The VHS Strikes Back

The guys have been on a Steven Siegal google journey recently so with that being said they had to go back and review his only movie to receive an Academy nomination and his one and only Fresh Rotten Tomatoes movie. Under Siege (1992). If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: The legendary U.S. battleship, the U.S.S. Missiouri is g...

We ran a Halloween movie poll and unfortunately for Chris - Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) won. Would this cult classic banned around the world for so long stand up to the guys scrutiny. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Driving through the backwoods of Texas, five youths pick up a traumatized hitchhiker, who shoots hersel...

Remo Williams: Unarmed and Dangerous is the choice of friend of the show and Pateron support Glynn Davies! The creators were hoping to build a James Bond style franchise and brought on writers and directors to make that happen. Listen to find out what we thought! If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: An officially "dead" cop is...

This weeks review was suggested by our good friend and Patron - Brent from the Cinema Chat Podcast http://www.cinemachatpodcast.com - Scream 3 (2000) Chris has fond memories of this one but does Dave. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Sidney is hibernating in the woods, her whereabouts are unknown to everyone but Dewey. Aft...

Chris gets his pick this week but it’s not a Martial Arts turkey. This one is in his exclusive top 20 movies that now has about 58 films lol! Will Dave throw it under the bus like Chris did with MallRats last week? If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Joe Hallenbeck is a burned-out detective. Jimmy Dix is an ex-LA Stallions pl...

This week we go back to 1995 with Kevin Smith's cult-classic, Mallrats. One Dave holds in high regard, Chris will be watching this for the first time.  Thanks to our Executive Producers, Glyn Davies, Tony Farina, Brent from Cinema Chat and John Hammond. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Brodie Bruce, a Sega and comic b...

This week the choice was in the hands of our executive producer Tony Farina and he picked the 1993 Western - Tombstone starring Kurt Russell. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. He meets his brothers there, as we...

We throw this truely awful Martial Arts B-Movie in the mix, but it is also an amazing piece of cinema. You have to watch it!! If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: The year is 1987. Motorcycle ninjas tighten their grip on Florida's narcotics trade, viciously annihilating anyone who dares move in on their turf. Multi-national ma...

We ran a poll this week for our social media followers to pick a High School coming of age movie. The landslide winner by a mile was American Pie. A film Dave and Chris loved in 1999. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Jim, Oz, Finch and Kevin are four friends who make a pact that before they graduate they will all lose thei...

This week, Dave chooses Quentin Tarantino's debut movie, Reservoir Dogs from 1992. This movie was banned in the UK until 1995, but there are always ways and means! This made a huge splash during the Sundance festival, propelled a number of the actors into stardom and created a number of iconic pop-culture scenes. Thanks to our Executive Producers, Tony Farina, Brent from Cinema Chat, and John Hamm...

We have created a youtube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClu9swG3VLLXpLYWmVDXbqg ) and did our first watch along to a classic Martial Arts movie - No Retreat No Surrender.  We had so much fun and decided to convert it to a podcast. Hope you enjoy it!! 

This week's offering is Chris’ choice. He picks one of his “Top 20” Movies of all time - The Fast and Furious. The film that excelled Vin Diesel and the late Paul Walker. Thanks to our Executive Producers, Tony Farina, Brent from Cinema Chat and John Hammond. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Los Angeles street racer Domini...

For this weeks review we are joined by our Patreon supporter and Executive Producer Glyn Davies. Glyn has been a big supporter of the show and for his movie pick he went with the 1985 Karate film - The Last Dragon. Chris and Dave had never seen this before so would this legendary movie still stand up? Thanks to our Executive Producers, Tony Farina, Brent from Cinema Chat and John Hammond. If you e...

It's Patreon pick this week and we're looking at the 1991 cult-classic, Samurai Cop. Written and Directed by Amir Shervan, this straight to video, low budget Lethal Weapon rip-off had passed Chris and Dave by and it's cult status is largely due to how bad it is. But how would this review, given it never stood up in the first place?? Episode Producer: John Hammond (twitter.com/JohnHammond73) Episod...

This week we go back to 1982 and watch the biggest grossing movie of the 1980’s. Steven Spielbergs E.T.  The guys have never liked or watched this movie properly but due to not really getting the story but has age mellowed them? We also get some impressions. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: After a gentle alien become...

The VHS Strikes Back EPS55 This week we dedicate this episode to our good friend Max Byrne. His choice and one of his all time classics. Are the guys nice to this one? Even with the Spanish Scottish accents. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: In New York City, the owner of a sophisticated antique shop Russell Edwin Nash is c...

This week it's the Patreon choice and we're joined by Brent from the Cinema Chat Podcast to review the 1997 Scream 2!  Catch the Cinema Chat review of one of our favorites, Bloodsport: t.co/EJf4GLhZgu. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Two years after the first series of murders, as Sydney acclimates to college life, someon...

The VHS Strikes Back EPS54 This weeks review has been chosen by our social media followers. We wanted do a Vietnam classic. However we didn’t think Missing In Action 2: The Beginning would be the outright pick. If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capt...

The VHS Strikes Back Ep53 This week we're treated to a sword and sorcery adventure movie and cult classic, Hawk the Slayer. A low budget British made movie and favorite of Dave's, Chris is certain to be tortured!! You can find it currently on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXffdnOOE_Q&t=2644s If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback P...

The VHS Strikes Back EPS52  Chris gets Dave back with the 1976 car cause romp starring Ron Howard - Eat My Dust. This was a holy grail VHS rental from Chris’ childhood mainly for the car on the sleeve. But this is up there as one of the worse movies ever!!  If you enjoy the show we have a Patreon, become a supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Darlene's into going fa...

The VHS Strikes Back EPS51 Chris and Dave are joined by their good friend Tony Farina. Tony is the host of Indie Comics Spotlight on our Comics In Motion Feed. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/indie-comics-spotlight-19-the-walking-dead/id1350425403?i=1000477640498 He chose the 1991 Irish coming of age movie The Commitments. One that Chris holds dear to his heart. Not only is Tony a great guy...

The VHS Strikes Back EPS51 We put a poll out to our listeners of Sports movies. The outright winner was Rocky 4 (1985). A great movie loved by both of the guys. Pure 80’s nostalgia and training montages. What more could you ask for? Plot Summary: Rocky Balboa accompanies his friend Apollo Creed to the ring in a boxing match against a Russian Boxer named Ivan Drago. Drago is too strong for Creed, a...

The VHS Strikes Back EPS50 Dave picks the 1996 Slasher classic Scream by Wes Craven. This is one of Chris’ favourites so hes not as scared with this review. Plot Summary: A year after her mother's death, Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell), and her friends started experiencing some strange phone calls. They later learned the calls were coming from a crazed serial killer, in a white faced mask and a la...

The VHS Strikes Back EPS49 This week’s review is Chris’ favourite movie of all time Smokey and the Bandit starring Burt Reynolds. Nothing that Dave throws at it can turn Chris but he has a good go! Plot Summary: Bandit and Cledus are two truck-driving southerners who accept a dare from big-shots Big and Little Enos to pick up a truckload of beer from Texas and return it to them within a specified...

The VHS Strikes Back EPS48 This weeks offering we threw a vote out on twitter with which Arnie Sci-Fi movie they would like the guys to review. Well with great pleasure to Chris, one of his top 3 Arnie movies won - The Running Man (19870 Plot Summary: In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, r...