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A dad and his 10 year-old daughter recap and review classic and contemporary horror movies.  And if you're curious how old your kids should be before you show them this stuff, we make that recommendation too!

Eric & Serling


    • May 30, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 68 EPISODES


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    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 5.4 (Empire of the Ants, 1977)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 38:09


    Eric & Serling get back to the angry animals and back to the magical year of 1977.  Giant ants converge on some terrible people.  You won't know who to root for.   "Gimme some sugar, baby!"Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 5.3 (Ed Wood, 1994)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 38:27


    Eric & Serling take a bit of a detour to examine a true B-Movie titan.  How do you make horror movies for and with next to nothing?  Say what you want about Ed Wood... but he did it.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 5.2 CROWBAR EPISODE (Kingdom of the Spiders, 1977)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 39:09


    Angry, angry animals!  They are starting to close in on Eric & Serling.  We're diving into the first of a 1977 double shot (and our second Shatner cult classic on the podcast).  How many tarantulas does it take to start a union?  Apparently at least 5,001.  Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 5.1 (Earth vs. the Spider, 1958)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 38:45


    Eric & Serling delve into deep phobic territory surrounded by the protection of some fairly tame 1950's sci fi horror.  We answer all the burning questions:    Does anything good ever happen in a cave?  Does music soothe or groove the savage beast?  How long can a man attend high school?  Find out with us as we kick off Season 5!Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.17 Season 4 Wrap Up

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 31:29


    Another season wrapped!  Let's re-visit all the great (and not so great) movies we covered in the "D"s.  We talk about which movie was the scariest, which needs a reboot, and which would make the best video game or Broadway musical.  We pull out all the stops.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.16 (Horror of Dracula, 1958)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 35:45


    Join Eric & Ser (and Pete & Chris) for Dracula 2.0 as a classic gets an upgrade for the 1950s.  Because, when monsters live forever, they require a little spit and polish every now and again.  OUR 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, EVERYBODY!!!!  Thank you for listening!Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.15 (Dracula, 1931)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 40:06


    Eric & Serling go back to basics and cover the movie that kicked American horror cinema into high gear.  What still works from almost a century ago?  And which movies come out on top when they rate "The Big 3" horror hits of 1931.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.14 (Dr. Phibes Rises Again, 1972)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 38:28


    Eric & Serling tackle the first sequel of the podcast and welcome back Dr. Abominable with open arms (and a "Scorpion's Embrace").   Does part 2 hold a candle to the original classic?  Join us!Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.13 CROWBAR EPISODE 2! (An American Werewolf in London, 1981)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 48:23


    Join Eric & Ser as they a) veer way off the road b) trod into the moors and c) full on embrace that moon!  How does an early 80's classic hold up to a modern 11-year old?Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.12 (Dog Soldiers, 2002)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 39:18


    A day late, but hopefully not a dollar short (since this podcast is free).  Eric & Ser head back out into the forests of Scotland.  Bring some silver bullets and some poopy paper!Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.11 (The Devil Rides Out, 1968)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 36:52


    Eric & Ser Hammer it out and dive back into Satanic horror.  They debate Lee vs.  Gray, Corbus vs. Mocata, Rain vs. Rides... it will all become clear as you tune in and succumb to our will... our will.  Just listen.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror BONUS EPISODE 4.10 (Let's Talk Creatures, Folks!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 27:12


    Eric & Serling each pick their top three favorite monsters from the show so far.  And you hopefully listen.  What do you say?Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.9 (Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, 1931)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 39:24


    He had it all... just like Bogie & Bacall... except like Jekyll & Hyde.  (I hate writing these in case you haven't noticed yet.)  Eric & Serling take the time machine all the way back to the year that started American horror movies.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.8 (The Devil's Rain, 1975)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 39:36


    Why the long faces?... oh... you're melting.  If this isn't the only movie ordained by The Church of Satan, then it is at least hopefully one of the only.  Join Eric & Serling (and a shockingly star-studded cast) for a fun romp.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.7 (The Descent, 2005)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 34:07


    Repel downwards with Eric & Serling into the creepy caverns of this almost modern classic and hear why you should pick your friends very carefully when you take on your next adventure weekend getaway.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.6 (Demons, 1985)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 30:34


    Eric & Serling will see you... at the movies!  You and the rest of the creatures from the molten pits of hell released via Nostradamus' tomb in France and tearing their way through the screen of a cool little theater in Germany.  Just listen.  We'll explain everything.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.5 (Deep Star Six, 1989)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 28:47


    Eric & Serling examine the first of the remarkably many underwater alien movies of 1989.  Did this one get the formula right?Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.3 (Dawn of the Dead, 1978)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 38:05


    Eric & Serling shop around for the ultimate in zombie horror masterpieces.  Add to cart, please!  So influential, even Eric asked his principal if he could rip it off (along with everybody else).Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.2 CROWBAR (Night of the Living Dead, 1968)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 39:33


    Eric & Serling board themselves up in the old farmhouse and dig into the genre-redefining horror classic.  Who will take the basement and who will stay upstairs?  And just how many times does Harry get killed?Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 4.1 (Day of the Triffids, 1962)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 34:01


    Eric & Serling kick off their 4th season and jump head on into the "D"s with a little obscure British science fiction horror from 6 decades ago.  Way to start the "D"s off with a bang, guys!Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.16 Season 3 Wrap Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 22:26


    Eric and Serling recap the Cs.  Which movie this season was the scariest?  Which movie needs a sequel?  Which would make the best board game?  You know... basic and essential questions explored and answered.  Also.. get a sneak preview of what's coming up in the Ds.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.15 (The Curse of the Werewolf, 1961)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 36:22


    Eric & Serling take on the real werewolf of London, Oliver Reed, in one of Hammer Film's more handsome contributions to horror lineage.  Find out what scene freaked Eric out as a young tot and whether Serling had a similar reaction.  (The suspense is killing you.)Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.14 (Cube, 1997)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 31:27


    Get out your abacus and join Eric & Serling for a discussion of the ultimate puzzle sci fi/horror flick.  Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.13 Bonus Episode Part 2 (Let's Talk Christmas Carol, Folks!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 19:26


    'Tis the season for a little more "Christmas Carol"-ing with Eric & Serling.  Join then as they rate the Past, Present, & Future ghosts of the 1970 (Albert Finney) & 1984 (George C. Scott) versions.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.12 Bonus Episode (Let's Talk Christmas Carol, Folks!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 21:47


    'Tis the season for Eric & Serling to nerd out on perhaps the most classic of all classic ghost stories.  They compare and rate the Past, Present, & Future ghosts of the 1999 (Patrick Stewart) & 1951 (Alastair Sim) versions of "A Christmas Carol".Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.11 (Creepshow, 1982)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 39:48


    Seaweed Zombie Ted Danson!  Wife-murdering Hal Holbrook!  Tombstone-crushed Ed Harris!  Semi-serious Leslie Nielson!  Cockroach-consumed Marcia Brady's principal!  (Look it up!)  Eric & Serling crack open the horror comic book that is 1982's "Creepshow".Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.10 (Creature from the Black Lagoon, 1954)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 37:30


    Inter-species synchronized swimming!  Eric & Serling plumb the depths of the Black Lagoon and pay homage to an overlooked classic creature designer.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.9 (The Crazies, 2010)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 35:18


    How much Crazies is too much Crazies?  You may want to split them up for sure.  But Eric & Serling find some great stuff in this remake.  But does it beat out the 1973 original?Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.8 (The Crazies, 1973)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 36:58


    Trixie not really for kids... but Eric & Serling plowed through this oft overlooked offering from the great George Romero whose films almost always have something interesting to say.  Does this one?  Find out!Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.7 CROWBAR (Halloween, 1978)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 40:01


    Eric & Serling take a stab at the old Shatner mask... and set a new DDSH record in the process!  Things really "shape" up nicely in this one.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.6 (The Conjuring, 2013)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 30:38


    Come and listen to the story 'bout Lorraine & Ed.  Did "The Conjuring" live up to Serling's expectations?  And... most importantly... who ultimately won "The Candy Challenge"?  Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.5 (Child's Play, 1988)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 29:38


    Eric & Serlino get dolled up for this franchise-starting flick from the Decade of Excess.  (And Serling fesses up to her crush on Chris Sarandon!)Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror Episode 3.4 (The Changeling, 1980)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 30:10


    Eric & Ser bounce back into GHOSTS with this slightly under-the-radar, decade-straddling classic.  Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.3 (Cat People, 1942)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 30:14


    Eric & Serling grapple with the burning question of "Just how much subtlety can a kid take these days?".  Join us in the shadows and complexities of 1942's "The Cat People".Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.2 (Carrie, 1976)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 38:16


    Join Eric & Serling in the Scare Closet for a record-setting episode of DDSH.  We talk "Carrie" in all her gory glory.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 3.1 (The Cabin in the Woods, 2012)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 30:31


    Eric & Serling pay homage to the ultimate homage to horror movies horror movie.  Sometimes the second time is the charm!Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 2.15 (Season 2 Wrap Up)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 22:02


    Time to reflect upon the last two and half months of terror!  Eric & Serling review the scariest, funnest, and most impactful of the Bs.  Also... which movie would make the best board game?  The coolest Broadway musical?  Etc. etc. Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror Episode 2.14 ("The Brood", 1979)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 32:25


    Do Eric & Ser have high praise for Rage?  Or are they groanin' 'bout Cronenberg?  You'll simply have to listen.  And REALLY listen to hear Oliver Reed.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 2.13 (Bride of Frankenstein, 1935)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 30:02


    "I hope we can still be friends (not even)!"  Eric & Ser examine how love can be so cruel.  And how classics can be so ... divisive.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 2.12 CROWBAR (Frankenstein, 1931)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 32:17


    Eric & Serling put one of the original classics under the microscope to determine how big a toll 90+ years can take.  Is this one still worth the watch????  Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 2.11 (The Body Snatcher, 1945)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 27:00


    Eric & Serling are salutin' Lewton (legendary producer, Val Lewton) and the first of his Karloff collaborations.  Things get dark.  And Eric reveals one of his favorite "coolest kills" in cinema.   Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 2.10 (The Blob, 1988)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 29:26


    Eric & Ser complete the "Blobcast" portion of Season 2 with an analysis of this remake of an old classic.  80s updates galore in this glorious, goopy gorefest.Send us a text

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 2.9 (The Blob, 1958)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 31:01


    Creep and leap and slide and glide ... with Eric & Serling.  Grab your pokey sticks and come along for the ride back to this 1958 classic!Send us a Text Message.

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 2.8 (The Blair Witch Project, 1999)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 32:14


    Skip the walk in the woods and join Eric & Serling for some found footage fun.  (No one puts Mikey in a corner.)Send us a Text Message.

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror 2.7 (Black Sunday, 1960)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 25:02


    "They're coming to get you, Barbara Steele!"  Eric & Serling, that is.   Join the witch-hunt and get a little goopey for good measure.  It's Mario Bava's classic.Send us a Text Message.

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror Bonus Episode 2.6 (Let's Talk Music, Folks)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 25:27


    Eric & Serling analyze some of the scariest music ever associated with moving pictures.  Send us a Text Message.

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror Episode 2.5 (The Black Cat, 1934)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 27:51


    Baloney... perhaps not.  mainly because Serling is vegetarian.  Eric and she kick off "The Black Movies" with this bizarre, freaky gem.Send us a Text Message.

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror Episode 2.4 (The Birds, 1963)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 38:05


    Eric & Serling enjoy the avian apocalypse from a safe watching distance.  Stick with us for our longest episode to date!  There was a lot to talk about.Send us a Text Message.

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror CROWBAR Episode 2.3 (Godzilla, 1954)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 36:06


    Crowbarring in a true classic... that's what Eric & Serling are doing.  The Godfather of Atomic Monster Flicks... this was our one allowed rule break of Season 2 and we used it in style!Send us a Text Message.

    Daddy Daughter Scary Horror Episode 2.2 (The Beast from 20.000 Fathoms, 1953)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 26:22


    Never thought Eric & Serling would sink so low?  Well, surprise!   See what they thought of the stop motion classic that started a monster revolution.Send us a Text Message.

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