Mummy & Deaddy Podcast

Episode 66! Ho Ho HOOOOO! It’s CHRISTMAS EVIL (1980)!! And just like our real lives around the Holidays, we’re crammin’ it ALL into this month’s episode! We talk winter warmers, dangerous decorating, emergency plans for kids, corporate speech, educational gifts, responsible Santa kinks, the history of naughty & nice lists, Weird Al, what to leave out for Santa, the worst kind of cookie, dealing with emotionally immature adults, hand washing, and SO much more!

It’s Episode 65! We start our downhill slide into the post-Spooktober Holiday Season with what else, but a murderous doll! it’s ANNABELLE (2014)! We give a trick or treating report, talk coyote safety, Chris Nolan’s Operation, a truly fabulous listener gift, conduits, the world’s first toy store, Richard Dawkins’s Family Feud, locking doors, sundown towns, 911 history, alone-time for babies and SO much more!!

Ep 64 - The Spooktoberfest of Sequels could only conclude one way - with a sequel! It’s A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS! We talk about our family costumes, family costume internet controversy, themed tea towels, our very own dream powers, a movie that’s been chasing us all Spooktober, plus we celebrate the Reason for the Season with an all-new Interview with a Vamparent drop! Hey. it’s Freddy’s world. We’re just livin’ in it.

The MXD Spooktoberfest of Sequels continues with PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (2011)! And we get deep in the cobwebs on Halloween prep talking party planning, decorations, DIY costumes, whether or not to leave one parent behind for trick-or-treating, how to stay creepy all year ‘round, babysitters, stepdads, secrets, radical parenting advice part 2, light monsters, and Bloody Mary. Plus: What would Deaddy do in a PA3 scenario? Listen to find out, ya Creeps!

Ep 62! SPOOKTOBERFEST 2023 BEGINS…AGAIN! Our month of sequels kicks off with THE CONJURING 2 (2016)! And we talk about scary movies for kids, a game that is not a game, ouija boards, light as a feather (stiff as a board), fan theories in the Conjuringverse, the importance of outside evil to sibling bonding, peer pressure & the truth, and setting boundaries to break free of punishment. PLUS a contest update, and tbh SO MUCH MORE!

Episode 61! September’s here, aka Spooktober Eve! so it’s time to start decorating and that means COBWEB (2023)! We talk about PTA biz, Halloween prep, Olde English Karens, rude dudes with attitudes, the case for movie watching on your phone, behavior as communication, home schooling, plus a BIG merchy announcement and a lil INSTAGRAM CONTEST… and SO much more!

Episode 60! Wilderfires on Maui, AI, unions on strike, a month-long family road trip, and Fall Out Boy’s return left us with only one choice: The post apocalyptic embrace of THE ROAD (2009). We talk about brother bonding, soda drinking, movement during labor, hard lessons, climate anxiety, fan theories, Twins and twin absorptions, product placement, clip art, despair, what WE would do out there on… The Road! …And SO much more!

Episode 59! We’re finally trying on THE RING (2002) so we needed a VERY special guest! It’s early childhood expert, First Guest of the Pod, the Queen of Games, Creep for Life: AUNT MONICA! We talk strep, summer camping and summer camps, creepy cousins, Nick Reginas and Claudio Carvalho’s “Heat” moment, twists, horse stunts, Amber Tamblyn’s face, surprise rapids, squirrels and/or ferrets in cars, VHS anxiety, and we have a major CREEPY KID ART ALERT! …And finally have an expert to talk it through with. Is this Process art or Product art? Listen to find out!

Episode 58! HUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN (2022) we ask the BIG preguntas: Do teeth count as bones? Why won’t Flixster go to the cloud? Is that statue real? Are these even your coworkers? Will a baby fix this? How about a crib? We talk through the difference between being scared, grossed, and creeped, reach the end of a parenting era, the horrors of pregnancy and SO much more!

Episode 57! It’s a very special Mummy’s Day edition, with EVIL DEAD RISE (2023)! We get into Teacher Appreciation Week, PTA pitfalls, cabins in the woods, the gory joy of practical FX, auntily love, earthquake readiness, packing to move, restraint collapse (or: what to do about meltdowns), Deaddy’s sleep regression theory, the very rude hearse, and SO much more!