Dread Media

Who watches the Watchmen? Desmond and Darryll do in this week's episode of Dread Media! But not before Desmond reluctantly celebrates Mean-Spirited March with Gutterballs, and then cleanses his palate with the awesome Norwegian slasher Cold Prey. Tunes include: "Take the Skinheads Bowling" by Manic Street Preachers, "Balls Out" by The Bloodhound Gang, "All My Friends Are Dead" by Turbonegro, "Deso...

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick kicks off Mean-Spirited March by washing his hands of Faces of Death. He then delights Darryll with Tokyo Gore Police before disturbing him with Ichi the Killer. It's a straightforward mean bastard of an episode chock full of good discussion, great feedback and killer tunes: "The Death Song" by Marilyn Manson, "Are You Dead Yet?" by Children of Bodom...

In this huge episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick celebrates a theme of threes as Darryll joins him for reviews of both Exorcist III and Alien 3. Desmond carries the theme through with a review of the bizarre nunsploitation film The Three Trials. There's reviews of Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead from Radical Comics, and Damaged: A Series of Short Writings by Steve Wands and r.h.s.. And DW contri...

In this mega-sized Friday the 13th extravaganza, Desmond Reddick is joined by Darryll for a Roadkill Review of Friday the 13th (2009) before Desmond reviews the brand new documentary His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th. Desmond and DW both share their top five kills from the series, while DW shares his thoughts on the remake and a review of Friday the 13th for the NES in the latest Bra...

In this kaiju-sized episode of Dread media, Desmond Reddick takes a look at the giant monster subgenre. He starts off with an interview with Ryan C. Thomas, and then reviews his anthology of giant monster stories, Monstrous. Then Desmond reviews the Sci Fi Channel movie Cyclops, and the Australian brainfart Demonsamongus in conjunction with F%$ked-Up February before DW comes along to review Call o...

In this fleshy episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick takes a look at the Anchor Bay documentary Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-up EFX and kicks off F#%$ed Up February with the Italian sleazefest In the Folds of the Flesh. DW is back with a review of Curse: Eye of the Isis for the Xbox in the latest edition of Brainscan, and Desmond comes back to review the first volume of MySpace Dark Horse Pr...

In this huge episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick sits down with his lovely wife Megan to review the recently released Repo: The Genetic Opera before DW pops in with an in-depth look at Ripper in the latest edition of Brainscan. Desmond continues the look at school-based horror with the early satirical slasher Return to Horror High, and then goes on to review Dark Delicacies #1 from IDW Publish...

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick takes a look at two university-based 80s slashers: Final Exam and Splatter University. He then moves on to talk about the penultimate issue of Steve Niles' Radical Comics miniseries City of Dust. Then, DW offers up a review of Ghost Manor for the Atari 2600 in Brainscan. Tunes, as always: "Final Day" by Pennywise, "Between High School and Old School"...

In this jam-packed episode of Dread Media, Darryll joins Desmond for a Roadkill Review of the newly released Platinum Dunes suckfest The Unborn. Desmond recovers enough to review The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas, and DW's triumphant return heralds a review of an obscure DOS game: Harvester. Tons of talk is had as well as an announcement about the clearance sale going on at www. Fright-Rags.com...

In this episode of Dread Media, Darryll stops by to review two realistic nail-biters: the adaptation of the novel Red, and a cinema verite creeper by the name of Home Movie. Hear some talk about the past year and the year to come as far as Dread Media is concerned, two in-depth reviews and tunes galore: "Seeing Red" by Killing Joke, "Revenge" by Black Flag, "Family" by John Zorn and "Whenever We C...

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick celebrates the return of Darryll as they ring in the New Year with two bikersploitation flicks. Desmond and Darryll gush over Stone, the lost classic Australian biker epic. Then they deride the less-than-classic non-film Hell Ride. (Why do some great directors only ever make one film, and then Quentin Tarantino goes and puts his name on any old thing...

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick (with a red nose for other reasons) reviews Elves, the cheesy Christmas horror classic. Then he reviews several new indie comics: City of Dust #3, Nyarlathotep and Remnant #1. DW stops by to discuss Fatal Frame in Brainscan. Desmond talks about snow, hamsters and being right about Rob Zombie all in a whiskey-fueled episode featuring the following Yul...

In this episode of Dread Media, you'll shoot your eye out as Desmond Reddick takes a look at the early career of the legendary Bob Clark. While he covers most of the relevant films rather quickly, he offers full reviews of two recent Anchor Bay releases: Black Christmas (the original slasher film) and Murder by Decree (the film that pits Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper). DW stops by with a...

This episode of Dread Media might be less than an hour, but it's jam-packed with goodness. After paying tribute to yet another person this week, Desmond Reddick puts recent rumors of Rob Zombie's involvement with Halloween 2 in a certain light before jumping into a review of James Newman's short fiction collection, People Are Strange. Then he reviews the Welsh coming of age thriller Summer Scars,...

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick explores the non-werewolf career of one Paul Naschy in the newest installment of Horror Legends. He reviews all five films in the brand new Paul Naschy Collection from Deimos DVD: Exorcism, Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll, Human Beasts, Horror Rises from the Tomb and Vengeance of the Zombies. DW then stops by to review Condemned: Criminal Origins for th...

Listeners of It Came From the Basement: Jeff and Dead Mike wanted me to pass on this news flash. They have a new host for the show and a new website. The website is http://itcamefromthebasement.wordpress.com and the feed to enter into your respective podcatcher is as follows: http://feeds.feedburner.com/basementpodcast. Check 'em out! See you Monday with a jam-packed episode of Dread Media!

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick takes a look at three Canadian Anchor Bay DVD releases: Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer, End of the Line and the classic TV show The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. He then goes on to review Hexed #1 from BOOM! Studios, and then DW comes by to offer a Brainscan full of brainy goodness with a look at Zombies Ate My Neighbors! for the Sega Genesis. Talk...

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick is joined once again by his lovely wife Megan to discuss Ginger Snaps before he continues the feminine theme by going solo for a review of the blood-drenched French film A L'Interieur (Inside). Then, in conjunction with Doctor Who Week on Earth-2.net, Michael David Sims stops by to discuss the top five scariest episodes of the modern Doctor Who. Tune...

In this fanged episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick talks Dracula with the world's foremost authority and author of the academic book, Bram Stoker's Notes from Dracula: A Facsimile Edition, Robert Eighteen-Bisang. He then reviews Blood Wars and does a top five non-vampire vampire films list before DW suffers through a review of Countdown Vampires for the PlayStation. Desmond caps it all off wit...

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick interviews writer, director and star of the new backwoods cannibal film, Scarce from Anchor Bay. Then he reviews Scarce before DW comes back to review Rule of Rose for the PlayStation 2. Desmond finishes it all off with a review of the recently released hardcover from IDW, Locke and Key: Welcome to Lovecraft. Tunes include: "Frozen Brains Tell no Tal...

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick gets heretical on ya and reviews two very different nunsploitation films: Nympha and Last House on the Beach. The animals attack novella Changing of Faces by Tim Lebbon is reviewed, along with Monster-Size Hulk #1 from Marvel Comics. DW returns with an edition of Brainscan reviewing Zombie Revenge for the Dreamcast. Before leaving, Desmond also regal...

In this episode of Dread Media, DW has disposed of Desmond Reddick and taken the reins of the show for the week. In his endless onslaught of Dubs-ery, he reviews the first issues of Epilogue and Crossed, as well as the trade paperback Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash. He then extensively reviews Slipknot's newest album All Hope is Gone before moving on to the most epic Brainscan yet: The History of Surviv...

What better to make you feel woefully insignificant in the universe than an episode of this size? Last weekend Desmond Reddick attended the HP Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon, and this week he has more than three hours of footage to share with you. There's several reviews of the films seen at the fest and interview with the likes of: Frank Woodward (director of award-winning documentar...

In this sleazy episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick does a song-by-song review of Mary Shelley Overdrive's new self-titled album. He then reviews the new special edition of Savage Streets, a classic 1980s exploitation flick. But before all that, Mark Wood, Simon McCorkindale and Miss Wyckedevil Jones from Mary Shelley Overdrive stop by to talk about all three of their new releases, two of which...

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick gets all literary on yo' ass with a bevy of classic literature-based reviews throughout various media. The short film Ray Harryhausen Presents: The Pit and the Pendulum, Dante's Inferno and the BOOM! Studios comic Necronomicon #1 all get reviewed. Plus DW returns with a Brainscan on American McGee's Alice for the PC. Tunes include: "Inquisition Symph...