Escape The Tapes
Escape the Tapes is your new favorite rewind button. Join best friends Thomas Massey & Brittany Vaughn as they dive headfirst into the dusty, glorious, and occasionally ridiculous world of old films, forgotten VHS gems, scratched-up DVDs, and vintage media madness. Each episode, they crack open a relic from their past and attempt to escape its cinematic clutches. Fair warning: things might get a little off topic, mildly unhinged, and dangerously nostalgic. From cult classics to “how did this get made?” disasters, no tape (or disc) is safe. Pop some popcorn, press play, and embrace the chaos with Escape the Tapes.
Episodes
73 episodes
Ep 55: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Our first official movie of the year is an Indiana Jones adventure directed by Steven Spielberg. We love action, we love adventure, we love our witty Indy, and we HATE Nazis.
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TT- Ep 12: HAPPY NEW YEAR!! ✨
Going over 2025's least favorites, most favorites, and honorable mentions in terms of movies. We discuss our goals for 2026, and we have maybe unhinged thoughts about where we'd like to be.
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Ep 54: A Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
We love the discourse on if this is a Christmas movie, we love the actors, and we love the Bone Daddy™️.
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TT- Ep 11: Today's Vamps
Going over vampire media and ranking our favorites from the 2010's and 2020's!
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Ep 53: VAMPIRES!!! PT.2
Throwing it back to the 80’s with some fun vampire picks! We’ve got Fright Night (1985) and The Lost Boys (1987). Once again.. Blade is mentioned
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TT- Ep 10: Casper (1995)
Wishing Casper, the Harvey duo, and those terrible uncles three a happy thirtieth anniversary!
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Ep 52: VAMPIRES!!! PT.1
Kicking off the official Halloween season with some childhood bloodsucking friends. We have Scooby Doo and the Legend of the Vampire (2003) as our first pick and The Little Vampire (2000) following up.
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TT- Ep 9: Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island/Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (ft. Andrew)
Zoinks! It’s the podcasters! And their friend Andrew! This episode, the Mystery Machine definitely found more chaos than masked men in costume. There are laughs, there are songs, and we go over arguably the top 2 Scooby-Doo movies of all time o...
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Ep 51: House Of Wax (2005)
For the 20th anniversary of this movie, we rate our favorite kills, discuss the torture porn aspect of it all; and excitedly cheer on Paris Hilton. We also try to bring logic, meaning, and additional concerns to something that was already set i...
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Ep 50: Jennifer's Body (2009)
Happy two years of the podcast! Join us as we go over the ICONIC Jennifer Check, her girl Needy, the sexualization of Megan Fox, the height of power, bad people making great art, and the implications of homoeroticism once again.
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Ep 49: X2: X-MEN United (2003)
We swan dive into the 2003 sequel that took the X-Men to a blockbuster powerhouse. We’ll talk about Nightcrawler’s unforgettable White House attack, Charles being manipulated by a little boy, Jean Grey’s ominous transformation, and why th...
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TT-Ep 8: Corpse Bride (2005)
An entire episode of Brittany's accidental one woman show devoted to the 20th anniversary of this Tim Burton classic.
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Ep 48: Urban Legends (1998)
Scream rip-offs showing us the absolute dumbest ways to die disguised as urban legends, tiny fun facts, and anecdotes, oh my!
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TT-Ep 7: Days of Thunder(1990) & F1(2025)
We put the pedal to the metal this week with Days of Thunder and the brand‑new F1 movie. Join us as we talk racing legends, 90s Tom Cruise energy, romantic subplots that don’t make sense, and whether we’d survive one lap in an F1 car (we wouldn...
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Ep 47: Daredevil (2003)
What happens when you mix Catholic guilt, red leather, and a soundtrack that screams Hot Topic 2003? You get Daredevil. This week we revisit Ben Affleck’s most cursed my lived-in role, Jennifer Garner’s Elektric nachos, and Colin Farrell’s pote...
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TT- Ep 6: SUMMERWEEN (ft. The Duffers)
Sun’s out, knives out.We’re blending sweat and scares in this cursed cocktail of summer horror, Halloween nostalgia, and deeply unhinged seasonal confusion. Join us for Summerween—where the vibes are haunted, the outfits are questionable, a...
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Ep 46: Wild Wild West (1999)
Saddle up, folks — this week we’re diving spurs-first into Wild Wild West (1999), where cowboy hats, steam-powered nonsense, and giant robotic spiders collide in a fever dream of late-90s chaos. We unpack the camp, the cringe, the one liners, a...
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TT-Ep 5: I'm Going to Steal the Declaration of Independence Day (Patriotic Picks)
This week, we're serving a double dose of patriotic chaos with two American classics- Independence Day (ID4) , and National Treasure. We're talking Jeff Goldblum's fine scientist self, the wrong Mr. Bean™️, and what patriotism means in our stud...
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Ep 45: Sleepaway Camp (1983) ft. Tessa & Trenton!
Pack your bags and your trauma- we’re going to camp! We are joined by Weekend Forever alums Tessa and Trenton to go over the teenage slasher cult classic while also going over dubious mustaches, moral killings, and transgender by force icons.&n...
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TT- Ep 4: Hell Yeah Pixar! (Top 3 Pixar Picks) ft. Andrew
We have summoned a friend into the studio (and emotional trenches) to reveal our top 3 Pixar picks and an honorable mention. Mostly a fever dream with shared picks, separate languages, and laughter-induced tears.
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Ep 44: A Bug's Life (1998) ft. Andrew
Tiny bugs. Big drama. Questionable accents. In this episode, we get aggressively into A Bug’s Life—Pixar’s bug-powered fever dream with many a tangent. There’s mutiny. There’s sabotage. There’s a caterpillar who fully believes h...
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TT- Ep 3: Slumber Party Picks
Zero sleep, the grazing board of your dreams, and a movie lineup from both past and present that will make you so content with the state of your life for once. Welcome to our slumber party picks episode 📼🛌👯✨
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