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PODCAST

How To Be Scared

How To Be Scared

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.Music provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

tv & film film history

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1:04:42

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

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2025/10/30

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 they be scared?Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on

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1:17:08

Jaws (1975)

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2025/10/24

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 all the barrels?Will they need a bigger boat?But most importantly, will they be scared?Recorded on the anniversary of our

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1:06:40

Dracula at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre (2025)

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2025/10/16

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 coffin with your name on?But most importantly, will they be scared?Please like, subscribe and follow us on

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1:16:34

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Hush (1999)

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2025/10/02

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 and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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1:01:55

Ep: 21 Prince of Darkness (1987)

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2025/08/21

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! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:05:55

Ep: 20 Se7en (1995)

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2025/08/07

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, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See

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Ep: 19 Psycho (1960)

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2025/07/24

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 importantly, will they be scared?Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca /

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1:13:44

Ep: 18 Near Dark (1987)

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2025/06/19

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! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:16:39

Ep: 17 Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

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2025/06/12

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! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:04:35

Ep: 16 Nosferatu (1922)

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2025/06/06

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 instagram! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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Ep: 15 The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

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2025/05/22

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! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep: 14 Scream (1996)

How To Be Scared ·

2025/05/15

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! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:02:46

Ep: 13 Witchfinder General (1968)

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2025/04/03

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! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep: 12 The VVitch (2015)

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2025/03/28

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! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ep: 11 Identity (2003)

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2025/03/21

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 instagram! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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Ep: 10 And Then There Were None (1945)

How To Be Scared ·

2025/03/13

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, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See

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Ep: 9 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

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2025/03/06

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 and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See

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Ep: 8 The Thing (1982)

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2025/02/13

This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan take a second trip to Antarctica to grapple with The Thing - this time, in colour. John Carpenter’s sci-fi horror masterpiece was on Dan’s ‘Maybe too scary’ list, so pray Bethany and Chris won’t be overcome with fear...Can I train my dog NOT to do that?Where are all the women?Am I the thing? Are you?But most importantly, will they be scared?Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5

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EP: 7 Häxan (1922)

How To Be Scared ·

2025/01/27

This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan visit the Prince Charles Cinema to see silent, occult masterpiece Häxan. Join them as they delve into witchcraft through the ages.What is Satan doing with that milk churn?Is it ok to laugh?That can’t really be Swedish for ’Ending’ can it?But most importantly, will they be scared?Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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Ep 6: Nosferatu (2024)

How To Be Scared ·

2025/01/09

Romeo, Romeo… Nosferatu? This week Daniel Vallender, Bethany Sharp and Christopher Ryan travel to the cinema IRL to see their most up-to-date film yet - Robert Eggers’ terrifying remake of the 1922 silent classic.How do you get from Romania to Germany by boat?Is this just Dracula with a moustache?Why are there so many cats?But most importantly, will they be scared?Please like, subscribe and follow us on instagram! @howtobescaredpodMusic provided by euca / Pond5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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