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Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast

@onceuponavhs.bsky.social

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Podcast on a queer & neverending quest through 80s & 90s fantasy films. Nostalgia & nightmares with Michael and Callum 📼🐉🏳️‍🌈🧚‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️🦄 linktr.ee/onceuponavhs

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Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · Nov 15

Imagine a podcast on a queer and neverending quest through the fantasy films of the 80s and 90s. Well, we're here! New podcast episodes are coming soon, but be sure to check out our back catalogue and let us know your favourites. linktr.ee/onceuponavhs

Cropped Letterboxd screenshot of the films covered on the Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy podcast.

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 1h

Heartbroken that, per his social media accounts, Drew Struzan has left us. His poster and album art was quite simply shorthand for imagination for countless young people.

E.T. Adventure poster, 1990. I still have one of these hanging in my childhood bedroom.

Star Wars Special edition triptych, 1997. I remember seeing all of these in the paper as each film was re-released and just felt a burst of energy those mornings.

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Esqueletos no Armário @esqueletosgays.bsky.social · 2d

Return to Oz (1985, Dir: Walter Munch)

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Dungeonbuster @dungeonbuster.bsky.social · Jan 18

Willow (1989) by Capcom for the NES is an action RPG based on the 1988 fantasy film. As Willow Ufgood, it's up to you to save the land in Capcom's expanded version of the story by rubbing elbows with NPCs, solving quests, and leveling up to stop the evil Bavmorda. (a mark of prophecy thread)

The wicked Bavmorda, the main antagonist from the film, returns in the game with an expanded background recasting her as the messenger of the powerful sky spirit watching over the world. But now she has decided to use her gifts to dominate the world instead.

Home is where the heart, and the healing, is.

As you explore the world, familiar creatures from the films will show up along with A LOT of new ones.

A bit more experienced, and better armed, Willow makes his way to a mysterious lake...

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Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 20h

The World of The Dark Crystal, a behind-the-scenes documentary about our beloved 1982 classic, is now available to watch on YouTube! Thanks @shoutstudios.bsky.social

The World Of 'The Dark Crystal' | FULL MOVIE | Jim Henson, Frank Oz | Cult Documentary Fantasy

YouTube video by Shout! Studios

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Robgoblin 🎃👻👺🧙‍♀️🧹💀 @robwillb.bsky.social · 2d

Not to just be a Once Upon a VHS stan account but their Patreon exclusive eps are always amazing and an Oz double header?! You know I'm already listening.

Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 2d

Two brand new Rewind episodes are now available exclusively on our Patreon! The Wiz (1978) and The Wizard of Oz (1939).

patreon.com/onceuponavhs

Posters for The Wizard of Oz (1939) and The Wiz (1978)

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Michael Lee Witchardson 🎃 @hrfmichael.bsky.social · 1d

Fellow Ozians! Our October offerings are out now - TWO Patreon only episodes of @onceuponavhs.bsky.social about The Wiz (1978) and the OG, the urtext, the great American fairy tale, The Wizard of Oz (1939) - there’s no place like home, bitch!
www.patreon.com/onceuponavhs

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Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 2d

Two brand new Rewind episodes are now available exclusively on our Patreon! The Wiz (1978) and The Wizard of Oz (1939).

patreon.com/onceuponavhs

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Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 7d

“irony culture is such a boner-killer”

on the greatness of 80s dark fantasy

✧˖ why 80s dark fantasy feels so right... and so wrong ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁

YouTube video by Girl On Film

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Raven Stromdans @ravenstromdans.bsky.social · 7d

Robert Picardo, best known for his turn as the swamp hag Meg Mucklebones in 1985's fantasy film "Legend".

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🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.social · 7d

Jack Black, best known for his evil turn as the cruel school bully Slip aka "The Nasty" in the fantasy adventure film: The Neverending Story III (1994)

Jack Black as Slip aka "The Nasty" in THE NEVERENDING STORY 3 (1994), along with his metalhead punk gang of bullies.

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An American Werebadger in Oregon @werebadger.bsky.social · Sep 1

Liam Neeson, best known for his role as charismatic outlaw Kegan in epic science fantasy movie Krull (1983)

Liam Neeson looking insouciant and dressed like a low-level WoW rogue

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Michael Lee Witchardson 🎃 @hrfmichael.bsky.social · 2d

Currently editing the @onceuponavhs.bsky.social Patreon bonus episode on The Wiz (1978) and, baby, baby, baby - Jack Halberstam name drop in the first 15 minutes? Yes.

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Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 2d

Jim Henson’s Creature Shop (with its Mouse Unit!) were responsible for both the cute mouse puppets and the… less cute aspects of rodent transformation in The Witches (1990). #jimhenson

Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 3d

Gay gasps abound on our episode about The Witches (1990) with @robwillb.bsky.social when discussing other actresses potentially considered for the role of the Grand High Witch, so memorably played by Anjelica Huston.

Listen: linktr.ee/onceuponavhs

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 4d

Labyrinth (1986) vs Hellraiser 2 (1988)

Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth. A young girl stands in a walled maze

A young girl in a dark tunnel from the Hellraiser series

David Bowie's Goblin King in an Escher-like maze

A young girl dangles over a maze far below in Hellraiser 2

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 4d

Our very own @robwillb.bsky.social discusses one of his specialist subjects (Jim Henson) on a podcast "on a queer and neverending quest through the fantasy films of the '80s and '90s", and one of whose hosts, @hrfmichael.bsky.social just happens to be making their Bona Books debut in WRATH MONTH!

Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 4d

New episode - The Witches (1990) with @robwillb.bsky.social of @bonabooks.bsky.social

linktr.ee/onceuponavhs

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Michael Lee Witchardson 🎃 @hrfmichael.bsky.social · 4d

Wonder how they're getting on in the parallel world where Liza Minelli played the Grand High Witch.

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Michael Lee Witchardson 🎃 @hrfmichael.bsky.social · 4d

Revolting children! Vee are talking about The Vitches this veek with our good Judy @robwillb.bsky.social - available verever you get your podcasts

Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 4d

New episode - The Witches (1990) with @robwillb.bsky.social of @bonabooks.bsky.social

linktr.ee/onceuponavhs

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Robgoblin 🎃👻👺🧙‍♀️🧹💀 @robwillb.bsky.social · 4d

Had an absolute blast chatting about The Witches, Roald Dahl, Jim Henson, and more on one of my favourite pods!

Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 4d

New episode - The Witches (1990) with @robwillb.bsky.social of @bonabooks.bsky.social

linktr.ee/onceuponavhs

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Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 4d

purple eyes, another snake, Creature Shop excellence, a monstrous striptease, distressing transformations, wet puppets, cock-a-leekie or cress soup preferences, and of course Angelica Huston doing everything.

Who loved the mum’s shawl and who hated it? Listen and find out!

Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 4d

the children’s horror space, Jim Henson’s mouse unit, bad ADR dubbing giving a giallo feel, Anne Hathaway saying “gooorlic” in the remake, British seaside hotels, being a grandma’s boy, Chicken and Mushroom Pot Noodle, a girl being stuck in a painting…

Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 4d

The complicated legacy of Roald Dahl, loving a sad wash, the performance of gender, gay gasps at the long list of women who might have played the Grand High Witch, feminist filmmaking pioneer Mai Zetterling and her missing finger, feelings about the different endings of the book and film…

Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 4d

Witches of England... you are a disgrace!

Robert Berg, writer and copy editorial director of Bona Books (a queer press specialising in fantasy, science fiction and horror) joins us to peel back the layers of weirdness with this unsettling adaptation.

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Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 4d

New episode - The Witches (1990) with @robwillb.bsky.social of @bonabooks.bsky.social

linktr.ee/onceuponavhs

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Once Upon A VHS - 80s and 90s Fantasy Podcast @onceuponavhs.bsky.social · 4d

Rachel True, Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney and Fairuza Balk in The Craft (1996).