Video Days

Episodes

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  Explorers (1985) 01.08.2026 41m

  Three boys build a spaceship the studio never let them finish. Joe Dante directs an autumn tale where childhood wonder meets adult ambition, only to have that conflict play out behind the camera.Written by Eric Luke, Explorers imagines three suburban kids who build their own spaceship from junk and dreams, only to discover the universe is stranger and lonelier than they'd imagined. Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix lead the young cast in their earliest screen roles, backed by Rob Bottin's creature effects work and a score from Jerry Goldsmith. The production's real story runs parallel to its plot. A regime change at Paramount installed new executives over the film mid-production, and Explorers arrived in theaters incomplete, rushed out before Dante or his collaborators considered it finished.Find transcripts, screenshots, and source links at videocassettedays.com.
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  Fandango (1985) 12.07.2026 22m

  Road trip comedy too soulful to sell, too scattered to stick its landing. Kevin Reynolds writes and directs a coming-of-age story about five Texas college graduates on one last drive before the real world catches up with them. Trace how Reynolds' death-defying student film Proof caught Steven Spielberg's attention and how Warner Bros. never figured out how to sell Fandango, the feature-length version that followed. Find transcripts, screenshots and source links at videocassettedays.com.
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  Tremors (1990) 23.06.2026 27m

  A creature feature that runs two tracks — straight monster thriller and tongue-in-cheek comedy — without ever losing its footing. Trace how Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson's screenplay, Ron Underwood's direction, Gale Anne Hurd's production, and Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr.'s creature effects built one of the era's most entertaining horror-comedies. Find transcripts, screenshots, and source links at videocassettedays.com.
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  The Lost Boys (1987) 09.06.2026 29m

  A teenage horror-comedy that couldn't decide what it was—and is timeless for it. Follow how director Joel Schumacher and Richard Donner's competing visions, Warner Bros.' ambitions, Santa Cruz locations, and cutting-edge makeup effects resulted in the most memorable vampire film of its generation. Find transcripts, screenshots, and source links at videocassettedays.com.