Episode 09: DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROUBLE

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen use witchcraft to fight evil Cloris Leachman as Sean makes an out-of-character selection in a very special Halloween episode of Tapeheads.

Talking points: The kids of today aren't getting spooked. An in-depth history of the Olsen Twins and Dualstar. Stilted performances. Trailer talk. A Little Princess. The Secret Garden. Black Beauty. Babies at Play. The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley. Our First Video. Sleepover Party. The fan club. To Grandmother's House We Go. Quick recap. Children's Halloween party. Phil Fondacaro as Oskar the Clown. Asian jack-o-lantern. The hidden connection between Aunt Agatha and Lynn. The troubling Mr. N. Is this movie racist? Jurgen Wolff. Stranger danger. Witches gathering. Setting the clock forward. Lack of witch costumes. Buy it/rent it/tape over it. More witches.

Episode 07: TREMORS

Sean selects the 1990 western monster comedy Tremors, starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward as two country handymen who lead their town of eclectic characters to fight against graboids, giant underground worms that hunt by sound.

Talking points: A shared favorite. Visalia’s Video Zone, home of the animatronic corpse and Indiana Jones snakes. Mom and Pop video rental stores. The Blockbuster in Lodi. San Francisco’s Le Video. 3-2-1 Video in Florence, Oregon. Sam Raimi directs Liam Neeson in Darkman. Not your typical monster movie. Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward as Val and Earl. Finn Carter as Rhonda. Michael Gross and Reba McEntire as the Gummers. Victor Wong as Walter Chang. Melvin. The Bacon/Ward chemistry. A good spirited monster mash. The perfect horror/comedy. RIP Wes Craven. The rules. Pulled punches. An amazing ensemble. The slow reveal. Philip and Sean’s Attack of the Flesh Eating Beatles. Sequels and spin-offs. Tremors 5: Bloodlines with Jamie Kennedy. Alternate ending. Buy it/Rent it/Tape over it. Meryl Streep’s one miss?

Episode 04: I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER

Horror fanatic Sean selects his VHS copy of 1997's I Know What You Did Last Summer, the Kevin Williamson slasher adaptation of Lois Duncan's bloodless 1973 suspense novel, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, and Freddie Prinze Jr.

Talking points: Kevin Williamson. Scream. The soundtrack. Kula Shaker. Rental copy. Lois Duncan. Modernized text. Book vs. movie. Tame slasher. A cast of pretty people. Freddie Prinze Jr. is terrible. Low bodycount. Sweater sets. The 90's cast photo. The not-so-violent kills. The unmasking of the killer. Trying to explain the plot of this movie. Supernatural slasher, revenge tale, or something in the middle? The vapid survivors. Jump scare finale. Creepy backwoods Anne Heche. Lapses in logic and horror movie tropes. The filmmakers hate Lois Duncan too. The inevitable remake. Buy it/rent it/tape over it. If you were to remake this movie, who would you cast? Next time, our first guest episode.

Episode 02: COMMANDO

As our special two-week premiere continues, Sean dips into his VHS collection and selects the "classic" 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle Commando starring Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Vernon Wells, and Dan Hedaya.

Talking points: 20th Century Fox Selections. VHS vs. DVD. Evil garbage trucks. John Matrix is a young retiree. Plane plan. Creepy Sulley. Digital watch. Inscrutable evidence. Useful Cindy. Sean's history with Commando. The beauty of 80's action cinema. Climactic island assault. Chainmail sweater. Arnold catch phrases. Commando 2: Die Hard. Is Arnold attractive? Buy it/rent it/tape over it. Jonathan Taylor Thomas.