Our holiday gift to you, our dearest listeners, is a second bite at the meme, the myth, the legend: that terrifying dead-eyed snowman puppet animated by the trapped soul of Michael Keaton. And also a microbudget slasher. We figured we'd watch one basically watchable movie and one deeply uncomfortable one, and that's sure what we got!Also feat. cameos by all of the Zappa children, for some reason.

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of sexual assault, existentialism/morbidity, graphic depiction of car crash death, grief, parental neglect, body horror/gore

"Jack Frost" Fangoria Interview (Pages 34-37): https://archive.org/details/Fangoria_221

1:00 Battle of the Budgets7:00 Absent Dad Films14:00 Never Try, Kids21:00 Best Bully Ever26:00 The Sweet Release of Death31:00 When Camp Fails41:00 Framing and Audience Expectation

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