Still Scared: Talking Children's Horror

Still Scared: Talking Children's Horror

Goosebumps: Werewolves

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Ren and Adam start their journey into Goosebumps in this episode with a trifecta of werewolf stories: Werewolf of Fever Swamp, Werewolf Skin and the choose-your-own style Night in Werewolf Woods.

They discuss the phenomenon that is Goosebumps, contemplate the '90s obsession with gunge, and fall down a bottomless pit and are rescued by a pterodactyl.

Will nostalgia win out, or will the outlandish cliffhangers prove too much? Find out in this episode of Still Scared.

A full transcript of this episode is available at: http://stillscared.podigee.io/7-goosebumps-werewolves

Mini Episode: Beware of the Boiler

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Sneaking in under the wire on the 12th day of Christmas, it's Still Scared's holiday season catch-up!

Ren and Adam recap the show so far, tell stories from their anxious childhoods, and delve a little bit into what makes children's horror special. Let's be monsters in a good way.

cn for references to transphobia and transmisogyny in recap clip.

A full transcript of this episode is available at:http://stillscared.podigee.io/6-mini-episode

Return to Oz

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Still Scared takes a ramble into the world of the 1985 children's horror classic 'Return to Oz' and the two Oz books it's based on.

In this episode Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray discuss gender play in the Oz books, the tragic fate of Jack Pumpkinhead, and enforced happiness in the original musical, as they get their teeth into the many strange and uncanny aspects of the world of Oz.

Content note: mentions of enforced electric shock treatment in the context of the story.

A full transcript of this episode is available at http://stillscared.podigee.io/5-return-to-oz

The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray

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Still Scared talks over 'The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray' by Chris Wooding, and finds that the podcast title has never been more appropriate.

In this episode we discuss the romanticisation of Jack the Ripper, chat about plotting a novel like a D&D campaign, lament the fact that we never became goths, and stop our discussion in the middle to read the creepiest extracts out loud to each other.

The subject matter does also get a bit dark at times, so heads up for references to murder (including one reference to child murder), violence against women, disease, and some grisly monsters.

A full transcript of this episode is available at http://stillscared.podigee.io/4-alaizabel_cray

Paranorman and The Boxtrolls

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Tropes abound in this discussion of two children's horror/fantasty films that just could have been better, to be honest.

We get critical in this one, as we discuss transmisogyny and appearance-based morality in The Boxtrolls, and mixed messages and dodgy jokes in Paranorman, but at least people who use electric toothbrushes are represented.

A full transcript of this episode is available athttps://stillscared.podigee.io/3-paranorman

Pilot: The Demon Headmaster

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In our very first episode, we try and work out what we're doing with this whole podcast thing, and discuss a creepy fixture of both our childhoods!

We talk about programming in Basic, sentient spaghetti and Czechoslovakian state-surveillance as we take a look at 'The Demon Headmaster'.

A full transcript of this episode is available at https://stillscared.podigee.io/2-pilotepisode

About this podcast

A podcast in which one film lecturer and one scaredy-cat discuss creepy, spooky and disturbing children's books, films and tv.

by Ren Wednesday, Adam Whybray

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