The first episode of The Locust Files features Craig Martin, a writer and academic who has recently completed a thesis on evil children in movies. Craig and Lee Gambin discuss the long history of the evil child in cinema, from silent era naughty kids through to benchmark films such as The Bad Seed and right through the wave of them into the early 90s.

With classic cult favorites like The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea, Devil Times Five, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane and more being discussed.