Earth fight against the machines for one last chan...

Many years ago tech giants lost control of AI robotic technology. By kidnapping and monitoring newbo...

During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangle...