Super Fun Scary Cast

Science-fiction and horror are closely related. But are pods from outer space horrors or curiosities? Jason and Ali talk about The Body Snatchers (1955), Invasion of the Body Snatchres (1956) and its classic 1978 remake.

Perfect Blue ( パーフェクトブルー) is a 1997 film about illusion, delusion, violence and fantasy. The story of a J-Pop idol who may be losing her grip on reality. It is also an animated film, and it’s definitely not for children. Jason and Ali are unnerved and engrossed.

Is [Rec] (2007) the greatest found footage horror of all time? Would you wander into a quarantined apartment building at night if you and your teenage buddies had nothing better to do, as happens in the excellent 2009 sequel, [Rec]2? Jason and Ali press the record button to discuss Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza's exhilarating Spanish zombie classics.

Do you like candles? Have you been to a wax museum? Do you find wax sculptures unsettling? Jason and Ali wax lyrical about the inimitable Vincent Price in the 1953 House of Wax, and the 2005 gothic shocker with the same title.

Brett Easton Ellis's 1991 novel is supremely controversial. But are its ridiculously excessive scenes of violence actually horrific? Is Marry Harron's 2000 adaptation more comedy than horror? Jason and Ali entre the mind of Patrick Bateman.

Stephen King's first novel Carrie (1974) and its two greatest adaptations, Brian De Palma's (1976) and Kimberley Peirce's (2013), have given us one of the most memorable characters of contemporary horror. A bullied highschooler with terrifying supernatural powers. Jason and Ali go to the principal's office.

Ich seh, Ich seh (Goodnight Mommy, 2014) is a magnificently unnerving Austrian domestic horror film about the violent confrontations between a mother and her twin sons. Or is it? Directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, this modern classic was more recently remade in English. Was this remake really necessary? Jason and Ali discuss and disagree.

Fruit Chan's 2004 Hong Kong shocker Dumplings ( 餃子) is gross and engrossing in equal measure. It is also one of the most striking works of gastronomic horror. Jason and Ali discuss food, fetuses and China's one-child policy.

The 2003 French film High Tension/Haute tension, directed by Alexandre Aja, has one of the most contentious plot twists in horror. Is it believable? Does repressed desire necessarily lead to murderous madness? Jason and Ali get tense.

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Martyrs (2008) is one of the most controversial movies of all time. Transcendent masterpiece or unwatchable torture porn? Have you been able to sit through Pascal Laugier's film? Jason and Ali give their verdict.

Dario Argento's 1977 movie is widely seen as one of the greatest horror movies of all time. Jason and Ali are beguiled and confused by this nightmarish tale of an American in a German dance school. Join them for a conversation about the Italian cult classic, its 2018 remake, and its mysterious literary source, the musings of an English opium-eater.

The superb Thai film Shutter (2002) by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom is about haunted photos. Have you ever seen something inexplicable in a picture you've taken? Is photography inherently demonic? Join Jason and Ali in the darkroom.

The Pang brothers' cult Hong Kong horror film The Eye (2002) is inspired by a tragic real-life event. It's also an imaginative story that brings together organ transplantation, clairvoyance, and folks who see dead people. Jason and Ali can't keep their eyes off this creepy classic.

Eli Roth is one of the contemporary masters of horror. For the last twenty years, his films have delighted and disgusted the fans and foes of the genre. Jason and Ali reflect on his latest, Thanksgiving (2023) as well as Hostel (2005) and The Green Inferno (2013).

The 1932 talkie directed by Tod Browning became one of the most controversial and most censored movies of all time. Why? Have you seen the lost half hour of this horror classic? If so, Jason and Ali would very much like to know.

Here's a movie that even hardcore horror fans fear. Does Tom Six's infamous 2009 film deserve its infamy? Does he need psychiatric help? Join Jason and Ali for a truly frightening conversation about scary doctors, useless cops, and hapless tourists in Germany.

For the Halloween episode, Jason and Ali do the right thing and discuss a movie from the popular franchise. Is the latest instalment really the last? Does Laurie have a crush on Michael Myers? Is that a weird question? If so, why is her granddaughter, Allyson, so attracted to the masked one's apprentice, Corey, in this, the final chapter of the slasher saga, Halloween Ends (2022)?

The Exorcist: Believer (2023) revives one of the greatest horror movies of all time. Heads are turned, crucifixes are flung, holy water sizzles and teenage girls speak in the gravelly voice of an unrepentant chain-smoker. But is this movie anywhere nearly as bad as some critics would have you believe? And why is there no green pea soup spew? Jason and Ali consider these and other burning questions...

Do you love or do you despise The Outwaters (2022)? Why are found footage horror films so divisive? In this episode, Jason and Ali follow a group of artsy thirtysomethings who come to a very sticky end in the Mojave Desert.

Can a dress be demonic? Should you be scared of your jeans? Definitely. In this episode, Jason and Ali talk about two excellent examples of sartorial horror, In Fabric (2018) and Slaxx (2020).

Do you have a strange birthmark? Does it look like three sixes? We hope not. In this episode, Jason and Ali will talk about the Antichrist, rottweilers and the classic movie with a creepy child, The Omen (1976).

The 1997 movie Event Horizon perplexed moviegoers upon release but has since become a cult favourite. In this episode, Jason and Ali put on their spacesuits and travel to the uncharted realms where the adventurous crew of a futuristic spaceship come face to face with absolute, unhinged evil.

Are birds terrifying? Will their different species one day unite to exterminate us? Apparently so, according to Alfred Hitchcock's classic creature feature The Birds (1963) and Daphne du Maurier's short story (1952) which inspired the film. In this episode, Jason and Ali talk about the real-life terrors of getting pooped on and swooped by birds, as well as the feathered furies of the horror genre.

In this episode, Ali and Jason discover their capacity to tolerate the glass-shattering screams of a gaslit child. They also do their best to enter the emotional world of a single mother trying her hardest not to succumb to the demons that threaten to tear apart an already fractured and fragile family unit. We find that neither in a word, nor in a book, are we able to escape The Babadook (2014).