A Podcast About Horror Writers and the Stories That Made Them…
Join host Matthew Jackson as he chats with some of the biggest names in horror about the formative fears that shaped their imaginations and made them into the storytellers we know today.
New episodes coming soon!
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Episode 6: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark with BJ Colangelo
Happy Halloween! It’s a special Halloween edition of the show this week, as we’re joined by writer/director/producer/critic/podcaster/awesome person BJ Colangelo to talk about a cornerstone of kid horror in the 1980s and 1990s: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk about what these classic tales taught BJ about horror storytelling, […] READ MORE
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Episode 5: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood with Stephen Graham Jones
Big episode this week! The great Stephen Graham Jones stopped by to do what you always hope you’ll get to do with Stephen Graham Jones: Talk about slashers. We tackled Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, how it shaped Stephen’s approach to slashers and horror storytelling in general, how he’d teach this movie in […] READ MORE
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Episode 4: The Lost Boys with Hailey Piper
The great Hailey Piper joins The Scares That Shaped Us! We talked about her amazing new vampire novel, All The Hearts You Eat, writing about coastal towns, the influence of Twin Peaks, and more. Then, we turn to Hailey’s chosen story, Joel Schumacher’s 1987 vampire classic The Lost Boys! What role does sincerity play in […] READ MORE