The VHS Club

This week on The VHS Club , Katie is joined by the ever-entertaining Alex Balish for a rewatch of the baseball comedy classic Major League (1989). Directed by David S. Ward and stacked with unforgettable performances from Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen, and Wesley Snipes, Major League is the ultimate underdog sports movie — loud, crude, surprisingly heartfelt, and endlessly quotable....

This week on The VHS Club , we’re heading back to Rydell High as Katie is joined by special guest Jeff Dwoskin from the Classic Conversations podcast to revisit the musical phenomenon that defined generations: Grease (1978). Directed by Randal Kleiser and starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, Grease is bigger than a movie — it’s a full-on pop culture event. Packed with instantly recogniza...

This week on The VHS Club , Katie is joined by special guest Jeff Sieh from Social Media News Live to dive into the wildly imaginative world of Innerspace (1987). Directed by Joe Dante and starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, and Meg Ryan, this genre-bending sci-fi comedy shrinks big ideas down to microscopic scale. With groundbreaking visual effects, rapid-fire jokes, and a surprising amount of h...

This week on The VHS Club , Katie is joined by special guest Kathy from Pop Kulture Kids to unpack the emotional rollercoaster that is Hope Floats (1998). Starring Sandra Bullock and Harry Connick Jr., this late-’90s drama tells a quiet but powerful story about heartbreak, resilience, and starting over. When Birdee Pruitt’s life unravels in the most public way possible, returning to her small Texa...

This week on The VHS Club , Katie is joined by special guest Josh to revisit the high-energy, nostalgia-fueled big-screen debut of everyone’s favorite spandex-clad heroes: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995). Taking the wildly popular TV series to cinematic heights, this movie goes all-in on colorful characters, explosive action, and unapologetic ’90s attitude. With Ivan Ooze chewing sc...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re heading back to 1988 to summon one of the strangest, funniest, and most endlessly quotable movies of the decade: Beetlejuice . Directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, and a young Winona Ryder, this dark comedy is a perfect storm of gross-out humor, gothic style, and unhinged performances. Packed with ghosts, ghouls, haunted real estat...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re finishing off our 80s dance movie miniseries with the ultimate dance-floor classic: Dirty Dancing (1987). Starring Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, this American romantic dance drama is way more than its iconic lifts and quotable lines. Packed with chemistry, social tension, unforgettable music, and one of the most electric finales in movie history, Dirty Dancing...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re crossing the streams and revisiting the supernatural comedy that defined the 80s: Ghostbusters (1984). Directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Sigourney Weaver, this blockbuster is a perfect blend of smart comedy, sci-fi chaos, and iconic character work. From scrappy startup energy to city-destroying paranormal mayhem, Gho...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re waking up to the same day over and over again as we revisit one of the smartest, funniest, and most endlessly re-watchable comedies of the 90s: Groundhog Day (1993). Directed by Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray as the eternally cynical Phil Connors, this time-loop classic somehow balances sharp comedy, heartfelt transformation, and big philosophical questions...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re stepping back into the jazzy, pie-filled streets of 1920s Chicago — as reimagined through the wonderfully strange musical Bugsy Malone (1976). Directed by Alan Parker and starring a very young Jodie Foster and Scott Baio, this cult classic does something completely unhinged and somehow pulls it off: classic gangster drama performed entirely by kids, complete with...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re cranking the volume and stepping into the neon-lit, rock-and-roll dreamscape of Streets of Fire (1984). Directed by Walter Hill, this cult favorite bills itself as a “rock & roll fable,” and it means it. Blending gritty action, heightened romance, and music-video energy, the film drops us into a stylized world where fists fly, motorcycles roar, and every night...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re taking a glamorous stroll down Rodeo Drive to revisit the modern fairy tale that defined 90s rom-coms: Pretty Woman (1990). Starring Julia Roberts in her star-making role and Richard Gere as the charming Edward, this romantic comedy blends humor, wish fulfillment, and unforgettable fashion into a movie that became an instant cultural touchstone. From shopping spre...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re warping back to the late ’80s to revisit the pilot that launched one of the most beloved sci-fi series of all time: Star Trek: The Next Generation — “Encounter at Farpoint.” Before seven seasons, movies, and endless reruns, there was this ambitious first voyage. Introducing Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the crew of the USS Enterprise-D, and the ever-enigmatic Q, the pi...

This week on The VHS Club , it’s time for a holiday double feature as we dive into two Muppet-filled Christmas classics: A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) and The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). These two specials represent peak Muppet holiday magic — equal parts chaos, warmth, and genuinely heartfelt storytelling. From living-room singalongs and surprise guest appearances to Dickensian redemption w...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re diving into the wonderfully weird world of Better Off Dead (1985) with special guests Kathy & Kenny from Pop Kulture Kids . This cult comedy is pure 80s absurdity — packed with surreal gags, endlessly quotable moments, and a John Cusack performance that somehow includes skiing revenge, burger-based art, and a saxophone solo. It’s the kind of movie that feels l...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re revisiting one of the most inspirational sports movies of all time: Rudy (1993). Based on the true story of Rudy Ruettiger, this underdog classic follows a kid with big dreams, limited opportunities, and an unshakable belief that he belongs on the field at Notre Dame. Built on grit, perseverance, and sheer determination, Rudy has become shorthand for never giving...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re suiting up for a slam-dunk trip back to the 90s with Space Jam (1996). This wild crossover brought basketball legend Michael Jordan together with the Looney Tunes for a movie that felt less like a film and more like a cultural event. Mixing live action, animation, sports hype, and an absolutely iconic soundtrack, Space Jam became a VHS-era staple that lived in bed...

This week on The VHS Club , it’s time for a crossover episode as Katie & Nat team up with John, Mark, and Producer Pete from If These Balls Could Talk to talk 90s movies and sports — which means it’s finally time for The Sandlot (1993). This coming-of-age classic follows Scotty Smalls and his new neighborhood crew as they bond over backyard baseball, take on the legendary Beast, and create the...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re embracing spooky season with a movie that may not be technically scary… but absolutely haunted our childhoods: Ernest Scared Stupid (1991). Part comedy, part Halloween comfort watch, this Ernest adventure somehow managed to feel genuinely creepy when we were kids — especially thanks to that troll design. It’s goofy, weirdly unsettling, and packed with peak early-’...

This week on The VHS Club , it’s time to feed the plants as we revisit the quirky musical horror-comedy classic Little Shop of Horrors (1986). Directed by Frank Oz, this cult favorite follows Seymour, a meek flower shop worker who stumbles upon a strange and unusual plant that brings him fame, fortune… and a whole lot of trouble. Packed with dark humor, unforgettable songs, and one of the most ico...

This week on The VHS Club , spooky season continues as we dive into the ultimate 90s thriller: The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Equal parts psychological horror, crime procedural, and character study, this Oscar-winning classic is as unsettling as it is brilliant. From Jodie Foster’s quietly powerful Clarice Starling to Anthony Hopkins’ unforgettable Hannibal Lecter, the film burrowed into pop cul...

This week on The VHS Club , we may never sleep again — because spooky season officially kicks off with A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Wes Craven’s genre-defining slasher introduced the world to Freddy Krueger, a villain who didn’t just chase you down dark alleys… he came for you in your dreams. Blending surreal horror, inventive kills, and a creeping sense of inevitability, Nightmare redefined...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re heading to Arrakis with Brian and John from Cinema Psychos to tackle the gloriously strange, endlessly debated sci-fi epic Dune (1984). You may know Dune from the recent adaptations, but this is the original — David Lynch’s ambitious, baffling, visually unforgettable take on Frank Herbert’s 1955 novel. Packed with whispered inner monologues, baroque production des...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re doing something a little different — instead of reviewing a movie, we’re rewinding all the way back to talk about the history of VHS and the VCR . Before streaming queues and digital libraries, there was the clunky plastic cassette that changed how we watched movies forever. From its rise in the late ’70s to total domination through the ’80s and ’90s — and its eve...

This week on The VHS Club , we’re finally warping into Star Trek movie territory as we revisit one of the most beloved entries in the franchise: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Often hailed as the high point of the original Star Trek film run, Wrath of Khan trades slow sci-fi spectacle for character-driven drama, naval-style combat, and deeply personal stakes. With Ricardo Montalbán’s icon...