Welcome to the newest episode of Phantom Video! Phantom Video is a voyage into film criticism and film history through the lens of collectors, with up to date reviews of physical media old and new. We cover dvd, bluray, 4k and even VHS. Nathan Bartlebaugh is joined by his cohosts Trey Whetstone and Dave Becker as they dig into the release schedule for April 2023. Each host picks 3 releases and discusses them in detail and why we are excited for them! We also present our first title for Phantom V...
Apr 08, 2023•2 hr 49 min•Ep 134•Transcript available on Metacast Phantom Galaxy returns with a new review episode and news regarding a new structure! Nathan delivers some brand new reviews for Mario Bros and John Wick 4, and is joined by Greg Bensch for some recent reviews including Scream 6, and then he and Bill take a deep dive into several different films including an Andy Sidaris joint! Nathan also has some previews of three films that played at the 2023 Sundance film festival. Then he and Trey talk Scream 6 spoilers at the very end of the episode! Show N...
Apr 08, 2023•5 hr 43 min•Ep 133•Transcript available on Metacast Phantom Galaxy goes After Dark! Nathan and Bill are joined by a giant team-up of Victor Rodriguez, Dave Becker, Greg Bensch and Greg Buzelli as we take a look at sexy genre movies and adult thrillers. Each of the guests picks two movies and we discuss the sub-genre in general as well.It's a wild ride through bawdy sci-fi and turbulent horror, all the way through esoteric Japanese cinema and cheerful 80s schlock! Stay tuned after the episode for a reading of H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond by Victor...
Feb 23, 2023•5 hr 46 min•Ep 132•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to the X-Files Round Table returns to Phantom Galaxy with over four hours of coverage for the fantastic 5th season! Nathan is once again joined by Victor Rodriguez from Inside the Sound of Fear, Dave Roy from The Great Fright North,, X-Files super-fan Karen Wagner, and introducing Shannon Barnes who sits in for Tommy Wood this time, but will be a regular co-host going forward. ----more---- Perhaps the tightest and most consistently good season of the show to-date, Season 5 represent...
Jan 31, 2023•4 hr 22 min•Ep 131•Transcript available on Metacast Phantom Galaxy follows up our Best Horror Movies of 2022 with a more general list covering all the other releases of 2022, within all genres. To accomplish this, we bring Victor H. Rodriguez and Trey Whetstone back from last year and also welcome the Morgans, Greg and Pearl, to join us for this year's mega-list of best films. All the hosts share their Top 10 lists and honorable mentions. SPOILER WARNING: We avoid most spoilers for the films mentioned, but proceed with caution. Our basic rule is ...
Jan 18, 2023•3 hr 2 min•Ep 130•Transcript available on Metacast Phantom Galaxy gets down to their Top Movies of 2022. We are doing two episodes again this year, and the first is Best Horror Movies with guests Greg Bensch, Victor H. Rodriguez and Greg Buzzelli of Monsters and the Mosh Pit. The team cover their ten favorite horror movies of 2022 and then discuss some honorable mentions for the year. SPOILER WARNING: We avoid most spoilers for the films mentioned, but proceed with caution. Our basic rule is that if it showed up in trailers, it's fair game! Enjo...
Jan 01, 2023•4 hr 51 min•Ep 129•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Holidays all! Nathan and Bill journey back to the land of yuletide fear and cheer with a another Christmas extravaganza, covering 10 holiday related movies that include holiday staples, uncovered gems, pure schlock, and some refreshing indie horrors. We bring Karen Wagner and Brian Scott back to the show, rejoining us from last year, and ready to take on this holiday juggernaut. To add to the seasonal craziness, we start things off with a review of the dreaded lurking terror, the shadow of...
Dec 24, 2022•3 hr•Ep 128•Transcript available on Metacast Nathan and Dave return to the Illustrated Fan with a big episode celebrating animated Christmas specials, including classics like How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Charlie Brown Christmas and the madness of Rankin Bass! Joining them on this addled odyssey of yuletide delirium is Karen Wagner, from our X-Files Round Table. We also open the episode with a full review (with a spoiler free and spoilers segment) of Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio. Without further ado, check out the episode and see which...
Dec 24, 2022•2 hr 11 min•Ep 127•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to Phantom Galaxy Review! In this episode Nathan and Bill review several new 2022 releases and one film from 1978. We talk about the Netflix monster smash Troll, the new thrillers Nocebo, The Menu and Something in the Dirt. We also talk about the David Harbour helmed Violent Night, the Prime doc Goodnight Oppy, Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, Sissy and more. Check it out! ----more---- Movies Reviewed: Nocebo (2022) Something In The Dirt (2022) The Brinks Job (1978) Goodnight Oppy (2022) Bod...
Dec 18, 2022•3 hr 55 min•Ep 126•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the newest episode of Phantom Video! Phantom Video will be a voyage into film criticism and film history through the lens of collectors, with up to date reviews of physical media old and new. We cover dvd, bluray, 4k and even VHS. Nathan Bartlebaugh is joined by his cohosts Trey Whetstone and Dave Becker as they dig into the release schedule and then review 3 spooky Bluray releases and how they measure up as home media selections. Note: This episode covers both October and November re...
Dec 10, 2022•4 hr 6 min•Ep 125•Transcript available on Metacast Phantom Galaxy returns with a new episode dedicated to underrated horror movies. Bill Van Veghel and Nathan Bartlebaugh are joined by Dave Roy of the Great Fright North Podcast and by fellow horror movie fan and Phantom Galaxy honorary co-host Brian Scott. We each bring two horror films we find underrated or underseen and recommend them. We also finally review the divisive Halloween Ends. Get comfortable, find your best ghoul, and enjoy the episode! Happy Halloween! Don't miss this episode, and ...
Nov 01, 2022•4 hr 33 min•Ep 124•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Strange Frequencies! This series within Phantom Galaxy is hosted by Bill Van Veghel, our resident music guru. Although it's been a long time coming, our special anniversary episode of Strange Frequencies shows up just in time for spooky season and Halloween, with an extra Creepy special treat. Bill has rung the bell in the Land of the Creeps and his fellow Creeps have answered the call! Greg "Gregamortis" Morgan, Pearl "Twisted Temptress" Morgan, and Dave "Dr Shock" Becker join Bill "...
Oct 28, 2022•5 hr 4 min•Ep 123•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to Phantom Galaxy! This episode is our biggest review episode yet, with Nathan and Bill covering several films including House of Darkness, Speak No Evil, Dont Worry Darling, Gatlop: Game of Hell, Piggy and more. Then Nathan is joined by guest Trey Whetstone to review Smile, Barbarian, Pearl, My Best Friends Exorcism and Sissy. Check out the episode and then head over to the Phantom Galaxy Facebook group and share your favorites! Movie Reviews: Fandango (1986) Nathan Recommended. Ra...
Oct 10, 2022•5 hr 49 min•Ep 122•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the first official episode of Phantom Video! Phantom Video will be a voyage into film criticism and film history through the lens of collectors, with up to date reviews of physical media old and new. We cover dvd, bluray, 4k and even VHS. Nathan Bartlebaugh is joined by his cohosts Trey Whetstone and Dave Becker as they dig into the release schedule and then review 3 new releases and how they measure up as home media selections. Note: This episode was recorded in August and due to unf...
Sep 26, 2022•3 hr 47 min•Ep 121•Transcript available on Metacast VOD Roulette returns with a new episode, recorded near July 4th and full of fireworks literal and figurative! Nathan and Bill are joined by two greats in the PG alumni category; cohost Seth Dombach, who crewed the cast with Nathan for a number of years, and returning guest and horror enthusiast Brian Scott, a true champion of the cast on social media! In this episode we each pick one film and let the PG community suggest titles for the fifth. This episode the hosts picked Zombie Nightmare, Fog I...
Aug 23, 2022•2 hr 29 min•Ep 120•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to Phantom Galaxy! In this episode we take a break from our regular programming to bring you the records of two summers, when a Canadian podcaster and his family went off to the woods....and came back, and went back to the woods...and came back again. During that time, from 2021 to 2022, he captured a horde of reviews of television, movies and books. Now, here they are, collected together for your listening pleasure. I give you The Van Veghel Tapes!
Aug 02, 2022•2 hr 21 min•Ep 119•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to a bonus episode presenting a new sister podcast to Phantom Galaxy. Phantom Video will be a voyage into film criticism and film history through the lens of collectors, with up to date reviews of physical media old and new. We cover dvd, bluray, 4k and even VHS. Nathan Bartlebaugh is joined by his cohosts Trey Whetstone and Dave Becker for this experimental first episode that will focus on each host sharing 5 recommended Criterion Collection films. Currently the Criterion half-off sale ...
Jul 27, 2022•4 hr 35 min•Ep 118•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to the Phantom Galaxy! As Bill Van Veghel enjoys his well deserved vacation in the wilds of Canadian, Nathan brings in guest co-host Victor Rodriguez to talk all things related to the Blade Runner franchise. Starting with the quirky and dizzying novella 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick, Nathan and Victor roam the violent, rain-soaked streets of the future, hunting down each divergent part of this eclectic franchise. We take a deep-dive into the once neglected...
Jul 24, 2022•2 hr 22 min•Ep 117•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to Phantom Galaxy! This episode is another review episode, with Nathan and Bill covering several films including Rats: A Night of Terror, Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special, Emergency, Top Gun: Maverick, Men, The Sadness, Crimes of the Future, and more! Check out the episode and then head over to the Phantom Galaxy Facebook group and share what you've been watching! Other places to find Bill: https://letterboxd.com/billhorrorguy/ https://landofthecreeps.blogspot.com/...
Jul 05, 2022•4 hr 3 min•Ep 116•Transcript available on Metacast The Return of VOD Roulette! J.T. and Ryan from The Horror Chronicles join Nathan and Bill as they each choose a film from streaming and review it! In this episode we talk Bloodrunners, Poor Pretty Eddie, the Tubi original Hellblazers and The Reflecting Skin! Enjoy!----more---- Check out The Horror Chronicles at: https://www.facebook.com/thehorrorchroniclespodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/2524868434460676/?source_id=245567162773099 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2GysDofaXYuhGtSrD1XOjg ...
Jun 08, 2022•2 hr 15 min•Ep 86•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to the X-Files Round Table returns to Phantom Galaxy with a 4 hour rundown of the glorious 4th season! Nathan is once again joined by Victor Rodriguez from Inside the Sound of Fear, Dave Roy from The Great Fright North,Tommy Wood from Reel Talk: A Movie Podcast, and X-Files super-fan Karen Wagner, returning from last episode! ----more---- A darker, grittier and more emotional season than the previous 3, the fourth began its movement towards a feature-length big-screen movie, that wo...
Jun 04, 2022•4 hr 13 min•Ep 114•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to Phantom Galaxy! This episode is another review episode, with Nathan and Bill covering several films including Metal Lords, Apollo 10 1/2, Madelines, Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, The People, We're All Going to the World's Fair, Against the Ice, and a fun throwback TV movie called The People with none other than William Shatner starring! Then guest Trey Whetstone joins Nathan in reviewing The Northman, Hatching, Thar and Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. Check o...
May 27, 2022•3 hr 7 min•Ep 113•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to Phantom Galaxy! This episode is another review episode, with Nathan and Bill covering several films including Death on the Nile (2021), Jackass Forever, Morbius, The Bubble, and The Killer Inside Me (1976). Then Nathan is joined by guest Trey Whetstone to review X, Master, Hellbender, Ultrasound, Catch the Fair One, and a spotlight review for Everything, Everywhere, All At Once. We also continue our podcast spotlight segment with Trey's Screaming Through the Ages and his coverage...
Apr 20, 2022•4 hr•Ep 112•Transcript available on Metacast Nathan and Dave return to the Illustrated Fan with a big episode celebrating the animated films of Walt Disney and reviewing the stop-motion Netflix film 'House'. Dave and Nathan bring back Khristian Knecht from the Miyazaki episode (now a college graduate!) and each host shares their top 10 Disney animated films after they review the trippy, unsettling, quirky House, an anthology of strange tales set within the same setting. For our Disney list, we decided to exclude the following: * films that...
Mar 31, 2022•3 hr 34 min•Ep 111•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to Phantom Galaxy! This episode is another review episode, with Nathan and Bill covering several new releases including Scream 2022, Fresh, Studio 666, Shut-In, Chain Reaction (2006), Strawberry Mansion, Those Who Walk Away, The Clown Murders, and the new tv show From on Epix. Nathan also reviews Matt Reeves The Batman with some help from Joel Robertson from Retro Movie Geek and Jay of the Dead's New Horror Movies. As special treat, we have a long-time-coming review from Jay of the ...
Mar 13, 2022•3 hr 24 min•Ep 110•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to the Phantom Galaxy Podcast! This week we return to the review format for a series of new and older reviews of films and television, some playing at the theater and most available through various streaming services. Nathan and Bill go head-to-head with Netflix's hotly debated new sequel to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and report back on what they "saw". Then, Nathan reviews the new theatrical films Uncharted and The Cursed, and Bill brings us a retro review of the Sidney Lumet hel...
Feb 24, 2022•3 hr 42 min•Ep 109•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the fourth episode of Strange Frequencies! This series within Phantom Galaxy is hosted by Bill Van Veghel, our resident music afficianado. With the help of guests, Bill explores the worlds where music and fiction meet, taking a look at films with musical themes, albums and artists who use their medium to tell stories and explore ideas, and that gulf in between that includes musicians turned actors and directors, soundtracks and ambient music, and much much more. In this episode dedica...
Feb 19, 2022•3 hr 18 min•Ep 108•Transcript available on Metacast Phantom Galaxy follows up our Best Horror Movies of 2021 with a more general list covering all the other releases of 2021, within all genres. To accomplish this, we bring Victor H. Rodriguez back, and introduce Trey Whetstone, of 'Screaming Through The Ages' to the Phantom Galaxy. Bill, Nathan, Victor and Trey all share their Top 10 lists and honorable mentions. SPOILER WARNING: We avoid most spoilers for the films mentioned, but proceed with caution. Our basic rule is that if it showed up in tr...
Feb 07, 2022•4 hr 24 min•Ep 107•Transcript available on Metacast Phantom Galaxy finally gets down to their Top Movies of 2021. We are doing two episodes again this year, and the first is Best Horror Movies with guests Greg Bensch, Victor H. Rodriguez and Amanda Lee. The team cover their ten favorite horror movies of 2020 and then discuss some honorable mentions for the year. SPOILER WARNING: We avoid most spoilers for the films mentioned, but proceed with caution. Our basic rule is that if it showed up in trailers, it's fair game! Enjoy the episode and rememb...
Jan 25, 2022•4 hr 19 min•Ep 106•Transcript available on Metacast Nathan and Bill are joined again by Victor H. Rodriguez, as we review DUNE, SPINE OF NIGHT, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, and more. Don't miss this episode, and check us out at all the places below: www.phantomgalaxy.podbean.com Twitter: @fantomgalaxy You can also find us on Facebook at: The Phantom Galaxy Podcast Also come check out the Phantom Galaxy FB group and join the conversation! You can also contact us and share your recommendations for show topics and stuff to review (books, beer, movies, whatev...
Jan 14, 2022•3 hr 32 min•Ep 105•Transcript available on Metacast 
