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This week on Dread Media, we kick off Folk Horror February with Desmond and Duane going in-depth on one of the foundational films in the subgenre: The Blood on Satan's Claw. Then Desmond goes solo on the foundational film of Severin Films' new Folk Horror box set: Kier-La Janisse's documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror. He also dives into a Dread Media Top 5 Folk...

This week on the show, Tom introduces Desmond to one of his new favorite films. John Frankenheimer's 1976 film Seconds gets examined in a great review. Then Desmond goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 films Seconds Made Him Think About. Songs included: "Miseria Cantare (The Beginning)" by AFI, "Better Luck Next Life" by Unlike Pluto, "Stolen life" by Arch Enemy, and "New Beginnings" by Judas Priest....

This week on Dread Media, Desmond and Tom squeeze one more holiday film in at the very tail end of the season because we didn't want to wait that long again to share the sheer insanity of Bruce Campbell passing the torch to Devon Sawa in 2021's Black Friday. Then Desmond does a Dread Media Top 5 Workplace Horror Films. All that, and songs too: "Strength Thru Shopping" by Jello Biafra and the Guant...

This week on Dread Media, Desmond and Duane take in a viewing of the bleak and innovative revenge film Victims . Then, Desmond goes solo on the brand new home video release of Halloween Kills . Songs included: "From Victim to Killer" by Dry Kill Logic, "Victim" by Devin Townsend, "ALEEN HOWL" by Ulver, and "I Will Find You" by Whitechapel. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @Dev...

They're short and obnoxious. But enough about the films. The monsters in the series are too. To ring in episode 750 (because, let's face it, these movies aren't a celebration of anything) Desmond and Tom review all five films in the Critters franchise. Critters, Critters 2: The Main Course, Critters 3, Critters 4, and Critters Attack! are on the docket today. But there's music to make them more pa...

This week on Dread Media, we ring in the New Year as the elders have foretold - by running down my favorite things of 2021! Join me this week for a titanic episode where I discuss my favorite books, comic books, television, podcasts, movies, and other random releases of the year. This year, I added the new category of what I'm most looking forward to in 2022. Of course, this is all broken up by so...

The last Dread Media of 2021 features Desmond and Tom on one of the delightful surprises of 2021, Army of Thieves. Then, Desmond finally watched a unique Canadian horror anthology Christmas movie, A Christmas Horror Story. Songs included: "The Dreamthieves (acoustic)" by The Sword, "Surrounded by Thieves" by High On Fire, "Christmas" by Ulver, and "This Year" by Mountain Goats. Send feedback to: d...

This week's Christmas review is too big to fit in a stocking! In the longest review of a single film in Dread Media history, Desmond and Duane review each segment in the advent calendar-themed horror film Deathcember. And there are songs too: "December of Windsor" by Woods of Ypres, "No Presents for Christmas" by King Diamond, and "Silent Night, Deadly Night (acoustic)" by The Browns. Horrific Hol...

This week on Dread Media, it's covens and cults! First up, Desmond and Duane review 1965 film House of the Black Death, featuring John Carradine and Lon Chaney Jr. Then, Desmond goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Fictional Cults Across Media (not film). Songs included: "Into the Coven" by Mercyful Fate, "Paragon Belial" by Darkthrone, "Worship Me Like a God" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets,...

This is a classic jam-packed episode of Dread Media with an interview and two reviews! First up, we're joined by Josh Ruben (Scare Me) to discuss his brand new horror comedy film, Werewolves Within. Then, Des has some thoughts on Candyman (2021). Finally, Tom and Des try to make their way through Guimoon: The Lightless Door. Songs included: "If I Were a Werewolf" by Kyle Shutt, "Hour of the Wolf"...

This week on Dread Media, Desmond and Duane love the new Shudder original film Jakob's Wife. Then, Desmond goes solo to pay tribute to the late former singer of Turbonegro with a Dread Media Top 5 Hank Von Hell Songs. Songs included: "DIB (Drenched in Blood)" by Turbonegro, "She's Out Of Control" by The Donnas, "Adios (Where's My Sombrero?)" by Hank Von Hell, and "Black Hearse Cadillac" by Me And...

This week on Dread Media, Desmond and Tom present a double feature of 1970s bear movies. First up, the quintessential Jaws rip-off, 1976's Grizzly. Then, the bear gets mutated as John Frankenheimer gets political in 1979's Prophecy. Songs included: "Grizzly Trade" by Darkthrone, "Grizzly Fight" by Haymaker NC feat. Taylor Barber, "Gift of Death" by iwrestledabearonce, and "Bears" by Nekrogoblikon....

This week on the show, we discuss the banality of evil and the pull between God and Satan. First up, Desmond and Duane look at the sobering allegorical German film Nothing Bad Can Happen. Then, Desmond goes solo on the Satanic Panic documentary The Acid King. Songs included: "The Nightmare of Being" by At the Gates, "Christendom" by Paradise Lost, "One Ninety-Six" by Acid King, and "Sermons of the...

This week on Dread Media, Desmond welcomes back filmmaker and comic writer Phil Mucci of Diabolik Films. This time, we're discussing the latest adventures of Professor Dario Bava: Orgy of the Blood Freaks #1 (crowdfunding now here https://igg.me/at/bloodfreaks/x#/), working with artistic legends and trying to launch a comic book in a pandemic. Phil has directed videos by some of our favorite bands...

This week on Dread Media, our old friend Greg Lamberson swings by to once again chat about his brand new action film Guns of Eden and the lineup for this year's Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival (http://www.buffalodreamsfantasticfilmfestival.com) from November 5-11. But first, Desmond talks about some classics he's recently rewatched with his sons, a couple podcasts he'll be appearing on Hall...

This week on Dread Media, Desmond and Duane take a look at an older film from a show favorite director: Alex de la Iglesia's 1995 blasphemous horror comedy The Day of the Beast. Then, Desmond goes solo on M Night Shyamalan's latest film, Old, and the Korean Netflix sensation taking the world by storm, Squid Game. Songs included: "Everybody Sins (Radio Edit)" by Andrew WK, "Anti Anti-Christ" by GWA...

This week on Dread Media, Desmond is frustrated with a double feature of films with a trope he can't stand anymore. Thankfully, Tom is there to help him through it. First, a film censor keeping the public safe from video nasties goes through some stuff in Censor. Then, is a comic book at fault for the vicious murders in Random Acts of Violence? Probably. Songs included: "Nasty" by The Damned, "Sta...

This week, Desmond from Dread Media acknowledges that nostalgic appreciation for Lucio Fulci is a thing beyond hisownself. The most divisive horror film in ages tells us that things sometimes get pretty wild, so Des and Tom reckon with James Wan's Malignant. Then Desmond goes solo in his review of Wesley Southard and Lucas Mangum's novel The Final Gate. Songs included: "House by the Cemetary Suite...

This week on Dread Media, Desmond and Duane take a look at the Brazilian gorefest with a pro wrestling feel, Skull: The Mask. Then Desmond goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Horror-Themed Professional Wrestlers. Songs included: "Choke" by Poppy, "The Skull Beneath the Skin" by Megadeth, "Walk Among Us" by The Misfits, and "Search and Destroy" by Ministry. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.co...

This week, Desmond and Tom have a double feature of strange foreign demonic films. First, the Korean film The Hand posits what might happen were you to discover a demon's hand reaching out of your toilet. Then, the Russian film Superdeep explores the enigmatic "borehole to hell" conspiracy theory. And, of course, songs: "Hand of Doom" by Slayer, "The Toilet's Flooded" by The Limbomaniacs, "Way Dow...

This week on Dread Media, Desmond and Duane take on the recent Irish vampire film Boys from County Hell. Then Desmond goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Irish Horror Films You Probably Haven't Seen. We also play some musci from some (mostly) Irish bands: "Blood for the Blood God" by Cruachan, "Buried Alive" by Turbonegro, "An Ancient Fire Burns" by Darkest Era, and "No Grave Deep Enough" by Primordi...

This week on Dread Media, Desmond and Tom have a Southeast Asian double feature of bizarre vampiric monsters! First up, the granddaddy of the sub-sub-genre is the Indonesian Mystics in Bali, which has both the Leyak and the Penanggalan. Then, the recent Inhuman Kiss from Thailand shows us both male and female krasues. Songs include: "Bring Me The Heads" by Amen, "The Floating Head" by King Diamond...

This week on Dread Media, we take a look at some erotic horror again. This time, Desmond and Duane discuss the Mexican cosmic erotic horror film The Untamed. Then, Desmond goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Erotic Horror (Cinematic and Literary). Some sexy tunes: "Bizarre Love Triangle" by Frente!, "Sexual Healing" by Slaves on Dope, "Horny For Blood" by Municipal Waste, and "Have You Ever?" by Lepr...

This week on Dread Media, Darryll returns to discuss 1988's makeup effects masterpiece, HP Lovecraft's The Unnamable. Then, Rich the Monster Movie Kid makes his way through the Eurohorror effort, The Castle of Creeping Flesh. Songs included: "Demon's Kiss" by Blue Oyster Cult, "The Unnameable" by John Zorn, "Flesh for Fantasy" by Billy Idol, and "The Gnashing" by Deafheaven. Send feedback to: drea...

This week on Dread Media, we have a double feature of "blank on a blank" movies! First up, Desmond and Tom take a look at the "rats on a train" feature from China, Junkrat Train. Then, the local crew takes a look at Netflix's "vampires on a plane" film, Blood Red Sky. Your travel soundtrack: "Crazy Train" by Two Minutes to Late Night, "Rats" by Ghost, "Flying High Again" by Ozzy Osbourne, and "Mot...