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Hola, bambinos! This week Dread Media takes a look at a very specific theme: Spanish-speaking horror films that take place in orphanages! We only have two films, but they're both excellent. First up, Desmond and Duane take an adoring look at Guillermo del Toro's passion-piece The Devil's Backbone. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a Stay Scary featuring a film by del Toro protege, JA Bayona: The Or...

Let's face it: when a murder happens, the police look at the victim's loved ones as suspects because a sad fact of life is that the ones that love us are the ones that kill us. This week, we explore that when Desmond and Duane look at the criminally underrated Stepfather. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. reviews the sequel, Stepfather II. Then Desmond gets modern as he takes a look at Scorned. Spurned love...

It's been six years since Tony Wash from Scotchworthy Productions joined us on Dread Media. This time he's here to talk about all manner of things, but most importantly his massive anthology project World of Death and his upcoming crime film High on the Hog. It's a huge conversation that is inspiring and refreshingly honest when it comes to today's independent film market. There's tunes as well: "...

Inheriting a legacy can be a great thing, but not if the legacy you inherit is one of death and terror. That's what we're looking at this week. The girl is troubled, but is it her fault or are her father's murderous inclinations speaking through her hands? Does an obsession with horror films lead the impressionable to murder? Can a man's mission to find his ancestor's creation lead to anything but...

This week on Dread Media, Peter Giglio joins Desmond to talk about his brand new novel Lesser Creatures, editing anthologies, and adapting a master's short story to the screen. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. deliver a Stay Scary segment on the original When a Stranger Calls. There's tunes this week from: "Creatures of the Night" by The Creepshow, "Lesser Men" by Darkthrone, "Hanging on the Phone" by Blon...

Take a seat. Don't worry about the leather straps digging into your arms. I won't pull them too tight. I would hate to waste all your pain on the straps. I've got something much worse in mind for you. Listening to this episode of chair-torture-themed films! First up, a solo review of the brand new Israeli dark comedy / crime thriller Big Bad Wolves. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. takes a look at Hostel....

Sharpen your machete, work on your cardio, and get in the mood to hate some drugs, booze, and premarital sex because it's a slasher themed episode of Dread Media! The local gang (Adam, Desmond, Jeff, and Luke) take a gander at the now-classic supervillain team-up movie, Freddy vs. Jason. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. presents a Stay Scary on a recent Swedish take on the genre: Blood Runs Cold. Finally,...

Santa's not the only one with a naughty list this week, as Dread Media pays tribute to the burgeoning genre career of Ben Wheatley! First up, Desmond and Duane take on the paramilitary / pagan mash-up Kill List. Devil Dinosaur Jr. jumps in with the first of two Stay Scaries with a review of A Field in England. Adam and Luke join Desmond for a review of 5 Souls, a film that has nothing to do with B...

The War on Christmas is bloody and mindless this year as Dread Media celebrates its sixth ghoultide! First up, Adam, Desmond, and Jeff try to make sense of 1980's Christmas Evil (aka You Better Watch Out). Then, perhaps a little stressed over not being able to stomach a complete run through last year, Devil Dinosaur Jr. opens two horrible presents: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation and Sile...

Desmond is nothing, if not a family man, and this week the episode focuses on horror films that center around the family. First, in a change of format, Desmond goes solo on a review of the brand new Mexican film, Here Comes the Devil. Then Adam and Jeff join him for a review of Nothing Left to Fear. Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a Stay Scary on Crucible of Horror. All this, plus feedback and music:...

By Crom! This week we pay homage to some of the creations of legendary pulp writer Robert E. Howard. First up, Darryll and Desmond discuss the Puritan-turned-reluctant-avenger: Solomon Kane. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. steps in to present a review of the similarly themed, but non-Howard property Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. Desmond returns with a solo review of 2011's Conan the Barbarian! There's s...

It's Mediocre Zombie Movie Monday! Join us as a huge gaggle of people discuss flesh-eating flicks that missed the mark. First up, Desmond and Duane take a look at how far Uncle George Romero has fallen with his latest outing: Survival of the Dead. Then, Adam, Jeff, and Luke join Desmond to look at the high school John Hughes ripoff Detention of the Dead. Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a review of the...

Get all sleazy, maniacal, and "coppy" with us this week! First up, Adam, Jeff, and Auxence join Desmond for a review of what might be the finest action / horror film ever made: Maniac Cop 2! Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. steps in to class the place up with a Stay Scary on the recent remake of Maniac starring Elijah Wood. Then the gang returns, sans Adam, to discuss Maniac Cop 3. We're not screwing aroun...

In this classic format episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick interviews author of Corrosion and publisher at New Pulp Press, Jon Bassoff. Then, following up on unreliable narrators, Duane joins Desmond to discuss Jennifer Lynch's film Surveillance. Then, Jeff Strand and Lynne Hansen give us their experience at the Buffalo Dreams Film Festival as both spectator and filmmaker. There's also music:...

Radical! Dread Media gets all 80s on you in this tubular episode as Darryll and Desmond deconstruct the hobosploitation / slime-gore epic Street Trash. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. takes a look at everybody's favorite blowtorch-wielding vigilante in Exterminator 2, as well as the other three films in Shout Factory's Action Packed Movie Marathon DVD release: Cyclone, Alienator, and Eye of the Tiger. Als...

Warning: The podcast you are about to listen to contains scenes of a sexual nature, extreme violence, Satanism, and Tom Hanks crying in a phone booth. This week, we take a look at bad influences in media. Films, video games, comic books, and rock music have all been blamed for society's ills. On this episode we're examining some of those. Desmond and Darryll team-up on a film that explores the bad...

This week Tom Deja joins Desmond to talk about his brand new novel Shadow Legion: New Roads To Hell, and about three million other things. Then, listener Chad calls in a short review to a recent live show he saw of the classic giallo film scoring prog-rock machine Goblin! There's plenty of tunes to be had as well: "Nocturne in D Minor" by Holy Grail, "Rosenrot" by Rammstein, "Zaratozom (aka Shriek...

Recorded in Desmond Reddick's basement, where life is cheap, Dread Media goes taboo! First up, Darryll joins us to discuss the recent Blu-ray release of notorious exploitation sleaze flick, Snuff. Then, Devil Dinosaur Jr. takes a look at Hardcore. There's also a bunch of news on events, contests, and upcoming Dread Media stuff, so strap in, not on, and listen! Also, there's songs that may or may n...

This week, Greg Lamberson returns for his Annual Halloween Season Fireside Chat! As always, Greg has a bunch of irons in the fire from his writing (Storm Demon, Scaremonger, The Frenzy Wolves, and The Julian Year TREEbook) to the films he's involved in (Dry Bones, The Legend of Six Fingers, possibly Carnage Road, and more)! On top of all that, he's also running the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Fe...

In this episode of Dread Media, a new co-host joins the gang in a show dedicated to new releases. First up, Jeff, Brittney, Luke, and Auxence join Desmond for a lengthy discussion of found footage anthology sequel V/H/S/2. Devil Dinosaur Jr. delivers a Stay Scary based on the new creature feature, Frankenstein's Army. Then Desmond goes solo on a review of the WWE / Pathe Films bloody revenge piece...

Dans cette episode du Dread Media, nous regardons trois filmes d'horreur de France. Dans une du deux editions du Stay Scary, Duane examine Frontiere(s). Ensuite, Desmond et Duane passe en revue de Mutants. Enfin Duane retourne pour un deuxieme Stay Scary a parler de Livide. Aussi, nous avons les chansons: "Games Without Fronties" par The Dino Haak Collective, "New Song" par Nuclear Assault, "Mutan...

Things get haunted this week as Brittney, Desmond, and Jeff take in a viewing of The Conjuring. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. plays The Stone Tape in a brand new Stay Scary. And Jeff returns to discuss A Haunting at Silver Falls with Desmond and Luke. Howsabout some haunted tunes? "Playing with Dolls" by Slayer, "The Noose" by A Perfect Circle, "The Evil That Men Do" by Hellsongs, "Over the Falls" by Pr...

Your host doesn't like being around a lot of people. He's pretended to be sick so he doesn't have to go to parties before. So naturally, it makes sense to cover some mob mentality films. First up, Desmond and Darryll take a look at Breck Eisner's remake of The Crazies. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. inspects what happens to crowds of people in natural disasters in the recent release, Aftershock. Desmond...

But if you're thinkin' bout watchin' movies, it don't matter if they're black and white! Kick off Earth-2.net's Black & White Week here on Dread Media with a relatively all-encompassing view of all eras and styles of black and white horror cinema. First up, Chris joins Desmond to discuss the German Expressionist film The Hands of Orlac. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a Stay Scary segment dedicat...

It's a punk-cult movie week here at Dread Media! So fuck the man and listen to Desmond and Darryll drunkenly stumble through a review of the classic Alex Cox cult film Repo Man. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a straightedge look at Class of 1984. There's punk tunes to be had as well, jerk! But I'm not going to tell you what they are because that's so mainstream... oh, you expected me to say that...