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Santa's not the only one with a naughty list this week, as Dread Media pays tribute to the burgeoning genre career of Ben Wheatley! First up, Desmond and Duane take on the paramilitary / pagan mash-up Kill List. Devil Dinosaur Jr. jumps in with the first of two Stay Scaries with a review of A Field in England. Adam and Luke join Desmond for a review of 5 Souls, a film that has nothing to do with Ben Wheatley but also contains a list of people to kill. Devil Dinosaur Jr. returns to discuss Sightseers. There's also tons of tunes this week: "Shitlist" by L7, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" by AC/DC, "Chernobyl" by Blank Mass, "Leave My Soul Alone" by Mercyful Fate, "The Power of Love" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and "Ritual" by Ghost. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

The War on Christmas is bloody and mindless this year as Dread Media celebrates its sixth ghoultide! First up, Adam, Desmond, and Jeff try to make sense of 1980's Christmas Evil (aka You Better Watch Out). Then, perhaps a little stressed over not being able to stomach a complete run through last year, Devil Dinosaur Jr. opens two horrible presents: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation and Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker. And of course, Dread Media always delivers on the finest Christmas Carols: "Reggae Christmas Eve in Transylvania" by Count Floyd (aka Joe Flaherty), "Frozen Corpse Stuffed with Holiday Cheer" by Agoraphobic Nosebleed, "Heavy Metal Christmas" by Twisted Sister, "Silent Night" by Christopher Lee, and, of course, "Silent Night, Deadly Night (acoustic)" by The Browns. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

Desmond is nothing, if not a family man, and this week the episode focuses on horror films that center around the family. First, in a change of format, Desmond goes solo on a review of the brand new Mexican film, Here Comes the Devil. Then Adam and Jeff join him for a review of Nothing Left to Fear. Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a Stay Scary on Crucible of Horror. All this, plus feedback and music: "We Destroy the Family" by Fear, "The Devil in Mexico" by Murder By Death, "Right Next Door to Hell" by Guns N' Roses, "Rotting Out" by The Descendants, and "Welcome to the Family" by Avenged Sevenfold. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

By Crom! This week we pay homage to some of the creations of legendary pulp writer Robert E. Howard. First up, Darryll and Desmond discuss the Puritan-turned-reluctant-avenger: Solomon Kane. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. steps in to present a review of the similarly themed, but non-Howard property Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. Desmond returns with a solo review of 2011's Conan the Barbarian! There's some barbarically violent heavy metal to go along with this menu of massacres as well: "Stone Loner" by Owl, "Puritan Ossuary" by Vit, "White Witch" by Savatage, "Zamora" by Crom, and "The Frost Giant's Daughter" by The Sword. Enjoy! Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

It's Mediocre Zombie Movie Monday! Join us as a huge gaggle of people discuss flesh-eating flicks that missed the mark. First up, Desmond and Duane take a look at how far Uncle George Romero has fallen with his latest outing: Survival of the Dead. Then, Adam, Jeff, and Luke join Desmond to look at the high school John Hughes ripoff Detention of the Dead. Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a review of the "classic" Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things in this week's Stay Scary. On top of all that, the listeners weigh in on some of their favorite shitty zombie movies that they like anyway! There's even songs, too! "Pity the Dead" by Bad Religion, "Zombie Graveyard Party" by Be Your Own Pet, "Detention Mosh Session" by Municipal Waste, "Night of the Living Dead" by The Misfits, and "Zombie" by Vestiges. Brainsssss! Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

Get all sleazy, maniacal, and "coppy" with us this week! First up, Adam, Jeff, and Auxence join Desmond for a review of what might be the finest action / horror film ever made: Maniac Cop 2! Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. steps in to class the place up with a Stay Scary on the recent remake of Maniac starring Elijah Wood. Then the gang returns, sans Adam, to discuss Maniac Cop 3. We're not screwing around. There's songs, too: "Maniac" by Firewind, "Pigs Will Pay (All Cops Are Bad, You Know)" by Propagandhi, "Juno" by Rob & Chloe Alper, "The Badge" by Pantera, and "Cop Killer" by Bodycount. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

In this classic format episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick interviews author of Corrosion and publisher at New Pulp Press, Jon Bassoff. Then, following up on unreliable narrators, Duane joins Desmond to discuss Jennifer Lynch's film Surveillance. Then, Jeff Strand and Lynne Hansen give us their experience at the Buffalo Dreams Film Festival as both spectator and filmmaker. There's also music: "What You Despise is What You've Become" by Corrosion of Conformity, "No Hero" by The Offspring, "Private Eye" by Alkaline Trio, "When the Screams Come" by Pentagram, and "The Liars are Burning" by Toxic Holocaust. Check Jon Bassof out at www.jonbassoff.com and www.newpulppress.com. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

Radical! Dread Media gets all 80s on you in this tubular episode as Darryll and Desmond deconstruct the hobosploitation / slime-gore epic Street Trash. Then Devil Dinosaur Jr. takes a look at everybody's favorite blowtorch-wielding vigilante in Exterminator 2, as well as the other three films in Shout Factory's Action Packed Movie Marathon DVD release: Cyclone, Alienator, and Eye of the Tiger. Also, pop these tunes into your Walkman and give them a listen: "You're Cut Off" by Municipal Waste, "Hooch" by The Melvins, "Burnin' for You" by Blue Oyster Cult, and "Eighties" by Killing Joke. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

Warning: The podcast you are about to listen to contains scenes of a sexual nature, extreme violence, Satanism, and Tom Hanks crying in a phone booth. This week, we take a look at bad influences in media. Films, video games, comic books, and rock music have all been blamed for society's ills. On this episode we're examining some of those. Desmond and Darryll team-up on a film that explores the bad influence a sinister song can have on the women of the world: The Lords of Salem. In a brand new Stay Scary, Devil Dinosaur Jr. reviews the animated adaptation of a comic book that was partially blamed for the Aurora theatre shooting, and is often blamed for the darkness of comics in the 1980s and 90s: The Dark Knight Returns. Then, in a wild condemnation of role-playing games, Tom Hanks, in his first starring role, overacts his way to Damien and Desmond's hearts as they review Mazes and Monsters. The songs this week run from those inspired by the subject to soundtrack items, protest songs, and even those deemed obscene to the PMRC: "The Lords Theme" by John 5 and Griffin Boice, "Crushing the Ritual" by Leviathan the Fleeing Serpent (AKA Rob Zombie and John 5), "The Darkest One" by The Tragically Hip, "Startin' Up a Posse" by Anthrax, and "Into the Coven" by Mercyful Fate. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.

This week Tom Deja joins Desmond to talk about his brand new novel Shadow Legion: New Roads To Hell, and about three million other things. Then, listener Chad calls in a short review to a recent live show he saw of the classic giallo film scoring prog-rock machine Goblin! There's plenty of tunes to be had as well: "Nocturne in D Minor" by Holy Grail, "Rosenrot" by Rammstein, "Zaratozom (aka Shriek)" by Goblin, and "Heroes from Our Past" by The Dropkick Murphys. Visit Tom at www.welcometonocturne.blogspot.com. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Follow @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com.