Video Junkyard Podcast
Do you ever get a flash of a memory of a movie you saw as a child, but can’t remember the name? Perhaps you caught it on TV while staying up later than you should have. Or maybe you never saw it, but you recognize the cover art from the neighborhood video store around the block. At the Video Junkyard, we dig up these forgotten films and franchises and see if they still hold up in the digital age. Hosts Erik Gulbrandsen, Joe Peterson and Ryan Steiskal will look at the best, the worst, and the best of the worst.
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Episodes
Friday Dec 25, 2020
Friday Dec 25, 2020
Ho Ho Ho! This week on the Video Junkyard Podcast we bring you Christmas Evil (1980)! This cult classic tells the story of Harry, a Christmas-obsessed toy factory employee who takes his love of Santa Claus too far by enforcing his own standards for the holidays on everyone he encounters. This little character study isn't quite like other holiday-themed horror films, but does Christmas Evil deliver, or is this a lump of coal? Check out the movie for FREE on Vudu then check out this festive episode to join in on the conversation!
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Friday Dec 18, 2020
This week we begin our series of holiday films with this Finnish Santa thriller (That's right, I said Finnish), Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. Is this Christmas classic a lump of coal or did Santa leave something good in your stocking you didn't expect. Come along with us to Northernmost Lapland and learn the truth about Santa Claus.
This episode contains Santa spoilers.
Watch Along: https://tubitv.com/movies/527863/rare-exports-a-christmas-tale?start=true
Send feedback on this or any of our episodes to videojunkyardpodcast@gmail.com or join the Video Junkyard Podcast Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2072427876119534/) and we can chat there. Hope to hear from you!
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
This week on the Video Junkyard Podcast we look back on the early career of Mike Myers of "Austin Powers" fame with the 1993 comedy "So I Married An Axe Murderer" with Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, and more. Director Thomas Schlamme introduces us to beat poet Charlie (Myers) who constantly self-sabotages his relationships out of a fear of commitment until he meets Harriet (Travis) who seems to good to be true! So is this 90's romcom still side-splitting, or has its edge dulled over the years? Check out "So I Married An Axe Murderer" on PlutoTV for free then join us for the discussion on the Video Junkyard Podcast!
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
This week on the Video Junkyard Podcast, Erik, Ryan, and Joe revisit Stargate (1994), starring Kurt Russell, James Spader, and written and directed by Roland Emmerich. When archeologists discover ancient Egyptian artifacts that open a portal to the other end of the universe, a recon team unveils the "truth" about the Egyptian mythology and history. Revered in its time and the kick-start to an incredibly successful television franchise, we explore the original Stargate film and see if it still transports you through the stars, or if its falls dead in the sand. Check out the movie on PlutoTV for FREE and then join us on the Video Junkyard Podcast for the discussion!
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Friday Nov 27, 2020
This week we watch the Spanish cult chainsaw slasher movie "Pieces". A movie that used the tag line "Pieces, it's exactly what you think it is". This couldn't be further from the truth. Is is garbage? Yes! Is it poor made, acted, written, conceived and realized? Yes! Does it still manage to be entertaining? Go over to Tubi and check it out and then come and see what the crew thinks of this classic stinker.
Watch Along: https://tubitv.com/movies/505474/pieces?start=true
Send feedback on this or any of our episodes to videojunkyardpodcast@gmail.com or join the Video Junkyard Podcast Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2072427876119534/) and we can chat there. Hope to hear from you!
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
This week special guest Assad Khaishgi and your humble host Erik Gulbrandsen travel all of time and space and explore these three corners of the Doctor Who universe.
A TV Story - "Demons of the Punjab"
An Audio Adventure - "Big Finish Talks Back: Paul McGann - A Conversation with the Eighth Doctor"
and
A Book - "Spotlight on Doctor Who: The First Baker Years Part One" by John Peel
Join us in our Facebook discussion group: Police Box - https://www.facebook.com/groups/526688614899377
Friday Nov 20, 2020
Friday Nov 20, 2020
On this episode of the Video Junkyard Podcast we look through the mind-bending wormhole that is Donnie Darko (2001). Written and directed by Richard Kelly and staring Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Jena Malone, Noah Wyle, and Drew Barrymore, Donnie Darko is about....well.... What is going on in this film?! Time travel? Creepy rabbits? Swayze? Take a trip back to the 1980s (early 2000s?)with the Video Junkyard Podcast as we try to figure this one out!
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Friday Nov 13, 2020
We're trapped in a video store in 1997 and we have to figure out a way to make it through the sci-fi thriller Cube. This one was a bit of sleeper hit that fell off of the radar here at the VJP but is it worth dusting off and taking another look? Check the movie out on Tubi (free!!) and then join us to discuss the escape room drama of Cube.
Watch Along: https://tubitv.com/movies/316459/cube?start=true
Send feedback on this or any of our episodes to videojunkyardpodcast@gmail.com or join the Video Junkyard Podcast Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2072427876119534/) and we can chat there. Hope to hear from you!
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Once upon a time Charles Band (Empire Pictures, Full Moon Entertainment) had the rights to make a film adaptation of Marvel Comics "Doctor Strange" but before they could get the film into production the rights agreement had expired leaving Band and his father Albert [Band] with a problem. What to do? Do a short re-write and change some of the names and get the movie made. The result is... Doctor Mordrid starring (watch out Benedict Cumberbatch)the great Jeffery Combs. Watch it for FREE on Tubi and listen to the guys discuss this straight-to-video "classic".
Watch Along on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/464159/doctor-mordrid?start=true
Send feedback on this or any of our episodes to videojunkyardpodcast@gmail.com or join the Video Junkyard Podcast Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2072427876119534/) and we can chat there. Hope to hear from you!
Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
This week on the Video Junkyard Podcast, Erik and Joe check out another Frank Henenlotter film about a guy who lives with a small creature. This time it's the 1988 comedy horror film Brain Damage! The movie stars Rick Hearst as Brian, a young man who finds himself suddenly addicted to the highly hallucinogenic blue liquid that is injected directly into his brain by an ancient crooning carnivorous eel-like leech named Aylmer.
Yeah... another one of those....
So does Brain Damage still bring that euphoric feeling, or is it DOA?
Check out the movie for FREE on TubiTV.com and then tune in for the discussion on the Video Junkyard Podcast!