Dread Media

In this thrilling episode of Gleefully Macabre, Jeff Strand talks about the gala premiere of the latest Herschell Gordon Lewis film, The Uh-Oh! Show, and shares life-changing behind-the-scenes insights about his 15 seconds on screen. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

Dread Media is mad as hell, and it can't take this anymore. So Desmond and Darryll decide to break their dry streak and take in two theatrical features as they do Roadkill Reviews on Insidious and Hobo with a Shotgun. After some feedback, join him for a fitting tribute to, the master, Sidney Lumet who left us this week. Shotgun ditties: "Blood Red Sandman" by Lordi, "Shotgun Blues" by Guns N' Roses, and "Davidian" by Machine Head. 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 this inaugural edition of Dread Media Presents, Dying in the Gutters busts into its own podcast. And Desmond brought a friend along. It's a segment so big, no episode could hold it. Join Desmond and Chris Johnson as they begin their epic voyage through the classic horror comic series Tomb of Dracula five issues at a time! What podcast could have conversations about Jack Palance, Indian stereotypes, and Dracula pimp-smacking a ho? This one, of course! 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, after Desmond drops some knowledge about the upcoming Dread Media Presents... Darryll joins him for a review of the 1981 Lucio Fulci classic The Beyond. Also, the mind-shattering true story behind the cause of World War II is revealed! And nothing will ever be the same! Tunes to carry you through one of the seven doors to Hell: "The Grave... & Beyond!" by Zombina & The Skeletones, "Beyond the Realms of Death" by Judas Priest, and "Thing Beyond Things" by Devin Townsend. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group! Visit www.audibletrial.com/dreadmedia to get a free audiobook!

It's murder, imprisonment, and revenge this week as Darryll treats Desmond to some Oldboy therapy. Desmond is sure to need therapy after a viewing of the weird true-crime documentary Bazaar Bizarre. Then he cleanses the palette with the revenge flick Grim. All this, plus feedback, another DVD giveaway contest, and announcements about the future of the podcast. The following terror tunes are waiting to take their aggression out on you: "Revenge" by Tom Araya, "Ten Ton Hammer" by Machine Head, "The Prisoner" by Suicidal Tendencies, "Grim Facts" by Alice Cooper, and "Revenge" by Ministry. Listen is what you're gonna do, or this podcast will go 1-8-7 on you! 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 this mammoth episode, Desmond and Darryll finally talk about the elephant in the room. They also talk about Dario Argento and the Blu-ray release of his film Inferno. Then Desmond goes solo on Devil's Playground before tackling a bunch of awesome feedback. The following terror tunes can be heard: "Maiden, Mother & Crone" by The Sword, "Inferno Finale" by Keith Emerson, "The Rage" by Judas Priest, and "Going Down" by The Creepshow. 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, 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!