Welcome to The Video Cult, where we celebrate the weird, wild, and wonderfully unhinged world of cult cinema.

For the first official episode of our video era, we're diving into Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987): Andy Sidaris' legendary action-exploitation masterpiece featuring bazookas, diamonds, DEA agents, a radioactive killer snake, remote-control helicopters, unforgettable one-liners, and enough 80s insanity to make your head spin.

We break down the movie scene-by-scene, talk about why it has become a cult classic, discuss Andy Sidaris' unique filmmaking style, laugh at the unbelievable dialogue, and appreciate one of the most entertaining B-movies ever made.

Whether you're already a cult movie fanatic or discovering Hard Ticket to Hawaii for the first time, this is the perfect place to experience one of cinema's greatest pieces of glorious nonsense.

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00:00 The world's worst cold open
03:15 Welcome to The Video Cult
05:36 Why Hard Ticket to Hawaii is a cult classic
09:03 Breaking down the movie scene-by-scene
19:03 The unforgettable theme song
32:23 Restaurant scenes, spies & ridiculous dialogue
44:02 The worst spying mission ever
01:00:42 The explosive final assault
01:19:09 Final thoughts & movie rating

Remember, you’re here because the outside world rejects you. The Video Cult is your family now. Call us daddy.

Welcome to the new and improved Video Cult! - the podcast where we celebrate, dissect, defend, and occasionally roast the greatest B-movies, cult classics, forgotten oddities, and cinematic disasters ever put to film. Now with video!

We're kicking things off with a retrospective, revisiting every movie covered during the original run of The Video Cult. From killer robots and lesbian vampires, sentient trucks, mutant babies, wrestling madmen, high octane werewolves, and even the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, we're looking back at the films, moments, and running jokes that built the cult.

Future episodes will focus on a single movie in depth, but this episode is your perfect introduction to the hosts, the show's sense of humour, and the kind of cinematic weirdness you'll find in The Video Cult.

Remember, you’re here because the outside world rejects you. The Video Cult is your family now. Call us daddy.

If you love:

- Cult films

- B-movies

- Horror

- Sci-fi weirdness

- Exploitation cinema

- Bad movies that are secretly cinema

...you're in the right place.

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Chapter Timestamps

00:00 Summer Sloptacular Begins

00:43 Welcome Back to The Video Cult

05:56 Chopping Mall

08:24 Trucks

09:36 Jaws 3-D

10:55 Daughters of Darkness

12:20 The Unborn

15:27 The Taking of Beverly Hills

17:20 Sleepaway Camp II

18:37 Phantom of the Paradise

19:33 Siege

22:52 Werewolves on Wheels

26:26 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

28:13 Masters of the Universe

30:16 Things (1989)

32:20 Elves

34:14 No Holds Barred

36:12 Lair of the White Worm

37:58 Three the Hard Way

39:19 Dune (1984)

41:08 TMNT: Coming Out of Their Shells Tour

42:56 Super Mario Bros. (1993)

44:55 Neon Maniacs

46:54 Death Race 2000

48:27 The Suckling

50:41 Biodome

51:35 The Blob (1988)

51:57 Dagon

53:22 Star Wars Holiday Special

57:30 Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 & Rapid-Fire Wrap-Up

Josh and Gabby discuss the etiquette surrounding foreplay in a move theatre and also find time to tell you about all the new shows and movies they have been watching.