Mummy & Deaddy Podcast

Jan 11 2025 82 ep. 77 mins 77
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A podcast about Parenting + Horror movies! Because parenting is scary stuff.

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MXD Ep 82 - There's Something Wrong With the Children (2023)

Jan 11 2025 97 mins  
Ep. 82! Crappy New Year, Creeps! It's 2025, and we're watching THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CHILDREN (2023)! We talk extensively about the wildfires ripping through our beloved Los Angeles this week, plus some Scary GOOD Stuff, a lil Holiday wrap-up, how to handle a nosebleed or marital problems, this movie's handling of mental illness, Blumhouse, new drops, and why you should

Ep 81 - Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)

Dec 13 2024 89 mins  
Episode 81! We end the year and the world with ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE (2017)! Grab your ballet slippers and a spiked baseball bat (or spiked hot chocolate) and join MXD on a musical adventure through the horrors of parenting, as we get into Advent calendars, sharing, experiential gifts, Christmas lists for adults, Holiday travel, decking the halls and SO much more!

MXD Ep 80 - Stephen King's IT (1990)

Nov 11 2024 96 mins  
Episode 80?! We return to Derry for the ABC TV miniseries STEPHEN KING'S IT (1990)! We get heavy into our post-election heaviness: how to talk to kids about it and how not to. But in no way do we talk about how to talk to them about IT, who is an ageless being haunting the children of one tiny New England town. Also, we get into play dates, good cops, raising a pet eyeball, and SO

MXD Ep 79 - Hereditary (2018)

Oct 29 2024 102 mins  
Episode 79! HAPPY HALLOWEEN, CREEPS! We’re closing out Spooktoberfest 2024 with a real family affair: HEREDITARY (2018)! We talk Halloweek, Trick or Treat candy selections, shoe policies, student bereavement leave, going to the movies alone, generalized anxiety, epipens and inhalers, plus a double-dose of Interview With a Vamparent AND a sequel pitch?! And of course SO much more!

Ep 78 - Scream (1996)

Oct 13 2024 89 mins  
Episode 78! SPOOKTOBERFEST 2024 continues through the dog days with SCREAM (1996) live from Las Vegas! 😱 A weekend away for Mummy & Deaddy means all-day brunch vibes, anxiety-dream-levels of mortification, plus how to talk about consent even with the very young, Richard Gere, rumors & bullying, emo adults, the media, processing grief past the year-mark, and SO much more!

Ep 77 - Arachnophobia (1990)

Oct 01 2024 76 mins  
Episode 77! SPOOKTOBERFEST 2024 us upon us! Time to check your waterspouts or run from them, cuz it’s ARACHNOPHOBIA (1990)! We talk about our full slate of Spooktoberfest movies, plus making big decisions “for the kids,” the real Oregon Trail, a modern health update, Halloween Heatwave, cursed family costumes, spider facts, local wildlife, fear mongering, and SO much more!

Ep 76 - The Faculty (1998)

Sep 24 2024 93 mins  
Episode 76! Thirsty? We’re headed back to school with THE FACULTY (1998)! We shell out some uniquely unhelpful advice, while the kids are wise (alright?). Plus: kids with crushes, Schrödinger’s mass, the comforts of home, the T2 Connection, The Faculty: The Musical, Canadian teen soap opera Fifteen, the movies of 1999, big muscly white guys, weird haircuts, alcoholic teachers,

Ep 75 - Cuckoo (2024)

Aug 13 2024 83 mins  
Episode 75! It’s our diamond episode, Creeple! And we’re going completely CUCKOO (2024)!! We talk favorite eps, crying in public, horror-themed pinball, solo parenting troubles, tent building in-tents-ity, celebrity lookalikes, bad dads, teen protagonists, self-imposed worry, ending summer & new beginnings, PG movies and SO much more!

Ep 74 - Poltergeist 2: The Other Side (1986)

Jul 13 2024 107 mins  
Episode 74! POLTERGEIST 2: THE OTHER SIDE (1986)! It’s the most powerful thing we have: Our annual AUNT MONICA POD, LIVE from Grandmom’s Basement!! We’re checking in with the A-1 Best Parents in MXD history, Steve & Diane Freeling with our A-1 guest, as we talk technology hygiene, summer vacation, reliving our youths, getting lost in the mall, irrational fears, a spill trauma

MXD Ep 73 - Pet Sematary 2 (1992)

Jun 25 2024 72 mins  
It’s a very special 5th Anniversary BONUS EPISODE of “I Have to Tell You About This Cuz I Don’t Think I Got To” OR “Following Francine,” aka MXD #73! We return to the hallowed ground from whence we came with PET SEMATARY 2 (1992)! We officially enter our Tornado Dragon Era talking thumbsucking, sibling rivalries, weaponizing reading, set safety, animal cruelty, trying t