Nov. 14, 2024
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Welcome to The VHS Club, a video podcast where best friends, Katie and Natalie, provide in-depth movie reviews for movies you've likely already seen. Grab some popcorn, dust off your VCR, and let's talk movies.
If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, you knew quicksand was going to be a serious life problem.
In this clip from our Honey, I Shrunk the Kids episode of The VHS Club, we spiral into the very real childhood fear that scorpions 🦂 and quicksand were basically waiting around every corner.
Spoiler:
We were lied to.
Why did movies make it feel like we’d all eventually sink into a random pit of quicksand?? And why were scorpions such a looming threat… even if you lived some…
Did you know the backyard in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids wasn’t CGI… it was REAL?! 🌱
In this clip from our latest episode of The VHS Club, we talk with Zac Brown about the insane practical sets in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids — 40-foot blades of grass, giant LEGO bricks, a massive cream-filled cookie (with real cream 🤢), and even a full-size animatronic ant.
We also compare it to that iconic moment in The Goonies when the cast first saw the pirate ship for real — and why practical e…
The ending of Seven almost didn’t survive the studio.
In this clip from The VHS Club, we talk about how the studio pushed hard for a different ending—and how David Fincher refused to move forward unless it stayed intact. Even wilder? Brad Pitt reportedly said he’d walk if the ending was changed.
The box stays.
The trauma stays.
As it should.
This is something we don’t talk about enough.
In this clip from our review of Better Off Dead, we break down why John Cusack worked so well in 80s movies:
- Not a supermodel
- Not a cartoon heartthrob
- Just an average-looking guy with incredible everyman energy
He’s the kind of character:
- You’d want to hang out with
- You’d grab a drink with
- You’d root for
- You might even marry
Hollywood doesn’t cast “that guy” the same way anymore…
This is one of those moments where everything clicks.
In this clip from The VHS Club, we gush about why Seven works so well—from the performances, to the cinematography, to one of our favorite hallway shots when they discover John Doe’s apartment.
It’s peak 90s filmmaking, even if the FBI logistics make absolutely no sense (and we’re choosing to let that go).
#sevenmovie #90smovies
Let’s talk about the real villain math in Better Off Dead.
In this clip from our review of Better Off Dead, we break down the ongoing $2 beef:
- A paperboy demanding money
- Windows being broken on purpose
- A dad who keeps replacing them
And the eternal question: would paying the $2 have stopped all of this chaos?
Was the paperboy justified?
Was this preventable?
Or was this kid always going to choose violence?
Truly one of the most absurd…
