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Horror Icons of the ’80s: When Monsters Became Movie Stars!

The 1980s didn’t just give us great horror movies. It gave us horror icons. Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Chucky, Pinhead and more became larger than the films themselves, turning slashers, supernatural horror and practical-effects nightmares into full-blown pop culture.

In this Sunset Video retrospective, we rewind the decade that made horror villains into movie stars, look at why these characters connected with audiences, how VHS and the video store era helped build their legends, and why the icons of ’80s horror still dominate the genre today.

Inside the New World Pictures Era: Cult Movies You Need to See

Step inside New World Pictures: The Midnight Movie Factory as we rewind five cult favorites from one of Hollywood’s most fascinating independent studios. In this episode of Sunset Video, we look back at Godzilla 1985, Black Moon Rising, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Dead Heat, and The Punisher, covering the stories behind the movies, box office history, production trivia, personal memories, and the wild era of New World Pictures after Roger Corman.

Collision Course (1989): Jay Leno, Pat Morita & One Very Strange Buddy-Cop Movie!

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.

Cannon Films: No Bad Ideas Pt. 5 (All Action Edition!)

Cannon Films goes full throttle in this All Action Edition of Friday Night Rentals. We’re revisiting Enter the Ninja, Missing in Action, Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects, American Ninja, and Invasion U.S.A. for a VHS-era marathon loaded with Chuck Norris, Charles Bronson, Michael Dudikoff, ninjas, explosions, Cold War chaos, and pure 80s action-movie energy. Welcome back to Sunset Video.

Bird on a Wire (1990) | Is This Still Any Good ?

Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn teamed up in 1990 for Bird on a Wire, a fast, goofy, stunt-filled action comedy that feels tailor-made for the video store era. In this episode, we revisit this forgotten 90s rental favorite to see how it holds up today. From its wild chase scenes and big star chemistry to its oddball villains, romantic comedy energy, and pure early-90s studio movie charm, we’re asking the important question: is Bird on a Wire still any good?