Whats the scariest movie you’ve ever seen? Avital Ash & Jessica Richards (and, usually, a guest) discuss their favorite scary movies to see what made them jump and what’s still giving them nightmares!
Avital Ash and Jessica Richards
A woman discovers a hot guy already occupies the house she rented-- Avital and guest Sophia Zolan say they would totally stay! Jessica is not so sure... We dig into Barbarian on this special October episode!
Don't mess with the original! Dan Feurerrigel is back to help us break down Scream 4 and kick off our second season (finally!) Also we talk predictions for Scream 5!
What's your favorite Urban Legend? Sophia Zolan returns to help us breakdown the similarities between Urban Legend and Scream, why the main character is the worst and the killer is the best! Happy Halloween!
Filmmaker Natasha Halevi joins us to discuss Neon Demon. Is this a feminist movie, or do you find it misogynistic? Love it or hate it? Let us know in the comments -- @hesrightbehindyoupodcast on Instagram!
What's your favorite scary movie trilogy??? Dan Feuerriegel (now a major Soap Star) is back to help us break down Scream 3! We get into the origins of Maureen Prescott, why Avital says to never google these movies and Jessica fan girls over Dan's new role on Days of our Lives!
Satanic pregnancy, pushy neighbors, a haircut by Vidal Sassoon! This movie has it all-- and we are back from hiatus to talk about it!
One women home alone vs a crazed killer-- we break down all our home invasion fears and strategies with guest Livia Treviño! Side Note: this is not the Hush from 1998 staring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Lange that apparently only Jessica has seen!
Guest Dave Horwitz joins us to talk about Samara Weaving's feral scream, our Adam Brody crush and that crazy ending! Spoiler: we love this movie!
Kurt Russell! Keith David! Jed the husky! We had so much fun talking about Duncan's horror short, THE EXTERMINATOR and, of course, all things THE THING!
It's Friday the 13th...again! This sequel has a different killer, a new final girl and even a final dog! Our resident horror expert Peter Stickles is back to help us get into the six minute recap, that one-eyed mask and to help Avital tell the difference between Jason and Michael Myers!
In this slumber-party-style episode we get deep into cult classic, THE CRAFT, just in time for the sequel. Re-live your high school humiliation and learn who was the most desperate among us, and who was the biggest pimp. Worth listening for Brooke's pronunciation of "Manon" alone.
Happy Halloween! Michael Myers is back at it but this time he's brought a babe buffet of Josh Hartnett, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and LL Cool J-- who is writing a romance novel!! How do we order that ASAP?!
We thought having no guest would help us keep this episode short but we were WRONG. Listen for our spoiler-filled deep dive into Jim Cummings' THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW.
More Gremlins, Gizmo as Rambo, frozen yogurt-- Is this sequel better than the original? Avital says yes, Jess says no! But they agree this movie is a BLAST! Plus guest Peter Stickles actually owns the Spider Gremlin and knows more about horror than maybe any other guest we've had so far!
1/2 Josh's new horror movie, #SCAREME, now on Shudder, & 1/2 Nightmare! (Spoilers for A Nightmare on Elm Street, NO spoilers for Scare Me!)
We see dead people! Plus Nora Nagatani shares what it's like in a psych ward. This is a mental health heavy episode, Bruce Willis's Dr. Malcolm Crowe would be proud!
Jess & Avital aren't sure what they think, but standouts include the dialogue & Traci Lords. Danin loves the whole shebang. Here are our thoughts on Richard Bates Jr's polarizing Sundance hit!
We celebrate one year of podcasting with our first sequel: Scream 2! Dan Feuerriegel is back to help us explore the possible Ghostface suspects, the rules of a good sequel, the evolution of Sidney Prescott and more!
Talkin' to Scotty Landes (Lamb-des?) about his movie, Ma, and the only horror movie to sweep the Oscars, The Silence of the Lambs, plus our enduring love of Hannibal Lecter despite his bad behavior.
What's scarier than a hook welding psychopath? Jennifer Love Hewitt's bangs! With guest Marissa Rivera, we obsess over the hot cast, quippy Kevin Williamson dialogue and Sarah Michelle Gellar's frighteningly good haircut!
Yorgos Lanthimos' take on Iphingenia satisfies us all, with standouts including an unforgettable pasta-eating scene. We examine symbolism everywhere, from Swiss Army Knives to watches and periods and french fries. (Oh my!)
It's come up numerous times on the podcast so this week we finally dig into Event Horizon! Jessica thinks it's The Shining in Space, Avital had a hard time sleeping after watching it and guest Rob Fee proclaims this to be the best horror movie from the nineties!
We talk about The Blob -- but also The Rock (1996), Paul Reiser, and Albert Brooks -- with the writer/directors of SNATCHERS, now on HBO Max.
A movie we don't even want to talk about for fear of spoiling it! Zombies, movie making and the age old question: to use eye drops or not to use eye drops? Avital, Jessica and guest Roth Cornet gush about One Cut of the Dead!
Is Katie Holmes’s Rachel self-conscious or too cool? Plus, James Marsden's cheekbones & why this movie needs more Nick Stahl & Ethan Embry.
It's an allegory! It's a haunted house movie! Avital loves the symbolism and Jessica can't get over the scariest closet of all time, listen as they debate, discuss and agree (?!) on all things Relic!
We watch the granddaddy of all zombie movies and get into our love of Ben, how this movie is still relevant today and try desperately to figure out who Johnny looks like--James Spader? The guy from I start Counting? The guy from Mad Men and Desperate Housewives?
Find out why this is Avital & Jeremy's favorite horror, Jessica will never go on a boat, and Chrissie Watkins is a feminist icon. We do a deep... dive... on JAWS!
We watch one of Amir's favorites in quarantine! Avital can't wait for Mary Harron to get more recognition. Jessica wants more Reese Witherspoon (but don't we all?).
Since we're all stuck in our homes for this pandemic, it's the perfect time to watch a movie about people stuck on a train during a different kind of pandemic (the ZOMBIE kind)! (Spoiler: we loved this movie!!)
It's ranked #11 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments and it nearly broke up this podcast-- this week we get into Audition! We discuss knowing the twist before watching this movie, debate whether it's still one of the scariest movies and more!
It's Scream but with sci-fi movies! It's Breakfast Club but with Aliens! It's The Faculty! And boy does it make us nostalgic about the nineties with lots of tangents about hot bad boy crushes (hello Josh Hartnett!), Tommy Hilfiger clothes, the debut of Usher and more! *Note this episode was recorded pre-quarantine life
Can you help someone who won't help themselves? Just how important is facing your trauma? Death is coming for us all! ...and more light discussion of 'The Babadook' with RoseMcIver.
What's worse than being stuck in your house during this pandemic? How about being stuck in your house with a demon and your shitty boyfriend! Avital and Jessica get into the toxic masculinity of Paranormal Activity!
Recap of Leigh Whannell's movie and our favorite parts, plus, oh yeah, how Covid-19 is affecting our lives, this podcast, & Jessica's drinking habits.
We talk horny teens, how much ambiguity is good, and our wildly different understandings of various parts of IT FOLLOWS.
Deep dive: script vs. movie, what-if versions of the story, is this really a break up movie?, etc.
"You'll be rich and famous!" Guest Adam Wasser joins Avital and Jessica to discuss the perils of bringing people (and one angry cat) back to life in Re-Animator! Also did Die Hard rip this movie off, Dan Dean Cain and more!
Hell is a teenage girl-- and Avital, Jessica and guest Anna Lore are here to talk about it! We get into why Jennifer isn't the perfect victim, the intensity of female friendship and the how this movie got screwed over by the patriarchy! Happy Galentine's Day!
On this special Valentine's Day episode, Avital and Jessica's valentines join them to talk about the ultimate roller coaster of a movie Fear! Is this a good date movie? Is it even scary? Is Mark Wahlberg too hot? Spoiler: the answer to all is yes!
We're obsessed with Alicia Silverstone's debut movie The Crush! Guest Brendan Clifford joins us to discuss inappropriate relationships, crazy fathers and the difference between Amber Benson and Amber Tamblyn!
We go deep on Julia Ducournau's feminist coming-of-age cannibal movie that made us want to smoke cigarettes.
This week Avital and Jessica cover a movie so controversial that it was edited down to only 62 minutes! Guest Andrew Gurland helps them get into the history, the backlash and the brilliance of Tod Browning's Freaks!
We dive deep & cover pretty much every question, even if we don't have the answer. Plus, Lucia's gruesome & disturbing true story!
Is this the scariest movie so far? Do Jessica and Avital actually agree on a movie? Why does a ghost use a landline? Guest Christina Kartchner helps them break down the twists and turns from the Naomi Watts classic!
What's better than watching a campy 80's slasher movie? Getting sucked into one! Would Avital, Jessica or Asha be the final girl? How many slasher references did you catch? A horror movie with heart? This isn't just a cruel summer, it's the holiday season!
What’s scarier, bullies or vampires? What’s the significance of Oskar’s gay dad? Does Megan consistently get into relationships that resemble Eli and Oskar’s dysfunctional dynamic? The answers to these questions and more are in our Let the Right One in ep. Also, hi, we release on Mondays now!
Megan WILLINGLY watches a horror movie, Avital cannot contain her love/talks too much, and Jessica misremembers the movie as being about molestation.
What's scarier than fighting with your family about politics on Thanksgiving? Maybe a home invasion with a side of holding strangers at gun point? Returning guest Amir Blumenfeld helps us navigate the 2018 horror comedy The Oath! Would you sign?
Find out how Al and Jess discovered there was no Santa! Avital is quieter than usual, the Jew left out of bc of Xmas!