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Episode 106: Grab your bucket of pocorn with candy corn and canned corn niblets, and get thee to a theater near you, cuz Spooktober 2026 continues with OTHER MOMMY (2026)! We talk about self-serving daddos, finding moments to slow down, grocery shopping, looking tired, Coraline, how to work around the margins of respectful parenting, rage baiting Witney Houston, play AITA: Boo Bash Edition, and SO MUCH MORE!

Episode 105: Greetings from HELL! The Spooktoberfest of our dreams kicks off with A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER (1988)! It's our 7th year trick-or-treating with all of you creeps, so we've got it all: Interview with a Vamparent, Scary Good Stuff, Creepy Kid Art, parenting wins & losses, May Night Shyamalan, remodeling tips for your boiler room and SO much more!

I love you, you love me, it’s Episode 104: BUDDY (2026)! We talk back to school transitions, how to avoid energy-matching your tween, sweaty activities outside of teams, sweat towels in the mouths of the elderly, NPC dads, our SPOOKTOBER movie calendar, and SO much more!

Whadap, CREEPS! It's August, it's Episode 103, which can only mean one thing: Netflix's THE LAST HOUSE (2026)! We talk about the Bad Dad Hall of Fame, keeping your word, sparking conversations, Milton Bradley's Operation, Summer boredom, school prep, and dealing with siblings. We've got an Interview with a Vamparent, a maze of wicked traps, and SO much more!

Ep 102! We hope you're somewhere finishing sentences to each other, cuz it's THE BABYSITTER (2017)! We talk about summer trips, parallel fundays, retail therapy, ultimate youth sports, "wedding rings" for other stuff, Widow's Bay, wallet grit, Tin Cans, potato coffins and SO much more!

It's Episode 101, and you better believe we're kickin off Black Hole Summer the only way we know how: Lee Cronin's debut, THE HOLE IN THE GROUND (2019)! We have some very somber news, that also brings us to free donuts, National VCR Day, and E.T., plus EU TK, being a cool Unc, being overprotective vs overbearing, spelunking vanity plates, declaring independence from Lego and SO much more!

We did it, Creeps! 100 Episodes! We're celebrating with a very special DOUBLE FEATURE of LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY (2026) and [Peter Jackson's] DEAD ALIVE (aka BRAINDEAD) (1992)! Double the gore, double the fun! We talk about toenails & teeth, the perfect parallel parent, spellbreaker words, mortal false alarms, the Evil Donut Bringer, tickets to freedom, the indomitable strength of caregivers, tickets to freedom, chaperoning, and OH-SO-MUCH MORE! Let's Celebrate!

It's Episode 99: OCULUS (2014)! On the eve of the century mark, we enter a decade of parenting, get deeper into musical theater, get our family screentime diet in check, dial in the houseplant care & anchor placement, and even manage to toast it all with red wine & toast night! ...And... SO much more!

Episode 98! It's Friday the 13th, so it's FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)! We head to Camp Crystal Lake to talk cover bands, summer camp spreadhseets, sand & surf, cabin fever, punishment vs consequences, Homer's Odyssey, the Scooby-verse, Tom Savini, tanlines, favorite kills and SO much more!

Hey, you creepy lovebirds! it's Friday the 13th: Valentine's Day Eve! And that can mean only ONE thing: Episode 97: RAISING CAIN (1992)! Brian DePalma doing as he pleases in this psychological baby-snatching thriller. We talk about chicken, the Epstein Files, raising better men, art classes, sleep hygiene, night thoughts, and SO much more!

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!