Munchity-Crunchities! In this episode we discussed The Black Cauldron from 1985, and briefly, the Sierra video game of the same name. Many thanks to our guest Mattie! Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com and we're on instagram @stillscaredpodcast and twitter @stillscaredpod! Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her music o…

Migrants Yes In this episode we talked about The Mouse and his Child by Russell Hoban, published in 1967, and the 1977 animated film of the same name. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com and we're on instagram @stillscaredpodcast and twitter @stillscaredpod! Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her music on her bandcamp. …

Moolah! Boolah! In this episode we discussed Madness at the Mall from 1998 by M.D. Spenser. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com and we're on instagram @stillscaredpodcast and twitter @stillscaredpod! Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her music on her bandcamp. Outro music is by Jo Kelly, and you can find their music un…

When are we going to get to the puppet carnival? In this episode we talked about the second half of the Goosebumps series from 2023, streaming on Disney Plus, as well as some of the original episodes from the Goosebumps TV series that ran between 1995-8. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com and we're on instagram @stillscaredpodcast an…

I'm powered by worms, I can do anything! In this episode we talked about the first half of the Goosebumps series from 2023, streaming on Disney Plus, as well as some of the original episodes from the Goosebumps TV series that ran between 1995-8. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com and we're on instagram @stillscaredpodcast and twitter…

Let's Get Hauntological In this episode we discussed the recent anthology Horrifying Children: Hauntology and the Legacy of Children's Television, with two of its co-editors, Lauren Stephenson and Robert Edgar. The anthology features a chapter entitled Suburban Eerie: The Demon Headmaster (BBC1, 1996–8) and The Demon Headmaster (CBBC, 2019) as Neol…

Don't Go In The Caves! In this episode we talked about The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1960) by Alan Garner. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com and we're on instagram @stillscaredpodcast and twitter @stillscaredpod! Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her music on her bandcamp. Outro music is by Jo Kelly, and you can fin…

Fish Bannister In this episode we talked about the 1995 film Casper, directed by Brad Silberling. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com and we're on instagram @stillscaredpodcast and twitter @stillscaredpod! Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her music on her bandcamp. Outro music is by Joe Kelly, and you can find their m…

A Bag Of Wotsits On The Sofa In this episode we talked about The Haunted Mansion (2003), directed by Rob Minkoff, Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021) directed by Kirk Thatcher and Haunted Mansion (2023) directed by Justin Simien. We were delighted to be joined by guest Ailish Brassil, and you can find her on twitter at @ailishbrassil. Here is a link to …

Spitball Gutsnuggle Willy Slimebag In this episode we discussed Angela and Diabola, by Lynne Reid Banks with illustrations by Klaas Verplancke. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com and we're on instagram @stillscaredpodcast and twitter @stillscaredpod! Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her music on her bandcamp. Outro m…

"But Miss, They Like Being Dead." In this episode we talked about Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com and we're on instagram @stillscaredpodcast and twitter @stillscaredpod! Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her music on her bandcamp. Outro music is by Joe Kelly, and you can find their mu…

Hallo, You Great Turnip In this episode we talked about the 1981 novel The Scarecrows by Robert Westall. Sound effects from freesound.org are water_mill by padyhady countryside by brunoboselli. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com and we're on instagram @stillscaredpodcast and twitter @stillscaredpod! Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, a…

Bee My, Bee My Baby In this episode we talked about the short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl, as well as other Dahl short stories including The Wish, Lamb to the Slaughter and Royal Jelly. Sound credits: Train, fast, heavy, squeals, breaks.wav by golovlev.sound Swarm of bees by Globofonia Heartbeat by…

(Jester noises continue) In this episode we talked about the film The Hole (2009), directed by Joe Dante. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com. Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her work at her website, and music on her bandcamp. Outro music is by Joe Kelly, and you can find their music under the name Wendy Miasma on ba…

Fully Automated Luxury Mushroom Communism In this episode we talked about Revenge of the Toffe Monster and Killer Mushrooms Ate My Gran, by Susan Gates. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com. Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her work at her website, and music on her bandcamp. Outro music is by Joe Kelly, and you can fin…

Hair Cream and Hell Maidens In this episode we discussed Wendell & Wild (2022), directed by Henry Selick. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com. Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her work at her website, and music on her bandcamp. Outro music is by Joe Kelly, and you can find their music under the name Wendy Miasma on ba…

A Treatise on the Subjectivity of Ghosthood In this episdoe we talked about Moondial (1987) by Helen Cresswell. Our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com. Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her work at her website, and music on her bandcamp. Outro music is by Joe Kelly, and you can find their music under the name Wendy Miasma…

"Unloved dolls in the forst of bloodied light, at once familiar and alien" In this episode we talked about Psy High by Rebecca Slitt, published by Choice of Games in 2014. If you want to follow us on instagram we are stillscaredpodcast, and our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com. Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her work…

Three Little Tillys, All In A Row In this episode we talked about season two of Creeped Out, co-created by Bede Blake and Robert Butler, first broadcast in 2019. If you want to follow us on instagram we are stillscaredpodcast, and our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com. Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her work at her we…

Come on you noble lad! Be brave, be bionic! This week we talked about Grinny and Monster Maker by Nicholas Fisk. Audio clips are from a CBS Storybreak Special adaption of Grinny from 1988 and a Jim Henson Hour adaption of Monster Maker from 1989. If you want to follow us on instagram we are stillscaredpodcast, and our email address is stillscaredpo…

Cronenberged with Candy In this episode we discussed the film Nightbooks, from 2021. If you want to follow us on twitter we are @stillscaredpod, and our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com. Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you can find her work at her website, and new music on her bandcamp. Outro music is by Joe Kelly, and you can fin…

YARRR! YHARRR! YARRRRRR! In this episode we discussed Watership Down, both the 1972 novel by Richard Adams and the 1978 animated film directed by Martin Rosen. Our guest this episode is Catherine Lester, whose book on children's horror 'Horror Films for Children: Fear and Pleasure in American Cinema' is available now! If you want to follow us on tw…

'Man, smell those trees! Smell those Douglas Firs!' Apologies!! The first version uploaded wasn't the edited together version! It's now been fixed! In this episode we discussed Wilder Girls, the 2019 novel by Rory Power. If you want to follow us on twitter we are @stillscaredpod, and our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com. Intro music is…

If You Think I'm Tasty, And You Want My Body - Come On, Take A Bite! In this episode we talked about the short films Hansel and Gretel from 1983 and Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions from 1991. If you want to follow us on twitter we are @stillscaredpod, and our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com. Intro music is by Maki Yamazaki, and you c…

Children Go To The Future, They Always Do In this episode we talked about The Drifting Classroom manga from 1971-4 by Kazuo Umezu and the 1987 film of the same name by Nobuhiko Obayashi. All audio clips belong to that film. If you want to follow us on twitter we are @stillscaredpod, and our email address is stillscaredpodcast@gmail.com. Intro music…