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The Vile and Horrendous Halloween Spooktacular

Episode 26 Published 17 hours ago

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Welcome back to Vile And Horrendous. It's the Halloween Spooktacular. Special set. Spooky season. We're dropping two days early, but we're close enough. PSA verdict: half right. A mom on the internet reminds us that trick-or-treating means sending your kids to strangers' doors to take whatever they're handed. Fair point. Then she tells us her kids aren't even allowed to eat candy, and she lost me. This holiday has come with a warning label since the 80s. My mom used to break apart every candy bar looking for pins. Nothing makes a mini Milky Way more appetizing than your mother's thumb mashing it into goop.

Also: we have a spider now. His name is Keaton. He lives here.

Then a shout to Rue Morgue magazine. Not sponsored. I just love it. This issue's cover is Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, and more power to him, but I counted. Since 1996: 47 games before I stopped counting, six Paul W.S. Anderson movies, animated films, TV series, 21 books, and stage plays. Stage plays. I am Resident Evil'd out. The DeView this week: Crystal Lake, Peacock, and A24's new Friday the 13th series. Spoilers ahead. They did the impossible and made a Friday the 13th show that barely has Jason in it. Again. Jason's a sweet little boy who loves camping, he drowns in episode one, he's the product of a secret experiment, and we finally get to meet his dad. Who asked for this? Maybe in season two we meet Nana and Papa. This show belongs at the bottom of the lake.

Then something brand new: Story Time. I've written short dark fiction for years, some of it published by Fangoria and Penthouse, and I'm thinking about putting out a collection. Here's my latest, unpublished: Marion's Miraculous Mackerel Bone. Her husband is a cruel, 350-pound chili cheese dog addict who never chews his food. He wants mackerel for dinner. Take the bones out. Marion has other plans. We close with another debut: Throw It or Throat It. Three trick-or-treaters straight off the Dipshit List (a weed enthusiast, a dog parent, and a Madonna fan) bring me their favorite candy, and I decide if it gets thrown or throated. Mark the date. Happy Halloween!

Vile & Horrendous Ep. 26

Chapters

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:28 - PSA: My Kids Aren't Allowed to Eat Candy

00:05:17 - Rue Morgue Shoutout and Way Too Much Resident Evil

00:12:32 - The DeView: Crystal Lake

00:24:49 - Story Time: Marion's Miraculous Mackerel Bone

00:34:29 - Throw It or Throat It: Halloween Candy

00:44:46 - Plug Those Dates

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