ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
That Was Pretty Scary is a horror podcast hosted by Jon Lee Brody. From reviews and recaps of classic and contemporary horror to deep dive analysis and conversations with creators, JLB explores why scary movies stick with us and why they matter.
NOTE TO LISTENERS:
When That Was Pretty Scary first launched in 2023, it began as a joint venture between Jon Lee Brody and Freddie Prinze Jr. In 2025, after 102 episodes together, Freddie departed the show and JLB continued on as the solo host. New listeners can enjoy the full archive of early episodes and then seamlessly transition into the current era of the show. Enjoy and stay scary!
NOTE TO LISTENERS:
When That Was Pretty Scary first launched in 2023, it began as a joint venture between Jon Lee Brody and Freddie Prinze Jr. In 2025, after 102 episodes together, Freddie departed the show and JLB continued on as the solo host. New listeners can enjoy the full archive of early episodes and then seamlessly transition into the current era of the show. Enjoy and stay scary!
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
53 minutes
English
United States
194 episodes
since March 8, 2023
episodic
explicit content
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
JLB is joined by SARAH NICKLIN and going back to the year 1987 with The Monster Squad! Today's TWPS Listener Pick was chosen by Brook4tini4real.
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Today's listener pick is courtesy of Ellie Quinn and Laura Daly. Thanks to them we head back to Woodsboro by way of Hollywood and compare the reception of Scream 3 back in 2000 vs now. JLB also unwraps all of the messages that are present in this underrated threequel.
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JLB revisits the Oscar winning movie The Silence of the Lambs; he unwraps all of themes and talks about how the movie really is a slasher wearing the skin of a prestige crime thriller.
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JLB gets more insight into the once forgotten gem from 1989 BLADES when he speaks to THOMAS RONDINELLA (writer/director/producer) and co-writer/producer WILLIAM PACE. The two talk about writing the script in 9 days, all of the challenges with production and the renaissance it has gotten recently.
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It's BATMAN DAY! And to celebrate this, JLB sits down with writer HENRY GILROY who wrote the Batman Animated Series episode 'Nothing to Fear' famous for debuting The Scarecrow and containing the ultimate Batman mic drop of "I am vengeance. I am the night. I am Batman'. Henry shares behind the scene…
JLB sits with ARKIRA CHANTARTANANOND who stars in Blumhouse's latest horror romance movie 'The Last Kiss'. She talks about bringing life to her character, her background in computer science and what Asian American representation means to her.
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JLB welcomes director/writer YOKO OKUMURA to TWPS this week, The two discuss Yoko's early work, her 2022 feature 'Unseen' and her latest venture 'The Last Kiss' that stars McKenna Grace and hails from Blumhouse.
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'The Last Kiss' is available NOW on VOD!
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JLB breaks down Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk's summer camp horror comedy "Hell of a Summer' and why summer camp is cinema's sociological experiment.
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C.H.U.D. is both 80's b-movie excellence and quite possibly the best acronym in horror history and has a direct tie in to Jordan Peele's horror legacy.
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JLB sits down with ALEX ULLOM, the director/writer of Neon's 'It Ends'. Alex talks about his long journey making the film, what motivated him to do so and how he made a powerpoint to convince his parents to pursue filmmaking.
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