Episode 098: What Horror Films Can Teach Us with Pete Turner
About this episode
The episode explores how horror films can inform teaching, parenting, and creativity through the lens of fear and imperfection.
What can a great horror film teach us about sharper teaching, braver parenting, and better creative work? We sit down with Dr. Pete Turner—senior lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and author of books on The Blair Witch Project and found footage horror—to unpack how fear, craft, and constraint can sharpen our focus and help us let go of perfection. Pete traces his path from running around the neighborhood with a camcorder to researching how found footage techniques steer the viewer’s mind...
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