MAN-MADE MONSTERS #31: Child's Play (2019) & M3GAN (2022)
4/3/20261 hr 40 min
Don't trust the toys! This week Mike is joined by Rob Watts to discuss two recent horror films about the dangers of AI in children's toys…Child's Play (2019) & M3GAN (2022)
Hosted, Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Music by Jack Whitney
Artwork by Mike Lee-Graham
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[ding] [suspenseful music] For decades now, society has worried about the effects technology will have on our children. The worries that too much screen time will rot children's brains, that video games will turn them violent. And now the more legitimate concerns about the dangers of social media on the mental health of children. Over the last decade, an increasing number of horror filmmakers have used the classic trope of the creepy kid or the killer