410 - Geek Challenge: Puppet Master vs. Seed of Chucky

They’ll tear you a new puppet hole, bitch! The worlds of Charles Band and Don Mancini collide in a pre-Gobbledyween Geek Challenge. Paul sends Arlo a psychic alert letting him know to watch 1989’s Puppet Master, the first of producer Band’s direct-to-VHS Full Moon Features and the source of approximately one trillion sequels. In turn, Arlo goes meta and has a doll voiced by him call Paul while the real Arlo is tied to a bed behind him, commanding Paul to watch 2004’s Seed of Chucky. Paul recounts the joy of watching Full Moon Features in his 20s, Arlo launches a full-throated defense of Mancini’s vision, and they are both just completely miserable. Plus, the boys have nothing but nice things to say about Taylor Swift’s Folklore.   Next: we’re off, then we’re not. THE BREAKDOWN Total Run Time: 01:49:34 00:00:25  -  Intro / Banter 00:16:56  -  Puppet Master 01:03:15  -  Seed of Chucky 01:45:00  -  Outro / Next THE MUSIC “Master of Puppets” by Metallica, Master of Puppets (1986) “Doll Parts” by Hole, Live Through This (1994) THE LINKS   “How ‘Child’s Play’ Became The Funniest, Most Reliably Surprising, And Queerest Slasher Series” by Louis Peitzman, BuzzFeed “Queer Underworld: SEED OF CHUCKY (2004)” by Leigh Monson, Birth.Movies.Death. “Why Seed of Chucky holds a special place in my heart” by Sam Mauro, Little White Lies “Seed of Chucky” by Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com “We Watched and Ranked Every Single ‘Puppet Master’ Film” by Daniel Kurland, Bloody Disgusting