Scary Soup For The Chicken Soul

It's the end of an era, gentle souls! Join us to discuss the final season of Stranger Things. We talk about the value of communal cinematic experiences, the difficulties of world-building through seasons of television with varying tones, and why Nancy Wheeler is one of our favourite fictional characters ever. As with all art, your mileage may vary. Ours certainly did. But ultimately, we found mean...

Bethany is breaking her "no talking about Star Wars on the internet" rule for this one...but really, it's easy to avoid the worst parts of Star Wars fandom when you're talking about Lucasfilm's shameless Goosebumps rip off, Galaxy of Fear! These books are fun genre mash ups that Jessica remembers fondly as favourites that she took out from the library in the late 90s. Content Warning: City Of The...

We're still here, we promise! Life has been...a LOT and it took us a while to find our groove again, but we're returning later this week with a FULL episode. And eventually our monster-sized Stranger Things 5 episode will release...it's just taking a lot of work to edit down our many thoughts. As mentioned in this pint-sized episode, we want to share some resources if the state of the world has yo...

We've finally caught up to the present...the past...whenever it is...we're talking Stranger Things 4, gentle souls. It's arguably the most gruesome season, but it's also probably our favourite. It's thematically rich and introduces new characters that capture (and break) our hearts. Frankenstein, The Empire Strikes Back, A Nightmare On Elm Street, and Silence Of The Lambs are all key texts for thi...

Welcome back, gentle souls! We’re recapping the final episode of The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, The Nutcracker Scoob (1984). Other than The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, we're not super familiar with 1980s Scooby-Doo so this was an adventure. The Scooby gang got an unfortunate update for the 1980s, with Velma being replaced by the insufferable Scrappy-Doo. Mystery solving gets over-shadowed by hijinks a...

Hello, gentle souls! It's dangerous out there and our podcasting plans got derailed by life...we're hitting pause on recapping Stranger Things for a week so that we can catch our breath and enjoy some family time. But we're still dropping a new episode--it's just going to be a couple days late. Coming to you Sunday morning is our thoughts on the final episode of The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, The N...

Code Red, gentle souls! On Friday, we’re flashing back to the summer of 1985. Remember the mall? Remember summer break shenanigans with friends? Remember…a giant goo monster terrorizing you while the Russians invade your small town? Just us? The Stranger Things family continues to grow this season, with the addition of Maya Hawke’s Robin and the promotion of Priah Ferguson’s Erica to regular cast....

Do you copy, gentle souls? We're back to talk about Stranger Things 2! We love the blossoming father-daughter relationship between Hopper and Eleven, Steve and Dustin's bromance, and our sweet cinnamon roll Bob Newby! We're breaking down the meta casting of Paul Reiser, how the Duffers decided to expand the scope of their world, and why Steve is the best mom (among several excellent moms) in the s...

Do you copy, nerds? Has it really been almost a decade since we first visited Hawkins, Indiana? Bethany and Jessica jumped on the Stranger Things hype train pretty early and never got off. Bethany has rewatched the series multiple times, but this is Jessica's first rewatch. This show has so many things we love: found families, complicated characters, and a compelling mystery. Come along as we revi...

Welcome back, Gentle Souls! This week we are getting nostalgic and talking about the very first episode of Scooby Doo, from way back in 1969. Find out which tropes were there from start, learn some wild "Shaggy lore", and hear Bethany's recommendations for what you might pair What A Night For A Knight with to get a Scooby Doo-ble Feature! Pairings: The Green Knight: https://letterboxd.com/film/the...

Welcome back, Gentle Souls! This week we're talking about Goosebumps #32 "The Barking Ghost", the fascinatingly grotesque covers of Animorphs, and our favourite Scooby Doo series: Mystery Inc. No Decoder Guide necessary for this episode, since Goosebumps is pretty tame. It's Dangerous To Go Alone Anna Howard's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@iamannacorinne Follow us on Instagram @scaryso...

Welcome to our first episode! We're talking about John Carpenter's Halloween, tropes of the slasher genre, and how Jessica is a pro at navigating corn mazes. If you want to find the Decoder Guide for this episode, check out our Instagram @scarysouppod Resources: Slasher Lore Is Way Deeper Than You Think: https://youtu.be/5LOQxug_XeA?si=H4WEhRGWwaYxT8JX Men, Women, and Chain Saws by Carol J. Clover...

Your hosts, Bethany and Jessica, take a trip down memory lane to their childhood in the 90s and try to figure out why they have such different tolerances for horror. They discuss the influence of Beetlejuice, Now And Then, Are You Afraid Of The Dark?, and Scooby Doo on their tastes in media. Follow us on Instagram @scarysouppod Our email address: scarysouppod@gmail.com