Scare Me may not be the scariest film of the year. But, it’s certainly one of the most laughable films this year.
The film stars Josh Ruben and Aya Cash as two authors in a cabin telling their most creative scary stories. Also, Chris Redd appears in the film as a pizza delivery man, who crashes their storytelling.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Fred (Josh Ruben), a frustrated copywriter, checks into a winter cabin to start his first novel. While jogging in the nearby woods, he meets Fanny (Aya Cash), a successful and smug young horror author who fuels his insecurities. During a power outage, Fanny challenges Fred to tell a scary story. As a storm sets in, they pass the time spinning spooky tales fueled by the tensions between them, and Fred is forced to confront his ultimate fear: Fanny is the better storyteller. The stakes are raised when they’re visited by a horror fan (Chris Redd) who delivers levity (and a pizza) to the proceedings.
Ruben makes his directorial feature film debut on this metafictional horror-comedy about the pleasures and perils of storytelling and the game’s power to exercise social demons.
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LRM Online’s Gig Patta exclusively interviewed actors Josh Ruben and Chris Redd. We talked about the comedy, Aya Cash, and the dancing/singing sequence.
Josh Ruben is one of the founding members of the CollegeHumor’s “Originals,” in which he directed and starred in hundreds of comedic shorts that amassed millions and millions of views. Additionally, he directed sketches for The Late Late Show with James Corden and episodes of TruTV’s Adam Ruins Everything. He helmed several commercials from Geico to Comedy to Central to DiGiorno pizza campaign with Jay Pharoah.
Chris Redd is a regular cast member and his third season with Saturday Night Live. He won an Emmy in 2018 for the original song “Come Back Barack.” His big-screen debut was with Judd Apatow/Lonely Island film Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, then re-teamed with Apatow for Netflix series Love. Also, he starred alongside Kathy Bates in Chuck Lorre’s Netflix series Disjointed. His other credits included Detroiters, Wet Hot American Summer, A Futile & Stupid Gesture, Handsome, and Deep Murder.
Scare Me streams on Shudder starting Thursday, October 1st, just in time for Halloween month.
Watch the exclusive interview below and let us know what you think.
Source: LRM Online Exclusive, Scare Me