S02E08 - Tales to Give You Goosebumps #1, Part 3

Say Podcast and Die!

Dec 27 2021 • 1 hr 13 mins

Andy and Alyssa conclude their three-part series on Tales to Give You Goosebumps #1 with a discussion of "Click," "Broken Dolls," and "A Vampire in the Neighborhood." In their discussion of "Click," they talk about laser discs, capitalist boredom, ironic wish fulfillment, time-controlling devices, the "Time Out" episode of Creepshow, Charmed, the "A Kind of Stopwatch" and "Time Enough at Last" episodes of The Twilight Zone, Troll 2, limbo, "Black Mirror, White Christmas," warping the fabric of reality, Timecrimes, alternate endings to The Butterfly Effect, magic/evil technology, and Countdown. In "Broken Dolls," they discuss fashion sense, craft fairs, Curse of Chucky, carnies, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, being transformed into a doll, Coraline, Child's Play, healing a sick family member, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, AI, The Dark Tower, the fear of child trafficking, the Pied Piper, changeling stories, the Satanic Panic, milk carton kids, The Deep End of the Ocean, I Know My First Name is Steven, sinister artisanal goods, Annabelle: Creation, and Goop. And with "A Vampire in the Neighborhood," they discuss the first person plural, butter burgers, vampire packs, Carmilla, stalkers, The Strangers, monster protagonists, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, bullies, The Hole, Dead Girl, strange new kids at school, shunning outsiders, Let the Right One In, frame tales, folk horror, emancipated children, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. // Music by Haunted Corpse // Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instagram, and get in touch at saypodanddie@gmail.com

Follow @saypodanddie on Twitter and Instagram, and get in touch at saypodanddie@gmail.com

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