Co-producer Ben knocked it out of the park again, taking the two classic horror stories we read for our annual Spooktacular - Caterpillars and The Deep Drowse – and creating a moody Halloween masterpiece for your spooky listening enjoyment. So enjoy it!
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# Stuff You Should Know - Spook Fest Special
Join Josh and Chuck for their beloved annual Halloween tradition, where they read spine-tingling stories selected by each host, starting with E.F. Benson's creepy classic "Caterpillars." This tale begins innocently enough at an Italian villa but takes a genuinely unsettling turn when the narrator discovers a swarm of bizarre, luminescent creatures with crab-like pincers on an unoccupied bedroom's bed—creatures that may be more real than any dream. After that nightmarish journey, they shift gears with "The Deep Drowls," a mysterious 1949 pulp magazine story about a writer with severe allergies who's created the perfect sealed sanctuary to protect himself from seasonal torment, only to discover that sometimes isolation comes with unexpected consequences.
A Bug's Life
1998
1h 35m
★ 7.0
"They didn't even like the movie A Bug's Life. — Josh made a joke about Inglis, a character who stomps on a caterpillar, suggesting he wouldn't appreciate a movie about bugs."
— Josh
Blue Velvet
1986
R
2h 0m
★ 7.6
"I'm picturing Dennis Hopper now in Blue Velvet. Sucking off that mask. — Josh referenced Dennis Hopper's iconic scene from Blue Velvet while performing a voice of someone enjoying clean air."
— Josh
Magnolia
1999
3h 9m
★ 7.7
"It's very P.T. Anderson Magnolia set up. — Chuck compared the story's setup about coincidental timing and fate to P.T. Anderson's film Magnolia."
— Chuck
Slow Horses
2022
TV-MA
★ 8.0
"Oh, you don't watch Slow Horses? I thought you watched that. — Josh asked Chuck if he watches the TV series Slow Horses, mentioning it has subtitles that are hard to follow."
— Josh
The Cat and the Canary
1927
1h 27m
★ 6.9
"It was like a detective play, Cat in the Canary, or people marooned on an island. — Referenced as a comparison to the suspenseful situation the characters find themselves in during the story."
Tulsa King
2022
TV-MA
★ 8.3
"I tried Tulsa King last night and was like, I'm just not in the mood for any mean bullying right now. — Chuck mentioned trying to watch Tulsa King but not being in the mood for its tone."
— Chuck
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