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Howdy! How 'bout some southern fried crime for ya? Desmond and Darryll take a good hard look at pre-moustache Burt Reynolds in the rum-running, fascist sheriff crime flick White Lightning. Devil Dinosaur Jr. speeds by in a review of the feature-length car chase Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. Of course, there's some southern fried rock to go with your movies: "Caution: Dangerous Curves Ahead" by Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, "Steady at the Wheel" by Shooter Jennings, "Time (Is Such a Funny Thing)" by Susan Maughan, and "Don't You Think this Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand" by James Hetfield. Also, check out Horror Block and get 10% off your first month with the coupon code DREAD10 at the following link: http://bit.ly/1y09lII. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

The holidays are over. For many of us, that means our loved ones who have become parasitic monsters in our homes have gone home. Well, this week, we look at some unwelcome visitors in the horror genre. First up, Desmond and Darryll love Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett's The Guest. They love it so much, that Darryll refuses to leave! Desmond invites Duane over, but he can only call in to review the last film Wingard and Barrett did together, You're Next, a very different uninvited guest film. Then, because not all victims of bad visitors are human, Desmond looks at Brian Kaufman's latest novella: The Wretched Walls. There are, of course, some songs to kick off your New Year as well: "Get the Fuck Outta Here" by Diemonds, "Uninvited Guest" by Mercyful Fate, "Looking for the Magic" by The Dwight Tilley Band, "Old House (Bark at the Moonlight)" by Man's Gin, and "We Destroy the Family" by Fear. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

Party on this week as we take a little trip with some ladies down liquor lane. First up, Desmond and Darryll sit down to take in a viewing of the insane ESP-driven psychodrama buried inside a typical slasher with Tanya Roberts: Tourist Trap. Then, Devil Dinosaur Jr. goes on a college party train with Jamie Lee Curtis in Terror Train. There's some varied tunes as well for your New Year's week: "My Drinkin' Problem" by Hank Williams III, "My Mind is Dangerous" by Life of Agony, "Party Hard" by Andrew WK, and "New Year's Eve" by Tom Waits. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

It's a Dread Media Presents debut as MCs and obscure rap aficionados Reece Heinen and Alex Hurt dedicate an entire podcast to going deep on reviews of a single song in the hip hop subgenre of horrorcore. In this inaugural episode, Alex and Reece help us get to know them a little bit before they take on a track from juggernauts of horrorcore: Twiztid and Blaze Ya Dead Homie. "Sick Man" is a triptych from Twiztid's recent 2013 EP, A New Nightmare, featuring their regular collaborator Blaze Ya Dead Homie. The beat, the rhyme scheme, and each rapper's verse is meticulously picked apart like the victims of the titular serial killer. They also discuss the music video for the song, which features horror luminaries Sid Haig and Kane Hodder! Strap in, listen close, and look over your shoulder for Sick Man! Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @BigAlCapwn, @ReeceHeinen and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group!

Christmas time is here. Time for mayhem and fear. This week, Desmond and Darryll explore family. And we all know the chainsaw is family, in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Devil Dinosaur Jr. talks about religious tradition in the delightful holiday romp Sheitan. Desmond comes back to give a special address about giving, specifically one serial killer helping police find others in Nailbiter from Image Comics. There's also some festive music for you as well: "Because I'm Santa" by The Dollyrots, "Strange Things Happen" by Stewart Copeland, "Gentiment Je T'immole" by Mai Lan, "Kill City" by Iggy Poop and James Williamson, and "Silent Night, Deadly Night (acoustic)" by The Browns. Get in on the SNDN Blu-ray giveaway contest, and have some Happy Holidays! Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

iPod. Headphones. We're losing battery power! I need a quick charge, STAT! Get medical with Dread Media this week! Doctor Reddick kicks the show off with his Top 5 Medical Traumas. Then Darryll stops by to review the malpractice / coma-themed Sublime. Duane joins Desmond to discuss the conjoined twins / psychological thriller Sisters. Then, in these days of ebola-tinged fear, Desmond gets gross with a review of Cabin Fever: Patient Zero. Here's a list of psychosomatic tunes to keep you going: "Eyes on Fire" by Blue Oyster Cult, "Malpractice" by Faith No More, "Sister Blue" by Mind Funk, "Ebola Reston" by Grotus, and "Down with the Sickness" by Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

Cut! What am I working with here? This week on Dread Media, we get dramatic! First up, Desmond gives his Top 5 Dramatic Presentations in the horror genre. Then, Darryll stops by to review the Italian slasher Stage Fright. Devil Dinosaur Jr. isn't a fat lady, nor does he sing, but he closes the show with a review of Dario Argento's Opera. There are, of course, songs as well: "In the Rain" by The Dramatics, "I Am the Owl" by Dead Kennedys, "Phantom of the Opera" by Iron Maiden, and "Take a Bow" by Muse. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

You wanted the best, you got the best! This week Dread Media pays homage to the kings of theatrical rock and roll, the Knights in Satan's Service themselves: KISS! First up, join Darryll and Desmond in looking at the band as bizarre, quippy cosmic gods in their weird (and awful) 1978 TV movie, KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park. Then, was it really a good idea for Gene Simmons to give the only copy of a newly dead rocker's new album to an emotionally unstable teenager? Find out as Duane and Desmond are delighted by 1980s heavy metal horror epic, Trick or Treat. There's tunes, of course: "Nothin' To tose" and "Detroit Rock City" by KISS, and "Stand Up" and "Trick or Treat" by Fastway. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

Get real once again with Dread Media as we dip back into the world of found footage films. The examples run the gamut this week from reality-based to supernatural, from great to awful. First up, Duane and Desmond get a look at the third installment in the ever-innovative found footage anthology series V/H/S: Viral. Then Desmond goes solo on the rich New York socialites gone bad film The Upper Footage and the almost unexplainable Mr. Jones. On top of that, there's a great set of tunes as well: "Horrorvision" by Zodiac, "The Virus of Life" by Slipknot, "Life and Death of the Party" by Alice Cooper, "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" by Blind Willie Johnson, and "The Touch of Reality" by The Skull. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

Get your metal on once again in this packed show of cosmic- and earth-bound heavy metal. First up, Desmond attended a show on GWAR's first tour since the death of Dave Brockie / Oderus Urungus. What did he think? Did new front-people Blothar and Vulvatron live up to Oderus' legacy? Then, he is joined by Darryll for a review of the first Canadian animated feature film and futuristic rock opera Rock & Rule. Devil Dinosaur Jr. takes a look at the low-budget / sci-fi chick-rock masterpiece Vicious Lips. Finally, things take a turn for the serious when Desmond returns for a solo review of the documentary As the Palaces Burn. What episode of Dread Media, metal-themed or otherwise, would be complete without some kickass tunes? "Let Us Slay" and "Fly Now" by GWAR, "Born to Raise Hell" by Cheap Trick, "Light Years Away" by Mary Ellen Quinn, "Walk With Me in Hell" by Lamb of God, and "West End Girls / People Who Died" also by GWAR, get a spin on this week's show. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.