Donna Tha Dead Podcast

On this episode I’m talking all about Eli Roth's Thanksgiving (2023). Not to worry, it is a spoiler free review. I also get a tiny rant in about the holidays but really it’s mostly a slasher TED talk. Bring your plates and come sit at the table with me and The Carver. For this episode, the artist on my podcast playlist is Chuck and Chuckles. Game Over Man! Game Over! tee in profile pic by DethInk...

On this episode, I am getting excited to see Eli Roth's Thanksgiving and wanted to have a short list of some other films that take place during that holiday time. Be it an escaped slasher visiting a family for some turkey, killer twin fun with cranberry sauce, a little modified turkey meat, a killer bird or some rabid Black Friday shoppers. Pull up a chair and fix a plate of some weird holiday...

On this episode, I put the question out in the Instaverse of who are some of your favorite Black horror characters? You guys did not disappoint and I'm sharing all the choices to close out my Blacktober series. Thank you to all who answered and I really appreciate your participation. On this episode, the artist on my podcast playlist is Kendrick Lamar. Game Over Man! Game Over! tee in profile...

On this episode continuing my Blacktober series and I'm discussing the Juel Taylor directed, They Cloned Tyrone (2023). Although it is listed as a sci-fi, comedy, mystery film there are lots of horrific things afoot in The Glen. Government conspiracies, clones and an unusual trio of heroes in this one. Come with me in the hidden elevator to check out all the behind the scenes innerworkings. FYI, I...

On this episode, continuing my Blacktober series with the Wes Craven directed, The People Under the Stairs. This one has a young black teen, Fool, who is in this modern day urban twist on Jack and the Beanstalk but instead of a giant we have Mommy and Daddy, a seriously messed up couple. I also discuss the perils of gentrification and why he is one of my favorite protagonists in horror films. For...

On this episode, I'm breaking down and reviewing the 2011 sci-fi, action, comedy, horror film Attack the Block. What happens when a teenage gang encounters an alien invasion in South London? I think the real question is what doesn't happen. If you think your teenage years were rough, I promise it doesn't even come close to what these kids are dealing with on this Guy Fawkes Night. For...

On this episode, I'm discussing the 1974 blaxploitation classic, Sugar Hill. A female driven horror revenge film that is a must watch! I gush about Marki Bey, Richard Lawson, zombie makeup and my love for wicker chairs. I also go on about the reason why this is an absolute banger of a horror flick. The first in my Blacktober love fest of films. For this episode, the artist on my podcast playli...

On this episode, I'm breaking down and reviewing Creepshow 2. Spooky month is approaching so why not revisit this horror anthology film. Giant Venus Flytraps, vengeful wooden statues, a murderous blob and a bloody hitchhiker that just won't stay dead. Come sit next to me all cozy like while I talk about this film and explain why I cannot take the animated Creep seriously. For this episode,...

On this episode, I'm talking about some of my favorite trucks and cars in horror films. We recently had to get a newer car and the whole ordeal was horrific, so of course that made my horror brain go to the homicidal vehicles in horror films. Terrifying trucks, possessed automobiles and I spill the beans on my very first ride that thankfully did not have a mind of its own and wasn't sentient, at l...

On this episode, it's my two year anniversary this week and I am sharing some responses from a question I posted on Instagram asking what is your favorite horror movie, horror icon or scene in a horror movie. You guys did not disappoint at all and had such wonderful choices, so this is my lovefest to all who answered! Also substitute the word season for anniversary, I don't believe in seas...

On this episode, since the writers and now actors strike is ongoing, I wanted to make a short list of the writers in horror films that I love. Whether in captivity, dealing with ghosts, doing some murder mystery sleuthing, dodging a serial killer or possibly bringing on the end of the world, their words have power! Also I give a little love to some real life writers I've had the pleasure of in...

On this episode, I'm talking about some of my favorite horror phone calls. Be it a slasher, vengeful ghost or a haunted place, these phone calls are to die for, pun intended. Personally, I'm a texter not a talker and these calls in horror are a big reason why I don't like to pick up the phone. Plus you get to hear a tale of my own real life scary phone call and I also have a few honora...

On this episode, I'm giving a spoiler filled review/rundown of The Return of the Living Dead (1985). This is one of the funniest horror comedies and one that gave me such a fright when seeing brain eating zombies, especially the gooey Tarman. Trioxin toxin, a group of punk rock friends in a cemetery, a nude Linnea Quigley dance, lots of spicy brain action and a punk rock soundtrack. Do you wan...

On this episode, I'm throwing out some summer horror movie titles for you to check out. Just a list of slashers, cannibalistic families, flesh eating viruses, adult movie makers, lots of traveling twenty somethings, family road trips, kids in peril and some water phobias. You know, hot fun in the summertime, horror style. Spoilerish free and under thirty minutes. For this episode, the song Sud...

On this episode, I'm discussing some new horror content dropping in June on the big and small screen. From a boogeyman in the closet to a new mother's fears. A seance with a few friends, a teen mad scientist and a group of melanated friends trying to dodge a killer. Come give it a listen and I promise to hold your hand in the dark if you get scared. For this episode, the song is Junebug by...

On this episode, I'm wrapping up my Miike May by talking about some of the items that are in smaller doses but had a huge impact. The controversial Masters of Horror episode, Imprint (2006). The segment Box in the film Three Extremes (2000), both of his television series, MPD Psycho (2000) and Connect (2022). Some of these are definitely not for the faint of heart and can be triggering. Even t...

On this episode, I'm discussing Yakuza Apocalypse. A martial arts, horror, comedy, fantasy extravaganza film that only Takashi Miike could make. So many things in this film from Yakuza vampires, people with melting brains and a pretty bad ass costumed frog with some Bruce Lee vibes. It's wild, wacky and hilariously fun. It's a short and spoiler free episode I think you'll enjoy. Al...

On this episode, the next Takashi Miike film I'm discussing is the horror, comedy, musical, The Happiness of the Katakuris. A down on their luck family decides to open a bed and breakfast on a mountainside. Guests that arrive somehow end up dying in mysterious ways but the family stays hopeful throughout all of the events and even have musical numbers to make you laugh along the way. Come chec...

On this episode, I'm continuing with week two of my Miike May love fest. One Missed Call (2003) is a J-Horror film from the early 2000s and let me tell you, I was so afraid of weird voicemail messages after watching this one. Lots of ghosts, freaky deaths, a bit of a mystery and some red gumball candy that gave me the creeps even though it looked delicious. Come and listen to my short and spoi...

On this episode, since May is my birthday month I'll be having a month long Takashi Miike May lovefest. Each week I'll cover a Miike horror film that needs a little more love in my humble horror nerd opinion and he's made some bangers, let me tell ya. As the Gods Will is a fantastically fun romp into deadly children's game spun on their head by some supernatural gods and I for one...

On this episode, I'm gushing about Severance, a horror science fiction psychological thriller television series from Apple TV that debuted last year. This show is a peak at a world in which our work life is completely severed from our home life through the severance program created by a very ominous company called Lumon Industries. We are introduced to the Macrodata Refinement team and also to...

On this episode, I’m talking about what we can look forward to in horror on the big and small screen for the month of April 2023. From a papal exorcist with a lot of stats, a mother delving into spells to right some wrongs, a henchman who wants a life of his own, some deadites in the city and a fraidy-cat going on a decades long journey. Little pieces in April of some new things to watch. For the...

On this spoiler filled episode recap for the Season 1 finale of The Last of Us titled, Look for the LIght, we get to see Ellie's origin story, have an impromptu nature scene that melts my heart, some revelations come to light and we finally meet up with the Fireflies. Also a lot of carnage in a place you'd least suspect. This was such an amazing season and it was a lot of fun recapping every episo...

On this episode, I'm discussing a few female directors of horror films for Women's History Month. Whether it’s about psychological horror, cannibalism, erotic vampires, killer coworkers or body horror with a dash of T & A, these female directors bring their own unique perspectives to the horror genre. I also give a little horror TED talk about showing the women in your life how much you appreciate...

On this episode, I have another spoiler filled recap of The Last of Us episode eight, titled When We Are In Need. Ellie is still tending to Joel, we are introduced to a new group of survivors that have been eating some mystery meat and we get to see a glimpse of how violent Ellie can be and also how savage Joel really is when push comes to shove. An absolute banger of an episode that gives us one...