Child's Play (aka Hate Crime Me Elmo) with Daniel Kibblesmith, Cam Collins, Steve Seigh, Bronwyn Kelly-Seigh, and Emmanuel Lipscomb
Who knew that the movie about the cussing killer doll was actually so progressive? Except on race. Oof.
Fear Level: Spoopy
Trigger Warnings: Attempted sexual assault, stabbing, strangling, racism, voodoo, descriptions of childhood trauma
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Sometimes a cop chases a strangler into a toy store and before he can die, that strangler uses his correspondence course in voodoo to transfer his consciousness to a stuffed doll.
Trigger Warnings: Attempted sexual assault, stabbing, strangling, racism, voodoo, descriptions of childhood trauma
Support us on our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/progressivelyhorrified
Sometimes a cop chases a strangler into a toy store and before he can die, that strangler uses his correspondence course in voodoo to transfer his consciousness to a stuffed doll.
- Director: Tom Holland
- Writers: Don Mancini, John Lafia, Tom Holland
- Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent
Talking Points:
- Dark and Gritty Paw Patrol
- Showbusiness bad
- Single mom superhero
- REAGAN!
- Childhood trauma and bad toys
- Jack me up Elmo
- 80s Horror Lightning
- Putting traumatized children in Arkham
- Mount Rushmore of horror icons
- Malignant, again, we can't stop talking about it
- Fully absent dads
- A literal magical negro
Please check out our guests!
Daniel Kibblesmith
Twitter: @kibblesmith
Watch "Inside Job" on Netflix now!
Emmanuel Lipscomb
Twitter: @elipscomb2
Cam Collins:
Twitter: @cammycat
Steve Seigh
Twitter: @dead_anchoress
Talking Comics Podcast
Bronwyn Kelly-Seigh
On twitter: @shinybabyb
Check out her podcast: "Ladies of Valhalla"
Support LoV on Patreon
Follow Emily on twitter @megamoth
Emily's Website: Megamoth.net
Follow Ben on twitter @benthekahn
Order Ben's new book, Renegade Rule.
Follow Jeremy on twitter @jrome58
Visit his website at JeremyWhitley.com
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Join our Patreon at: patreon.com/progressivelyhorrified to support the show, get bonus episodes, early access to upcoming episodes, and a cool Progressively Horrified t-shirt.
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Daniel Kibblesmith
Twitter: @kibblesmith
Watch "Inside Job" on Netflix now!
Emmanuel Lipscomb
Twitter: @elipscomb2
Cam Collins:
Twitter: @cammycat
Steve Seigh
Twitter: @dead_anchoress
Talking Comics Podcast
Bronwyn Kelly-Seigh
On twitter: @shinybabyb
Check out her podcast: "Ladies of Valhalla"
Support LoV on Patreon
Follow Emily on twitter @megamoth
Emily's Website: Megamoth.net
Follow Ben on twitter @benthekahn
Order Ben's new book, Renegade Rule.
Follow Jeremy on twitter @jrome58
Visit his website at JeremyWhitley.com
RSS Feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/progressively-horrified
Website: https://progressivelyhorrified.transistor.fm/
Join our Patreon at: patreon.com/progressivelyhorrified to support the show, get bonus episodes, early access to upcoming episodes, and a cool Progressively Horrified t-shirt.
Join us next week to talk about Saw