The VHS Strikes Back

Whatever Entertainment

Nostalgic movie review show hosted by Whatever Entertainment team, Dave and Chris. The guys go back in time to review some wonderful and truly awful movies from the days before streaming and even DVD's and had to go to the video store to pick up the latest entertainment.

If you want to email the show please contact us on:

thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com

Subscribe Listen in podnod RSS feed Show website

376 episodes
Updated Wednesday
Explicit

Episodes376

Newest first

Jul 18, 2020 · 1 hr 11 min
Missing In Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
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 capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape. IMDB: 5.4/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 47/100% Metacritic: 43/100% If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Jul 8, 2020 · 1 hr 5 min
Hawk the Slayer (1980)
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 Plot Summary: With the aid of his companions, a man seeks to defeat his evil brother who has taken a nun hostage IMDB: 5.5/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 56%/100% (audience score) Metacritic: N/A If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Jul 1, 2020 · 45 min
Eat My Dust (1976)
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 fast, Hoover's into Darlene, but when they both get into a red-hot race car, the reckless fun accelerates into a trunk-full of hot pursuits. IMDB: 5.6/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 0/100% Metacritic: 0/100% If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Jun 24, 2020 · 1 hr 23 min
The Commitments (1991)
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 he’s our first Patreon supporter. www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback Plot Summary: Jimmy Rabbitte, bored with bands in Ireland, assembles a soul band in the tradition of Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, and Aretha Franklin made up of a group of young white musicians from working class Dublin. With the help of Joey "The Lips" Fagan, the veteran musician of the band who has played around the world with famous musicians, they whip the members into shape - coming together beautifully onstage, only to have the group fall apart in a clash of egos. IMDB: 7.6/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 89/100% Metacritic: 73/100% We now have a patreon if you want to support the show. Several tiers to help the show. Give it a look - thanks www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Jun 17, 2020 · 55 min
Rocky 4 (1985)
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, and unfortunately kills him in his match. Balboa blames himself for Creed's death and is determined to defeat Drago in a boxing match. He gains the help of Creed's former manager, Duke and travels to U.S.S.R. to take on Drago. IMDB: 6.9 /10 Rotten Tomatoes: 40/100% Metacritic: 40/100% We now have a patreon if you want to support the show. Several tiers to help the show. Give it a look - thanks www.patreon.com/thevhsstrikesback If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Jun 10, 2020 · 47 min
Scream (1996)
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 large black robe, looking for revenge. His phone calls usually consist of many questions, the main one being: Whats your favorite scary movie? Along with many scary movie trivia, ending with bloody pieces of innocent lives scattered around the small town of Woodsboro. IMDB: 7.2/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 79/100% Metacritic: 65/100% If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Jun 3, 2020 · 49 min
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
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 amount of time. Picking it up is simple enough, but as they are leaving Texas, Bandit unwittingly picks up Carrie, a hitchhiking bride-to-be who just left her groom, Junior, at the altar. Junior, however, is the son of Sheriff Buford T. Justice. And when Buford and Junior discover what has happened, they go on a "high-speed pursuit" across the Southeast to catch the bandit. IMDB: 7.0/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 80/100% Metacritic: /100% If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
May 27, 2020 · 46 min
The Running Man (1987)
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, runners, must battle killers for their freedom. IMDB: 6.7/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 67/100% Metacritic: 71/100% If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
May 20, 2020 · 37 min
The Ring (2002)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS47 The guys are back reviewing the 2002 Horror Thriller - The Ring tarring Naomi Watts. Does it still have the same pull it did 18 years ago? The guys get a nice review of the show and Chris wants more horror! Plot Summary: Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers (including her niece). There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. If the legend is correct, Rachel will have to run against time to save her son's and her own life. IMDB: 7.1/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 71/100% Metacritic: 71/100% If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
May 13, 2020 · 55 min
Bloodsport (1988)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS46 Chris Dave had to change this weeks review. Originally Chris picked Death Warrant but due to being to difficult to get online the guys changed to another Van Damme classic and his most famous role - Bloodsport (1987). This available on Netflix for anybody who wants to sample this classic martial arts movie. Plot Summary: Frank Dux has spent most his life being trained by Tanaka to participate in the Kumite, the ultimate martial arts tournament, where participants are seriously injured, even killed. Frank decides to go despite being told by his superiors in the army that he can't because they need him. Two army officers are sent to get him and the trail leads to Hong Kong but Frank eludes them. While Frank advances, he knows that he may have to face Chong Li, the defending champion, who has killed a few participants. IMDB: 6.8/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 40/100% Metacritic: 29/100% If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
May 5, 2020 · 44 min
Se7en (1995)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS45 After we asked our twitter followers to choose a physiological thriller they chose Se7en. A film Chris and Dave have only seen once. A cult classic from the mid 90’s Plot Summary: A film about two homicide detectives' (Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt) desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic "John Doe" (Kevin Spacey) sermonizes to Detectives Somerset and Mills -- one sin at a time. The sin of Gluttony comes first and the murderer's terrible capacity is graphically demonstrated in the dark and subdued tones characteristic of film noir. The seasoned and cultured but jaded Somerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer's modus operandi while the bright but green and impulsive Detective Mills (Pitt) scoffs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer... IMDB: 8.6/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 81/100% Metacritic: 68/100% If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Apr 29, 2020 · 44 min
You've Got Mail (1998)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS44 Dave picks a Chick Flick but quietly Chris loves them. Starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. But this turns into a more intense review due to one character in particular. Plot Summary: The owner of a large bookstore chain starts putting the owner of a small local bookstore out of business. Meanwhile they have been corresponding over the internet without knowing who either of them are. They can't stand each other in person but over the internet they are very attracted. He finds out who she is but she doesn't know. He starts to like her more but she still hates him. He has to fix it. IMDB: 6.6/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 69/100% Metacritic: 57/100% If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Apr 22, 2020 · 48 min
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
The VHS Strikes Back Eps 43 Chris gets Dave to review one of his top 3 movies of all time Beverly Hills Cop (1984). Does the usual heel reviewer meet his match with this one? Plot Summary: Axel Foley is a Detroit cop who meets up with his old high school friend Michael Tandino. When Michael is killed at Axel’s apartment, Foley seeks revenge in Beverly Hills. IMDB: 6.8/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 82/100% Metacritic: 66/100% If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Apr 15, 2020 · 57 min
Top Gun (1986)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS42 - Top Gun (1986) Chris and Dave go back on a movie that created the Tom Cruise phenomenon. Top Gun (1986). Chris has never seen the full movie before and Dave hadn’t seen it for a longtime. Plot Summary: Code-named "Maverick", Pete Mitchell, the impetuous daredevil Navy-pilot ace, is accepted into Miramar's elite Fighter School, also known as "Top Gun". There, as the impulsive pilot competes with the best of the best, not only will he meet Charlie, the flying school's curvaceous astrophysics instructor, but also the brilliant and highly competitive fellow student, "Iceman", with whom right from the start, he will engage in a reckless contest. As Maverick is haunted by his father's mysterious death, will he be able to suppress his wild nature to win the prestigious Top Gun Trophy? IMDB: 6.9/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 54/100% Metacritic: 50/100% If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Apr 8, 2020 · 38 min
Cool As Ice (1991)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS41 It’s Chris’ turn to get Dave back and boy does he do just that. The guys go back to 1991 and the Vanilla Ice led movie Cool As Ice (1991). Plot Summary: The old teen rebel saga is updated for the rap crowd, unfortunately rapper Vanilla Ice is the teen. Ice shows up on a neon-yellow motorcycle which gets everyone's attention, including the female honor student who has never had a rebellious bone in her body. IMDB: 2.9/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 7/100% Metacritic: NO SCORE (It’s that bad!) If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Apr 1, 2020 · 39 min
The Rocky Horror Show (1975)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS41 Dave stitches Chris up this week with the 1975 Rock/Stage movie starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Richard O’Brien - The Rocky Horror Show (1975). Both od th guys have never watched this before the review. Plot Summary: On a wild and rain-swept late-November evening, somewhere at an empty stretch of road outside Ohio's merry Denton, blissfully-affianced, prudish, boringly-innocent young pair Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) find themselves stranded on their way to visit an ex-tutor. Instead, the couple will inadvertently unearth the cross-dressing Dr. Frank-N-Furter's (Tim Curry's) spooky lair of inexhaustible oddities, just in time to partake in the out-of-this-world mad scientist's proud unveiling of his latest, delightfully extravagant, most daring creation: the ultimate male and the perfect sex symbol: the flaxen-haired Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood). But, little by little, as the effervescent transgressive force gobbles up whole the unsuspecting visitors of the night, Brad and Janet slowly begin to embrace the potent fascinations of seduction, while an idolized Rocky roams free in the mansion. Who can interrupt man's union with the absolute pleasure? IMDB: 7.4/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 79/100% Metacritic: 55/100% If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Mar 25, 2020 · 38 min
Gymkata (1985)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS39 This week due to being requested by some of our podcasting friends and our great listener Glyn we have gone with Gymkata (1985). A martial arts movie based around a real world gymnast Kurt Thomas. My god did we have some fun with this one. Plot Summary: Johnathan Cabot is a champion gymnast. In the tiny, yet savage, country of Parmistan, there is a perfect spot for a "star wars" site. For the US to get this site, they must compete in the brutal "Game". The government calls on Cabot, the son of a former operative, to win the game. Cabot must combine his gymnastics skills of the west with fighting secrets of the east and form GYMKATA! IMDB: 4.4/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 17/100% Metacritic: 51/100% We have a promo from our good friend over at the One Movie Punch podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-movie-punch/id1330511813 If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com
Mar 18, 2020 · 50 min
Back To The Future 2 (1989)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS38 Chris has been house bound due to his shoulder op and messaged Dave he was watching Back to the Future 2 and there we have this weeks review. It’s a movie both of the guys love does it still stand up 30 years later? Plot Summary: Marty McFly has only just gotten back from the past, when he is once again picked up by Dr. Emmett Brown and sent through time to the future. Marty's job in the future is to pose as his own son to prevent him from being thrown in prison. Unfortunately, things get worse when the future changes the present. Rotten Tomatoes: 65/100% Imdb: 7.8/10 Metacritic: 57/100% If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Mar 4, 2020 · 48 min
Masters of the Universe (1987)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS37 Our good friend Tony Farina suggested Masters of the Universe starring Dolph Lungdren. Chris and Dave have some fun reviewing this one. Plot Summary: On the planet Eternia, Skeletor and his dark army overthrow the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull expecting to acquire her power. He-Man, his old friend Duncan "Man-at-Arms" and his daughter Teela are attacked by Skeletor's soldiers and they defeat them. They also rescue their prisoner, the inventor and locksmith Gwildor. He explains that he was lured by Evil-Lyn that used his invention the Cosmic Key to open the gates and seize the Castle Grayskull. He-Man and his friends retrieve the prototype of the Cosmic Key trying to release the Sorcereress but they are defeated by Skeletor and his army and Gwildor uses his key to open and portal for them to flee. They come to Earth but lose the key. Meanwhile, Julie Winston, who grieves the loss of her parents in a plane crash, and her boyfriend Kevin Corrigan find and activate the key, believing it is a foreign musical instrument. On Eternia, Evil-Lyn locates the Cosmic Key and Skeletor sends her with a group of mercenaries and soldiers to vanquish He-Han and his friends and bring the key back. Will they succeed? Rotten Tomatoes: 17/100% Imdb: 5.4/10 Metacritic: 35/100% If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback
Feb 26, 2020 · 51 min
Hellraiser (1987)
The VHS Strikes Back EPS36 Dave’s choice this week, he knows Chris hates horror movies so he’s picked Hellraiser (1987). Chris gets his notebook out. Thats not aways a good sign. Plot Summary: When Kirsty's father, Larry, and stepmother, Julia, move into Larry's childhood home, Kirsty and her boyfriend take a room nearby. Unfortunately for all involved, Larry's house is already occupied: before the family's arrival, Larry's disreputable brother, Frank, used a supernatural puzzle box to summon a gang of other-dimensional demon sadists. Now, Frank requires a series of blood sacrifices to escape the clutches of Pinhead and the cenobites. Rotten Tomatoes: 70/100% Imdb: 7.0/10 Metacritic: 57/100% If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links: email: thevhsstrikesback@gmail.com twitter: www.twitter.com/vhsstrikesback