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The Wolfman (1941) Monsters of Universal: Part 6 | Episode 70 | The Dreadcast

From Dracula, to Frankenstein, all the way now to the hairy hairy Wolf Man from 194, its time once again to continue our series on the Monsters of Universal. Featuring Lon Chaney Jr and Universal favourite Claude Rains, how are these films shaping up for the guys and where does this installment fall in their tier list of the series? 
 
Timestamps:
00:15 - For the love of Horror
16:30 - Brief reminder of upcoming new series for the show!!!
19:56 - Episode 70 (NOT 69!) And where do we stand with the Universal Monsters?
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28:47 - The first film in this series to include an opening montage credits crawl of the cast
31:15 - Majority of characters merged together and felt like background characters 
38:28 - The characteristics of peeping tom Larry
49:50 - Our Wolf Man 
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54:20 - Tom did watch this film, promise. 
01:05:22 - The Wolf Man's first prey 
01:12:25 - Trying to restrain Larry from the beating tree
01:25:11 - Thoughts on the Werewolf movie scene
 
 
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The Advent Calendar (2021) | Episode 69 | The Dreadcast

Are we very late for hristmas 2023? Or are we incredibly early for Christmas 2024?! Either way, its time to check out another holiday themed horror in 'The Advent Calendar'. This time, its a lesson in not following the 'rules' of your Malteaser advent calendar. Day by day folks, day by day!
 
Timestamps:
00:15 - Horror in space
03:49 - Episode 69 and a reminder of the Horror Tombola
15:09 - Columbo and his Creature
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22:42: Advent Calendar, it's a christmas movie
31:40: We start opening the doors of the MacGuffin...3 days late and learn the rules!
41:10: The chocolates and their magic
50:07: Time to speed the film up a bit
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56:59: The films rules become more vague
01:03:40: Ich, our demon, rises and the crowd goes mild
01:13:10: Super erections kill
01:26:05: On a positive note
 
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2023 Horror Wrap Up - Top 10's (PART 2) | Episode 68 | The Dreadcast

Part 2 of Aidan and Toms 2023 Horror wrap up featuring the last of their top 10's from the year! Where there any surprises or similar picks in part 1? All that needs to be said though, is that the number 1 pick is a MUST watch for all horror fans out there!
 
Timestamps:
 
00:15 -  No.7 ...DONT BELIEVE AIDAN!
24:15 - No.6 ...Surprising?!
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29:50 - Breaking into the Top 5 with a sleeper
45:10 - No. 4
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01:06:00 - The Top 3 is here...and they all hit!
 
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2023 Horror Wrap Up - Top 10's (PART 1) | Episode 67 | The Dreadcast

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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Silent Night Deadly Night (1984) | Episode 66 | The Dreadcast

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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Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022) | Episode 65 | The Dreadcast

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 Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Monsters of Universal: Part 5 | Episode 64 | The Dreadcast

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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Thanksgiving (2023) | Episode 63 | The Dreadcast

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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