Teen Creeps

It's week one of Dueling Fairy Tales January! First up are *both* of Robin McKinley's Beauty and the Beast adaptations, BEAUTY and ROSE DAUGHTER. They talk lush prose, so many roses, sensual salve application, wind servants, reading vs gardening, wanting to move to Longchance, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus episodes, merch, a...

Happy New Year! (Meh.) This week Kelly and Katai read PAPERQUAKE by Kathryn Reiss, the story of a maligned triplet who saves the Golden Gate Bridge via papers from the past. They talk cool themes, iffy execution, annoying kids, main character syndrome from a main character, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus episodes, merch, and...

This week Kelly and Katai read TWILIGHT #20: FAMILY CRYPT by Joseph Trainor, the story of a girl whose witch ancestor possesses her via horse and kills people. They talk the empathy being backwards, Ethan Allen being the true villain, convenient plot turns, and go deep on tulpas. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus episodes, merch, and more...

This week Kelly and Katai read DARK FORCES #7: UNNATURAL TALENT by Les Logan, the story of a shy boy who makes a deal with the devil to make his basketball dad proud. They talk deals with the devil going right, iffy date rape messaging, being on the Lakers with our dads, stopping 9/11, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus episodes,...

This week Kelly and Katai read WITCH'S FIRE by Beverly Butler, the story of a girl with a fucking terrible dad and oh yeah also a witch is there. They talk this absolutely awful fucking dad, poor Kirsty, poor Pam, poor Mrs. Vohl, good disability representation, Candy Land, and again this worthless fucking father. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episode...

This week Kelly and Katai talk FEAR STREET #40: NIGHT GAMES by R.L. Stine, the story of a boy who goads his friends into playing nighttime pranks on people as part of a revenge plan. They talk night games definitely being a normal thing we all get, 3rd person limited, how long it takes to strangle someone, being afraid of holiday decorations, sexy corpse boys, and Kelly goes on a Dragon Age: The V...

This week Kelly and Katai read THE BODY OF CHRISTOPHER CREED by Carol Plum-Ucci, the story of a boy whose life changes after the class weirdo goes missing. They talk teen empathy, blamming oneself, theatre kids using trauma in warm up circles, betting on the wrong royal, the struggle of boundaries, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bo...

This week Kelly and Katai read GHOSTS BENEATH OUR FEET by Betty Ren Wright, the story of a girl and her stepbrother needing a house to collapse into an old mine just to get their grief-stricken mom to wake the fuck up. They talk old covers, kids leaning to empathize, wanting more ghost, being mad at the mom, and spend like 20 minutes trying to remember which cozy mystery had Dr. #MeToo DDS. SUBSCR...

This week Kelly and Katai read INTO THE LAND OF THE UNICORNS by Bruce Coville, the story of a girl who must balance generational trauma with loving unicorns. They talk doing Chosen One without doing Chosen One, accessible fantasy, unicorns being cool, the unending pain of parental rejection, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus epi...

This week Kelly and Katai read THE CHEERLEADERS by John Hall, the story of a girl whose former best friend cheats death so she can kill a bunch of bitchy girls who, oh yeah, also happen to be cheerleaders. They talk hating Holly, glimmers of a better book, rooting for the love interest for once, what we're watching, and the triumphant return of escape rooms! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to...

This week Kelly and Katai read THE DOLL IN THE GARDEN by Mary Downing Hahn, the story of a ghost, a doll, and a bitchy old lady. They talk forgiveness, consumption, lying babies, bike dicks, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: https://discord.com...

This week Kelly and Katai read TWILIGHT #1: DEADLY SLEEP by Dale Cowan, the story of a girl who gets swept up in an angry ghost's Macbeth centered revenge plot on a trip to Scotland. They talk real Macbeth facts, creepy blood licking, amateur photography, downplaying crazy behavior, and tea drinking being a huge red flag. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of ou...

This week Kelly and Katai read TWILIGHT #5: BLINK OF THE MIND by Dorothy Brenner Francis, the story of a girl whose parents join a Satanic country club and then she goes on a Princess Cruise. They talk lame songs for babies, setting your teenage ward up with a sea captain, covid and remote work, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus...

This week Kelly and Katai read THE NANCY DREW FILES #117: SKIPPING A BEAT by Carolyn Keene, wherein our girl Nance has to solve the mystery of who's trying to sabotage a rock star's restaurant and never once suspects the actual culprit. They discuss Nancy's both willingness to cheat and unwillingness to be unprofessional, very boring page filler, how they'd respond to a teen detective getting up i...

This week Kelly and Katai read HELP WANTED by Richie Tankersley Cusick, the story of a girl who takes a job for a rich family and ends up with three killers and two boyfriends. They talk villains so busy they need an assistant, crazy artist ghosts, the classic bleached blond and sandy brown dichotomy, gaslighting yourself, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video ver...

The Creeps are taking a week off, so here's a full episode preview from our Outside Genre Patreon feed! Kelly and Katai discuss THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett! Huge thanks to listener Christine for the book suggestion! They talk annoying cousins, lonely children, and perfect 90s adaptations! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus...

This week Kelly and Katai read CHAMBER OF HORRORS #4: WAITING SPIRITS by Bruce Coville, the story of a family being haunted by… their family. They talk hunky but patronizing townies, cunty grandmas, crazy ghost moms, shitty dads with misplaced anger, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreo...

This week Kelly and Katai read THE DOLLHOUSE MURDERS by Betty Ren Wright, the story of a girl who has to confront some haunted dolls and her family's ableism. They talk loving this book, shitty florists, parents who treat their kids like unpaid nannies, MVP Kathy, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus episodes, merch, and more: http...

This week Kelly and Katai read DARK FORCES #1: THE GAME by Les Logan, the story of a girl who has a drama loving demon in her room and brain. They talk Conjuring exorcisms, demons making you mack on your sister’s boyfriend, boring Mozart boys, and only wanting strong milk fed men with strong milk fed femurs. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bo...

This week Kelly and Katai read FEAR STREET #26: THE MIND READER by R.L. Stine, the story of a girl who has visions and also a boy who has visions and neither of them can help solve a GOTDAMN MURDER. They talk gaping plot holes, dumb visions, the sister being the real hero, dads who are definitely in love with their daughters, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video...

This week Kelly and Katai read FEAR STREET SUPER CHILLER #12: HIGH TIDE by R.L. Stine, the story of a guy who did *not* kill his girlfriend via Kawasaki Jet Ski®. They talk personal watercraft brand names, unhinged therapy techniques, yet another unacceptable red herring, the evils of AI, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus episod...

This week Kelly and Katai read STONEWORDS by Pam Conrad, the story of a girl who has to find a way to save the ghost best friend who lived in her house in 1870. They talk evocative writing, complex friendships, absent parents, and how saving a ghost from the clutches of time is exactly like replacing your bathroom sink's P-trap. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video version...

This week Kelly and Katai read FEAR STREET #43: ALL-NIGHT PARTY by R.L. Stine, the story of a group of teens who go out to celebrate their frenemy's birthday on an island and end up accusing each other of murder, as you do. They talk getting fooled by the villain, wanting more from the kill, protagonists cool with light domestic violence, the merits of letting your parents know you hate your boyfr...

This week Kelly and Katai read DEMON 2 by Samantha Lee, the better but not quite good sequel to Demon. They talk English sounding characters, interesting villains, wrong eras, nihilistic tone, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: https://discord.c...

This week Kelly and Katai read FOLLOWERS by Anna Davies, another internet-centric entry in the early 2010s Point Horror reboot, this one a supposed Twitter horror story that left them both rolling their eyes. They talk not getting the Twitter voice, annoying characters, nonsense villain motivation, another lying back of the book blurb, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free...