Scare U

Scare U

By Bradford Louryk & Eric WinickTV & FilmFilm Reviews
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Scare U episodes

  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

    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. No Scooby snacks in this one, kids.

    Background (spoiler-free) 0:00-8:05

    Discussion (spoiler-heavy) 8:06-55:44
    Awards (spoilers for days) 55:45

    Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with selections from the "TTCSM" soundtrack by Wayne Bell and Tobe Hooper.

    For more information on this film, essays from your hosts, and other assorted bric-a-brac, visit our website, scareupod.com.

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    1 hr 11 min
  • The Strangers (2008)

    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) 9:58-38:30
    Awards (spoilers for days) 38:31

    Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with selections from "The Strangers" soundtrack by Tomandandy.

    For more information on this film, essays from your hosts, and other assorted bric-a-brac, visit our website, scareupod.com.

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    50 min
  • Carrie (1976)

    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 impressed.

    Background (spoiler-free) 0:00-14:19

    Discussion (spoiler-heavy) 14:20-43:00
    Awards (spoilers for days) 43:01

    Hear Bradford's impression of Piper Laurie doing Margaret White's "filthy roadhouse whiskey" monologue at 5:38.

    Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with selections from the "Carrie" soundtrack by Pino Donaggio.

    For more information on this film, essays from your hosts, and other assorted bric-a-brac, visit our website, scareupod.com.

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    54 min
  • Black Sabbath (1963)

    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 information on this film, essays from your hosts, and other assorted bric-a-brac, visit our website, scareupod.com.

    Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with selections from the "Black Sabbath" soundtrack by Roberto Nicolosi.  Excerpt from the song “Black Sabbath” by Black Sabbath (1970).

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    49 min
  • The Exorcist III (1990)

    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 pal Jason Miller act the HELL out of this film.   

    Background (spoiler-free) 0:00-10:44
    Discussion (spoiler-heavy) 10:45-49:42
    Awards (spoilers for days) 49:43    

    For more information on this film, essays from your hosts, and other assorted bric-a-brac, visit our website, scareupod.com.  

    Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with selections from the TE3 soundtrack by Barry De Vorzon and "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield.    

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    1 hr 4 min
  • Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    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 series. But don’t call it a zombie film—the word doesn’t appear anywhere in the movie!

    Background (spoiler-free) 0:00-14:55
    Discussion (spoiler-heavy) 14:56-47:34
    Awards (spoilers for days) 47:35  

    For more information on this film, essays from your hosts, and other assorted bric-a-brac, visit our website, scareupod.com. 

    Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with selections from the "NOTLD" soundtrack by William Loose.  

    Read Roger Ebert's January 1969 essay on seeing the film in a cinema full of children (spoilers).

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    1 hr
  • It: Chapter One (2017)

    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 and phenomenal direction by Andy Muschietti, this creepfest has even Eric in hysterics, and Bradford is kvelling along with him.

    Background (spoiler-free) 0:00-13:00
    Discussion (spoiler-heavy) 13:01-41:29
    Awards (spoilers for days) 41:30

    For more information on this film, essays from your hosts, and other assorted bric-a-brac, visit our website, scareupod.com.

    Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with selections from the IT film soundtrack by Benjamin Wallfisch.

    Please subscribe to this podcast in Apple or Google Podcasts, or on Stitcher or Spotify.  And if you like what you hear, please leave us a rating!

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    54 min
  • Scare U Season 1 Trailer
    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 time are wont to do.
    Produced and presented by Bradford Louryk and Eric Winick, 21 Jump Scare is a podcast about horror films told from two points of view. 
    Whatever your pleasure or poison, we hope you’ll give us a listen, and subscribe.  Follow us on Instagram or visit us online.
    2 min

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Scare U (2021-24) was a podcast that dissected horror, one terrifying film at a time.