Dark Discussions Podcast

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. Dark Discussions Podcast Network introduces Antidote for the Commonplace Podcast. This week, co-hosts Matt, Jonathan, and Derrick cover some of the biggest announcements of the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con including the Marvel Phase 2 movies, The Walking Dead Season 3, Game of Thrones Season 3, The Hobbit, Pacific Rim, Wreck it Ralph, Resident Evil 6, and the Sandman prequel and other comic news. WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. Dark Discussions Podcast Network introduces Antidote for the Commonplace Podcast. The first arc of FATALE, the fantastic new series from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, was just released in trade paperback, and Co-hosts Chris, Matt and Derrick are here with the review! ABOUT FATALE – Secrets, lies, horror, lust, and monsters from the time before time all collide in Fatale: Death Chases Me. In present day, a man meets a woman who he becomes instantly obsessed with, and in the 1950s, this same woman destroys the lives of all those who cross her path, on a quest for… what? Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ bestselling series will leave you craving more! The first arc of Image’s surprise hit is collected just in time for new readers to jump on board with issue no. 6! We also take a listen to Ogham Waite and the Amphibian Jazz Band – Live at the Gilman House, from the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Soc

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. Dark Discussions Podcast Network introduces Antidote for the Commonplace Podcast. Co-hosts Chris, Matt and Jonathan tackle the MASS EFFECT universe, the original controversial ending, the new updated ending, and the implications of DLC for the video game industry. WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. Dark Discussions Podcast Network introduces Antidote for the Commonplace Podcast. Episode 001 : Welcome! Plus Co-hosts Matt and Chris review THE COURTYARD and NEONOMICON by Alan Moore and DEEP SLEEPER by Phil Hester. Find out what is in the name, Antidote for the Commonplace, as well as what we have in store for our listeners over the coming months. WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. After six seasons, Dexter, the cable television show about a serial killer that works as a forensic investigator for the Miami Police Department, will have its seventh season premiere on September 30th. While having seen his wife get murdered and fighting the evil which he calls his dark passenger threaten his secret, Dexter Morgan and the adventures of his colleagues continued last season with more twists than expected. In season six, Dexter's sister Debra is promoted to Lieutenant to become suddenly the superior of her more senior colleagues such as Sergeant Batista. Lieutenant LaGuerta is promoted to Captain. But was it due to skill or more nefarious ways? Forensic Analyst Masuka brings in a group of interns where each may have secrets that may not be so beneficial to the police department. A new monster-of-the-season arc brings us the Doomsday Killers. But is the duo actually who

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Having already directed one of the most important werewolf films in the modern era of cinema, Neil Marshall, the English director, follows up his successful 2002 film Dog Soldiers with 2005's The Descent. Arguably one of the best horror genre films in over twenty years, both as screenwriter and director, Neil Marshall takes a fairly common unoriginal idea of adventure seekers getting lost and turns it into a fresh and innovative concept. With elements from such films as Deliverance, The Thing, and The Edge, Neil Marshall created a screenplay that consisted entirely of women. After the tragic death of our lead protagonist's family, a group of friends bring Sarah to the rural sections of North Carolina to do spelunking/caving for an all-girl getaway. While on their adventure, hurtful back story is given between the women which illustrates that their friendships may not be what

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. Have you ever wondered what the aftermath of some of your favorite films would be like? For example, what would the personality of the final girl in the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre be like? What would the victims’ families do or feel after the crime? What made the villains tick? How did their family structure come about? Just released in trade paperback after being a successful hardcover and e-book, Kealan Patrick Burke's newest novel, Kin, takes a fresh approach to Southern American horror. When a bleeding naked girl walks out of a forest near the farmlands of Alabama, a chain of events occur that brings about both death and deliverance to a large ensemble cast. After the horrendous crimes by a sadistic and morally twisted family, Kealan Patrick Burke focuses on the lone survivor and the families of those who have lost loved ones. Kin is a tale that brings the elements of fi

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. Though various subgenres of horror such as zombies and vampires seem to dominate the modern horror tale, ghost stories have continued to enthrall readers and moviegoers throughout the years. The ghost tale has been effectively made into film with such now classic tales as The Others, The Sixth Sense, The Changeling, and Poltergeist. And with this resurgence lead by such Japanese films as The Ring and The Grudge, ghosts and phantoms have become once more a leader in horror fiction. Dark Discussions welcomes three modern horror authors that have brought the modern ghost story full circle. All have new books about to be released. Bram Stoker Award Winner Joe McKinney's new novel, Inheritance, comes out in November. Peter Giglio's new novel, Sunfall Manor, comes out in October, and Peter N. Dudar's A Requiem for Dead Flies has just been released. The three have come together on a new blo

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. The year was 1897 and author Bram Stoker had his latest novel, Dracula, published for reader consumption. Though not a sensational hit when first released, it was still a tale worth reading for anyone who enjoyed mainstream novels of the time. Of course years later it is part of the literary canon for anyone who reads classic literature. It has crossed over to be not only joyous pulp but a novel spoken in the same breath as A Tale of Two Cities or Moby Dick. Dark Discussions welcomes once again, Inanna Arthen, author of the novels Mortal Touch and The Longer the Fall and owner of the publishing company By Light Unseen Media. She returns to talk about the most important vampire novel of all time. Though everyone knows such characters as Count Dracula and Abraham Van Helsing, other characters are discussed. Renfield, Dr. Seward, and Lucy Westerna among others are brought into the spotlight.

Welcome to Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. In 1973, author Peter Benchley had his now famous novel, Jaws, published to great acclaim. Inspired by a number of real life incidents of sharks attacking humans, the novel is the journey of three very different men who come together to hunt down a shark that has been terrorizing sunbathers and tourists of a small Northeastern American ocean community. Paramount Pictures and Steven Spielberg took Mr. Benchley's script and made one of the most terrifying and successful films in history. The story of the great white shark brings drama, horror, thriller, and action themes all together in one. The result defined the spectacle film and changed both Hollywood and cinema forever. The summer movie was born yet as time has passed, re-evaluation of such films has clarified that such films have as much to say as those considered more academic. With the 100th anniversary of Paramount Pictures, Jaws has

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. Dark Discussions continues their discussion of Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy. Episode 067 (Part One) focused on the background of the films and how they came from the source material of the DC comics. The film Batman Begins which led the series explains the beginnings of Batman and how Bruce Wayne became the vigilante known as Batman. In Part Two of the retrospective your co-hosts discuss The Dark Knight rises and the intricate way the screenplay was able to adapt Harvey Dent and the Joker into a dark and foreboding world that never falls into comic book silliness. Things mentioned include the recasting of the Rachel Dawes character, the award winning performance of Heath Ledger, how Harvey Dent was presented as a politician and legal force, as well as how a series of films goes even deeper into genre and horror cinema. To wrap up the episode, the latest film, 2012's

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. In 2000, producers took notice of a little film entitled Memento directed by Christopher Nolan. With alternative cinema taking audiences imaginations to new heights, Nolan was being mentioned in the same breath as such contemporaries as Quentin Tarantino, Doug Liman, Guy Richie, and David Fincher who were molding the path of cinema in a direction that hadn’t been seen since the likes of Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, John Cassavetes, and William Friedkin. After establishing himself in 2002 with both actors and producers alike with the highly acclaimed dark crime drama Insomnia, Nolan was given the reins to a reboot of the mysterious vigilante comic book character, Batman. The character was as ambiguous as his many adaptations. From the campy 1960’s Adam West television adaption to the Tim Burton version, the character had seemed to run its course and reverted back to its pub

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. In 2001, an unknown author named Scott Sigler wrote a book entitled Earthcore which was released as an ebook during ebook infancy by Time Warner/AOL. With its success the novel was to be published in print. However it’s released was scrapped due to the economic downturn in the United States. When licensing reverted back to the author Scott Sigler decided to release the novel as a chapter by chapter podcast. Having a following of over 10,000 individuals, Sigler continued to write and release his work as podcasts. In 2006, his novel entitled Infected (originally entitled Infection) was released and brought him immediate fame. The work of fiction gained notoriety due to its horrific violence, gonzo set pieces, and Michael Crichton like story telling. Bringing in audiences of techno-thrillers, horror novels, and science fiction, the story eventually was published by Crown Publ

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. If you like smart cinema wrapped in a stylish genre film, End of the Line gives it to you. Some would say the movie was a tour de force for independent genre film making by one man. The movie, a 2008 Canadian production, was edited, produced, directed, and written by Maurice Devereaux. And with its fantastic practical special effects, the powerful musical score by Martin Gauthier, and the wonderful performances fronted by both Robin Wilcock and Joan McBride, the film's screenplay dives into a relevant topic in today's world. Karen, a nurse at a large hospital specializing in psych patients, heads home late one night on the subway. Ever scary, a woman all alone in an awfully empty underground, her evening turns into a terrifying escapade when a group of strangers begin to perform violent acts of bloodshed. She along with other passengers group together in a desperate plan of escape as

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. In the mid 1980’s, horror films seemed to become derivative with releases of copy cats and sequels that were being pumped out as fast as they could. Both low budget filmmakers and studio executives saw dollar signs before they saw originality. Yet in 1986 screenwriter Eric Red came up with a tale that seemed to buck this shallow trend. Prior to writing Near Dark, the Kathryn Bigelow helmed vampire film, he burst upon the seen with his script for The Hitcher, a dark and psychologically brutal film. Directed by first time director Robert Harmon, the film divided critics more so than many films of the time. With its throwback story to such gritty movies as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its twenty-years-too-soon foreshadowing of films such as Seven or Silence of the Lambs, folks such as Roger Ebert called it “diseased and corrupt” while Newsweek Magazine thought it to be superb. With a s

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. In 2008 a small film played the festival circuits to resounding critical praise. The film, entitled Splinter, brought a refreshing take on horror with the interesting concept of combining a siege film with both the familiar monster movie and body horror. Using biology, specifically a parasitic mold that in some way takes over parts of its host, the movie stays "small" allowing the concept to grow in a way that keeps it grounded in reality. When a young couple's tent breaks while on a camping trip, they decide to head to a motel for the night. On the way they are carjacked by a man and woman on the run from the law. What was supposed to be a tranquil weekend under the stars turns into a hostage situation. The group make a routine stop at a convenience store and gas station where they make a horrific discovery. A dangerous life form traps them inside the building which requ

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. It all started back in the mid-1970's when screenwriters/filmmakers Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett came up with an amazing story about a crew from a mining spacecraft that hears a sentient beacon on a nondescript planetoid. When they go to explore the unknown signal they discover a horror that lead to the classic science fiction horror film, 1979's Ridley Scott directed Alien, and began a franchise that included three sequels and two spin offs with another beloved franchise, Predator. With the release of 2012's Prometheus, a film that has been described as anything from a prequel to Alien or a distinct story set in the Alien universe, Ridley Scott returns to a franchise that made him the iconic director that he happens to be today. With a larger scope and a story that delves into questions about religion, human origin, and existential topics as vast as the ultimate meaning of life, the f

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. Four lists of the top ten best genre horror films since 2000. Dark Discussions continues their second part of their four way round table of the best movies beginning with the millennium going forward. Remakes and re-imaginings such as Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead make the list as well as a few Korean and French films. Vampires appear in a few films as do mutants from the underground. Stephen King showed up with The Mist in part one, but does he appear again? Torture porn standards like Hostel and The Devil’s Rejects lead a wave of an interesting subgenre. The nations of Norway, Sweden, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the US join Korea and France. And could an interesting film from an unlikely place like Serbia be listed? With a wide range of films including directing legends such as Martin Scorsese and Sam Raimi appearing alongside newer sensations like Eli Roth, Edgar Wright, a

Welcome to Dark Discussions podcast. Your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that's fantastic. John W. Campbell, the editor of the science fiction magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact, took a manuscript by a little known author named Frank Herbert entitled Dune and serialized it within the publication between the years 1963 through 1965. What resulted was a story that many literary critics say is the greatest science fiction novel in the history of literature. With high praise indeed, Dune became an international phenomena that equaled such other written series as C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth books. Taking place within a fully realized world, Dune was more than just a novel. Within its pages, an entire fantastical world was created where an intergalactic feudal universe was surrounded by political intrigue, religious fervor, and supernatural mysticism. A precious substance referred to as melange which bends the mind allowing warp tr

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. January 1st, 2000, the first day of a new century. The date is somewhat arbitrary when considering grouping things together. Pick a day then group going forward. Being the first day of a new century (or new millennium if you prefer), Dark Discussions decides to bring a list of some of their favorite horror/genre films since the year 2000 and discuss each of them in a condensed format. Cohosts Chris, Eric, Mike, and Philip independently put together their collection of the best horror films of the past twelve years but also present some of their individual favorites. Fans of genre cinema will see mainstream Hollywood successes, independent productions, and foreign film darlings. Some films like the James Wan/Leigh Whannell classic Saw are re-evaluated as individual standalone films and how they fit into the horror genre. Productions from Australia, the UK, France, New Zea