This week Kelly and Katai read "The Dreamer" by L.D. Pierce, the touching story of a girl who has to save her baby sister from a demon by enlisting her friends to break a dam and set her house on fire. They talk being relieved by the lack of a magical negro character, teenage panic moves, being distracted by hot dream demons, how unfortunately at this moment in time they are very small and very fast, their 12-tape acting class available on cassette, the Paramount Plus show 'Evil,' and how of cou...
Dec 15, 2021•55 min•Ep. 283
This week Kelly and Katai read "Pool Party" by Linda Cargill, the touching story of a girl being gaslighted by her homicidal treasure hunting 50s greaser boyfriend. They talk nonsensical undercover cops, 1996 flip phones, Occam's Razor haunted dolls, treasure hunters turned immersive theatre troupe, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes like this one, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: https://twitter.com/teencreepspod https...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 282
This week Kelly and Katai read "The Dreamstalker" by Barbara Steiner, the touching story of a boy twin who goes full Freddie Krueger to get the love of his girl twin. They talk INCEST, fake high school psychiatry classes, INCEST, deadbeat parents, INCEST, the world's worst hypothetical, INCEST, and also INCEST. **Content Warning: incest.** 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/te...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 281
It’s Thanksgiving week and we have places to be, so it’s time for another PATREON PREVIEW. We’re releasing one of our $8+ perks, an Outside Genre Episode on Elizabeth Wein's Code Name Verity! Huge thanks to listener Randi Klett for the book suggestion! We loved this book!! A beautiful, twisty turny WWII story about love, friendship, and truth. And we cry talking about it. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes like this one, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 280
This week Kelly and Katai read "The Fever" by Diane Hoh, the touching story of a girl who goes to the hospital for a mysterious fever, is a raving bitch to the 500 high schoolers who work there, and almost gets killed because some girl doesn't know she can just lie. They talk Shutter Island-type hospitals, the sexual pull of pranks, gaslighting vs. murdering, why-is-this-milk pranks, and go off on some of their least favorite Twitter personalities. **Correction: Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Ange...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 279
This week Kelly and Katai read "The Nightmare Man" by Tessa Krailing, aka British Point Horror for Babies. They talk Goodreads class assignment reviews, the OG Nightmare Man Jesus Christ, the moment they realized they were reading some shit for babies, do some terrible accents, being bad vs being cancelable, 100% correct headcanon, Thomas Harris' version of the book, and the Haunting of Gull Cottage. Link to Haunting of Gull Cottage: https://www.wob.com/en-us/books/tessa-krailing/haunting-of-gul...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 278
This week Kelly and Katai are joined by horror aficionado Roger Barr (i-Mockery.com, Cyanide & Happiness' Freakpocalypse) to discuss "Killer's Kiss" by R.L. Stine. They talk Conklin Awards, busy villains, character actress Nicole Kidman, and (whispers) Midnight Wine. **Content Warning: the subject of suicide is brought up at the end of the episode.** National Suicide Prevention Hotline (U.S.) 1-800-273-8255 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ For lifeline help in your region: https://supp...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 277
This week Kelly and Katai are joined by beloved Teen Creeps Film Correspondent Oscar Montoya to discuss the 2000 teen werewolf movie "Ginger Snaps." They talk funny lines, try hard moms, Canadian fuckboys, layered characters, cool druggies, movie trivia, strong emotional themes, giving it up for the late great Brittany Murphy, and BECOMING THE GINGER WHO SNAPS. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: ...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 276
This week Kelly and Katai read the seminal 1991 collection of short stories, "Thirteen: 13 Tales of Horror by 13 Masters of Horror" edited by T. Pines and featuring: D.E. Athkins A. Bates Jay Bennett Caroline B. Cooney Carol Ellis Diane Hoh Lael Littke Christopher Pike Sinclair Smith J.B. Stamper R.L. Stine Ellen Emerson White and Patricia Windsor. This collection has it all! Soggy bottom boys! Creepy cassettes! Cursed lollipops! Boring paintings! The movie "The Happening," but deer! And more! P...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 275
This week Kelly and Katai were joined by Madeline Queripel (Regular Show, Steven Universe, Infinity Train) in reading "Hardy Boys Case Files #86: Virtual Villainy" by Franklin Dixon, the touching story of a whiny video game developer pirating his own company's games to get back at his bosses for not laughing at his credit card prank. They talk being scared by VR, whether Franklin Dixon actually knows how video games are made, the Hardy Boys' depressed fear response, nothing stakes, Desert Storm,...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 274
This week Kelly and Katai were joined by Danielle Radford (Misfits and Magic, Honest Trailers) in reading R.L. Stine's "The Sleepwalker," the touching story of a girl being gaslighted by her close-up magician boyfriend. They talked C. Pike v. Robert, never trusting Walker, MVP Hazel, trying to be the cool girlfriend, quippy moms, cold pasta salads with mayonnaise, thick neck men, two party consent, and regional pig knuckles. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and ...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 273
This week Kelly and Katai are joined by Mike Trapp (College Humor, Um Actually) to breakdown "The Window" by Carol Ellis, the touching story of a girl trying to re-enact Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" to very boring results. They talk "The Window" by Carol Ellis, ciphers, a little book called "The Window" by Carol Ellis, little peepers, hot wet blankets, Carol Ellis' seminal work "The Window," boy-girl twin weirdness, calling out plot holes in dialogue, how this is the ideal book for the lonel...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 272
This week Kelly and Katai read "The Babysitter III" by R.L. Stine, the touching story of a girl who thinks she's being stalked by a dead man, but is actually turning into a dead man?? They talk two flavors of cliffhanger, trying to wrap their minds around what these boys look like, Debra being relatable, and then basically just struuuugggggle to find something to talk about until Kelly heroically describes the show "Alone" for half an hour. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episo...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 271
This week Kelly and Katai were joined by guest Scott Gairdner (Conan, Podcast the Ride) to read "The Rich Girl" by R.L. Stine, the touching story of a girl being gaslighted over funny money. They talked twists and turns, when animals attack, money blinding you to cheating, yet another teen being amazing at stage makeup, and the alternate dimension of the Untied States of America. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNE...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 270
This week Kelly and Katai are joined by their Lo Dunc Correspondent Patrick Ehlers (Nintendo Cartridge Society, Same Day Shipping) to talk Lois Duncan's 1976 novel "Summer of Fear." They discuss Ozark witches, cousin boners, Rachel missing cue after cue, seducing everyone with your Ozark wiles, sexiest banks, driving in weather, and, most importantly, unpack just how bad FarmersOnly.com is. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teenc...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 269
This week Kelly and Katai read "Night World: Black Dawn" by L.J. Smith, the touching story of a human girl who it turns out has a vampire soulmate, which is different from the other Night World books in that it isn't at all, it is the exact same. They talk spunky one-dimensional heroines, nicknames that come too soon in a friendship, the Wish.com version of Night World, Delos as the syndicated TV version of Ash, and creepy, creepy boy-girl siblings. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bo...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 268
This week Kelly and Katai are joined by an absolute king, Mr. No Commentary himself, Omar Najam (El Rey Nation, Thank You For Questing, Power Play)! They read "Summer of Secrets" by Richie Tankersley Cusick, the touching story of a girl who tries to visit her aunt, but ends up in the sights of a serial killer. They talk very mean boys, love squares, finding arms, cookie privilege, losing your words in Long Beach, and end up recording an episode so long, it exceeds the amount of time it takes to ...
Aug 25, 2021•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 267
This week Kelly and Katai read "The Grave" by Christopher Pike, the touching story of a girl who gets bamboozled into carrying the possible Antichrist by a medical zombie. They talk Eric the mens rights zombie, zombie love triangles, Scalia's decision on which books Teen Creeps cover, the creativity of a Jesus who doesn't give a shit about us, Medieval river fetish hypotheticals, and FINALLY address the Y2K mummy in the room. #AlwaysForget SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episod...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 266
This week Kelly and Katai read "Legendborn" by Tracy Deonn, the awesome story of a girl's struggle with her mother's death, King Arthur, the generational trauma of slavery, and two very hot boys. They talk Sel vs. Nick, subverting Arthurian legend, enemies to lovers, how we all know the reason, the selfishness of grief, giving props to the good boy, and Tunnel Daddies. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN ...
Aug 11, 2021•57 min•Ep. 265
This week Kelly and Katai read "Sweet Valley University: Killer at Sea" by Francine Pascal (or, y'know, whoever) and so, of course, were joined by Sweet Valley High Correspondent Ryan Mogge! They talked Jessica's growth as a bitch, dweeby karate villains, JUUUUUUIIIIIIIIIICE!!!!!!, going to Tiki Room heaven, snippy red herring partners, and the absolute coldest (and maybe only?) rejection of a Wakefield twin they've ever read. See you on the high seas maybe!! SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON...
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 264
This week Kelly and Katai read the second in Caroline B. Cooney’s Janie Johnson series, “Whatever Happened to Janie?” the touching story of a girl who saw her face on a milk carton and now has to live with a bunch of nosy redheads. They discussed crying, being in the worst Janie timeline, God cucking himself, Reeve being the horny worst, fetishization of the mommy lady from whatever, the Jodie of it all, and the kind of icky NIMBY ending. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episode...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 263
This week Kelly and Katai read "The Final Girl Support Group" by Teen Creeps fave Grady Hendrix, the touching story of a final girl's mission to save her fellow final girls. They talk whether Crazy Chrissy is dangerous or a Dexter, the slasher glass ceiling, generational trauma, the heartbreak of Lynnette being wrong about absolutely everything, where Heather falls on the Teen Creeps Cunt Scale (TM), and how the book would have suffered if they'd been in the group. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS P...
Jul 21, 2021•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 262
Kelly, Katai, and Teen Creeps Film Correspondent Oscar Montoya gather into a coven once more to cover Fear Street Part 3: 1666 , the third and final movie in Netflix's Fear Street trilogy-- and, baby, THEY LOVED IT. They talk ACAB/ACAD/ACMADWTD, Sataz, dalliances, the VVitch, gross fan entitlement, LORE LORE LORE, and Kelly and Oscar relentlessly persecute Katai as though they're the residents of Union. [[cw: quote of a homophobic slur]] SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 261
This week Kelly and Katai read "Let Me Tell You How I Died" by Sinclair Smith, the touching story of a girl possessed by a bitchy diary. They talk being terrified of light teasing, stupid people losing time, and characters remembering things instead of having thoughts. 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...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 260
This episode Kelly and Katai discuss the second installment in Netflix's adaptations of R.L. Stine's Fear street series, Fear Street Part 2: 1978 ! They talk 1970s slasher tropes, the actress who plays Jeanette/Sheila being the villain of the Summer of 2021, more needle drops, chest hacking, DC's Justice League, a return to straight whiteness, Goode versus Fier lore, a Fear Street that fucks, and (again) their sky high hopes for Fear Street Part 3: 1666 . SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to ...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 259
This week Kelly and Katai are joined by Teen Creeps Film Correspondent Oscar Montoya ( Podcast Killed the Video Star , Spanish Aqui Presents ) to discuss the first installment of the new Netflix movie adaptations of R.L. Stine's Fear Street series: Fear Street Part I: 1994 ! It's the moment they didn't know to dream of their entire lives!! They discuss being very pleasantly surprised, anachronistic needle drops, famous skinhead Jack Skellington, Simon's queer vibes, who this film is for, why you...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 258
This week Kelly and Katai read "Fear Street Sagas #1: A New Fear" by R.L. Stine, the touching story of a Fear fishmonger baby who makes his way back to Shadyside and all hell breaks loose. They talk the origin of red ink, the viability of hair ropes, evil amulets, girls with dead fish eyes, and how Brandon the Ghostwriter did not come to play. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more: https://www.patreon.com/teencreeps CONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: https://twitter.co...
Jun 30, 2021•55 min•Ep. 257
This week Kelly and Katai read "Haunted Sister" by Lael Littke, the touching story of a girl who almost dies, goes to heaven, and accidentally brings back her dead sexy-baby twin in her noggin. They talk how big the population of people who've brought back their dead twins in their brains is, lying about sexual partners, being genuinely touched by the end of the book, people who use therapy as justification for being terrible, struggle to remember the name of the kids' car they never do remember...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 256
This week Kelly and Katai read "Nightmare Hall: Truth or Die" by Diane Hoh, the touching story of a freshman in college who blunders her way into a 10 year old summer camp revenge plot. They talk being bored by supportive boyfriends, truth or dare games as proto-cults, losing track of characters, songs TikTok has ruined for them, and absolutely freak out over Harry Potter insert fan videos. Follow Harry Potter fan fic queen Claudia Alende here: https://www.tiktok.com/@claudiaalende SUBSCRIBE TO ...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 255
This week Kelly and Katai read THE DRIFTER by Richie Tankersley Cusick, the touching story of a girl being gaslighted for pirate treasure. They talk being over Nora, Canadian gun runners, thirsty moms, the practical real world value of bejeweled pirate hooks, and perform improvised role play to get into the heads of the characters. 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/teencreeps...
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 254
