Dread Media

It's a special episode dealing with disability, disfigurement, and justice. Bear with me! I have a hedgehog! First up, Desmond and Chris dissect a film that has the guy from CSI track down a serial killer with a hairlip: Manhunter. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. creeps us all out with a review of the batshit crazy film The Baby. Then Desmond comes back with the Read a Book segment with a vengeance! Three...

G'day! Join Dread Media as we celebrate the cinema and music of the craziest of continents on this earth: Australia! First up, Duane and Desmond take The Loved Ones to the prom. Then Duane has some Nightmares. But Darryll has The Proposition for Desmond, and it is likely to include alcohol. When doesn't it? And in a themed episode first, all of the songs come from Australia! "Sad Dark Eyes" by The...

Warning: The following podcast is not responsible if your earbuds are telling you to do... terrible things. Desmond and Duane devote this episode to the discussion of the epic highs and the brutal, crushing stupidity of the first three films in the Amityville Horror series. Discussed are The Amityville Horror, Amityville II: The Possession, and Amityville 3-D. Well, they try to discuss the third f...

It's axe-wielding presidents, motorcycle-riding priests, and gunslingers who have to kill men twice in this episode of action / horror antiheroes! Megan joins Desmond for an out of the blue review of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Devil Dinosaur Jr. looks at the post-apocalyptic Priest. Then Desmond goes solo on the Wesley Snipes weird Western, Gallowwalkers. Seriously, what more do you need? Oh...

Blimey! We're British again this week! Ironically celebrate the birth of the future king with us by listening to Darryll and Desmond review Scum. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. delivers a Stay Scary segment on the television show Beasts. We apologize for the audio in the intro and outro segments this week as we thought we had it all pegged, but there appears to be a problem we're going to work through. R...

Brace yourselves! It's the first episode of Dread Media produced on the brand new computer you, the listeners, helped to buy! So, naturally (and so completely randomly and unintentionally we don't even mention it in the audio of the show itself) we chose a film to kick off the show that tells you not to trust technology. Duane and Desmond review a modern apocalyptic masterpiece, The Signal. Then,...

It's a last minute Roadkill Review this week as Darryll and Desmond check out Guillermo del Toro's latest flick, Pacific Rim. Then, because he has changed the topic for this week's episode three times in the past four days, Devil Dinosaur Jr. punishes Desmond by reviewing a film that's very difficult to say: Karate-Robo Zaborgar. It's giant robot action, baby! All this, plus your feedback and the...

This week, there's a selection of 1970s films and modern comic books. Jeff joins Desmond to review The Town that Dreaded Sundown. Devil Dinosaur Jr. checks out the non-Hammer, but still very Hammer-ish Nothing but the Night. Then Desmond returns to review four trade paper backs: Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Blood Communion, Clive Barker's Hellraiser: The Road Below, Freaks' Amour, and Bedlam. There'...

This week, we welcome actress, screenwriter, director, and comic book writer Brea Grant to the show to talk about her apocalyptic directorial debut: Best Friends Forever. Then, Devil Dinosaur Jr. has a lot of trouble kicking his anthology film addiction in a Stay Scary of Trapped Ashes. Some tunes as well: "You're My Best Friend" by The Melvins featuring Caleb Benjamin of Tweak Birds, "Fansong" by...

This week we're celebrating Hammer's later more "original" era. Gone are the days of new interpretations of Universal Monsters, and ushered in are the modern man-as-monsters films like the ones Duane and Desmond covered this week: The Devil Rides Out, Straight on till Morning, and Rasputin the Mad Monk. There are some epic Hammer tunes this week, as well: "Luciferian Blood Covenant" by Death Wolf,...

The time is right to celebrate the big, hairy man in all of our lives: Bigfoot! First off, Darryll stops by to join Desmond for a review of the straight-to-video B movie Abominable. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. delivers a Stay Scary on the bikersploitation / Sasquatch epic Dear God No! Also, there are songs: "El Phantasmo and the Chicken-Run Blast-O-Rama" by White Zombie, "The Yeti" by Clutch, "Sexy Sw...

Dread Reel-ief is back, and this time the Commonwealth Crew are here to talk about British music genres that don't exist, country magicians, TBS Superstation, Convoy, and Nazis on the moon! Oh yeah, they also talk a little bit about a very influential comic book movie of the horror persuasion: Blade. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia and @MuseumWalkerIa...

School's almost out, but we ain't done learnin' ya! First period sees Adam, Brittney, Jeff, and Luke all present as they join Desmond for a review of The ABCs of Death. Then, Devil Dinosaur Jr. takes a look at an overzealous intellectual father and his educational mannequin in Pin. There's tunes, too! "ABCDEath" by Psychostick, "Bloodletters" by Tombs, "Little Sister" by Queens of the Stone Age, a...

It's the impromptu theme of female-centric surgery / body modification this week. You know, that ol' gem! First up, Darryll returns to embark on a Roadkill Review of Jovanka Vuckovic's Captured Bird and the Soska Twins' American Mary. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. cuts into Excision in a brand new Stay Scary. Jeff joins Desmond to dissect a young woman's dysfunctional relationship with her own tattoo in...

Join us to celebrate 300 episodes of Dread Media as we pay tribute to the Godfather of Italian Genre Cinema: Mario Bava! For having such a huge influence on the art form, he's been relatively under-represented on the show, and boy are we going to change that this week! To kick things off, the boss himself, Michael David Sims, joins us to talk about Black Sunday. Then Adam, Jeff, and Luke stop by t...

Weird towns, angels, and teenage... shenanigans are all the subjects that pop up on this week's episode. First, Chris and Desmond take on the recent Netflix production of Eli Roth's Hemlock Grove. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. stops by to scrape off the Blood on Satan's Claw in a brand new Stay Scary! Songs included: "Small Town Boy" by Paradise Lost, "Cypress Grove" by Clutch, "Angelamania" by The Brow...

It seems we pay tribute to the great HP Lovecraft every few months or so here on Dread Media. It's simply a testament to the impact he's had on the genre. Or maybe it's because I have lost my mind and can't get him out of my head! We take a look at two very different Stuart Gordon adaptations and a documentary this week. First, Jeff and Luke join Desmond to look at the classic Re-Animator. Then De...

Celebrate Mother's Day Dread Media style! This week, Brittney, Jeff, and Luke join Desmond to kick things off with a review of the feral-children-meets-vengeful-spirit film, Mama. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. delivers a Stay Scary segment on the classic Troma film Mother's Day. To top it all off, who better to talk to in an episode paying tribute to the mothers in our lives than by having a fun convers...

Double, double, toil and trouble! This week Dread Media gives you a triumvirate of witch-themed movies. But what ghastly spell has two of your three co-hosts singing? Listen to find out! Duane and Desmond take a stroll in The Woods. Duane comes back in a Stay Scary to tell you to Burn, Witch, Burn! Luke pops in at the end to help Desmond take his chances on The Wicked. All this and songs! "Angel W...

Desmond and Darryll are back from the Fan Expo Vancouver, and this episode has the audio to prove it! We interview people from film, publishing, and comics. Young upstarts and wizened masters of their craft. The Twisted Twins, Jen and Sylvia Soska, are back again to talk about conventions, growing up the "weird girls," and their new film American Mary. David Prowse talks to us about playing Darth...

In the week leading up to Fan Expo Vancouver, which we here at Dread Media will be attending, we present two great interviews and a review this episode! First up, we talk crushes, evading park rangers, and American Mary with the Twisted Twins themselves, Jen and Sylvia Soska! Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. mines the depths of a mysterious tunnel in a Stay Scary review of Absentia. Finally, Ken Loree stop...

It's an Aquatic Animal Attack Special this week on Dread Media! First up, Adam, Desmond, and Luke review the 1978 Joe Dante film Piranha. Then, in a brand new Stay Scary, Devil Dinosaur Jr. ponders orgies and animal activism in the Italian Jaws ripoff Tintorera: Killer Shark. Jeff joins Adam, Luke, and Desmond as they take a look at the modern Australian effort: Rogue. Some sea chanties for you: "...

Dread Media celebrates Easter Weekend the only way they know how: sacrilegiously! First up, it took the Gospel of Luke and Desmond to connect a black comedy about a resurrected killer clown to Jesus in their review of Stitches. Then, something goes horribly wrong when Devil Dinosaur Jr. tries to learn the stations of the cross and accidentally comes across a case of Stigmata. Now, turn to the hymn...

It's a grab bag of gory goodness this week as Desmond, Adam, Jeff, and new co-host Brittney take a look at the British horror / sci-fi film Storage 24. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. delves into the insanity that is Jean Rollin's Demoniacs in a brand new Stay Scary. Then, Darryll's back once again as he joins us to discuss the weird Romero-homage film Mimesis. The following tunes get a spin as well: "Hor...

In an episode dedicated solely to the year 1932, Desmond is so blown away by the listeners' generosity that he bursts into song before getting into the bulk of the show. Up next, Chris joins us for a review of James Whale's Old Dark House. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a Stay Scary segment on The Ghoul. (Technically it was released in 1933, but who's counting?) Then Adam, Jeff, and Desmond shar...