VHS Sisters
A cozy lil' podcast where a big sister forces her little sister to watch and review classic films from the VHS era!
Episodes
38 episodes
Episode 38-Howard The Duck (1985)
Holy SHIT Listeners, this is one for the ages right here. Today, we are discussing one of the most infamous movies of all time, Howard the Duck! Melanie has NEVER seen or heard of this mid-80s atrocity, and Saysha was somehow allowed to watch i...
Episode 37- Valley Girl (1983) with OUR MOM!!! (MOTHERS DAY SPECIAL!!!)
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 questi...
Episode 36-Back To The Future(1985)
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...
Episode 35-Excalibur (1981)
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 wi...
Episode 34-The Beastmaster (1982) with Special Guest RYAN D'ANGELO!!!
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...
Episode 33: Dragonslayer (1981)
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 unh...
Episode 32-The Last Unicorn (1982)
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 leas...
Episode 31-The Secret Garden(1993) MELANIE'S BIRTHDAY SPORES SPECIAL!!!
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 ...
Episode 30-Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
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 sibli...
Episode 29: The Secret of NIMH (1982)
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 ...
Episode 28- Return To Oz (1985)
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 abs...
Episode 27-Legend (1985)
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...
Episode 26- Moulin Rouge! (2001)
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 LO...
Episode 25-The Age of Innocence (1993)
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 ther...
Episode 24-Shakespeare in Love (1998)
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...
Episode 23- A Room With a View (1985)
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 ...
Episode 22-The Silence of The Lambs (1991)
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 ...
Episode 21-Cabaret (1972)
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, ...
Episode 20- SEASON 2 Premiere: THE SHINING (1980)
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! W...
Episode 19- VHS SISTERS SEASON ONE RECAP!!!
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...
Episode 18- CHRISTMAS SPECIAL PART TWO: Gremlins (1985)
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 ...
Episode 17- CHRISTMAS SPECIAL PART ONE: Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
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 impor...
Episode 16- Little Women (1994)
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 ...
Episode 15-When Harry Met Sally (1989)
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 dur...
Episode 14-The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
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 midnig...