Each episode of 'V H US' features host Dirk Marshall having an in-depth talk with various guests about that week's cult film and what it is like to have the profession portrayed (sometimes very loosely) in the film.
Dirk Marshall was raised in a mom and pop video store in a small town. Growing up amongst the illustrious backdrop of VHS Box art, he learned about the world from the works of William Friedkin, Frank Henenlotter, and Penelope Spheeris. Now on VH US he sits down with people who's profession is portrayed in a film to talk about what it is like to have that profession and about the film he has assigned them.
The setting’s a flashy San Fernando Valley strip club where the dancers bare their souls as well as their bodies. The drama incisively examines the personal lives of these professional dancers — thei…
The setting’s a flashy San Fernando Valley strip club where the dancers bare their souls as well as their bodies. The drama incisively examines the personal lives of these professional dancers — thei…
Neo-nazi takes over a school, turns it into training camp with attempt to coup d’etat. Sukeban Deka should stop him, but it seems to impossible if she’s alone. –IMDB
Divorcee Dottie Ingels (Julie Kavner) works in retail, but she really wants to make it as a comedienne. After receiving an inheritance, Dottie decides it’s now or never, and moves to New York City wi…
During her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts. – IMDB
A nasty comedian’s assistant has allergy induced sneezes, giving problems at work etc. He accepts weekly injections after seeing the cute nurse. After a dozen injections he finally asks her out. – IM…
This Spike Lee film examines the life of an aspiring actress in New York. She is upset by the treatment of women in the movie industry during one of her screen tests with ‘QT’. Out of work and desper…
What surgeons thought to be a tumor growing on the neck of patient Karen Tandy (Susan Strasberg) is actually a fetus growing at an abnormally accelerated rate. But when Karen reaches out to former lo…
“Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum play two psychics hired by Peter Falk to find his long lost son in a foreign country. When they get there they discover he’s really hired them to help find a hidden te…
“In Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of the city.” – IMDB
This week's guest:
"Hello! My …
“The sleepy little town of Mill Basin is about to get more than it bargained for. The satanic heavy metal rock band “Black Roses” is coming through to raise hell… literally! After making a deal with …
“Workers employed at a French vineyard follow old pagan rituals that call for the life of the marquis owner to save his crops during dry seasons.” – IMDB
This week's guest:
Oenophilia came easily to …
“Sidney Poitier returned to the big screen in this action-thriller, after a decade-long absence. When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agen…
“Sully is the producer of a cable news network program. Christy is his ex-wife and best reporter. Her desire to quit the news business and marry Blaine, a sporting goods manufacturer comes as an inno…
Sean is a stand up comedian living in Los Angeles by way of South Dakota. He made it out even though South Dakota is the greatest state in the country! Sean spent his formative years in Portland OR w…
This week’s film: Arcade Attack: Silverball Heroes vs. Video Invaders.
Synopsis: “Heroes of the Pinball Arcade race to stop the invasion of the Video Game terrors!”
Extras:
I believe Tommy Hogan is in …
“In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro, who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect noodle soup restaurant. Woven into this m…
“Mame is an unconventional individualist socialite from the roaring 20’s. When her brother dies, she is forced to raise her nephew Patrick. However, Patrick’s father has designated an executor to his…
“A man becomes destructively obsessed with killing a dangerous rat, which has taken residence in his, recently renovated, house.” – IMDB
Mangled Bohemians (Bandcamp)