Scary Movie & Chill Podcast

Welcome back to another episode!! I know I said that the last episode was going to be our last for a while....that's still true but in light of the recent passing of the legendary actor, Donald Sutherland, we decided to replay Ep. 34, Don't Look Now. Don't Look Now is a 1973 thriller/horror/mystery directed by Nicolas Roeg and stars Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, and...

Welcome back to a new and final episode!! This week Mike picked the 2005 horror/thriller, House of Wax. The movie was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and stars Paris Hilton, Elisha Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray. Synopsis: A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit. Join us as we watch the movie and ch...

Welcome back to a new epsiode! This week we go back to 1999 with the horror/mystery/found footage flick, The Blair Witch Project. Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, the movie stars Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard. Synopsis: Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their...

Welcome back to another episode! This week we watch the 2023 horror/found footage flick, Late Night with The Devil. The movie was directed by Cameron and Colin Cairnes and stars David Dastmalchian, Ingrid Torelli, Lauren Gordon, Georgina Haig and Ian Bliss. Synopsis: In a 1977, a live television broadcaset goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms. Join us as we get b...

Welcome back to another episode! This week we delve into the 1999 TV movie, The Turn of the Screw. The movie, based on the novel was directed by Ben Bolt and stars Colin Firth (briefly!), Jodhi May and Pam Ferris. Synopsis: A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor. Join us as we watch the movie and chat about Mike's bad British accent and...

Welcome back to a new episode! This week we watch an oldie but goodie, the 2001 gothic supernatural psychological horror, The Others. The movie was directed by Alejandro Amenabar and stars Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Elaine Cassidy and Eric Sykes. Synopsis: In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive childre...

This week we watch the final movie in our mini-series comparing originals with their remakes with the 2020 reboot, The Grudge. The movie was directed by Nicolas Pesce and stars Andrea Riseborough, Demian Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin, Lin Shaye (horror icon) and Jacki Weaver. Synopsis: A house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. Tune in to hear what w...

Welcome back to a new episode! We continue with our mini-series comparing originals with their remakes with the 2002 original, Ju-On: The Grudge. Directed by Takashi Shimizu, the movie stars Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Takashi Matsuyama and Yui Ichikawa. Synopsis: A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides. (A little different then the re...

Welcome back to another episode! We continue our mini-series of comparing originals with their remakes this week with the 2004 supernatural horror film, The Grudge. This remake of the 2002 original was also directed by Takashi Shimizu and stars Bill Pullman, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr and Clea DuVall. Synopsis: An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is expsed to a mysterious supernat...

We're doing another series and that compares and contrasts original movies and their remakes. Last week we watched the 2005 film, Dark Water that was actually an American remake of the 2002 Japanese horror film of the same name. This week we watch the original 2002 Dark Water that was directed by Hideo Nakata and written by Yoshihiro Nakamura and stars Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, and Mirei Oguch...

Welcome back to a new episode! This week we are watching the 2005 supernatural/horror/mystery Dark Water. This movie was directed by Walter Salles and written by Rafael Yglesias. This remake of the 2002 Japanase film of the same name stars Jennifer Connelly, Tim Roth, John C. Reilly, Pete Postelthwaite and Dougray Scott. Synopsis: A mother and daughter, still wounded from a bitter custody dispute,...

We are back after a week off with an episode just in time for Spring Break! This week we watch the 2008 horror/adventure/thriller flick, The Ruins. The movie was directed by Carter Smith and stars Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Jonathan Tucker and Laura Ramsey. Synopsis: A leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeologic...

Welcome back Scary Movie & Chillers!! We have a special treat just in time for the upcoming St. Patrick's Day with the 1994 sequel to Leprechaun, Leprechaun 2! Leprechaun 2 is a fantasy/comedy/horror film directed by Rodman Flender and stars Warwick Davis, Charlie Heath, Shevonne Durkin and Tony Cox. Synopsis: On his 1,000th birthday, an evil leprechaun selects the descendant of one of his...

Welcome back to a new episode! This week we watch the 2002 supernatural horror/mystery, The Mothman Propecies. The movie was directed by Mark Pellington and stars Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Debra Messing and Will Patton. Synopsis: A reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities. Listen al...

Sup Scary Movie & Chillers!! This week we dig into the 2014 horror/mystery, It Follows. The movie was directed by David Robert Mitchell and stars Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary and Olivia Luccardi. Synopsis: A young woman who is pursued by a supernatural entity after a sexual encounter. Join us as we watch the movie and catch-up! Enjoy!!

This week we watch the cult classic 2009 horror/comedy, Jennifer's Body. The movie was written by Diablo Cody, directed by Karyn Kusama and stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody. Synopsis: A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Join us as we watch the movie and chat about Mike's full house, Bonz's graduation and more!...

Sup Scary Movie & Chillerz! We found ourselves a gem just in time for Valentine's Day with the 1990 horror/comedy, Frankenhooker, directed by Frank Henenlotter and stars James Lorinz and Patty Mullen. Synopsis: A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes. Join us as we watch this unhinged flick while chattin...

Annnddd we're back with a brand new ep featuring a 2023 Swedish horror/comedy/mystery flick, The Conference. Directed by Patrik Eklund and stars Katia Winter, Adam Lundgren and Eva Melander. Synopsis: A team-building  conference  for municipal employees turns into a nightmare when accusations of corruption begin to circulate and plague the work environment. Join us as we watch the movie and ch...

This week we found a low-key Valentine's Day scary movie with the 1992 American psychological horror thriller, Raising Cain. The movie was written and directed by Brian De Palma, and stars John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich and Steven Bauer. Synopsis: The oncologist wife of a prominent child psychologist suspects her husband has an unhealthy scientific obsession with their child, unaware of what...

We have another David Cronenberg gem on deck this week with the 1983 science fiction/body horror film, Videodrome. The film stars James Woods, Sonja Smits and Debbie Harry. Synopsis: A programmer at a TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast. Join us as we watch the movie and chat about archery, tooth extractions and Charles...

Hey hey Scary Movie & Chillers! We are back with a new episode all about the 2023 Blumhouse horror/mystery, There's Something Wrong with the Children. Directed by Roxanne Benjamin and starring Alisha Wainwright, Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew, Carlos Santos, Briella Guiza and David Mattle. Synopsis: When Margaret (Wainwright) and Ben (Gilford) take a weekend trip with longtime friends Ellie (Cr...

Annd we're back with yet another New Years flick with the 2020 Polish black comedy horror film written and directed by Jan Belcl, All My Friends Are Dead  (Polish: Wszyscy moi przyjaciele nie zyja). The movie stars Michal Meyer, Adma Woronowicz and Julia Wieniawa-Narkiewicz. Synopsis: Friends at a New Year's Eve party go through a whirlwind of events that exposes secrets, breaks hearts --...

Happy 2024 Scary Movie & Chillers!! Thanks so much for listening and supporting the pod! We're kicking off 2024 with a New Year's adventure/drama/horror/thriller, the 2019 Russian flick, Break. Directed by Tigran Sahakyan and stars Irina Antonenko, Andrey Nazimov and Denis Kosyakov, this movie packs a suspenseful punch! Synopsis: Five young adults, who want to celebrate New Years Eve o...

Happy Horrodays! It's our Holly Jolly right after Xmas episode!! This week we watch the 2010 horror/adventure/fantasy film, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. Synopsis: A young boy named Pietari and his friend Juuso think a secret mountain drilling project near their home in northern Finland has uncovered the tomb of Santa Claus. However, this a monstrous, evil Santa, much unlike the cheery St. N...

Tis the season for more holiday horror!! Join us as we watch the 2016 horror/comedy, Better Watch Out. The film was directed by Chris Peckover and stars a mostly Australian cast with Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller and Ed Oxenbould and two American stars, Virginia Madsen and Patrick Warburton. Synopsis: Ashley travels to the suburban home of the Lerners to babysit their 12-year-old son Luke during the...