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Explore the dusty forgotten corners of the Mom & Pop Video Store era.
Est. 2012.
Explore the dusty forgotten corners of the Mom & Pop Video Store era.
Est. 2012.
"You have to tell the truth."
It's one of the first lies we're told as kids - but we dutifully pass it down to our children anyway, convincing ourselves we believe it...
momandpopvideostore.com/donnie-darko-2001
It's one of the first lies we're told as kids - but we dutifully pass it down to our children anyway, convincing ourselves we believe it...
momandpopvideostore.com/donnie-darko-2001
February 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"You have to tell the truth."
It's one of the first lies we're told as kids - but we dutifully pass it down to our children anyway, convincing ourselves we believe it...
momandpopvideostore.com/donnie-darko-2001
It's one of the first lies we're told as kids - but we dutifully pass it down to our children anyway, convincing ourselves we believe it...
momandpopvideostore.com/donnie-darko-2001
Comic artist Rob Liefeld couldn’t draw feet to save his life, so he made sure there was always something in the panel to mask them. Play to your strengths, mask your weaknesses.
Early Tarantino worked the same way...
momandpopvideostore.com/true-romance-1993
Early Tarantino worked the same way...
momandpopvideostore.com/true-romance-1993
January 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Comic artist Rob Liefeld couldn’t draw feet to save his life, so he made sure there was always something in the panel to mask them. Play to your strengths, mask your weaknesses.
Early Tarantino worked the same way...
momandpopvideostore.com/true-romance-1993
Early Tarantino worked the same way...
momandpopvideostore.com/true-romance-1993
There's no such thing as an overnight success. And those who've had overnight success are usually the first ones to tell you they don't exist. If you're a starving artist, it means you're hungry.
The trick is to stay hungry...
momandpopvideostore.com/the-big-picture-1989/
The trick is to stay hungry...
momandpopvideostore.com/the-big-picture-1989/
January 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
There's no such thing as an overnight success. And those who've had overnight success are usually the first ones to tell you they don't exist. If you're a starving artist, it means you're hungry.
The trick is to stay hungry...
momandpopvideostore.com/the-big-picture-1989/
The trick is to stay hungry...
momandpopvideostore.com/the-big-picture-1989/
"Twin Movies" happen more often than coincidence can explain. Sometimes it's studio espionage, scripts getting pitched around until someone decides to loosely interpret the core idea without technically stealing it...
momandpopvideostore.com/christopher-columbus-the-discovery-1992
momandpopvideostore.com/christopher-columbus-the-discovery-1992
January 7, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"Twin Movies" happen more often than coincidence can explain. Sometimes it's studio espionage, scripts getting pitched around until someone decides to loosely interpret the core idea without technically stealing it...
momandpopvideostore.com/christopher-columbus-the-discovery-1992
momandpopvideostore.com/christopher-columbus-the-discovery-1992
Predator 2 must have caught critics in the middle of their post-'80s hangover. They just didn't want this movie.
They expected prestige Arnold-level action, but what they got was grimy back-alley brutality with characters that had plenty of time to bleed...
momandpopvideostore.com/predator-2-1990
They expected prestige Arnold-level action, but what they got was grimy back-alley brutality with characters that had plenty of time to bleed...
momandpopvideostore.com/predator-2-1990
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Predator 2 must have caught critics in the middle of their post-'80s hangover. They just didn't want this movie.
They expected prestige Arnold-level action, but what they got was grimy back-alley brutality with characters that had plenty of time to bleed...
momandpopvideostore.com/predator-2-1990
They expected prestige Arnold-level action, but what they got was grimy back-alley brutality with characters that had plenty of time to bleed...
momandpopvideostore.com/predator-2-1990
Pauly Shore was the early 90s. Not representative or symbolic of them, he was them. For several years, he went from MTV’s most chillin’ VJ to Hollywood’s own prophet of slack.
If you needed someone to embody post-80s aimlessness, The Weasel was your guy...
momandpopvideostore.com/son-in-law-1993/
If you needed someone to embody post-80s aimlessness, The Weasel was your guy...
momandpopvideostore.com/son-in-law-1993/
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Pauly Shore was the early 90s. Not representative or symbolic of them, he was them. For several years, he went from MTV’s most chillin’ VJ to Hollywood’s own prophet of slack.
If you needed someone to embody post-80s aimlessness, The Weasel was your guy...
momandpopvideostore.com/son-in-law-1993/
If you needed someone to embody post-80s aimlessness, The Weasel was your guy...
momandpopvideostore.com/son-in-law-1993/
Coffee, gunfire, and the last known expression of the original punk scene before it all went... Straight to Hell (1987)
This is punk rock cinema at its finest...
momandpopvideostore.com/straight-to-hell-1987
This is punk rock cinema at its finest...
momandpopvideostore.com/straight-to-hell-1987
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Coffee, gunfire, and the last known expression of the original punk scene before it all went... Straight to Hell (1987)
This is punk rock cinema at its finest...
momandpopvideostore.com/straight-to-hell-1987
This is punk rock cinema at its finest...
momandpopvideostore.com/straight-to-hell-1987
Scrooged arrived on home video today in 1989, after a November 23rd 1988 theatrical release.
I recently posted about Santa Claus: The Movie - which makes a great double feature for a Salkinds/Donner Christmas movie grudge match.
Knowing their history.
momandpopvideostore.com/scrooged-1988
I recently posted about Santa Claus: The Movie - which makes a great double feature for a Salkinds/Donner Christmas movie grudge match.
Knowing their history.
momandpopvideostore.com/scrooged-1988
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Scrooged arrived on home video today in 1989, after a November 23rd 1988 theatrical release.
I recently posted about Santa Claus: The Movie - which makes a great double feature for a Salkinds/Donner Christmas movie grudge match.
Knowing their history.
momandpopvideostore.com/scrooged-1988
I recently posted about Santa Claus: The Movie - which makes a great double feature for a Salkinds/Donner Christmas movie grudge match.
Knowing their history.
momandpopvideostore.com/scrooged-1988
Santa Claus: The Movie landed on Home Video this week in 1986, after a November 27, 1985 theatrical lump of coal.
When the Salkinds set out to create Santa Claus: The Movie, they went straight to their Superman: The Movie playbook...
momandpopvideostore.com/santa-claus-the-movie-1985/
When the Salkinds set out to create Santa Claus: The Movie, they went straight to their Superman: The Movie playbook...
momandpopvideostore.com/santa-claus-the-movie-1985/
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Santa Claus: The Movie landed on Home Video this week in 1986, after a November 27, 1985 theatrical lump of coal.
When the Salkinds set out to create Santa Claus: The Movie, they went straight to their Superman: The Movie playbook...
momandpopvideostore.com/santa-claus-the-movie-1985/
When the Salkinds set out to create Santa Claus: The Movie, they went straight to their Superman: The Movie playbook...
momandpopvideostore.com/santa-claus-the-movie-1985/
It's about Rocky III... But really it's about E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Ah, the summer of ’82. I was nine years old and my entire world revolved around a short, wrinkled alien with a glowing finger...
momandpopvideostore.com/rocky-iii-1982
Ah, the summer of ’82. I was nine years old and my entire world revolved around a short, wrinkled alien with a glowing finger...
momandpopvideostore.com/rocky-iii-1982
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It's about Rocky III... But really it's about E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Ah, the summer of ’82. I was nine years old and my entire world revolved around a short, wrinkled alien with a glowing finger...
momandpopvideostore.com/rocky-iii-1982
Ah, the summer of ’82. I was nine years old and my entire world revolved around a short, wrinkled alien with a glowing finger...
momandpopvideostore.com/rocky-iii-1982
You remember Cocoon being heartwarming, right?
Yeah. Sooo - as someone who's just rewatched it, my advice is that you hold onto that idea for dear life and don't go trying to recapture that feeling by watching it again...
Read on:
open.substack.com/pub/themomandpopvideostore/p/cocoon-1984
Yeah. Sooo - as someone who's just rewatched it, my advice is that you hold onto that idea for dear life and don't go trying to recapture that feeling by watching it again...
Read on:
open.substack.com/pub/themomandpopvideostore/p/cocoon-1984
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
You remember Cocoon being heartwarming, right?
Yeah. Sooo - as someone who's just rewatched it, my advice is that you hold onto that idea for dear life and don't go trying to recapture that feeling by watching it again...
Read on:
open.substack.com/pub/themomandpopvideostore/p/cocoon-1984
Yeah. Sooo - as someone who's just rewatched it, my advice is that you hold onto that idea for dear life and don't go trying to recapture that feeling by watching it again...
Read on:
open.substack.com/pub/themomandpopvideostore/p/cocoon-1984
"Are you eating it, or is it eating you?"
Writer/director Larry Cohen created a product so insidious, so convincingly sinister... that you can half-expect to find it in the frozen food aisle.
Read about the stuff: momandpopvideostore.com/the-stuff-1985
Writer/director Larry Cohen created a product so insidious, so convincingly sinister... that you can half-expect to find it in the frozen food aisle.
Read about the stuff: momandpopvideostore.com/the-stuff-1985
October 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"Are you eating it, or is it eating you?"
Writer/director Larry Cohen created a product so insidious, so convincingly sinister... that you can half-expect to find it in the frozen food aisle.
Read about the stuff: momandpopvideostore.com/the-stuff-1985
Writer/director Larry Cohen created a product so insidious, so convincingly sinister... that you can half-expect to find it in the frozen food aisle.
Read about the stuff: momandpopvideostore.com/the-stuff-1985
Project X escaped to Home Video today in 1987, after an April 17th theatrical release.
Shock the monkey: momandpopvideostore.com/project-x-1987
Shock the monkey: momandpopvideostore.com/project-x-1987
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Project X escaped to Home Video today in 1987, after an April 17th theatrical release.
Shock the monkey: momandpopvideostore.com/project-x-1987
Shock the monkey: momandpopvideostore.com/project-x-1987
Trick or Treat arrived on Video Store shelves today in 1987, almost a year after its October 24th, 1986, theatrical release. So as to cash-in on Halloween. Twice.
A transcending piece of 80s Satanic-Panicsploitation...
momandpopvideostore.com/trick-or-tre...
A transcending piece of 80s Satanic-Panicsploitation...
momandpopvideostore.com/trick-or-tre...
October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trick or Treat arrived on Video Store shelves today in 1987, almost a year after its October 24th, 1986, theatrical release. So as to cash-in on Halloween. Twice.
A transcending piece of 80s Satanic-Panicsploitation...
momandpopvideostore.com/trick-or-tre...
A transcending piece of 80s Satanic-Panicsploitation...
momandpopvideostore.com/trick-or-tre...
This is the movie I use to test people. It's how I measure exactly how much chaos, grime, and manic visuals a person can tolerate before they snap, and say, No. Absolutely not. Joe's Apartment (1996).
Many don’t make it past the first 10 minutes. But when they do? I know I've found my people. -Pop
Many don’t make it past the first 10 minutes. But when they do? I know I've found my people. -Pop
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is the movie I use to test people. It's how I measure exactly how much chaos, grime, and manic visuals a person can tolerate before they snap, and say, No. Absolutely not. Joe's Apartment (1996).
Many don’t make it past the first 10 minutes. But when they do? I know I've found my people. -Pop
Many don’t make it past the first 10 minutes. But when they do? I know I've found my people. -Pop
Authentic Miak is so hard to find this time of year...
I’ll tell you what, Vern. If Jim Varney's oeuvre taught me anything, it’s that it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
Ok, Rocky taught me that, but so did Ernest.
Pass the Miak. -Pop
I’ll tell you what, Vern. If Jim Varney's oeuvre taught me anything, it’s that it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
Ok, Rocky taught me that, but so did Ernest.
Pass the Miak. -Pop
October 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Authentic Miak is so hard to find this time of year...
I’ll tell you what, Vern. If Jim Varney's oeuvre taught me anything, it’s that it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
Ok, Rocky taught me that, but so did Ernest.
Pass the Miak. -Pop
I’ll tell you what, Vern. If Jim Varney's oeuvre taught me anything, it’s that it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
Ok, Rocky taught me that, but so did Ernest.
Pass the Miak. -Pop
Mr Dark isn't the villain in Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) - he's just the enabler. The scariest part is watching your entire town queue up for obviously impossible promises while you scream the truth and nobody listens...
momandpopvideostore.com/something-wicked-this-way-comes-1983
momandpopvideostore.com/something-wicked-this-way-comes-1983
September 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Mr Dark isn't the villain in Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) - he's just the enabler. The scariest part is watching your entire town queue up for obviously impossible promises while you scream the truth and nobody listens...
momandpopvideostore.com/something-wicked-this-way-comes-1983
momandpopvideostore.com/something-wicked-this-way-comes-1983
WildCalts (1986). A touch of football Feminism.
That's what Wildcats gave me at 13. In between the training montages, it showed how unfair the world could be when you let certain biases call the shots. I started rooting for her.
And by her, I mean all Hers...
momandpopvideostore.com/wildcats-1989
That's what Wildcats gave me at 13. In between the training montages, it showed how unfair the world could be when you let certain biases call the shots. I started rooting for her.
And by her, I mean all Hers...
momandpopvideostore.com/wildcats-1989
September 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
WildCalts (1986). A touch of football Feminism.
That's what Wildcats gave me at 13. In between the training montages, it showed how unfair the world could be when you let certain biases call the shots. I started rooting for her.
And by her, I mean all Hers...
momandpopvideostore.com/wildcats-1989
That's what Wildcats gave me at 13. In between the training montages, it showed how unfair the world could be when you let certain biases call the shots. I started rooting for her.
And by her, I mean all Hers...
momandpopvideostore.com/wildcats-1989
"Loyal, lethal... stupid."
Koopa's plan was so straightforward. He ran a depleted world where the infrastructure was collapsing, the resources were gone, and the only functioning systems were surveillance and propaganda... Sound familiar?
Read on... momandpopvideostore.com/super-mario-bros-1993
Koopa's plan was so straightforward. He ran a depleted world where the infrastructure was collapsing, the resources were gone, and the only functioning systems were surveillance and propaganda... Sound familiar?
Read on... momandpopvideostore.com/super-mario-bros-1993
September 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Loyal, lethal... stupid."
Koopa's plan was so straightforward. He ran a depleted world where the infrastructure was collapsing, the resources were gone, and the only functioning systems were surveillance and propaganda... Sound familiar?
Read on... momandpopvideostore.com/super-mario-bros-1993
Koopa's plan was so straightforward. He ran a depleted world where the infrastructure was collapsing, the resources were gone, and the only functioning systems were surveillance and propaganda... Sound familiar?
Read on... momandpopvideostore.com/super-mario-bros-1993
"I can't feel my legs… I HAVE NO LEGS!!!"
Party like it’s 1998: That’s Charlie Korsmo in the 90s party movie that drinks like an 80s party movie; Can't Hardly Wait.
momandpopvideostore.com/cant-hardly-wait-1998
Party like it’s 1998: That’s Charlie Korsmo in the 90s party movie that drinks like an 80s party movie; Can't Hardly Wait.
momandpopvideostore.com/cant-hardly-wait-1998
September 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"I can't feel my legs… I HAVE NO LEGS!!!"
Party like it’s 1998: That’s Charlie Korsmo in the 90s party movie that drinks like an 80s party movie; Can't Hardly Wait.
momandpopvideostore.com/cant-hardly-wait-1998
Party like it’s 1998: That’s Charlie Korsmo in the 90s party movie that drinks like an 80s party movie; Can't Hardly Wait.
momandpopvideostore.com/cant-hardly-wait-1998
We need to talk about David Bowie's codpiece.
Not the goblin king. Not the crystal balls. Not even the M.C. Escher stairways.
The codpiece.
momandpopvideostore.com/labyrinth-1986
Not the goblin king. Not the crystal balls. Not even the M.C. Escher stairways.
The codpiece.
momandpopvideostore.com/labyrinth-1986
August 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We need to talk about David Bowie's codpiece.
Not the goblin king. Not the crystal balls. Not even the M.C. Escher stairways.
The codpiece.
momandpopvideostore.com/labyrinth-1986
Not the goblin king. Not the crystal balls. Not even the M.C. Escher stairways.
The codpiece.
momandpopvideostore.com/labyrinth-1986
The Breakfast Club (1985) isn't the teen rebellion manifesto it thinks it is.
It's meant to be this triumphant middle finger to authority. They grew. They connected. They won.
Except... they didn't. Not really...
open.substack.com/pub/themoman...
It's meant to be this triumphant middle finger to authority. They grew. They connected. They won.
Except... they didn't. Not really...
open.substack.com/pub/themoman...
August 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The Breakfast Club (1985) isn't the teen rebellion manifesto it thinks it is.
It's meant to be this triumphant middle finger to authority. They grew. They connected. They won.
Except... they didn't. Not really...
open.substack.com/pub/themoman...
It's meant to be this triumphant middle finger to authority. They grew. They connected. They won.
Except... they didn't. Not really...
open.substack.com/pub/themoman...
Fast Food (1989). Director Michael A. Simpson served up some tasty comedic chops with Sleepaway Camp II, but he really delivers the goods with this saucy tale of fries and Spanish fly co-starring Jim Varney and Traci Lords.
Sadly, the flick’s fallen into history’s deep fryer. -Pop
Sadly, the flick’s fallen into history’s deep fryer. -Pop
August 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Fast Food (1989). Director Michael A. Simpson served up some tasty comedic chops with Sleepaway Camp II, but he really delivers the goods with this saucy tale of fries and Spanish fly co-starring Jim Varney and Traci Lords.
Sadly, the flick’s fallen into history’s deep fryer. -Pop
Sadly, the flick’s fallen into history’s deep fryer. -Pop
White of the Eye (1987). This was a video store staple back in the day, I must have spotted it on every bottom shelf of every thriller section I pored over. I’d wager this neglected masterpiece of genre-bending cat-and-mousery is one of the 80's best and most underrated thrillers. -Pop
June 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
White of the Eye (1987). This was a video store staple back in the day, I must have spotted it on every bottom shelf of every thriller section I pored over. I’d wager this neglected masterpiece of genre-bending cat-and-mousery is one of the 80's best and most underrated thrillers. -Pop
This is what happens when the system breaks down and leaves the worst people in charge.
This movie wasn’t supposed to be fun. If you wanted to party, you could go hang out at the Uneeda Medical Supply warehouse with Burt and Ernie.
This was detention.
momandpopvideostore.com/day-of-the-d...
This movie wasn’t supposed to be fun. If you wanted to party, you could go hang out at the Uneeda Medical Supply warehouse with Burt and Ernie.
This was detention.
momandpopvideostore.com/day-of-the-d...
May 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is what happens when the system breaks down and leaves the worst people in charge.
This movie wasn’t supposed to be fun. If you wanted to party, you could go hang out at the Uneeda Medical Supply warehouse with Burt and Ernie.
This was detention.
momandpopvideostore.com/day-of-the-d...
This movie wasn’t supposed to be fun. If you wanted to party, you could go hang out at the Uneeda Medical Supply warehouse with Burt and Ernie.
This was detention.
momandpopvideostore.com/day-of-the-d...