Spoiler Specials: Old

Published: Aug. 6, 2021, 10 a.m.

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Slate\u2019s senior editor Allegra Frank is joined by Slate\u2019s web editor Nitish Pahwa to spoil Old, the new thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan.\xa0\nWhen a family takes a relaxing tropical vacation, they make a terrifying discovery. As the children play in the sand on a nearby secluded beach, their parents notice that in the span of just a few hours, their children have suddenly aged. It\u2019s not long before the parents realize that they themselves are aging too! It\u2019s a race against time as they attempt to escape the beach before it\u2019s too late. But can they find a way out?\xa0\n\n\xa0\nNote: As the title indicates, this podcast contains spoilers galore.\n\nEmail us at spoilers@slate.com.\n\nPodcast production by Morgan Flannery.\xa0\n\nHosts\nAllegra Frank is a senior editor at Slate.\xa0\nNitish Pahwa is a web editor at Slate and you can read his review here.\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices