Teen Creeps

Kelly is joined by guest co-host Omar Najam (PowerPlayRPG, Thank You For Questing!) to talk Richie Tankersley Cusick's Someone at the Door, the heartwarming story of two adult men helping two teenage girls not solve a murder. Plus, murderous shirts, the tiny guy in your doorbell, and destroying pair after pair of your paramour's dad's pants. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episod...

Kelly is joined by guest co-host and Lo Dunc Correspondent Patrick Ehlers (Nintendo Cartridge Society, Same Day Shipping) in reading Lois Duncan's Ransom. They talk learning to drive stick alone in Mr. Big Tipper's huge truck, trying to rescue your kidnapper like a chump, and Jollibee's dad's name. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes like this one, merch, and more: https://w...

This week Kelly and Katai read "Witches' Key to Terror" by Silver Ravenwolf, the touching story of a crime-solving coven that only begrudgingly helps solve a mystery at a hillbilly orchard. They talk bickering witches, shocking pregnancy violence, how Orchard Dad is the true villain, the origins of pow-wow faith healing, ignoring worm auras, and how this is the Jennifer of crime-solving covens. SU...

This week Kelly and Katai read 'Fear Street #3: The Overnight' by R.L. Stine, the touching story of a girl who joins a sad club and kills a man with Soft Pulse Syndrome. They talk quote-unquote twists, how the Outdoors Club is like the pandemic, and the heavy #Yellowjackets Misty/Coach vibes coming from Maia. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes like this one, merch, and more...

This week Kelly and Katai read "Fan Mail" by Nicole Davidson, the touching story of a high school student who gets the lead role in a horror movie only to get almost murdered by the least believable red herring. They talk dreamy stalkers, suspicious phone calls, being up on the terms of the biz, and confusing castle physics. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes like this one,...

This week Kelly and Katai read "The Stalker" by Joan Lowery Nixon, the touching story of a girl whose best friend is accused of murdering her mother and the girl subsequently gets strong-armed into becoming a cop. They talk almost 100% about how Jennifer has no business being a cop and Kelly comes up with two perfect character voices. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes like...

This week Kelly and Katai read "The Dreamer" by L.D. Pierce, the touching story of a girl who has to save her baby sister from a demon by enlisting her friends to break a dam and set her house on fire. They talk being relieved by the lack of a magical negro character, teenage panic moves, being distracted by hot dream demons, how unfortunately at this moment in time they are very small and very fa...

This week Kelly and Katai read "Pool Party" by Linda Cargill, the touching story of a girl being gaslighted by her homicidal treasure hunting 50s greaser boyfriend. They talk nonsensical undercover cops, 1996 flip phones, Occam's Razor haunted dolls, treasure hunters turned immersive theatre troupe, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes like this one, merch, and more...

This week Kelly and Katai read "The Dreamstalker" by Barbara Steiner, the touching story of a boy twin who goes full Freddie Krueger to get the love of his girl twin. They talk INCEST, fake high school psychiatry classes, INCEST, deadbeat parents, INCEST, the world's worst hypothetical, INCEST, and also INCEST. **Content Warning: incest.** SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes...

It’s Thanksgiving week and we have places to be, so it’s time for another PATREON PREVIEW. We’re releasing one of our $8+ perks, an Outside Genre Episode on Elizabeth Wein's Code Name Verity! Huge thanks to listener Randi Klett for the book suggestion! We loved this book!! A beautiful, twisty turny WWII story about love, friendship, and truth. And we cry talking about it. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CRE...

This week Kelly and Katai read "The Fever" by Diane Hoh, the touching story of a girl who goes to the hospital for a mysterious fever, is a raving bitch to the 500 high schoolers who work there, and almost gets killed because some girl doesn't know she can just lie. They talk Shutter Island-type hospitals, the sexual pull of pranks, gaslighting vs. murdering, why-is-this-milk pranks, and go off on...

This week Kelly and Katai read "The Nightmare Man" by Tessa Krailing, aka British Point Horror for Babies. They talk Goodreads class assignment reviews, the OG Nightmare Man Jesus Christ, the moment they realized they were reading some shit for babies, do some terrible accents, being bad vs being cancelable, 100% correct headcanon, Thomas Harris' version of the book, and the Haunting of Gull Cotta...

This week Kelly and Katai are joined by horror aficionado Roger Barr (i-Mockery.com, Cyanide & Happiness' Freakpocalypse) to discuss "Killer's Kiss" by R.L. Stine. They talk Conklin Awards, busy villains, character actress Nicole Kidman, and (whispers) Midnight Wine. **Content Warning: the subject of suicide is brought up at the end of the episode.** National Suicide Prevention Hotline (U.S.)...

This week Kelly and Katai are joined by beloved Teen Creeps Film Correspondent Oscar Montoya to discuss the 2000 teen werewolf movie "Ginger Snaps." They talk funny lines, try hard moms, Canadian fuckboys, layered characters, cool druggies, movie trivia, strong emotional themes, giving it up for the late great Brittany Murphy, and BECOMING THE GINGER WHO SNAPS. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON...

This week Kelly and Katai read the seminal 1991 collection of short stories, "Thirteen: 13 Tales of Horror by 13 Masters of Horror" edited by T. Pines and featuring: D.E. Athkins A. Bates Jay Bennett Caroline B. Cooney Carol Ellis Diane Hoh Lael Littke Christopher Pike Sinclair Smith J.B. Stamper R.L. Stine Ellen Emerson White and Patricia Windsor. This collection has it all! Soggy bottom boys! Cr...

This week Kelly and Katai were joined by Madeline Queripel (Regular Show, Steven Universe, Infinity Train) in reading "Hardy Boys Case Files #86: Virtual Villainy" by Franklin Dixon, the touching story of a whiny video game developer pirating his own company's games to get back at his bosses for not laughing at his credit card prank. They talk being scared by VR, whether Franklin Dixon actually kn...

This week Kelly and Katai were joined by Danielle Radford (Misfits and Magic, Honest Trailers) in reading R.L. Stine's "The Sleepwalker," the touching story of a girl being gaslighted by her close-up magician boyfriend. They talked C. Pike v. Robert, never trusting Walker, MVP Hazel, trying to be the cool girlfriend, quippy moms, cold pasta salads with mayonnaise, thick neck men, two party consent...

This week Kelly and Katai are joined by Mike Trapp (College Humor, Um Actually) to breakdown "The Window" by Carol Ellis, the touching story of a girl trying to re-enact Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" to very boring results. They talk "The Window" by Carol Ellis, ciphers, a little book called "The Window" by Carol Ellis, little peepers, hot wet blankets, Carol Ellis' seminal work "The Window," b...

This week Kelly and Katai read "The Babysitter III" by R.L. Stine, the touching story of a girl who thinks she's being stalked by a dead man, but is actually turning into a dead man?? They talk two flavors of cliffhanger, trying to wrap their minds around what these boys look like, Debra being relatable, and then basically just struuuugggggle to find something to talk about until Kelly heroically...

This week Kelly and Katai were joined by guest Scott Gairdner (Conan, Podcast the Ride) to read "The Rich Girl" by R.L. Stine, the touching story of a girl being gaslighted over funny money. They talked twists and turns, when animals attack, money blinding you to cheating, yet another teen being amazing at stage makeup, and the alternate dimension of the Untied States of America. SUBSCRIBE TO THE...

This week Kelly and Katai are joined by their Lo Dunc Correspondent Patrick Ehlers (Nintendo Cartridge Society, Same Day Shipping) to talk Lois Duncan's 1976 novel "Summer of Fear." They discuss Ozark witches, cousin boners, Rachel missing cue after cue, seducing everyone with your Ozark wiles, sexiest banks, driving in weather, and, most importantly, unpack just how bad FarmersOnly.com is. SUBSCR...

This week Kelly and Katai read "Night World: Black Dawn" by L.J. Smith, the touching story of a human girl who it turns out has a vampire soulmate, which is different from the other Night World books in that it isn't at all, it is the exact same. They talk spunky one-dimensional heroines, nicknames that come too soon in a friendship, the Wish.com version of Night World, Delos as the syndicated TV...

This week Kelly and Katai are joined by an absolute king, Mr. No Commentary himself, Omar Najam (El Rey Nation, Thank You For Questing, Power Play)! They read "Summer of Secrets" by Richie Tankersley Cusick, the touching story of a girl who tries to visit her aunt, but ends up in the sights of a serial killer. They talk very mean boys, love squares, finding arms, cookie privilege, losing your word...

This week Kelly and Katai read "The Grave" by Christopher Pike, the touching story of a girl who gets bamboozled into carrying the possible Antichrist by a medical zombie. They talk Eric the mens rights zombie, zombie love triangles, Scalia's decision on which books Teen Creeps cover, the creativity of a Jesus who doesn't give a shit about us, Medieval river fetish hypotheticals, and FINALLY addre...

This week Kelly and Katai read "Legendborn" by Tracy Deonn, the awesome story of a girl's struggle with her mother's death, King Arthur, the generational trauma of slavery, and two very hot boys. They talk Sel vs. Nick, subverting Arthurian legend, enemies to lovers, how we all know the reason, the selfishness of grief, giving props to the good boy, and Tunnel Daddies. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS...