Still Scared: Talking Children's Horror
Episode Archive
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The Demon Headmaster 2019
This time Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray are safely ensconced in their respective houses to chat about the 2019 reboot (or possibly sequel?) of The Demon Headmaster.
In full-spoiler det...
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The Watcher in the Woods
Well, it's no Return to Oz, but 1980's The Watcher in the Woods is an interesting if flawed curio from Disney's dark-fantasy live-action back-catalogue that hosts Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray ...
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The Final Reckoning Part 2 (Deptford Mice Book Three)
Blood and thunder! It's a showdown for the ages. Join Ren Wednesday, Adam Whybray and Ava Foxfort as they discuss the final part of The Final Reckoning, the last book in the Deptford Mice series...
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The Final Reckoning, Part 1 (Deptford Mice Book Three)
Hang onto your mouse-knees, spooky kids! In this episode Ren Wednesday, Adam Whybray and Ava Foxfort discuss the first part of The Final Reckoning, the last book in Robin Jarvis's sublimely horr...
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The Crystal Prison (Deptford Mice Book Two)
Mouselets and Corn Dolllies! Join Adam Whybray, Ren Wednesday and Ava Foxfort as they discuss Robin Jarvis's The Crystal Prison from 1989, the second in his Deptford Mice series.
Featur...
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The Dark Portal (Deptford Mice Book One)
Put on your welly boots, spooky kids and join Adam Whybray, Ren Wednesday and returning guest Ava Foxfort as they go beyond the Grill into the murky sewers of Robin Jarvis's novel The Dark Porta...
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Mini Episode: Picture Books
Join us this time for a mini-episode, as Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray gleefully chomp on a monstrous spread of picture books from Maurice Sendak, David McKee, Beatrix Potter and Neil Gaiman. <...
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Room 13 & Nightmare Stairs
Once again, spooky kids, Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray are here to take you into the world of children's horror literature with Room 13 from 1989 and Nightmare Stairs from 1997, both by Robert ...
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
What's that haunted tune whistling through the calliope? Find out with Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray as they take a tour of Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Circus and explore the whirlingly evoca...
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The Garden of Darkness
In this episode Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray talk about the post-apocalyptic Young Adult novel The Garden of Darkness by Gillian Murray Kendall from 2014.
We discuss what makes a horro...