This week on Working the Fright Shift, we’re joined by sound designer Dan Bieranowski, our featured Fear Architect whose sonic sorcery has rattled walls and spines across haunted attractions and immersive experiences. From guttural growls to spectral whispers, Dan crafts the invisible architecture of dread—using frequency, distortion, and silence to summon fear from the shadows.
In our Horror Blueprint segment, we tune into the psychology of a classic example of fear, dissecting how horror manipulates emotion and amplifies terror.
Then, in Echoes of the Past, I explore the legacy of horrors of long ago—and how those eerie echoes shaped my own creative path.
Dim the lights and crank the subwoofer…