Episodes
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Episode 77: Slugs - the Movie (1988)
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
Saturday Mar 11, 2023
This week, we watched one of the most beloved book-to-film adaptations of the 80s: 1988's Slugs - the Movie. Toxic waste has mutated the local slug population. They are now carnivorous - with teeth - and hungry for human flesh! It's up to the town's health inspector and a goofy scientist to save the day. On this episode: fishing on a date, vehicular carelessness, bad dog owners, slime trails, the costs of pre-marital sex, reckless sewer explosions, and eyes exploding with worms!
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Episode 76: The Age of Insects (1990)
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Greetings little mantis-eggs! This week, we watched Eric Marciano's 1990 obscurity - The Age of Insects. A mad scientist takes unsuspecting young men and - using questionable methods - changes their personalities to those of harmless grubs. One such pupa is trapped between his wimp father, his domineering mother, and the mad doctor Benedict. You've definitely never seen one quite like this before, and it's probably the only film we've covered that was exhibited by New York's Museum of Modern Art. On this episode: a fight with a vacuum cleaner, a lot of insect stock footage, oil massages, insect monologues, the virtues of becoming a drone, queen worship, suspicious parents, questions of paternity, and the future of Beverly's Hose and Lingerie!
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Episode 75: Dead Alive AKA Braindead (1992)
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
This week, we visit the gore-horror-comedy classic - Dead Alive! One of Peter Jackson's early efforts, Dead Alive features buckets more blood than any movie we can think of, before or since! When Lionel's overbearing mother is bitten by the dreaded Sumatran Rat Monkey, a zombie virus is unleashed and Lionel can't keep them tied up in the basement forever. On this episode: the growth in stop-motion effects, offensive native stereotypes, offensive mother stereotypes, offensive monkey stereotypes, tarot readings, protective talismans, zombie procreation, an evil uncle, maternal secrets, and the effects of animal stimulants on zombies!
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Episode 74: Alligator II - the Mutation (1991)
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
This week, we go into the gutter - literally - and watch the sequel to 1980's Alligator: 1991's Alligator II - the Mutation! Another alligator is terrorizing a city, while the mayor and a sleazy real estate developer turn a blind eye. It's up to Joseph Bologna and Dee Wallace to save the day. On this episode: an implied election, the importance of alligator origin stories (this movie has none), virtual birthday parties, burnt steak, preposterous romances, oddly placed wrestling matches, severed legs, toxic waste disposal, and a constantly shape-shifting alligator.
Saturday Feb 04, 2023
Episode 73: Coffy (1973)
Saturday Feb 04, 2023
Saturday Feb 04, 2023
This week, we revisit the work of famed exploitation director Jack Hill (Switchblade Sisters) with the queen of blaxploitation pictures - 1973's Coffy! Pam Grier - in her starmaking role - is a nurse with an 11-year old sister on smack, a corrupt politician boyfriend, and a police love-interest. To avenge her sister, Coffy works her way through the criminal underworld, one pimp and drug pusher at a time. On this episode: an exploding head, forced overdose, childhood drug addiction, bad Jamaican accents, lynching by car, murder by hair pin, and a very sexy Pam Grier, armed with a sawed off shotgun and razor blades in her hair!
Saturday Jan 28, 2023
Episode 72: Nurse Sherri AKA Killer’s Curse (1978)
Saturday Jan 28, 2023
Saturday Jan 28, 2023
*I apologize - the initial version of this episode had an audio bug. It's been fixed! Please re-download.
This week, we visit the works of Al Adamson, known for his cheap, drive-in fare. A mysterious cult leader dies, then possesses Nurse Sherri, forcing her to avenge his death. Meanwhile, multiple characters search for his body, determined to destroy him and free Sherri from his grasp. On this episode: inter-office romances, wearing business suits in the desert, a three week long resurrection attempt, car chases, a magical charm bracelet, voodoo practicing grandmothers, and condemnation to a 70s insane asylum.
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Episode 71: Death Nurse I & II (1987/1988)
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
This week, we continue our nurse-themed episodes and return to the world of Nick Millard (Criminally Insane) to discuss Death Nurse and Death Nurse II. Priscilla Alden (Crazy Fat Ethel, herself) plays Edith Mortley, a "nurse" who runs a sort of rehab house with her brother, "Doctor" Gordon Mortley. This duo pretends to lovingly care for the sick, but really puts them through gruesome amateur surgeries and buries them on the hill ("more expensive plots") in the backyard. On this episode: diabolical laughter, steak knives for scalpels, trading alcohol for sex, nosy social workers, Nick Millard's family, flashbacks to other movies, a small couch and lengthy dream sequences, and many many hand held camera zoom-ins.
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Episode 70: Horror Hospital (1973)
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
This week, we go vacationing in the British countryside at 1973's Horror Hospital. Michael Gough plays a wheelchair-bound madman with a diabolical scheme to lobotomize unsuspecting guests into an army of slaves. Jason and Judy must escape with their minds intact. On this episode: transvestite fist fights, non-rape intentions, hairy holidays, slave gymnastics, Bond-villain monologues, interchangeable motorcycle guards, a machete car, beheadings, and getting ahead on the backs of others.
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Episode 69: Silent Night Deadly Night IV - Initiation (1990)
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
This week, we celebrate Christmas along with a feminist Lilith cult, Clint Howard, and a lot of insects. That's right, we watched part four of the Silent Night Deadly Night Franchise - 1990's Initiation. Poor Kim investigates a case of spontaneous combustion, only to wake up naked and shedding (!) in a butcher shop. Also on this episode: incidental Christmas settings, occult bookstores, half-burnt chalk outlines, 90s girl-boss feminism, Clint Howard, big maggots, dog-sized cockroaches, weird metamorphoses, and attempted child sacrifice!
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Episode 68: Sixteen Tongues (1999)
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
This week, on Video Store Nightmares, we revisit the work of Scooter McCrae (Shatter Dead) with his just recently-released sophomore feature - Sixteen Tongues. Ginny is a genetically engineered prostitute-assassin, staying with her hacker girlfriend in a sleazy hotel. There, they encounter Adrian, a corrupt cop who survived a massacre via skin grafted tongues from his sixteen fallen comrades. On this episode: the appeal of gimp masks, haunting by tongue, clitoral eyelids, engineered blood lust, ubiquitous PornHub, ejaculations of blood, and giving new meaning to the term "cyber-surfing".