The VHS Abyss

Three men and a podcast, harking back to the golden age of movies, the VHS era, when it was all about the cover art and the blurb.Each episode will cover TWO movies of similar genre, sub-genre, actor...anything really...which will then be dissected and discussed to then be crown The VHS Abyss champion of the EPISSSOOODDEEEE!!!!!

The VHS Abyss is a tv podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 45 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #2

  Episode 1: PART 1 - Above The Law (1988)

  Apr 20, 20263h 2mS4

  <p>STEVEN SEAGAL DOUBLE - Grab your black vest, grease back your receding hair and prepare to run like you've been shot in both arms by poisonous, numbing darts, cause we're kicking ( sorry, ARMING) off our latest season with the debut of the notorious bullsh**ter and ode flappy arms himself . . . Yes, we dive into NICO - ABOVE THE LAW (1988).</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, as well as our usual scene by scene review, we go through the early years of his career from school to the release of this very movie, also, which actor broke his...

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  * VHS ICONS INTERVIEW with PETER ATKINS *

  Apr 5, 20261h 29mS4

  <p>Joining us for our season 4 curtain raiser, is screenwriter of horror franchise classics HELLRAISER 2, 3 and HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE (1996), WISHMASTER (1997) and live action Manga cult classic FIST OF THE NORTH STAR (1995) . . . it's PETER ATKINS.</p><p><br></p><p>In this interview, we talk about growing up with horror royalty DOUG BRADLEY and CLIVE BARKER, how he was approached to write HELLRAISER 2, studio politics with Dimension films and Miramax, CLARE HIGGINS rejecting being the face of the HELLRAISER franchise and behind scenes stories from HELLRAISER 2, 3 and FIST OF THE NORTH STAR.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on YouTube for...

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  Episode #12

  * VHS ICONS INTERVIEW with TONY GARDNER *

  Dec 29, 20251h 35mS3

  <p>Joining us for this episode, is SFX legend of such iconic movies as THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985), ALIENS (1986), LOST BOYS (1987) and THE BLOB (1988) just to name a few, it's TONY GARDNER.</p><p><br></p><p>In this interview, we discuss how he got his break into the SFX industry working with RICK BAKER on MICHEAL JACKSON'S THRILLER, how he used cardboard and black bin bags to sculpt the Alien Queen for ALIENS, working with industry legends STAN WINSTON and GREG CANNOM, plus many many behind scenes stories for THE BLOB, EVIL DEAD 2 and LOST BOYS.</p><...

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  Episode #11

  * CHRISTMAS SPECIAL * 2025

  Dec 13, 20253h 26mS3

  <p>CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989) - The shi**ers full with fried cat and dry ass turkey, as The Griswold's calamitous family Christmas is the subject of our Christmas special with timeless holiday classic CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989).</p><p><br></p><p>As well as our regular scene by scene review, we discuss what really happened between Chevy Chase and Bill Murray, Randy Quaid's law breaking, living next door to Roger Murtaugh, plus earthquakes, Betty Boop and Al Pacino's twins.</p><p><br></p><p>So join us, as we dissect this festive treasure and give our score out of ten, all whilst...

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  Episode #10

  * VHS ICONS INTERVIEW with PATRICK KILPATRICK *

  Nov 25, 20251h 34mS3

  <p>Joining us for this episode, is actor of cult movies THE TOXIC AVENGER (1984), REMO: UNARMED AND DANGEROUS (1985), CLASS OF 1999 (1990) and DEATH WARRENT (1990) just to name a few, it's PATRICK KILPATRICK.</p><p><br></p><p>In this interview, we discuss behind the scenes of TOXIC AVENGER AND REMO: UNARMED AND DANGEROUS, the difficulties of getting into character for The Sandman in DEATH WARRENT, the good and the bad of being a prolific character actor in the 80s and 90s, nearly being blinded on set of NCIS and the exciting upcoming releases of his production company Uncommon Dialogue Films.</p><...

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