The Sunday Scaries
by Ricky Townsend & Travis Talaric
TV & FilmE · Explicit
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The First Annual Spookies: Awarding the Best Horror Films of 2025
The First Annual Spookies: Awarding the Best Horror Films of 2025
About this podcast
Horror film buffs Ricky Townsend and Travis Talaric explore their favorite scary movies. New releases, classics, and everything in between.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 53 episodes
- The First Annual Spookies: Awarding the Best Horror Films of 2025 · 2 h 36 minWelcome to the Inaugural Spookies! Our very own Sunday Scaries awards show where we celebrate and have a little spooky fun with our favorite horror films of the year - but also…
- Clayface (2026) with Joe Gaasbeck · 1 h 43 min · Episode 48HAPPY HALLOWEEN CLAY-HEADS! We close out Spooky Month with a special Saturday release. Joe Gaasbeck returns to the pod to discuss the DCU's latest entry with Rick & Trav, which…
- BONUS EP: Halloween II (1981) - 2nd Annual Watch-Along · 1 h 32 minAnother year, another Watch-Along! This time, we stick around Haddonfield a little later and go insane with Dr. Loomis as we follow the shenanigans of Michael Myers after…
- Halloween II (1981) · 1 h 45 min · Episode 47Rick and Trav admit themselves to Haddonfield General Hospital as they return to the Halloween franchise with Rick Rosenthal's 1981 direct sequel. As Dr. Loomis becomes…
- The Shining (1980) with Dr. Rick Worland · 1 h 47 min · Episode 46Park your snowcat, turn on your two-way radio, and pour yourself a glass of bourbon (or Jack) on the rocks. 2026 Spooky Season continues with SMU Film Professor Dr. Rick Worland…
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) with Benny Townsend · 1 h 57 min · Episode 45Happy Spooktober! Don't lose your head over this news, but Benny Townsend returns to the pod for his third (second and a half) appearance as he joins Rick and Trav in unraveling…
- Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) with Sarah Shady · 2 h 6 min · Episode 44There's a hole at the bottom of the lake...and that's where the podcasts come from. Jane Schoenbrun is having FUN with their third feature and fellow fanfic fan / Gillian…
- Resident Evil (2026) with Joel Myers · 1 h 59 min · Episode 43Joel joins Rick and Trav for a second week in a row, this time to discuss Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL (2026). We are JAZZED about this fun 90min speed run, so naturally we…
- Resident Evil (2002) with Joel Myers · 2 h 4 min · Episode 42In preparation for Zach Cregger's much-anticipated loop release of Resident Evil (2026), Rick and Trav are joined by former T-Virus survivor, Joel Myers, as they go back to Paul…
- Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026) · 1 h 21 min · Episode 41Rick and Trav unwrap the gruesome lore of LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY (2026) and discuss how it fits into the Evil Dead franchise and world of Carmen San Diego more so than the Boris…
- Insidious (2011) · 1 h 27 min · Episode 40With another Insidious movie coming out this weekend, Rick and Trav thought it best to Travel to where it all started: James Wan's INSIDIOUS (2011). In the Further, they discuss…
- Hokum (2026) · 1 h 39 min · Episode 39Rick and Trav continue their wee pivot into earlier 2026 releases as they cover Damian McCarthy's 2026 horror film Hokum. Rick reveals his clairvoyance in knowing every single…
- Send Help (2026) with Sarah Shady · 1 h 30 min · Episode 38Rick and Trav are stranded on Podcast Island. Luckily for this episode, covering Sam Raimi's SEND HELP (2026) starring Rachel McAdams, they are joined by the only one out of the…
- Possession (1981) · 1 h 29 min · Episode 37In memory of Sam Neill who recently passed on July 13, 2026, Rick and Trav honor the legendary Horror King Kiwi by covering his personal favorite of his filmography - Andrzej…
- Evil Dead Burn (2026) · 1 h 59 min · Episode 36Our groovy road finally reaches it's destination, as Rick and Trav talk about Sébastien Vaniček's 2026 newest installment in the Evil Dead franchise, Evil Dead Burn. If you have…
- Evil Dead Rise (2023) · 1 h 22 min · Episode 35Rick & Trav take on a domestic deadite in EVIL DEAD RISE (2023). In the process they cover Otis-sanctioned elevator weight limits, Lee Cronin's Lee Cronin-isms, and the true…
- Evil Dead (2013) · 1 h 34 min · Episode 34Rick and Trav continue their demonic trip down The Groovy Road to Evil Dead Burn as they cover Fede Alvarez's 2013 revitalization of the franchise with EVIL DEAD. Warning: Drugs…
- Army of Darkness (1993) · 1 h 13 min · Episode 33The Groovy Road to EVIL DEAD BURN continues with the inconceivably batshit insane ARMY OF DARKNESS, the third installment of the Evil Dead franchise. Rick and Trav cover this…
- DOUBLE FEATURE: The Evil Dead (1981) / Evil Dead 2 (1987) · 1 h 40 min · Episode 32In anticipation of the release of EVIL DEAD BURN (2026), Rick and Trav begin their trek through the entire franchise, starting with a first for the podcast, a DOUBLE FEATURE…
- Backrooms (2026) · 1 h 21 min · Episode 31Rick & Trav get lost in a litany of liminal linguini creepypasta. From the electrical spend of an infinite set of backroom (rooms?) to Real Life therapists no-clipping their way…
