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A podcast where we examine pop culture of the VHS era and improv new stories to imagine how we might improve our favorite movies, TV, & games.
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Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
The holidays are in full swing, which means it’s time to wrap up Season 4! Get it? Like wrapping up a gift? Because it’s Christmas? Geez, tough crowd… For the last episode of the year, join us while we reminisce about our favorite holiday movies and music, review this year’s episodes, and super-gush about all the reasons WE LOVE CHRISTMAS!
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Christmas may only come once a year but nothing can stop JUERGEN THE YULETIDE AVENGER from returning again to punish all the naughty boys and girls! It's a threequel threat this episode with guest Samm Grandquist (WNY Horror Krue) and another festive family tale of holiday horror.
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
It's Christmastime once again, so of course JUERGEN THE YULETIDE AVENGER must return! Friend of the podcast Samm Grandquist also returns this episode, to join us in a tale of spreading holiday cheer…across the walls with a battleaxe!
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
Thanksgiving is the season for family, appreciation, and…perving on the girl next door?! This episode, join us as we give thanks for the horny hilarity and horror of the boy cursed with TURKEY HANDS!
Saturday Nov 15, 2025
Saturday Nov 15, 2025
When the League of Arnies is jeopardized by the return of a powerful enemy, they send their most versatile variant on a perilous mission across worlds. Trapped in other realities, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER finds himself leaping from life to life, putting things right that once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home…
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
On Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin rises out of his pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys for all the children…or at least that’s what Linus van Pelt believed. But after years of waiting in the pumpkin patch and missing trick or treats, could he remain sincere? To cap off this year’s spooky season, we celebrate the first and best Halloween TV special and ask ourselves: Does Linus still believe in THE GREAT PUMPKIN?
Friday Oct 24, 2025
Friday Oct 24, 2025
October always makes us nostalgic for the good old days of the VHS era, when the local rental store was sure to have its shelves stocked with schlocky straight-to-video sequels to all our favorite horror movies and the television airwaves were replete with seasonal Halloween specials. In this DEALER'S CHOICE DOUBLE OR NOTHING DOUBLEHEADER episode, we blind-challenge each other to improvise follow-ups to a couple of our favorite spooky movies.
Friday Oct 03, 2025
Friday Oct 03, 2025
Here at RAISED BY RENTALS we don't put up with elitist know-it-all fans…unless they're us! In this special RENTAL RANT/SUPER GUSHERS mashup episode, we finally come clean and admit we have a problem: we’re snobs!
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Friday Sep 12, 2025
You screamed at the HOT GARBAGE horror of a bloodthirsty dumpster fire. Your spine went cold from the terrible truth of what was buried in the BAD RUBBISH. But now you'll learn true terror, when you find yourself alone in a dark alley with the atrocity known only as TRASH MOUTH!
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
1998 spawned an impressive lineup of catchy pop hits, but one song haunted the airwaves like no other with its perfect mix of rapid-fire lyrics and a radio-friendly alt-rock hook. Now, one unlucky college student will learn just how haunting it can be when she listens one too many times to the earworm that is ONE WEEK!