Dread Media

This week, your host may be sick but he still delivers killer ski lifts, mind-altering parasites, and zombies with machetes. Desmond and Darryll cover Adam Green's Frozen. Then Desmond goes solo on Greg Lamberson's latest book, Desperate Souls and the sci-fi / horror B movie Growth. Tunes include: "Mr. Freeze" by Slayer, "It's Cold Outside" by The Dead Boys, "The Lost Souls" by AFI, "Insects" by Osaka Popstar and the American Legends of Punk, and "Black Light God" by Mary Shelley Overdrive. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

In this jam-packed episode of Dread Media, five films and a novel are covered. Desmond even talks about a comic, too! He is joined by Darryll first to review the Blu-ray of the 1960s Italian crime film Machine Gun McCain. Then Desmond covers the Feeding the Masses Horror Collection which features micro-budget efforts: Feeding the Masses, Creature form the Hillbilly Lagoon, Necroville, and Splatter Disco. Then a modern pulp novel is reviewed: Dillon and the Legend of the Golden Bell by Derrick Ferguson. Tunes included: "Ballata di Hank McCain" by Ennio Morricone, "Spot Where they Gunned him Down" by Deadbolt, "Nobody Likes You (When You're Dead)" by Zombina and the Skeletones, "Disco's Out, Murder's In" by Suicidal Tendencies, "The Gold Medal" by The Donnas, and "A Delirium of Fireflies" by Mary Shelley Overdrive. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

This week, death rock legend Eerie Von joins Desmond to talk about The Misfits, his incredible career in music, photography and painting, and his book Misery Obscura: The Photography of Eerie Von, documenting the rise of The Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig. Join us! Every song this week features Eerie Von: "Halloween II" by Samhain, "How the Gods Kill" by Danzig, "Please Don't Wake Me," and "Good" by Eerie Von. Visit Eerie at www.eerievon.com. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213. Join the Facebook group!

In another massive episode of Dread Media, Desmond and Darryll present a Roadkill Review on Robert Rodriguez's modern exploitation bonanza, Machete. Then, what does a paranoid conspiracy theorist think about Machete? Dread Media presents part of Alex Jones' radio show to answer that question. Just when you thought it was okay to enjoy a film again, it's only a plot to kill whitey. Then, rational though returns to the podcast as Desmond reviews the latest chunk of releases from Radical Comics. Tunes included: "Down in Mexico" by The Coasters, "Killer in Texas" by Ghoultown, "Master Race Rock" by The Hellacopters, "Roots Radicals" by Rancid, and "Dirty Black Summer" by Danzig. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213.

This week it's a mummy special on Dread Media! Darryll and Desmond sit down to discuss Hammer's 1959 effort, The Mummy. Then Brother D from Mail Order Zombie joins Desmond for a What Music They Make segment, discussing the score to the 1932 Mummy film and a bit about the Hammer film score. Darryll comes back for a viewing of the classic Universal film The Mummy before Desmond goes solo on a Dying in the Gutters segment discussing the 1970s Marvel saga of The Living Mummy! All that plus feedback, and the following mummified monster music: "The Mummy Song" by Phineas and Ferb, "Me and My Mummy" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers, "Curse of the Pharaohs" by Mercyful Fate, "Helen Calls to Isis / The Destruction of Im-Ho-Tep " by James Dietrich, "Im-Ho-Tep (Pharaoh's Curse)" by Iced Earth, "The Mummy" by Bob McFadden and Dor, and "Wrap it Up" by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213.

In this episode of Dread Media, we start things off far from the horror spectrum and slowly move towards it, but dropping in quality with each step. What have we learned? I don't know. First up, Desmond and Darryll discuss the violent animated feature Batman: Under the Red Hood, then Desmond goes solo on Uwe Boll's Final Storm and Argento-wannabe Finale. Tunes include: "The Godamn Batman" by Mary Shelley Overdrive, "Lil' Red Ridin' Hood" by Children of Bodom, "Storm Coming" by Gnarls Barkley, "Where the Sky Ends" by Michale Graves, and "Final Day" by Pennywise. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213.

In this episode, Joe R. Lansdale returns to talk about genre fiction, the future of publishing, and his recent work in a great extended interview. Then Darryll joins Desmond to review one of those recent works: the animated short, DC Showcase: Jonah Hex. Tunes included: "Coattails of a Dead Man" by Tom Waits and Primus, "Death of Jonah Hex" by Ghoultown, "Train Assault" by Mastodon, and "My Body's a Zombie for You" by Dead Man's Bones. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213.

This week, it's another trip to Tromaville as Desmond and Darryll get a look at the modern Troma classic Tromeo & Juliet. Then Desmond goes solo on the Scottish thriller Dark Nature. And don't forget the Tromatic terror tunes: "Highway 90" by Jane Jensen, "Romeo" by Sublime, "Everybody Dies" by the cast of The Toxic Avenger Musical, and "Sacrifice" by Motorhead. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213.

In this episode of Dread Media, it's a masked vengeance double feature as Desmond and Darryll sit down to talk about The Prowler, then Desmond goes solo on Nine Dead. And if you thought last week's celebrity appearance was big... Tunes this week are as follows: "Screaming for Vengeance" by Iced Earth, "Prowler" by Iron Maiden, "The Collector" by Nine Inch Nails, and "Revenge" by Mindless Self Indulgence. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213.

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick welcomes author Jeff Jacobson to the show to talk about being the weird kid in high school, heavy metal, and, of course, his novels. And Desmond reviews the Book of Lore / Grave Mistakes Horror Double Feature solo, except for one surprise guest. Then he ends the show with the world podcast debut of Mary Shelley Overdrive's new song! The tunes this week: "The Huntmaster" by Alestorm, "Execution Tank" by 3 Inches of Blood, "Eat Me Alive" by Judas Priest, and "Belladonna" by Mary Shelley Overdrive. Visit Jeff at www.jefforyjacobson.com, and Mary Shelley Overdrive at www.maryshelleyoverdrive.blogspot.com. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213.