Fear is the mind-killer, but it's also an essential part of storytelling. So face your fears with us as we explore what haunts the darkest dreams of characters and audiences and why. We delve into a world of madness, trauma, anguish and terror. We also drink tea and talk about The Lion King.

Mentioned in this podcast:

• The Time Machine
• The Secret of NIMH
• The Hunger Games
• Hamlet
• Dragonheart
• World War Z
• The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Death Becomes Her
• Interview with the Vampire
• Arachnophobia
• Snakes on a Plane
• Jaws
• The Birds
• Vertigo
• It
• Alien
• Hard Times
• Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde
• The Hulk
• X-Men
• Twilight
• The Scarlet Letter
• Keeping Up Appearances
• The Lion King
• Night of the Living Dead
• The Will of the Woods
• Doctor Who
• The Hobbit
• Great Expectations
• Beautiful Boy
• How To Train Your Dragon
• Avatar
• Dune
• 300

People mentioned:

• Brandon Sanderson
• Margaret Weis
• Tracy Hickman
• Jim Carrey
• Steven Spielberg
• William Shakespeare
• Oscar Wilde
• Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Anne Rice
• Alfred Hitchcock
• Charles Dickens