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Cake Pops Are Gross

Cake pops are not dessert — they are a crime scene. 💀 Somewhere, a perfectly good cake was murdered, crumbled into sticky sugar mud, and impaled on a stick… and we all just stood by and let it happen. In this video, I unleash a full 10-minute tirade about the worst “treat” humanity has ever [ ]

The Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

🎃 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween: Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) Grab your merit badges and your duct tape, because tonight’s lesson in survival involves zombies, absurdity, and the kind of boy-scout ingenuity that would make even Bear Grylls proud! 🧟‍♂️🪓 In Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, three best friends — Ben, [ ]

Frankenhooker (1990) | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

⚡ 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween: Frankenhooker (1990) ⚡ Tonight we’re diving headfirst into one of the wildest, weirdest, and most wonderfully unhinged horror comedies ever made — Frankenhooker! 🧠💋 From the gloriously twisted mind of Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Brain Damage), Frankenhooker is the B-movie mad science masterpiece that asks, “What if Frankenstein’s monster [ ]

Hot Shots (1991) | The VHS Vault

🎬 This week on The VHS Vault, VHS_Jase and Jason Roy Gaston pop in the tape for Hot Shots! (1991) — the movie that asked, “What if Top Gun, but with more rubber chickens?” Before Scary Movie, before Epic Movie, before parody films got lazy, Hot Shots! soared high with Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges chewing [ ]

Color of Space (2019) | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

🌌 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween: Color Out of Space (2019) 🌌 Tonight, we’re diving into one of the most haunting, beautiful, and deeply unsettling cosmic horror films ever made — Color Out of Space, directed by Richard Stanley and starring Nicolas Cage at his absolute, mesmerizing best. 💜 Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story, [ ]

The Terror Within | Breaking Wind: An Avatar The Last Airbender Podcast

Breaking Wind: An Avatar Podcast — “The Terror Within” (The Legend of Korra) 🌪️ This week on Breaking Wind, we dive deep into The Legend of Korra Book 3: Change — Episode 8, “The Terror Within.” 💥Team Avatar faces betrayal, Bolin and Mako get their detective hats on (sort of), and Zaheer proves he’s the [ ]

Blades (1988) | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

⛳ 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween: Blades (1988) ⛳ Fore! Tonight, we’re slicing through one of the most gloriously ridiculous horror comedies ever committed to film — Blades, the Jaws parody you didn’t know you needed but will never forget once you’ve seen it. 🏌️‍♂️💀 This cult classic dares to ask the burning question: What [ ]

Basket Case | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

🧺 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween: Basket Case (1982) 🧺 Grab your wicker basket and your questionable life choices, because tonight we’re diving headfirst into the sleazy, slimy, gloriously weird world of Basket Case. Frank Henenlotter’s grindhouse classic is the very definition of a B-movie — shot on a shoestring budget with the enthusiasm of [ ]

City of Stone | Jalapena!

Grab some popcorn (and maybe a stiff drink), because we’re diving headfirst into all four parts of the City of Stone saga from Gargoyles. That’s right — four episodes of Demona drama, flashbacks galore, and enough stone puns to make even Goliath roll his eyes. It’s a wild ride through curses, betrayals, and more Scottish [ ]

House IV (1992) | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

🏚️ 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween: House IV (1992) 🏚️ Ah yes, House IV — the sequel nobody asked for, to a movie that absolutely deserved better. This time around, the franchise that once gave us haunted hijinks, clever scares, and campy fun delivers… a talking pizza, mobsters, and the cinematic equivalent of lukewarm bathwater. [ ]

Late Night with the Devil (2023)

📺 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween: Late Night with the Devil (2023) 📺 Step right up, night owls and horror hounds — tonight we’re tuning in to one of the most brilliantly executed found-footage horrors of the decade: Late Night with the Devil. 👹📺 Set during a 1970s late-night talk show gone horrifically off the [ ]

Appreciating Dolly Parton

🌟 Dolly Parton: The National Treasure We Don’t Deserve 🌟 We all had that heart-stopping moment when the internet whispered that Dolly Parton might be gone — and for a second, the world stopped spinning. But thankfully, the Queen of Country, the Fairy Godmother of Tennessee, the Sequined Saint herself, is still with us. 🙏💖 [ ]

Paranorman | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

👻 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween: ParaNorman (2012) 👻 Tonight we’re digging into one of the most heartfelt, beautiful, and criminally underrated animated films ever made — ParaNorman. 🧟‍♂️💚 From the stop-motion masters at Laika, ParaNorman is a stunning mix of spooky atmosphere, razor-sharp humor, and emotional storytelling that hits harder than you expect. It’s [ ]

Blood Beach | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

🏖️ 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween: Blood Beach (1980) 🏖️ Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… you can’t even get to it! That’s right — we’re digging deep into Blood Beach, the 1980 B-movie disaster that asks the important question: “What if the sand was the monster?” This [ ]

Trick ‘r Treat | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

🎃 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween: Trick ‘r Treat (2007) 🎃 Welcome back to our 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween — and tonight, we’re celebrating the movie that captures the true spirit of October 31st better than any other: Trick ‘r Treat! 🍬👻 Written and directed by Michael Dougherty, this modern classic isn’t just a [ ]

An American Werewolf in London | The VHS Vault

Tonight on The VHS Vault, VHS_Jase and Jason Roy Gaston dust off the old tape player and hit play on An American Werewolf in London — the horror-comedy classic that gave us groundbreaking effects, awkward pub etiquette, and the most aggressive case of jet lag ever put on screen. 🎥 Tune in to see:🩸 Two [ ]

Jason Watched Tron: Ares

🎬 TRON: ARES (2025) — Movie Review “Neon Lights, Dumb Characters, and Jared Leto Being Jared Leto” Welcome back to the channel! Today we’re diving into Tron: Ares, the long-awaited (and questionably cast) follow-up to Tron: Legacy. It’s shiny, it’s loud, it’s visually spectacular—and it’s full of characters who seem to have been programmed [ ]

Original Airbenders | Breaking Wind: An Avatar the Last Airbender Podcast

We’re back with another round of Breaking Wind and this time we’re watching The Legend of Korra episode “Original Airbenders.” Tenzin tries (and fails spectacularly) to whip a group of misfit recruits into an elite Air Nation squad, while Bumi decides the best way to help is to start a mutiny. Shenanigans ensue, airbending gets [ ]

Galaxy of Terror (1981) | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

🎃 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween: Galaxy of Terror (1981) Welcome back to 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween! Tonight we blast off into the B-movie cosmos with Galaxy of Terror, a cult classic that’s equal parts space opera, haunted house, and fever dream nightmare cooked up by Roger Corman’s wild imagination. 🪐 Plot Summary (Spoiler-Free):A [ ]

Spirit Halloween: The Movie (2022) | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

Ah yes, the movie based on a store that magically appears in every abandoned Kmart every September. In this episode, we take a look at Spirit Halloween: The Movie — a film that somehow manages to take the joy of plastic skeletons and discount animatronics and turn it into one of the blandest ghost stories [ ]

Tales from the Hood (1995) | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

Tonight, we’re taking a trip straight into Tales from the Hood — the 1995 horror anthology that looked at Creepshow and said, “Let’s make it socially conscious, terrifying, and absolutely ridiculous.” 👻 Clarence Williams III chews up every piece of scenery as the creepiest mortician this side of The Twilight Zone. This movie is preachy, [ ]

The Curse of the Spellstone | The Power of Jayskull

The Power of Jayskull returns to Eternia with another blast from the past! This week, VHSJase and Jason Roy Gaston crack open the mystical, ridiculous, and occasionally sparkly vault of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe with the unforgettable episode “The Curse of the Spellstone.” 💪 Tune in to see: 💀 Skeletor once again [ ]

Terrifier 3 | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

🎃 It’s time for another entry in 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween and today we’re looking at Terrifier 3. You’d think with killer clowns and Christmas carnage it would be fun… but instead, this thing is just mean. Not scary, not clever—just cruel for cruelty’s sake. Art the Clown deserves better. We deserve better. ✨ [ ]

Back to the Future, Part III | The VHS Vault

📼 This week on The VHS Vault, VHSJase and Jason Roy Gaston saddle up for Back to the Future Part III (1990) — the movie where Doc and Marty trade flux capacitors for cowboy hats. It’s the Wild West, but with hoverboards, steam engines, and enough time travel headaches to make Einstein the dog cry. [ ]

Q: The Winged Serpent | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Nope — it’s a skyscraper-sized Aztec serpent swooping through New York like rooftop hors d’oeuvres are free samples at Costco. For today’s 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween, we’re looking at Larry Cohen’s Q: The Winged Serpent (1982), a cult classic that proves mythology and metropolis are a match made [ ]

Old Wounds | Breaking Wind: An Avatar the Last Airbender Podcast

Welcome back to Breaking Wind, where Jason Roy Gaston and VHSJase break down The Legend of Korra! This week we’re tackling Episode 6: “Old Wounds.” Tune in to see:⚔️ Lin Beifong faceplant into some long-simmering family drama🖌️ Flashbacks to little Lin and Suyin being way too good at arts-and-crafts-with-fists🥔 Bolin still failing at metalbending but [ ]

Return of the Living Dead IV: Necropolis

🎃 It’s time for another entry in 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween, and today we’re dragging ourselves through the cinematic graveyard to talk about Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis. Spoiler alert: this movie sucks harder than a broken Shop-Vac. 🧟‍♂️ What was supposed to be a continuation of a cult classic franchise somehow ended [ ]

Let Us Prey | 31 Spooky Movies of Halloween

💥 In this episode of XXL Men, we subject ourselves to “The Unstoppable Juggernaut” … and honestly, we wish we hadn’t. This is without a doubt the ugliest, dumbest, most painfully bad entry in the X-Men: The Animated Series canon. Bad animation? Check. Clunky writing? Double check. Juggernaut tripping over his own stupidity? Triple check. [ ]

The Unstoppable Juggernaut | XXL Men

💥 In this episode of XXL Men, we subject ourselves to “The Unstoppable Juggernaut” … and honestly, we wish we hadn’t. This is without a doubt the ugliest, dumbest, most painfully bad entry in the X-Men: The Animated Series canon. Bad animation? Check. Clunky writing? Double check. Juggernaut tripping over his own stupidity? Triple check. [ ]

Keep Mister Roger’s Name Out of Your Mouth!

🧥 Fred Rogers was a kind, decent man who taught kids how to love themselves, feed their fish, and tie their shoes. What he wasn’t? A mascot for anti-LGBTQIA+ bigots. If you’re hijacking Mister Rogers’ words to justify hate, you’re not a neighbor — you’re the villain in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Tune in to [ ]