Dread Media

It's much delayed, but give Desmond a break! He just found this review of True Blood season four he did with the lovely Megan on his hard drive! Better late than never, right? Interesting dynamic here: Megan is an avowed fan of True Blood since season one, and this is the first season Desmond's watched. What did the two think? Things to take away from this review: the girl who plays Jessica is incredibly hot. Really hot. Super hot. Oh, and also some of the guys might be good looking. Or something. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter, but don't follow Megan in real life or Desmond will probably punch you. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

This week, Desmond and Darryll kick off the Yuletide festivities by taking a look at last year's Finnish film Rare Export: A Christmas Tale. Then Desmond goes solo on the sexy horror anthology film Little Deaths. Songs included: "Buried by Christmas" by Wednesday 13, "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" by Danny Elfman, "Sex and Death" by Motorhead, and "Pretty Little Death Song" by The Headstones. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond and Darryll come to terms with Lucio Fulci's The House by the Cemetery. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. stops by to do two short comic reviews of Hellboy: House of the Living Dead and Creepy Presents: Bernie Wrightson. Then, songs are played: "House by the Cemetery" by Wednesday 13, "Bob" by NOFX, "Creepy Crawly" by Michale Graves, and "It's Time to Party" by Andrew WK. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia and @EwokJedi on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

In this episode of Dread Media, through the fog of red wine, two profane films are reviewed, but only one of them is worth your time. Which is it? Helldriver or Chillerama? Listen to find out! Splattering blood and other bodily fluids ahoy! Profane music: "Tokyo Vigilante #1" by Powerman 5000, "The Helldriver" by Voivod, "Drive In" by The Donnas, and "Wrong Turn" by The Young Werewolves. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

In this highbrow, literary episode of Dread Media, Desmond is joined by Brother D in the first installment of Read the Book to discuss Robert E. Howard's horror stories. Then Darryll and Desmond review a film based on another literary masterpiece: Frankenhooker. Songs included: "Opening Theme" and "Closing Theme" from Casonetto's Last Song by Luke Stark, "Frankenhooker" by The 69 Eyes, and "Dead Man in My Bed" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Visit Brother D at www.derekmkoch.com, and check out 1951 Down Place for all your Hammer Film Podcasting needs! Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia and @BrotherD on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

We're doing it for the kids this week! Since all my other co-hosts are completely inappropriate, a slightly less inappropriate guest host named Jeff Strand joins us to talk about his sorta-kinda kids' book Fangboy, and his young adult splatter novel A Bad Day for Voodoo. Then, in a very special Growing Up Geek, Desmond is joined by his sons Cade and Davin to talk about a Reddick family favorite: The Monster Squad! But wait, there's more! Desmond goes solo on the painfully bad Spanish kids versus monster romp Buenas Noches, Senor Monstruo. Kid friendly tunes: "Kids in America" by Bloodhound Gang, "Waiting for a Bad Day for Voodoo" by Trevor Strong, "Rock Until You Drop" by Michael Sembello, "Buenas Noches, Senor Monstruo" by Regaliz, and "The Kids Who Wanna Play with the Dead" by Lordi. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia and @JeffStrand on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

In this episode, Desmond and Darryll dive into the two-disc Blu-ray Ultimate Edition of Lucio Fulci's Zombie from Blue Underground. Then Desmond makes a case for the modern Canadian giallo Faces in the Crowd. Songs included: "Zombies March!" and "Zombie" by Gwar, "Forgotten Faces" by Avenged Sevenfold, and "Time to Die" by Hank Williams III. RIP Cory Smoot, AKA Flattus Maximus. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

Jeff fondly remembers a couple of horror film festivals that are now deceased, and shares the highlights of the Freak Show Film Festival. Follow us on Twitter @JeffStrand and @dreadmedia.

Seven comics, two men, two hours, all #1 issues. But what's the Madame Xanadu count? Listen to find out as Chris and Desmond take a break from your regularly scheduled program to discuss the seven first issues from The Dark line of DC's new 52 initiative. The first issues of Animal Man, Demon Knights, Frankenstein: Agent of SHADE, I, Vampire, Justice League Dark, Resurrection Man, and Swamp Thing all get their fair share of coverage. Follow us on Twitter @dreadmedia and @Insp_Spacetime.

I'm going to need to see your license, registration, and earbuds. This episode, themed around law and order, has Desmond and Darryll reviewing the Blu-ray release of Maniac Cop. Then Desmond goes solo on the true crime documentary Pig Farm, and weirdo crime flick South of Heaven. A little bit of cop rock for ya: "It's the Law" by Social Distortion, "Police Truck" by Dead Kennedys, "Pig House" by The Melvins, "South of Heaven" by Slayer, and "I am the Law" by Anthrax. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

In this massive episode so big and in a week so fraught with emotional stress, Desmond forgets to mention his hiccups in the film review, and Chris Johnson brings an interview with Kurtis J. Wiebe about his new Image Comics horror series, Green Wake. Then Desmond and Darryll review the legendarily bad film Zombie Lake, and Desmond goes solo on the TV show Todd and the Book of Pure Evil. It's almost two hours of horror-podcasting goodness! Tunes included: "Green Hell" by The Misfits, "White Zombie" by Manimals, "The Lake" by King Diamond, "The Book of Heavy Metal (March of the Metalians)" by Dream Evil, and "Pure Evil" by The Meteors. Check out the first issue of Green Wake for free here: http://dailydead.com/exclusive-free-digital-version-of-green-wake-1/. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia and @Insp_Spacetime on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

The Commonwealth Crew get all British on your arse this week as they talk about Peter Cushing and Joan Collins in a review of the 1972 Amicus anthology film, Tales from the Crypt! Don't fuck with Ian's rose garden. That's not a ginger euphemism, by the way. Follow us on Twitter @dreadmedia and @MuseumWalkerIan. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

This episode of Gleefully Macabre is wayyyyy past deadline. But that's okay, because Jeff Strand is here to talk about deadlines, Best Worst Movie, and the promotional song for his upcoming novel "Waiting for a Bad Day for Voodoo" by Trevor Strong! Visit Trevor at www.trevorstrong.org and Jeff at www.jeffstrand.com. Follow @JeffStrand. And follow us on Twitter @dreadmedia. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

It's a mega-episode this week as Greg Lamberson stops by to talk tortured private detectives, werewolves, snow sharks, and... Tim Hortons? Then Desmond and Darryll dive into the classic John Carpenter film Escape from New York, where the last thing Kurt Russell wants to do is occupy Wall Street! Then, we can't go too long without a cinema verite film, can we? Zombie Diaries 2: World of the Dead gets a solo review. The following tunes get a spin: "Cosmic Drama" by Voivod, "Year of the Wolf" by Motorhead, "Escape" by Metallica, "Vacant World" by Diablo Blvd, and "A Drug Against Wall Street" by KMFDM. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

In the second installment of the TV-based segment, Megan is back to join Desmond on a discussion of the third season of the Canadian-produced Syfy show Sanctuary. Sexual innuendo and Hollow Earth all in one episode? What more do you want? Follow us on Twitter @dreadmedia. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

Remember when I told you I'd podcast you last? I lied! This week Desmond and Darryll sit through a gory action double feature extravaganza across the ages. First up, the bizarre 1980 revenge-driven vigilante piece The Exterminator. Then 2009's Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren vehicle, Universal Soldier: Regeneration! These songs will get you in the mood for carnage: "Opening Titles (The Exterminator)" by Joe Renzetti, "Exterminate!" by Amen, "New Model No. 15" by Marilyn Manson, and "Punishment" by Biohazard. What the hell are you doing reading this? Listen! Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

In this huge episode of Dread Media, Desmond interviews writers Colin Bryan and Emily Kieson who are raising money to produce their graphic novel 86 Plots through Kickstarter. Then Desmond and Darryll check out the latest Takashi Miike release, 13 Assassins. And just when you thought everything was going to have a number in the title this week, Desmond goes solo on a review of Medium Raw: Night of the Wolf. Songs on offer this week: "Dirt on the Grave" by Black Label Society, "Thirteen" by Johnny Cash, "Swordmaster" by 3 Inches of Blood, "Killer Wolf" by Danzig, and "Grave Diggers" by The Creepshow. Make sure to visit our new sponsors: www.shop.horrormovieempire.com and www.darkfuse.com. Visit the 86 Plots Kickstarter page here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/845684182/86-plots-a-thrilling-new-graphic-novel?ref=category. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

After a long time dabbling in other genre and cult fair, Desmond and Darryll bring it back to the horror side of things with their review of the classic giallo film Torso. Then Desmond goes solo on the following three recently released slashers: Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2, Bereavement, and Frat House Massacre. Killer tunes: "Saint of Killers" by Damn Laser Vampires, "Torso" by The Browns, "Black Chrome" by Turbonegro, "Legacy of Hate" by Fight, "Brother" by Murder by Death, and "Smiling Like a Killer" by Motorhead. Visit www.horror-mall.com for 50% off any order of $50 and up for a limited time. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

This time, on the long-awaited return of Dying in the Gutters, Chris and Desmond dive into Tomb of Dracula #20-23 and Giant-Size Chillers #1. In this episode, Dracula cock-blocks teenagers, boots dudes in the balls, takes his daughter to a rugby game, and faces off against a super-powered br... I can't say it here. Seriously, why are you reading this? Listen you mortal peon, and pray that you don't get thrown against a wall. Follow us on Twitter @dreadmedia. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

It seems like a break from the norm is becoming the status quo lately. But the car chase movie is a cult genre unto itself, and Darryll's a big fan. So that's what the boys thought they were going to see in this week's Roadkill Review of Drive. Then Desmond brings it back to horror with a review of the killer car film Super Hybrid. Turn the ignition and tune into WDMP for the following crazy car tunes: "You Drive Me Nervous" by Alice Cooper, "Drive" by Amen, "Hybrid Moments" by The Misfits, and "The Helldriver" by Voivod. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!