Synopsis
From reviews to interviews to news, Dread Media is your source for the best, the worst and weirdest the horror genre has to offer. Every week Desmond Reddick casts a shadow over all aspects of the genre. Movies, books, television, comic books, music... nothing is safe. It's horror geek Mecca! Look for new episodes of Dread Media every Monday, and listen with the lights on!
Episodes
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Dread Media - Episode 693
07/12/2020 Duration: 01h08minThis week on Dread Media, Desmond and Duane go to The Church. Then, Desmond gets verbose in his Dread Media Top 5 Favorite Italian Horror Films Not Directed by Bava / Argento / Fulci. And, of course, there's music: "My Church is Black" by Me and That Man, "Church Breaks Down" by Helloween, "Night Danger" by Pretty Maids, and "Love Me Like A Reptile" by Ellefson. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 692
30/11/2020 Duration: 01h02minThis week on Dread Media, we have a double feature of gritty horror comedies. First up, Desmond and Duane don't really laugh, but still enjoy Hellbenders. Then, Tom grits his teeth through a review of Babysitter: Killer Queen. Songs included: "Hellbound" by Pantera, "Priest with the Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Get Out of My bed" by The Locust, "Bad Babysitter" by Princess Superstar, and "At the Seams" by Zeal and Ardor. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 691
23/11/2020 Duration: 01h05minThis week on Dread Media, the local crew (Brittney, Jeff, Mo, Scott, and Mostly Silent Stacy) join Desmond to discuss the new Indigenous-themed Canadian zombie film, Blood Quantum. Then, Desmond goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 of Indigenous-Themed Horror Across All Media. Songs included: "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" by Waylon Jennings, "Indians" by Anthrax, "Native Blood" and "Trail of Tears" by Testament. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 690
16/11/2020 Duration: 56minThis week on Dread Media, Des and Duane present a double feature with either women in peril or unreliable narrators. First up: we review the 15th century witchcraft paranoia film Hagazussa. Them a young woman housesits a possibly haunted house in Darling. Songs included: "Spooky" by Two Minutes to Late Night, "Sadistic Ritual" by Venom Prison, "Darling I Need You" by Bad Brains, and "At the Seams" by Zeal and Ardor. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 689
09/11/2020 Duration: 01h08minThis week on Dread Media, Desmond and Duane have a wildly rambling conversation about the documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street. Then Desmond runs down a Dread Media Top 5 documentaries about a horror film. Songs included: "Queen of Pain" by Alkaline Trio, "Walk with Me In Nightmares" by Tombs, "Reality" by Voivod, and "Rocket Queen" by Two Minutes to Late Night. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 688
02/11/2020 Duration: 01h20sThis week on Dread Media, we've got a double feature of movies about hunting women. Not all women. Two women in particular. First up, Adam, Brittney, Desmond, Jeff, Mo, and Scott look at Ready or Not, in which Samara Weaving shines as the bride whose entrance into her new family is marred with a strange ritual. Then, in what might be the first post-modern rape revenge film, Desmond and Duane take a male gaze at Coralie Fargeat's Revenge. And, as always, there are tunes: "I'm Gonna Kill That Woman" by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, "Love Me Tender" by Stereo Jane, "She" by Snapcase, and "If It Bleeds" by Poppy. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 687
26/10/2020 Duration: 56minThis week on Dread Media, Desmond and Duane sit down to discuss the brand new film from Brandon Cronenberg, Possessor. It's intense, moody, stylistic, colorful, and nihilist. So Desmond follows that up with a Dread Media Top 5 Films with Possessor DNA. And, of course, songs: "Control" by Biohazard, "Possessed" by Suicidal Tendencies, "Forging the Beast" by Johann Johannsson, and "Defy the Tyrant" by Venom Prison. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 686
19/10/2020 Duration: 58minThis week on Dread Media, Demond and Duane watch an innovative new film on Shudder: Scare Me. Then Rich the Monster Movie Kid listens to Halloween Horrors, another weird record from 1977. Then, we all listen to songs: "You Scare Me (Not)" by The Meteors, "Your Bedtime Story is Scaring Everyone" by In Flames, "Only the Haunted" by Dog Fashion Disco, and "TV Set" by Kyle Shutt. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 685
12/10/2020 Duration: 01h02minThis week on Dread Media, Desmond and Duane take a look at Incubus. Then Rich the Monster Movie Kid reviews an old-school Power Records release! Songs included: "Incubus" by Opprobrium, "Vice Versa" by Samson, "I Want Out" by Helloween, and "House of Pain" by Van Halen. RIP Eddie Van Halen. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 684
05/10/2020 Duration: 01h14minThis week, Tom Deja joins Desmond for another double feature of weird superheroes. First up, Alan Arkin is a washed-up alcoholic superhero taking on Christopher Lee's diabolical villain in The Return of Captain Invincible. Then, the duo takes a look at the modern Indonesian vigilante film, Valentine: The Dark Avenger. Songs include: "Superhero" by The Pretty Reckless, "Name Your Poison" by Christopher Lee, "Blood Avenger" by Doomriders, and "Great Lakes Avengers" by Kirby Krackle. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 683
28/09/2020 Duration: 01h12minThis week on Dread Media, Chris and Des take a look at the 1931 horror film that earned its lead actor Frederic March an Oscar: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Then, Rich the Monster Movie Kid reviews the South Korean period-piece kaiju film Monstrum. Songs included: "Jekyll & Hyde" by Iced Earth, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by The Damned, "Creeping Death" by Metallica, and "Man or Monster" by Gorgeous Frankenstein. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 682
21/09/2020 Duration: 01h58sThis week on Dread Media, Desmond revisits the head trip film Blood Punch with Duane. Then, Rich the Monster Movie Kid reviews the brand new anthology film Scare Package. Songs included: "Anti-Gone" by Boris, "Every Day is Exactly the Same" by Nine Inch Nails, "Fear of the Dark (live)" by Iron Maiden, and "Contagion" by Napalm Death. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 681
14/09/2020 Duration: 53minUp the horns because this week Dread Media's getting heavy! First up, Desmond and Duane review the Finnish heavy metal adventure comedy Heavy Trip. Then Desmond goes solo on a review of We Summon the Darkness, and a Dread Media Top 5 of Heavy Metal Horror. This week's music is a nice selection of Yacht Rock. Just kidding: turn this shit up: "Fallen Torches" by Mastodon, "Flooding Secretions" by Impaled Rektum, "Summon the Beast" by Toxic Holocaust, "Tear Down the Walls" by Fastway, and "Worst of Times" by Trash Talk and Kenny Beats. \m/ Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 680
07/09/2020 Duration: 57minThis week on Dread Media, the monster movies get a little silly. First, Desmond and Tom find out how all these werewolves got on this train in Howl. Then, Rich the Monster Movie Kid takes on Hogzilla. Yes. You read that right. Finally, rounding out the episode is a Dread Media Top 5 of under-appreciated and under-seen creature features. Songs included: "Howl" by Barren Earth, "Howlin' for You" by The Black Keys, "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly, "Antarctican Drinking Song" by Gwar, and "Agora Killed by a Mountain Lion" by 16. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 679
31/08/2020 Duration: 01h06minThis week on Dread Media, Darryll returns to talk about the found footage serial killer / cosmic horror film A Record of Sweet Murder. Then, Rich the Monster Movie Kid also returns to discuss a more conventional horror killer in the Joe Bob's Drive-In version of Victor Crowley. Songs included: "My Name is Murder" by Brendon Small, "Snuff Film at Eleven" by Pig Destroyer, "Mr. Crowley" by Ozzy Osbourne, and "Murderer's Row" by Power Trip. RIP Riley Gale! Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 678
24/08/2020 Duration: 58minThis week on Dread Media, Duane joins Desmond to discuss a double feature of films directed by Xavier Gens from 2017. Gens broke out during the New Wave of Extreme French Horror in the aughts with his politically charged film Frontiere(s). But how do the Lovecraftian Cold Skin and exorcism film The Crucifixion match up? Listen to find out. You'll also hear these great tunes: "French Immersion" by Cancer Bats, "Welcome to the Island" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "Crucify Me" by Black Mountain, and "Extremities" by Killing Joke. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 677
17/08/2020 Duration: 57minThis week on Dread Media, our old friend Greg Lamberson stops by to give us a rundown on this year's Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, and some tidbits about his brand new film, Widow's Point. Check out http://www.buffalodreamsfantasticfilmfestival.com for more information. Songs included: "Beyond Electric Dreams" by Bad Religion, "Fear (Main Theme from One Step Beyond)" by The Ventures, and "If Morning Comes" by Alain Johannes. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 676
10/08/2020 Duration: 01h10minThis week on Dread Media, we pay tribute to the legendary character actor from so many great films over many genres, John Saxon. The connective tissue between these two films is that he's the villain of both. First up, Chris and Desmond review the early Cronenberg outlier, the racing film Fast Company. Then, Tom goes solo reviewing the sword and sorcery film Prisoners of the Lost Universe. Songs included: "Licensed to Drive" by Black Mountain, "Fast Company" by Michael Stanley, "Prisoners" by King Dude, and "Drive Back" by Melvins and Mudhoney. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 675
03/08/2020 Duration: 01h21minThis week on Dread Media, Tom returns to discuss another straight-to-video franchise from the 90s / 00s: The Mangler! How can you get three movies out of a Stephen King short story about a demon-possessed laundry folding machine? Well, listen. We discuss The Mangler, The Mangler 2: Graduation Day, and The Mangler Reborn. Yikes! Songs included: "Welcome to the Machine" by Los Disidentes del Sucio Motel, "Mass Murder Machine" by Black Label Society, "CRASH" by Master Boot Record, "Souljacker Part I" by Eels, and "The Suffering Machine" by Buck 65. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.
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Dread Media - Episode 674
27/07/2020 Duration: 54minThis week on Dread Media, we are joined by the amazing Craig Sheffer. Craig talks about working with Clive Barker, Fire in the Sky, his wild connection to Demolition Man, where he's been the last few years, and his return to the spotlight in Greg Lamberson's brand new film Widow's Point. While we talk all about his more mainstream genre fare, I provide a Dread Media Top 5 Obscure Genre Sheffer films. All that, and tunes: "Widow" by Paradise Lost, "Only the Haunted" by Dog Fashion Disco, "Ascension" by Killswitch Engage, and "Ghosts Will Haunt My Bones" by Machine Head. Send feedback to: dreadmediapodcast@gmail.com. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Support the show at www.patreon.com/dreadmedia. Visit www.desmondreddick.com, www.stayscary.wordpress.com, www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com, and www.kccinephile.com.