Super Fun Scary Cast is all about horror media, including films, books, television and video games.
Recent Posts
Here’s a collection of recent posts and podcast episodes.
Dumplings: The Human Veal?
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.
High Tension: Believe It or Not?
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.
When and Why Evil Lurks
Demián Rugna's When Evil Lurks (Cuando acecha la maldad) is an unflinching tale of demonic possession and survival horror. It also includes moments of truly shocking violence. Is it the best horror film of 2023? Does its protagonist Pedro have to be so bloody annoying? Jason and Ali discuss the film, children's relationship with evil, and the great streaming service Shudder.
The Meaning of Martyrs
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.
Suspiria, Then and Now
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.
Shutter and Grisly Ghost Photography
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.
See No Evil?
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.
Roth Strikes Again
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).
Freaks
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.
The Human Centipede: Muck or Masterpiece?
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.
Halloween Ends
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).
Pazuzu Power
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.
Found Footage Fiends
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.
Clothes that Kill
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).
The Number of the Beast
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).
Science and Terror in Outer Space
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.
Peck or Perish: The Birds and Ornithological Horror
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.
Who Dooked Up the House?
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).
Pumpkins and Other Demons of Vengeance
How far would you go to seek retribution if you've been horribly wronged? Would you seek out a witch called Haggis, dig up the skeleton of a terrifying demon from a pumpkin-patch graveyard, and watch it turn into one of the most memorable monsters of horror cinema? Well, that's exactly what you'd do if you were the traumatised hero Ed from the brilliant 1988 cult classic, Pumpkinhead.
Maritime Menace: Dracula on the Demeter
In this episode, Jason and Ali put on their life jackets and talk about the latest Dracula movie, The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023). Does this film's fusion of vampiric horror and nautical adventure work? Do you get seasick? And why does the Transylvanian monster need to travel to England, anyway?