How To Be Scared

We’re back and we’ve made a Horror Film!  This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan have been taking part in the 666 Short Film Challenge - presented by the Independent Horror Society. And we’re pleased to say that our film ‘The Grazing of the Trow’ has been selected to be screened at the Genesis Cinema in Whitechapel on Saturday 8th August! Tickets are available now! htt...

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 mile in the ‘ugly’ stepsister’s shoes and enjoy the best hair and makeup of the year.  Where does the name Cinders come from? What is the best way to remove a tapeworm? Why is everyone pretending t...

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 generation. Do all teenage goths sleep in basements? Is this the most realistic depiction of girls playing hockey on film?  Do period products usually come with a free calendar? But most importantly, will t...

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 gets lost in the woods. They watch the first episode, one from the middle and the finale to see those children grow up in super fast time. How many people does it take to build a meat-spider? How could...

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 drag your family to hell.  Is this a movie or a flick? Do all catholic schools teach paganism? Does anyone speak German? But most importantly, will they be scared? Please like, subscribe and follow...

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 the iconic Boris Karloff and the look that has inspired generations of halloween costumes. Which one is Victor? Why does he keep locking the door? Just to be clear, is it alive? But most importantly, wi...

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 the 19th Century thanks to Guillermo del Toro’s reimagining of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel. Perhaps the greatest work of fiction ever written by an 18 year old genius in a snowstorm. Is this whole mess t...

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 date. Should you drink a bottle of wine before a job interview? Do you need planning permission for a dungeon? Where is she getting the milk? But most importantly, will they be scared? Please like, subscrib...

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 can go wrong if the police forget to sign a search warrant.  Could this be a children’s film? Exactly how big IS that boiler room? Do dreams come from your chin? But most importantly, will th...

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 scared to go into the water.  Fondly remembered as the first summer blockbuster and also ‘the greatest movie ever made’ according to Quentin Tarantino.  Can you arrest a shark? What’s with...

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 reimagines Bram Stoker’s classic novel. Directed by Emma Baggott and written by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm. Can a play be a horror movie? Is it a good idea to sit on the front row? Is it nice to find a coff...

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 it? Join them as they ask:  Was Bethany’s Mum right to ban this? Why do all the vampires know Kung-Fu? What is the best Top-Trump? But most importantly, will they be scared? Please like, subscribe a...

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 machine? Have you seen Susan? Is the title sequence still going? But most importantly, will they be scared? Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpod Music provided by euca / Pond...

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 most horrible film they’ve seen yet? Will they ever use a library again? Is that all Gwyneth Paltrow gets to say? But most importantly, will they be scared? (Also, what’s in the box?) Please like, subscr...

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 masterpiece which presumably decimated the motel industry.  Will they ever take a shower again? Is milk and sandwiches an acceptable dinner?  What is that Busta Rhymes song called?  But most imp...

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 really a western? That child can’t be smoking, can they? Is that the guy from Aliens? But most importantly, will they be scared? Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpod Mu...

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 the difference between a witch and a warlock?  Did Dan steal that DVD? But most importantly, will they be scared? Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpod Music p...

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 score from Hugo Max. Will there be any cats? Is this cinema’s best vampire? Can you ever trust an estate agent? But most importantly, will they be scared? Please like, subscribe and follow us on instag...

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 all be eating brains? Do Bert and Ernie have a dark secret? How many windows does this morgue have? But most importantly, will they be scared? Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howt...

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 say “I’ll be right back”? Is that the Fonz? But most importantly, will they be scared? Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpod Music provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on A...

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 duo? Is that an Edgar Allan Poe poem? Why are people in Suffolk so nasty? But most importantly, will they be scared? Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpod Music provided...

This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel back to 1630s America for their second Robert Eggers film, the spooky VVitch, a New-England Folktale. Do you remember glass? How puritan is too puritan? (Asking for a friend) Is it pronounced Veeeeitch? But most importantly, will they be scared? Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpod Music provided...

This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan get stuck in a desolate Nevada motel where all is not as it seems. Or is it? Or is it not? Does this have anything to do with Agatha Christie? Is this podcast built on an ancient burial ground? Is there really a podcast, or is it all in their head? But most importantly, will we be scared? Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagr...

This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel to a mysterious Devonshire island for a murderous Agatha Christie adaptation. The book gave Bethany a fright. Will the film be just as chilling? Join them as they ask: What’s going on in that woodshed? Who is looking after the cat? Will they make it to the end of the podcast? But most importantly, will we be scared? Please like,...

This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan have been replaced by sentient plants, sent to earth to record charming and delightful podcasts. We will continue to record the podcast and live our lives as if nothing has changed. Can we trust Mr Spock? Is it safe to own a pot plant? Are we pod people? Or podcast people? But most importantly, will we be scared? Please like, subscribe...