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In this mishmash, last-minute episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick goes solo on an impromptu Roadkill Review of theatrical indie film Paranormal Activity, then sits down with Darryll to discuss Happy Birthday to Me. Michael David Sims comes back to the show to discuss The Anchor #1 from BOOM! Studios, and Desmond looks at the disturbing but vacant art film American Gothic. All that plus the following terror tunes: "When the Lights Come On" by Deadbolt, "Happy Death Day" by Gwar, "I'm Gonna Kick Your Ass" by The Moistboyz, "Down on the Farm" by Guns N' Roses, and "By Demons Be Driven" by Pantera. Check out Des and Mike review first issues and bullshit about the comics industry on Earth-2.net: The Show at www.earth-2.net. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

It's a wild world this week as Megan and Darryll join Desmond on separate reviews. Megan wants her monsters to be a little bit sexier in the television series Sanctuary, and Darryll wants his Nazi zombies from Norwegian splatstick film Dead Snow to be... more subtle? Desmond tries to add a bit of sober levelheadedness to the show, but ends up liking the PG-13 straight-to-video Scary Madison production The Shortcut. It's not worth fighting it. Join the madness. It's better that way. Tunes include: "Sanctuary" by Alice Cooper, "She Sells Sanctuary" by The Cult, "Sin's a Good Man's Brother" by Monster Magnet, "D.I.B. (Drenched in Blood)" by Turbonegro, and "Zombie Toolshed" by Mary Shelley Overdrive. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In this massive episode of Dread Media, Desmond and Darryll check out the highly anticipated anthology film Trick 'r Treat. Then Desmond brings balance to the world by watching a really terrible anthology film: Grave Danger. He then cleanses his palette with Sea Beast. Also, Desmond reviews the comic Incarnate #2 and the trade paperback Young Lovecraft. The winner of the Blind Dead Collection is revealed, and feedback is gone through. All in a race to reach the end of the episode before the plague consumes your intrepid host. He also takes breathers during the following terror tunes: "Trick or Treat" by Fastway, "No More Trick or Treat" by Mad Sin, "Gimme Danger" by Monster Magnet, "Seabeast" by Mastodon, "Young" by Hollywood Undead, and "Phone Home" by Dillinger Escape Plan. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

It's a huge episode of Dread Media as Darryll and Desmond sit down and discuss the controversial Deadgirl, Desmond goes solo on Rob Zombie's The Haunted World of el Superbeasto, and then takes on editor Michael Knost's nonfiction Writer's Workshop of Horror and Rue Morgue Magazine's 12th Annual Halloween Spectacular. Tunes include: "Living Dead Girl" and "Superbeast" by Rob Zombie, "Beast and the Harlot" by Avenged Sevenfold, "Famous Last Words" by My Chemical Romance, "Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Iron Maiden, and "Radio" by Alkaline Trio. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond and Darryll sit down and chat about the recent release from Anchor Bay, Grace. Then Desmond goes solo on Killing Ariel. There's a little bit of ranting, a little bit of feedback, a final request for contest entries, and some tunes: "Grace" by Apocalyptica, "Dead Babies" by Alice Cooper, "Used to Love Her" by Guns N' Roses, and "People Who Died" by The Jim Carroll Band. RIP Jim Carroll. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In this WTF? episode of Dread Media, Desmond and Darryll cover an animated barbarian film (Fire & Ice), Desmond does a track-by-track review of a zombie-popera (Gavin Castleton's Home), and a review of Edward Lee's Lovecraftian erotica novella Trolley No. 1852. Tunes and feedback aplenty: "Wheels of Fire" by Judas Priest, "Balls of Ice" by 3 Inches of Blood, "Unparallel Rabbits" by Gavin Castleton, "Sex Junkie" by The Plasmatics, and "Mr. Torture" by Helloween. And don't forget to enter the Blind Dead Collection giveaway. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

It's another massive episode of Dread Media as Desmond and Darryll sit down to put four evil eyes on Romero and Argento's Two Evil Eyes. Desmond goes solo on Nightmare Castle, but not before he talks about his Man-Thing with Tom Deja in the latest Dying in the Gutters! Do some vocal exercises to prepare for the giveaway of the Blind Dead Collection, and check out the following tunes: "These Eyes" by Biohazard, "Swamp Thing" by The Meteors, "La Fine degli Amanti" by Ennio Morricone, and "Dig up her Bones" by The Misfits. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

It's Labor Day so everyone has the day off except the boss. But fear not, Desmond Reddick brings you three cult films (Uwe Boll's Tunnel Rats, Euroshocker In a Glass Cage, and French Canadian black comedy Cadavres), and two comics this week (Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead #4 and FVZA #1 from Radical Comics). Feedback galore, and the following tunes: "Move Right Out of Here" by The Hellacopters, "Let's Have a War" by Fear, "Evil Boy" by The Dead Boys, "Dead Bodies" by Rancid, "Undead" by Hollywood Undead, "The House" by Michale Graves, and an excerpt from "Houses" by Mitch Hedberg. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick celebrates two years in style when Brian Keene stops by to chat about comics, movies, and those things called horror novels. Darryll and I take in the gloury of Inglourious Basterds, and Brother D drops by to wrap up Summer Knights with part two of our discussion on the Blind Dead series. Make sure to hit up MOZ 83 at www.mailorderzombie.com for part one. On top of all that, there's the New Horror Handbook giveaway results, feedback, and the following terror tunes: "Scarecrow Man" by The Misfits, "Here Come the Bastards" by Primus, "Cat People (Putting Out the Fire)" by David Bowie, "Night of the Seagulls End Title" by Anton Garcia Abril, and "Rabbia E Tarantella" by Ennio Morricone. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond and Darryll do a Roadkill Review on District 9, and Desmond covers the fourth and final film in the Blind Dead series, Night of the Seagulls. Then Michael David Sims stops by with a sampling of 1st Issue Special, the newest segment on Earth-2.net: The Show, as he and Des review Nick Simmons' comic book Incarnate #1. Make sure to enter the New Horror Handbook contest and check out your host's audio drama acting debut in 19 Nocturne Boulevard's giallo homage When Yellow Casts a Crimson Shadow here: http://www.19nocturneboulevard.net/episode%20pages/Crimson%20Shadow.htm. Tunes aplenty: "Public Animal No. 9" by Alice Cooper, "9" by Mercyful Fate, "Maritime (Mike Patton remix)" by Isis, "Creatures of the Night" by KISS, and "The Rising" by Trivium. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick sits down for a long chat with Aaron S. Berman, author of The New Horror Handbook, about "New Horror." Then, Summer Knights keeps rolling on with the third film in the series, Ghost Galleon. Check out some feedback, enter the contest, and listen to some tunes: "Thirteen" by Danzig, "New Dark Ages" by Bad Religion, "Fish Out of Water" by Mudvayne, and "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Life of Agony. RIP John Hughes. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In this huge episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick interviews Dirk Manning, writer and creator of the popular webcomic Nightmare World on the eve of its trade paperback publication by Image Comics. Then he sits down with Darryll to review the Criterion Collection DVD release of Roman Polanski's Repulsion. Then, celebrating Summer Knights, Desmond has a less than glowing review for Return of the Evil Dead. Tunes included: "A Small Victory" by Faith No More, "Bring Me the Heads" by AMEN, "Cutting Corners" by Return of the Blind, and "Nervous Breakdown" by Ryan Adams. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick settles into triple digits with a review of David Carradine's classic zen / kung fu epic Circle of Iron with Darryll. Then he kicks of Summer Knights with a look at Tombs of the Blind Dead, and reviews Stay Dead: The Stranger & Tunnel Rats by Steve Wands. Tons of feedback and tunes a plenty: "Circle" by Slipknot, "The Lonely Shepherd" by Zamfir, "Goin' Blind" by KISS, "Lady, Stay Dead!" by The Browns, and "Highway 101" by Social Distortion. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

It's a Clive Barker extravaganza to celebrate the 100th episode of Dread Media. And some of Desmond Reddick's friends have stopped by to lend a hand. In no particular order, Tom and Derrick from Better in the Dark discuss the three films directed by Clive Barker: Hellraiser, Nightbreed, and Lord of Illusions. Darryll and Desmond sit down to discuss Candyman. Brother D debuts the new segment on horror film scores with Des, What Music They Make, on the scores for the three films Barker directed. DW returns to deliver a Brainscan on two Clive Barker games, The Undying and Jericho. And Desmond goes over his Top 5 Novels and Top 5 Short Stories by Mr. Barker, presents some interesting audio from the man himself, and produces three Dying in the Gutters segments on the comics for Hellraiser, Nightbreed, and the Razorline. Plus the following featured songs: "Hellraiser" by Motorhead, "Magic Moments" by Erasure, "Razorblade Kiss" by HIM, "Helen's Theme" by Philip Glass, and "Hollywood Babylon" by The Misfits. It's mor

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick spends the last episode in double digits interviewing JF Gonzalez, author of the post-apocalyptic thriller Primitive before reviewing the book. Then Darryll and Desmond sit down to review a film that angered one and put the other to sleep: Believers. Post-apocalyptic tunes aplenty: "Among his Tribe" by Ween, "Apocalypse Please" by Muse, "Punk Rock Caveman Living in a Prehistoric Age" by Desert Sessions, "True Believers" by Bouncing Souls, and "Endless Apocalypse" by Gwar. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In this drunken and tangent-laden episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick welcomes the notorious Uwe Boll to the show to talk about his latest film, Tunnel Rats. Then Desmond and Darryll discuss Near Dark, teen lit, and vampires before Desmond goes solo on the animated black and white French horror anthology Fear(s) of the Dark. Tunes included: "Underground" by Tom Waits, "Children of the Night" by Calabrese, "Caleb's Blues" by Tangerine Dream, and "Black and White and Red All Over" by Biohazard. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick sits down with Darryll to talk about the classic cult Hammer Film The Wicker Man. Then Desmond presents the second installation of Dying in the Gutters with Greg Ruth's Sudden Gravity: A Tale of the Panopticon. Tunes to be had: "Sacrifice" by Danzig, "Wicker Man" by Iron Maiden, "Crazy" by Mushroomhead and "Room 13" by Corey Taylor. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick starts the countdown to 100 with an interview with Severin Films head, legendary genre film documentarian and writer / director David Gregory. Then Darryll and Desmond sit down to look at David's first feature film, Plague Town. Feedback aplenty, and tunes to keep you up at night. Including: "There is a Town" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, "Fall Children" by AFI and "I'm Eighteen" by Bette. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond starts the show with even more announcements and a cry for help before Darryll and a special guest reviewer steal the show with a discussion of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Then, it's the debut of Dying in the Gutters, a new horror comics segment. And what better to start with than the recent DC Comics Classics Library collection called The Roots of the Swamp Thing. It's another full show with lots of feedback and a few laughs to be had. Tunes included: "Vampire Hunters" by Wojciech Kilar, "Dracula" by Iced Earth, "Swamp Thing" by The Damned and "School's Out" by Gwar. Whoa! Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.

After some show announcements, Desmond Reddick kicks off a low-key episode with a discussion on 2001's Joy Ride with Darryll. Then, Desmond reviews what is certainly the best horror novel in recent years, Pressure by Jeff Strand. Tunes included: "Truckloads of Nothin'" by The Hellacopters, "Ride With Us" by Turbonegro, "Pressure Drop" by Toots & The Maytals and "The Burning" by Ghoultown. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.203.1213.