Scarier Things Club

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Welcome to our Super Bowl. This week on The Scarier Things Club, it's Halloween night in Warren Valley, Ohio. The candy is plentiful, the body count is climbing, and a tiny psychopath in footie pajamas is making sure everybody follows the rules. We're diving into Trick ’r Treat (2007), a Halloween anthology packed with murderous principals, hot werewolves, ghost children, and one judgmental pumpkin boy. We untangle the movie's interconnected stories, debate the importance of Halloween traditions, and learn why blowing out a jack-o'-lantern might be the last mistake you ever make.

Also: Cringe childhood Halloween costumes. Humpty Dumpty. Michael Jackson impersonators. Cheeto dust. Low-tier Halloween candy. A Waffle House bathroom emergency. Scooby-Doo. Eventually we remember there's a movie to discuss, hand out our Dumbest Decision Awards, determine which of us is getting murdered first, and consider whether Sam is boyfriend material. Then we tackle the most important Halloween tradition of all: deciding whether Trick ’r Treat gets to join the club.

00:00:49 – Welcome Back: Happy Halloween & Our Favorite Spooky Traditions

00:04:28 – The Rundown: Four Stories, One Town & the Rules of Halloween

00:05:12 – Halloween Memories: Terrible Costumes, Questionable Candy & Cheeto Dust

00:21:30 – The Main Feature: Killer Principals, Werewolves & the Legend of Sam

01:16:19 – The Dumbest Decision Award: Leave the Decorations Up Until Morning

01:18:26 – The Rules of Engagement: Keep Your Pumpkins Lit & Don't Trust the Kids

01:20:13 – The Survival Test: Rules Were Made to Be Broken

01:21:29 – Smash or Pass: A Serial Killer & a Little Guy in Burlap

01:23:54 – The Final Verdict: Does Trick ’r Treat Officially Join the Club?

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This week on The Scarier Things Club, we're hitting the road with Passenger, where a couple's dream of van life turns into a nightmare after a late-night encounter with something that refuses to leave them alone. We talk about creepy roadside encounters, terrifying jump scares, the rules of surviving a highway demon, whether a St. Christopher medallion is enough to save you, and why stopping for barbecue might be the worst decision you ever make.

Also: Gas station pizza. Coffee feet. Urban legends. Bathroom emergencies. Scooby-Doo and a bag of hamburgers. Eventually we remember we're discussing Passenger, hand out our Dumbest Decision Awards, establish our Rules of Engagement, decide whether we'd survive a demonic road trip, consider the romantic potential of a highway demon, and answer the question that really matters: Does Passenger join the club?

00:00:48 – Welcome Back: We're Changing the Schedule Again

00:03:33 – The Rundown: Van Life, Road Trips & an Unwanted Passenger

00:04:17 – Road Trip Horror Stories: Coffee, Wrong Turns & Creepy Strangers

00:26:57 – The Main Feature: Highway Demons and St. Christopher

01:14:32 – The Dumbest Decision Award: Stopping for Barbecue

01:20:01 – The Rules of Engagement: Listen to Diane

01:23:34 – The Survival Test: Gas Station Snacks Might Be the End of Us

01:29:36 – Smash or Pass: He'll Always Pursue You, But He's a Walking Red Flag

01:31:40 – The Final Verdict: Does Passenger Officially Join the Club?

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This week, we’re heading into the abandoned halls of Danvers State Hospital for Session 9 (2001). Brad Anderson’s psychological horror movie gives us asbestos removal, creepy recorded therapy sessions, the most inefficient crew ever, and one increasingly unsettling question: what exactly is happening to Gordon? We talk about the real Danvers hospital, the movie’s slow-burn atmosphere, Mary Hobbes and her alternate personalities, what’s actually happening versus what’s in Gordon’s head, and why this movie gets a whole lot creepier once everything starts falling into place.

Also: Road rage. Beverly Susan Sassafras. Breaking and entering. Lots of science. Investigating everyone. Mad Dog Brown. Accidentally renting The Good Son because you thought Macaulay Culkin meant family movie. Eventually we remember we’re discussing Session 9, hand out some Dumbest Decision Awards, make our Rules of Engagement, figure out whether any of us would survive Danvers, and ask the question that really matters: Does Session 9 join the club?

00:00:48 – Welcome Back: Happy Spooky Season

00:01:50 – Alter Egos, Sharon & Shake That Sassafras

00:09:40 – Road Rage: Thumbs Down Means I Disapprove

00:19:32 – The Rundown: Asbestos, Danvers & a Very Bad One-Week Deadline

00:22:42 – The Main Feature: Therapy Tapes, Simon & What Is Actually Happening?

00:50:09 – The Dumbest Decision Award: Don’t Steal From the Dead

00:52:29 – The Rules of Engagement: Mind Your Business

00:56:48 – The Survival Test: Just Do Your Job and Go Home

01:08:36 – Smash or Pass: We’d Rather Not Have Simon in Our Heads, But He Sounds Cute

01:10:13 – Spin the Wheel: Our Laptops Died, So We’re Making Executive Decisions

01:11:22 – The Final Verdict: Does Session 9 Officially Join the Club?

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This week on The Scarier Things Club, we’re talking It Follows (2014), where one hookup leaves you with something much worse than regret. This shape-shifting entity is relentless. What are the rules? How far would you go to escape it? Is there a way out?

Also: Sonic chili. Puka shell fashions. Slenderman. Fuzzy water. Old Gregg. Boomers. Pyramid schemes. And a lot of discussion about the logistics of passing along a sexually transmitted demon.

00:00:49 – Welcome Back: The Wheel Did This to Us

00:01:24 – Chain Letters, Instant Messenger & Mark Gets Called Out

00:11:15 – Jimmy John’s Crimes: Shannan’s Confessions

00:19:17 – Sewer Ghosts and Slenderman: Everyone Calls Beth a Liar

00:25:52 – The Rundown: The World’s Worst Game of Tag

00:28:17 – The Main Feature: Great Vibes, Terrible Decisions

01:02:39 – The Dumbest Decision Award: Maybe Stop Making Everything Worse

01:12:56 – The Rules of Engagement: The Most Toxic MLM

01:16:50 – The Survival Test: Just Keep Driving

01:22:18 – Smash or Pass: We have some Logistical Questions

01:29:07 – The Final Verdict: Does It Follows Officially Join the Club?

01:31:42 – Spin the Wheel: Revealing Our Next Nightmare

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Welcome back to The Scarier Things Club! We promised we'd get to Signs (2002), and this time we kept our word. We're heading into the cornfields with Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix to revisit M. Night Shyamalan's alien invasion classic and talk crop circles, creepy birthday party footage, faith versus coincidence, and why there's a whole lot more going on here than little green men hiding in the corn.

Also: Nicholas Sparks. Bible translations for Frankenstein. Truck-bed tamales. Drag queens. Cornhole. The Bristol Stool Chart. CPAP-related biological warfare. We chase more than a few rabbits before handing out the Dumbest Decision Award, making our Rules of Engagement, testing our chances of surviving an alien invasion, and learning way more than anyone ever asked about alien hygiene. Eventually, we land the plane and answer the important question: Does Signs join the club?

00:00:51 – Welcome Back: We Finally Watched Signs

00:03:00 – M. Night Shyamalan: It’s Complicated

00:08:07 – Little Green Men: Crop Circles, Close Encounters & Stonehenge

00:15:45 – The Rundown: Aliens, Faith & a Whole Lot of Corn

00:19:23 – The Main Feature: Crop Circles, Last Words, and Dinner Drama

00:54:31 – The Perfectly Logical Journey from Cornhole to Contouring

01:02:32 – The Dumbest Decision Award: Maybe Don't Invade the Water Planet

01:15:38 – The Rules of Engagement: Just Add Water

01:22:52 – The Survival Test: Could We Make It Out Alive?

01:30:34 – Smash or Pass: Nasty Nails, No Showers & Toxic Gas

01:37:04 – The Final Verdict: Does Signs Officially Join the Club?

01:38:25 – Spin the Wheel: Revealing Our Next Nightmare

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Welcome back to The Scarier Things Club! First things first: we lied. We told you we’d be covering Signs (we promise we’ll get to it!), but after taking a field trip to the theater to see Curry Barker’s Obsession, we couldn’t wait to sit down and talk about it. We get into what makes this indie psychological horror film work so well, our favorite moments, the ending, and whether Obsession deserves all the buzz it’s been getting online.

Also: High school crushes. Tori Kelly. Leatherface. Goodwill cats. Magic necklaces. Kneecap carnage. In the middle of all that, we still manage to hand out the Dumbest Decision Award, play Smash or Pass, figure out who’d survive, and answer the question that really matters: Does Obsession join the club?

00:00:48 – Welcome Back: Signs Can Wait...

00:03:21 – Call Us Usher, Because These Are Our Confessions

00:17:54 – The Rundown: Setting the Scene for Obsession

00:20:30 – The Main Feature: Theories, Rabbit Holes, and Elf

00:53:14 – The Dumbest Decision Award: A Lot of Strong Contenders

00:59:51 – The Rules of Engagement: How to Survive the One Wish Willow

01:04:01 – The Survival Test: Could We Make It Out Alive?

01:08:55 – Smash or Pass: Zero Green Flags

01:11:30 – The Final Verdict: Does Obsession Officially Join the Club?

01:15:13 – Spin the Wheel... Sort Of

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Welcome back to The Scarier Things Club! This week we're talking about Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) while drinking Nostromo Breakfast Lattes made with cereal milk. We revisit the chestburster scene, the Xenomorph's iconic debut, Ripley being the only person with any sense, and whether Alien deserves all the hype almost 50 years later.

Also: cheesecloth. Coke Freestyle machines. Breakfast cereal in space. Jesus on Mars. Jimmy Neutron’s misguided anatomy lesson. Somehow all of those things become relevant before we hand out the Dumbest Decision Award, play Smash or Pass, figure out who'd survive on the Nostromo, and decide if Alien officially joins the club. Grab a drink and come hang out.

00:00:50 – Welcome Back: Nostromo Breakfast Lattes & Cereal Milk

00:09:10 – Do Aliens Exist? From Faith to Facehuggers

00:17:50 – The Rundown: A Quick Synopsis of Alien (1979)

00:25:45 – The Main Feature: Does Alien Still Deserve the Hype?

00:49:01 – Wait… Are We Still Talking About Alien?

01:03:42 – The Dumbest Decision Award: Roasting the Worst Decisions

01:09:40 – The Rules of Engagement: How to Survive a Xenomorph

01:14:44 – The Ultimate Question: Would the Hosts Survive the Nostromo?

01:17:27 – Smash or Pass: Would We Risk It All for a Xenomorph?

01:21:53 – The Final Verdict: Does Alien Officially Join the Club?

01:24:26 – Spin the Wheel: Revealing Our Next Nightmare

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Welcome to the premiere episode of The Scarier Things Club! Join your hosts Shannan, Beth, and Mark as they grab some home-brewed Pennywise Lattes and dive into the nostalgia of the 1990 Stephen King's IT miniseries. We chat about the creepy circus music, talk about Tim Curry and a young Seth Green, and debate if those retro 90s special effects still hold up today.

Along the way, we track the history of creepy clowns and unpack our own terrible survival instincts—including Beth mistaking her own water bottle for a ghost at the haunted Crescent Hotel, and the real reason you don't bring a flashlight to a machete fight. Grab a coffee and join the club!

00:00:00 – Welcome to the Club: Sips, Snaps, and Pennywise Lattes

00:08:30 – The Psychology of the Creep: From Court Jesters to the 2016 Clown Craze

00:11:30 – Terrible Survival Instincts: Machetes & Crescent Hotel Ghosts

00:17:24 – The Rundown: A Quick Synopsis of Stephen King’s IT (1990)

00:19:30 – The Main Feature: Does the 1990 Miniseries Still Float?

00:39:51 – The Dumbest Decision Award: Roasting the Worst Character Choices

00:51:23 – The Rules of Engagement: How to Survive Tim Curry's Pennywise

00:55:20 – The Ultimate Question: Would the Hosts Actually Survive Derry?

00:58:42 – Smash or Pass: Would We Risk It All for Pennywise?

01:04:55 – The Final Verdict: Does This Movie Officially Join the Club?

01:07:05 – Spin the Wheel: Revealing Our Next Nightmare

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Horror movies have rules. Most victims don't follow them. We're here to judge.

Welcome to Scarier Things Club, the podcast where we review scary movies, roast the characters who got what they had coming, debate whether we'd actually survive the night, and break down the rules that separate the survivors from the first kills.

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