Interview with the Hosts of the Scarifyer Podcast

-I’m Ace, so Scarifyer was originally started by The Gov and I. For years we’d hang out either just with us or with other friends and get into these huge epic discussions about horror movies and the horror genre. And by the end we’d always say “we should’ve recorded that”. In the spring of 2019 we decided to stop talking about it and do it.

-The Gov here! Our concept was we wanted to make “That Metal Show” for horror. Fans who have an open and honest discussion about all things horror. Without the fear of ridicule because of differing opinions. We went on for a while just Ace and I. But something was missing. That’s when Quinn enters the story.

-Quinn: Hi, I’m Quinn! I actually was working with Gov when we met and started talking about movies, namely horror. He and Ace were going to see the new Invisible man film and they invited me. After we all started talking about it and they asked if I wanted to guest on the podcast, I said sure. We recorded it and something clicked and they decided to keep me!

-Ace: In the early 90’s, I was always fascinated with the horror section at the now extinct blockbuster video store. And my older cousins were all watching the slasher movies from the 80″s, so obviously I wanted to watch too. Well my parents being the great parents they are, clearly were not about to allow their five year old to watch such movies. But what they did do, so I wouldn’t feel left out is rent me the classic Universal Monster movies.

-The Gov: Classic horror films were always a staple in our house. On Top of that, I don’t know many six or seven year olds who would rent VHS copies of The Monster Squad and Return of Swamp Thing every week. I also had an older brother who would allow me to watch classic slasher movies (Halloween, Scream, Elm St. etc..) when my parents weren’t around. Then I met a friend around age ten who was very much into horror. After that, the jack was out of the box for me.

-Quinn: My dad introduced me to Creature of the black lagoon when I was around 7 and I fell in love with it. It got me curious about other films in the genre so I started seeking them out, sometimes sneaking them haha, but my parents also loved Elvira so it was kind of always around me I just wasnt’t fully aware till a little later.

-Ace: We review movies old, new, and in every sub-genre. We do interviews with celebrities and cross promote with other podcasts. We’ll discuss current horror news if it’s relevant to what’s going on with our show. A typical show breaks down to an open forum discussion. We have some structure. We try to come up with funny intros, The Gov will give a backstory on the production of the film, and at the end we all rank what we thought of the movie on a 0-5 scale.

-Quinn: We very much like to keep the show light and fun, we have a good time recording and we want the listener to enjoy as well. The show definitely has a unique flavor to it. We aren’t three professors lecturing about the structure of films and such, we’re just three nerds with mics in our hands!

-The Gov: The show was originally called Pods and Monsters. In fact our theme song we still use to this day is the same from when we were going by that name. But after about three shows we found out that that name had already been trademarked. So after a long frustrating night, exhausting all possibilities. I came up with Scarifyer which is a play on the title of the movie Terrifier, which was the very first movie review we ever did. I told Ace we have to call it that. It’s a unique name and it ties back to our foundation.

-PH: Who are some of your favorite people you’ve interviewed so far? Who would be the person you would want to interview the most on the show?

-Quinn: That’s a hard one! We’ve talked to so many talented wonderful people, one of the best I think would be Adam Marcus. He’s such a funny, energetic guy who is so inspirational. Another would be Andre Gower, I forgot we were doing an interview and felt like we were just chatting with a friend. My dream interview would be the mistress of the dark herself, Elvira. I’d cry.

-Ace: We all do our own research to prepare. Then on recording day we’ll take an hour or so to discuss our research, we’ll create talking points, and we hit record and see where it takes us.

-The Gov: Honestly not much. I believe there’s a fine line between under prepared and over prepared. We are so comfortable with each other now, we can really rely on that no matter what we will have a good outcome when those mics are on.

-Quinn: Well, we got to talk to Lisa Wilcox and I was super nervous so I picked a spot on the wall, which has a Jason poster on it coincidentally, and said “Lisa Wilcox of Friday the 13th!” Luckily she started laughing but my face dropped and i just kept saying oh god oh god! I kept apologizing but she was so cool about it.

-The Gov: The time Quinn almost killed Kyle, our production assistant over which sucked more. Jason Goes to Hell or Jason X.

-Ace: I was shocked that we spoke with Adam Marcus for almost four hours. He was our first major celebrity interview and I was only expecting maybe an hour /hour and a half and we just went on this epic four hour conversation, it was incredible.

-PH: Speaking of surprises, any special plans for future shows? Any surprises coming up for your fans?

-Ace: Well it wouldn’t be much of a surprise if we told everybody what was coming up next haha.

-PH: Lol! Had to try! So here’s your chance to promote anything we haven’t talked about. Let us know something more about yourselves, the podcast, certain episodes, where people can find you, or anything else you would like to mention.