As All Hallows Eve draws ever closer, it’s time to talk about a different kind of scary movie. Sometimes the films that scare us aren’t filled with chainsaws, demons, and improperly wielded kitchen cutlery. Sometimes that most frightening images, the ones that stick with us the longest, are found in the most unlikely of places; Fantasy films
For episode 44 of the Steal My Name Podcast we’re taking a look at two childhood favourites, Willow and The NeverEnding Story. These movies aren’t horror, they didn’t set out to traumatize or scare anyone but damn it! They succeeded anyway! The fantasy films of the 1980’s had an intensity that few can match today, especially when watched a young age. Join Bob as he sets out with a group of unlikely heroes on a quest to discover why these films impacted us the way they did and what it means to confront and conquer fear as children.
Deep Space Nine hasn’t messed with O’Brien in a while, so they give him one last smack-around before the Dominion rises in Season 2, Episode 25, The Tribunal. And a little classic horror movie monster shares his history with us in the excellent franchise spanning book, Reign of Chucky by Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins.
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