The VHS Strikes Back

The VHS Strikes Back - EPS22 Chris and Dave are joined by Max Byrne. Max is a reviewer of various Comic book based media. As the guest he has chosen Terminator 2: Judgment Day to review.  Arnie in his absolute prime.  Give Max a follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/maxybyrne and follow the various links to see his work.  Plot Summary: Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor...

The VHS Strikes Back - EPS21  Chris gets to review one of his Mount Rushmore of films The Cannonball Run. Starring another of Chris' man crushes - Burt Reynolds. Dave goes in on some of the dated jokes and especially the way the women are portrayed in this movie.  Plot Summary:  IMDB: 6.3/10  Rotten Tomatoes: 30/100%  Metacritic: 28/100%  If there are any movies you w...

The VHS Strikes Back - EPS20 Chris gets Dave back for all the terrible movies he has made him sit down and review. No Holds Barred is a WWF produced and created action movie starring one of Chris' wrestling heroes Hulk Hogan. There is not much positive to talk about but its Hogan at his best.  Plot Summary: Rip is the World Wrestling Federation champion who is faithful to his fans and the net...

The VHS Strikes Back EPS19   Dave introduces Chris to another Horror movie - Poltergeist (1982) but does it live upto the hype? Dave recalls some memories of this movie.  Plot Summary:  A young family are visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the...

The VHS Strikes Back E18 Dave gets Chris to watch a movie that scared him so much he couldn't sleep as a kid if he saw the movie at his mates house. Does it stand up and will Chris still be as scared?  Plot Summary: On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends (comprising Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz) are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Fred Krueger....

The VHS Strikes Back E17 Dave and Chris review the 1984 pop culture classic - Karate Kid starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Elizabeth Shue. Chris calls out the terrible martial arts moves by some of the cast and Dave throws in some questions about Mr Myiagi Plot Summary: A boy and his mother move to California for a new job. He struggles to fit in, as a group of karate students starts to bully...

The VHS Strikes Back E16 Chris and Dave are back reviewing one of Chris' favourite movies of all time Lethal Weapon (1987). This movie means so much to Chris he digs his heels in when Dave has him at it within the review.  Plot Summary: Martin Riggs is an L.A. cop with suicidal tendencies and Roger Murtaugh is the unlucky police officer with whom Riggs is assigned. Together they uncover a hug...

The VHS Strikes Back E15 Chris and Dave are back reviewing the sequel to the hugely successful No Retreat No Surender. This is the sequel in a trilogy of films which do not actually follow the same story. Jean Claude Van Damme and Jason McKinney from the first film pulled out after Van Damme got scared that if they went filming in Cambodia they may get some male attention from the local pirates.&n...

VHS Strikes Back E14 Dave and Chris are back reviewing the cult classic First Blood starring Sylvester Stallone.  Originally a novel written by David Morrel. Morrell stated he was inspired to write the novel by hearing about the experiences of his students at the University of Iowa who had fought in Vietnam. The author also said "When I started First Blood back in 1968, I was deeply influence...

The VHS Strikes Back E13 Mashups aren't a new thing and it was at the comic publisher Dark Horse where they first came up with the idea to put together the Fox properties of Alien and Predator together in the 1990's, and which provided the inspiration for this movie. With a promising idea to have Predator's hunt Alien's as a rite of passage, Chris and Dave look at whether this movie lived up to in...

The VHS Strikes Back E12 Chris and Dave review the 1984 Blockbuster - Ghostbusters. The nostalgic memories are still there but the guys have a big issue with  Peter Venkman. What made the film such a classic and how the sequel may play out.  Plot Summary:  Three odd-ball scientists get kicked out of their cushy positions at a university in New York City where they studied the occult...

The VHS Strikes Back E11 This episode Chris and Dave are joined by Scott Weatherly from 20th Century Geek Podcast to review the 1984 Classic The Terminator. This is the film that transported Arnie to worldwide stardom and born many a catchphrase from him to dine off.  Plot Summary: A seemingly indestructible robot is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a young waitress, whose unborn son wil...

The VHS Strikes Back E10 This week the guys are back reviewing one of Harrison Ford's iconic characters -  Indiana Jones in  - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).  Chris had never watched this classic film all the way through and had a hate for it due to being forced to it as a kid.  Plot Summary: In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government t...

The VHS Strikes Back E9 This episode the guys review a pop culture classic from their youth, but did it live upto the nostalgic memory of Chris and Dave?  Plot Summary:  A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that. Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 80% IMDB Score:  7.8/10  Metacritic: 61%  Email the show at&nb...

The VHS Strikes Back E8 Dave and Chris review this Arnie classic. They pick out some 1980's cliche and have a lot of fun analysing Arnie's one liners.  Plot Summary:  A retired Special Forces colonel tries to save his daughter, who was abducted by his former subordinate. Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 70% IMDB Score:  6.7/10  Metacritic: 51%  Email the show at Comics...

The VHS Strikes Back E7 Chris and Dave are big Martial amovie fans so had to go back to a cult classic the 1986 - No Retreat No Surrender (1986) Starring  Kurt Kinner and Jean Claude Van-Damme.  Plot Summary:  Jason, a Bruce Lee fan, sees his karate instructor/dad beaten by martial art thugs. They move to Seattle where, after humiliations, he trains with Bruce Lee's ghost so he can...

The VHS Strikes Back E6 This week's episode we are joined by friend of the show Tony Farina: Tony Farina is a reviewer and writer for DC Comics News. Check out his reviews and interviews here: https://dccomicsnews.com He spends his days as an online writing Professor at Siena Heights University in Adrian, MI, USA. Check out information about his University here: start.sienaheights.edu/podcast...

The VHS Strikes Back E5 During the summer of 1999, the biggest movie to hit the cinemas was Star Wars: The Phantom Menace! But it was The Matrix which grew to be the hot movie of the year from word of mouth. When the Matrix got to home video, DVD's had started to become more available and the Matrix was one of those new releases. But the majority of people were still renting VHS at this time. The...

The VHS Strikes Back E4 The VHS Strikes Back - reviewing the 1982 movie Conan the Barbarian. This was the big breakthrough for Arnold Schwarzenegger and an iconic for the whole Sword and Sorcery genre. This epic movie also pulls in legends James Earl Jones and Max von Sydow to immediately give it a bit of gravitas. Conan was a pulp character, created by Robert E. Howard and first published in Weir...

The VHS Strikes Back E3  This is the third episode in a new podcast show reviewing some absolute classic VHS movies chosen by two friends Chris and Dave.  From the 70's to 90's no movie is off limits. This weeks review is the B-Movie Eliminators, Dave has seen this numerous times while Chris has never watched it. The guys take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with this straight to VHS B...

The VHS Strikes Back E2  This is the second episode in a new podcast show reviewing some absolute classic VHS movies chosen by two friends Chris and Dave.  From the 70's to 90's no movie is off limits. This weeks review is the absolute classic - Rocky 3 starring Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers and MR T.  The guys take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with this timeless classic.&n...

The VHS Strikes Back E1  This is the first in a new podcast show reviewing some absolute classic VHS movies chosen by two friends Chris and Dave.  From the 70's to 90's no movie is off limits. For the first episode they have chosen Back to the Future (1985) starring Michael J Fox and Christoper Lloyd. This movie has created so many pop culture references not only with the hosts but aroun...