Ahoy-hoy, hello, and Happy New Year, Creeps! Please pick up! It's Episode 96: BLACK PHONE 2 (2025)! Believe it or not (we don't), we've got Ethan Hawke here! Plus, we talk New Year's Resolutions, playground mayhem, pickleball, acknowledging feelings, earrings, sleepwalking, and SO much more on the volume stage of life! Join us, won't you?

"Well, a Merry Christmas to you too!" This special Kids Cut bonus is the isolated Woo & Boo segment (their MXD premiere!) from our regular Ep 95 covering GREMLINS (1986)! We talk Gremlins, inventions, jump scares, nightmares, and SO much more! If you have younger ones who want to listen, or if you want to listen to as little of Mummy or Deaddy as possible, this is for you!

Ho Ho HOOO! Episode 95! Drunkards, lock up your tractors! It's GREMLINS (1984)! We're Keepin' it Crazy: Holiday Edition, talking vomit, egg nog, geriatric shoulders, norovirus (more vomit), taking breaks, forced thank-yous, shopping for souvenirs, Beth's Dead, visits from St. Nick, St. Vic, and Elf on the Shelf, and SO much more! Then about half way in we're joined by our own very special gremlin guests, WOO & BOO!! Wanna listen to an edited version of this one with your own lil creeps? Check our feed for the kids' cut!

Ep 94! It's a Thanksgiving Action Thriller Special, suitable for most of your boomer relatives! It's TAKEN (2008)! So while you're takin' down turkey, be thankful for your health, cuz Mummy & Deaddy were taken DOWN by illness this November! But the wait is worth it, as we get into international cell phone use for kids, how to deal with jet lag, the value of crazy holiday travel, Gun Fu, parenting in fractured households, the "as a father myself" defense, after-school survival programs for parents, BLACK FRIDAY MERCH, professional deucing, the Naked Gun, childhood crushes, Devon Sawa's pulse status, and SO much more!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CREEPS! We bid farewell to another perfect Spooktober and its attendant traumas, as we binge on stolen candy with TRAUMATIKA (2025)! We talk trunk-or-treats, Halloween songs, our family's obsession with Nick Lutsko, our own Spirit Halloween experiences, plus a special WELCOME TO DERRY (ep 1) RECAP (~23:30-33:34, if you want to skip!). We talk getting rid of digital assistants, a mother's intuition, haunted police stations, ambivalent neighbors, and SO MUCH MORE!

Episode 92 goes to '94 as Spooktoberfest creeps on! It's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE! We get into east coast fall vibes, our favorite vampires, "turning" our kids' favorite YouTubers, kindness in the sky, Kirsten Dunst's Oscar buzz for 1994, and SO much more!

Episode 91, FUNNY GAMES (2007)! Fresh for Spooktober 2025, we're rebooting our own podcast for U.S. audiences! We talk Halloween super-prep, the Purge (of kid toys), Trunk-or-Treating, an irrational fears update, safe knife handling, locking doors, the importance of good footwear, student films, and SO much more!

It's Episode NINETY! So celebrate with ninety of your favorite sugary treats, you nonagenarians, cuz it's HARD CANDY (2005). We go straight to the MXD mailroom, talk big SPOOKTOBERFEST 2025 announcements, along with our movie lineup for the rest of the year, plus a 5-STAR REVIEW CONTEST + GIVEAWAY! Plus existential home decorating, journaling, defining torture, and "I Survived" for grown-ups, and SO much more!

Episode 89! Just in time for back-to-school, it's WEAPONS (2025)! We talk about goin' hard at Disneyland, PTA demotions, anniversary LIES, kittens, baby's first stitches, urgent care madness, and generally keepin' it crazy. PLUS kid independence, saying no to drugs, how to snack, and SO much more! Go give this podcast a 5-star review wherever you listen, or 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes!

Ep 88! Has it been a month already? Yes! It's 28 DAYS LATER (2002)! We talk summer updates, train troubles, awesome Chicago, ear piercing, horses, capture the flag, single-parent travels with children, best single parents of the pod, happy (movie) endings, and SO much more!