VHS Sisters

WHOA LIKE TOTALLY RADICAL!!! We have SUCH a special ep for you all on this Mother's Day weekend y'all! As part of 80's month, we decided to watch an old family favorite, Valley Girl, from 1983 with OUR MOM!!! We mostly overwhelm her with questions about the 80's (spoiler: she cannot remember too much) and also dive deep into this sleeper cult film, discussing fashion(of course), interior design, method acting, malls, body hair, May-December subplots, class consciousness(Saysha cannot help it), family travel, and alternate timelines where our Mom has two boyfriends! We got REAL weird with it!!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

GREAT SCOTT, can you believe that Melanie had NEVER SEEN Back To The Future until The Year of Our Lord 2026?!?! HOW IS IT POSSIBLE??? HOW!?! Saysha was so flabbergasted upon learning this recently that she decided to wrap Season 2 by dedicating the ENTIRE month of May to our favorite movie decade of all time (maybe?)...The 1980s! Join us for an epic ramble about dead malls, The Butterfly Effect, vintage cars, PMA, gooning, incest, fanfic(again), and hot nerd supremacy! Can you believe we have almost 40 episodes out now? I sure can't!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

OOOOOOOH LORD Listeners, buckle up for this one!!! It's the very end of Fantasy Month, the pollen is high, and we officially got that Spring fever cause we spent over an hour talking about how Excalibur (1981) is one of the gayest movies you will ever see. We are so distracted by the gay undertones that we both completely forgot that Gabriel Byrne was in another movie that we reviewed last season (can you remember which one???). If you guess correctly and message us, Saysha will personally Venmo you 10 dollars. Not joking! Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

HEY BEASTMASTER'S ON! Today is SUCH a special episode since we are debuting our very first VHS Sisters guest ( famous drummer/artist and fantasy enthusiast Ryan D'Angelo) to discuss the 1980s cable classic, The Beastmaster! We really spiral out on this one, covering many broad-ranging topics such as animal acting, the Bronze Age, psychic surgery, gratuitous nudity, bodybuilding, sexual consent, and the importance of soup and workplace safety. Do you remember the name of Dar's eagle? Tune in to see if we do!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Do you like DRAGONS? Do you like DUNGEONS? Do you like violence (Yeah! Yeah!), girls in boy drag, puppets, pyro, and close-up egg magic? Well, we are here to remind you that this early 80s GEM of a film exists...Dragonslayer! This is a REAL unhinged episode where Saysha tries really hard to nerd out about Industrial Light and Magic and 80s dark fantasy, but Melanie mostly just wants to talk about hot guys and bodily fluids again. Sounds intriguing? Give us a listen today (definitely a NSFW episode, so be warned, O Listeners!)Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Happy Spring, O Loyal Listeners! It's April, and we are absolutely feeling our Spring Fantasy, so all the movies we discuss this month will be 80s FANTASY CLASSICS. We are starting off with one of THE most traumatic films of the decade (at least for Saysha), The Last Unicorn from 1982! We are SO back to viewing movies that Melanie has never seen, so gallop back into the past with us as we discuss unicorn ennui, animal cruelty, the incompetence of Men, being really bad at your job, middle age regret, femme fantasy character supremacy, settling for a guy just because he is *there*, and the inescapable knowledge that you are in a rotting mortal body! Yayyyyyy!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

It is a MOST special day, dear Sisterlovers (yes, I am still trying to make that a thing!). Today, in honor of Melanie's birthday, during the last week of Melanie's Memories Month, we revisit one of our MOST beloved childhood VHS classics: The Secret Garden from 1993! Come join us as we dive into some rosy spring memories of a family favorite that deals with many tender topics, such as parent death, illness, haunted manors, racism, class war, child abandonment, Münchausen syndrome by proxy, and cousin incest! If you want to send Melanie a birthday tip, please Venmo her at @melanie-nadolski!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

PAGING MR HERMAN! Today, in attempts to repair the giant rift that was torn between them upon the watching of The Secret of NIMH, Saysha has resorted to a tried and true family classic that has proven to heal the deepest of wounds between siblings-Pee Wee's Big Adventure! In this episode of Melanie's Memories, we have a great time reminiscing about one of our most beloved family films and bounce between a lot of interesting topics, including visual maximalism, travel, bikes, bikers, hobos, chimps, sketch comedy, and the joy of creative freedom! We promise you will smile during this episode at least ONCE! WE PROMISE!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Buckle up for some good old-fashioned 80's childhood trauma nostalgia and prepare yourself for a VHS Sister milestone, because this is the first episode where we actually get in a FIGHT over a movie. Today, we are discussing the 1982 Don Bluth classic: The Secret of NIMH! This is one of Saysha's most treasured movie memories, and Melanie absolutely hated it, so instead of deep-diving into the film, we talk about OTHER movies, fan fiction, Rule 34, animal cruelty, rats, robots, and why men shouldn't be allowed to do comedy! We also play Smash or Pass for about 5 minutes! If you love this movie, prepare to be UPSET!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Listeners, it's another fresh weekly episode of VHS Sisters, and we are continuing down the Yellow Brick Road of Melanie's Memories in March and yapping at GREAT length about one of our childhood trauma watches: Return to Oz from 1985! This absolute fever dream of a movie really upset both of us on this latest rewatch, and we got to unpack our many feelings about steampunk, queerness, drag queen drama, mental health, medical trauma, child abuse, good puppets, bad puppets, and ASMR. Come listen to us both realize how this movie is basically Rambo for dark fantasy girlies!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

AHHHHHHHHH BLIX!!!! In March, we have a FRESH new theme for you called Melanie's Memories! Meaning, we'll be rewatching some of the old family favorites that we feel need a deep dive, VHS Sister style. Today, we start with a 1980's dark fantasy classic that shaped us, both physically and emotionally: Legend from 1985! We get FULLY feral in this episode and yap at length about fantasy worldbuilding, twinks, simping, Tom Cruise with no pants, Tim Curry with big horns, synthesizers, and demon dick size. I know for a fact our mother does not listen to this podcast, and now I feel truly grateful about that!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Listeners, we've finally done it! We've finally found a movie that made Melanie feel disgusted at the idea of romantic love! We, of course, are talking about the infamous jukebox musical from 2001, Moulin Rouge! Both Melanie and Saysha had a LOT of strong feelings about this one, and it brings up a lot of important side topics such as incel culture, the importance of universal healthcare, natural skincare, early 2000s fashion, and 9/11! What a wild and precious thing to be alive and human on a rapidly dying planet! Happy LOVE month, y'all!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

OPULENCE! YOU OWN EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING IS YOURS! Listeners, we are in the full swing of LOVE month, and this week, Saysha is making Melanie watch yet another horny 90's costume drama- The Age of Innocence! Are we sensing a trend here? Is there anything more slutty than DDL in a tiny bowtie? Did Winona Ryder live this entire decade in a corset? Why was Michelle Pfeiffer robbed of an Oscar? How many Pomeranians can you own, legally? We don't answer any of these questions, but please listen anyway!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Hail and Well Met, O Listeners! In this week's episode we watch a LOVE movie that Saysha *thought* she remembered fondly, but was MOST unhappy to find it extremely lacking: Shakespeare in Love! Melanie and Saysha manage to ramble on for over an hour about this fluffy Oscar-bait comedy of errors, but mostly they talk about Bridgerton, bad men's haircuts, good boy drag, and yassified Will Shakespeare (#makeShakespearehot). You will also hear Saysha's VERY good Harvey Weinstein impression! Not joking! Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

HELLOOOOOOO Sisterlovers!!! This month, Melanie got to pick the special monthly theme, which is...LOVE! For the very first LOVE selection, Saysha has decided on a very slow, sleepy, and special Merchant Ivory production: A Room With a View! Is this the very first incarnation of Love on The Spectrum?  What is the best way to romanticize your one wild and precious life? Is it gay to ask to see another grown man naked upon meeting him? What even is LOVE?!? All these questions will probably get answered, so TUNE IN!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

HELLO CLARICE!!! It's our last episode of Actual Good Movies, and Saysha picked yet another problematic fav as has been known to do! Today we chat about the 1991 thriller The Silence of the Lambs, directed by Jonathan Demme and oooooooh boy do we have so much to say! Did Melanie completely fall for a cannibalistic psychopath who wears other people's faces? Tune in to find out! Also, HUGE trigger warning: we talk about all the tough things in this movie, including transphobia, sexual harassment, systemic violence,  murder, r@pe, serial killers, bodily fluids, and unpaid internships! Please listen responsibly!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Helllllo and Happy F@scist Winter to all of our Sisterlovers out there! We regret to inform you that we are NOT being very cozy this month and are continuing the January theme of Actual Good Movies that address Real Issues! In today's episode, we yap AT LENGTH about the classic Bob Fosse-directed film Cabaret, and we get into extensive discussion about bisexuality, flapper haircuts, German language and culture, N@zism, and also ramble for a full 10 minutes on time-travel and woke American Girl dolls. If you want to skip the doll and Time Lord content, skip to around the 10-minute mark. Or don't! What else are you gonna listen to on your commute or while cleaning? The actual musical Cabaret? Try harder, nerd!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

OUR HATERS SAID IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN!!! We are BACK for Season 2 babyyyyy and we have something super special cooked up for you today! We yap at LENGTH (or mostly Saysha does) about one of the greatest horror movies of all time, The Shining! We dig into some wacky fan theories, describe all the cursed hotels that inspired the Overlook, and discuss how much money it would take to get us to be a winter caretaker in a haunted hotel. Melanie also recounts the harrowing tale of her attempt to see this classic film in IMAX (spoiler: it did NOT go well!!!)TRIGGER WARNING: We do mention some tough stuff that this movie covers, specifically child and spousal abuse, alcoholism, murder, etc so please proceed with caution and be nice to yourself!:) We love you!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

HOLY SMOKES Sisterlovers!!! We actually made a whole ass season of movie recaps and posted them on the internet. To celebrate ourselves, and to also give YOU a special holiday bonus treat, Melanie is running the show today and asking some spicy Teen Beat-style queries to get to the bottom of the most critical questions that were presented in S1: like who was HOT, who was NOT, who was the very best puppet, and what character would win in a Celebrity Deathmatch! Thanks again for listening, we'll catch you in the New Year! If you'd like to give us any feedback or chat, please email us at [email protected]!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Wowowwow, how is it almost 2026?!?! Time to cuddle up with one of Saysha’s all-time favorite cursed childhood Christmas classics- GREMLINS!!! Why was Saysha allowed to watch this when she was five years old? How has Melanie lived to 33 without ever seeing this? Why did they film this in California during the middle of summer? Can a Mogwai flying from NYC to LA be fed at 9 am PST without mutating? Tune in to hear us ask these questions! Or not!! It's UP TO YOU!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Happy Holidays, O Loyal Listeners! Nothing says the holidays like a prolonged rant about how AI is both super uncool and boring, RIGHT? Well, that's what you get in this episode, along with plenty of discussion about puppet class war, the importance of animatronics and in-camera effects, various marshland modes of transportation, the power of platonic male friendship, and a HARD breakdown of the economics of being a working musician! Please join us for some cozy woke holiday cheer!!!Emmet Otter Outtakes: https://youtu.be/GduZhqftUn8?si=bHsL8HexNRjK5YWvPlease leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

OOOOOOO we are getting cozy now, O Loyal Listeners! We officially kick off full-fledged festive season with THE undisputed best adaptation of Little Women that has ever been made- the 1994 version! We mostly rave about how this is a stone-cold Christmas 90s girl power classic, but also talk about how hot young Christian Bale is, the importance of historically accurate fabrics in film, Jo March as a queer icon, and the intricacies of Transatlantic ship travel in the 1860s! NERD ALERT!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Hey Loyal Sisterlovers! Guess what? It's freezing, it's dark, and the big tree is up at Rockefeller Center! In honor of this VERY festive time of year, Saysha makes Melanie watch one of THE MOST quintessential New York romantic comedies set during the holidays that features zero people of color! Most of the time they talk about Jewish deli food, the importance of decentering men, Upper West Side landmarks, and how nobody makes good sweaters anymore! Listen, download, and comment if you care!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

DON'T DREAM IT, BE IT! Listeners, today is a VERY special day because this is the first time we are doing a FULL musical on this podcast (The Worst Witch and Labyrinth don't count! FIGHT ME IF YOU THINK SO!!!) We discuss the classic cult midnight movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and get into its humble beginnings as a stage show, its massive influence on subculture and the punk movement, and the importance of participatory art forms and women in STEM. And of course, we talk a LOT about who is hot in this film (spoiler: it's everyone). Download, listen, and leave us a SEXY little review on Apple Podcasts today!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

SOMETIMES DEAD IS BETTER!!! Hooooooo boy, today Saysha really shoots herself in the foot, making Melanie and herself watch yet another Stephen King movie that has NOT held up well over time: Pet Sematary! Together, they navigate the dark woods of this highly flawed horror classic, but manage to find some interesting things to chat about —mostly about video store nostalgia, autumnal vibes, travel woes, Stephen King's emotional hang-ups, the importance of having a likable protagonist, pets, and zombies. There is also a lengthy discussion about cat breeds and their differences!!! DOWNLOAD, LIKE, AND SUBSCRIBE IF YOU DARE!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

DANCE MAGIC DANCE!!!! Wowee wow, Listeners, do we have a really great episode for you! Saysha *finally* forced Melanie to watch the weirdly beloved Jim Henson/Brian Froud collab-Labyrinth! This one is a stone-cold VHS classic, and we discuss many things at length, including, but not limited to, sexy puppet love triangles, dream castings for the Labyrinth remake (please email us with your suggestions), and, of course, David Bowie's infamous light grey leggings. Do you think Melanie loved this movie or wanted to destroy it with fire? Tune in to find out!https://youtu.be/wBHhSnpAe-c?si=fnhsXoNLOgzfAgWMPlease leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

FEVER DREAM ALERT!!!! Greetings, Loyal Listeners! Please indulge us this week as Saysha completely spirals and forces Melanie to listen to one of her earliest movie memories—the completely batshit adaptation of Angela Carter's short story, "The Company of Wolves." We discuss women, men, dogs, menstruation, wolves, dolls, apples, trees, and how Angela Carter is the grandmother of magical realism and the 4B movement!Angela Carter BBC Doc: https://youtu.be/7GMb_VPoLr4?si=ejCNs0ImfJuJI5vFThe "Danger: Wolves on the Set" documentary was unfortunately removed from YT but here is some interview/BTS footage: https://youtu.be/EokEcGmWJ3U?si=61bQBRzvfnFuIovXHuman Behavior MV: https://youtu.be/p0mRIhK9seg?si=w72CWakecZ9a_PNgPlease leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Surprise!!! We have ANOTHER special 'ween ep just for YOU, Devoted Listener. Today, we do a long, deep dive into the overwhelmingly horny 1992 vampire romance/horror Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula. This movie is Saysha's Roman Empire and one of her Special Interests, so buckle up for some long infodumps and highly detailed costume descriptions. We also touch on interspecies romance, Keanu Reeves's accent work, and introduce a brand new segment called Melanie's Quotes! The SECRET VHS BTS Documentary: https://youtu.be/PvSqFcGr5LU?si=gmJPffONJ0aoFtv5Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

OOOOOOOOOOO this is gonna be an ooky, spooky, kooky episode indeed!  Can you believe Melanie has never seen the legendary primetime TV adaptation of the great Stephen King novel It?  I forced her to watch it so we could share some sisterly clown trauma and discuss how and why this was made for television to traumatize an entire generation of kids! This is our second film featuring Tim Curry and the first of MANY Stephen King offerings, so enjoy and have a SPOOOOOOOOKY Halloween!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

MMMMMMMMMM!!!! Today's episode is SUPER special for us because it took MANY MANY months of cajoling to get Melanie to actually sit down and watch this! And even though The Dark Crystal was not marketed as an actual *horror* movie, we are keeping with our spooky movie theme this month because Melanie definitely got some new nightmare fuel from this film. We yap about more puppet trauma, the importance of high-femme fantasy characters, biodiversity, and manage to sprinkle in some of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey in there for all of you NERDS who listen! Correction: Saysha says that Jim Henson was inspired by lobster shells to create the Garthim design, when it was actually Brain Froud who was so inspired!The World of The Dark Crystal documentary: https://youtu.be/p-f54lkXhbQ?si=hrQJvbP0ecGeJYRbPlease leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

So many munchings and crunchings! This week Saysha realizes that one of the movies she has recommended to Melanie perhaps does NOT stand up to scrutiny. However, there is still MUCH to discuss, including but not limited to overdone fantasy tropes, TTRPGs, annoying voice acting choices, and how early to mid-80s fantasy movies were mainly created to put the fear of death into a generation of young kids! Enjoy!!!Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ON HALLOWEEN!!! We are kicking off October with one of Saysha's favorite unhinged childhood classics-The Worst Witch from 1986! We have a TON of fun discussing cozy witch academia, inappropriate age-gap crushes, green screen shenanigans, and how J.K Rowling is the biggest loser hack of all time! Enjoy!!!Correction: Bella Ramsey's pronouns are they/them :)Link to full movie on YT: https://youtu.be/hUkVcd7SbTw?si=L9Jb8VDp53s7GqOCLink to the full Tim Curry number; https://youtu.be/SSZYVFc6BqI?si=OCDrDNPgj201HMAGLink to Disney's Halloween Treat: https://youtu.be/vdN3nAAfg3Q?si=ocXw70fHXUZA1gdTPlease leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Greetings, Fellow Witches! We are *really* getting into some spooky season favorites now and breaking down the childhood trauma classic, The Witches! Melanie has neither read the book nor seen the movie, so we get a whole fresh take on the scary witch prosthetics and the adorable mouse puppetry. We also discuss at length how a long holiday by the sea could fix us both! The actual Witches hotel: https://www.headlandhotel.co.uk/about-us/the-witches-hotel/Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

WOW y'all, this one might be one of our best episodes yet! We discuss an all-time favorite and extremely cursed 1980s children's fantasy film-The Neverending Story! We delve deep into Melanie's fear and hatred of puppetry, the stoicism of German culture, the inherent queerness of fae creatures, and gender roles in the 1980s. This one is one of Saysha's all-time favorites, so the reaction to this one was HEARTBREAKING to say the very least!Just a quick note: Around 25:28 Melanie's mic gets a little choppy so you can't quite hear, but she DOES say that Artax's death scene is "fucked up" and "sad" :(Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

G’Day mates! This week, we do a LONG cozy ramble about the 1994 Australian sleeper hit Muriel’s Wedding! We recap the WHOLE film, discuss 90’s fashion AT LENGTH, get into the scam of the wedding industrial complex, and dissect working class culture while ALSO planting the seeds of a green card marriage for Melanie ( all potential suitors please email us at [email protected]!)Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

In this week's podcast, we talk about that weirdly beloved whimsigoth classic from 1998...Practical Magic! We talk a *little* more about the actual film, but mostly discuss 90's home decor, numerous unrelated TV shows, and the commodification of witchcraft in general. We will probably get a LOT of hate for this one but we DO NOT CARE.Link to the "Soup Mode" hat that Melanie references:https://www.thesilverspiderprintshop.com/products/soup-mode-dad-hatShout out to Trixie and Katya's podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bald-and-the-beautiful-with-trixie-and-katya/id1532816291Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast

Saysha and Melanie DIVE into the 1975 Steven Spielberg classic Jaws, which somehow Melanie has NEVER seen despite being a massive fan of bodies of water and marine life in general! They barely discuss the details of the movie at all, but do discuss the food, fashion, and mourn over the abandoned romantic subplot at length! *Melanie's mic quality is a tad shabby on this ep, but tune in to Ep 2 to hear a massive upgrade!:)*Shout-out to www.eliotseats.com Please leave all thoughts, feelings and grievances at [email protected]: @vhssisterspodcast