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Dread Media
by Desmond Reddick
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, and music. Bothing 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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Episode 959 - Night Patrol
Hands up, turkey! It's Thanksgiving, and Duane and Desmond are celebrating the Canadian way! By discussing police-themed horror movies? I don't make the rules. I just enforce them. So, come with us on Night Patrol. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 (remember those?) Police-Themed...
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Episode 958 - The Carpenter's Son
"Let's kick off spooky season with a spooky take on the bible!" - Someone Probably. Well, if that's you, then this is the episode of Dread Media for you! Tom and Desmond take a look, and mostly wonder why, in a review of The Carpenter's Son. Then Des goes solo on the books he's read and the TV…
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Episode 957 - Amazing Fantasy Fest 2026
It's that time again! Greg Lamberson returns to Dread Media (for the 30th time!) to run down all the feature films screening at this year's Amazing Fantasy Film Festival (September 11-17 at the Dipson's Amherst Theatre in Buffalo, NY). There's also some discussion of the multitude of shorts...
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Episode 956 - Deathstalker franchise
This week, we're back, after recording delays and with some rough audio, but we're back. And we're looking at the Deathstalker films! First up, Desmond and Duane go deep on Steven Kostanski's loving reboot of Deathstalker. Then, Desmond goes solo on discussion of the original Deathstalker,...
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Episode 955 - Witchboard franchise
Dread Media returns! And it's back with a look at the Witchboard movies! *wait for applause to die down* Desmond and Tom look at the remake: Witchboard. They also talk a lot about the original. Then, Des goes solo on the rest of the films in the series: Witchboard, Witchboard 2: The Devil's...
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Episode 954 - All the Gods in the Sky
Join Desmond and Duane as they discuss the challenging All the Gods in the Sky. It might not be fully recommended, but it certainly led to an interesting conversation. Then, Des goes solo on a rundown of everything he's been watching on TV lately, but focusing on a full season look at the NBC...
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Episode 953 - Spree
It's been a while! Desmond is back, and Duane is with him to review the "live-streamed" murder spree film, Spree. Then, Des finally got his killer chimpanzee movie in his review of Primate. Mostly new tunes too: "Kill Switch" by Hoaxed, "Killing Spree" by Death, "Unclean Animals" by Rob Zombie…
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Episode 952 - Heavier Trip
This week we get our metal on as Duane and Des review the sequel to their favorite heavy metal comedy, Heavy Trip, in Heavier Trip. Then Desmond goes solo on a review of last weekend's Megadeth concert in Victoria BC with Anthrax and Exodus. Songs included: "Kuusamo" and "Flooding Secrations" by...
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Episode 951 - Best of 2025
Now that we've kicked off 2026, it is time to look back on 2025 and discuss Dread Media's favorite things of the year! Join me as I go through all my favorite comics, books, TV, movies, podcasts, and much more from 2025. Send feedback to: [email protected]. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and...
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Episode 950 - Quatermass
Happy New Year! To ring it in, and to celebrate 950 episodes, Desmond and Tom talk all about the influential British cosmic horror pulp hero: Professor Bernard Quatermass! In this episode, we talk about The Quatermass Xperiment (aka The Creeping Unknown), Quatermass 2 (aka Enemy from Space),...
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Episode 949 - Hanukkah
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! To celebrate, Desmond and Duane review the indie slasher Hanukkah. Then, Des goes solo on a review of the brand new documentary Fragile. Carols included: "The Chanukah Song" by Adam Sandler, "Oh Hanukkah" by Gods of Fire, "Not Fragile" by Ellefson, and "Xmas…
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Episode 948 - Sinners
This week on the show, Desmond and Tom review one of the best horror films of the year: Sinners. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 films with similar vibes to Sinners. Songs included: "In Vain, I've Sinned" by Jeremiah Crow's Insufferable One Man Show, "Deadly Sinners" by 3 Inches of...
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Episode 947 - Good Boy
This week, Desmond and Duane heaped their praise upon Good Boy. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Fictional Dogs. Songs included: "Smiling Dogs" by Man's Gin, "I Am Dog Now" by Chat Pile, "Dogs of Chernobyl" by Megadeth, and "When Good Dogs Do Bad Things" by The Dillinger Escape Plan…
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Episode 946 - V/H/S/HALLOWEEN
Halloween is over but it's always in our hearts. This year, Tom and Desmond kept up with their seemingly annual tradition of reviewing the new iteration of the popular found footage anthology series with V/H/S/HALLOWEEN. Then, Des goes solo on a review of entry-level horror film Spirit Halloween:...
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Episode 945 - LandLord
Happy Halloween! This week, we've got vampires, werewolves, and spooky tunes! First up, an interview with Remington Smith, director / writer / producer of LandLord, the film that answers the question "Does a vampire need permission to enter the home that you rent from him?" Then, Des goes solo on…
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Episode 944 - The WeedHacker Massacre Interviews
This time, Desmond has the pleasure of interviewing some cast and crew from the brand new meta-horror comedy The WeedHacker Massacre: actress Bobbie Grace, writer Ray Spivey, and actor / executive producer Allen Danziger (Jerry from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre). Then, Des goes solo on a review…
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Episode 943 - Property
This week, in a rage-fueled episode, Desmond and Duane review Property, which features a wealthy landowner stumbling upon a farmer's rebellion. Thankfully, his wife stayed in their fortified armored car. But is she safe there? Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Rebellions, Uprisings, and...
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Episode 942 - Marrowbone
This week, Desmond and Tom review a lesser-known film featuring some very recognizable and talented young actors: Marrowbone. Then, Des had such fun last time, he decided to do another Dread Media Top 5 Films that have Similar Vibes to Marrowbone. Check out some new songs: "Keeping Score" by...
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Episode 941 - Amazing Fantasy Fest 2025
This week, our old friend Greg Lamberson returns for his 29th appearance on Dread Media to run down Amazing Fantasy Fest 2025. Check out our preview of the whole nine-plus-day film festival as we wax poetic on strange Polish holidays, fish monsters, and stoner kung fu spaghetti Westerns. And find...
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Episode 940 - Tropic
This week, Desmond and Duane check out the weird French sci fi film Tropic. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Films that Have the Similar Vibes to Tropic. Songs included: "Capillarian Crest" by Mastodon, "You Swore We'd Always Be Together" by Rwake, "Shipswreck" by Legend of the...
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Episode 939 - Spontaneous Combustion
This week, Desmond and Tom check out Tobe Hooper's obscure film Spontaneous Combustion. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Obscure Tobe Hooper Efforts. Songs included: "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" by The Ink Spots, "Burnin' for You" by Blue Oyster Cult, "Jerry Finds Pam in the...
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Episode 938 - Chompy and the Girls
This week on the show, Desmond and Duane review the absurdist horror Chompy and the Girls. Then, Des goes solo on a spoiler-free review of the horror film of the summer: Weapons. Songs included: "Devour" by Strapping Young Lad, "Desperation Angel" by -16-, "Let the Children Go" by Ulver, and…
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Episode 937 - The Pope's Exorcist
This week, an old enemy of Desmond and Tom returns in their review of 2025's The Pope's Exorcist. Then, in case you were worried there wouldn't be another review of a movie where Russell Crowe plays an exorcist, Des goes solo on a review of The Exorcism from 2024! Songs included: "Bar-B-Q Pope"…
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Episode 936 - John and the Hole
This week, Desmond and Duane talk about John and the Hole for so long that it's broken up into two parts. Also, Des goes solo on a spoiler-free review of The Woman in the Yard. Songs included: "Way Down in the Hole" by Tom Waits, "Hole in the Earth" by Deftones, "Don't Protest (Too Much)" by Matt...
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Episode 935 - Superman
This week, in a classic Roadkill Review, Desmond and his youngest son Davin talk poorly behaved dogs, the frenetic pace of action sequences, and excitement for what's to come on their ride home from watching James Gunn's Superman. Then, Des goes solo on two Dread Media Top 5s. First: a Top 5...
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Episode 934 - George Romero's Resident Evil
Everyone knows your host loves stories about unfulfilled artistic endeavors. This time around, Desmond and Tom are talking about one you might not have heard of: George Romero's Resident Evil. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Non-Zombie Romero Films. Songs included: "What Comes Around...
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Episode 933 - Doctor Mordrid
This week, Desmond and Duane finally check out another Full Moon classic that has not been given a sequel: Doctor Mordrid. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Sorcerers in Pop Culture. Songs included: "Mr. Crowley" by Ozzy Osbourne, "Sorcerer's Fate" by Spirit Adrift, "Bored with Sorcery"…
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Episode 932 - The Rule of Jenny Pen
This week, Desmond and Tom watch Geoffrey Rush take on the overbearing bully John Lithgow in The Rule of Jenny Pen. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Scary Horror Films Centered Around Senior Citizens. Songs included: "Wicked Puppet Dance" by Chat Pile, "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet...
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Episode 931 - FUBAR and FUBAR II
Happy Canada Day, Dreadites! Throw a 2-4 of Old Style in the cooler, grab a lawn chair, and join Desmond and Duane as we give'r during our reviews of FUBAR and FUBAR II. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top Five Canadian Films! And, finally, every song we play is from Canadian artists: ""Hey...
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Episode 930 - Presence
This week, Steven Soderbergh's Presence gives Desmond and Tom a look at a haunted house film shot from the POV of the presence in the house. Then Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 POV Films. Songs included: "New Best Friend" by Deadguy, "Ominous Presence (Live)" by New Math, "Through These…
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Episode 929 - The Werewolf Movies of 1981
This week, our old pal Greg Lamberson is back, and in honor of his upcoming film, Frenzy Moon, we review the four werewolf films from 1981: The Howling, Wolfen, An American Werewolf in London, and Full Moon High. That's three Mount Rushmore werewolf movies and I don't know what the hell Full Moon...
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Episode 928 - The Hole in the Fence
This week, Desmond and Duane explore the new Mexican thriller The Hole in the Fence. Then, Terry Mitchell returns to go solo on a review of the current provocative release everyone is freaking out about: Bring Her Back. Songs included: "Loose Tooth" by Idle Heirs, "Within My Fence" by Leprous…
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Episode 927 - Monster (2018)
This week, after some confusion, Tom and Desmond check out in the 2018 Chinese film Monster, which takes place in an alternate dimension. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Favorite Alternate Dimensions in Fiction and Film. Songs included: "Desert War Eternal" by Drugs of Faith, "Reality…
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Episode 926 - The Strangler
This week, Desmond and Duane take a look at the tamest French psycho killer movie ever: The Strangler. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Brutal Movie Strangulation Scenes. Songs included: "Strangled" by Osker, "When Misery Was a Stranger" by Cradle of Filth, "Baltimore Strangler" by Pig...
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Episode 925 - The Fly franchise
The week, Desmond and Tom ring in the 925th episode of Dread Media with a look at the films in The Fly franchise: The Fly (1958), Return of the Fly, Curse of the Fly, The Fly (1986), and The Fly II. Songs included: "I Am the Fly" by Wire, "Flyswatter" by Eels, "Return of the Fly" by Farside, "Fly...
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Episode 924 - The Gorge
This week, Desmond and Tom heap praise into The Gorge. While its title sounds like a Bentley Little novel, it isn't. So Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Putting a Bentley Little Spin on Movies Titled with Two Words and One of Them is "The." I think we finally have a new winner for longest...
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Episode 923 - All You Need is Death
This week, Desmond and Duane review All You Need is Death, an Irish film about a couple involved in bootlegging old Irish folk songs and accidentally unleashing an ancient evil. You know, that old chestnut. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Irish Horror Films. And the music selection is...
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Episode 922 - Nosferatu (2024)
This week on the show, Desmond and Tom check out Robert Eggers' Nosferatu. Then, Des goes solo on reviews of the 2023 Nosferatu starring Doug Jones and Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre from 1979. Songs included: "Nosferatu" by Witchery, "Nosferatu" by Blue Oyster Cult, "Through Pain to…
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Episode 921 - The Vourdalak
This week, Desmond and Duane enjoy the recent French film The Vourdalak. Then, Des goes solo for a bit about the segment "I Wurdulak" from Mario Bava's Black Sabbath. They're both based on the same short story. Songs included: "We Destroy the Family" by Fear, "Wurdalak" by Rob Zombie, "Black...
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Episode 920 - Crimes of Passion
This week, Desmond and Tom continue their non-linear odyssey through the filmography of Ken Russell with the sleazy and stylish Crimes of Passion. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Erotic Thrillers. All that and some concert talk. Songs that wouldn't be out of place in an erotic…
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Episode 919 - The Thicket
This week, Desmond and Duane check out the Tubi Original / Joe R Lansdale adaptation, The Thicket. Then, Desmond goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Crazy Westerns on Tubi. Walk into the Dread Media Saloon and you might hear these tunes playin' on the pianny: "Life Today is Horse Droppings" by VHS,...
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Episode 918 - HP Lovecraft's The Deep Ones
This week, Desmond and Tom look at Chad Ferrin's Lovecraft pastiche:HP Lovecraft's The Old Ones. Then, Desmond keeps the theme rolling with a look at the previous film in the trilogy: HP Lovecraft's The Deep Ones. The third film isn't out yet, but chances are you'll hear about it here. Songs...
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Episode 917 - The Evil Within
This week, Desmond and Duane take a look at a true cinematic oddity: Troubled oil heir Andrew Getty's obsessive life's work, The Evil Within. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Genre Projects Finished After Their Main Contributor's Death. Songs included: "Show Yourself" by Mastodon…
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Episode 916 - Wolf Man
This week, it's a Dread Media Triple Feature! First, Desmond goes solo on a review of the brand new Wolf Man. Then, Des and Tom check out Samara Weaving's latest: Azrael. And finally, Des and Duane review the black metal-themed found footage film Invoking Yell. Songs included: "Patching Holes in…
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Episode 915 - Night of the Hunted
This week on the show, Desmond and Duane check out another Shudder original that is also another sniper thriller that takes place entirely at another gas station in Night of the Hunted. Then, Desmond goes solo on two Dread Media Top 5's, the first being a top 5 "Night of" genre films, and the...
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Episode 914 - The Werewolf vs The Vampire Woman
This week, we pay tribute to Paul Naschy once again with a Desmond and Tom double feature. First up, we watch a terrible print of The Werewolf vs The Vampire Woman (AKA Werewolf Shadow, AKA Walpurgis Night). Then we see a Spanish attempt at a giallo film in A Dragonfly for Each Corpse. Songs...
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Episode 913 - Angst
This week, Desmond and Duane look at the intense 1983 Austrian home invasion / serial killer film Angst. Then Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Austrian Films. Yeah, it turns out there were more than five to choose from, but I wasn't sure I'd hit the required number before I researched. Songs...
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Episode 912 - Oddity
This week, Desmond and Tom look at quite possibly the best horror film of 2024: Oddity. Then, since it's a movie with a creepy wooden mannequin, Des decides to finally rewatch The Fear from 1995 and, for the first and last time, 1999's The Fear: Resurrection. Songs included: "Mannequin Republic"…
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Episode 911 - The Attic Expeditions
This week, Desmond and Duane look at the 2001 Jeremy Kasten oddity The Attic Expeditions. Then, Des goes solo on a Dread Media Top 5 Live Action Seth Green Performances. Songs, mostly from the soundtrack to the film, included: "Sugar Coated Sour" by The Dillinger Escape Plan, "Blackacidevil" by...
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Episode 910 - Shaky Shivers and Blackout
This week, Desmond and Tom take in a double feature of lackluster werewolf movies: Sung Kang's horror comedy Shaky Shivers and Larry Fessenden's depressive Blackout. Songs included: "Unleash the Wolves" by Powerwolves, "Shake Your Blood" by Probot feat. Lemmy Kilmister, "Wait for the Blackout" by...
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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, and music. Bothing is safe. It's horror geek Mecca! Look for new episodes of Dread Media every Monday, and listen with the lights on!
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