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Still Scared: Talking Children's Horror

Still Scared: Talking Children's Horror

Di: Ren Wednesday Adam Whybray
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 A podcast in which one film lecturer and one scaredy-cat discuss creepy, spooky and disturbing children's books, films and tv. Arte
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  • John Wyndham's Chocky

    John Wyndham's Chocky
    Jan 21 2026
    Happy new year, spooky kids! In this episode your hosts Adam Whybray and Ren Wednesday return to John Wyndham with his last book, Chocky from 1968, and the TV adaptation from 1984. We talk about Chocky's unusual parental perspective, Wyndhiam masculinity and possession horror, and digressions include Sonic Spinball, the works of Donald Winnicot and Cat Stevens' prog rock album. Transcript in the show notes!
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    1 ora
  • Stone Cold and Hydra

    Stone Cold and Hydra
    Nov 10 2025
    Happy belated 8th (!) anniversary to Still Scared, spooky kids! In this episode, your hosts Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray are returning to the British children's author Robert Swindells, and his novels Stone Cold from 1993 and Hydra from 1991. These two very different examples of children's horror give us plenty of scope to discuss the varied expressions of the genre, and this episode's digressions include the creation of the Honey Monster, the genius of George Elliot and the surprisingly specific prudishness of pre-teens. Enjoy! And just a warning, Stone Cold is on the grittier side. There’s a serial killer character and a bit more violent. Nothing too explicit, but it’s not as fun as some of our other topics. Hydra is pretty fun though, so you can skip to the end if you just want that one, at 52.00.
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    1 ora e 17 min
  • Y Mabinogi (The Otherworld)

    Y Mabinogi (The Otherworld)
    Aug 10 2025
    Jump off the fishing boat into the mythology pool, spooky kids, because today we're going back to the twelfth century via 2003, with the animated film Y Mabinogi! For this whirlwind introduction to Welsh mythology, Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray are joined by returning guest Mattie Dogrose to chat skeletal horses, mouse gallows and of course, carrying the giant severed -- but still living -- head of your leader home from Ireland. Many thanks to Mattie to introdcung us to this film and these stories! Content note: Several characters in these stories have a traumatic time surrounding childbirth and motherhood A transcript of this episode is available in the shownotes, here: https://stillscared.podigee.io/71-y-mabinogi
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    1 ora e 16 min
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