The PikeCast: A Book Club Podcast On Christopher Pike

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The PikeCast is an in-depth discussion of the work of YA horror author Christopher Pike. Like your favorite book club, in each episode, we break down one of his novels and discuss it from a modern perspective as well as looking through our teenage eyes at the violence, sex, and goofiness that was so prevalent in his writing.

  1. The Midnight Club - Ep 10: Midnight

    02/10/2023

    The Midnight Club - Ep 10: Midnight

    The PikeCast concludes their watchthrough of Netflix's The Midnight Club series by Mike Flanagan based on the works of Christopher Pike. This week is Episode 10: Midnight. Dr. Stanton interrupts the ritual, saving Ilonka and the other women's lives, but Shasta escapes. Ilonka realizes that Shasta tried to use her for a murder-suicide ritual that Shasta was hoping would extend her own lifespan. Dr. Stanton believes that in the past, Shasta/Julia's cancer spontaneously regressed, but Shasta attributed it to magic instead of luck, and she is trying to do the ritual again because cancer returned. Ilonka finally starts to accept her impending death. Sandra goes home after tearful goodbyes to her friends. Amesh starts seeing the shadow following him. Spencer's mother visits him on Family Day. Kevin breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue a relationship with Ilonka. Ilonka discovers that Anya's broken ballerina statue has become whole again; she reports this to the Midnight Club, who tentatively take this as a sign from Anya. Kevin finishes his story about the teenage serial killer, and Ilonka finishes her story about the witch, with the rest of the Midnight Club helping her tell the ending. The episode ends with the reveal that the old man and woman Ilonka and Kevin have been seeing are the original founders of the Brightcliffe building and that Dr. Stanton has a tattoo of the five-goddess cult. Be sure to check out Mike Flanagan's tumblr post about the plans for Season 2.

    1h 40m
  2. The Midnight Club - Ep 9: The Eternal Enemy

    01/20/2023

    The Midnight Club - Ep 9: The Eternal Enemy

    The PikeCast: A Book Club Podcast On Christopher Pike

    1h 38m
  3. The Midnight Club - Ep 8: Road to Nowhere

    12/23/2022

    The Midnight Club - Ep 8: Road to Nowhere

    Messy & Cassie's Fury. The PikeCast continues their watchthrough of Netflix's The Midnight Club series by Mike Flanagan based on the works of Christopher Pike. This week is Episode 8: Road to Nowhere Ilonka confronts Dr. Stanton about what she overheard. Dr. Stanton swears her to secrecy, but Ilonka tells Kevin. Ilonka believes she's the one who's been cured by the ritual and tells Shasta, who invites her to join her commune. Spencer visits his mother to get closure on her disowning him for his sexuality. Midnight Club is canceled because Dr. Stanton locked the library. Natsuki, who is dating Amesh, tells him her planned Midnight Club story about a girl who gives a ride to a pair of hitchhikers. Ilonka goes to the building's secret floor where she sees the old woman; when Ilonka touches the old woman, the vision transforms into Kevin.

    1h 14m
  4. The Midnight Club - Ep 7: Anya

    12/16/2022

    The Midnight Club - Ep 7: Anya

    The PikeCast: A Book Club Podcast On Christopher Pike

    1h 7m
  5. The Midnight Club - Ep 6: Witch

    12/08/2022

    The Midnight Club - Ep 6: Witch

    The PikeCast continues their watchthrough of Netflix's The Midnight Club series by Mike Flanagan based on the works of Christopher Pike. This week is Episode 6: Witch. At Midnight Club, Kevin continues his story about the teenage serial killer, and Ilonka tells a story about a modern-day witch who tries to use magic to help her friends. Anya collapses again, but Ilonka refuses to accept her fate peacefully. Ilonka meets Shasta in the woods; Shasta reveals that she knows about the five-goddess worship and that the religion is much older than Paragon. Ilonka asks the Midnight Club to do a ritual following Shasta's instructions, and all of them participate.

    1h 9m
  6. The Midnight Club - Ep 5: See You Later

    11/11/2022

    The Midnight Club - Ep 5: See You Later

    The PikeCast: A Book Club Podcast On Christopher Pike

    1h 8m
  7. The Midnight Club - Ep 4: Gimme a Kiss

    11/04/2022

    The Midnight Club - Ep 4: Gimme a Kiss

    The PikeCast: A Book Club Podcast On Christopher Pike

    1h 29m
  8. The Midnight Club - Ep 3: The Wicked Heart

    10/28/2022

    The Midnight Club - Ep 3: The Wicked Heart

    How about a hammer murder, Scarecrow? The PikeCast continues their watchthrough of Netflix's The Midnight Club series by Mike Flanagan based on the works of Christopher Pike. This week is Episode 3: The Wicked Heart. Ilonka reads Julia's case file and finds drawings with a symbol and the number “292.13”. Ilonka tells Kevin about the visions and whispering voices she's heard her entire life that are now telling her to look into Julia, but he doesn't take her seriously, since all of them have medication-induced hallucinations. Tristan, one of the Brightcliffe patients, dies. Afterward, Natsuki thinks she sees Tristan in her room and tells the other Midnight Club members, but they decide it's not enough to be evidence of fulfillment of their pact. Kevin tells the club a story about a teenage boy who is a serial killer. The story triggers Ilonka's memory, and she and Kevin follow Julia's symbol to a secret floor beneath the basement, where Ilonka sees a ghostly figure.

    1h 2m
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The PikeCast is an in-depth discussion of the work of YA horror author Christopher Pike. Like your favorite book club, in each episode, we break down one of his novels and discuss it from a modern perspective as well as looking through our teenage eyes at the violence, sex, and goofiness that was so prevalent in his writing.

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