Be Afraid

Chart trend

Position in the Film Interviews chart (US), last 90 days.

#1#84#166JunJulAugSep

all-time peak

days in the top 3 since Nov 2024

Latest episodes

Showing 17 · updated from the feed

Be Afraid Bonus Episode 5: Chad and Carey Hayes

This week on Be Afraid, we offer you a bonus episode in the form of a full-length, unedited interview with Chad and Carey Hayes. The Hayeses are twin brothers who launche

Oct 23 2024
1 h 23 min

Be Afraid Bonus Episode 4: Pete Docter

This week on Be Afraid, we offer you a bonus episode in the form of a full-length, unedited interview with Pete Docter. Docter is a filmmaker, animator, and voice actor.

Oct 17 2024
1 h 16 min

Be Afraid Bonus Episode 3: Scott Teems

Sometimes, there’s safety in numbers. This week on Be Afraid, we offer you a bonus episode in the form of a full-length, unedited interview with Scott Teems. Scott is a s

Oct 9 2024
1 h 02 min

Be Afraid Bonus Episode 2: Mac Brandt

Mac Brandt discusses horror, race, and playing the bad guy. This week on Be Afraid, we offer you a bonus episode in the form of a full-length, unedited interview with Mac

Oct 2 2024
1 h 03 min

Be Afraid Bonus Episode 1: Tony Hale

This week on Be Afraid, we offer you a bonus episode in the form of a full-length unedited interview with none other than Tony Hale. Tony is an actor and producer known f

Sep 24 2024
57 min

Now I Know What A Ghost Is: Unfinished Business

This week on Be Afraid, we bring our season of horror to a close just as everyone imagined it would end - with a Christmas special. Join us as we share scary ghost storie

Dec 22 2023
1 h 05 min

We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes

This week on Be Afraid, we not only watch, but listen to the ways in which slasher films make us feel about random acts of violence. We also compare slashers to body horr

Dec 8 2023
1 h 18 min

There Are No Gods, Only Teeth

This week on Be Afraid, we take a look at cosmic horror, exploring the monsters we make in our quest to control that which is uncontrollable. Could it be that a world exi

Dec 1 2023
1 h 06 min

It’s Coming From Inside the House

This week on Be Afraid, we move from toys that come alive when we’re not looking to dolls who are possessed by Satan himself. Along the way, we think about all the footag

Nov 17 2023
53 min

We Toys Can See Everything … So Play Nice

This week on Be Afraid, we take a lighthearted jaunt through a number of kids’ movies, exploring how they so often use tropes taken directly from the horror genre in orde

Nov 10 2023
1 h 04 min

Hell is only a word. The reality is much, much worse

This week on Be Afraid, we consider both our fear of and fascination with the world of the demonic, asking what it means to be delivered from the supernatural evil that a

Nov 3 2023
1 h 06 min

This Is as Close to Hell as I Ever Wanna Get

This week on Be Afraid, we break the fourth wall, moving from the world of horror fiction to the world of nonfiction. As we do, we consider the real stuff, the stuff movi

Oct 27 2023
51 min

What an Excellent Day for an Exorcism

This week on Be Afraid, we consider the ways in which Supernatural Horror helps us fear rightly by offering an invitation to see and acknowledge the reality of supernatur

Oct 20 2023
1 h 09 min

What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?

This week on Be Afraid, we walk through the various sub-genres of horror and consider the ways in which different kinds of horror films not only reflect our wide-ranging

Oct 13 2023
1 h 18 min

I See Dead People

This week on Be Afraid, we take a hard look at the origin of our fears and consider whether films in the horror genre might actually help us face those fears rather than

Oct 6 2023
1 h 02 min

Season One Introduction

After the global pandemic shut down theaters, production studios like Blumhouse and A24 provided a shot in the arm to box offices around the world with the success of hor

Sep 29 2023
33 min

Be Afraid - Trailer

Hosted by Dr. Kutter Callaway, Be Afraid is an exploration of fear, faith, and stories that scare the hell out of us. You’ll hear from filmmakers, film critics, psycholog

Aug 29 2023
2 min

Chart positions

Where Be Afraid ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 4, 2026).

#56 ▼ 8 Film Interviews US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

As a person who does not delight in the horror film genre. I’ve always just seemed to leave movies like this with a feeling of deep dread. Like the evil gripped me. As a Christ follower this podcast makes a lot of that make sense. The idea of horror forcing us to deal with deep seated emotions and realities is thought provoking. It makes you ask the question. What am I afraid of? To think Christ redeeming power can be found even with in the plots of horror film. What an amazing thought! My God is so big he redeems even the most vile of us all. And to think the potential of that kind of evil may lay wait inside of us all. As CS Lewis once stated. “ the line of good and evil runs straight through the human heart. “ truly a great production!

tellis478 · May 2025

I’m very excited about this podcast because it continually elevates oblique perspectives of faith and religion without being overly religious. Quite a balancing act. I’m impressed with just how many nuggets of wisdom pop out to my mind. Many of which are seeds which might inform a sermon or bible study or deeper appreciation of a frightening movie, book, or benign experience. I’m very pleased with this show.

cesspresso · Feb 2025

I love that CT is looking at horror movies from a Christian perspective. As a Christian and someone who enjoys the genre, I’ve seen people regard the the two topics as oil and water, so I am very thankful that this podcast exists. It examines the good of recognizing evil and the various forms that fear takes. As is mentioned in the intro episode, we are currently a society riddled with fear and anxiety, I think looking at horror movies is an easy way to start thinking about and addressing our deeper fears and learning how to “fear rightly”. I genuinely get excited when I wake up on Friday and know the next episode is up!

RockNth3KosMos · Sep 2024

This is a well done podcast examining the intersections between faith and horror. Loved every episode! I appreciated the thoughtful consideration of how horror can indeed help us consider important existential questions, even for thoughtful Christians. I would love to see a second season!

Bear in Boise · Jul 2024

We strive to present a balanced view by showing a diverse range of reviews from Apple Podcasts.