In this episode, we’re digging into Collision Course, the oddball VHS-era action comedy starring Jay Leno, Pat Morita, Chris Sarandon, Tom Noonan, Ernie Hudson, and Randall “Tex” Cobb. This forgotten late-80s rental follows a Detroit cop and a Japanese detective forced to team up over a stolen prototype turbocharger, because apparently that was enough to launch an international buddy cop adventure.
Step back into the video store for Part 2 of my 1980s cult classics lineup! We’re talking VHS oddballs, late-night cable discoveries, and the kind of movies that lived on the staff-picks shelf long after they bombed at the box office. If you love ’80s cult movies, video store nostalgia, and retro Friday nights built around one sketchy rental, you’re in the right aisle.
In this episode of Friday Night Rentals, we’re diving deep into some of the wildest, weirdest, and most beloved 1980s cult classics ever to hit VHS shelves. From neon-soaked sorcery to punk-rock sci-fi and late-night horror, this lineup is a full tour of everything we loved about the video store era.
