The Niche Files

A small appetizer before our full Thanksgiving episode full of cozy vibes, and Ryan speaking entirely in Charlie Brown–adult gibberish.

Here’s the general translation:

Happy Thanksgiving! We’re grateful for you -- enjoy your holiday and stay tuned.

Want the full word-for-word version? We posted it on our socials.

Join us as we journey back to Lamia for Ella Enchanted, where we read Lucinda’s very real* (*not at all real) AITA post, expose some magical red flags, and accidentally curse each other along the way.

What happens when we step away from vampires and accidentally trip into a fairy-tale disaster zone? Ogres, elves, rogue magic, and a fairy godmother who should’ve been banned from baby showers. Check out the trailer.

This week on The Niche Files, we’re wrapping up spooky month with a special Halloween day release -- Kass’s pick: Interview with the Vampire.

From Brad Pitt’s eternal angst to Tom Cruise’s chaotic energy, Kass unpacks Anne Rice’s gothic masterpiece, shares wild behind-the-scenes facts (including the makeup nightmares and River Phoenix’s almost-role), as we laugh our way through murder theaters, moral crises, and vampire drama that’s equal parts tragic and absurd.

It’s the perfect bite-sized ending to spooky season. 🦇

Kass takes the mic for a very spirited discussion about a certain A-list actor and a very questionable casting choice.

We’re not saying Tom Cruise was the wrong pick… but we get the initial concern.

All complaints can be sent directly to Kass at [email protected].

The Goosebumps celebration continues -- but this time, things get weirder. Cody takes Ryan and Kass through the show’s strangest, silliest, and most wonderfully unhinged episodes... from evil lawn gnomes and comic-book villains to giant ants and one very cursed baby.

We’re not here to scare you (okay, maybe a little); we’re here to celebrate the campiness, chaos, and charm that made 90s Goosebumps impossible to forget.

Things are getting weird at The Niche Files! In the upcoming Part 2 of our Goosebumps 30th anniversary special, we're diving into some of the strangest, silliest, and most gloriously bizarre episodes the '90s had to offer.

The awesome dark synthwave cover of the Goosebumps Theme you hear in this trailer is used with permission from our new friend DreamReaper! Seriously, check him out at Linktree or grab the track on Bandcamp.

This week on The Niche Files, we’re going back to 1995 to revisit the Goosebumps TV series that defined a spooky childhood. Cody counts down her top five favorite episodes, shares why The Haunted Mask is the best episode, and tries to convince Ryan and Kass that some stories are actually timeless.

Along the way, we laugh at the cheesy effects, talk about the best monsters, and remember why this show still sticks with us -- even 30 years later. Grab your flashlight and maybe a mask, because nostalgia is about to get weird.

Remember reading Goosebumps under the covers with a flashlight? We’re bringing that feeling back. Kick off spooky season with us as we celebrate 30 years of Goosebumps!

In this week’s episode of The Niche Files, we dive into FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) -- the animated classic that made a generation of kids hug trees.

Ryan gets banished to the Shadow Realm, Kass takes the host seat for the first time, and Cody debuts her very first Hear Me Out segment: yes, it’s about Hexxus. (You’ve been warned.) Along the way, we talk Robin Williams’ Batty Rap, Tim Curry’s “Toxic Love,” the VHS nostalgia of 90s classrooms, and whether this eco-fable actually gets its message across.