Scare Value Podcast

Our journey back to Twin Peaks continues with a discussion of episodes 5 and 6 of David Lynch's final masterwork.  Pete thinks he's solved the mystery only he has been searching for...but he's upset about a casual child murder that happens on the show.  The Return kicks into second gear with an outstanding episode 6...as it builds anticipation for the jaw dropping episode 8 that the boys will be c...

The Scare Value Boys continue their slow trek back to Twin Peaks alongside Dougie Jones, Mr. C, Janey-E and a whole host of other misfits.  What will Pete think of Wally Brando?  Will he continue to look for Bill Pullman on the Lost Highway?  Did he really not know that David Lynch played a character in Twin Peaks?  Find out all this and whether Bryan can keep his sanity while talking Twin Peaks:...

Pete and Bryan begin their journey back to Twin Peaks with a watch-along of the first two episodes of David Lynch's final major work, Twin Peaks: The Return.  How will Bryan hold up watching this with his clearly brain damaged friend?  Not well.  Not well at all.  Only eight weeks to go...he tells himself through frustrated tears. Check out our stuff on https://scarevalue.com

It's that time of year again on the Scare Value Podcast!  Kitty joins the boys to look ahead to all the summer horror releases they can find.  A new Evil Dead...a new Resident Evil...a new Summer Movie Preview Spooktacular!   Check out our stuff on https://scarevalue.com

Foreign Correspondent Ken joins the show from Taiwan for our yearly Top Ten episode.  This year he puts a spin on it by introducing a few miscellaneous questions that still add up to ten in the end.  What's our most anticipated movie of 2026?  Who is the biggest horror icon of all time?  What horror movies have you yet to see and why?  All this and a couple more on this week's Scare Value Podcast....

It's a family affair on this week's Scare Value Podcast.  Pete's wife Kitty and their daughter Fred join the show to watch 1985's Return to Oz...an alleged family film that gave nightmares to Xennials everywhere.  Will the new generation think that's ridiculous?  Or are two 47-year-old men right to still be frightened of a children's movie?  Find out by watching (and listening) along with us!  Ins...

Friend of the podcast Mark returns to try and help Pete understand what he watched in 1989's Society.  It's a wild movie that has sadly gotten less shocking due to real world events.  Still, it's pretty great.  Don't be a butthead...get to listening wherever you get your podcasts. Check out our stuff on https://scarevalue.com

The Scare Value Boys tackle another 2026 release in the killer chimpanzee movie Primate.  They discuss why not having things like plot and character development can sometimes improve a movie...at least when that movie is about a chimpanzee with rabies trying to kill everyone around him.  Seriously...what B-plot is going to improve that viewing experience? Check out our stuff on https://scarevalue....

Pete plays a reverse Uno card to pull an April Fool's prank on Bryan.  What was advertised as a watch-along of 1986's April Fool's Day became an attempt to prank Pete into watching Wicked: For Good.  Wise to Bryan's chicanery...Pete sets up a watch-along of his favorite horror movie...Poltergeist.  A watch-along three years in the making. To watch with us cue up Poltergeist to the moment the MGM l...

After nearly a decade of prodding...Bryan finally got Pete to watch Adam Wingard's 2014 movie The Guest.  Will it be enough to finally answer Pete's never ceasing question: "The Guest?" or will they remain locked in this tragic pattern forever?  Maybe both? Check out our stuff on https://scarevalue.com

Big time spoiler warnings for this episode as the Scare Value Boys try to figure out what went wrong with Scream 7.  Wait to listen to this one until after you've seen the movie...and The Bride! too for some reason.  They get heavy into spoilers on both movies.  From questionable fan service to focusing on the wrong plotline...Scream 7 came up short in too many areas to measure up to (most of) the...

It's Wednesday the 11th...and you know what that means.  It's time for another visit with our good friend Jason Voorhees.  This time around the Scare Value Boys are watching Jason Goes to Hell...the one where New Line Cinema screws everything up immediately. Even though it's a low tier entry in the series...there's a surprising amount of fun to be had watching along with us. Instructions to watch...

It's the third anniversary of the podcast and the boys are breaking format once again to watch one of their favorite non-horror films.  This year they take on one of the greatest movies ever made...Back to the Future.  Watch along with them as they slowly lose their minds over the Marty/Lorraine situation. Things go off the rails in a way befitting a Scare Value anniversary. Instructions to watch...

With a new installment of Scream heading to theaters this weekend, the Scare Value Boys are finally ready to tackle the influential original film.  Mark is back to join the fun as Bryan thinks too deeply about every aspect of his favorite movie while Pete struggles to remember the details of a movie that he watched the night before.  You know...the usual. Check out our stuff on https://scarevalue....

It's time, once again, for the Scare Value Podcast to honor the best foreign films of the last lunar year in the way that only it can.  Bryan cedes the reigns of the show to our foreign correspondent and tries to cobble together an episode that makes sense in the edit.  A tradition unlike any other.  Who will take home this year's Woody Award?  There's only one way to find out. Check out our stuff...

It's Wednesday the 11th.  You know what that means!  The Scare Value Boys watch another Friday the 13th movie.  This time Jason takes a cruise to Vancouver!  Apparently that title didn't test well with audiences, so they called it Jason Takes Manhattan instead.  Even though that is a boldface lie.  Join us in a watch-along of Friday the 13th Part VII: Jason Takes Manhattan.   Instructions to watch...

The Scare Value Boys revisit a movie they loved thirty years ago...and find they still love it.  We're talking all about Billy Zane's wildly entertaining performance, our love of the brand, and the film's surprisingly important place in horror movie history.  Plus, hopefully, the final disappointing Bills update we ever have to do. https://scarevalue.com

The Scare Value Boys are back and they're talking about 1988's Killer Klowns from Outer Space.  They loved the movie as kids...will it hold up decades later?  Of course it will...it's KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE.  They'll also touch on Sinners' dominant Oscar nomination run, the greatness that is 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple and try to make sense out of the serve the Buffalo Bills through at...

The Scare Value Boys are joined by friend of the podcast Mark to discuss 1988's The Blob.  They have fun with the practical effects and awesome kills...while loving that extra bit of 80s wackiness.  Then, Bryan reads a prepared statement about the state of the Buffalo Bills following their latest disastrous ending.  Come for the destruction...stay for the reckoning. Check out our stuff on https://...

It's time to put on your tuxedo shirts and whatever the female equivalent of that would be...and join us for the fourth annual Scare Value Awards.  Imaginary statues will be handed out to the best of the best in horror from 2025.  What will take home Best Picture?  Has the Best Final Girl trophy really been locked up all year?  Can an inanimate object be the Best Killer?  All these answers (and se...

After the highs of the Nic Cage Jeopardy episode...Mark, Kitty, Pete and Bryan simply couldn't stop talking about various elements of modern pop culture.  Star Wars, Star Trek, Avatar, Stranger Things, Lord of the Rings...nothing is spared their inane chatter.  In an effort to keep the Nicolas Cage birthday celebration down to a reasonable length...all that nonsense is collected here...in this bon...

It's that time of year again...a very special birthday boy is turning 62.  To celebrate Nic Cage's birthday the Scare Value Boys bring Kitty and Mark back to the show for a full game of Nic Cage Jeopardy.  Will Pete's Nic Cage knowledge drive him to victory?  Will Kitty having to listen to him talk about Nic Cage all the time lead her to an upset?  Will Mark's pop culture knowledge include enough...

Celebrate New Year's Eve with the least definitive top ten list around...the Scare Value Top Ten Horror Movies of 2025.  Pet's seen four of them...but it isn't (totally) his fault this time.  We've got some wild indies, fun theatrical releases and a couple of standout movie that feel like both. Check out all our stuff on https://scarevalue.com

Kitty joins Pete and Bryan for their Christmas tradition...talking about horror movies.  Wait...that's every week.  But these are CHRISTMAS horror movies!  Rare Exports, A Christmas Horror Story and something called Santa Jaws are on the docket for this season spooktacular.  Plus...fantasy football updates no one asked for, a disgusting bit of business that Pete couldn't stop calling back to and t...

The Scare Value Podcast stays in the holiday spirit with a watch-along of the 1984 Joe Dante classic Gremlins.  Kitty joins Pete and Bryan to talk about all the plotlines dropped at the first sign of trouble, unpack the mystery of Billy Peltzer's relationship with a child and discover how Futterman time works.  What better way to spend Christmas? Check out our stuff on https://scarevalue.com