<p>Back from the dead! The Fear is back for a one off spooky special, recorded on socially distant Zoom in the strange time of October 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>Writer WILL MACLEAN (<em>The Cunning Woman, High Strangeness</em>) discusses his debut novel&nbsp;<em>The Apparition Phase</em>, described by Alice Lowe as “horror for the connoisseur”.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>We do a (very) deep-dive on his love for 1972s THE STONE TAPE, a sonic ghost story starring Jane Asher and&nbsp;Michael Bryant that still has the power to chill your blood.&nbsp;We also unpack his childhood fear of being stranded on an alien planet, and muse on the very real fear of going mad in mad times.&nbsp;</p><br><p>PLUS: Horror’s often problematic representation of mental illness, and why we take comfort in scary movies in a pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;Including: Doctor Who, The Fortean Times, Usbourne Guide To The Supernatural: Ghosts, Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, Saint Maud, The Shining, Rosemary’s Baby, The Yellow Wallpaper, They Live, Lovecraft Country, HR James and Shirley Jackson. Look, we’ve been indoors for a while, alright?</p><br><p>Will on Instagram: @willmacwriting&nbsp;</p><p>Find us on @thefearpodcast&nbsp;</p><br><p>The Fear is a podcast where funny people talk about the things that scare us. In each episode comedy writer Sarah Morgan (@sarahlmorgan) asks her guests to bring in three fears - a scary moment from film or tv; a fear from their childhood, and a fear they live with now. It's Spooktacular! The theme music and production is by Tim Bazell.&nbsp;</p><br><p>This programme is a member of The Great Big Owl Network. (insert spooky owl noise here)&nbsp;</p><br><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>