Episode Details

Episode 37: Dark Children's Film

This episode was recorded on August 7, 2024 and posted on October 5, 2024.

Content Warning: Light vulgarity.

Introduction

• Welcome to No Bodies Episode 37
• Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie
• Introductions to our guest - Rainier of Horror4Kids
• Today's Topic: Dark Children's Media

Film Discussion

• Watership Down (1978)
• The Secret NIMH (1982)
• The Dark Crystal (1982)
• Return to Oz (1985)
• Monster House (2006)
• Coraline (2009)

Worst & Best Representations of Dark Children's Media

Spoilers ahead!

Worst

• The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) - Rainier
• Hocus Pocus (1993) - Lonely
• The Witches (2020) - Suzie

Best

• Watership Down (1978) - Suzie
• Coraline (2009) & The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Lonely
• Scooby Doo on Zombie Island (1998) - Rainier

Suzie's Deep Cuts & Surface Wounds

Includes films with under 5k-10k ratings on IMDB.

• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
• The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
• Something Wicked This Way Comes (1980)
• My Pet Monster (1986)
• The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
• Eerie, Indiana (1991)
• The Animals of Farthing Wood (1993)

Closing Thoughts

• Is there any piece of children's media that you wouldn't let your child watch?

Thank you to our guest!

• Check out Rainier on Instagram @horror4kids!

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