It's time to wrap up the holiday-adjacent horror we've been in all month long as Doll-cember comes to a close with the instantly campy M3GAN.
She's stylish, caring, enigmatic, and looks her best when she's been dragged through the mud. We talk about the right number of times to swear, the blood of the unrated version, a month of excellent child actor performances, and we dance along to this final entry in the year.
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We dive into a prequel of a prequel of a scare from the first few minutes of the original film as we continue Doll-cember, our month-long look into dolls in horror with the entry Annabelle: Creation from the ongoing universe of The Conjuring.
Annabelle may not do much but look pretty, but isn't that enough to read as a queer hero? Also, will she bite you in the butt in the next film? And would everything be better if this nun was Bev Keane? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this episode!
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We're back in The Twilight Zone as our dive into doll horror all Doll-cember long. And this time, Rod Serling welcomes us into "Living Doll."
Talky Tina ratchets up the tension as she terrorizes a man, all with a sweet smile and cheerful voice. There's disaster ahead, but could Tina have missed her calling to work as a telephone operator? "Klondike-5! Just a minute, doll, let me connect you!"
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Sometimes lifeless, sometimes filled with the spirit of Brad Dourif, we are celebrating dolls all month long in Doll-cember and we're kicking things off with the iconic 1988 film, Child's Play.
Luckily, we recruited our own good guy, Glitterjaw podcast host Derek B. Gayle (Walloping Websnappers, Gimmicks, Falling with Style, Skreeonk!, Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge) as we discuss unfortunate voodoo plotlines, have "reverse That's So Raven" moments, and enjoy a tub of Country Crock.
Batter up!
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It's time to finish our plates at the Kid's Table, our month-long dive into children's horror. To finish things off? We looked at the Goosebumps series of novels by R.L. Stine and particularly the entry The Night of the Living Dummy from 1993.
Get your comedy act ready and try to resist making jokes about a character named "Mr. Wood" as we talk about ventriloquist dummies in this classic kid's horror standard.
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It's that time here at the Kid's Table (our month-long look at horror for children) where we have finished our meals but the pie hasn't quite cooled. So how about a quick run through the the 1991 video game Uninvited, originally designed by ICOM Solutions and ported for the NES by Kemco. Just make sure you open your bottle of No Ghost and check the size of any spider before you traverse this magical emporium of queer wizards.
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We're continued to be sat at the Kid's Table as we talk about children's horror all month long, we're not even allowed to have a taset of the expensive, forbidden soup that is the subject of this episode of the 1990's children's horror anthology Are You Afraid of the Dark and the episode "The Tale of the Dangerous Soup."
We are joined by Katie from Novel Gaming as we peruse the menu, talk about what scares us, and admire Jersey in this classic Nickelodeon Saturday night offering.
It knows what scares you!
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The grown-ups have banished us to the Kid's Table but that's just a way for us to talk about horror for children all month long! And where better to start than the (almost) universally acclaimed limited series, Over the Garden Wall by Patrick McHale. After a brief diversion where David tries to get a renewal for his once acclaimed previous podcast efforts, we talk about everything packed into this beloved series: Jungian role assignments, Kierkegaard's "knight of faith," and of course, turt burgling!
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There's a chill in the air, and it isn't just from the weather - it's a tale that's been forecasted for over a year!
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You tricked and treated us with questions all month long and it is time to TP your houses with answers!
Of course, we couldn't do it without all of you wonderful fans who sent in questions! Thank you to:
You are strange and off-putting here in the final chapter of Drac-tober, our month-long celebration of all things Dracula. We talked about the humble origins, but what happens when some boxes of dirt (boxes!?) make their way to Sunnydale, California? We get the answer in the Season 5 opener with "Buffy vs. Dracula" from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Joined by Buffy enthusiast and Glitterjaw podcast host Derek B. Gayle (Walloping Websnappers, Gimmicks, Falling with Style, Skreeonk!, Lee Carvallo's Podding Challenge), we look at the comparisons with the source text and film, how they work in the Buffy-verse and we even accuse each other of being under the thrall of the dark prince!
We may be finished with Dracula for now, but he always comes back.
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Permit me to introduce myself - wait, what do you mean that's not in here? Drac-tober continues with the 1931 film Dracula, adapted by Garrett Fort and directed by Tod Browning. We corrupt Matthew Broderick, play with rubber bats, and play fast a loose with the source material as we jump from page to screen for this Universal Monster celebration of Bela Lugosi's take on Count Dracula.
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No one sees a communion wafer coming, but you should have expected this Drac-tober continuation of the 1897 novel Dracula. This second part picks right where we left off from Chapter 13 and continues through the end of the novel.
You'll be Goop™ed!
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared
00:14:51 Introduction
00:26:51 Themes
00:45:33 Is it Horror?
00:50:29 Is it Queer?
00:54:31 Beat-by-Beat Discussion
01:49:48 Wrap-Up and Reevaluation
Another October has come around for us to discuss one of the foundational icons of horror with a month-long celebration of all things Dracula! And to start this Drac-tober, we're going back to the very beginning to discuss the work of bear icon Bram Stoker with the 1897 novel Dracula. We're covering this one in two parts and this first sojourn takes us to Transylvania and through Chapter 12 of the novel.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared
00:13:36 Introduction
00:21:57 Themes
00:37:41 Is it Horror?
00:41:45 Is it Queer?
00:48:37 Beat-by-Beat Discussion
01:55:29 Wrap-Up and Reevaluation
At long last we take Lost at Sea-tember to the stars! And who better to be by our sides than the exceptional Cass Proffitt from the Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast as we discuss the 1997 film, Event Horizon. Join us and get lost in a blood orgy while exploring a large shaft ready to explode at any moment!
That's a lot of spikes, innit?
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared
00:19:57 Introduction
00:29:13 Themes
00:43:15 Is it Horror?
00:48:54 Is it Queer?
00:54:51 Beat-by-Beat Discussion
01:46:51 Wrap-Up and Reevaluation
Our exploration of the breadth and depth of the terrifying oceans continues with Lost at Sea-tember now sending us into a place visited before only by puppet-makers and biblical figures: inside a whale! Follow the stars and check your technical gear as we discuss the 2023 novel by Daniel Kraus, Whalefall.
*slaps the old oxygen tank* This bad boy can fit in so many daddy issues!
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared
00:15:24 Introduction
00:23:42 Themes
00:40:00 Is it Horror?
00:43:26 Is it Queer?
00:47:11 Beat-by-Beat Discussion
01:35:22 Wrap-Up and Reevaluation
Our misadventures with the fickle mother that is the ocean continues with our month-long celebration in nautical horror, Lost at Sea-tember! This time we've finally found solid ground with the 2019 film by Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse.
Joined by our friend Andrew Corns from The Revisionist Almanac, we obliterate seagulls, fancy some dino nuggets, and remark about Bjork somehow as we discuss the depths and ... shall we say ... lengths that make up the phallic titular lighthouse.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared
00:16:28 Introduction
00:27:13 Themes
00:46:40 Is it Horror?
00:49:11 Is it Queer?
00:54:13 Beat-by-Beat Discussion
01:57:40 Wrap-Up and Reevaluation
Haul the sails ya filthy currs as Lost at Sea-tember continues, this time solving mysteries in the 2018 puzzle game, Return of the Obra Dinn developed by Lucas Pope.
We enjoy "1-bit" graphics, are startled by maritime horrors, and spend a lot of time looking at men's feet as we find the fates of all who sailed the Obra Dinn.
Wait a second, who left all this unknown seaman all over the deck? Kraken ... clean up your mess!
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro, Scared & Prepared
00:11:55 Introduction
00:22:15 Themes
00:33:36 Is it Horror?
00:37:02 Is it Queer?
00:42:41 Beat-by-Beat Discussion
01:58:29 Wrap-Up and Reevaluation
To some, it may be the worst movie ever, but there's gems - and gold! - to discover here, so we're excited to kick off a month of nautical horror with Lost at Sea-tember and the 2002 Steve Beck film Ghost Ship. Betrayal! Ghosts! Ships! This things has it all!
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Unnamed aliens are being tormented by a clown of their own making - the very representation of fear, which helps us to wrap up Auguste - our month-long celebration into clown horror. This time, the clown du jour is none other than legendary actor Michael McKean who wears the face paint and terrorizes his captives in the Star Trek Voyager episode "The Thaw."
Here's the executioner from the episode and you are welcome.
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