Dreadful Digest

ITS MONKEY TIME!!! 🙉🍌 In this episode we take a look at Osgood Perkins latest film and compare it to the original Stephen King short story! Can you believe we're covering ANOTHER King story? 'Cause I cant! (god someone help us pleaseeeee 😖😭) . Hosts: Tessa Nelson, Sam S. Research Assistant: Sibia Millan Cinematographer: Emerson V.W. *We had issues with Sam's camera this episode, which is why w...

*Apologies for audio issues. Sibia's microphone didn't pick up her audio, so I tried to boost it as best I could. In the final episode on our series on CANDYMAN, we take a look at the 2021... sequel? Requel? Honestly, we shouldn't even be covering it on the pod but you can thank Tessa for thinking it was a remake (oops). That said, we point out all the references to the OG 1992 Candyman, as well a...

"Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman!" Ha you read it and now Candyman is gonna haunt you!!!😈Just kidding... or am I? In this episode, we take a look at the iconic 1992 film starring Tony Todd (RIP) and how it compares to the short story that inspired it - The Forbidden written by Clive Barker. Whew, so many horror icons all in one episode, you love to see it! In our next episode, we...

In this episode we discuss if the author of My Friend Dahmer was actuallyyyy friends with Jeffrey Dahmer (spoiler alert- not really. actually he was lowkey a bully). Anyway, we compare the 2017 film starring Ross Lynch to the comic book written by Derf Backderf (yes that's really his name). I bet you can tell how excited we are to talk about My Friend Dahmer based on this exhilarating caption alon...

We're talking about a film no one has ever talked about before... THE SHINING directed by Stanley Kubrick! We compare this film bro's wet dream to the original Stephen King novel. Which, like, spoiler alert but this film really does AXE a lot of the details that make the book so interesting in the first place. So try shinin' to a character only for them to d*ie anyway because things are about the...

❄️Happy belated Christmas present! Our gift to you is... The Shining! But not the good one. In this episode we'll be looking at the 1997 Miniseries written by the KING himself, comparing it to The Shining book written by the KING himself! But wait, there's more! Because this is just part one of our series on The Shining; next episode we'll be looking at Kubrick's take (for all the film bros out th...

Ready to be really bummed out? Well we hope so 'cause in this episode we dive into "I'm Thinking of Ending Things!" We compare the Charlie Kaufman film to Iain Reid's debut novel (Yeah you heard us right. DEBUT NOVEL!). So ignore that call coming from your own phone number because things are about to get... DREADFUL! Hosts: Tessa Nelson, Michael Estrada, Sam S. Cinematographer: Emerson V.W. Resear...

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂This holiday, gather your friends and family 'round the dinner table to celebrate our episode on Coraline! We compare the iconic stop-motion animated film to the Neil Gaiman novella, comparing and contrasting the two. So grab your creepy bat dog thing because it's about to get... DREADFUL! Hosts: Tessa Nelson, Michael Estrada, Sam S. Cinematographer: Emerson V.W. Video Podc...

We're finishing up our Invisible Man series with nonother than the 2020 remake (bet you didn't see that one coming!) We compare and contrast this film with the book, which couldn't be farther from the source material btw, and also go into which version of the Invisible Man is our favorite. Is it the Invisible Agent, the tv show, the Adam Driver Invisible Man specifically from Marriage Story? You'l...

Happy Halloween! 🕶️ We’re kicking off our Invisible Man series with the 1933 film adaptation, comparing it to H.G. Wells’ original vision, and even checking out two of the four (yes, four) sequels that followed. And just when you think you’ve seen it all, we’re taking on the 2020 version in our next episode— stay tuned! So grab your bandages and fake noses, because things are about to get... DREAD...

Nothing says teen angst like Elsie Fisher and demon possession. In this episode we dive into My Best Friend’s Exorcism, the 2016 horror novel written by Grady Hendrix and it's 2022 movie adaptation 💀 So grab your holy water and corn dogs 'cause it's about to get... DREADFUL! Hosts: Tessa Nelson, Michael Estrada, Sam S. Cinematographer: Emerson V.W. Audio Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and al...

Misery loves company... especially when it's Stephen King, Rob Reiner, and an Oscar-winning sledgehammer! In this episode, we dive deep into the history of King's 1987 novel and the 1990 film adaptation, dissecting what works for us and... what doesn't. We compare and contrast the two, discussing the differences so if you don't want to read or watch a movie, you don't have to! So grab your typewri...