Mark and Dev talk minute 69 of CHILD'S PLAY: we debate 69 or 67, Karen investigates children, Jack Santos has no idea about the plot, an unreliable witness to Chucky, Andy takies his sweet time barricading, and apartment keys under mats. 69: Under the Ματθαῖος 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 68 of CHILD'S PLAY: Andy goes for the specs in a struggle, injecting patients with no backup, the fictional depictions of electroconvulsive therapy, and obscure apparatus on Chucky wikis. 68: Chucky’s Not Trying to Turn Ardmore Straight 🎧 Listen below!

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Mark and Dev talk minute 67 of CHILD'S PLAY: we analyse if jumping Chucky is stopmotion, a 6 year old stuntchild, a second Chucky roll, the history of scalpels, and Ardmore is a baddie but not a villain. 67: The Old Of Mice and Men Ending 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 66 of CHILD'S PLAY: production designer cameo, clumsy or arrogant Chucky dropping keys, unclean surgical tools and their use in a children's asylum, and edits between animatronic and costume Chucky. 66: Child's Child Sized Smaller Child 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 65 of CHILD'S PLAY: dangerous child safety, vague boys who cried wolf, how to make a child actor cry on camera, which Chucky design is the scariest, and another song to catch. 65: He Wasn’t as Traumatised as He Looked Onscreen 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 64 of CHILD'S PLAY: Andy's pinstriped shirt and yellow turtleneck, acknowledge but don't shoutout the costumed Chucky, lax '80s security, and if the Cook County Youth Services Facility is playing itself. 64: Giving You the Wiggles 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 63 of CHILD'S PLAY: a dark joke from Chucky, worse in the script, all movie dogs are dead, Bishop is only partly dead, and flimsy door locks are a trope or indictment on landlords. 63: He Has an Appointment With a Six Year Old Boy 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 62 of CHILD'S PLAY: Christianity and Voodoo crossovers, positive voodoo worship, why Bishop might make himself a voodoo doll, sound effects selling simple bone breaking, and what kind of knife Chucky has. 62: Google Voodoo 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 61 of CHILD'S PLAY: we debate if Brad Dourif sounds like someone else, if Chucky should have a beard, if he could turn fully human, if John Bishop could've returned, and if shells are the oldest form of jewelry. 61: Dr Death and Grogu 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 60 of CHILD'S PLAY: masculine Norris downplaying his own attack, building a 20% bigger set for one shot, deleted sympathy scenes, Brad Dourif not going fully Chucky, and is Ray Oliver is still alive? 60: Ray Oliver, Child Actor 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 59 of CHILD'S PLAY: we google Brad Dourif shirtless, Dr Death before John Bishop, Norris jumpscaring Karen, and Dev realises he's been reading the script credited to Holland and not Mancini's first draft. 59: Brad Dourif Shirtless 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 58 of CHILD'S PLAY: Chucky flies from a gunshot, knife scrapes, a lost scene checking up on Andy, well endowed artwork, and trying to give the right credit to the artists. 58: He’s Painting a Lot of Dicks All Over His House 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 57 of CHILD'S PLAY: Chucky missing with a knife, the shot by shot of the car crash, a lighting crane, Norris' mysterious cut hand, and being unable to tell if Chucky is a doll or a double. 57: A Black Rug up in the Sky Over the Moon 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 56 of CHILD'S PLAY: still on the road with potentially botched stunts, Looney Tunes dodging, the Joie Chitwood stuntman family, new lore in the barrel fire subplot, and rearview projection movie magic. 56: Poundshop Joie Chitwood 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 55 of CHILD'S PLAY: we both travel the same path not finding a song, is the Strangler strangulating or not, Chucky holding the stunt driver, and do modern audiences need car lighters explaining? 55: Rhino Car Hire Dot Com 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 54 of CHILD'S PLAY: Norris' repeated attempts to get Karen out of his car, Karen egging Norris into investigating, two POV shots, and is this a screwball romantic comedy between these two? 54: I've Gone off the Minute Podcast Format 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 53 of CHILD'S PLAY: cops give out dead criminals' addresses, the script has them revisit the toy store, a detective desperately wanting to leave a mentally unwell mother alone, and right-hand driving. 53: This Dude Just Loves Refusing 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 52 of CHILD'S PLAY: zero aftermath from last minute, second act clumsy exposition, Chris Sarandon finding motivation, homeless community aesthetics, and then half the episode is Mark versus Dev on whether the Peddler is a thief. 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 51 of CHILD'S PLAY: how brief the SA attempt is and how easily it could be cut, Karen has nothing to say, Norris lets assaulter go free, homeless bystander issue, and real world horror in a cozy slasher feels egregious. 51: '80s Ick (Not a Fun Episode)

Mark and Dev talk minute 50 of CHILD'S PLAY: grunting homeless getting paid as extras, urinating on their own community home made of doors, and the Peddler having a lady friend. Also, another story gets forgotten and repeated. 50: Bumworld™ 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 49 of CHILD'S PLAY: streetlights in the '80s, the uniqueness of scream queen Karen, the cab is waiting to get paid, where the script was set before Chicago, and a strange attempt at a montage. 49: Child's Play Was Set in New York 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 46 of CHILD'S PLAY: Catherine Hicks' match lighting, tactile nostalgia of zippos, inaccuracies of insults, Chucky 'real' face, and our NBA on NBC play by play of Karen versus Chucky. 46: Are You a Stupid Bitch or Filthy Slut? 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 45 of CHILD'S PLAY: quietness of suspense, Tom Holland makes under the couch a scary place, Joe Renzetti's unconventional droning score, and Mark's tradition of heritage watches eventually comes round to Chucky. 45: Get Stuck on Chuck 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 44 of CHILD'S PLAY: the history of 'batteries not included', Karen's realistic approach at studying Chucky, an iconic scare inspired by The Exorcist, and a gaff on an underrated special effect. 44: Why Would Babies Try to Eat Batteries? 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 43 of CHILD'S PLAY: Karen's mean words, Chucky's refusal to reveal himself so easily, the horrible catch-22 of the situation, milking the moment, and batteries and wardrobes get a highlight. 43: Milking the Moment 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 42 of CHILD'S PLAY: cower at the strength of Andy, the range of emotions Alex Vincent has to tackle, crack the case wide open on who Mr Barclay was, and the quiet intensity of Catherine Hicks. 42: Little Slugger Took Him Off Guard 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 41 of CHILD'S PLAY: the mother-child dynamic torn apart with Mancini's great writing, a child betrayed by their best friend, and the unspoken alliance of Norris and Jack. 41: That Would Be a Perfectly Pointless Rabbit Hole 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 40 of CHILD'S PLAY: unconventional kills, how this stunt is achieved without miniatures, a rare deleted scene, a police station has little other than a pink phone, and everything within this supposed interrogation. 40: Butko & Augie 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 39 of CHILD'S PLAY: Chucky's first ever laugh mixed under the radar, Eddie's cowardice and trigger happiness, checkered shirts, and the age gap between actors reflected in later continuity. 39: Bars Where You Throw Axes 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 38 of CHILD'S PLAY: the genuine tension that Eddie Caputo might shoot a kid, very subtle reveals this killer doll has human breath, and these two were supposedly inspired by a real pair of killers! 38: Stainless Steel Ruger Blackhawk 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 37 of CHILD'S PLAY: we talk more about a rocking chair than Chucky disappearing from it, the POV shot in cinema history, how long Eddie has been living in this hideout, and the fiddliness of Chucky's fingers. 37: Napoleon Goes to Hell 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 36 of CHILD'S PLAY: the Ottery Tar Barrel Festival, the history of urban homeless heating, background extras arguing, and the penalties of fly tipping/dumping. 36: Where Did the Barrel Fires Go? 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 35 of CHILD'S PLAY: where Andy could, should, maybe not would be travelling on the Chicago greenline, Chucky is whispering directions, and Dev defends Mark against sneakerheads. 35: Sorry, I Derailed You LOL 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 34 of CHILD'S PLAY: the return to normalcy after a tragedy in the home, location scouting Andy's real school, a second Good Guy doll has hit the minute, and our experiences being bad boys skipping school. 34: Explicitly Wagging Off 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 33 of CHILD'S PLAY: we abolish mint custard, decypher a child's understanding of telling the truth, the psychological parallels with adult Andy, and the first movement of Chucky... 33: The Kuleshov Effect 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 32 of CHILD'S PLAY: believable writing for different characters, once again marvelling at the Good Guy doll, big yellow teapots, and we get back to the naunced mother-son emotions. 32: Maybe There Was a Big Yellow Teapot in Rob1n 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 31 of CHILD'S PLAY: quiet minutes are still essential, learn what Andy and Michael Crichton both got wrong, fancy fireman furniture, and the sinister gaslighting of Charles Lee Ray. 31: Did Andy Get to Enjoy Jurassic Park? 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 30 of CHILD'S PLAY: we confess to forgetting our protagonist's name but, question Norris' detective skills pocketing evidence, and the screwball comedy with inappropriate rizzing. 30: In Modern Parlance, He Came in to Rizz Her Up 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 29 of CHILD'S PLAY: a moment for Karen to cry, proactive Andy snitching on Chucky, and Dev's ongoing obsession with the apartment doorway leads to some BTS discussions. 29: He's a Bright Kid but He's a Grass 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 28 of CHILD'S PLAY: we watch the theatrical trailer to see what first audiences knew, talk violent imagery on Andy's shoes, debate hob-top versus electric kettles, and the top of the fridge. 28: Let's Have a Look at Ye Shoes, Lad 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 27 of CHILD'S PLAY: Mark's Uncle Ben tattoo, are spice racks lower or upper class, promising to redo Chucky's footprints, tricksy tractics from Norris, and if '88 audiences knew it was a killer doll movie. 27: Yo Child's a Killer! 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 26 of CHILD'S PLAY: police tactics, Brad Dourif credited for the doll, a history in tweed, the growing of Karen's character through Act 1, and even more of Andy's fabulous room. 26: You Don't Get Bees With Being Mean to Them 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 25 of CHILD'S PLAY: accurate Chicago bus routes, your home as a crime scene, ornate open air Brewster apartment, and screenwriter Tommy Swerdlow. 25: Go Watch The Grinch, Hang On, Is That the Same Guy Who Played Jack Santos? 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 24 of CHILD'S PLAY: Dinah Manoff, lino and planters, an exhaustive shot by shot play by play of the first Chucky kill! Plus a mystery regarding Maggie falling... 24: Maggie's Played by Three Different People 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 23 of CHILD'S PLAY: cheap jewellery Karen is selling to nobody, Mark forgetting notes he's already brought up, Andy's toys looking very dangerous, POV shots in movies and games, and CSI investigations on flour. 23: Dexter Flour Analysis 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 22 of CHILD'S PLAY: screenwriting 101 and quiet minutes are just as important, FX snow in fake windows, average snowfall in Chicago, correcting earlier bad geography, and early motivations of Chucky. 22: Lake Shore Not Ocean Shore 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 21 of CHILD'S PLAY: atmospheric score, awkward angle of a first person chair move, how creepy movies can make your own house spooky, a rabbithole on net curtains, and a solid lightning jumpscare. 21: Definitely My Nan's Net Curtains 🎧 Listen below!

Mark and Dev talk minute 20 of CHILD'S PLAY: Maggie watching TV while reading a book, what's on the TV, and what's in her book, plus the iconic introduction of the POV shot as Chucky scampers through the apartment. 20: Donovan's Brain and Women Are From Venus 🎧 Listen below!