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Smile for the camera this week as we look at some truly depraved houses of horror, as well as some found footage films. First up, Duane joins Desmond for a review of the brand new found footage black comedy / horror film from Artsploitation Films: The House with 100 Eyes. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a Stay Scary on The Seasoning House. Desmond goes solo on the less-than-adequate Vatican Exorcisms. There are tunes as well: "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" by The Adverts, "Snuff" by Slayer, "House of Suffering" by Bad Brains, "Necrophatic Vatican" by Take Over and Destroy, and "The Touch of Reality" by The Skull. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

From Stand by Me to Gremlins to Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, it seems like Corey Feldman has been a part of genre cinema since this host first started watching it, but how's his career been lately? No, we aren't looking at the ridiculous reality show, but Desmond and Duane take a look at the "lost" film Seance (AKA Killer in the Dark), which also stars Adam West. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. reviews the pilot episode of Splatter. Changing the topic a little bit, Desmond reviews the bizarro fiction novel Night of the Assholes by Kevin L Donihe. There's also a bunch of songs, beginning with the podcast debut of "Young till I Die" by The Browns, "All My Friends are Ghosts" by Powerman 5000, "White Boy Funeral" by Black Market Baby, "Kill the Assholes" by SOD, and "Being an Asshole is your Pre-Existing Condition" by Helltrack. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmed

No error here! This week's Dread Media takes a look at two films that feature journeys into horrible dimensions. First up, Artsploitation Films is back from hiatus with the lucid dreaming walk into a nightmare world of family secrets and the titular monster in Desmond and Duane's review of Horsehead. Then, Darryll pops in to review Stephen McHattie's odyssey to Hell in the recent Anchor Bay release: Hellmouth. Some songs to accompany you on your journey? "Awake and Dreaming" by Finger Eleven, "A Horse Called Golgotha" by Baroness, "Dig Up Her Bones (acoustic)" by Michale Graves, and "Grave Diggers" by The Creepshow all get a spin! Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

This week, the beloved Roadkill Review returns! Darryll and Desmond brave semi-trucks and motorcycle gangs to take in a viewing of a sequel 30 years in the making: Mad Max: Fury Road. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. prepares for a long weekend of camping in his review of Preservation in a brand new Stay Scary. All this and music too! "Apocalyptic Havoc" by Goatwhore, "Pure Rock Fury" by Clutch, "A Little Death" by Fucked Up, and "Mogwai Highrise Massacre" by Chained to the Dead. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

After several themed episodes, Dread Media presents a grab bag of reviews this week. First up, an extremely drunk review of John Carpenter's Escape from LA from Darryll and Desmond. Devil Dinosaur Jr. commemorates Mother's Day with a Stay Scary of the Chinese horror film Baby Blues. Desmond goes solo on The Drownsman. Of course, there's music as well: "Los Angeles" by The 69 Eyes, "Los Angeles is Burning" by Bad Religion, "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" by Manic Street Preachers, "Dirty Drowning Man" by Primus, and "Motherfucker (JG Thirlwell Remix)" by Faith No More. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

This week is for the ladies. Virgins and whores, final girls and damsels in distress. Monsters and monster-hunters. Seductresses and victims. Everything in between. The female of the species is not often serviced well by the genre, but this week we present reviews of eight films of varying quality that are centered around women. First, Chris joins Desmond to discuss the intense and powerful Martha Marcy May Marlene starring the amazing Elizabeth Olsen. Devil Dinosaur Jr. sidles up to chat up Girls Against Boys. Desmond goes solo on a variety of films: Avenged, Rabid Grannies, Echoes, and two films from Troma's From Asia with Lust Volume 1 DVD: Hitch-Hike and Camp. Finally, ending on a bang, Duane joins Desmond for a look at All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. There's tunes as well: "Floor" by Royal Thunder, "Marcy's Song" by John Hawkes, "Learned It" by Girls Against Boys, "Blood Sisters" by Huntress, "Dark Secret Girl" by Turbonegro, and "She Rides" by Danzig. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.

Dread Media hits the big 4-0-0! For 400 weeks in a row we have provided you an hour (or so) of audio entertainment covering the horror and dark fantastique across all media, and this week is no different. In fact, all the way back in episode 100 we paid tribute to the man of many media himself: Clive Barker. Since then, a lot has happened in the world of Clive Barker, and Desmond and friends are here to fill you in on the world of film, literature, and comics as they relate to Clive Barker. First, Desmond and Darryll get a look at the long-anticipated Nightbreed: The Director's Cut, a film once considered lost forever. Then, Devil Dinosaur Jr. delivers an epic-length Stay Scary based on the writing work that Clive Barker has done for television, namely: "Haeckel's Tale" and "Valerie on the Stairs" from Masters of Horror, and "The Yattering and Jack" from Tales from the Darkside. Desmond goes solo for the first of two segments on a review of the brand new (yet old) novelette Tortured Souls: The Legend of Primo

Episode 400 is coming next week, so we needed to clean some of the piles of reviews we have sitting around in Dread Media Global Headquarters. First up, Duane and Desmond take a look at the Canadian horror comedy Wolfcop. Then Desmond settles in for a barrage of reviews from across all media. Books: Angel of the Abyss by Ed Kurtz, Facial by Jeff Strand, and Human Monsters by Gregory Lamberson. A comic book: Shaolin Cowboy: Shemp Buffet. And another film: Muck. Of course, it would be weird if we all of a sudden stopped playing music, right? "American Werewolf in Calgary" by The Browns, "Devil's Blood" by Cancer Bats, "Clones (We're All)" by Alice Cooper, "Unseen Tormentor" by Early Man, and "Killer on the Lamb" by Banjo & Sullivan. RIP Geofrrey Lewis, Tom Towles, and Herb Trimpe. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

Sequels aren't always the best measure of cinematic quality. However, what happens when you have sequels to what many consider to be not only the best genre films of all time, but the best films of all time? This week, Dread Media tries to answer that question. First up, Darryll and Desmond tackle Hitchcock protege Richard Franklin's stab at Psycho II. And, in a brand new Stay Scary, Devil Dinosaur Jr. takes a bite out of 1978's Jaws 2. Of course, there's also a bunch of sequelly songs: "Second Time Around" by The Damned, "Mother" by Danzig, "Fast as a Shark" by Accept, and "Again" by Alice in Chains. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @Agent_326, @DevilDinosaurJr, and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

This week Desmond hit up the Vancouver Fan Expo and went on an interview spree. For you, we present those interviews of the following people in the following order: Michael Angelos, creator of Jack the Lantern; Conan and X-O Manowar artist Cary Nord; comic creator and filmmaker Kaare Andrews; Final Transmission author Brian Clement; notorious comic creator Robin Thompson; The Walking Dead's Scott Wilson; and the legendary Lance Henriksen. On top of all of that, there are songs: "Pumpkin Head" by The Misfits, "Holy Barbarian" by Melvins Lite, "Iron Fist" by Richie Branson, "The Easter Bunny Always Sleeps" by Vincent Price, "Pilot Episode: Main Title (Long)" by Mark Snow, and "Fansong" by Dethklok. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @carynord, @kaareandrews, @brianfhclement, @lancehenriksen, @ian_paterson, and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

The March on Full Moon comes to an end in epic style as Desmond and Duane give you a retrospective on the flagship series of Full Moon Entertainment: Puppet Master! Instead of reviewing the films, the hosts cover a variety of topics, awards show style, to run the gamut from 1989's Puppet Master to 2012's Puppet Master X: Axis Rising. Everything from Favorite Character to Hottest Guys and Girls to Best Kills. If you're a fan of Puppet Master, you need to check this out! It wouldn't be an episode of Dread Media without some themed songs: "Puppet Master Theme" by Richard Band, "Master of Puppets" by Metallica, "No Strings Attached" by Valient Thorr, "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" by Trivium, and "The Puppet Master" by King Diamond. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

It's the massive penultimate episode of March on Full Moon! First up, Patrick Romandy-Simmons stops by to talk about his career in special effects, including working in the biggest horror franchises of all-time, Rod Steiger getting mad at him, an insane run-in with a celebrity, and his work on Puppet Master. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. steps in to talk about some beast-on-woman love in the remarkably weird Meridian. To close the show, Desmond and Duane take a look at the monks versus demon film Catacombs. Some tunes as well to carry you through your week: "Incalculable Effects" by Propagandhi, "I'm Your Puppet" by Sam & Dave, "Love Like Blood" by Killing Joke, "Released from the Catacombs" by Skeletonwitch, and "Old School Hollywood" by System of a Down. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @PatrickRomSim, @DevilDinosaurJr, and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

Beware the Ides of March on Full Moon! Speaking of Ides of March and Roman Catholicism, Dread Media and Full Moon Entertainment get all religious extremist on you as Desmond and Duane take in a masterful performance by the great Lance Henriksen as the evil Torquemada in 1991's The Pit and the Pendulum. Of course, Devil Dinosaur Jr. bounces right back to take a look at another Coombs / Crampton collaboration: Evil Clergyman. There are some hymns as well: "God Song" by Bad Religion, "Inquisition (of the Innocent)" by Act of Impalement, "Spiritual Law" by Slayer, and "Worship Me Like a God" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Amen! Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

March to Full Moon soldiers on as Duane and Desmond dig in to the pet project of filmmaker Ted Nicolaou: the Subspecies franchise! We look at all the films in the series in chronological order: Subspecies, Bloodstone: Subspecies II, Bloodlust: Subspecies III, Vampire Journals, and Subspecies IV: Bloodstorm. There's some bloody songs as well: "Bloodmines" by Baptists, "Nightwing" by Marduk, "Bloodlust" by The Browning, "Bloodstone" by Judas Priest, and "Vampire" by Rigor Mortis. Get your Radu on! Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

The March on Full Moon begins as Duane and Desmond settle in for a month dedicated to the little production company that could: Full Moon Entertainment. First up, the two drool over Barbara Crampton and the gothic exploitation of Castle Freak. And, as if one freakish monster in the basement wasn't enough, Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a Stay Scary on the Charles Band-produced Cellar Dweller! Of course, we have some kickass tunes to play as well: "Castlestorm" by ASG, "Freak" by The Meteors, "Snaggletooth" by Motorhead, and "Sub-Basement" by Pentagram. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

This week is a barrage of craziness! First off, Darryll and Desmond discuss the finer points of the recent careers of C. Thomas Howell and Judd Nelson. They also provide some solid inspirational quotes for you to live by in their review of Bigfoot Wars. Desmond goes solo on a review of Jeff Strand's brand new novella Facial. Devil Dinosaur Jr. calls in some feedback about his own experience with home-invasions, and Richard the Monster Movie Kid breaks in the brand new voicemail number (posted below)! Audio additions as follows: "More Arms Than Courage" by Todd Glass, "Waking the Giants" by Carthage, "Satan is Real / Straight to Hell" by Hank Williams III, "I'll Bite Your Face Off" by Alice Cooper, and "Full Moon" by Atmosphere. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

Happy Valentine's Day, Dreadites! Whether you have a Valentine or not, this week's episode is sure to tickle your fancy. First up, there's trouble in paradise as young lovers enter a house late at night... and review the film The Strangers. There's a brand new Stay Scary where Devil Dinosaur Jr. tells us why he's a Death Machine, and he don't work for nobody but us. Also, Desmond goes solo on Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard. There's nothing romantic about that. Of course, we provide a bevy of beautiful love songs for you as well: "Valentine's Day" by The Dollyrots, "Safe Home (acoustic)" by Anthrax, "Shards of Love" by Woods of Ypres, "My Bloody Valentine" by The Browns, and "I Want To Know What Love Is" by Crowbar Abortion. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Follow @Agent_326, @DevilDinosaurJr, and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

Science fiction / horror mashups are on the menu this week as Chris and Desmond take on Under the Skin, the art-film remake of Species. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a look at what happens when a hungry alien happens upon a lesbian couple in Prey (Alien Prey). Desmond comes back to go solo on the machine that lets a defeated genius help people overcome their phobias in Fear Clinic. On top of that, stick around 'til the end for the world podcast debut of a song from Greg Lamberson's upcoming horror / sci-fi / comedy Killer Rack! Beam down some scary songs: "Under My Skin" by Mudvayne, "Death" by Mica Levi, "Jealous Again" by Black Flag, "Dead Memories" by Slipknot, and "Funbags" by Armand Petri featuring Paul McGinnis and Lloyd Kaufman. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Follow @Agent_326, @DevilDinosaurJr, and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

They're the shopkeeper down the street, the simple farmer out in the country, the ranch caretaker, or the cute girl from work. Man is the greatest evil of all, and the films covered in this episode are no exception. We also welcome a brand new sponsor to the show: www.diabolikdvd.com! First up, take advantage of the Horror Block deal and listen in as the Reddick Family opens up January's Horror Block shipment on the air! Then, Desmond and Darryll get drunk and talk about bizarre metaphysical conspiracies in their coverage of the remake of Maniac. Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a Stay Scary on the classic Deranged. Then Desmond goes solo on reviews of Desecrated and Alyce Kills. Don't forget the songs: "Where Is My Mind?" by The Pixies, "A Little Knife Music" by Jay Chattaway, "These Walls are Filled With Corpses" by Overdue Exorcism, "We Die Young" by Alice in Chains, and "Hate the Living, Love the Dead" by The Misfits. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @drea

This week we have some cross-genre ghost stories to take in. First up, Chris is back to discuss the brand new comedic film from New Zealand: Housebound. Then, Devil Dinsoaur Jr. gives us a Stay Scary on what might be the first widely seen found footage horror film: BBC's live television presentation of Ghostwatch. Spooky tunes: "Board up the House" by Baroness, "Angel" by Alistair Riddell, "Old Haunts" by Gaslight Anthem, and "Fight at Dawn" by Tangerine Dream. RIP Edgar Froese. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.