Episode 23: Goodnight Mommy (2014)

Theme: Creepy Kids in Movies
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis kick off “Creepy Kids in Movies” Month with Goodnight Mommy — the 2014 Austrian horror film that boldly asks:
“What if The Sixth Sense, The Other, and Jacob’s Ladder all got tossed into a silent Austrian nightmare with cornfields, cockroaches, and an unsettling amount of Red Baron pizza?”

Join your two least-qualified child psychologists as they unpack:

• Why Austrian twins have more free-roaming privileges than most feral cats.

• How Mom returns home from surgery wrapped in more bandages than the Invisible Man on laundry day — and somehow still has the confidence to check herself out in every reflective surface.

• The slow, creeping suspicion that Mom might not be Mom… because apparently the quickest path to family distrust is ignoring one of your children like he’s a RadioShack employee in 2024.

• Why cockroaches, magnifying glasses, and baby monitors should never be used in combination — especially when questioning someone’s identity.

• How the Red Cross makes the bold choice to just stroll into the house uninvited like they’re conducting surprise inspections for the “Needy Mother of the Year” award.

• And how the film ends with a twist that won’t surprise you… but definitely wants credit for trying.

From gauze-wrapped moms to Mad Max cockroaches, from booby traps to boomerangs, Oz and Curtis stumble through one of the quietest, creepiest, “is this supposed to be happening?” movies of the month — and come out the other side with more questions than answers.

Final Verdict:

Oz — Six and a half slices of Red Baron
Curtis — Fifty-three aggressively nosy Red Cross volunteers
Both — Still traumatized by the scissors-to-the-lip scene.