Season 2 of "Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals" releases Friday January 17th, 2025! Living and dead horror authors tell scary stories round the campfire in this audio adaptation of Bitter Karella's Hugo-nominated comedy-horror microfiction.
Season 2 of "Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals" releases Friday January 17th, 2025! Living and dead horror authors tell scary stories round the campfire in this audio adaptation of Bitter Karella's Hugo-nominated comedy-horror microfiction. This trailer contains clips from upcoming episodes "The Tale of the Interview with the Vampire", "The Tale of the Watchers", "The Tale of Little Red Riding Hood", and "The Musical Tale of Rebecca". For more information, see https://midnightpals.com
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A transcript of this trailer is available at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/season-2-trailer/transcript
CAST, in order of appearance:
Audio production and editing by Robin Johnson. Clips are from episodes written by Bitter Karella, Robin Johnson and Nicoletta Giuseffi. The Midnight Pals is a work of social and literary satire, and any elements of works not in the public domain are used for purposes of parody and comment.
Midnight Pals created by Bitter Karella ©
EDGAR ALLAN POE (Rodrigo Borges) (VOICEOVER): We're called the Midnight Society.
[PAUSE. AMBIENT SOUND OF A FOREST AT NIGHT, WITH A CAMPFIRE CRACKLING NEARBY, FADES IN]
MARY SHELLEY (Rebecca D'Souza) (COCKNEY ACCENT): 'Sup, f[BEEP]ers!
[MUSIC STARTS UP AND PLAYS IN BACKGROUND THROUGHOUT TRAILER, GRADUALLY INCREASING IN SPEED AND MANICNESS: A PIECE ON BANJO, ACOUSTIC BASS, UPRIGHT PIANO AND DRUMS, TO THE METER OF EDGAR ALLAN POE'S "THE RAVEN"]
RICHARD BACHMAN (Jason Robinson) (ROUGH MIDWESTERN ACCENT): Submitted for the approval...
HP LOVECRAFT (Robin Johnson) (HIGH, NASAL NEW ENGLAND ACCENT): ...of the Midnight Society...
DAPHNE DU MAURIER (Julia Drake) (UPPERCLASS ENGLISH ACCENT): ...I call this story...
ANNE RICE (Loretta Chang) (SLOW SOUTHERN US ACCENT): ..."The Tale of the Interview with the Vampire".
[AMBIENCE FADES QUICKLY TO 1980s CITY OFFICE BLOCK, TRAFFIC OUTSIDE]
INTERVIEWER (Daisy McNamara): So, you're a vampire. Are you afraid of garlic?
[AMBIENCE FADES BACK TO CAMPFIRE]
POE (VOICEOVER): Each week, we gather around this campfire to tell our strange and scary tales.
DEAN KOONTZ (Wren Montgomery) (CHILDLIKE VOICE): "The Tale of the Superintelligent Dog... [DOG BARKS] ...and the Super Murder Monkey!"
[AMBIENCE FADES TO SECRET LAB. LIGHTS BUZZING, ELECTRICAL NOISES, KLAXON GOING OFF]
FBI AGENT (Brad Barnes): You scientists were so preoccupied with whether you could make an evil murder monkey, you never stopped to think about whether you should!
[AMBIENCE FADES BACK TO CAMPFIRE]
POE (VOICEOVER): New spins on classics of horror, suspense and fantasy.
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (Brad): Our storyteller is Angela Carter.
ANGELA CARTER (Nicoletta Giuseffi) (ENGLISH ACCENT): "The Tale of Little Red Riding Hood".
[AMBIENCE FADES TO COUNTRYSIDE COTTAGE. BIRDSONG VISIBLE OUTSIDE]
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (Tenest Tang) (BREATHY, "INNOCENT" TEEN VOICE, ENGLISH ACCENT): Grandmother, what big eyes you have!
WOLF (Lupo) (LOW GRAVELLY VOICE): All the better to trace along your woman's curves...
[AMBIENCE BACK TO CAMPFIRE]
CARTER: The wolf is named "sexism".
[AMBIENCE FADES. MUSIC CHANGES TO MIDNIGHT PALS CLOSING THEME, A GENTLE 3/4 PIECE ON FLUTE AND HARP]
POE (VOICEOVER): Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals returns Friday, January 17th, to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you find podcasts.
[MUSIC FADES OUT.
CAMPFIRE AMBIENCE FADES BACK IN]
DU MAURIER: "The Tale of Rebecca".
ALFRED HITCHCOCK (Robin): Of course, for it to work on film, we'd have to make a few changes.
DU MAURIER: What sort of changes?
ALFRED HITCHCOCK: Glitzy musical numbers!
[FAST, GLITZY MUSICAL NUMBER STARTS UP]
DU MAURIER: Wait, what?
MRS DANVERS (Daisy) (SINGING, TO A TUNE REMINISCENT OF THE SIMPSONS' "SEE MY VEST"):
See her pants! See her pants! Specially made by nuns in France!
See this flighty little nightie! Why, it's fit for Aphrodite;
Her brassiere! It's so sheer that it's practically clear,
And she loved this whalebone corset,
Though at times we had to force it!
[MUSIC FADES OUT]