Dead Times

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Hello! Today we are joined by April and Shannon to discuss the 1988 classic, “Child’s Play!” We talk about how merchandise is sold to kids, why Chucky is a real asshole, and try to get to the bottom of just how anatomically correct the Chucky doll is!

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Hello and welcome to Dead Times! Today we are recap the 2014 Legendary Godzilla! We talk about the use of CGI, how the Godzilla franchise has been Americanized, and make a lot of jokes about Godzilla out acting Aaron Taylor-Johnson! We also check out the new trailers for Godzilla: King of the Monsters!

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Hello and welcome! In today’s episode we are talking Jordan Peele’s new movie Us. We break down all the symbols, all the allusions, and try to decipher the central allusion. We also try to figure out which celebrities might have been replaced by their tethereds.

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Hello and welcome to our giant episode on “The Exorcist!” I give up hosting duties on this one for Al, who brings a wealth of research and insight into the movie and its making. And wow, do we have a lot to talk about! Everything from how Super Mario is a perfect for the film to controversial theories about its content.

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Hello and welcome to another episode of Dead Times! Today we are talking the recent release “Happy Death Day 2U.” We go over our love of Jessica Rothe, just how many sci-fi concepts can be smuggled into one franchise, and try to figure out which of Danielle’s lines was the most hilarious.

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Welcome! Today we are talking about Stephen King’s anthology movie “Cat’s Eye.” We discuss Stephen King’s history of addiction, our society’s messed up history with cats, and just how they got that performance out of the pigeon.

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Hello, on the eve of its sequel, we are revisiting the classic “Happy Death Day.” And this time with some of our friends: April and Al! We have an amazing and hilarious conversation about character arcs, who exactly is the most evil character in this movie, and what you can’t say while in the girl scouts!

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Hello and welcome to the sad and disappointing ending to Dario Argento’s Three Mother’s trilogy. We have to sort out our mixed feelings about this final movie. We try to parse the good from the bad.

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Welcome to another Toho double feature! This time we are talking Rodan and Ghidorah! And we have special guests Harrison and April on the podcast to help us break down all the wacky shenanigans. We marvel at the technical skill of the movies, and try to make sense of the human storylines (which is not possible).

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Hello! Today we are talking 1956’s “The Bad Seed!” We talk all about the overly idealized ’50s, whether evil is innate or the product of the environment, and Freudian psychology!

So a light episode!