Oh man, it's time to do the Omen (1976). One of the most influential horror movies of the 70s, Richard Donner's film about US Ambassador, Robert Thorn, and his wife raising the AntiChrist would set off a franchise that was revisited in 2024.

Episode 66 Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

Apr 4th, 2024 1h 14m

"Ya so, it's a security guard job at an abandoned arcade where the ghosts of dead children possess animatronics and murder said security guards. When can you start?" A community... paralyzed by... what, we're not sure. Why haven't they condemne

Episode 65 The Exorcist: Believer (2023)

Feb 28th, 2024 1h 18m

Is a franchise a blessing or a burden? Running Scared co-hosts Robert Lendrum and Jamie Roberts take apart the latest edition in the Exorcist franchise and look at how it echoed and subverted the original classic film from 1973. It gets heated

Episode 64 When Evil Lurks (2023)

Jan 22nd, 2024 1h 3m

Take the apocalyptic tone of a zombie film and swap in the unrelenting dread of demonic possessions and you have a starting point to enter the critically acclaimed When Evil Lurks (2023) by director Demián Rugna. TRIGGER WARNING. This film depi

Episode 63 The Cool Down: The Belly (Behind the Scenes)

Jan 9th, 2024 23m 29s

Running Scared co-hosts Jamie and Rob take you "behind the scenes" on the production of our latest jogcast "The Belly". We talk about how the script came to be, define a jogcast, what we're trying to do with a jogcast, how acting elevates them,

Episode 62 Die Hard 2 (1990)

Dec 29th, 2023 1h 8m

Happy Holidays Scaredy Cats! For this year's holiday pod, cohosts Robert Lendrum and Jamie Roberts lean into action thriller and Christmas classic Die Hard 2 (1990) starring Bruce Willis as John McClane. We enter the debate surrounding this fil

Episode 61 The Belly: A Horror Jogcast Preview

Dec 13th, 2023 9m 11s

In a near future, inmates and old friends, Booker Reed (Son of Sonnet) and Mac Rossi (Tristan Snyder), work hard labour in an underwater mining prison called the Belly. Mac is in for stealing oxygen credits and Booker for being too loyal to Mac

Episode 60 Talk To Me (2022)

Nov 23rd, 2023 1h 16m

Uh oh. Co-hosts, Robert Lendrum and Jamie Roberts disagree on the realism of the teenage horror drama "Talk to Me". Twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou make their directorial debut on this highly praised modern-day take on the ouija board

Episode 59 The Babadook (2014)

Oct 31st, 2023 1h 15m

Happy Halloween Scaredy Cats! After a little break, The Running Scared boys are back with a film that's all about parenting by the book - it's just the worst book you could possibly parent by: the Babadook (2014)! In this episode we tackle the

Episode 58 As Above So Below (2014)

Sep 29th, 2023 1h 18m

Co-hosts Jamie and Rob but heads over the genre mashup film "As Above So Below". A 2014 John Erick Dowdle film, it combines a little Blair Witch handheld horror, with a sprinkle of Harry Potter magic with a few heaping table spoons of Indiana

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Episode 57 Time to Burn (Jogcast Preview Pt. 2)

Sep 19th, 2023 13m 29s

Every night Martin Haelstrom has the same nightmare: he runs to save his father trapped in a burning cabin, but never makes it in time. Just like that night all those years ago. Now, Martin is back in Washington State to rebuild the cabin and b

Episode 56 Friday the 13th (1980)

Aug 31st, 2023 1h 3m

Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 "Friday the 13th" was a slasher in the ilk of Halloween. Could the creators possibly have known that they were embarking on a franchise that would take the iconic killer, Jason Voorhees, to New York City, the midwest,

Episode 55 Pandorum (2009)

Aug 8th, 2023 1h 11m

If humanity has to leave Earth in search of a new home are we still human when we get to our destination? We guess that's the question that the sci-fi horror Pandorum (2009) is asking... or maybe it's what happens if you add the biker guys from

Episode 54 Cocaine Bear (2023)

Jul 18th, 2023 59m 32s

Director/Producer Elizabeth Banks takes us back to a simpler time in American history when there were no cell phones, cocaine was delivered by plane and bears ruled with an iron fist. Based on a true story, Cocaine Bear (2023) posits that if t

Episode 53 The Amityville Horror (1979)

Jun 28th, 2023 1h 12m

Let's face it. You can't say no to those 1979 haunted house prices. 80K for a waterfront 4 bedroom with a guest house? If you ever wonder how characters stick it out so long in films like "The Amityville Horror" (1979), it's because you can't f

Episode 52 The Conjuring (2013)

Jun 7th, 2023 1h 15m

When there's something strange in your shitty, auction bought, ramshackle house, who you gonna call? 2 weirdos who call themselves "Demonologists" and no one thinks that's odd. Blockbuster Director James Wan brings us the haunted house thriller

May 16th, 2023 17m 33s

Every night, Martin Haelstrom has the same nightmare: he runs to save his father trapped in a burning cabin, but never makes it in time. Just like that night all those years ago. Now, Martin is back in Washington State to rebuild the cabin and

Episode 50 Anaconda (1997) featuring Miles Klee

May 2nd, 2023 1h 12m

It's our 50th episode! We celebrate our milestone by returning to the movie that has not only consumed our lives by inspiring this podcast, but also regurgitated our friendship. That's right, we're doing Anaconda (1997) AGAIN. But this time, c

Episode 49 Aliens (1986)

Apr 5th, 2023 1h 16m

Those loveable chest burstin' Xenomorphs are back and so is the Running Scared Podcast with back-to-back episodes on the Alien franchise. This time around, we dive into the blockbuster masterpiece that is James Cameron's Aliens. A special effec

Episode 48 Alien (1979)

Mar 17th, 2023 1h 9m

Oh Captain, my captain! Why do you suck so bad, Captain Dallas? Running Scared hosts Robert Lendrum and Jamie Roberts interrogate the sci-fi horror classic Alien (1979) and have a lot to say about the leadership of this mission. Who would you r

Episode 47 The Fan (1996) featuring guest host Winston McMartin

Feb 15th, 2023 1h 11m

Everyone has that one buddy who loves his team a little too much, but that buddy isn't Robert Di Nero. In Tony Scott's 1996 thriller The Fan, Di Nero channels some of his past performances as unstable toxic males and overpowers the film in a r

Episode 46 Barbarian (2022)

Jan 24th, 2023 1h 2m

Poor Tess is cold, wet and just wants to put her head down and get some zzzs. But some weird dude is in her AirBnB. So, she does what we would all do, kick him to the couch and sleep in his bed. Nothing could go wrong, right? Written and direct

Episode 45 GingerDeadMan (2005)

Jan 10th, 2023 51m 2s

As a gift to our Patreon members, we dropped this episode a couple weeks back. Now it's here for all to enjoy, catch it if you can! And if you ever do catch this straight to DVD flick, stomp it into oblivion and sweep the crumbs away because we

Episode 44 Black Christmas (1974)

Dec 23rd, 2022 1h 1m

Happy Holidays from the Running Scared team of Robert Lendrum and Jamie Roberts. To get you in the festive spirit, we're reviewing a Canadian cult classic Black Christmas (1974). Although made on a small budget, it features some big Canadian ac

Bonus Episode - Insulam Creatura pt. 2

Dec 10th, 2022 10m 41s

As a big THANK YOU to all of our listeners, we are releasing a second bonus episode from Insulam Creatura. Rejoin Cap and Burr as they negotiate an island filled with unimaginable horrors. The pieces they seek are in the four corners of the isl