THE PERFECT TAN OR THE PERFECT MURDER??? Kelly and Katai talk R.L. Stine's deeply disappointing Fear Street fake-out-a-thon SUNBURN, featuring ghost boys, shark attacks, and ferris wheel deaths that aren't actual deaths at all but memories of previous deaths. Plus a scientific survey of leeches and Jason Statham's grapefruit sized shoulder muscles. And some unforgettable listener voicemails about YA makeout scenes, awkward Obama inauguration flirting, and roller blading in abandoned hospitals. C...
Aug 22, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 105
Who (or What) Is Trying to Take Over Laurie's Life? Lois Duncan correspondent Patrick Ehlers (Nintendo Cartridge Society) returns to Teen Creeps to dig into the legit scary doppelganger saga "Stranger with My Face" with Kelly & Katai, talking writers in denial, dope houses, astral projection, and more!!! CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, & FACEBOOK: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https://www.instagram.com/teencreepspod https://www.facebook.com/teencreepspod SUBSCRIBE TO TH...
Aug 15, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 104
SEXY, SPARKLY VAMPIRES... That's right, the time has come for Kelly and Katai to reckon with the YA phenomenon that is Stephanie Meyer's Twilight. And their reactions may surprise you. Did they love it? Hate it? Both? Listen to find out! Plus they sink their teeth into the really important things... Edward and Bella's impossible outfits. Vampire baseball. Edward's meadow laps. The origin of heavy metal. And they break down one of the most important script edits in film history. Hint: spider monk...
Aug 08, 2018•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 103
MY SWEET AUDRINA ALL GROWED UP... For their 100th Episode of Teen Creeps, Kelly and Katai dig into the long awaited ghostwritten sequel to V.C. Andrews's classic My Sweet Audrina, WHITEFERN, and Spoiler Alert: IT ISN'T GOOD! But it does make for a fun episode! Kelly and Katai talk stupid little idiots, the ghostwriter's inability to evoke atmosphere, and the 2011 YouTube hit "Smang It" by Yung Humma and Flynt Flossy. THANK YOU CREEPS FOR SUPPORTING US THROUGH 100 EPISODES! We look forward to han...
Aug 01, 2018•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 102
TWO SISTERS DIVIDED BY TIME... Kelly and Katai dig into R.L. Stine's BRAND NEW Fear Street installment, YOU MAY NOW KILL THE BRIDE, and find Stine up to his same old tricks-- nonsense, misdirection, family curses, cartwheel deaths, dumb guys, c*nt scale candidates, and so much dang cringey fun that it's almost too much to handle. Almost. Enjoy!!! CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, & FACEBOOK: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https://www.instagram.com/teencreepspod https://www.fac...
Jul 25, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 101
The House was EVIL... and EVIL... and EVIL!!! Kelly and Katai dig into all three installments of R.L. Stine's House of Evil with Jason Sheridan (Podcast: The Ride). LISTEN TO PODCAST: THE RIDE: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-the-ride/id1296636702?mt=2 SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https://www.instagram.com/teencreepspod https://www.facebook.com/...
Jul 18, 2018•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 100
Crazy never looked so beautiful... Kelly and Katai return to Dia Reeves's Portero universe to discuss Bleeding Violet , digging into the book's depictions of mental illness, sex positivity, and transphobia, as well as YA fiction's role in representing mental health and social issues. CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, & FACEBOOK: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https://www.instagram.com/teencreepspod https://www.facebook.com/teencreepspod SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to ...
Jul 11, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 99
Cool is the rule when you're ON A CASE... and Danger's IN YOUR FACE! Kelly and Katai are joined by writer and Hardy Boys correspondent Alex Fernie (Childrens Hospital, Bajillion Dollar Properties) to break down the surprisingly boring and mostly embarrassing "Bad Rap" installment of the Hardy Boys Casefiles, which features way less danger than you'd think and way more descriptions of eating and transportation. Plus Marky Mark inspired rappers, bootleg drama, diss tracks, and... ninjas??? That's ...
Jul 04, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 98
The monster... might be an angel! Kelly and Katai dig into the fourth installment of Christopher Pike's The Last Vampire series, Phantom, talking vampire bedside manner, evil babies, and more. Plus middle school memories of Greco-Roman nicknames and the intense fear that your crush might find out that you have a crush on them. The horror! Listen! CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, & FACEBOOK: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https://www.instagram.com/teencreepspod https://www.fac...
Jun 27, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 97
Is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil? Is your stomach strong enough to get through the tapeworm milkshake scene? Much like My Best Friend's Exorcism, this week's Teen Creeps might leave you feeling nauseous at times, but it's totally worth the ride. So come along with Kelly and Katai for a trip through this awesome, gross, moving book. And as a bonus, you'll find out what TCBY stands for! Hint: it's NOT Taking Care Of Business Yogurt. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ...
Jun 20, 2018•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 96
A dollhouse, a ghost... a secret!!! Kelly and Katai enter Kathryn Reiss's TIME WINDOWS, a truly scary book that combines three of their favorite things-- looking into peoples' windows, ghosts, and drama. Not to mention secret compartments, multiple timelines, and prophetic aunts. CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, & FACEBOOK: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https://www.instagram.com/teencreepspod https://www.facebook.com/teencreepspod SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ...
Jun 13, 2018•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 95
Let's do the time warp again! Kelly and Katai take a trip through Leslie Rule's time traveling mystery/high school drama fest, WHISPERS FROM THE GRAVE. Plus your faithful hosts discover a mutual love for the unfortunately named Souplantation, where "everything tastes kind of bad but good" (trademark pending). And finally, Kelly levels the ultimate insult against Katai! Will their friendship survive? Listen to find out! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: ...
Jun 06, 2018•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 94
Someone is shopping... for MURDER!!! Kelly and Katai wade through the crowd of creeps, mall phantoms, and bro cops that populate Richie Tankersley Cusick's The Mall, encountering some familiar YA tropes along the way, including friends who don't believe anything the main character says, as well as a main character who leaves out important details when she's talking to her friends. Plus get ready for (possibly) the longest re-enactment in Teen Creeps history involving muffins, honey, and phrases ...
May 30, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 93
A famous book, a bad man, and two special guests. Keith Kingbay and Jesse Neil (New Player Has Joined podcast) join Kelly and Katai to talk Orson Scott Card's puzzling, troubling, and at times moving young adult classic Ender's Game, as well as the book's relationship to its author's professed homophobia. LISTEN TO NEW PLAYER HAS JOINED: https://starburns.audio/podcasts/new-player-has-joined/ CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, & FACEBOOK: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https://...
May 23, 2018•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 92
A somber detour leads to some important conversations as Kelly and Katai dig into "the original Lifetime movie," Fran Arrick's Steffie Can't Come Out To Play, the story of a fourteen year old runaway who falls victim to sex trafficking in New York City. Kelly and Katai debate the book's saddest moment, Google "Do pimps really dress like that?" AND discuss sex workers, sex trafficking legislation, Incels, misogyny, and more. And a big thank you to one of our listeners who works in anti-human traf...
May 16, 2018•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 91
SHE GETS WHAT SHE WANTS-- ALWAYS! Kelly and Katai dig into Ellen Steiber's witchy creepfest Twisted Taurus from the Zodiac Chiller series. Plus listener voicemails about Goosebumps geekouts, orgasms, and emo bangs. And send us your best "Dean Crepes" inspired art! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https://www.instagram.com/teencreepspod https://www.facebook.com/...
May 09, 2018•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 90
SUN, SURF... MURDER??? Kelly and Katai dive into SPRING BREAK, Barbara Steiner's Point Horror mashup of cliffside haunted houses, unprepared sexy teenagers, creepy old guys, red herrings, ghost shit, escaped mental patients, bird knowledge, and angsty swimming. In the process, they learn an important lesson... If you floash the oash, you scoash down the coash! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: h...
May 02, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 89
The BSC will protect the kids! But who will protect the BSC! Kelly and Katai are joined by Baby-Sitters Club aficionado Alice Wetterlund (Treks and the City podcast) to break down a truly shocking entry in the Baby-Sitters Club canon, Super Mysteries #1: Baby-Sitters Haunted House. All your most pressing BSC questions will be answered. Questions like... Why doesn't Stoneybrook have a Planned Parenthood? Who told these kids they have to do EVERYTHING? Why has Claudia been in so many parades? What...
Apr 25, 2018•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 88
Hey Teen Creeps listeners! Curious about what's going on behind the Patreon paywall? This week we wanted to give you a free preview of some of our favorite Patreon moments. Please enjoy our "Creepy Crushes" Minisode (3:56) and our Outside Genre Episode on Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House" (28:50). And we hope you'll take a second to consider becoming a Patreon subscriber! Your generosity really helps us to keep Teen Creeps going week after week and in return, we work so hard to get ...
Apr 18, 2018•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 87
Brilliant commentary on racial identity and the commodification of beauty woven into a chilling fantasy narrative plus leeches, arcana, and blood magic thrown in for good measure? Um, that's a YES from us. Kelly and Katai deliver a strong recommendation for Dhonielle Clayton's The Belles and they crown a new Queen of the All Caps C Scale... She is Beyond C, a Supernatural C, a Monster C... If you've read the book, you KNOW who we're talking about. If you haven't, start prepping now. SUBSCRIBE TO...
Apr 11, 2018•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 86
At last! R.L. Stine commits to the supernatural. And he commits HARD. Kelly and Katai embrace the dark phone melting magic of One Evil Summer and talk losing your perm in juvie, WaveRunner brother(s), so much blood, and totally unnecessary slang (mother's helper?!) Plus the ideal first date and more listener voicemails!!! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https:...
Apr 04, 2018•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 85
Highbrow Readings. Lowbrow Commentary. We proudly present Ep1 of our brand new podcast Public Domain Theater. And if you like what you hear and want more, please subscribe to Public Domain Theater on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app for new episodes every Thursday. In Episode 1, broken dreams, family drama, and of course eggs abound as Kelly, Katai, and guest River Butcher** provide a dramatic reading of and commentary on Sherwood Anderson's "The Egg." Plus, a heavily editorialized bi...
Apr 02, 2018•1 hr 18 min
Cocaine parties! Forbidden kisses! German requiems! Kelly and Katai are joined by friend of the show and esteemed Sweet Valley High correspondent Ryan Mogge (Same Day Shipping) to talk cautionary tale, On the Edge. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https://www.instagram.com/teencreepspod https://www.facebook.com/teencreepspod BUY TEEN CREEPS MERCH: https://www.t...
Mar 28, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 84
"Matter of feet, I do!" "It's not much to go oil!" Kelly and Katai fight through some mind boggling Kondle typos to discuss Satanic panics, the semantics of suicide, and Cuatros superlatives in Joan Lowery Nixon's Secret, Silent Screams. Plus mean girls memories and listener voicemails! CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, & FACEBOOK: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https://www.instagram.com/teencreepspod https://www.facebook.com/teencreepspod SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON ...
Mar 21, 2018•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 83
Kelly and Katai break down the first installment of L.J. Smith's addictive Night World series, Secret Vampire. Spoiler: LOVED IT! Quick hot take: it's like Twilight, if there was more sex and the protagonist wasn't a Mary Sue. I mean, c'mon... blood drinking orgasms, teary hospital scenes, road trips to Vegas.. WHAT. A. BOOK. Kelly and Katai walk you through all the best moments. Plus Kelly endorses a pyramid scheme, Katai reveals the amazing forthcoming Cartoon Network project she's been workin...
Mar 14, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 82
Waterfall related deaths! Cartoonish electrocutions! James Dean flattops?! We return to Fear Street with Oscar Montoya (Inside the Disney Vault podcast) and stumble through the looniness of R.L. Stine's The Dead Girlfriend, tackling the important questions like... Was the cover art inspired by JonBent Ramsey? And... Is R.L. Stine inhabited by the spirit of a dead white girl? Plus a really incredible tangent on mid-90s John Travolta movies. Specifically 1996 John Travolta movies. Specifically Mic...
Mar 07, 2018•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 81
We talk R.L. Stine's The Dead Lifeguard with Ira Madison III (Keep It) and learn a valuable lesson: DO NOT judge a book by its cover! Because in the case of The Dead Lifeguard, the cover says sexy dead lifeguards on a beach but the pages say... lots of internal monologues at a country club in the woods? Seriously, where does this book take place? And is it possible for a book to have a small budget? Just a few of the important questions that WILL be answered on this ep. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CRE...
Feb 28, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 80
Prepare to enter a world full of surreal horrors, such as the theme song to Two and a Half Men. Kelly and Katai brave Dia Reeves's Portero universe and pass through various shades of creeped out, weirded out, and grossed out as they discuss the unforgettable SLICE OF CHERRY (Slice of Jerry? Jerry's Cherries? Cherry Garcia?). Plus a new entry in the ALL CAPS YOU KNOW WHAT category. And essential tangents on Queer Eye and The Great British Bake Off that you need in your life right now. SUBSCRIBE T...
Feb 21, 2018•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 79
Confusion! Betrayal! Anger! These are just a few of the emotions that Kelly and Katai experience when they find out that the supernatural twist in R.L. Stine's The Boyfriend is not so supernatural after all. Damn you, R.L. Stine! Also remember Mervyn's? Well, Katai does. And you will too after this episode. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https://www.instagram...
Feb 14, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 78
Stay away from walls! Never jeopardize your day job! Druidic statues need at least 8 hrs of sleep every night! Kelly, Katai, and guests Betsy Sodaro and Marcy Jarreau (A Funny Feeling podcast) learn some valuable advice this week courtesy of Graham Masterton's House of Bones. Plus inside scoops on Masonic rituals and R.L. Stine's NYC pad. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: https://twitter.com/tee...
Feb 07, 2018•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 77
