Forgotten Video Store: The Fake Movie Review Show
A movie review show, but the movies are fake and we’re making them up as we go.
The finest podcast for fans of movies, comedy, storytelling, and of course video stores. Pairs best with sauvignon blanc.
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Episodes

Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Stop me if this sounds familiar: A big-city career woman returns to her small hometown during the holidays, and her mom tries to set her up with a local guy. But this local guy has a big red coat and a long white beard and is hundreds of years old! Biomedical scientist Dr. Bethany Carboneau returns to the video store to examine the Hallmark Christmas romance "Fill My Stocking" in the season finale of "Forgotten Video Store!"
Episode artwork incorporates photography by Annie Spratt, Donna Spearman, JE Shoots, and Randy Fath.

Monday Dec 01, 2025
Monday Dec 01, 2025
Could a scrawny, cabbage-soup-poor kid like Chandler Dimples ever make the Santa School soccer team? Will Candace Cane, the prettiest girl in school, ever notice him? Or will toxic mold claim his life and the lives and everyone he loves? Gorgeous young North Hollywooders Isabelle Carasso and Roger Carnow take a trip to the video store to rent the 1980s holiday favorite "Santa School!"

Monday Nov 24, 2025
Monday Nov 24, 2025
A private dick is tracking down a mystery dame, but every witness he interrogates claims they've already had this conversation. Is this detective just really forgetful? Emmy-winning writer Matt Price ("Regular Show") visits the Forgotten Video Store and rents the lost film noir masterpiece "Already Told You Everything." Happy Noir-vember to all!
Episode artwork incorporates photography from the New York Public Library and Nereid Ndreu. Show key art incorporates photography by Sean Benesh.

Monday Nov 17, 2025
Monday Nov 17, 2025
A regular dude who runs a movie meme instagram account gets in WAY TOO DEEP with some of Hollywood's most dangerous power players! St. Paul comedian Tido Maldonado takes a trip to the Forgotten Video Store to rent the ripped-from-the-headlines thriller "@cinemafoo."

Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Would a gradeschool outcast who's obsessed with dinosaurs fit in with... a group of dinosaurs??? Independent filmmaker Luke Matthews (writer/director of the new film "Tricks Can Go Wrong") takes a trip to the video store to rent the forgotten 1990s children's dinosaur fantasy adventure "DinoDoor"!
Episode artwork incorporates photography by Denny Muller, Engin Akyurt, and Leo Visions.

Monday Nov 03, 2025
Monday Nov 03, 2025
You know all those flashy billboards with the personal injury lawyers? One brave documentarian is going to find out who's the best billboard lawyer in all of Los Angeles!

Monday Oct 27, 2025
Monday Oct 27, 2025
A 1980s New York punk finds himself in Hell, and LOVES IT! Returning champion Sam Rodriguez of the American Cinemateque takes another trip to the video store, and this time rents a diabolical creature feature featuring the Devil, monstrous bugs, and one of the best of the Hollywood Arquettes!

Monday Oct 20, 2025
Monday Oct 20, 2025
There's a new baby at the daycare, and this one's a little different! Jason Stein, host of the "Dads from the Crypt" podcast, takes a trip to the video store to rent the 1980s movie that addresses two things he's an expert in: parenthood and horror!

Monday Oct 13, 2025
Monday Oct 13, 2025
Slasher icon Jason Voorhees has been to Manhattan, Hell, Space, and even Freddy Krueger's Dream Realm. So where is there left for him to go, except THROUGH TIME? Biomedical scientist Dr. Bethany Carboneau swings by the video store to rent the long-lost 13th installment in the Friday the 13th saga!

Monday Oct 06, 2025
Monday Oct 06, 2025
What if your insurance was so good that your doctor decided to do ALL the procedures on you? Portland musician Rentz Leinbach joins David at the video store to rent the 1980s body horror "You've Met Your Deductible." Welcome to Four Weeks of Spooks!








