Dalton Deschain & Dylan Roth

Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe? with Dylan & Dalton

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Looking for more new episodes? Check out The Pod Universe with Dylan & Dalton! In 2017, Universal Studios announced the birth of a new shared universe of monster movies, bringing their classic horror icons into the contemporary franchise film landscape. But after the critical and financial failure of its first installment, the project was indefinitely abandoned. In 2022, the powers that be have called upon one pulp horror devotee and one snarky film critic to unearth the concept. Over the course of three years and 70 episodes, Dalton Deschain and Dylan Roth completed this daunting task with in...

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Dalton Deschain & Dylan Roth

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Prelude to The Dark Legion: House of Dracula 27.11.2022 1:30:10

SPOILER ALERT! This episode is our brainstorming session in which we break down the story and character objectives for our first major crossover. Since we're figuring out this story together instead of one of us pitching a finished idea to the other, as usual, that means we're going to be spoiling major details about the next two episodes. If you want to enjoy the creative process along with us, g...

Jekyll x Hyde 13.11.2022 1:16:45

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains a brief scene depicting an attempted suicide. Skip from timestamp 36:00 to 36:20 if this is something you'd prefer not to hear. Dylan takes a swing at writing psychological horror, modernizing Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" and setting it in our Dark Universe. What has Russell Crowe's Jekyll been up to since "The Mumm...

The Invisible Man 30.10.2022 1:10:18

The Dark Universe takes an unexpected turn, as Dalton pitches a kooky comedy take on The Invisible Man starring John C. Reilly! And, no kidding, it's a pivotal entry in the franchise. It's our wildest episode yet! CORRECTION: Tiffany Haddish is only 42 years old, which is still older than Dylan had originally thought, but still a decade younger than Regina Hall. Follow us on Twitter @DarkUniverseP...

The Wolf Man 16.10.2022 1:04:11

It's Dylan's first turn at pitching a movie, and he's arrived with a 41-page scriptment for a new Wolf Man starring Amber Midthunder, Mason Gooding, and Jon Bernthal! But remember how he was deriding The Mummy for not being a horror movie? Well, he's got some explaining to do. CORRECTIONS: For whatever reason, Dylan mispronounces "Prodigium" this entire episode. It should be "pro-DIJ-ee-um." Follo...

Frankenstein 02.10.2022 1:07:57

It's our first movie pitch episode, and Dalton has arrived with a brooding new adaptation/sequel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, starring the Dark Universe's hand-picked leading man, Javier Bardem. Can our team steer the franchise into a more interesting direction? And what will the studio have to say about it? The NEW new world of gods and monsters starts HERE! Follow Dalton on Twitter @DaltonDes...

The Mummy 02.10.2022 1:03:05

Introducing: ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK UNIVERSE? Dylan and Dalton have been assigned to pick up the Dark Universe where it left off, and unfortunately that means revisiting the 2017 disaster that started (and ended) it all. Is the Tom Cruise-led, Alex Kurtzman-helmed flop as bad as it's made out to be? What elements are salvagable for our ongoing narrative, and what details are our storytellers g...