Scare U

Summoned 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-thinkin...

Time:  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, wo...

Based 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-not...

McKayla 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.  Meanwhi...

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 ye...

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, a...

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. "...

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 Ex...

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 product...

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...

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 h...

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 abo...

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...

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 t...

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 cho...

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, o...

Note: 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...