Two Cents: We See Scary Movies

Talon and Christopher

A horror podcast with a twist—every month, we tackle a new theme! From summer slashers to haunted houses, creepy kids to killer dolls, we dive deep into the frights, tropes, and absurdities of horror. Expect scene breakdowns, wild reactions, and plenty of opinions as we give our two cents on what makes these movies scream-worthy (or just scream-worthy bad). New episodes every Tuesday—join us for a terrifyingly good time!

  1. Sep 22

    Let Me In (2010) | Vampire Love, Bullies & One Very Questionable Relationship

    Owen is lonely, bullied, ignored at home, and desperate for someone who actually understands him. Then Abby moves in next door. She’s his age. She only comes out at night. She walks barefoot through the snow. She can solve a Rubik’s Cube suspiciously fast. And there’s the small matter of her needing human blood to survive. This week on Two Cents We See Scary Movies, Talon and Christopher wrap up Who’s Kids Are These?! Month with Let Me In, Matt Reeves’ 2010 vampire horror film starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Richard Jenkins. We’re talking Owen’s relentless bullies, Thomas’s increasingly disastrous attempts at blood delivery, Abby’s extremely aggressive approach to conflict resolution, classic vampire rules, and the public swimming pool that becomes the site of perhaps the most effective anti-bullying campaign ever put on film. But the bigger question is what exactly Abby wants from Owen. Is this really a strange, sad little vampire love story between two lonely kids? Or has a centuries-old vampire found a vulnerable 12-year-old and begun interviewing him for the position Thomas has held his entire life? Talon and Christopher do not agree on this movie. At all. One of us found the melancholy, slow-burn relationship surprisingly effective. The other found two hours of sad children talking to each other significantly less enchanting. Either way, dating is complicated enough without discovering that your new girlfriend sleeps in a bathtub and may eventually need you to start collecting blood for her. Listen now and tell us: was Abby really in love with Owen, or was he always meant to become Thomas’s replacement? Two Cents We See Scary Movies Horror movie reviews, horror comedy, vampire movies, scary movies, cult horror, horror podcast, movie reviews and questionable decisions made by people who should absolutely know better. #LetMeIn #LetMeIn2010 #VampireMovies #HorrorMovies #HorrorPodcast #MovieReview #ScaryMovies #ChloeGraceMoretz #KodiSmitMcPhee #MattReeves #VampireHorror #TwoCentsWeSeeScaryMovies

    Let Me In (2010) | Vampire Love, Bullies & One Very Questionable Relationship
  2. Sep 1

    There’s Something Wrong with the Children (2023) | Creepy Kids, Bug People & a Glowing Pit

    Something is definitely wrong with the children. For our Who’s Kids Are These?! theme, Talon and Christopher take on There’s Something Wrong with the Children, the 2023 Blumhouse supernatural horror film directed by Roxanne Benjamin and starring Alisha Wainwright, Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew, and Carlos Santos. A weekend getaway between longtime friends takes a seriously disturbing turn after two children disappear into the woods overnight and return behaving very differently. Ben becomes convinced something supernatural happened to them, but getting everyone else to believe him turns out to be almost as difficult as surviving whatever came back from the woods. We’re getting into the glowing pit, creepy kids, insect imagery, questionable survival decisions, one police response that sends Christopher over the edge, and a mythology that gives us just enough information to leave us asking what the hell is actually going on. Did the movie’s lack of answers make it creepier, or did we need a whole lot more explanation about what was living in that pit? Full spoilers ahead. Two Cents: We See Scary Movies — horror movie reviews, plot breakdowns, reactions, theories, bad decisions, and the occasional argument over what any sane person would actually do in a horror movie. #TheresSomethingWrongWithTheChildren #HorrorMovieReview #BlumhouseHorror #EvilKidsHorror #SupernaturalHorror #HorrorPodcast #ScaryMovies #TwoCentsWeSeeScaryMovies

    There’s Something Wrong with the Children (2023) | Creepy Kids, Bug People & a Glowing Pit
  3. Jul 21

    Children of the Corn (1984) | Dead-Eyed Kids, Golf Bags & the Maiziah

    Welcome to Gatlin, Nebraska: population children, occupation murder, religion complicated. This week on Two Cents We See Scary Movies, Talon and Christopher revisit Children of the Corn, the 1984 horror classic based on Stephen King’s short story. When Burt and Vicky accidentally stumble into a seemingly abandoned farming town, they discover that Gatlin’s children have formed a deadly religious cult led by the unnervingly intense Isaac and his power-hungry enforcer, Malachai. We break down poisoned coffee, suspiciously casual vehicular manslaughter, a dead child rolling around in a trunk like a set of golf bags, Vicky’s complete lack of urgency, the terrifyingly effective child cast, and the arrival of Christopher’s greatest contribution to religious mythology: the Maiziah. Talon also looks back on how frightening Children of the Corn seemed when she watched it as a child compared with seeing it again at 51, while Christopher explains why this entire corn-covered catastrophe falls firmly under “not my problem.” Does this Stephen King adaptation remain a creepy small-town horror classic, or have its supernatural effects withered in the field? Join us as we close out Red, White & Screwed with murderous children, farm tools, questionable adult decisions, and He Who Walks Behind the Rows. Next month, the machines are taking over with our new theme, Wired to Kill. We’re kicking things off with Chopping Mall, the 1986 horror comedy in which a group of mall employees learns that an after-hours party and malfunctioning security robots are a deadly combination. Watch Chopping Mall free on Plex:https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101633208-15734677 Chopping Mall is also currently available on Tubi, The Roku Channel, The CW, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Prime Video, AMC+, Shudder, Philo, fuboTV, Screambox, and additional ad-supported services. #ChildrenOfTheCorn #StephenKingHorror #HorrorMoviePodcast #TwoCentsWeSeeScaryMovies #1980sHorror #CultHorror #WiredToKill #ChoppingMall

    Children of the Corn (1984) | Dead-Eyed Kids, Golf Bags & the Maiziah

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A horror podcast with a twist—every month, we tackle a new theme! From summer slashers to haunted houses, creepy kids to killer dolls, we dive deep into the frights, tropes, and absurdities of horror. Expect scene breakdowns, wild reactions, and plenty of opinions as we give our two cents on what makes these movies scream-worthy (or just scream-worthy bad). New episodes every Tuesday—join us for a terrifyingly good time!