Ben and Amanda are joined by Entertainment journalist and former Famous Monsters of Filmland Editor, David. Weiner. We watch trailers to films that were featured on some of our favorite, classic FM covers. We recall some classic FM memories, and that time we teamed up to cover the release of Dana Gould's Stan Against Evil (IFC). Plus why is Vincent Price such a stud? And who else has the "IT" Factor?

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In this episode, Ben and Amanda check out some favorite knock-offs of our favorite cult movies of the 1970s and 80s.
A few trailers for movies in post-apocalyptic and barbarian genres prompt some personal stories from Ben. Amanda also explores her lifelong fear of outer space.
Plus! Are we made by Ancient Aliens?

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In this episode, Ben and Amanda talk briefly about the horror of knowing the people in your hometown feel very differently about current events. Which leads to the theme of the show: The Addams Family and the hosts' goal of living "Full Addams". Ben reads his Addams Code. The couple also tell tales from the back rooms of Northern California's Goth dance clubs.

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In episode 18 of The Cheap Chills Show, Ben and Amanda delve into one of Ben's visceral fears, bodies dissolving into husks and vapors. The couple watch clips from cult classic films and discuss people melting, drying up and blowing away, turning into evil yogurt, and being left below. Plus a mysterious Hometown Horror and the couple come face to face with local wildlife in the foothills of California.

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Ben and Amanda watch the trailers for Duel, The Car, Christine and Maximum Overdrive. They talk about when it was cool to be a trucker, their own road rage, car chase experiences and the terror that lays waiting in the garbage disposal. The couple caps it off by writing a possessed car-teen comedy on the fly.

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Ben and Amanda wipe the dust from Mom's VHS collection. It's a lovely evening at home complete with a workout, beauty and pampering, a feature film and some late night romance.

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We watch the trailers for Parents, Soylent Green and C.H.U.D. and talk man-eaters, man-made meat, and man-meat. Plus, do younger siblings get less genetic beauty juice? And, who said Sir-we-have-no-control-over-the-robots-at-all?

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Ben and Amanda watch the trailer for Stephen King's Graveyard Shift and swap tales of awful jobs from their pasts. Plus, reasons not to go to Art school, the wordy horror of Lovecraft and white jeans.

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Amanda and Ben have a conversation with their friend about the song they would like to have playing while they die. Plus a made for TV movie that unintentionally horrified Ben. This episode of the Cheap Chills Show is brought to you by a trick cowboy hat.

This episode is devoted to the mysterious disappearance of Jim Bray, star (along with Linda Blair) of 1978's Roller Boogie. Ben and Amanda reveal their personal attachment to roller-skating and pitch a heavily fictionalized Jim Bray biopic.

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