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This week, pool your cash, because we are low budget! First up, Desmond and Darryll take a look at the Criterion release of 1970's Equinox. Then, it's chicks and chainsaws time as Desmond goes solo on the first season of Chainsaw Sally and Faces of Schlock: The Boobs and Blood Edition. The following lo-fi tunes were probably recorded on reel-to-reel, even though that is much more expensive than recording in Pro Tools, so never mind: "We Die Young" by Alice in Chains, "Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants" by Dillinger Escape Plan, "Crazy, Crazy Mama" by Roky Erickson, "Vampira" by Devin Townsend Band, and "My Poor Friend Me" by Frank Turner. That is all. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

In a decidedly non-horror episode of Dread Media, Desmond and Darryll discuss two diverse features. First up is the harrowing and hilarious documentary The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. Then, they try not to talk too much about the comic book that they adapted to make All-Star Superman. Songs to make you wanna dance in yer daddy's shoes: "Satan is Real / Straight to Hell" and "D. Ray White" by Hank Williams III, "Superman" by Duff McKagan, and "If You're Gonna be Dumb, You Gotta be Tough" by Roger Alan Wade. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

When is a lesbian vampire film not a lesbian vampire film? Desmond and Darryll answer that in their review of Daughters of Darkness. Then Desmond looks at the 3 Rs (rape, revenge, and remake) as he reviews 2010's I Spit on Your Grave. Keanu couldn't be here this week, but Desmond calls another mega-celebrity to make up for it. All in a good day's podcast. Tunes included: "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" by Iron Maiden, "Strangers on a Train" by Lovage, "Raped and Freezin'" by Alice Cooper, and "Janie's Got a Dissolvo Ray" by Zombina and the Skeletones. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

Rape-revenge, a proto-Scream film, and an Epic Meal Time reference? Yup! It's an episode of Dread Media. Desmond and Darryll sit down to discuss I Spit on Your Grave, which is now out on Blu-ray, before Desmond goes solo on There's Nothing Out There. Rounding out the show is some excellent feedback, and the following terror tunes: "Spit it Out" by Slipknot, "Dirt on the Grave" by Black Label Society, "Nothing Terribly New" by The Hellacopters, and "That Time of the Month" by Harley Poe. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

Joining Desmond this week is Black Death director Christopher Smith to talk about his influences and the joys of filmmaking. Then there is nothing joyful when Desmond and Darryll take on Hatchet II. And a huge celebrity returns to Dread Media for the inaugural edition of his new segment! You'll have to listen to find out! Songs included: "Black Death" by Zombeast, "Empty Ships" by Creeper Lagoon, "Mr. Crowley" by Ozzy Osbourne, and "Bury the Hatchet" by Ghoultown. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

This week we hit both ends of the spectrum with the same director as Desmond and Darryll check out Christopher Smith's yet-to-be-released medieval plague film, Black Death, and his horror comedy, Severance. The following terror tunes get a spin on the old wheel: "Goin' Down to Dunwich" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "Necromancer" by Gnarls Barkley, "Workin' Man" by Hank III, and "Rotter" by Doomriders. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

The chief export of this podcast is pain this week as Desmond and Darryll take on the 1982 Chuck Norris classic Silent Rage. Then Desmond goes solo on Michael Louis Calvillo's novella Bleed for You. Songs, sure to kill you on contact, this week: "Eyes of a Ranger" by Chuck Norris, "I'm The Law" by The Chuck Norris Experiment, "Bleed For Me" by Black Label Society, and "The Kicking Machine" by The Melvins. Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook! Walker told me I have AIDS. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

This week, Greg Lamberson returns to talk about Slime City Massacre and his first two Jake Helman File novels now available as downloadable audiobooks! Then Desmond and Darryll make what they can of Lucio Fulci's Cat in the Brain. Songs included: "True Believers" by Bouncing Souls, "Voodoo" by Black Sabbath, "Mean Eyed Cat" by Johnny Cash, and "Wipe it 'til it Bleeds" by Turbonegro. Support Greg and Dread Media by partaking in a 14-day free trial at Audible.com by going to www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia and getting either Personal Demons or Desperate Souls by Greg Lamberson for free! Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

It's monkeys on Mars, brooding twenty-somethings, and French-Canadian werewolves in this family-friendly episode of Dread Media. Nothing here worse than PG-rated this week as Desmond and Darryll check out the Criterion release of Robinson Crusoe on Mars before Desmond goes solo on The Haunting of Amelia and Le Poil de la Bete (The Hair of the Beast). Tunes, family-friendly and not, include: "Fields of Mars" by Bad Religion, "Mars Needs Women" by Rob Zombie, "Everyone I Went to High School With Is Dead" by Mr. Bungle, "Hair of the Dog" by Guns N' Roses, and "Welcome to the Family" by Avenged Sevenfold. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

It's giant wild boars, human slavery, decapitations, and bad impressions this week on Dread Media. So, basically, it's business as usual. Darryll and Desmond look at Pig Hunt. Then Desmond goes solo on And Soon the Darkness, and the novella by Kurt Newton and LL Soares, Breaking Eggs, in a nasty classic episode. Tunes include: "Booneville Stomp" by Les Claypool, "I am a Pig" by Two, "The Human Traffic King (White Slavery Pt. 2)" by Necro, "Buried with Children" by Wednesday 13, and "Red Velvet Upholstery, Black Leather Curtains (Blade Slays Edward Remix)" by Mary Shelley Overdrive. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

This week Dread Media kicks off 2011 with a splat of bodily fluids as the Scumdog himself, Oderus Urungus of Gwar, joins Desmond to talk about sex, crack, Dana Carvey, and more! Then Jeff Crazy from It Came from the Basement reminisces with Desmond about the Gwar long-form music video "Phallus in Wonderland." And Desmond and Darryll explore the origins of Gwar's latest album by reviewing the film from which its name is derived: Bloody Pit of Horror! The following Gwar songs can be heard here: "Sick of You," "The Morality Squad," "Ham on the Bone," "Sick and Twisted," and "You Are My Meat." Check out Gwar online at www.gwar.net to buy their shit, and see Oderus's latest appearances on FOX News Red Eye. Find Jeff at: itcamefromthebasement.wordpress.com, www.myspace.com/helltrackca, and www.myspace.com/themotherfuckingbrowns. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

Episode 175 of Dread Media is near, and Desmond teases all of us with this cryptic trailer! Just who is Earth-2.net's Master of Horror going to interview on Monday, 03 January?

This Holiday limbo episode of Dread Media sees a clear departure from tradition, as Desmond and Darryll spend almost an hour talking about the Criterion release of David Cronenberg's Videodrome! Canadian television, the 1980s, and a certain actress' assets are also discussed. But the two go deep as well. Deep as a stomach vagina. Tunes included: "TV Casualty" by The Misfits, "All Hail the New Flesh" by Strapping Young Lad, and "Television" by Bad Religion. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

This week, after a cryptic announcement, Darryll reviews Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon. He even lets Desmond say a few things! Then, Desmond slakes his thirst for blabbing with a Dying in the Gutters segment on Jason Aaron's Ghost Rider Omnibus. The following yuletide tunes should tide you over for the holidays: "The Biggest Killer in American History" by Bad Religion, "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads, "Ghost Rider" by Rollins Band, "Vigilante Christmas" by Kirby Krackle, and "Silent Night, Deadly Night (acoustic)" by The Browns! Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

Think we're currently in the Golden Age of the superhero film? Wrong. This week Desmond and Darryll take a look at the lineage of the French superhero / antihero film. First up: one of the greatest comic films ever made: Mario Bava's 1968 psychedelic Danger: Diabolik. Then Desmond does a What Music They Make segment looking at Ennio Morricone's score for that film before Darryll returns to go over the first two films covering the silent exploits of the French pulp anarchist, Fantomas: 1913's Fantomas in the Shadow of the Guillotine, and Juve vs. Fantomas. It's a show loaded with debonair antiheroes and their lovely ladies. Enjoy! Diabolikal tunes abound: "Deep Down" by Mondo Cane, "Body Movin'" by The Beastie Boys, "Underwater Wah Wah" and other selected music from Ennio Morricone, "Experiment in Terror" by Fantomas, and "Something Diabolical" by The Bloodhound Gang. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

In this barbaric episode of Dread Media, Desmond and Darryll review the strangely metaphysical Viking fight club epic, Valhalla Rising. Then, after a Dying in the Gutters segment on the BOOM! Studios comic The Anchor, Desmond does a track by track review of Gwar's latest album: Bloody Pit of Horror. Chest-thumping metal for everyone this week: "Onward to Valhalla" by 3 Inches of Blood, "Valhalla" by Black Sabbath, "Holy War" by The Lords of the New Church, "Kz Necromancer" by Gwar, and "Berserk!" by Suicidal Tendencies. This episode shall crush thine fleshy parts. Verily. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

In this week's misogynistic film round-up, Desmond and Darryll have a very uncomfortable conversation about sex, Nazis, and Smokey and the Bandit while reviewing Salon Kitty. Then Desmond is a little weirded out by how much he enjoyed Lars von Trier's controversial Antichrist. And he makes a lot of enemies in his review of the film Adrien Brody doesn't want you to see: Giallo. Then Darryll can't get enough and joins us for a little bit of feedback and a peanut butter 'nana sammich. Songs bordering on misogyny: "She" by KISS, "Nazi Girlfriend" by Iggy Pop, "Master's Hands" by Charlotte Gainsbourg, "She Is Beautiful" by Children of Bodom, and "Only Women Bleed" by Alice Cooper. Please don't tell my wife. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

This week, Dread Media has an episode for you, and you're probably going to like it. Desmond and Darryll discuss the tiers of John Carpenter's catalogue after a viewing of Prince of Darkness. Then Desmond goes solo on The Rig. Tunes included: "Speak of the Devil" by The Misfits, "Prince of Darkness" by Alice Cooper, "Ocean Man" by Ween, and "Perish in Fire" by Monster Magnet. Seriously, pray for death. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

In this massive episode of Dread Media, Desmond and Darryll cover the sleaze classic Maniac. Then Desmond covers indie sleaze film Defiled, James Newman's sleazy novella The Forum, and a huge stack of not-so-sleazy comics from Dark Horse, DC, Humanoids, Marvel, and Radical! Also, sleazy songs: "Maniac's Theme (End Titles)" by Jay Chattaway, "Maniac" by Michael Sembello, "Rape Me" by Nirvana, "Come Join Us" by Bad Religion, "I Don't Wanna Be (A Superhero)" by Roadrunner United with Michale Graves, and "All Twisted" by CIV. Phew! Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

We need an old priest and a young priest! And a sadly bloated former child actor! This week, in an episode dedicated to two very different films based on demonic possession, Desmond and Darryll cover The Exorcist and Night of the Demons. One's the most influential horror film of all time, and the other's a remake of a mediocre film from the 1980s. Strap in, Internet, because I think we might have broken Darryll. Demonic ditties include: an excerpt from "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield, "The Exorcist" by The Hellacopters, "Night of the Demons" by 45 Grave, and "Possessions" by Strapping Young Lad. Send your feedback to Hell, because I hear that's where your mother... feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!