It's time to check out a classic!! The Dead Boys review Polanski's 1968 shocker "Rosemary's Baby", and debate how well it has stood the test of time, the level of actual horror it contains, and whether or not rosemary is just a big dummy. Also, Sir Ian Dangerous rants on his John Cassavetes hatred, Dan Marcha Madness shows his Vidal sassoon haircut, and RyanRossLIVE finds the most hilarious Scooby Doo reference ever. Plus, a new name for the FTG Award is inspired by one particularly unsavory character!!
The Dead Boys are off to Indonesia for this episode, where they discuss Joko Anwar's 2019 small village chiller "Impetigore"!! While Sir Ian Dangerous inexplicably expounds on population density metrics, Dan Marcha Madness and RyanRossLIVE try to bring him back to reality by arguing over whether this is folk horror or ancestral horror and which ending is better! Also, what's up with that name?? Plus, more Patreon announcements and the reveal of the first movie for 2026!!
The Evil Urge Prompt that RyanRossLIVE drew this week is "Myth", and so he decides to send the Dead Boys into the deep forest of Sweden to find 2017's "The Ritual" and it's mythic Nordic beastie. Who deserved to die? What does yelling at the trees do? And where are the goat hooves?? Plus, prepping for the holiday episode and the Dead By Daylight Stream is on the horizon!!
The trauma of "Hereditary" is unleashed and Dan Marcha Madness explains why Ari Aster's modern classic is one of his favorite movies ever!! Ryan Ross Live was NOT prepared for the telephone pole scene and Sir Ian Dangerous has a rant about the ending...plus, what's going on with Netflix and Warner Brothers??
The roots of J-Horror are explored with the classic Japanese ghost story film "Kwaidan" this week!! Sir Ian Dangerous takes the Dead Boys down a dark rabbit hole to earless monks, evil hair, and eerie snow spirits, and even throws in a eulogy to legendary actor Tatsuya Nakadai!! Plus, legacy sequel rants and a perfect roll that determines this years Patron Bonus Holiday Episode!!
Ryan Ross Live has SLASHED his prompt and demanded that the Dead Boys all watch Ryan Coogler's blockbuster vampire Southern Gothic "Sinners"!! Things get testy as the conversation veers from IMAX cinematography to vampire rules to debates over whether or not THAT scene is as good as everyone says. It's a can't miss episode with a surprising finish that leaves Ryan and Dan Marcha Madness in shock!!
Often hailed as an underrated gem, 2009's "Triangle" is this week's selection from Dan Marcha Madness. Time loops, final girls, and plot holes are topics of discussion, along with Liam Hemsworth getting a nasty headache! Plus, what does this movie have to do with Greek myths and more importantly, how did no one else find all the bodies???
It's time to burn some Christians as the Dead Boys check out 1973's folk horror classic "The Wicker Man"!! Sir Ian Dangerous shares one of his favorite movies with Ryan Ross Live and Dan Marcha Madness, but which version did they watch? And why does Dan agree with the pagans? And why is Ryan so mad at the school teacher? Plus, an announcement about the upcoming bonus episodes!!
The brand new "Frankenstein" drops this week on Netflix, and the Dead Boys have seen it already...in the theatre!! In one of the most dramatic reviews in show history, Dan, Ian, and Ryan put their heads together to weigh in on Guillermo del Toro's take on Mary Shelley's classic Gothic Romance Horror. Not an episode to be missed!!
It's Lucio Fulci time!! Dan Marcha Madness picks 1981's "The Beyond" without knowing how triggered his fear of spiders is going to be! Also, Sir Ian Dangerous talks dog leash laws, Ryan Ross Live loses a cat, and all of the Dead Boys get the creeps from sepia-tinged Louisiana-by-way-of-Italy madness!!
One of the creepiest films ever made is the topic of discussion on this week's episode, as Sir Ian Dangerous forces the team to face their fears of isolation, madness, the dark, and people who steal Oreos. Did Ryan Ross Live think it was better than Alien? Did Dan Marcha Madness figure out who the killer was? And why does Ian always refer to Peter Mullan as Mother Superior? Listen in and find out!!
The canadian zombie apocalypse film "Pontypool" is this week's selection, and the Dead Boys discuss the dangers of unchecked rhetoric, Canadian brown-face, and Dan Marcha Madness' rat wars. Also, Sir Ian Dangerous praises a returning Halloween tradition, and Ryan Ross Live has a rant for the ages. Now also broadcast of YouTube!!
It's October, and Dan Marcha Madness decides to make the Dead Boys review the big daddy of horror movies, 1973's "The Exorcist"!! What makes him even more scared of it now than when he first saw it? Who does Ryan Ross Live hate the most in this movie? And what is the special way Sir Ian Dangerous interprets the ending? Also, a listener question has the Boys digging deep for a answers!!
This Is Why You Died kicks off Season 2 with a goopy, splattery bang as the Dead Boys break down the 1982 all-time classic, John Carpenter's remake of "The Thing"! It's one of Sir Ian Dangerous' favorite movies, but Dan Marcha Madness has words about the ending, and Ryan Ross Live has hate for Wilford Brimley's flying saucer. The gloves come off in this brand new season premiere...now on YouTube as well!!
In this MASSIVE blowout episode, the Dead Boys look back on the past year and reflect...and unleash a year's worth of hot takes, spicy opinions, and cheap shots along with revealing the incredible plans for Season 2!!
For the very first John Carpenter film of the show, Ryan Ross Live picks "The Fog" from 1980!! In a shocking twist, horror aficionado Dan Marcha Madness is watching the film for the very first time...and has some issues to discuss! Sir Ian Dangerous details growing up where the film took place, plus Tom Atkins love, how "The Fog" is like a D&D campaign, and more on this final episode of Season 1!!
The modern classic "It Follows" is the pick by Sir Ian Dangerous for this episode, which leads the Dead Boys down a path of pondering mortality, literature, music, and stupid decisions by teenagers. Plus, references to Dostoyevsky, what "It Follows" SHOULD have been called, Dan Marcha Madness' "K-Pop Demon Hunters" experience, and Ryan Ross Live making everyone panic as he leaves the next pick up to the whims of chance...
Dan Marcha Madness was challenged to find two suspenseful films for his Double Feature, and he chose the visceral French bloodbath "Inside" and the punk rock Nazi crime thriller "Green Room"! The Dead Boys chew over pregnancy woes, Patrick Stewarts dodgy American accent, and what food to eat during some of the goriest scenes ever filmed. Also, the countdown to the Season Finale begins!!
Another monstrous DOUBLE FEATURE episode as Ryan Ross Live dives into the Found Footage subgenre by selecting 2013's Sasquatch chiller "Willow Creek" and 2007's Spanish-language zombie classic "REC". Dan Marcha Madness loses his mind over sound design, Sir Ian Dangerous goes for Bigfoot's jugular, and Ryan gives a lesson on backwoods safety. Plus! Dan reveals his upcoming HEX!!
DOUBLE FEATURE!! Sir Ian Dangerous has called down the Hex and so the Dead Boys discuss BOTH the Clive Barker classic "Hellraiser", as well as the modern reboot from 2022!! Shockingly, it's Dan Marcha Madness' first Hellraiser experience, and Ryan Ross Live finds out why Pinhead is in Dead By Daylight. Also, Ian monologues, Dan gets juvenile, and Ryan admits why he would likely die in a horror movie. Plus...another Hex is thrown out!!