Cinema Insomnia

Cinema Insomnia
Cinema Insomnia's Long Lost Gigantis Episode.
Genre	Comedy, Cult
Created by	Mr. Lobo
Starring	Mr. Lobo
Theme music composer	Stan Fong
Opening theme	"Stompin' at 3 AM" by Stan Fong
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	87
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mr. Lobo, Scott Moon, Ernie Fosselius
Location(s)	The Void (setting) Sacramento, California San Francisco Bay Area(filming location)
Running time	2 hours (per episode)
Production company(s)	Cinema Insomnia Productions and FAL Studios
Release
Original release	July 28, 2001 (2001-07-28)
External links
Website

Cinema Insomnia is a nationally syndicated American television series presented by horror host Mr. Lobo.

Typically, Mr. Lobo opens each episode by promising to screen a well-known horror or science fiction classic (such as The Creature from the Black Lagoon or Alien); however budgetary limitations, acts of God or other circumstances invariably force him to show a much lower quality movie (such as Starcrash or Santa Claus Conquers The Martians).

Unlike the various hosts and robots of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mr. Lobo does not appear while the movie is playing; instead he appears in brief vignettes in between segments of the movie. Also included are fake commercials (such was one for "Rad Abrams – Skateboard Attorney"), old movie trailers, classic commercials, and footage and interviews shot at horror conventions, science fiction conventions, and film festivals across the country.

Mr. Lobo always appears on screen with a "70's professional" haircut, wearing "birth control" glasses and a black suit and tie. He acts as a spectral narrator broadcasting from a black void and his only connections to reality are the B-movies he presents. Mr. Lobo has often described himself by saying, "Imagine if you gave Rod Serling's job to someone who is totally incompetent."

Mr. Lobo often has one-sided conversations with Miss Mittens, a houseplant.

The show began as filler for the 3 AM movie on KXTV ABC News10 in Sacramento. It ran for 22 episodes (2001–2002) before the show was put on permanent hiatus. The second version of the show was made for local community television Access Sacramento, and ran for one year on Comcast Channel 17 and 18. This version of the show was also distributed to public-access television cable TV stations across the country via the Horror Host Underground. From 2003 to 2008 Cinema Insomnia was nationally syndicated airing on broadcast stations across the country. In 2008 Apprehensive Films, an indie distribution label, signed the show to release exclusive Cinema Insomnia DVDs. In 2009, Apprehensive Films took over the television distribution of the show as well, which resulted in re-licensing the show to AMGTV.