Mummy & Deaddy Podcast

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!

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, school funding, prot...

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!

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 breakthrough, Dana Fr...

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 to be less annoyed by childre...

Episode 72! Knock Knock! Who’s there? it’s KNOCK AT THE CABIN (2023)! We’re celebrating the end of the school year with our FIRST SHYAMALAN! Plus, summertime fallacies, hot cicada summer, a big “Tricky People” refresher, a DOUBLE interview with a Vamparent, the pressures and opportunities of kids actually listening to you, Keanu Reeves, adoption, and SO much more!

Ep 71! NIGHT SWIM deserves a frightful night!! We talk MUMMY’S DAY and the fakeness of all holidays, plus thumb sucking, nail biting, pinworms, baseball, Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet, Chuck Palahniuk’s Haunted, coaching youth sports, being the pool casual hangout house, rational pool fears, and SO much more!

Episode 70! Mere children commit the foulest deeds! It’s THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW (1971)! Mummy & Deaddy reach an unlikely hypothetical divorce truce, we find out if Mummy loves work more than her kids, the secret to taking a phone call, not weaponizing our emotions, deescalating, devil’s skin vs. birthmarks, witchcraft for wee ones, and SO much more!

Episode 69 is better than mangoes even! It’s A QUIET PLACE (2018)! We talk about our big kids rock concert, overcommitting, Daylight Savings Time, medical updates, the prevalence of PG-13, how only bad parents get pregnant in the apocalypse, how to keep babies quiet, and help older kiddos modulate their voices, some sequel pitches, a lil preview of AQP2, scary good stuff, and SO much more!

Episode 68! Don’t repeat this, but it’s INCANTATION (2022)! We talk Montezuma's revenge, Dune 2, enlightened despotism, lactose intolerance, solo parenting, the impending nature of bedtime, a better version of “how was your day?”, sight words, foster parents, respectful parenting & disrespectful ghost hunting, and SO much more!

It’s a New Year, and a NEW MXD! Episode 67: The Curse of La Llorona (2019)! We talk resolutions, getting robbed by magicians, doves, humans, all the good stuff! Plus Fork N Film, One Magic Christmas, executive fraud, debating the very fabric of the Conjuring Universe, why millennial parents fear kidnappings, hot garbage, silent creeps and SO much more!

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 wi...

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...

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...

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 Deadd...

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 conte...

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...

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, V...

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!

Ep 56! We sing to you a LULLABY (2022)! Mummy & Deaddy talk framily Easter, mastering egg hunt parity, overdoing it, holiday candy, the Super Mario Bros Movie, international travel with children, graveyards v. cemeteries, the Jeff Foxworthy of evil, Judaism in horror, converting for your spouse, feeding your baby, temperature checking your friends, postpartum depression, and SO much more!

Ep 55! It's JU-ON: THE GRUDGE (2002)! We talk about the Internal Review Service, Brazil, how not to party, the worst way to welcome a new listener, urban loneliness, new anti-abortion laws, how our kids can fix the world and SO much more!

Ep54! It’s the all-new cult hit SKINAMARINK (2023)! we talk a visit to the Magic Kingdom, our first ever Plot Quiz, comedy roasts, the fear factor of Legos, cannibalism, 911 calls, electrical outlets, sleep paralysis, voluntary playtime and the Skinamarink Zone, and SO much more!

Ep 53! Happy Friday the 13th! Mummy & Deaddy head to the theater to see M3GAN (2023, y’all!)!! We talk Maygan pronunci-YAY-tion, eating at the movies, the One Sure Thing, the joy of audiences, parental proxies, Magic Mixies, the Unibomber, pogo sticks, and of course sequels! If you’re worried about SPOILERS, skip: 00:57:30-00:58:45, 01:07:10-01:16:00, 01:22:53-01:23:40