Behind the Scenes: SCARE ME - Interview with Josh Ruben

<p>Here's the headline, in our interview with Josh Ruben writer/director/star of the new feature <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10126434/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0"><em>SCARE ME</em></a>, Rob is 95% sure Josh tells him he's good looking. To be sure, you'll need to listen for yourself.  For added hilarity, you can see the live reaction when Rob *thinks* that Josh tells him he's good looking.  Imagine when Charlie sees that he's found the golden ticket.</p> <h2>So <em>SCARE ME...</em></h2> <p>Two writers of varying success, end up holed up in a cabin in the middle of nowhere, after a power outage has thwarted their plans to spend the weekend writing in solitude. To pass the time, the pair decide to have a "scare off" of sorts, to see who reigns as the best storyteller.  Tensions build as feelings of inferiority creep in, for one of the two.</p> <p>What you'll love is the films clever weaving together of both horror and comedy tropes, that have your heart racing one minute and questioning why you're laughing the next.</p> <h2><a href="https://www.alternateending.com/?s=josh+ruben">Josh Ruben</a> as Fred</h2> <p><em>SCARE ME</em> is Josh Ruben's first feature film and he has a lot on the line.  For some, that might mean searching for purpose or a sense of life's meaning.  For others, it could be the one shot they're giving themselves before they decide to sell their soul to corporate America (<em>like me</em>).  But no, I'm not talking about any of that.  I'm talking about cold hard cash.  Josh li-ter-ally cashed out his 401K to make this movie.... let's pause there for a second...</p> <p>...I immediately internalized this information. "What if Rob had a big dream, would I support him cashing out our life savings, because I know it means everything in the world to him?" "Am I the kind of spouse that recognizes that life is short and that we should embrace the now, because we might save our whole lives and then fall off a bridge and never enjoy it?"</p> <p>After carefully evaluating I decided that no, no I am definite