The Home Video Hustle

Chris has been gunning for this movie to be on the podcast for a long time now, so much so that he made it his Patreon pick. This is actually only my second time seeing The Mummy! Anita and Chris are super fans though and will probably be mad if I say it sucks. I do remember liking this film though, so let's see if it holds up this time around. Support The Show On Patreon - https://www.patreon.com...

Happy New Year! Back in October when PJ came to visit, we recorded a secret episode that I was holding onto. I figured, what would be a better way to bring in the New Year, than with PJ and I together again and talking about a series that he has no love for, "Star Wars!" We finally made it to the Disney era films and PJ has had hope that he may finally be able to enjoy these now. PJ also learns ab...

It's the last episode of 2024 and the end of the Holiday Hustle! Anita had just finished reading The Shining novel and neither her nor Chris have ever seen the film. Yeah, its not a "Christmas" movie but there's snow, it's winter, it's fine. This is one of my favorite horror films of all time but I have to see what they think about it. We hope you enjoy the show! Support The Show On Patreon - http...

Happy Holidays to all and to all, a movie that none of the three of us have seen before! A huge gap in our Christmas and overall film viewing, will be filled today. Anita is not the biggest fan of comedy films, but she loves that holly jolly, so can it win her over? Another surprise, Chris is actually in on the mic with us, as he was in town to celebrate his birthday. We spiked some hot chocolate,...

It's a Christmas miracle; PJ is back with us this week! Anita really wanted to watch Last Holiday and PJ agreed. Chris and I have never seen it before, and Anita is hoping our inner Grinch doesn't come out! PJ and I also give our thoughts on the new Kendrick Lamarr album, "GNX," we discuss what we would do if we found out we only had one month to live like Queen Latifah's character in the film, PJ...

The Christmas Hustle begins this week and i'm just going to get a movie in for myself early. Yeah, it may not be traditionally holly and jolly but it made me smile! Chris and Anita have never seen it and it's my first time watching it since I was a kid. It didn't really leave an impression on me back then but all these years later, maybe it can now. Anita also gives her quick review on Wicked, I g...

Let's end the Halloween Hustle for 2024 with some new hotness! I was scrolling through social media a few months back kept seeing people talk about this movie called "The Substance." I would hear the terms "body horror" and "instant classic" thrown around and then I heard comparisons to movies I love and so, it had to be watched. Chris had heard nothing about it, so it went in as blind as possible...

Unfortunately, we lost Tony Todd recently, so I figured we should show him some love by watching a film of his that I really don't see get discussed very often. Remakes get a bad rep and if im being honest, it's deserved a lot of the time, but I saw this film only once before and thought it was cool. Chris has never seen it before, so this was a fun convo to have. We also had to talk about that Ty...

Cameron makes his way back onto the podcast this week and he's actually the reason we watched Halloween H20. It was playing during a Halloween marathon and he had a lot of thoughts about it. As kids, we watched it and both agreed that it was more entertaining than the original! We're both grown men, more sophisticated i'd hope, so it's time to revisit this favorite from our childhood and see if it...

Oh yeah, the Halloween Hustle hasn't stopped! We continue on into November with another film, like Possessor, that I always wanted to watch but just never got around to. With the sequel in theaters now, I figured this would be as good a time as any. Smile has a lot more going on than I expected, and it gave Chris and I a lot to talk about. We still had to take a moment to discuss our love of White...

The Halloween Hustle continues on into November! Our Patron Reneco wanted us to check out Lamberto Bava's "Demons!" I've actually seen this before thanks to Joe Bob Briggs but this is a first time watch for Chris. There isn't much plot to discuss with this film so we discuss the practical effects, the crazy layout of the movie theater, the terrible dubbing and it gave me a reason to break the tran...

Much love to our Patron Jerika! She contributes to the Halloween Hustle this week and she has Chris and I getting into a few debates about this film. Possessor has been on my radar for a long time and I was very curious to see what the son of David Cronenberg would be able to do in the same landscape his father became a master in. The bodies get done horribly, everything is weird, it's violent as...

It wouldn't be a Halloween Hustle without a Friday the 13th film and the homie Trade Voorhees is back to once again, lend us his horror knowledge. We were hype to get to this film because Trade had some strong thoughts about it, just not the ones you may be thinking. Did it just get too much hate at the time like Halloween III did or was this really just a two pack of you know what? Support The Sh...

A new Stephen King flick just dropped on Max and I figured it would be fun because neither Chris, nor I have ever seen any version of Salem's Lot or read the book, so this is all brand new to the both of us. Chris did do a little extra homework and watch most of the original adaptation before the show, so he was able to fill in some gaps when I had questions. It doesn't seem to have great review s...

It's Halloween Hustle time! We have to start this right and how more right can it be than to have PJ back by my side on the microphone, liquor in the cups and THE friendship fundamental, Grindhouse. PJ, Chris and I went to see this in theaters back in 2007 and since 2017 when we started HVH, we have referenced this film, told the story of going to see this film and showed it nothing but love. It t...

Our Patron Seth Blackwell has us dive back into the world of weird, art films and he even joins us to try and figure out just what the hell this even is. Chris and I have never seen it, Anita is out this week and we had to ask Seth on multiple occasions, "WHY?" Being from Ohio, this film did intrigue Chris and I but disappointed us both when we found out it wasn't actually filmed there! Some of ou...

Thanks to Patreon, we all get to fill a hole in our pop culture knowledge as none of us have ever seen The Warriors. A movie with a rabid cult fanbase and loved by rappers all over, can it be any good in 2024? We kept straight with the movie this week, not a ton of side convos but we did get Anita singing for a second, Trade Voorhees gets some play with his new EP that just dropped, and Dell made...

Thanks to our supporter Kevin Rodriguez, we get to go back in time and review a film that none of us have watched in a real long time. For the first time in a while, we all had wildly different thoughts about the movie and one of us may have some torches and pitchforks coming their way. We also discuss if we would go back in time if given the opportunity, how different this movie could've played o...

So, I have avoided this film for 22 years but because of Anita and Chris, I have to finally watch it. As a kid, I had no interest in the American Jackie Cham films (other than Rush Hour) and I didn't watch any of them. I expect the worst but i'm being open. It also helps that PJ is with us this week! In true HVH style, we break the movie down and discuss other things like, do clothes really make t...

Alien was so good that Anita and Chris couldn't wait to watch the next movie! Even better is that Chris came out to visit us here in Cali, so all three of us are on the mic in person again, like old times. I was brimming with anticipation for them to see the first 10 minutes of this movie and if you know why, you know. Anita and I also went to see Alien: Romulus and give quick thoughts, we hip Ani...

I get to show Chris his first Brandon Lee film and I get to re-analyze this movie after previously reviewing it on the Old Man Orange Podcast about five years ago! A buddy cop movie with decapitations, neck snaps, spin wheel death explosions, water hoses down the throat and weird lines from Brandon Lee for sure has to be a fun time right? We also reminisce on the old days playing Mortal Kombat II...

The spirit of PJ lives on because like him, apparently Chris and Anita haven't seen anything either. This is a first time watch for them both and Chris had never even watched the original, so he gives his review of that film as well. This was a staple of my childhood, the same way the Harry Potter movies were staples of theirs, so let's see if they can come around to Aliens like I did for some of...

Chris and i are on the mic this week and thanks to our supporter, Scott Widney, I get to check out a flick that has been on my radar for a while now but I juts never got around to. I don't know what was up with me this day but I was on one. Went into several rants like in the old days of the podcast, talking about people spoiling movies online, streaming services being trash, home media being wack...

The patrons have spoken once again and this time, the homie Nick wanted us to watch the 1989 karate flick, "Best of the Best." Always saw this movie playing on HBO as a kid but never actually checked it out. Very curious to see just how much karate Eric Roberts is about to throw down with! Because of a bicycle scene in the film, we all discuss our trials of learning to ride a bike, I have question...

Mario gifts us with his next Patreon pick this week and I've actually never seen Horror Express; it was on my entirely too long list of movies to get around to one day. I was able to talk Anita into watching this horror film since it was light on jump scares. The movie was slightly hard to follow at points, but we got through it and the final thoughts may shock you! I also got to hip Anita to a bu...