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A horror expert and two horror novices discover how to be scared by watching horror films and their ilk. With Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan.
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The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
How far would you go to get Prince Charming? Hopefully not this far…Join Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan as they delve into Emilie Blichfeldt’s reimagined Aschenputtel, walk a…
Ginger Snaps (2000)
Menstruation may cause wolf-ish behaviours, who knew?Join Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan as they watch and explore Ginger Snaps, the Canadian horror for the Nu-Metal…
Stranger Things (2016-25)
It turns out Stranger Things HAVE happened!This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel to Hawkins, Indiana to find out just how badly things can go wrong when a young boy…
Krampus (2015)
Happy (bloody) Christmas!!!This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan visit an idyllic American Christmas to find out what happens when you accidentally summon an evil spirt to…
Frankenstein (1931)
The movie that’s been scaring people for a century!This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel back to 1931, somewhere in the Bavarian Alps for their first encounter with…
Frankenstein (2025)
If you’re looking for a family melodrama with added blood and guts, you’ve come to the right place!This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel back to an undefined time in…
Barbarian (2022)
Listen to this podcast before you book an AirBnB!This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel to Detroit for their most spoiler filled and possibly scariest episode to…
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Don’t fall asleep! If you do, you might be killed in an elaborate and disgusting way. This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel back to 1984 to see just how badly things…
Jaws (1975)
Travel to Amity Island, USA for a 4th July weekend with added bite. This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan watch the film that put sharks on the map and made a generation…
Dracula at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre (2025)
This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan leave the safety of the cinema and head to the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre for a live encounter with Dracula! A new stage production that…
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Hush (1999)
After a summer of horror... We’re back! This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel to Sunnydale a sleepy town in Southern California where all is just as it seems… or is…
Ep: 21 Prince of Darkness (1987)
This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan return to the Prince Charles Cinema to continue their journey into John Carpenter’s apocalypse trilogy.Is that Satan or a slushie…
Ep: 20 Se7en (1995)
This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel to a miscellaneous American city to watch as Madonna’s favourite video director reinvents the grisly police drama.Is this the…
Ep: 19 Psycho (1960)
This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan visit Phoenix, Arizona and then quickly leave with $40,000 in the boot of their car. Join them as they watch Alfred Hitchcock’s…
Ep: 18 Near Dark (1987)
YeeHaw! This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel to rural Oklahoma to witness the birth of the sexy vampire, in Kathryn Bigelow’s genre melding directorial debut.Is this…
Ep: 17 Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan settle down for their third vampire movie and their first encounter with Dracula himself! Is that the worst English accent ever?What’s…
Ep: 16 Nosferatu (1922)
This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan return to the Prince Charles cinema to see the original 1922, silent Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror - once again accompanied by a live…
Ep: 15 The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel to a medical supply warehouse in Kentucky to find out what can happen when a government experiment goes seriously wrong!Should we…
Ep: 14 Scream (1996)
This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel to a small town full of massive houses to learn how to survive a horror film.Is Drew Barrymore actually in this movie?Will anyone…
Ep: 13 Witchfinder General (1968)
This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan step back to the English Civil War to a time when people really were very horrible indeed.Could Stearne and Hopkins be a hot new comedy…
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