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Okay, so... technically this is more like an episode of Pretty Little Screamers where we theorise about what's going to happen when the inevitable Scream VII AKA sixth sequel comes along, but we promise there is some discussion of Scream VI ...somewhere in this podcast. Granted, we do spend an extraordinarily long time debating our own rankings and fighting to the bloody death about who (*cough* Tom McNab *cough*) is right, and who (*cough* Ben Tahija *cough*) is wrong when it comes to where Scream 2 deserves to be ranked. Thankfully, Chelsea White is here to keep us all level headed, setting the record straight and letting it be known that in the year of our lord and saviour, Beyonce, 2023, there is absolutely no goddamn way these teenagers are listening to "Blow The Whistle" at a college fraternity party!? Whatever, Alicia, let's get our murder on. It's a Scream, baby. I'll be right back!

Ol' Saint Nicky isn't the only one dashing through in white and red today, as a bloodstained Ghostface is BACK to terrorise your Winter! Our Pretty Little Screamers, Tom McNab and Chelsea White, have assembled to watch the teaser trailer for Scream VI and share with you all of their immediate thoughts, reactions, and theories - trust that they STU over every possible detail from the franchise and won't leave you JILL-ted when it comes to speculating whose ROMAN around New York!!!

They Night They Came Home. But it's day time and only one of them is at home and, ya know what, this reference works as well here as it does in this show. Anyway, Melissa & Ben are back to discuss the first five episodes of season one (aka what is sure to be the only season) of PLL's latest incarnation, Original Sin! We've watched five hours of this show so find out with us if we can name the main characters! We can name a bukake of movie references contained in this show, at least. We also reminisce about OG PLL and how much we have wiped from our minds about it, except a certain man and his Ghost Jeep. The first person to be a guest on our show and just overall spectacular human being April Richardson needs a helping hand right now, as we all do from time to time, so please show her some kindness: https://ko-fi.com/aprilrichardson/

It's summer, so you know what that means - we're getting in Shape! The Shape, to be more specific, as a new Halloween trailer was released. When we say this is a teaser trailer, we really mean it, they're edging us good! So we spend most of the time talking about our thoughts on Halloween Kills (spoilers, duh), before leaving you with a little "treAt" for what's in store next time on Pretty Little Podcasters.

It's been an honour! Like the ghost of Billy Loomis, Ben has reappeared in our lives and on the pod! Along with Chelsea White and Tom McNab, they discuss all the minutia of Scream 5 AKA Scream 2022 AKA 5cream (we're talking mondo spoilers, bonehead)! What exactly is the backstory with Tara and Sam's mother? How do you pronounce Babadook? And going forward in the franchise, can we please just normalise Ghostface having boobs, 'kay?!

  Scream fans had to wait 11 years for a new entry, you should all be thankful we only made you wait 11 weeks! Do you want to hear what we were doing during that time? Definitely, somehow, watching all 7 Stab movies (we enjoy the one with Lucy Hale)! Do you want to hear Chelsea's dark secret in regards to opening night way back in April 2011? Do you want to hear all about Tom's pitch for a 2007 remake of Scream that would have OBVIOUSLY been a huge success and spawned its very own sequel?! We ask how, in spite of everything, Scream 4 is still two very enthusiastic thumbs up, fine holiday fun (whatever, Alicia).

It occurred to us that in our Scream 2 episode we completely overlooked the Joshua Jackson cameo, so to ensure nothing like that ever happened again we went super in-depth on every detail of Scream 3. The concluding chapter of the trilogy, the first film of the new millennium, and with it came the introduction of Ghostface using the highest of modern technology! No, not the voice changer, Ghostface uses a FAX MACHINE! Safe to say we leave no facet of Scream 3 untouched (duh, you can see it's almost 200 minutes long), and we even have time to bring up Jessica Alba, Christina Aguilera and Kate Bush! But, most important of all, finally three films in, we ask ourselves... what exactly is a "cloned cellular"?

This episode runs the gamut as it finds our Pretty Little Screamers accusing a nurse of trying to kill them because they thought she looked like the killer and pondering a prequel that's actually a romantic comedy wherein the killers are running around trying to play matchmaker by setting up Omar Epps and Jada Pinkett and lavishing them with free gifts of Tori Spelling movie tickets! We also hypothesize whether or not Diane Sawyer would do our girl Sidney dirty, much like she did to Britney Spears. And most important of all, we recast the Scream franchise with characters from Pretty Little Liars! 

Do you like scary podcasts? Okay, it isn't really scary but you see what I was doing. Starting with this episode, Tom McNab (aka our pal and yours, British Tom) takes over hosting duties with herself Chelsea White (of Cabernet & A fame) as his awesome and wonderful co-host to cover all the Scream movies in a limited series called, naturally, Pretty Little Screamers! This week Tom and Chelsea sink their cleaver into the first movie and even bring you never before heard (yeah, we got exclusives, baby!) clips from Matthew Lillard, the voice of Ghostface Roger Jackson and, via some manner of time travel I've yet to wrap my head around, 14 year old Tom McNab. Truly unsure why you're still reading the description and not already listening to the episode. Get on with it!

Do you like scary movies? We knew you did and do we have something fun planned for you! On this special Halloween episode, Ben and British Tom break down the Scream 5 trailer with none other than Chelsea White! British Tom and Chelsea will be taking over the feed to delightfully and meticulously cover all of the Scream movies culminating with the newest movie, Scream (aka Scream 5) that drops in January. 

Like Michael Myers after having both his eyes shot out and being set on fire, Tom and Ben are back! Is that too dark? We are here to break down the new Halloween Kills trailer so that is the vibe anyway.

Ben took a jaunt to the UK and got to meet British Tom! Naturally, we had to immortalize the moment in podcast form. 

Melissa and Ben are back in the Dollhouse to discuss the pilot episode of The Perfectionists! How do the new Liars stack up? Is Mona just James Bond now? Has Mona ever seen, let alone cut, a pie before? How does a TA-ship actually work? Where can I download that cello cover of Poker Face? So many questions! And will Melissa and Ben be drug in enough to watch episode two? Listen to find out!

Tom & Ben discuss the seminal (what does that word mean, by the way?) horror classic from John Carpenter! Tom even reads from his essays about the movie. Yeah, pural. EssayS. He is a true Halloween fan if his love of Tina didn't already tip you off. 

Alright, y'all, reset your timelines because we are having a spoiler-filled discussion about the newest Halloween. So snuggle up in your panic room and hit play! 

MORE of the night Tom and Ben disagreed about a movie called Halloween 2. We are both, however, pleased to discuss the first and only movie in the franchise with some much needed male nudity. Thanks, Bud. 

This movie is basically the meet-cute between Loomis and Jamie. You know, before he spends the entirety of part 5 mentally destroying her. We also discuss the franchise timeline (it all adds up perfectly, don't worry), who is Jamie's father, why/how Jamie has a picture of her murderous uncle, just all the essentials. 

Is Tina one of the deepest and richest characters in the entire franchise? That's a legit discussion that happens on this episode. 

Words like "bonkers" and "lunacy" are thrown around a lot in this episode because there are just few other adjectives that so appropriately describe this movie. A movie that made Michael Myers the bumbling sidekick in his own franchise. And that is before we even get to the Producer's Cut and it gets all power-of-the-runes on us. We had great green gobs of fun talking about this movie and hope you all enjoy it, too!

Halloween: Resurrection took a lot out of us but we are professionals so we're back! This one movie contains so much iconography from the franchise and also oodles of references to the preceding movies and other horror franchises. There is much to discuss so don't lose your head (see what I did there?), just hit play and join us!