Analog Jones and the Temple of Film: VHS Podcast
Listen as three men set out to find the treasure in the countless mounds of forgotten VHS tapes around flea markets, garage sales, basements, and closets. We are a VHS podcast that looks at VHS box art, posters, trailers, and behind the scenes. Every week we put something in our film museum like Indiana Jones would.
Episodes
September 23, 2025 • 87 mins
Brad picks one of the show's favorite movies to discuss, and, surprisingly, it's taken this long to talk about it. This week, we are watching John Carpenter's They Live (1988), starring Roddy Piper.
Quick Facts
Directed by John Carpenter
Music by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth
Distributed by Universal Pictures (North America) and Carolco Pictures (International)
Release date November 4th, 1988 (b/c they didn’t wa...
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September 16, 2025 • 81 mins
Analog Jones loves reviewing Canon Films, and this week Steve picks a crazy one in Ninja III: The Domination (1984).
Quick Facts
Directed by Sam Firstenberg
Written by James R. Silke
Distributed by Cannon Film
Released on September 14, 1984
Budget of $2 million
Box Office: $7,610,785
Rotten Tomatoes: 33% Tomatometer / 53% Popcornmeter
Starring
Sho Kosugi (Japanese) as Goro Yamada
Lucinda D...
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August 1, 2025 • 33 mins
This week on Analog Jones and the Temple of Film we discuss Project N-Terro with producer/writer Traycee King.
The Story
America has fallen from its first world status and its main export is now human. In a dystopian world of human trafficking, cannibalism, and experimentations, individuals diagnosed with ADHD have been found to have high amounts of mirror neurons. Extraction for pharmaceutical use was inevitable.
The story fol...
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June 29, 2025 • 100 mins
Only the universe could host a podcast this big! We watched a space adventure primarily set on Earth. Get ready to hear Analog Jones discuss the heroic, muscle-bound warrior known as He-Man in Masters of the Universe.
Quick Facts
Directed by Gary Goddard (First full-length Film)
Written by David Odell (Wrote the Screenplay for Dark Crystal and Supergirl)
Music by Bill Conti (Rocky and Karate Kid Motion Pictures)
Distr...
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June 17, 2025 • 67 mins
No more Mr. Nice podcast! Brad picks Wes Craven's Shocker from 1989 to finish off our "Hey, it's not that bad" theme.
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May 29, 2025 • 62 mins
Every once in a while, you revisit a movie you loved as a teenager and realize that you were completely wrong about it. This week, Chris chose "Battlefield Earth" for our theme of "Hey, it's not that bad," only to realize he was truly wrong about how awful the film is.
Quick Facts
Directed by Roger Christian
Screenplay by Corey Mandell and J. D. Shapiro
Based on Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
Produced by Jonathan...
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May 6, 2025 • 74 mins
Analog Jones begins their "Hey, it's not that bad" theme! Our first movie is the Kevin Costner bomb, Waterworld.
Quick Facts
Directed by Kevin Reynolds (Robinhood: Prince of Thieves)
Written by Peter Rader and David Twohy (Wrote the Riddick Series)
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Released on July 28th, 1995 (United States)
Budget: $172-175 million
Box Office: $264 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 45% Tomatometer /...
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April 2, 2025 • 58 mins
Analog Jones takes on a classic from the 1980s when they review The Princess Bride. Get a peanut and prepare for some sword fighting!
Quick Facts
Directed by Rob Reiner (Yeah, Meathead directed this along with This is Spinal Tap and Stand By Me)
Screenplay by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men)
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Budget of $16 million
Box Office of $30.9 million
Rotten Tom...
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March 4, 2025 • 73 mins
When Chris picks the Rescuers Down Under, we go to the land with koala bears and crazy German doctors.
Quick Facts
Directed by Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel (co-directed Pocahontas)
Screenplay by Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Simpson, and Joe Ranft
Based on Characters by Margery Sharp (who created the Rescuers series in 1959)
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Released on November 16, 1990
A budget of aroun...
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February 25, 2025 • 71 mins
Analog Jones is new to the neighborhood. Mac is new to the planet. We review a classic so bad it's good movie, Mac and Me, for our theme of "kids' movies we loved and couldn't live without."
Quick Facts
Directed by Stewart Raffill (The Ice Pirates and Tammy and the T-Rex)
Written by Steve Feke and Stewart Raffill
Distributed by Orion Pictures (Robocop and Great Balls of Fire)
Released on August 12, 1988 (United States)
Budget:...
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February 4, 2025 • 74 mins
Analog Jones finishes its post-apocalyptic theme when we watch an Ozplotation classic in Turkey Shoot aka Escape 2000 aka Blood Camp Thatcher.
Quick Facts
Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith (The Man from Hong Kong, BMX Bandits and Leprechaun 3 and 4)
Screenplay by Jon George and Neill D. Hicks
Story by George Schenck, Robert Williams, and David Lawerence
Distributed by Roadshow Films Distributors
Released on October 14, 1982
...
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February 3, 2025 • 75 mins
A new breed of podcast has taken over the world... Sam Hell has come to take it back. Analog Jones with the help of Jonathan and Paul London reviews Hell Comes to Frogtown starring the amazing Roddy Rowdy Piper!
Jonathan and Paul London also tell us about their Kickstarter campaign for Paul London: Hero of the Prophecy.
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January 28, 2025 • 59 mins
Analog Jones continues its post-apocalyptic theme by reviewing the hidden gem, 2002's Reign of Fire. Listen closely as Chris imparts a valuable lesson about dragons.
Quick Facts
Director: Rob Bowman (Electra)
Writers: Gregg Chabot, Kevin Peterka, Matt Greenberg (Halloween h20, Prophesy 2, Children of the Corn 3)
Production companies: Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, The Zanuck Company
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pic...
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January 16, 2025 • 64 mins
Analog Jones starts 2025 off with a post-apocalyptic theme! Listen to us discuss the cult classic, Night of the Comet.
Quick Facts
Directed by Thom Eberhardt (Captain Ron)
Written by Thom Eberhardt
Distributed by Atlantic Releasing Corporation
Release Date: November 16, 1984
Budget: $700,000
Box Office: $14.4 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 79% Tomatometer / 58% Popcornmeter
Starring
Catherine Mary Stewart as Regina "Reggie" Bel...
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January 7, 2025 • 55 mins
Analog Jones has a quarterly nerd news episode, in which we discuss series like The Penguin, Agatha All Along, Hysteria, Dune Prophecy, and Skeleton Crew.
We also discuss movies like The Substance, Venom: The Last Dance, Terrifier 3, Alien: Romulus, Wicked, Maxxxine, and Mr. Crocket.
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December 24, 2024 • 62 mins
Analog Jones loves Christmas, but we love action movies even more—especially those with very little to do with Christmas! This week, we are watching and discussing the 1990 film Dark Angel, starring Dolph Lundgren.
Quick Facts
Directed by Craig R. Baxley
Written by Jonathan Tydor, and David Koepp
Produced by Jeff Young, Jon Turtle, and Rafael Eisenman
Distributed by Triumph Releasing Corporation and Vision International
Budget...
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November 26, 2024 • 82 mins
Indulge... drink... and enjoy being buried... on Analog Jones. Brad picks our second movie for our "inappropriate movies too watch on the holidays" and did he pick a divisive film for the whole family to watch when he choose the The Last Supper from 1995. Get ready for conversations about death, tomatoes, and political discussions with our guest, The Jersey Ghouls!
Quick Facts
Directed by Stacy Title (Title died on January 11, 202...
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November 19, 2024 • 54 mins
Analog Jones begins their "Inappropriate Movies for the Holidays" theme this week. The first movie is selected by Chris, starring Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, and Sandy Dennis in Parents (1989).
Quick Facts
Directed by Bob Balaban (Midnight Cowboy, 2010, Close Encounters, Wes Anderson collaborator)
Written by Christopher Hawthorne
Distributed by Vestron
Release Date: January 27, 1989 (US)
Running Time: 81 minutes
Budget: $3 millio...
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November 5, 2024 • 59 mins
First, he went to camp. Then, he saved Christmas. Last time, he went to jail. Now, he's on Analog Jones! After reviewing Chris's pick, Ernest Scared Stupid (1991), we finish our Halloween lineup with a banger.
Quick Facts
Directed by John Cherry (Directed all the Ernest Movies)
Screenplay by Charlie Gale and Coke Sams
Special Effects by The Chiodo Brothers
Released into theaters on October 11, 1991
Budget: $9.6 million
Box Office...
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October 30, 2024 • 50 mins
There are some very good reasons to be afraid...of our podcast. Analog Jones continues its Halloween season episodes when Brad picks the classic Fright Night (1985) to review!
Quick Facts
Director/Writer: Tom Holland (Child’s Play, The Langoliers)
Music by Brad Fiedel (Terminator, Terminator 2)
Production Company: Vistar Films
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Released: August 2, 1985
Running Time: 106 minutes
Budget: $7 - $9.25 m...
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