2023 is in the books! And its time for the guys to think long and hard about what they believe topped their lists for top horror movies of the year! There may be some surprises and controversial choices, but one things for sure, an amateur movie podcast will commence! 

Timestamps:

00:15 - The Dreadcast, New year, New us #Horror

09:17 - 2024’s Brand new ongoing series for The Dreadcast 

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20:46 - The countdown begins. Toms honourable mentions

25:20 - Tom’s No.13 - 11

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43:00 - No. 10

01:01:50 - No.9

01:15:00 - No.8 (Part 1)

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Happy Christmas and Holidays from everyone here at The Dreadcast team...Tom and Aidan. And what better way to celebrate than with another festive horror treat. This week, in the form of a true classic slasher set at Christmas time, Silent Night Deadly Night.

Timestamps:

02:00 - Horror’s around the world and certain questionable lists of the Top Horrors of 2023

14:50 - The end of Jason and the Friday 13th game

19:25 - Aidans christmas loot box! 

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23:26 - Episode 66, Silent Night Deadly Night

30:20 - Nothing short of traumatising kids throughout the film, with hilarious results

44:50 - After the prologue of child Billy, it's time for Saved by the Bell Billy. A real mans man!

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01:00:16 - Billys Christmas rampage begins!

01:21:52 - Dad’s, don’t climb into your childs room through the window for a surprise! 

01:28:05 - Mother Superior, The Final Boss

01:48:18 - The Failbag

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It's Christmas time here at The Dreadcast and oh boy do we have a treat for you! Its the first of our voyage into the world of Christmas Horror movies and we're kicking it off in style with a trip down low budget indie lane! Ho Ho Ho!!!

Timestamps:

01:00 - The Christmas setup (For Video viewers)

12:37 - More 2023 Horror movie catch ups

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29:15 - Episode 65, Christmas Bloody Christmas

41:30 - Terminator S-anta 1000 is here! Where can you go with Christmas Horror?

51:40 - Brief run through of the kills

59:24 - The love interest and how it could have been better executed 

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01:10:03 - The final act that is definitely not Sarah Conner being chased by the Terminator 

01:23:15 - Trioxin 245 the santa and you've got a bit more of an interesting plot 

01:31:36 - Tom’s christmas horror movie idea! TRADEMARK! 

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The Dreadcast is back in the world of classic Universal monsters. And this time, Frankensteins monstrous creation is after a life partner. Unfortunately, it does seem to take a bit of time to reach that destination. This week the guys get stuck in to Part 5 of The Dreadcasts Monsters of Universal series, The Bride of Frankenstein, and give their honest thoughts on the first true sequel in Horror!

Timestamps:

00:16 - Thanksgiving 2 news and the 00’s slasher multiverse!

17:48 - Episode 64, Bride of Frankenstein 

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30:12 - Initial thoughts

40:58 - Was this sequel with Dr Pretorius truly necessary? 

47:53 - The Monster’s adventure 

52:08 - The shift in tone of Bride of Frankenstein

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01:02:22 - Theres very little meat on this Bride of the monster 

01:18:26 - Taking a look a the current Monsters of Universal rankings

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This week on The Dreadcast, our duo get full up on one hell of a turkey dinner provided to us by Eli Roths brand new holiday slasher, Thanksgiving. What was once a fake trailer made for the iconic 2007 Grindhouse feature, is now a feature length homage holiday slasher that would fit in perfectly among the late 90's/ early 2000's classics. 

Timestamps:

00:32 - How many mince pies is too many mince pies?

07:50 - Episode 63, Thanksgiving (2023)

10:41 - Was Scream 6 Ghostface’s last outing?

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30:04 - Blind Bag goodies

34:27 - The review finally begins!

45:26 - Spoilers from here on!

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01:09:55 - Let's get to know our victims and the kill list

01:23:08 - Are we all at the same school? 

01:32:13 - ‘Q’ in Thanksgiving and Yulia’s death. A little too on the nose for Tom 

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01:40:11 - The Thanksgiving parade massacre and how the original 2007 scene was filmed

01:49:02 - Thanksgiving dinner

02:04:09 - Killer exposed and sequel bait laid out 

02:10:57 - Two faux Grindhouse trailers left to make a reality. ‘Don’t’ and ‘Werewolf Women of the SS’.

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This week, our dreadful duo contiune their descent into the world of folk horror with the incredible debut horror feature by acclaimed director Robert Eggers, THE VVITCH. Can the guys get past Finchy, bloody good rep, doing all he can to keep his family together, whilst being plagued by a coven of witches?

Timestamps:

00:15 - The prep for Christmas horror has begun

08:19 - Terrifier 3 update!

15:22 - Sneak peak of 2023 horror wrap up!

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24:25 - Lets talk Robert Eggers

31:50 - Episode 62, The VVitch

50:08 - The audience are more in the know than our puritans 

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54:37 - Caleb and the twins

01:13:16 - The final act and Black Phillip becomes unleashed

01:25:45 - What is a Billhook?

01:32:03 - Thomisan looking for acceptance

01:34:20 - Light and Sound design

01:43:46 - Scores, Reviews and comparisons

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This week, The Dreadcast moves back into the weird and unsettling world of folk horror with Kill List. Though not exactly appearing that way at first glance. Kill List brings a much more serious thriller/drama to the table before we get to the real Wicker Man fun!

Timestamps:

00:15 - A Folklore happy accident

06:48 - Ben Wheatley films

11:04 - What type of movie is Kill List really?

28:27 - The family that kills together, stays together

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29:18 - What i (Tom) was expecting, compared to what i got

34:55 - Sound Design and plot theories

40:50 - The Kill List begins with Gog the priest. Followed by the librarian and the M.P

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59:48 - We enter a new film

01:12:00 - The Hunchback knife fight

01:27:43 - What's coming up for November!

01:34:09 - Mailbag!

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Its time for The Dreadcasts annual Halloween installment, conveniantly enough at Halloween time! This year, the boys take a look at another one of the very big hitters from over the years in the series featuring the final on screen moments of the great Donald Pleasance, and the feature film debut of Paul Rudd. Its time for the utterly fascinating and bizarre Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers

Timestamps:

00:00 - Tommy Doyle exposition and hoping we dont get flagged!

02:23 - Aidans adventures with Jigsaw

15:18 - Episode 60, Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers

21:49 - Aidans past with the Halloween series

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28:51 - Lets begin!

42:10 - The mess of the Strode family tree

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55:22 - Tommy ‘Pepe Silvia’ Doyle

01:00:28 - ‘The Scariest Halloween of them all!’

01:09:14 - Another Producers cut vs Theatrical cut difference, Jamie's flashback to impregnation

01:12:25 - The Birthing Cave 

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01:18:55 - Final Act, Sanitarium, plethora of Theatrical and Producer cut differences

01:30:01 - The magical circle of runes that controls Michael 

01:35:35 - Alternate endings 

01:52:06 - Whats coming up on The Dreadcast for November and December

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Idle Hands, are the Devils playground! Remember that folks the next time your hand becomes possessed and has a mind of its own! Before that happens though, it was time for the guys to check out this 1999 very much of its time horror comedy, Idle Hands. SPECIFICALLY of its time!

Timestamps:

00:46 - Horror Wine 

16:34 - Episode 59, Idle Hands (1999)

32:50 - If you didn't like ‘Shout of the Devil’, you will now!

37:06 - Randy and others, would not be in a 2023 film

38:00 - Tom Delonge cameo TIKTOK 

44:20 - Jungle Burger

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47:36 - Credit where credit is due with acting without looking like a mime

52:30 - Molly and the 1 dimensionally built female characters

01:02:55 - The fall of boner comedies

01:12:33 - Hello The Offspring

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01:20:21 - Junior cops getting the on screen deaths

01:28:06 - Some actual comedy in this Horror Comedies finale 

01:32:55 - Alternate Ending?

01:37:27 - Teen Angel

01:43:27 - A fun recommendation?

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Jigsaw is back in the brand new installment in the widly popular SAW franchise in SAW X. Or Saw 10, or Saw 1.5...whatever you want to call it, its back!! With Tom suffereing from Covid for a 2nd time, and recording on Friday 13th, will the guys even be able to make it through their review of this gruesome new release? And how does it fair to the rest of the series?!

Timestamps:

05:13 - SAW X, 10, 1.5 and catching Aidan up

12:24 - John Kramer AKA Jigsaw

20:09 - The cast

25:12 - Suspending disbelief with reality

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31:53 - The Traps

46:28 - The term ‘Torture Porn’ use

49:47 - Post credits scene

58:15 - Recommendation?

01:01:22 - Other Horror movies of 2023 we’ll be catching up on towards the end of the year

Welcome to The Dreadcast where 2 crazy horror nerds will take you into the world of horror each week in the form of film reviews, franchise retrospectives,  and plenty more!

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