The Scaredy Cat's Horror Show: A Podcast for Conquering Fear of Scary Movies

TLDR The Scaredy Cat's Horror Show is a podcast where the host and guests watch and discuss scary movies, aiming to help people overcome their fear of the genre. In the first episode, the host and guest discuss their experiences watching a movie, praising its well-made scenes and slow build-up, while also sharing their own fears and anticipation for the next movie.

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00:00 The Scaredy Cat's Horror Show is a new podcast where the host, PJ, watches progressively scarier movies in an attempt to cure his fear of them.
04:53 The Scaredy Cat's Horror Show is a podcast where the host and guests watch and discuss scary movies, with the goal of helping people who want to get into the genre.
09:38 In the first episode of the podcast, the host and guest discuss their experiences watching the movie and how the guest cheated by watching it during the day and pausing it multiple times.
15:02 The guest was scared throughout the movie, even from the title sequence, and appreciated that the scary moments were mostly confined to certain parts of the film, while other parts felt like a regular movie with good writing and acting.
19:34 The movie is praised for its well-made and beautifully constructed scenes, particularly the medical procedures that are both scary and realistic, which serve as a primer for the supernatural elements later in the film.
24:20 The movie is praised for its slow build-up and the amount of time spent developing the characters before the supernatural elements are introduced, making it scarier when the demon finally appears.
28:56 The host and PJ discuss their enjoyment of the movie and how they found it scary, particularly praising Linda Blair's performance as the possessed girl.
33:34 The director used various techniques to make the actors scared, such as keeping them handcuffed together and making them freeze on set, and the scariest scenes in the movie involved Linda Blair's character being possessed and attacking others.
39:53 The speaker enjoyed parts of the movie, but overall rated it a 2 out of 10 on the scale of horror movies, and found it helpful in distracting from current events.
45:17 The next movie PJ has to watch is "Nightmare on Elm Street," which he finds particularly scary because he had nightmares about Freddy Krueger as a kid.
50:25 The host discusses their fear of being scared by scary movies, particularly 80s movies, and talks about the success of "Nightmare on Elm Street" and its impact on the production company.

The Scaredy Cat's Horror Show: A Podcast for Conquering Fear of Scary Movies

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