ScaryCrit: A Black Horror Podcast

Happy New Year! Before they get to the first crit of 2022, your hosts Lauren and Jared thaw open the Negronomicon to dish on their most note worthy films and tv of 2021 (12:32). We're kicking off 2022 with a film that reflects the current winter weather in NYC: Adam Green's 2010 sleeper Frozen (28:33), and no not THAT other movie!    Find Us Online - Website: www.scarycritpodcast.com - T...

Happy New Years Eve, Critters! What better way to close out 2021 by critiquing a horror film that uses the last day of the year as its festive setting? All My Friends Are Dead (2020) is a raucous machination of a whodunit comedy horror/thriller and left a lot for Melle and Jared to get into. Who was the true villain of the movie? What character tropes were at play? Why was everyone so possessive o...

Christmas, okay?! In E43, Lauren and Jared get into  things with a Negronomicon celebration of A Nightmare on Elm Street  (1984) getting inducted into the National Film Registry and a verbal, personal elegy of the life and works of one bell hooks upon her passing (11:05). To get y'all in the Christmas spirit, they decided to Crit everyone's double-holiday favorite, Tim Burton's The...

And Just Like That… We're back! In E42, Jared and Lauren get into the newest reboot to hit the streams (AJLT spoilers at 04:15) before opening the Negronmicon (11:15) to give our thoughts on the upcoming witchy sequel that is Hocus Pocus 2 before celebrating the 24th anniversary of Scream 2 ( 1997).   The Crit (22:34) this week is near and dear to every horror fanatics cold, dead heart: Bob C...

Danita, it's Christmas!! And we've crafted  a horrific winter wonderland for Season 5. All of our films, save Lauren's birthday pick, are set in a wintry backdrop filled with monsters, mayhem, and gore galore for the holiday season. For E41, we open the Negronomicon (11:40) to get caught up on Thanksgiving, Cowboy Bebop on Neflix, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife . For the meat of this e...

In our season 4 finale (wow, already?!), your fave horror podcast hosts get runway-ready as we engage (15:23) in Lauren's favorite horror subgenre, Giallo , via Mario Bava's garish Blood and Black Lace (1964). I mean, we got fashion. We got drama. We got drugs. A scandal. Murder?! Oh my!  Listen in as we unpack the plot, Bava's signature style and how widespread his influence is in...

THIS IS HALLOWEEN. THIS IS HALLOWEEN. Lauren and Jared briefly talk about the potential of Halloween 2021 costumes (we're mice...duh) before diving into E39 (8:40).  Your hosts open the Negronomicon (12:56) to talk about Chucky and You S3 before getting into our movie for this week (24:36) The Wailing (2016). Follow Us Online & don't forget to leave us a 5 star review! www.scarycritp...

Jared and Lauren reminisce on old snacks and their aging tastebuds before starting E38 (7:23) with a shout out to our college listeners in the middle of their midterms (7:50). Your fav horror hosts then call the Negronomicon off the shelf (8:19) and flip through the pages of  initial thoughts on the new Batman (as always, Lauren gets on her DCU soapbox 12:58), Halloween Kills reactions !SPOILERS!...

We start E37 off with Lauren's not-so-vague review of Muppet's Haunted Mansion and where it lies on the Muppet Movie scale of greatness. Your favorite horror hosts call the Negronomicon (8:20) off the shelf to recap their Art Meets Life appearance, gush over the newest news about Scream  (11:11), and have a quick Whatcha' Watching?! moment before throwing on their wetsuits to go 300...

Down in the valley where the girls be drankin' (BLOOD) If you ridin' solo, best prepare to stake 'em 1, 2 Bite 'em 3, 4, Night 'em Before keeping in line with last week's theme of turning the male gaze against itself, Melle and Jared dive into the Negronomicon, covering topics such as the ending of Squid Game (2021) (spoilers start at 14:25 and end at 19:49 ) and the...

Hope y'all have an appetite because we've got quite a meaty episode for ya! This week on ScaryCrit, Lauren and Jared first flip open the Negronomicon to coverages of some notable passings in the entertainment sphere, a certain Netflix show that completely upended our (and the world's) weekend and the very important IATSE strike.  Afterwards, we took a visit back to high school for t...

Y'all know we love a good whodunit! In E34, your hosts Jared and Lauren crack open the Negronomicon to talk about the fiasco that was the Emmys and a remake no one asked for before they get into the 2021 release Werewolves Within , a uniquely hilarious horror-comedy take on the which-one-of-us-isn't-like-the-other genre. From the way the film uses archetypes to its advantage, the rapid-f...

'Sup podcast people! Your favorite hosts Jared and Lauren always love a haunted house, Black people, and a good nostalgic moment. So grab your candelabra as we walk through Disney's 2003 family classic The Haunted Mansion.   Your hosts get into topics like Sarah and Jim Evers' parental relationship (or lack thereof) with their children, Megan and Michael, Ramsley and his ghostly ant...

After a pandemic, murder hornets, and we don't know how many other delays Nia DaCosta's CANDYMAN finally released in theatres. Of course we saw it! On opening weekend, in Regal 4DX, with all the snacks we could carry. Dig into this bag of morsels that is the significance of DaCosta's direction and Black women in the film, social horror being translated as universal horror, and the t...

What's up, podcast people?! Hello and welcome to Season 4! Can you believe it’s already been one year of ScaryCrit? A year ago today we debuted the craziness of this podcast for the world! Thank you to those of you who've been rocking with us and if it's your first time listening, welcome to the Critter Club.    In E31, Jared and Lauren dust off the Negronomicon and discuss how Octo...

Welcome to the Season 3 finale! After flipping through some fun topics in the Negronomicon, Lauren and Jared fall under the spell of the finale of the horror sensation of the summer: Fear Street Part 3: 1666.    Intersectionality takes center stage as we unpack the full story of Sarah Fier, patriarchy past and present and the significance of queer characters and their freedom. Thank you for sticki...

Critters, it’s time to cast your rods because we’re catching some Frakenfish (2004)! From signature SyFy channel CGI to unclear or nonexistent exposition, join us as we try to make sense of what the heck was going on in those shallow-but-deadly bayou waters.   Follow Us Online www.scarycritpodcast.com | twitter.com/scarycritpod | instagram.com/scarycritpod Gems from Episode 29 True Blood (2008) Ga...

The Negronomicon is nothing but movies n' trailers this week before Melle and Jared find themselves on Tom Newcliffe's sprawling estate to play a little game of one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other aka The Beast Must Die (1974).  With the "hunt," intrigue, leather 'fits, 70s practical effects and a dose of intersectionality, this film was as much fun to discuss as it...

Hey, Podcast People! Lauren again touts her campaign to get Jared to join the streamer circle before both grab their magnifying glasses and try to figure out the mysterious  why and reason of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Gems from Ep 27: Arachnophobia (1990) Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020) Metriod: Dread (2021) Mario Party Superstars (2021) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wil...

Ewwww, one of the biggest creepy-crawlies takes center stage in this episode of ScaryCrit as hosts Jared and Melle de-web the 90s "thrill-omedy" classic, Arachnophobia (1990).  Small town politics, the classic alien invaders trope dressed in eight furry legs and a purple striped-bodice, Mother Nature and her vicious metaphors... If you're not afraid of spiders, good for you. But if...

It's already June! It's hard to believe we out here in these almost-post-quarantine-fully-vaccinated streets. Our co-hosts get into the thick of it with a question (01:26), and we open the Negronomicion (03:36) to talk about the most anticipated reboots and remakes coming for us including Hocus Pocus 2 and Netflix's three-part adaptation of R.L. Stine's Fear Street (08:25). We&...

Y'all know Lauren loves a good zombie movie.  In this week's pod,  we crack open the Negronomicon (1:46) to shine a light on our #horrorfam the one and only D180 Podcast (The girls are doing the damn thing over there. Have y'all SEEN the branding. Check it out.) and Jared tells us about his trip back to the movies, masked up, of course, to see A Quiet Place: Part II (5:00), and of c...

It’s all square biz in this episode of ScaryCrit! Hosts Jared and Mel take the Hollywood Foreign Press to task for their glaring fall from grace (3:45 ) before getting lost in the geometric labyrinth that is Cube (1997) ( 20:06 ).  Gems from E23 RuPaul’s Drag Race (2009) I May Destroy You (2020) Emily in Paris (2020) The Ellen DeGeneres Show (1993) Cube (1997) Frankenfish (2005) Resident Evil (200...

In ScaryCrit’s season 3 premiere, Melle and Jared get a hankering for Austin Vesely’s irreverent horror-comedy Slice (2018), topped with ghosts, witches, a werewolf, and just a dash of Black Rambo. Come through as we dust off the Negronomicon (8:55), and fire off about world-building, plot decisions, and where on the list Chance’s werewolf lands (21:15). Gems in E21 Mortal Kombat (2021) The Incred...

In a special episode, ScaryCrit hosts Jared and La Melle take a gander at Little Marvin's new "terror anthology" series, Them (2021). In the words of La Melle, "We watched, so you don't have to." Note: Our conversation was quite a long one so through the help of fun "beats" signaling transitions, this episode is formatted to feature the best and most importa...