Join us as we watch, play, and read our way through the horror world and determine what is truly essential.
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Essential Scares is hosted by ESP. The show has published 138 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "132. Thanksgiving (2023)" (11 January 2025, 69 minutes), "131. Cabin Fever (2002)" (11 January 2025, 57 minutes), and "130. Wishmaster (1997)" (30 November 2024, 60 minutes).
Essential Scares publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 59 minutes across 138 episodes.
Booking probability for Essential Scares is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Essential Scares requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Essential Scares's contact route on record: public web form.
ESP hosts Essential Scares, a tv podcast with 138 episodes published.
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<p>Back the Holiday season with our first episode of the year covering Thanksgiving (2023) directed by Eli Roth! How much has his directing chops improved over 20 years? Well, frankly a ton. He is still as subtle as a...
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<p>Fear the FEVER! Eli Roth's debut is certainly a solid start for any given horror director. Is this film as "mean spirited" as Bobby claims Roth's work is? Only one way to find out! </p>...
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<p>Wishmaster is often a forgotten horror franchise, and while the later entries may deserve to be forgotten the first does not. This film is largely carried by Andrew Divoff's performance as the Djinn, his toying with...
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<p>The introduction of Jason had to make onto the show at some point and here we are. Could this film possibly live up to the expectations? Find out today! </p> <p>**************************************************</p>...
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<p>Giant Spiders last week and now Giant Crocs this week, where could we go from here?!?!?! Its been a fun time having a brief romp through the creature features subgenre of horror, and we have reach what Corbin may say...
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<p>The base level of scares in this film is much higher than your typical PG-13 Horror Film. Why? ITS FILLED WITH FUCKING SPIDERS. This movie is an absolute blast filled with a soundtrack of early 2000's bangers. What...
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<p>Look, its Scream 2. Do you really need me to tell you that we love this film?</p> <p>**************************************************</p> <p>TIMECODES</p> <p>0:00 - Intro</p> <p>1:22 - Spoiler Warning</p> <p>2:09...
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<p>The lack of Sleepy Hollow related media is truly disturbing, luckily we do have this gem of a Tim Burton film to fill the void. With a star studded cast and more gore than we were really expecting at the time and...
Episode #124
<p>How is it that two weeks in a row we ended up with movies that were far longer than they had any right to be? Well regardless we now have Nightbreed a movie that just cannot seem to decide what it wants to be. It has...
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<p>Often confused with The Ritual, Ritual is a rather bad movie focused around Jamaican rituals. Is the pacing bad? Yes. Is the CGI awful? Yes. Is this movie still a fun time, well for 2 of the 3 hosts the answer is a...
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<p> </p> <p>**************************************************</p> <p>TIMECODES</p> <p>0:00 - Intro</p> <p>1:47 - Spoiler Warning</p> <p>2:14 - Synopsis</p> <p>3:26 - Discussion</p> <p>30:11 - Final Review</p> <p>35:55...
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<p>Alien (1979) is a film that has aged incredibly well since it's initial release in 1979. Largely, this can be attributed to the exceptional writing and the use of practical effects as much as possible. This is one of...
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<p>Is Snowpiercer a horror film? Maybe. Is it essential, also maybe! Listen in to hear the boys mull over the goods the bads and the inconsistent of the Snowpiercerverse! </p>...
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<p>Is Constantine (2005) a horror film, well no but it is adjacent so we figured why not talk about it. Could it somehow be essential? Find out today! </p> <p>**************************************************</p>...
Episode #118
<p>We knew after watching the original Suspiria from 1977 that we would have to cover the remake at some point, well that point came sooner than expected. Suspiria (2018) follows the general idea of the original but...
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<p>Pearl is the follow up to TI West's excellent film X. Telling the story of how Pearl became the deranged person we see in X. TI has an excellent eye for taking a specific style of film and executing on it...
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<p>Rob Zombie's Halloween sure BLEEDS 2007 on its sleeve. Is that a good or a bad thing? Can it possible be essential? Find out TODAY! </p> <p>**************************************************</p> <p>TIMECODES</p>...
Episode #115
<p>We often use other movies as comparison points when thinking through if a movie is Essential or not. Same thing also can apply when we are looking to score a movie. House of the Witch Doctor might be the single...
Episode #116
<p>There are times on this show where we have the pleasure of watching movies that truly surprise us. Demon Hole is almost one of those. This film is largely bad, but it is bad in a way that is quite enjoyable. Plot...
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<p>Terrifier brought Art the Clown into the popular culture of horror and we are better for it. This movie has one particular scene it is known for, however there are so many more moments this movie should be better...
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