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Somebody hit the lights! Wes and Lydia tackle a fan requested film in the form of the 2016 horror hit; Lights Out. Rebecca has growing concerns as her younger brother Martin seems to be unable to stay awake in class. Moreover, he seems absolutely resolute about no longer staying with their mother, Sophie, in her home. He speaks of Diana, a name Rebecca also remembers from her own childhood. Poor D...

Get comfortable because we're about to inject a soothing dose of Dead Air in to your veins. George Romero; the master of the the undead takes a break from the rotting hordes of the "Dead series" and gives us the 1978 film, Martin. Martin is a non-traditional vampire with a real edge. A razors edge! Arriving in the strange land of PENNSYLVANIA, Martin has needs of the bloody variety but his watchfu...

Before he blew our minds with the wildly inventive films like: Pan's Labyrinth, Devil's Backbone and Crimson Peak and busted every block with films like: Blade 2, Hellboy and Pacific Rim, the master of monsters Guillermo Del Toro debuted on the scene with the 1993 film; Cronos. Jesus Gris is a groovy grampa that owns an antique shop that he runs in a seemingly carefree existence with his wife and...

Hop! Don't walk! It's time for episode 92 of the Dead Air Podcast where Wes and Lydia talk about the 2013 film, Rigor Mortis. A famous actor with a tragic family life can no longer bare the crippling depression he faces every day and opts to end it all. But as his life drains from his hanging body he enters a world of colourful characters, twin spirits and the legendary Jangshi, aka the hopping va...

On today's episode of Dead Air, Wes and Lydia look through the lens at Ab-Normal Beauty. Jin is a moderately successful photographer who's raw natural talent has caught the eye of many but left her unsatisfied. One fateful day sees a horrific car-crash occur on one of her days out taking photos and if compelled from some unknown force Jin takes several photos of a dead body. This simple act sets o...

Be careful what you "click" for! Pop in your floppies and log on to episode 90 of the Dead Air Podcast! Wes and Lydia enter the forbidden room with 2001's J-horror classic; Pulse. Two stories taking place in Japan simultaneously depict an odd set of occurrences where a member of a group of friends kills himself for no reason. Stranger still there is evidence of people logging on to this new-fangle...

Let's get soaking wet! On today's episode of the Dead Air Podcast Wes and Lydia immerse themselves in the 2002 film; Dark Water. Yoshimi is a single mother going through a nasty divorce where she is forced to face off against her unscrupulous ex-husband over the custody of their young daughter, Iku. Between custody hearings, finding a new job and starting Iku at a new kindergarten, it's clear that...

We're back and better than ever! It's time to start the New Year right, with the very first episode of Dead Air of 2017! This time we talk about the 1968 fan requested film; Spider Baby. Bruno is the caretaker of a trio of siblings that have an extremely rare disease called; Merrye Syndrome. Upon puberty a person suffering from this syndrome begins to regress mentally until they became feral canni...

Woo Woo! All aboard the Dead Air Podcast! For our last episode of 2016. We're ringing in the new year with the 1980 slasher; Terror Train. A group of college grade med students are planning on celebrating New Years Eve in style as they board a private train. Destination Boozeville with stops over in Sexland and Drugstopia. Little do they know their collective pasts are coming back in a big bad way...

Do you hear what I hear? A pod, a pod, casting in your ears it will bring you loads of bloody cheer! On today's episode of the Dead Air Podcast we finally take a look at the grandfather of all slashers, the 1974 film; Black Christmas. Jess and her sorority sisters are packing up and getting ready to head home for the holidays and not even a series of strange vulgar phone calls from a man named "Bi...

On today's episode of the Dead Air Podcast, Wes and Lyida head up to Eel Marsh house in search of peat bog bodies and instead find the 2012 film; The Woman In Black. Arthur is a mild mannered lawyer and although his life has seen some significant personal tragedy his firm is giving him an ultimatum: close down the Drablow estate, or find a new job. A long trip to the isolated village of Crythin Gi...

Another fan request gets Wes and Lydia Lynched! Episode 84 brings you the 1977 headtrip; Eraserhead. Henry's romantic entanglement with Mary lands him on a straight path to fatherhood but his world seemingly is falling apart around him with an ominous dark moon in the sky, mounds of soil everywhere he goes - killer sperm and dancing ladies in the radiator! All of this would be bad enough but he al...

It's time for some anatomically incorrect behavior! Episode 83 of Dead Air will keep you pinned to your seats with the cult classic Canadian film about a cold creepy character that causes cacophonous craze with a medical creation in the 1988 film; Pin. Leon and his sister Ursula seem to have the ideal life. Wealth and status with a successful father but while the family is rich in the conventional...

Very challenging to do a funny Crypt-Keeper-esque post about this film so I'm not going to try. On today's episode Dead Air tackles the shocking film that's based on a true story; The Entity. Carla is a single mother raising three kids while holding down a job and studying in school when without warning she is sexually assaulted by a seemingly invisible presence. This marks the beginning of a harr...

Good evening. On today's tale we take a look at a woman with money issues and a man with mommy issues as Dead Air discuses Alfred Hitchcock's undeniable classic; Psycho. A bit of impulsiveness gets Marion Crane in a boat load of trouble as she steals 40,000 dollars from her employer. Now on the run and headed to her boyfriend in California she makes a little pit stop at the Bates Motel. However, M...

It's a radical hypno-high all the way to episode 80 of Dead Air where Wes and Lydia take in the 1980 film; Motel Hell. A movie so far out it's got wings! Terry is a regular girl going out for a joyride with her boyfriend Bo when sudden bike trouble leads her to the care of a kindly farmer and his family that run a big farm/ Motel service. Terry recovers and is otherwise unaware that Farmer Vincent...

Grab a beer and head to the RV because Dead Air is extending Halloween by one week so we can travel to The Houses October Built! A group of friends looking for the ultimate experience in annual Halloween haunts sets out for a country wide tour of fear but as each haunt fails to give them the high only true terror can create they start following a series of mysterious clues that elude to the one tr...

Happy Halloween! Check out our commentary track of the 1986 classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre!

Ladies and gentlemen, rev your chainsaws! It's time for part one of our two part Halloween special! On today's episode Wes and Lydia pile in to a sweaty van and take you scene by agonizing scene through one of the most beloved and iconic horror films ever made the 1974 undisputed masterpiece; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and here's the "hook" it's a commentary track! Sally and her brother Franklin...

We hope you're hungry because Dead Air is about to carve you up episode 76 with the 1983 Thanksgiving themed film; Blood Rage. Terry and Todd are two twins out for a night at the movies when Terry gets a taste for murder and then blames his shocked brother on the crime. A decade later and just in time for Thanksgiving Todd escapes the mental institution he was placed in and heads home to face off...

Trick or treat! The first episode of Dead Air for the most pumpkin fueled month is here! Today Wes and Lydia face off againt their worst enemies! A pack of unruly boils and ghouls in the 2015 film; Hellions. Dora wants nothing more than to have a fun night out at a Halloween party with her boyfriend but when a short stop at the local clinic brings her news of an unwanted pregnancy Dora's night is...

Grab a shovel and start digging! We've got 1000 episodes of Dead Air to bury. On today's episode Wes and Lydia are lowered in to the pit to hail Dr. Satan while they check out the 2003 Rob Zombie debut; House of 1000 corpses. Four friends traveling the American countryside in search of roadside attractions to put in their book come across; Captain Spaulding's Museum and Monsters and Madmen. This e...

Gear up creeps! We're hunting for the next episode of Dead Air with the 2011 found footage fright-fest Grave Encounters. A team of paranormal "experts" start filming episode six of their ghost hunting show Grave Encounters when they come face to face with Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital an abandoned asylum with a dark history and a reputation as being one of the most haunted places on earth. Lock...

Another episode of Dead Air to add to your collection! Wes and Lydia rig your minds to blow with the 2012 film; The Collection. The notorious and deadly mass murderer known simply as the Collector is back and this time it's personal! During a night of clubbing a young affluent woman named Elana is kidnapped by the Kevlar masked killer and with a little help from her father's sizable bank roll a cr...

Where did you get those peepers?! Find out on the latest episode of Dead Air when we drive the long dusty roads and watch the 2001 film; Jeepers Creepers. Two siblings on a long drive home from college have a run in with a mysterious man in a shredded duster and hat. Convinced this creepy individual has committed murder this brother and sister duo stick their noses where it doesn't belong and sets...