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Growing up Gen X meant two things were always lurking in the background:
horror movies… and moral panic.

We watched Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Michael Myers slice their way through VHS tapes and late-night cable — and somehow, we understood the rules.
It was scary.
It was fun.
And we knew it was fiction.

Meanwhile, adults were losing their minds.

Churches warned us that horror movies opened demonic portals, Dungeons & Dragons summoned Satan, and heavy metal music was basically a fast pass to hell. Welcome to the Satanic Panic — an era where grown adults couldn’t tell the difference between a movie monster and an invisible threat they insisted was real.

In this livestream, I'm joined by:
Robert from Skeptic Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/@UCnSO-OqK5dxeh6PoVMnuaog

and Ed from The Rabyd Atheist
https://www.youtube.com/@TheRabydAtheist

We’re taking a nostalgic (and occasionally sarcastic) trip back to the golden age of horror — and contrasting it with the fear tactics used by the church that followed so many of us long after the credits rolled.

Because here’s the uncomfortable truth:
We grew out of horror movies.
A lot of us are still unpacking church-based fear.

We’ll laugh, we’ll reminisce, we’ll talk moral panics — and by the end, we’ll ask the question Gen X eventually had to face:

What if the real horror wasn’t the movies… but the fear we were taught to believe was real?

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Video we reviewed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVs80KsiFYw&t=132s

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The Breakfast Club wasn’t just a teen movie—it was a mirror.

For many Gen X kids, it was the first time a movie admitted that adults didn’t always understand us, institutions didn’t always protect us, and labels didn’t tell the whole story.

In this livestream, I look back at The Breakfast Club and explore:

• Why it resonated so deeply with Gen X
• How it quietly challenged authority without being rebellious
• Why its message still matters decades later

This isn’t a movie review—it’s a cultural autopsy.

Because sometimes the stories that raised us told the truth before anyone else did.

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#WhyGenXWalkedAway #80sMovies
#GrowingUpGenX #MightyPhilbert

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In 1987, a quiet song slipped onto the radio and into our childhoods.
“Luka” by Suzanne Vega wasn’t loud, angry, or shocking—but for many Gen X kids, it told a truth no one else would.

In this episode of The Mighty Philbert, we explore how “Luka” reflected a generation taught to stay silent about abuse, pain, and trauma—and why that silence often lasted well into adulthood.

This is a thoughtful, compassionate look at Gen X childhood, cultural conditioning, and the power of music to speak when we couldn’t.

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