About this episode
Coby and Cam discuss recent films they've watched and revisit childhood movies that were unexpectedly scary.
In this week’s Raised by VHS Special Feature, Coby and Cam catch up on everything they’ve been watching lately — from new theatrical releases to a stack of VHS-era favorites. Coby’s been running through horror and dark comedies like A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, The Substance, Death Becomes Her, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Black Phone, and Candyman, while Cam’s been bouncing between Tron, Tron: Legacy, Mean Girls, and Signs. Then they dive into a nostalgic nightmare — the movies that weren’t supposed to be scary but totally were. From the Wheelers in Return to Oz and the Skeksis in The Dark Crystal to Large Marge in Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and the face-melting finale of Raiders of the Lost Ark, they revisit all the so-called “family” films that accidentally scarred a generation of kids and made us love movies even more.
People in this episode
Hosts: Coby, Cam
Topics covered
- movie reviews
- nostalgia
- horror films
- dark comedies
- family films
- VHS era
Keywords
- horror
- dark comedy
- nostalgia
- VHS
- family films
- movie reviews
- scary movies
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, The Substance, Death Becomes Her, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Black Phone, Candyman, Tron, Tron: Legacy, Mean Girls, Signs
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