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Scare UBONUS EPISODE: Longlegs (2024) with Hale ApplemanThis week, in our annual summer bonus episode, we're joined once again by Mr. Hale "Satan" Appleman, of stage, screen, "The Magicians," "American Horror Story," Teeth, and more. Our assignment: Longlegs, Osgood Perkins' insidiously stylish brain-twister featuring off-the-hook performances by Maika Monroe, Alicia Witt, and a barely recognizable Nicolas Cage. Also along for the fun, in the next installment of our "Campus Radio" segment, is Mr. Marcus Dunstan, director of the new film #AMFAD All My Friends Are Dead.
Intro, Math Club & Debate Society, Campus Radio, To Sir With Love (spoiler-free): 00:00-29:04Honor...2024-08-051h 21Scare UInterview with the Vampire (1994) with Matt SaldivarCrawling out of the swamp to close out Season 3, Eric and Bradford are joined by Broadway actor-musician Matt Saldivar for a rollicking discussion of Neil Jordan's grand guignol ode to undying love. With a cast headed by Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt as comedy duo Lestat and Louis, interesting turns from Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater, and Stephen Rea, Anne Rice adapting her novel, and great effects work by Stan Winston, there's enough baroque to ba-reak the bank... but is it, as one character says, "of the Mississippi"? An uneven tone, plot threads that go nowhere, and SO...2024-07-291h 24Scare UThe Conjuring (2013) with Christian ParkerThe house in Harrisville, Rhode Island is not clean. In fact it's filthy, lousy with supernatural yuck. That's bad news for whoever inhabits it, and no one's going to have it worse than the Perrons—father Roger (Ron Livingston), mother Carolyn (Lili Taylor), and their five daughters. When the otherworldly rumblings get out of hand, who they gonna call? In this case, it's the OG Ghostbusters, Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga). To say what happens next would be a spoiler, and we don't do that without a warning. But after our forays into James Wan's De...2024-06-101h 20Scare UShaun of the Dead (2004) with Clark CollisSimon Pegg and Edgar Wright were on to something. Taking a well-worn subgenre and fusing it with the distinct style they'd perfected on Channel 4's "Spaced," the two concocted a script like no other and produced a cult classic. Twenty years since its premiere, we look at the production and legacy of Wright's breakthrough film with Clark Collis, former Entertainment Weekly reporter and author of You've Got Red On You: How Shaun of the Dead Was Brought to Life. So pack up your Breville and jam toasties, grab a Cornetto and whatever blunt instrument is by the doorway, and...2024-06-031h 09Scare UThe Amityville Horror (2005) with Gretchen McNeilSo... you think you can remake a classic horror movie. That's what Michael Bay thought, anyway, when his production shingle Platinum Dunes embarked on a new adaptation of Jay Anson's tale of mayhem on Long Island. Citizen Kane the 1979 Amityville Horror may not be, but it holds a special place in the hearts of horror fans worldwide. So who's to blame for the mess that is the 2005 version? First (and last) time director Andrew Douglas? Frequently shirtless Ryan Reynolds, miscast as axe-wielding George Lutz? Or screenwriter Scott Kosar, who picks up a surprise nomination this week for the Michael...2024-05-281h 22Scare UThe Amityville Horror (1979) with Gretchen McNeilWhat's that, by the side of the road? Is that a... vomiting nun, played by star of stage and screen Irene Dailey? And what's that, up in the sewing room? Is that a... priest covered in flies, played by Oscar-winner Rod Steiger? However you feel about it, there's no question that Stuart Rosenberg's O.G. THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979) is an iconic launch of a never-ending franchise, one that's produced more clunkers than most—but which seems to have legs like no other. With '70s icons Margot Kidder and James Brolin along for the ride, plus plenty of ferrofluid an...2024-05-201h 21Scare UOuija: Origin of Evil (2016) with Louisa KrauseTake a seat at the dining room table and gaze through that planchette. We're attempting to connect with the spirit world in Mike Flanagan's 2016 prequel-to-beat-all-prequels OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL, featuring Elizabeth Reaser, Lulu Wilson, Annalise Basso, and Henry Thomas. Joining us to battle Demons from the Great Beyond is the amazing Louisa Krause, she of Starz's "The Girlfriend Experience" Season 2 and the films The Dive, Maggie Moore(s), Ava's Possessions, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and many more. And this week, we introduce a new segment, "Campus Radio," with a special appearance by Jocelin Donahue, one of the stars of...2024-05-131h 22Scare UInsidious (2010) with Allison BroderStrap on your gas mask, crack open that sketch pad, and astrally project yourself into The Further as we continue our James Wan mini-series with an assessment of Wan's 2010 Insidious. With a script by key collaborator Leigh Whannell and a cast featuring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, and the ethereal Lin Shaye, this is the Insidious that started them all. Joining us at the séance table is Allison Broder, host of the Who's There? podcast.
Intro, Debate Society, To Sir With Love (spoiler-free): 00:00-28:58Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy): 28:59-1:04:02S...2024-05-061h 21Scare UHouse of 1000 Corpses (2003) with Ariel Powers-SchaubHooray for Captain Spaulding! And some Fireflies. Writer and early-00s horror authority Ariel Powers-Schaub joins us to vivisect Rob Zombie's 2003 roadside attraction of sin and debauchery, House of 1000 Corpses, starring Sid Haig, Karen Black, Rainn Wilson, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, and a young, nubile, young Walton Goggins as "Deputy Steve Naish." So strap in, (fish)boys and girls. It's gonna be a bumpy night.
Intro, Debate Society, To Sir With Love (spoiler-free): 00:00-28:27Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy): 28:28-54:47Superlatives (spoiler-heavier): 54:48-1:14:46
Director Rob Zombie2024-04-291h 11Scare UHouse (1977) with Dawn LuebbeWatch out for that piano! And the well! And the light fixture! And the... clock? This week, we're joined by the one and only Dawn Luebbe (co-director, Greener Grass, Wayfair's "Welcome to the Wayborhood") to discuss Nobuhiko Ôbayashi's mindbending horror cult comedy House. Will we make it out alive? Only Auntie's cat Blanche knows for sure.
Intro, Debate Society, To Sir With Love (spoiler-free): 00:00-27:40
Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy): 27:41-58:48
Superlatives (spoiler-heavier): 58:49-1:15:41
Director Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Screenplay Chiho Katsura, based on a story by...2024-04-221h 15Scare UBride of Frankenstein (1935) with Bruce Graver & Dorian GreenbaumWe're back from Spring Break, discussing James Whale's 1935 classic featuring Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, and Ernest Thesiger. Our guests are the authors of the new book Peggy Webling and the Story Behind Frankenstein: The Making of a Hollywood Monster, about the woman who wrote the stage play from which Universal's Frankenstein (1931) was adapted. Also: a new superlative honoring one of our favorite actors, the inimitable Béatrice Dalle.
Intro, Debate Society, To Sir With Love (spoiler-free): 00:00-27:40
Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy): 27:41-56:04
Superlatives (spoiler-heavier): 56:05-1:16:04 2024-04-151h 16Scare UThe Mephisto Waltz (1971) with David CoteWhen music journalist Myles Clarkson visits ailing piano virtuoso Duncan Ely at his palatial California home, ostensibly to interview the man, Duncan notices something distinct about Myles: his hands – they’re beautiful, the bone structure perfect for a concert pianist. Myles, it turns out, is a Juilliard-trained musician whose career tanked after receiving some bad reviews. Taking an interest in Myles, Duncan introduces him to his artist daughter Roxanne. Soon Myles has entered the pianist’s inner circle, much to the chagrin of Myles’ wife, Paula, who feels more than a tinge of jealousy at the attention being paid to her husb...2024-02-051h 22Scare UTheatre of Blood (1973) with Ben ViccellioBehold – the late, great Edward Lionheart, a Shakespearean actor whose performances in Julius Caesar, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, Cymbeline, and others left him the laughingstock of London theatre critics, is dead. And yet somehow, someone is knocking off said critics one at a time in truly Shakespearean fashion… albeit with slight alterations to the text. Shylock may have wanted his pound his flesh – this killer takes the heart. Joan of Arc might have burned at the stake – this killer fries his victims in a hair salon. Peregrine Devlin, head of the London Critics Circle, is baffled, as are the police. And...2024-01-291h 28Scare UFrankenstein's Army (2013) with Bobby Frederick TilleyWorld War II. Somewhere in Germany. Accompanied by a cameraman shooting propaganda for Mother Russia, a ragtag platoon fighting the Nazis receives a distress signal from fellow soldiers and heads off to investigate. They approach a church where no Russians can be found, but the church is inhabited by creatures who appear to be constructed from weapons, parts of machines and vehicles, but still have blood flowing through their veins. The creatures seem like part of the Nazi war machine, but then, one can’t be sure in the fog of war. Soon, cut off from the outside world, the pla...2024-01-221h 24Scare UShe Will (2021) with Jerry J SampsonFollowing a double mastectomy, and hoping to recover in peace, actress Veronica Ghent travels to what she believes will be a solitary retreat in the Scottish Highlands. She’s accompanied by a young nurse, Desi, who through sheer will and a good heart is able to put up with Veronica’s brusque, standoffish nature. There are other forces at work: the land on which their cabin sits was the burial ground of thousands of alleged witches, whose ashes have fertilized the soil and created ground rich with supernatural power. When her dreams are haunted by visions of witches being burned a...2024-01-151h 23Scare UEyes Without a Face (1960) with Liz DeGregorioSomewhere on the outskirts of Paris, a woman, Louise, is driving alone at night. There’s a body in the back seat of her car. Its face is obscured, and it’s slumped over, lifeless. Because said body is a corpse, and Louise is soon dragging it into the Seine. Meanwhile, after giving a speech about the perils and pleasures of skin grafts, a doctor, Genessier, is called to the morgue to identify a body. It is that of his missing daughter? So he claims. On his way out, Gennessier is accosted by a man, Tessot, who asks if the body i...2024-01-081h 26Scare UJennifer's Body (2009) with Kate ThompsonJennifer Check and Anita “Needy” Lesnicky are best friends living in the town of Devil’s Kettle, best known for its waterfall and high school football team. When Jennifer suggests she and Needy step out to see a band, Low Shoulder, at the local roadhouse, Melody Lane, Needy’s reluctant. She’s rather spend the night with Chip, her boyfriend. But Jennifer's nothing if not persuasive. Upon arriving at Melody Lane, it’s clear the band is a bunch of locals posing as hipsters from the city. But Jennifer’s entranced by the lead singer, Nikolai, who she finds “salty,” and as the s...2024-01-021h 18Scare UExtra Ordinary (2019) with Wendy MacLeodDriving instructor Rose Dooley lives alone in rural Ireland, but she’s hardly ever alone. The local residents call Rose any time they have a, shall we say, ghost problem. Which happens more often than you’d think. You see, Rose’s father, the late ghost hunter Vincent Dooley, has imbued Rose with certain ‘talents’ to divine and chat up ghosts that are giving people a hard time. That’s when she’s approached by one Martin Martin, a woodworker whose late wife has been making his life hell for the past several years, constantly berating him and his choices from bey...2023-12-261h 14Scare UThe Legend of Hell House (1973) with Christopher ShinnEccentric billionaire Rudolph Deutsch wants someone to figure out what (or who's) been haunting the old Belasco mansion, the “Mt Everest of haunted houses.” Apparently the house has something to do with the secret to life after death, so Deutsch enlists a team of potential rivals to get to the bottom of it: physicist and sometime paranormal investigator Barrett and his wife Ann; mental medium Florence Tanner; and physical medium Ben Fischer, the sole survivor of the last attempt to exorcise the old home. Almost from the jump, something’s off – no one trusts each other, science butts heads with pseu...2023-12-181h 20Scare UThirt13en Ghosts (2001) with Jason RagostaIt’s a cage match in a used car graveyard, with soul hunter Cyrus Kriticos taking on soul preserver Kalina Oretzia. Lost amidst the metal is The Breaker, a murderous ghost Cyrus wishes to add to his collection. Assisting Cyrus is Dennis, a medium whose ability to sense ghosts sends him into spasms of pain. Kalina’s only wish is to set souls free and let them roam the earth. Cyrus succeeds in capturing Breaker, but loses his life in the process. We cut to the home of Cyrus’s nephew, math teacher Arthur Kriticos, his two children Bobby and Kathy...2023-12-111h 15Scare UCandyman (1992) with Godfrey L. Simmons Jr.Grad student Helen Lyle is determined to find out why the residents of the Cabrini-Green housing development in Chicago are petrified by the Candyman, a ghost who allegedly appears if you say his name in the mirror five times. After jokingly summoning him with Trevor, her philandering professor husband, Helen heads to Cabrini-Green with her pal Bernadette to interview residents and track down the truth. Instead she discovers what might just be the Candyman’s lair, an abandoned apartment laid out strangely like her own. Soon enough, she’s standing face to face with the man himself. And he hasn’t...2023-12-041h 26Scare UThe Dunwich Horror (1970) with John DeVoreWilbur Whateley wants the Necronomicon, and although the library’s closing, local coed Nancy is so entranced by Whateley that she’s inclined to let him read it. Her professor, Dr. Armitage, isn’t thrilled with the idea of someone borrowing the book – even for five minutes – until he realizes who the reader is. Eager to find out more about Wilbur, and his family history of seeking out transdimensional creatures, he invites Wilbur and Nancy to dinner. But Wilbur’s not interested in becoming one of Armitage’s biographical sketches – he wants Nancy to come back to his home, drink some tea, and...2023-11-271h 24
Scare USinister (2012) with Hannah Cabell & Ryan KingIt’s been a while since true crime writer Ellison Oswalt had a bestseller, and the strain is starting to show on Ellison, his wife Tracy, and their kids Trevor and Ashley. Local law enforcement isn’t keen on him, either, as his last few books didn’t cast them in too fond a light. So Ellison and his family take up residence in a modest Pennsylvania ranch house with something of a history – something we learn when we watch as a family is lynched in the house’s back yard. Unfortunately, this may be his last chance at the big time...2023-11-201h 23Scare UDead Silence (2007) with Luisa ColónFollowing the unexpected arrival of a ventriloquist dummy on his doorstep, and the sudden, violent death of his wife – two events that might be related – Jamie Ashen is arrested by Detective Lipton, a cop with a thing for electric razors. Lipton’s also a by the books kind of guy who’s convinced Jamie is responsible for his wife’s death. But Jamie doesn’t have time for games — he’s determined to find out who or what killed his wife and tore her tongue out in the process. His search takes him back to his home town of Raven’s Fair, wh...2023-11-131h 25Scare USleepaway Camp (1983) with Jack SholderRicky and his shy, reserved cousin Angela are spending the summer at Camp Arawak, a bargain basement overnight camp in upstate New York run by Mel, cigar-chomping shyster, and staffed by a bunch of adult and teenage degenerates. Angela is initially withdrawn, occasionally catatonic – but is soon brought out of her shell by Ricky’s friend Paul, who takes a liking to Angela in the hopes he might be able to make it with her before summer’s end. But there are forces are at work – forces determined to put the strangely distant Angela in her place. Bunkmate and camp harlot...2023-11-061h 21Scare ULivid (2011) with Alix Austin & Keir SiewertWe meet Lucie on Halloween morning, at a bus stop by a pier that is festooned with flyers with the names and faces of missing children. She’s soon picked us by Catherine Wilson, a wisecracking nurse who makes house calls to elderly residents. Lucie, who is interning for Ms. Wilson, is none too happy about the work, and at the end of her first day, relates her experiences to her friends Will and Ben over beers at the local pub. Will is a fisherman who works for his father, and Ben works for his mother at the pub. Like L...2023-10-311h 26Scare UBONUS EPISODE: Talk to Me (2023) with Gretchen McNeilWho doesn’t love a party? And what’s better at a party than a good party game, especially one that involves grasping an embalmed hand and speaking the words, “Talk to me.” For the full effect, you then say, “I let you in” and allow yourself to be fully possessed by whatever lies beyond the spirit realm. It’s terrifying, but also a total rush, provided you keep your trip under 90 seconds. For Mia, it's a welcome distraction from a rough year. She recently lost her mother for reasons unexplained, and her best friend Jade’s little brother Riley keeps tagging...2023-08-141h 28Scare UHaunted Honeymoon (1986) with Michael PressmanWhat’s wrong with Larry Abbot? The radio star is having bouts of fear, perhaps a remnant of childhood trauma. Otherwise, everything’s swell: he’s engaged to be married to his scene partner, Vickie Pearle. But the radio show, hosted by the Manhattan Mystery Theater and lead sponsor Ralston-Purina, are concerned about Larry’s mental health, so they’ve hired Larry’s Uncle Paul, a psychiatrist. to employ a radical cure that will rid Larry of his fears in 36 hours. Larry and Vickie travel to Larry’s ancestral stomping grounds, a palatial estate. The cast of characters that assemble at the esta...2023-07-241h 17Scare UThe Void (2016) with John DeVoreIt’s late one night in America, and two men are chasing tweakers from a local meth den. One escapee, James, gets away. The other, a girl, is set on fire by the men before they drive off. Meanwhile, local police chief Daniel Carter is asleep on the job, again, when he spots James crawling out of the woods, and transports him to the nearest medical facility, Marsh General, where he estranged wife Allison works as a nurse. The hospital is on the verge of closing after a fire took out most of it, and they're working with a skelet...2023-07-101h 24Scare ULet the Right One In (2008) with Joshua ConkelWhen we meet Oskar, it’s 1982 and he’s a meek 12-year-old with a shameful blonde pageboy haircut. His parents are divorced, making for a lonely existence on a nondescript housing estate in a suburb of Stockholm. On top of this, local bully Conny’s been taunting him at school, his jabs becoming increasingly violent. Meanwhile, people are dying in Oskar’s neighborhood, especially around his apartment complex. Could it have something to do with the middle-age man and 12 year old girl that just moved into the building, the ones that placed cardboard on their windows, seemingly to shield them from th...2023-06-191h 17Scare UEvil Dead 2 (1987) with Doug FrenchA couple, Ash and Linda, are driving to what they believe will be a romantic getaway at a cabin in the woods that Ash claims is deserted. The cabin, we discover, once belonged to an archaeologist, Dr. Raymond Knowby and his wife Henrietta, who, while on an archaeological… mission of some kind, discovered the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, the Book of the Dead. Upon arrival, Ash finds a reel to reel recording of Dr. Knowby discussing his mission and reciting lines from the Necronomicon. Harmless stuff, you’d think. Harmless, that is, until Linda and Ash’s world starts coming alive, with evil s...2023-06-121h 18Scare UDaughters of Darkness (1971) with Carolyn RashipNewlywed couple Stefan and Valerie are traveling across Europe by train, bound for Belgium, then England, where they are to meet Stefan’s mother. But when the train makes an unexpected stop, the couple decide to hang out for a while in a seaside hotel in the town of Ostend. Fortunately, It’s winter, so they have their pick of suites. But why is Stefan so hesitant to call his Mother to tell her he and Valerie are married? And who is this new visitor, one Countess Elizabeth Bathory and her secretary Ilona? Whoever they are, they soon begin to fixat...2023-06-051h 23Scare UReady or Not (2019) with Kim Burns & Ketryn PorterMarrying into the wealthy Le Domas family, one-time foster child Grace thinks she’s going to have it all: a handsome, loving husband in Alex, all the amenities she desires, and of course, a loving extended family. But, as one character says, the rich really are different. The family invites Grace to partake in a ritual designed for all new members of the family. It’s a formality, part of a bargain struck many years ago with a certain Mr. Le Bail. If the Le Domas family doesn’t hold up their end of the deal, a horrible fate awaits them...2023-05-291h 19Scare UPeeping Tom (1960) with Mickey BoardmanA film studio focus puller moonlighting as a DIY pornographer, Mark Lewis has a problem. And he’s not sure he wants to get rid of it. You see, Mark has a certain kink, a turn-on: he loves, gets off even, on the sight of women in fear. Fear of death, fear of Mark, fear of the unknown. His weapon is a film camera, and after he stalks and kills a prostitute, he films the police’s response to it, all in the name of creating what Mark calls a “documentary.” At home, in the house his family once owned but now...2023-05-221h 10Scare UIn the Mouth of Madness (1995) with Mary WildWe begin in an asylum for the criminally insane. A man in a straitjacket is hauled into the facility and thrown into a padded cell. Visited by a psychiatrist, the man begins telling his story, while acknowledging that something awful is happening in the outside world. We flash back: renowned horror writer Sutter Cane has disappeared. Seeking to locate Cane, and collect his new novel, In the Mouth of Madness, the head of Arcane publishing, Jackson Harglow, hires crack Insurance investigator John Trent – a man with a nose for frauds and whose skepticism seemingly knows no bounds. Trent has already...2023-05-151h 25Scare UThe Black Cat (1934) with Hope Cartelli & Jeff LewonczykAn American couple, Peter and Joan Allison, are traveling by train through Hungary when they’re told their cabin has been double booked. Dr. Vitus Werdegast, a psychiatrist just released from eighteen years in a prison camp, soon joins them for the short ride to their destination – the same place Werdegast is going, he claims, to visit an old friend, along with his manservant, Thamal. On their way into town, the bus that the four are in runs off the road, killing the driver and injuring Joan. They hike to the home of Werdegast’s former military comrade, one Hjalmar...2023-05-081h 27Scare UScary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) with Clay McLeod ChapmanIt’s Halloween 1968 in Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, a town best known for its Mill and its Valley. Friends Stella, Auggie, and Chuck decide to take revenge on some local bullies, led by Tommy, who’s dating Chuck’s sister Ruth. After removing his feces from the toilet to hand to Tommy, and throwing the requisite eggs at his car, the bullies track the friends to a drive-in movie theater showing Night of the Living Dead. That’s when Stella, Auggie, and Chuck hop in the car of Ramon, a mysterious drifter who has come to their town to escape the draft. Afte...2023-05-011h 21
Scare UThe Thing (1982) with Suzanne KeillyAn American research crew at a base in Antarctica finds they are not alone in the desolate, freezing landscape when a nearby Norwegian team accidentally awakens an alien presence that’s been frozen in the ice for a hundred thousand years. As the American crew determines just what the alien’s M.O. is, they are overcome by a creeping distrust, and the paranoid group slowly unravels as an unseen, deadly force runs rampant on the base.
Intro, Math Club, and Debate Society (spoiler-free) 00:00-31:42Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy) 31:43-1:07:36Superlatives (so. many. spoilers.) 1:07:37-1:2...2023-02-201h 26Scare UThe Mist (2007) with Gretchen McNeilAfter surviving a torrential Nor’easter that rips parts of his home and adjoining properties to shreds, Bridgton, Maine resident and graphic artist David Drayton, his son Billy and wife Steff notice a strange fog rolling in on the lake behind their house. After confirming that his boathouse was crushed by neighbor Brent Norton’s old tree, a source of old resentments, David gathers Billy and Brent into his jeep and heads into town for supplies. Upon arrival at the local supermarket, The Food House, into which half the town seems to have crammed, it becomes apparent that the mist i...2023-02-131h 29Scare UDrag Me to Hell (2009) with Hale ApplemanWhen Christine Brown, a young bank loan officer, must decide whether to grant a third extension on the loan of one Sylvia Ganush, who’s already defaulted on two – she’s in a real quandary. She really wants that Assistant Manager position, and Stu Rubin seems to have the inside track with her boss, Mr. Jacks. But Christine’s determined, and so, with all the heartlessness she can muster, she denies Mrs. Ganush the extension. It’s a decision that will come to haunt her – for Mrs. Ganush curses Christine with the Lamia, an ancient goat spirit that makes Christine’s lif...2023-02-061h 14Scare UI, Madman (1989) with Erik PiepenburgVirginia, an actress, bookstore employee, and voracious reader of trash fiction, becomes convinced that the author of the books she’s reading – who died some 30 years ago – is out there, on the streets of Los Angeles, committing grisly murders similar to the ones in his books. Her detective boyfriend, Richard, along with the rest of the LAPD, is skeptical. Is Virginia crazy? Seeing things? Drinking too much tea? Or is she on to something, and everyone else has failed to see the ugly truth right under their noses, ears, lips, and scalp?Intro, Math Club, and Debate Society (spoiler-fre...2023-01-301h 15Scare UThe Bad Seed (1956) with Michael MustoEight year-old Rhoda Penmark is angry. Not because her father, a colonel, is heading off to Washington for four weeks. Not because her apartment building’s janitor, LeRoy Jessup, is hovering a little too close for comfort. No, Rhoda’s pissed because her classmate Claude Daigle has won the school’s penmanship medal, and in Rhoda’s mind, that just isn’t fair. Meanwhile, Rhoda’s doting mother, Christine, has begun to wonder whether Rhoda might be a little too interested in the medal, and when word comes that Claude has met a suspicious end at the school picnic, Christine’s cur...2023-01-231h 13Scare UThe Old Dark House (1932) with Jason KravitsIt’s a stormy night somewhere in Wales, and three travelers are having a rough go of it: married couple Phillip and Margaret Waverton, and their passenger in the back seat, the dapper Penderel. That’s when they come upon a house, which is, shockingly, old… and dark. They manage to gain entrance after convincing the mute, lumbering butler, Morgan, that they are indeed in distress, and are soon greeted by the house’s main occupants, the elderly Femms, Horace and his hard of hearing sister Rebecca. The Femms offer the travelers supper, but as the sternly religious Rebecca finds it i...2023-01-161h 26Scare UWitching and Bitching (2013) with Cintra WilsonDetermined to make better lives for themselves, Madrid town square "mascots" Tony and Jose, in their guises as a silver-hued Jesus and a green-skinned toy soldier, rob a shop specializing in the exchange and purchase of gold. Joined by Jose’s son Sergio, who has forsaken his homework for a day with dad, the men make off with countless rings and other gold trinkets, commandeering a taxi driven by Manuel, and containing a passenger who just wants to get to Badajoz. Their goal: make it to France, safety, and prosperity. Just one problem: Sergio left his backpack in the store...2023-01-091h 23Scare UA Field in England (2013) with Bobby Frederick TilleyThe 17th century. The English Civil War. Whitehead, a man of letters, maker of lace, and self-described coward, is tasked with finding and arresting the colleague and rival alchemist who stole his master’s papers. He enlists the aid of Cutler, a soldier who claims he can take them to a nearby alehouse, and two deserters, the wily Jacob and dull-minded Friend. Upon arriving at Cutler’s destination – not the alehouse, but a wide open field strewn with hallucinogenic mushrooms, the group locates the alchemist, O’Neil. But instead of taking in his man, Whitehead, along with Jacob and Friend, find...2023-01-021h 05Scare UThe Loved Ones (2009) with Gina GionfriddoLola Stone wants to go to prom with Brent, the school hottie, but he’s already going with his girlfriend Holly. So Lola does what any jilted high schooler would do: she and her father kidnap Brent, tie him to a chair, and proceed to torture him in excruciating ways -- all while hiding a long-buried secret concerning the disappearance of several of their towns' residents.
Intro, Math Club, and Debate Society (spoiler-free) 0:00-21:20
Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy) 21:21-1:03:20
Superlatives (so. many. spoilers.) 1:03:21-1:22:56
Director Sean Byrne
Screenplay Sean Byrne
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World of Horror with Mom & MacBonus Guest Show: Episode 94: Fave Five Watches of 2022!Send us a textWoHos! This year we are very happy to bring to you the Fave Five Watches of 2022 from some of our podfriends. Please support them by subscribing to their projects and listen to their amazing content! Scare U--Eric Winick & Bradford Lourykhttps://scareupod.comBradford's Picks: SMILE, BARBARIAN, THE MUNSTERS, HELLRAISER (2022) & NOPE Eric's Picks: TRAIN TO BUSAN, THE SADNESS, DASHCAM, PIGGY & THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL Scare U on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scareupod/Scare U on Facebook: https://w...2022-12-221h 52Scare UBlack Christmas (1974) with Zac LockeIt’s Christmas at a college somewhere in North America, and the girls of a campus sorority house are welcoming the season with boys and libations. For Clare, Jess, Phyl, Barb and their house mother, Mrs. Mac, it’s an especially sweet time, as the house welcomes kids from the neighborhood for a party and the spirit of giving is in the air. But soon, giving turns to screaming as one of them finds herself confronted by a mysterious stranger who has seemingly entered the house via an upstairs window. Soon, the case of one missing girl draws in the r...2022-12-191h 26Scare UInside (2007) with Kimberley ElizabethFour months after surviving a car crash that killed her husband, pregnant Sarah is alone and depressed on Christmas Eve, and due to have her baby the next day. Violent protests are happening in the streets, but she doesn’t want to be with anyone, despite her mother and boss Jean-Pierre offering her opportunities to come to parties, or keep her company. So Sarah settles in for a night of knitting, when suddenly… a knock on the door. Who is it? The woman behind the door just wants to use a phone, but she also knows Sarah’s name. And wh...2022-12-121h 15Scare UThe House of the Devil (2009) with Adrienne CeltSeeking some extra cash to pay for her new off-campus apartment, college sophomore Samantha answers an ad for a babysitting job. Her friend Megan suspects something weird is going on and insists on joining Samantha for the evening. On the night of a total lunar eclipse, the two drive to a grand Victorian on the outskirts of town and meet the Ulmans, an older couple going out for the evening – but there’s a catch. There’s no child. Instead, Mrs. Ulman’s mother is upstairs, and Samantha is asked to hang out in the house, in case anything should h...2022-12-051h 10Scare UApril Fool's Day (1986) with Gretchen McNeilGathering for a weekend at the sprawling island home of their friend Muffy, a gaggle of Vassar students find themselves in a bit of a pickle as they start disappearing one at a time, apparently at the hand of a murderer who kills them in a series of increasingly bizarre ways.
Intro, Math Club, and Debate Society (spoiler-free) 0:00-25:33
Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy) 25:34-1:06:39
Superlatives (so. many. spoilers.) 1:06:40-1:24:19
Director Fred Walton
Screenplay Danilo Bach
Featuring Lloyd Berry, Deborah Foreman, Deborah Goodrich, Tom Heaton, Mike Nomad, Ken Olandt, Griffin O’Ne...2022-11-281h 24Scare UThe Wicker Man (1973) with Tom FoleySummoned to a remote island off the coast of Scotland by a report claiming a young girl, Rowan Morrison, has gone missing, West Highland Constabulary Sergeant Neil Howie finds himself far from any reality he’s ever known, due to the strange customs and people of the island, called Summerisle. A god-fearing, Christian man in every way, Howie is put off, then shocked by the the island’s free-thinking, sexually explicit ways. He refuses the advances of Willow, a landlord’s daughter, and threatens to arrest Miss Rose, a schoolteacher, for discussing phallic symbols. Summerisle, Howie comes to understand, believ...2022-11-211h 13Scare USession 9 (2001) with Jason RagostaTime: the present. Location: Danvers, Massachusetts. Given the opportunity to clear asbestos from the long-dormant Danvers State Hospital, a sprawling asylum for the insane, abatement specialist Gordon jumps at the chance, claiming in his bid that he and his crew can do the job in one short week. Gordon brings on four guys: the dependable yet hot-headed Phil, would-be lawyer Mike, self-styled ladies man Hank, and Gordon’s nephew Jeff, who suffers from nyctophobia. Things seem to be moving along, but when Mike discovers the reel to reel tapes of a former patient named Mary Hobbes and becomes fascinated by her s...2022-11-141h 10Scare UThe Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) with David GrimmBased on a true story, The Exorcism of Emily Rose opens on a desolate landscape, a weathered farmhouse the only dwelling in sight. One thing we learn right away: Emily Rose, a girl of 19, is dead, and her condition shakes the medical examiner who comes to visit. Emily, we discover, has died as the result of demonic possession… or six demonic possessions… or maybe none. Erin Bruner, a top-notch defense attorney, is assigned to defend the priest who exorcised Emily, Father Richard Moore, who stands accused of having cut off the girl from medical treatments she was undergoing. Father Moore...2022-11-071h 01Scare UTragedy Girls (2017) with Sarah ParvisMcKayla and Sadie are best friends with a mutual love of social media and murder. The proprietors of the Instagram, Twitter, and every other platform account Tragedy Girls, the ladies initially befriend, then capture serial killer Lowell, and, over the course of the film, proceed to use him as a rationale for a series of grisly murders around their small, midwestern town of Rosedale. Meanwhile, Jordan, the son of the local sheriff, is assisting the girls with their online videos, but soon comes to suspect there may be more to their story than they’re letting on. Tragedy Girls is...2022-10-311h 11
Scare UBONUS EPISODE: Crimes of the Future (2022)Note: from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
Director David Cronenberg's films of late have strayed from the body horror for which he came to be known: films like THE FLY, VIDEODROME, SCANNERS, DEAD RINGERS, NAKED LUNCH, and THE BROOD have become classics in the genre. But this year, he has returned to the subject of body modification, with a strong environmental message, in CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, featuring Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, and Kristen Stewart. Eric and Bradford find themselves on...2022-06-101h 03Scare UBONUS EPISODE: Men (2022)Note: from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
Seeking some downtime after the death of her husband, Harper (Jessie Buckley) settles into a stately home in a quiet English country village. Unfortunately, all is not as it seems. The house's caretaker (Rory Kinnear) seems a bit off, and there's a strange familiarity to all of the men in the village. The product of writer/director Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Devs, Annihilation), and released by A24, MEN is a phantasmagoric odyssey into the...2022-05-3158 minScare UA Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)Program note: This was one of the earliest episodes we recorded, and as such, the audio isn't great in certain spots. We enjoyed recording this episode, though, and IOHO, think it's smart and funny enough to include in the season. Also, from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
"I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy." Where were YOU on November 11, 1984? If that was anywhere other than your local multiplex, you missed out on a seminal cultural event of the decade: the premiere of A...2022-05-2350 minScare UMartyrs (2008)Note: from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
Warning: this episode contains audio and descriptions of violence towards women, as depicted in the film.
Martyrs has been described many ways, but one word that keeps coming up is "brutal." Pascal Laugier's entry into the New French Extremity is a film few see more than once, and if you've experienced it, you know why. The story of two women who set out to discover what became of the people who cap...2022-05-161h 06Scare UThe Devil Rides Out (1968)Note: from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
With a script by sci-fi/fantasy legend Richard Matheson (based on Dennis Wheatley's novel), and direction by journeyman Terence Fisher, THE DEVIL RIDES OUT is a Hammer horror classic. Dated by its early 20th century setting and late Sixties production, this tale of Satanic panic became infamous for earning an X rating from the British censors. Bradford makes the case that time has been kind to the film, and with a cast led...2022-05-0944 minScare UThe People Under the Stairs (1991)Note: from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
Why do Mommy and Daddy Robeson want a child? What's going on inside the walls of their palatial home? And why, for the love of God, is Wendy Robie not more famous? These and other questions are posed and answered (sort of) in this week's installment of 21 Jump Scare, as Bradford and Eric take a long, hard look at the sleazy goings-on in Wes Craven's underappreciated THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, featuring Everett McG...2022-05-0244 minScare UThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)Note: from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
Bradford and Eric discuss the movie Bradford wasn't allowed to see as a kid, and Eric wouldn't have seen anyway, Tobe Hooper's classic 1974 slasher The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (yes, Chain Saw is two words, according to IMDb), in which a group of hapless kids in a van are abducted and tortured by a bunch of crazy rednecks in the summer Texas heat. No Scooby snacks in this one, kids.
Background...2022-04-251h 10Scare UThe Strangers (2008)Note: from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
“There’s someone out there.” Bradford and Eric debate whether every home invasion movie is “inspired by true events” while discussing Bryan Bertino’s The Strangers, featuring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman as a couple whose rocky relationship is about to hit an all-time low.
Background (spoiler-free) 0:00-9:57
Discussion (spoiler-heavy) 9:58-38:30
Awards (spoilers for days) 38:31
Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with selections from "The Strangers" soundtrack b...2021-12-0549 minScare UCarrie (1976)Note: from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
Bradford and Eric feel the stink of the filthy roadhouse whiskey in Brian De Palma’s Hitchcockian Stephen King adaptation Carrie, featuring Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie in Oscar-nominated performances. And while they may not see eye to eye on the film, the last half hour provides a master class in suspense, and even Eric has to admit he’s impressed.
Background (spoiler-free) 0:00-14:19
Discussion (spoiler-heavy) 14:20-43:00
Awards (spoilers for...2021-11-2853 minScare UBlack Sabbath (1963)Note: from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
“Ladies and gentlemen, how do you do.” Bradford and Eric have a good chuckle over renowned Italian director Mario Bava’s 1963 horror anthology Black Sabbath, featuring Boris Karloff in dual roles and an international cast.
Background (spoiler-free) 0:00-14:15
Discussion (spoiler-heavy) 14:16-34:49
Awards (spoilers for days) 34:50
For more information on this film, essays from your hosts, and other assorted bric-a-brac, visit our website, scareupod.com.
Our theme...2021-11-2148 minScare UThe Exorcist III (1990)Note: from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
Carp, anyone? Bradford and Eric don’t necessarily agree on the brilliance of William Peter Blatty’s 1990 adaptation of his novel Legion, a film that Morgan Creek Productions conveniently titled The Exorcist III. And while there may be no end to the bickering, there is full agreement that George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, and Bradford’s dearly departed pal Jason Miller act the HELL out of this film.
Background (spoiler-free) 0:00-10:44
Disc...2021-11-141h 03Scare UNight of the Living Dead (1968)Note: from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
“They’re coming to get you, Barbra.” In our second episode, Bradford and Eric marvel at George A. Romero’s 1968 public domain classic, Night of The Living Dead. Shot in and around Pittsburgh, featuring a troupe of primarily amateur actors, and chock full of practical effects, this is the film that launched Romero’s career and the ...of The Dead series. But don’t call it a zombie film—the word doesn’t appear anywhere...2021-11-0759 minScare UIt: Chapter One (2017)Note: from Oct 2021-June 2022, the Scare U podcast was known as 21 Jump Scare and was organized in a slightly different fashion, with different awards.
Bradford and Eric head to idyllic Derry, Maine to check in with The Losers Club and one very menacing clown in a discussion of the 2017 Stephen King adaptation, It: Chapter One—not to be confused with It, the 1990 miniseries starring Tim Curry, or It: Chapter Two, which we will not be including this season. Featuring a constellation of young stars and phenomenal direction by Andy Muschietti, this creepfest has even Eric in hysterics, an...2021-10-3153 min
Scare UScare U Season 1 TrailerNote: Scare U was known in season one as 21 Jump Scare. This was the trailer for that season. In October 2022, the title was changed to Scare U. The original introduction follows:
One’s a horror veteran. One’s new to the game. Together, they reside at the internet’s latest address for horror... 21 Jump Scare.
A horror aficionado chooses the curriculum, and expounds on what makes the films great. A genre newbie sees the films for the first time and responds, as people seeing films for the first time are wont to do.
Produced and presented by Bradford Louryk and Eric Wini...2021-10-2401 min