The VHS Strikes Back

Once again Chris has thrown himself on his sword and picked a movie with the sole purpose of inflicting misery on Dave. This week's review is the 1990 Golden Harvest martial arts movie, China O'Brien. Starring Cynthia Rothrock, Richard Norton and Keith Cooke. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: China O'Brien; big...

This weeks episode has been chosen by our good friend and Patreon Brent from the Cinema Chat Podcast. He chose Career Opportunities (1991). A John Hughes film but does it hit the mark like his previous movies? If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Jim is the dorky son of a local cement contractor who lives at home and has no di...

Dave’s pick and he goes back to 1973 and the legendary Martial Arts Master Bruce Lee’s final movie Enter the Dragon. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Lee is recruited by a secretive intelligence group to infiltrate an island owned by the master criminal Han who appears publicly only at a martial arts tournament he hosts ev...

It’s Chris’ pick and he get back to his roots with a Martial Arts classic from the mid 80’s. Michael Dudikoff starring American Ninja. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter will little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a j...

This weeks review is the choice of Producer JAC (https://iamjacsmusings.wordpress.com/) and he's gone for the 1995 sci-fi action movie, Viruosity. Starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe and Kelly Lynch. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial...

This weeks review was chosen by our good friend and Patreon Maff. A movie Dave loved as a kid but Chris well……… If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Dar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after his birth, so he is sent to grow up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages. He d...

It's time for the 1995 movie adaptation of the popular martial arts game, Mortal Kombat. Directed by Paul Anderson and starring Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Based on the popular video game of the same name "Mortal Kombat" tells the story of an anci...

This week picks the 1988 bratpack western, Young Guns! But was it this one he meant to pick, or the sequel? If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: 1878 in New Mexico: John Tunstall picks up young gun men from the road to have them work on his ranch, but also to teach them reading and to civilize them. However he's a thorn in the...

After a listener Twitter poll we had chosen for us - Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan. Chris was and never will be a fan of the Star Trek films. So naturally when everyone found out they picked this over Empire Strikes Back lol. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: It is the 23rd century. Admiral James T. Kirk is an instructor at St...

This week is a Patreon pick, and it's the turn of our newest supporter Ben! And Ben's pick is an absolute corker of a low-budget 80's post-apocalyptic action film. Directed by Peter George and starring Gail Neely, Barry Brenner, and Robert Harden. This movie could be heading for an award, but it isn't an oscar. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstri...

Fight Club is Dave's choice this week and this is a classic from 1999. Directed by David Fincher and starring Ed Norton and Brad Pitt, this one has definitely become part of pop-culture! If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: A nameless first-person narrator (Edward Norton) attends support groups in attempt to subdue his emotion...

This week Chris has gone with another 'classic' Loren Avedon martial arts movie, The King of the Kickboxers, which is unofficially the fourth in the No Retreat No Surrender quadrilogy.  Surprisingly there were no oscar nominations for this one, and it's gonna be a bumpy ride. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Kahn is a...

This week our good friends, Jon and Jeff, over at the Predator Minute podcast take us back to 1988 the Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer fantasy movie Willow. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: A baby girl is discovered in a river by Ranon and Mims, the children of Willow Ufgood, a dwarf farmer and magician and the baby girl is t...

Our good friend Tony Farina used his Patreon pick and went back to 1988 and tHE John Carpenter movie They Live starring wrestling icon Rowdy Roddy Piper. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it rea...

This week we tackle one of Chris' favorite gangster movies and Kevin Costner's breakout role, The Untouchables from 1987. We get to enjoy Sir Sean Connery's Irish accent from his repertoire and the movie that gave him his one Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.  If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: After a worldwide...

Bonus episode of 20 quiz questions to test your knowledge with. No prizes, this one's just for a bit of fun.  If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: After a worldwide nuclear war, where 68% of the male population was wiped out and virile men becoming a rarity, Sam Hell, a scavenger and a highly virile man, is assigned to he...

This week we watched the 1988 cult-classic, Hell Comes to Frogtown. Starring wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper,  Sandahl Bergman and William Smith. You can check out this whole movie on YouTube . If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: After a worldwide nuclear war, where 68% of the male population...

For our New Year's themed movie pick this week, we tackle Ghostbusters II from 1989. After Chris roasted the first one, how does the sequel hold up?? If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Having lost their status and credibility five years after covering New York City with marshmallow in Ghostbusters (1984), the once-famous ban...

The guys pick a classic that is in everyones top 5 Christmas Movies. A movie that gave Macauley Culkin world wide stardom - Home Alone (1990). If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Kevin Macallister is sent to bed after a family argument on the eve of a holiday trip to Paris. When he wakes up his family have left and he is Home...

This week it is Chris’ pick and he couldn’t stitch Dave up so close to Christmas. So he picked the classic 1980 - Blues Brothers. The guys talk a lot about their band again and some dodgy school stories. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit "The Pen...

Our Patreon John Hammond picks this abomination of a movie but it has some amazing turns for the guys. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Mr. Giant has kidnapped the brilliant Dr. Van Kohler and is planning to use the Doctor's invention, the N-bomb, to hold the world hostage. The only one who can foil Mr. Giant's evil scheme...

his week we reviews the 1980 Spoof Comedy - Airplane (1980). Chris comes in hot but Dave brings some great points up that changes his mind. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: IDrowning his sorrows after that botched mission during WWII, the traumatised former fighter pilot with a fear of flying, Ted Striker, still hasn't got...

This weeks is Dave’s pick and he wanted to throw Chris under the bus but he couldn’t overlook a personal favourite from the 80’s. ’Nobody puts Baby in the corner’ Dirty Dancing (1987) If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: In 1963, Frances "Baby" Houseman, a sweet daddy's girl, goes with her family to a resort in upstate New Yor...

This week Chris gets his pick and boy does he go after Dave. He loved this movie as a kid but is it still good enough? He picked BMX Bandits (1983) starring Nicole Kidman. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: A trio of teen BMX bikers become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering their cache of walkie-talkies...

This week Chris and Dave are joined by the guys from the Predator Minute podcast, Jon and Jeff!! And my word, they've picked a corker for this week!! Ninja III: The Domination came out in 1984 and is a Canon cult-classic!! Check out Jon and Jeff on the fantastic Predator Minute podcast here .  If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot...