Scare U

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 hapless kids in a van are abducted and tortured by a bunch of crazy rednecks in the summer Texas heat

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 about to hit an all-time low. Background (spoiler-free) 0:00-9:57 Discussion (spoiler-heavy)

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 film, the last half hour provides a master class in suspense, and even Eric has to admit he’s

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. “Ladies and gentlemen, how do you do.” Bradford and Eric have a good chuckle over renowned Italian director Mario Bava’s 1963 horror anthology Black Sabbath, featuring Boris Karloff in dual roles and an international cast. Background (spoiler-free) 0:00-14:15 Discussion (spoiler-heavy) 14:16-34:49 Awards (spoilers for days) 34:50 For more

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 the bickering, there is full agreement that George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, and Bradford’s dearly departed

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 chock full of practical effects, this is the film that launched Romero’s career and the ...of The Dead

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, or It: Chapter Two, which we will not be including this season. Featuring a constellation of young stars

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. A genre newbie sees the films for the first time and responds, as people seeing films for the first