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Listeners, today we are absolutely CRAZYYYYY from the heat, and I really think you can tell in this one. As the finale to the epic adventure that was SAND MONTH, today we feature an epic adventure movie FULL OF SAND-The Mummy from 1999! This is a positively feral ramble where we talk about such varied topics as bisexuality, the French Foreign Legion, bugs, casual racism, vital organs, nonconsensual kissing, Banana Republic, quicksand, cats, the importance of physical media, and the burning of the Library of Alexandria (shout out)! We also burst into song like three times, which is unprecedented!

Holy SMOKES Listeners, we've really done it this time. And by "done it," I mean we went and watched a movie from 1990 that isn't very good. Saysha has a lot of affection for it for some reason. Tune in to see if Melanie had any strong emotions or reactions about yet another sand-themed movie. We also ramble about climate change, Las Vegas, prepper culture,  the mating habits of giant worms and Pepsi Vs. Coke products. We sound really high in this episode, but we promise we are NOT!

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Crikey Listeners, we get bloody SINCERE in this one. Saysha opens up to Melanie about another one of her all-time childhood Aussie favs-Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (or just Priscilla if you're nasty). This is a bit of a long cozy ramble, cause there isn't too much to poke fun at in this groundbreaking gay road movie, but we definitely find plenty to chat about: Aussie accents, brekkie bowls, gay rights, 90s day drag, Hugo Weaving's white hot sex appeal, camper life, casinos and ABBA, of course. We might even shed a couple of tender tears about the idea...

Y'all remember the 90's? Right? RIGHT?!?! Today is the day Saysha has decided to force Melanie to watch a highly divisive cult movie that could only have been made in the 90s: Tank Girl! We ramble for a long time about the pre-Marvel comic book movie flop trend, 90s alt girl fashion, shaved heads, SAND, pets, guns, apocalypse survival skills, and interspecies romance YET AGAIN. Yes, this is a family podcast and YES, only one of us has been to therapy. Tune in and try to guess which one!

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WE ARE SOOOOO BACK BABYYYYYY!!! Season 3 is HERE, and we are ready with some PIPING HOT FRESH episodes for your listening pleasure. Today we are kicking off with one of Saysha's all-time favorite good/bad movies: David Lynch's Dune from 1985! We really make up for lost time here and dive deep into the wild, weirding world of Arrakis: yapping about such broad-ranging topics as butthole aliens, Sting's dong, pugs, skin problems, yaoi, psychedelics, and worm feces. This is also the episode where Saysha discovers that Melanie has probably never fully paid attention to The Lord of the Rings and...

Can you even believe it, Listeners?! We JUST wrapped Season 2, and we had so many bangers that we had to do a recap to yap about our favorites and drag our least favorites. Melanie has prepped some REALLY good Q's for this one, but we mostly talk about fat rats, Big Daddy energy, Kirk and Spock slashfic, looksmaxxing, swords, hotties, Timothée Chalamet (again!), and we got so caught up that Saysha forgot to mention that the cursed Mac and Me art is hands down her favorite! 

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SWEET JESUS, we finally did it, Sisterlovers!!! We finally watched one of the most cursed movies of all time that perfectly encapsulates the decade of the 1980s, Mac and Me! This film really made Saysha question her life choices and almost pushed Melanie to the brink of insanity. Tune in to hear us yap about hideous puppet design, California topography, McDonald's smoking policies, Coke products, Epstein Island, the origins of Coachella, and the survival odds of a wheelchair-bound child who falls off a cliff! We also finally get the scoop on what puppet Melanie is most willing to f...

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 it MULTIPLE times as a 7- and/or 8-year-old! We discuss a LOT of very upsetting stuff, including but not limited to duck nudity, interspecies romance, all-girl bands, animal genitalia, Cajun sushi, 80s punks, romance spas, and hentai. We also pitch the MUCH better remake, so if you are a Disney exec, TUNE IN...

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!!!!

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!!!

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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! 

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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!!!

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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!)

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

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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...

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!

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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!

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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! 

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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!!!

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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!!!

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...

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...

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...

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!!!

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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=bHsL8HexNRjK5YWv

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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!!!

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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!!!

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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...

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!!!

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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!

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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=ejCNs0ImfJuJI5vF

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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=gmJPffONJ0aoFtv5

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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!!!

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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! 

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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!!!

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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=L9Jb8VDp53s7GqOC

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