Radness Rewind

About Radness Rewind

Welcome to Radness Rewind, where we take a trip back to the greatest decades in pop culture. Join Retro Rad Wes as he shares honest, unscripted conversations about the movies, TV shows, cartoons, commercials, toys, video games, technology, and everyday experiences that shaped generations from the 1950s through the early 2000s—with a special love for the '80s, '90s, and early 2000s. Whether we're talking about Saturday morning cartoons, Blockbuster nights, Goosebumps, Nickelodeon, classic commercials, mall culture, or the little things from back then.

Publisher

Retro Rad Wes

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Jul 2026

Latest episode

30 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

9 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Oct 2026

   Dawn of the Dead: Zombies, Shopping Malls & '70s Mayhem

   What happens when the zombie apocalypse hits and your best survival plan is moving into a shopping mall?Apparently, you go shopping.This week on Radness Rewind, Nick and I are revisiting George A. Romero's legendary 1978 horror classic, Dawn of the Dead!Well, technically, Nick is revisiting it. This was actually my first time watching the original Dawn of the Dead, and I was surprised by just how weirdly cheerful this movie could be.Between the zombies, the shopping sprees, the ridiculous biker gang, the surprisingly whimsical soundtrack and some absolutely fantastic practical effects, Dawn of the Dead is a fascinating look at how the modern zombie genre continued to develop after Night of the Living Dead.We discuss Peter, Roger, Stephen and Francine attempting to survive inside a shopping mall, Tom Savini's incredible makeup effects, the film's social commentary, the absurd decisions made during the apocalypse and the moments that made us wonder what the hell these characters were thinking.We also talk about how much zombie movies have changed over the decades, how Romero's films influenced The Walking Dead, and why Dawn of the Dead still deserves its place among the greatest zombie movies ever made.Despite its lengthy runtime and some questionable survival decisions, I really enjoyed watching this one for the first time.And next up? Day of the Dead (1985).Things are about to get a whole lot darker.🎬 Watch Radness Rewind on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@retroradfilms📅 New Radness Rewind episodes every Friday📚 New Goosebumps reviews every Monday⚡ New Shorts and clips throughout the weekSearch Retro Rad Wes on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook for more retro movies, nostalgia and entertainment!#DawnOfTheDead #GeorgeRomero #ZombieMovies #RadnessRewind #RetroRadWes

2. 

   16 Oct 2026

   Phantasm: The Tall Man, Killer Spheres & Jawa Minions From Other Diminsions

   I first watched Phantasm as a kid after spotting the VHS at a local video store in the ’90s.I remember finishing the movie and thinking, "I have no idea what just happened."So naturally, all these years later, Nick and I watched it again.And I still have no idea what happened.This week on Radness Rewind, we're diving into 1979's Phantasm, a bizarre mixture of horror, science fiction, supernatural weirdness, killer flying spheres, mysterious dwarfs, alternate dimensions and, of course, the Tall Man.The basic story involves a kid becoming suspicious of some very strange things happening around a funeral home. Before long, he's dealing with the Tall Man, deadly flying spheres, mysterious hooded creatures and a conspiracy involving corpses that's somehow even stranger than it sounds.Then Phantasm starts throwing alternate dimensions, crushing human bodies down into dwarf slaves, mysterious yellow blood, severed fingers turning into creatures, psychics and possible dream sequences into the mix.What the hell is happening?We don't know.But we're going through it anyway.And since apparently one Phantasm wasn't enough, we're heading into the sequels next.God help us.🎬 Watch Radness Rewind:https://www.youtube.com/@retroradfilms📅 New Radness Rewind episodes every Friday📚 New Goosebumps reviews every Monday⚡ New Shorts throughout the week#Phantasm #CultHorror #HorrorMovies #RadnessRewind #RetroRadFilms

3. 

   10 Oct 2026

   Goosebumps Marathon | Original Series Books #11-20 Retrospective

   The Goosebumps marathon continues! This time, I’m revisiting books #11–20 from R.L. Stine’s original Goosebumps series to see which childhood classics still hold up—and which ones probably should have stayed buried in the ’90s.This batch features haunted masks, killer scarecrows, werewolves, monster blood, evil piano teachers, giant bees, underwater monsters, and one extremely dangerous theme park.BOOKS REVIEWED:#11 – The Haunted Mask#12 – Be Careful What You Wish For…#13 – Piano Lessons Can Be Murder#14 – The Werewolf of Fever Swamp#15 – You Can’t Scare Me!#16 – One Day at HorrorLand#17 – Why I’m Afraid of Bees#18 – Monster Blood II#19 – Deep Trouble#20 – The Scarecrow Walks at MidnightWhich book from this group is your favorite? Let me know in the comments—and tell me which one scared you the most as a kid!Viewer beware, I’m gonna review the scare!Subscribe for new full episodes every Monday and Friday, plus new shorts and clips throughout the week.Find Retro Rad Wes on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. Check me out: https://linktr.ee/retroradfilms#Goosebumps #RLStine #RadnessRewind #RetroRadWes #GoosebumpsBooks #90sNostalgia #BookReview #HorrorBooks #TheHauntedMask #OneDayAtHorrorLand

4. 

   10 Oct 2026

   Goosebumps Marathon | Original Series Books #1-10 Retrospective

   Viewer beware… this is the full Goosebumps marathon.In this special Radness Rewind compilation, I’m revisiting the first 10 Goosebumps books by R.L. Stine in one big nostalgic binge. From Welcome to Dead House and Stay Out of the Basement to Night of the Living Dummy and The Ghost Next Door, this marathon collects my reviews of the first ten books in the original Goosebumps series all in one place.If you grew up with Scholastic Book Fairs, creepy book covers, 90s horror for kids, and R.L. Stine making everyday life feel weird and dangerous, this one’s for you.In this Goosebumps marathon, I cover:Welcome to Dead HouseStay Out of the BasementMonster BloodSay Cheese and Die!The Curse of the Mummy’s TombLet’s Get Invisible!Night of the Living DummyThe Girl Who Cried MonsterWelcome to Camp NightmareThe Ghost Next DoorWhether you were obsessed with Goosebumps as a kid, you’re revisiting the books as an adult, or you just want a giant dose of 90s nostalgia, I’ve got you covered.👉 New episodes of Radness Rewind every Monday at 3PM EST and sometimes on Fridays! Also new shorts everyday. Follow @retroradfilms on YouTube and Instagram. If you enjoy the video, like, comment, and subscribe — and let me know which Goosebumps book from the original series you want to see next. Viewer beware… I’ll review the scare. Check me out: https://linktr.ee/retroradfilms #Goosebumps #RLStine #GoosebumpsBooks #90sNostalgia #BookReview #Retro #Nostalgia #ScholasticBookFair #HorrorBooks #RadnessRewind #90sKids #ChildhoodMemories #RetroRadFilms #HorrorComedy #millennialnostalgia

5. 

   10 Oct 2026

   Night of the Living Dead: The Movie That Changed Zombies Forever

   Before The Walking Dead, 28 Days Later, Resident Evil and decades of zombie movies, there was Night of the Living Dead. This week on Radness Rewind, Nick and I go back to 1968 to revisit George A. Romero's legendary Night of the Living Dead and talk about just how much of the modern zombie genre can be traced back to this movie.Barbara and her brother Johnny visit their father's grave when they're suddenly attacked by a mysterious man. Johnny is killed, Barbara escapes to an isolated farmhouse, and before long she meets Ben—who quickly realizes something is very wrong outside. The dead are getting back up. From there, we're talking boarded-up windows, people mysteriously hiding in the cellar, news broadcasts explaining the outbreak, questionable survival decisions, exploding trucks, zombies eating people, the Cooper family from hell and one of the bleakest endings in horror history.We also get into how Romero was still figuring out the rules of his creatures. They use objects, they're afraid of fire, some of them behave differently than the zombies we'd see in later movies, and the mythology audiences now take for granted was still being developed.And despite the low budget, there is a LOT here that works.Duane Jones is excellent as Ben, the confined farmhouse creates a great atmosphere, the characters constantly fighting among themselves keeps the tension high, and the black-and-white photography gives the entire movie an eerie quality that still works decades later.Some effects have definitely aged.And Barbara... Well... Barbara spends a lot of this movie looking like she mentally left the building several hours ago. But Night of the Living Dead is a classic for a reason. It's fascinating watching so many pieces of the modern zombie movie coming together before anyone really knew what the rules were supposed to be.Rest in peace, George Romero. This one's for you.🎬 Watch Radness Rewind:https://linktr.ee/retroradfilms📅 New Radness Rewind episodes every Friday📚 New Goosebumps reviews every Monday⚡ New Shorts throughout the week#NightOfTheLivingDead #GeorgeRomero #ZombieMovies #RadnessRewind #RetroRadFilms

6. 

   10 Oct 2026

   Street Trash: Toxic Booze, Melting Bodies & Peak ’80s Trash

   Wesley, Nick and special guest Lovely dive into Street Trash, the infamous 1987 cult movie where toxic Prohibition-era booze causes people to melt into brightly colored piles of goo.And somehow, that's one of the least insane things in this movie.What starts with a liquor-store owner discovering decades-old bottles of mysterious booze called Viper quickly turns into one of the strangest movies we've watched on Radness Rewind. There's a junkyard full of bizarre characters, Vietnam flashbacks, a completely unhinged villain, a rogue cop, melting bodies, exploding bodies, a game of keepaway that absolutely cannot be described here, and enough offensive material to get this movie canceled about 400 different ways.The weirdest part? The toxic alcohol that seems like it should be the entire plot disappears for huge portions of the movie and is never properly explained.But we have to give Street Trash credit for one thing: the practical effects are absolutely insane.Is it good? Is it terrible? Is it offensive? Is it a melt movie? Is it exploitation? Is it all of those things simultaneously?Probably.🎬 Watch Radness Rewind:https://www.youtube.com/@retroradfilms📅 New Radness Rewind episodes every Friday📚 Goosebumps reviews every Monday⚡ New Shorts throughout the week#StreetTrash #80sHorror #CultMovies #BodyHorror #PracticalEffects #HorrorMovies #80sMovies #RadnessRewind #RetroRadFilms

7. 

   10 Oct 2026

   Chopping Mall: Killer Robots, Exploding Heads and Peak ’80s Cheese

   Wesley and Nick review Chopping Mall, the gloriously ridiculous 1986 sci-fi horror movie about a group of young mall employees trapped inside after a team of high-tech security robots turns homicidal.After lightning damages the mall’s computer system, the supposedly nonlethal security robots become heavily armed murder machines equipped with lasers, explosives and enough military technology to conquer a small country. Unfortunately for the robots, the mall also contains everything a group of teenagers needs to fight back: a gun store, propane tanks, gasoline, paint supplies and plenty of questionable ’80s decision-making.We discuss exploding heads, color-coded lasers, robots somehow sneaking around on loud tank treads, teenagers raiding the mall gun store, Dick Miller disappearing almost immediately, inconsistent robot programming and the final survivor’s full Sarah Connor moment.Chopping Mall feels like Terminator, RoboCop, Dawn of the Dead and Short Circuit were thrown into a blender with every possible 1980s horror cliché. Unlike King Kung Fu, however, this is exactly the kind of ridiculous bad movie we wanted.Our verdict: definitely watch it.Watch Radness Rewind on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@retroradfilmsNew Radness Rewind episodes every Friday.New Goosebumps reviews every Monday.New Shorts throughout the week.The episode highlights the movie’s malfunctioning mall-security robots, heavily armed survivors, exploding-head effects, inconsistent laser damage and over-the-top final battle.#ChoppingMall #80sHorror #KillerRobots #CultHorror #HorrorMovies #BadMovies #RadnessRewind #RetroRadFilms

8. 

   10 Oct 2026

   King Kung Fu: The Bizarre Kung Fu Gorilla Movie That Promoted Wichita

   Wesley and Nick take on King Kung Fu, the bizarre low-budget comedy about a martial-arts-trained gorilla running loose through Wichita, Kansas.After being sent from China to the United States as a peace offering, King Kung Fu becomes the target of two desperate public-access reporters hoping to manufacture the biggest story of their careers. What follows is a strange collection of kung fu fights, gorilla puns, local businesses, Pizza Hut appearances, confused police officers, a John Wayne-obsessed sheriff, a hot-air balloon chase and some of the worst stop-motion effects we have ever seen.Was King Kung Fu an actual movie, an extended advertisement for Wichita or an unfinished production that should have remained on the shelf? We break down the entire plot, the terrible editing, the painfully long tourism sequence, the bizarre fantasy scene and the King Kong-inspired finale on top of the Holiday Inn.James Rolfe of Cinemassacre may have called it a fun bad movie, but Wesley and Nick strongly disagree. This was not entertaining trash. This was simply painful.Watch Radness Rewind on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@retroradfilmsNew Radness Rewind episodes every Friday.New Goosebumps reviews every Monday.New Shorts throughout the week.King Kung Fu is discussed throughout the transcript as a delayed-release gorilla comedy built around Wichita locations, local businesses, chaotic kung fu fights and an intentionally absurd King Kong-style ending.#KingKungFu #BadMovies #MovieReview #CultMovies #KungFu #KingKong #Wichita #ComedyPodcast #RadnessRewind #RetroRadFilms

9. 

   31 Jul 2026

   Growing Up in the '90s Was Something Special

   What made growing up in the 1990s feel so special? Was it the movies, the music, Goosebumps books, Saturday mornings, Blockbuster nights, Halloween, or was it something much deeper?In this very first long-form discussion episode of Radness Rewind, I'm taking a step back and sharing my personal memories of growing up in the 1990s as a millennial. This isn't a scripted documentary or a countdown—it's an honest conversation about the decade that shaped my childhood and ultimately inspired my love for movies, filmmaking, horror, television, and nostalgia.I talk about what it was like growing up in North Georgia, being raised by my dad, the important role my grandparents played in my life, and how entertainment became such a huge escape for me as a kid. From reading Goosebumps books during the fall, spending hours wandering video rental stores looking at VHS covers, watching classic horror movies with my mom, and discovering films that would eventually inspire my filmmaking career, these are the memories that still stick with me decades later.I also dive into some of the things that made the 1990s feel different compared to today, including:📼 The magic of local video rental stores before streaming existed📚 Goosebumps books and why they became such an important part of my childhood🎃 Halloween in the '90s, neighborhood haunted houses, trick-or-treating, and unforgettable fall memories☀️ Long summer days filled with Super Soakers, neighborhood adventures, pools, go-karts, forts in the woods, and staying outside until the streetlights came on🎮 Classic PC games, early internet memories, dial-up, and growing up before social media took over everyday life🎬 The movies, television shows, music, and pop culture that defined an entire generation🏡 Why so many millennials miss the affordability, optimism, and slower pace of life that seemed to define the decadeThe 1990s weren't perfect, but for many of us they represented a unique moment in time—before smartphones, before social media dominated our lives, and before everything became permanently connected. Looking back now, it's easy to understand why so many people still feel nostalgic for that era.I'd love to hear your story.What do you miss most about growing up in the 1990s?Was it Goosebumps? Blockbuster? Family movie nights? Saturday morning cartoons? Halloween? Summer vacations? Playing outside until dark? Let me know in the comments—I read as many comments as I can, and I'd love to hear your memories.If you enjoyed this episode, please Like, Subscribe, and Share it with someone who grew up during the '80s, '90s, or early 2000s.🔔Subscribe for more nostalgia every week!🎙️ New Radness Rewind episodes every Friday📚 New Goosebumps reviews every Monday🎬 New Shorts everydayThanks for watching, and welcome to Radness Rewind.Check my Links: https://linktr.ee/retroradfilms#90s #90sNostalgia #90sKids #Millennials #Retro #Nostalgia #GrowingUpInThe90s #RetroRadWes #RadnessRewind #Goosebumps #Blockbuster #VHS #90sMovies #90sTV #ClassicCartoons

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