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Doctor, doctor! Gimme the news, we've got a medical horror themed episode for you! That's right. Covering the gamut of genre-based films about our fears of illness and death, for the first time Dread Media looks at medical-themed horror films. First up, Desmond and Darryll take a long look at the misguided-but-compelling medical conspiracy thriller Coma. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. Stays Scary when he reviews the hospital-set slasher Visiting Hours. Desmond comes back to go solo on the body horror-comedy Bad Milo! And, just in case you're still feeling under the weather, Doctor Dread prescribes the following music therapy: "Witchdoctor" by Clutch, "Girl in a Coma" by Fit For Rivals, "I Hate" by Overkill, "Ride the Flying Polyp" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, and "Death is Not the End" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Get well soon! Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

This week, Dread Media rocks once again as we present two interviews by author David Agranoff from BizarroCon 2014. The first interview is with MP Johnson (www.freaktension.wordpress.com). The second interview is with Ross E Lockheart (www.haresrocklots.com). Both of these guys rock. And so does David Agranoff (www.davidagranoff.blogspot.com). If that wasn't enough rock for you, Duane joins Desmond for a review of the horrifically misguided moral metal horror film The Black Roses. Oh boy. There're songs too: "Raise Hell" by Anthrax, "Teenagers From Mars" by The Misfits, "Black Sunshine" by White Zombie, "Soldiers of the Night" by Black Roses, and "Black Roses" by The Browns. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

The Commonwealth Crew has returned after a long absence to cap off a week discussing the major British horror studios of the 1970s with a double-sized episode follow-up to the last British horror comic-themed anthology they watched: Vault of Horror! Censorship, neat freaks, pre-Doctor Who Tom Baker, and differing views on Imperialism are among the multitude of things discussed as these two go deep on a sequel that might just be better than its predecessor. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia and @MuseumWalkerIan on Twitter. Join the Facebook group!

Blimey! Get British with us once again as Dread Media pays tribute to titans of British horror. First up, Desmond and Darryll worship at the altar of Ingrid Pitt in Hammer's Countess Dracula. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a Stay Scary segment on the BBC horror comedy series Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible. Make sure to check in later this week for a special Amicus-related Dread Reel-ief! There's some tunes as well: "Bloodbath" by GWAR, "Bathe in Blood" by Evile, "Horror Business" by The Misifts, and "England" by Edguy. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

This week, Desmond is proud to bring you an interview with one of his heroes. Alan Robert is the bass player and principle songwriter of Life of Agony and the writer / artist of three awesome horror comic series from IDW: Wire Hangers (www.wirehangerscomic.com), Crawl to Me (www.crawltomecomic.com), and Killogy (www.killogycomic.com). Alan stops by to talk touring with Life of Agony again, a Killogy Halloween special coming in October, and an upcoming animated series, as well as his next comic project: The Shunned One (www.theshunnedone.com). Then we have reviews of two novels: Ross E. Lockheart's Chick Bassist and David Agranoff's Boot Boys of the Wolf Reich. On top of all that, we play only songs written by Alan in this episode: "Through and Through," "Other Side of the River," "Angry Tree," and "Wicked Ways," all by Life of Agony. Also "Lucky 13" by Spoiler NYC. Find Alan at www.alanrobert.com. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @alanrobert and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group!

Great beasts awaken from their slumber underneath the ocean all up in this episode! First, the second interview with contributors to A Mythos Grimmly: A Lovecraftian Fairy Tale Anthology features Christine Morgan, Peter Rawlik, and Mary Sangiovanni. Then, Desmond and Darryll look at Godzilla. There's gargantuan tunes as well: "Children's Story" by Tom Waits, "The Sleeper Awakens" by Dead Again, "Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult, and "I Heart Cthulhu" by Mary Shelley Overdrive. Support the anthology here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jerhoc/a-mythos-grimmly-a-lovecraftian-fairy-tale-mash-up. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group!

Desmond is on strike at work, but that hasn't slowed Dread Media down. In this huge episode, Desmond interviews the directors of the recently released remake of their earlier student film, All Cheerleaders Die: Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson. Then, Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a Stay Scary on Lucky Mckee's Masters of Horror episode: "Sick Girl." Then, there's another interview featuring Jeremy Hochhalter and Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the editor and a contributor to A Mythos Grimmly: A Lovecraftian Fairy Tale Anthology which is currently being crowd-funded at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jerhoc/a-mythos-grimmly-a-lovecraftian-fairy-tale-mash-up. All that, plus feedback and tunes! "Look Out, Young Son" by Grand Ole Party, "Be Aggressive" by Faith No More, "Here Comes Sickness" by Mudhoney, "Little Red Riding Hood" by Murder by Death, and "Bones" by Casualties of Cool. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

In Portland, Oregon at the World Horror Convention 2014 Scott Glancy (co-host of Podcast at Ground Zero and The Unspeakable Oath), Derek M. Koch (host of Monster Kid Radio, co-host of 1951 Down Place, and former host of Mail Order Zombie), and Desmond Reddick put on a podcasting panel moderated by author Jeff Strand. This is that podcasting panel. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter. Join the Facebook group!

Last weekend, Desmond journeyed to Portland, Oregon, where he attended his first World Horror Convention and Stoker Awards Ceremony. This is two and a half hours of footage from said convention. The amazing personalities we meet along the way (in order of appearance) are: Derek M. Koch (from Monster Kid Radio), David Agranoff (author of Boot Boys of the Wolf Reich and co-author of Flesh Trade), Edward R. Morris (co-author of Flesh Trade), Victoria Price (daughter of Vincent Price), Jeff Strand (author and Stoker Awards emcee), James Beach (founder of Dark Discoveries magazine and now editing for Dark Regions Press), Lynne Hansen (young adult horror fiction author and director of He's Not Looking So Great and Chomp), Brian Keene (prolific author of The Rising and Ghoul and recipient of this year's Grandmaster Award), Jeff Burk (publisher of Deadite Press), Carlton Mellick III (bizarro fiction author of The Tick People and Adolf in Wonderland among many others), and White Jesus (known mainly for interrupting podcasts). There's songs as well! "Johnny Paranoid" by Sado-Nation, "Howling in the Streets" by Rat, "Face Down" by Monster Magnet, "New Dark Ages" by Bad Religion, "Sick Bubble Gum" by Rob Zombie, and "Morgue than Words" by Wednesday 13. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group!

Prepare for boobs. Yeah, you read that right. Greg Lamberson, the hardest working man in horror, stops by to pimp his new Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming horror comedy Killer Rack. He also has a ton of news about his fiction work, other directorial duties, and possible adaptations of them! But really, boobs! Then Luke and Desmond take a look at one of the more obscure Full Moon Horror films: Lurking Fear. Send feedback in this week to be entered to win an ebook of How the West Was Weird, volume 3 which features a story from yours truly, as well as several others. Check out Greg's Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gregorylamberson/killer-rack. But don't forget a Kickstarter for another upcoming anthology with one of Desmond's stories in it, the Lovecraft / fairy tale mash-up A Mythos Grimmly: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jerhoc/a-mythos-grimmly-a-lovecraftian-fairy-tale-mash-up. There's music on top of all this self-promotion, too! "Elizabeth" by Ghost, "Dangertits" by Brendon Small, "Birthright" by Samhain, and "Hang Em High" by Ghoultown. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.