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Splatterpictures Dead AirJul 19, 2017
Dead Air Ep 219 - Rituals
It's time once again for our more than annual ritual! We're heading to the black fly infested forests of beautiful Ontario Canada for episode 219 of Dead Air where we discuss the underrated classic Rituals.
Five doctors head into the deep and isolated woods near Lake Superior on their annual trip in hopes of fishing, rest and relaxation. However, they are soon stalked and tormented by an unknown assailant that seems to know their every move. What started as a once in a lifetime vacation turns to a deadly and desperate bid for survival.
Old wounds will open and new wounds will be formed!
Dead Air Ep 218 - The Forest
There's something following you and it's not your imagination. Dead Air's coming and we're hungry!
On Episode 218 we discuss the 1982 slasher The Forest!
In what should be a relaxing weekend getaway to the beautiful Sequoia National Park turns into a bloody endurance for survival. These woods are haunted by the spirits of the dead and they all have the same warning, Daddy's coming. He's hungry - and you're on the menu!
Dead Air 217 - Nightmare
From the mean streets of New York City to the sunny, prank filled, streets of Florida. Dead Air is here to bring you a discussion of the 1981 film, Nightmare!
George is a severely disturbed individual and part of an experimental psychiatric program. After a series of graphic nightmares he leaves on a journey to Florida where he secretly begins a murderous rampage of local young women. What's worst is now he's sought shelter in the home of family of a single mother who is non-the-wiser. Will they discover George before he can take his rampage to its bloody conclusion? Or will his monstrous nightmares overtake him and lead him to commit an endless series of heinous murders?!
Dead Air 216 - Eaten Alive
Into this house of terror comes a handful of unsuspecting innocents! Episode 216 of Dead Air brings you Tobe Hooper's 1976 cult classic: Eaten Alive!
Judd is the proud owner of the Starlight Hotel, a run-down place with exotic animals including a gator in the back pond! One day when a disgruntled sex worker named Clara enters his place in search of shelter his other darker side becomes clear. Soon more people seeking rest or the missing Clara show up and it leads into a deranged fevered pitch blood-bath battle royal! The winners get life. The losers are lost to the hungry jaws of a massive gator!
Dead Air 215 - Doctor Jekyll
A special presentation of Dead Air brings a modern re-imagining of classic story from the legendary film studio Hammer films! We discuss 2024's Doctor Jekyll!
Rob is a recently released criminal who desperately needs to get a job. Not only for his own sake bu the sake of his extremely ill daughter. His prayers are answered in the form of billionaire Doctor Jekyll. She seems kind and willing to give him a chance. Soon however, the mysteries begin to mount around this old mansion and Jekyll seems to be becoming increasingly erratic. Not only that but elements of Rob's old life seem intent on destroying his future.
Doctor Jekyll is Available in the UK from March 11 on Digital Download now at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Rakuten, and Sky!
Starring; Eddie Izzard, Scott Chambers, Lindsay Duncan, Simon Callow, Jonathan Hyde, Morgan Watkins, Robyn Cara.
Dead Air 214 - The House On Sorority Row
Be careful when wading into that pool you haven't cleaned in awhile. Those murky, alga infested waters, may hide a terrible secret! As terrible as the secret in the attic! Episode 214 is the long overdue discussion of the 1982 slasher classic: The House On Sorority Row!
Katey and her friends are all finished with college and what better way than to celebrate the next chapter of their lives than to have a party in the sorority. The problem is their old house mother Ms. Slater hates parties, drinking and sex.
After Vicki's prank goes awry and Slater ends up dead the girls have moments to stash the body before their guests arrive. Soon Slater's body goes missing aswell as some members of the sorority. Could Slater have survived and is seeking revenge? Or is there something else in this house?
Dead Air 213 - Stage Fright 1987
The stage is set! It's the final curtain call! No more DREAD rehearsals! Episode 213 we discuss the 1987 slasher Stage Fright!
A stage play is about to go on about a masked owl-headed killer who stalks and maybe is seduced by his victims? Caustic directors and stressed actors lamenting a constantly changing production days before opening are the least of their problems as a violent murder of one of their actors happens and is attributed to Irving Wallace. Wallace himself was a former actor who went on a rampage and was locked away. He's free now and masquerading as the killer in the play. Can the actors and crew work together to escape this owl-masked menace? No. No they can't.
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 212 - Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
Prepare yourself! Team Dead Air is about to bring you to the scariest place on earth with 2018's Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum.
Han-Joon runs the ghost hunting Youtube channel "Horror Times" and sets his sights on doing an episode featuring one of CNN's most scary places on earth, Gonjiam Asylum. He brings a team of six people in the hopes of big views and an even bigger payout from advertisers. With so much on the line he will do anything - even lie to get the scares he needs to guarantee the stream goes viral.
However, not long after entering the team discovers that these scares are very real and very deadly. Chaos and nightmares ensue as the infamous asylum claims more patients within its dilapidated walls. Seeing the numbers go up - Han-Joon would sacrifice them all for views and to finally discover what is the mystery behind the door of room 402.
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 211 - The Boogeyman
There are scary things we don't understand. Your minds try to fill in the blanks. However, none of that is necessary when you've got episode 211 of Dead Air where we discuss the 2023 film: The boogeyman!
The Harper family is trying to put their lives together after the tragic loss of their matriarch. Dad returns to his home psychology practice while his daughters, Sophie and little Sawyer return to school. The sudden appearance of a disturbed man named Lester Billings, looking for help, ends in his apparent suicide. The trauma rocks the Harper family further which is likely why the talk of a monster being responsible for the death of Billings' children is ignored.
Soon, both sisters come to grips that whatever killed Lester's kids has followed him here and is now stalking them. They know nothing about this mysterious monsters except one thing - It's hungry!
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 210 - Better Watch Out
You may be home, but you're not without Dead Air! It's that time of year again and with the season comes episode 210 with the 2016 film - Better, Watch Out!
17 year old Ashley is about to move away with her family but for old time sake she takes up on last babysitting gig for the Lerner family. She's been watching little Luke since he was eight years old and now at 12 they're just like old friends. Luke however wants to be more than friends and hopes Ashley's last night fueled with scary movies and a little champagne could make her finally realize he was meant for her.
His plans are cut short however when it becomes obvious that someone outside wants in and if anyone attempts to leave - they die.
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air Ep 209 - Dark Harvest
Halloween isn't a date - it's a state of mind! It's no trick because Dead Air is the Podcast with an episode full of treats! Episode 209 has us take on the 2023 film: Dark Harvest!
Jim is the winner of the 1963 Run which means he's taken down the infamous Saw-Tooth Jack! The October Boy! A murderous menace with a pumpkin for a head! For his troubles he's rewarded with money, a house for his family and a car with a one way ticket out of his dead-end town. One year later the run starts again with a new batch of boys vying for the top spot! The goal is simple. The October Boy returns and you must kill him before he reaches the Church at the center of town. One boy wants it more than anyone. Richie. Jim's brother who won it last year. He's got angst he's got moxy and more importantly, he's got a plan to follow in his brother's footsteps and kill Saw-Tooth Jack so he can join his brother to escape the town that no one leaves.
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 208 - Hell House LLC
On October 31st 2023. A Podcast broadcasting out of Canada broadcasted its Halloween episode. Two Podcasters died that night, the hosts of the show. Their surviving family members agreed to let the episode air. That way you could all hear Wes and Lydia discuss the 2016 found footage film; Hell House LLC
A Haunt built from the remains of the Abbadon Hotel in upstate New York was set to open on Oct 8th. Instead of thrills and chills everyone got more than they bargained for, which resulted in fifteen people being killed. The circumstances have never been revealed on what really happened that night. Until now.
A fan favorite, but relatively unknown to the general public. A film which spawned a franchise that has opened up the strange and Hellish world of the Abbadon Hotel. The latest film Hell House Origins: The Carmichael Manor is now streaming on Shudder!
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 207 - A Tale of Two Sisters
The sunlight fields surrounding a picturesque house seems warm and inviting. A little slice of paradise we like to call home. Welcome back to Dead Air! Today’s episode we discuss one of the most famous films to come out of the Asian horror boom of the early 2000s. 2003’s; A Tale of Two Sisters.
After a long time, Su-mi and her sister Su-yeon return to their fathers home in the South Korean country-side. Once there they are met with their cold and cruel step-mother, Eun-Joo.
Things get off to a rocky-start and soon more than their step-mother seems off with their childhood home. Horrible dreams of a nightmarish ghost plague Su-mi and one bad thing happens after another. This all leads to a startling revelation that will deeply have Su-mi questioning not only her own memories but, her very understanding of reality itself.
One of the single most influential Korean horror films ever made that seamlessly blends intense drama and horror while maintaining a fairy-tale atmosphere. A Tale of Two Sisters is simply perfect.
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 206 - Whispering Corridors
Within the secrets of this Podcast lies the secrets and the sins, of Dead Air!
Episode 206 see's us discuss one of the most influential Korean horror films ever made and one we've been threatening to do for years, 1998's; Whispering Corridors.
In an all girls school in South Korea an old teacher is brutally strangled and hung outside on the grounds for all to see. This starts a chilling tail of lies, murder and mystery with one thing for certain. The dead do not rest and will have their revenge for the sins of the brutal teachers who work here. The buried and tragic past will come back to haunt anyone who would disrupt these whispering corridors.
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air Ep 205 – The Howling
Somewhere on the internet. In this human jungle...it begins! Episode 205 of DEAD AIR! This time we discuss the 1981 werewolf classic; The Howling!
Karen is an investigative journalist with a unique opportunity to corner infamous serial killer Eddie Quist! The encounter traumatizes her so much that she and her husband escape the an island community where everyone seems to be there for mental health reasons. Soon it becomes clear that Eddie is far more than human and has ties to this "colony." What's worst is Karen's husband seems to run astray with the resident nymphomaniac, Marsha. Her support system crumbles around her and when she realized nobody on this island is what they seem, it just might be too late to escape!
Dead Air 204 - Dog Soldiers
It's the Dog Days of Summer and there is no better film to celebrate than Dog Soldiers!
Private Cooper is a military man on a special training exercise with his troop lead by his grizzled Sergeant Wells. As the night grows dark and the moon is full they encounter a ferocious group of creatures that start shredding them limb from limb! A bit of luck and a lot of desperation lead them to meet up with a local Zoologist that brings them to an old farmhouse buried deep in the woods for them to make a stand. Bullets are only good for keeping this pack of werewolves at bay, they'll need their wits to form a real plan or end up on the menu. But after a time with ammo as low as their dwindling numbers, it becomes clear that them being in this place at this time is no accident.
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 203 - Malignant
We're having visions. Visions that is of Episode 203 of Dead Air! today we tackle a modern film that is sure to become a classic with 2021's Malignant!
Madison is a young woman who's domestic bliss is nothing short of a nightmare. One night her abusive partner pushes her hard against the wall, cracking her head. Then hours later her husband is found brutally murdered by a shadowy intruder. A short time later Madison is having vivid visions of murders of people she's never seen before but these visions are not just in her head. They're real! She is somehow connected to a deranged and brutal killer who is taking out Doctors who worked on a mysterious project back in 1993. What unravels is a buckwild, genre-bending, horror-action extravaganza!
This episode really proves we have a lot of Jam left on our podcast doughnut!
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 202 - The Grudge
Kayako is back and this time she's bringing Sarah Michelle Geller with her! On Episode 202 of Dead Air we wrap up our multi-episode J-horror extravaganza discussing the two pillars of the J-horror invasion and their American remakes! Today we finish off with the 2004 remake of The Grudge.
Karen Davis is an industrious exchange student that definitely has a boyfriend who is relevant and everything to the plot living in Japan, when the sudden loss of a care-worker to the Williams family occurs and she hastily takes on the assignment to accommodate the English speaking household. Once she crosses into that home it's clear that nothing is right. The family is gone save for an elderly woman who soon dies while being menaced by an evil presence. It becomes clear that all who cross that doorway are doomed. Can Karen discover the truth of the terrible curse that envelops this property and save herself or is she simply doomed like everyone else?
A groundbreaking haunting story by writer/director Takashi Shimizu. The grudge would solidify the early 2000's as the decade of remakes from overseas that meant big scares for Western audiences as well as big profits for studios.
Dead Air 201 - The Ring - 2002
Sun comes up, we live and we cry. Sun goes down and we all listen to today's episode of Dead Air!
Episode 201 continues our celebration of all things us and horror. We tackled the two pillars of J-Horror Ring and Ju-On. Now we discuss the remake of The Ring in 2002. Inarguable the film that caused the J-horror boom of the early 2000's
Rachel is a tough as nails investigative journalist who, when her young niece dies mysteriously, sets out to figure out what could have ended her life and the life of her friends. She will discover a cursed videotape that claims if anyone watches it they will die in seven days. The curse will envelope Rachel and her entire family. Then it's a race against time before the curse comes to pass and they all die. Rachel along with her ex husband Noah will uncover the dark and twisted origins of the tape that will bring them to a sleepy island town and rumors of a little girl who never sleeps. Samara. Can they uncover the truth and save not only their own lives. But the life of their son!? find out!
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 200 - Ju-On
They say that when someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage, a curse is born. That curse lingers in the place of death. Those who encounter it will consumed by its fury.
We've made it all the way to episode 200 and there is no film better to tackle on this momentous day than one of Japan's biggest horror exports: Ju On: The Grudge. As we celebrate all things that are Dead Air we discuss a film that made me Shudder! One of the foundational films that caused the J-horror boom in the early 2000's
At a sleepy suburban home in Japan a family is mired by tragedy. Social workers, cops and urban explorers go missing once they cross the cursed threshold of this home. Anyone who lives there or tries to help is killed mercilessly through a twisted story of time and space not limited by the laws of the universe or the mercy of the Gods. A quiet night curled up watching Netflix could end with Kayako crawling under your blankets to pull you to oblivion.
Please enjoy and from the bottom of our hearts. Thank you for 200 episodes of DEAD AIR!
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 199 - Curtains
They say behind every curtain in an episode of Dead Air podcast! For episode 199 we discuss the baffling but very fun slasher, 1983's Curtains!
Jonathan Stryker is a big shot auteur director and his next role promises to make whoever lands it one of the biggest names in Hollywood. Over a snowy weekend in his secluded mansion, six women will compete in a bizarre series of sexually charged auditions to see who is going to land the role. Each one of these women are at various stages of their careers and desperately want the part. Some, even willing to kill for it!
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 198 - Ringu
I wonder if you'd heard this rumour about a strange episode of a podcast that's been passed around lately? They say once you listen to it you die seven days later. Today, pop in your VHS and press play of episode 198 of Dead Air! Finally Wes and Lydia discuss the 1998 film - Ring (Ringu).
Reiko is an investigative journalist covering a story of a mysterious video that's been circulating amongst teens in the area. It's said that if you watch the tape you die. When her own niece suddenly dies while spending a quiet evening with a friend in her home - she's set off to discover the video for herself.
Upon viewing it strange things start to occur and she ponders the tapes true origins. To make matters worse her own son will view the tape taking the deathly end to this course from curious possibility, to unacceptable truth. Reiko and her ex husband are now racing against the clock. Not just for her life, but also the life of their child. However, the curse and its origins are darker and more evil than either of them can understand. Until it's too late.
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 197 - Haunt
Halloween is here and with it comes the latest episode of Dead Air! Today we discuss a modern Halloween soon-to-be-classic! 2019's Haunt!
Harper and her friends are enjoying a fun filled Halloween night at a local bar when looking for their next seasonal adventure they find a flyer to a mysterious Haunt that promises scares unlike any other. They pile into their truck and make drive to a secluded place where only a silent man in a clown mask greets them. They sign a waver and surrender their phones and make their way into the attraction. Only to realize too late they've signed one more thing away. Their lives!
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 196 - 1922
In 2022, a man's pride was a man's podcast... and this episode of the Dead Air Podcast! We discuss the 2017 Stephen King adaptation of 1922!
Wilfred is a simple man of the land, eking out a living with his wife and son. His wife owns a valuable and large piece of land that combined with Wilfred's land is extremely valuable. His wife has ambitions of selling all they have and moving to the big city. Wilfred believes that the city is for fools. Not only that but their teenage son is falling for the girl next door and has no desire to leave either. Only one person stands in the way of their peace, happiness and sizable property. Wilfred's own wife.
Murder, torment, disease and misfortune plague the Jame's family more than the hoard of rats now calling their property home.
1922 will be the year of hell.
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 195 - Children of the Corn
On Episode 195 of Dead Air we're about to give you an adult nightmare! We hear the word of He Who Walks Behind Rows in; 1984's Children of the Corn. The return of Stephen Kingapalooza kicks off with the story of a young couple forced into a detour to the sleepy town of Gaitlin where all of the adults have been murdered under orders of the fanatical child Isaac and his blood thirsty enforcer Malachai. All under the supposed divine orders of a being known only as He Who Walks Behind Rows. However, this couple has been prophesied by a young girl in town with the gift of "sight" and they will be used for this evil gods dark purposes. tensions flare, blood is spilled and corn stocks are jammed into everything! By the end this film will have you screaming Malachai!
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 194 - Intruder
it's closing time but Dead Air still has work to do. We're slashing our prices. Cutting our Inventory. All while bringing you episode 194, where we discuss the 1989 slasher; Intruder! The Nightcrew of the Walnut Lake grocery store get the bad news that the owners have sold the property and the store is closing for good. meanwhile Jennifer, a cashier, has man trouble when her violent and obsessive ex boyfriend shows up trying to get her back. once he's kicked out and the store is locked up for the night - the workers start succumbing to violent deaths. what evil stalks the isles of the grocery store? a jilted lover? or perhaps something more sinister...
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 193 - Spree
Smash that like button for episode 193 of Dead Air because, we've got a lesson for you! today we discuss the 2020 film, Spree! Kurt is a would be influencer trying anything and everything to get noticed but for all his efforts he still toils in obscurity. That is until he decides to go on a killing spree and live stream the entire thing. Picking up people via ride share. People that will never make it to their destination. The bodies and the views keep rising. Welcome to Kurt's bloody world!
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Dead Air podcast brings you horror film reviews from a dark basement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes 'Dead Air' Knipe and Lydia ‘typicallydia’ Peever hit classics and contemporary scary movies, usually recording moments after watching them. You can listen here, on iTunes or wherever you hang out on the web. Read more at splatterpictures.net and if there is a movie you think we should watch, drop us a line!
Dead Air 192 - C.H.U.D.
In today's episode we discuss the 1984 cult classic C.H.U.D.
George Cooper is a professional photographer on the mean streets of New York in the early 80's. Stuck doing shoots of his fiance model in vapid magazine adds his passion project, artful pictures of the homeless population of the city becomes ground zero for a string of mysterious disappearances.
Simultaneously a gritty detective's wife has gone missing while walking her dog which opens up something sinister lurking in the sewers of New York. no matter what "C.H.U.D." stands for. It spells doom for anyone foolish enough to walk the streets at night.
We got blood, guts, monsters, coverups and a lot of charm in this undeniable classic!
Dead Air 191 - The Crazies
The government decends on a small town who's inhabitants are slowly starting to exhibit odd and even violent behavior. As time progresses it's revealed that a manufactured virus known as Tricksey accidently was introduced to the population.
Families and friends devolve to bloody and horrific chaos as the government races to find a cure. in the meantime their soldiers are given the simple order: shoot to kill.
Dead Air 190 - The Perfection
Charlotte is a musical prodigy and alum from the prestigious Bachoff school that left years ago to care for her sick mother. When her mother finally succumb to her illness she returns to her former teachers and is introduced to Lizze the current star pupil of the Bachoff institute. The two women fall for eachother and take a trip through China, which ends with one of the women bloody and maimed. What follows is a bizarre and horrific story as these women come to terms with their past and must kill to ensure their future.
Dead Air 189 - Let The Right One In
The year is 1982 and Oskar is a maladjusted youth who is relentlessly bullied by his peers. One night he chances upon a mysterious new girl, Eli that's arrived in the neighborhood. They strike up a friendship that turns to a twisted tale of love and death as Oskar slowly learns the truth that young Eli is anything but the innocent girl she pretends to be. Under the guise of youth hides the fangs of a very real and possibly ancient vampire who, with the help of her servant are stalking the rural parks and paths of this once quiet suburb.
Dead Air 188 - Dead Snow
A group of friends head to an isolated cabin high atop the Norwegian mountains for rest and adventure. There they find that the cabin contains a small fortune in gold and jewels.
However, the snow hides a sinister past that dates back to world war two. German soldiers long dead rise from the grave to claim their riches and kill whomever is in their path!
Dead Air 187 - Pontypool
Dead Air 186 - New Years Evil
Just kidding! Today we're finally doing the 1980 cult classic New Years Evil!
Blaze is the New Wave Punk Goddess supreme and she's got a nationwide televised radio special to host! Complete with call-ins!
Unfortunately one such caller is the mysterious man of a thousand mustaches known only as "EEEEEEE VIL" and he has plans to commit murder! One murder for every time-zone that hits midnight on New Years Eve.
Why now? Why tonight - and why is he so fixated on Blaze? The answers will baffle you to your very core.
Dead Air 185 - The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Tommy and his son Austin run a family coroners business out of their home. One day late at night they receive a mysterious corpse from the scene of a brutal homicide. The sheriff absolutely needs to learn the cause of death by tonight. No problem for the experienced duo. However, strangeness is the order of the day almost immediately. With no obvious signs of trauma the cause of death isn't so clear. As the autopsy goes on they are left with seemingly more questions. Who is this girl? How did she die? The night will bring storms, terror and more death. You see what becomes obvious is Jane Doe fell victim to a horrible nightmare and that nightmare is far from over.
Dead Air 184 - Halloween Kills
s Halloween Kills. A film that has caused a lot of online debate! Well here's more!
Haddonfield's favourite son is back and continuing his rampage he started in 2018's film. Halloween. In Halloween Kills Laurie Strode is recovering from her encounter with the legendary masked killer. Meanwhile other survivors from those long 40 years ago rally along with the town to put an end to Michael Myers once and for all. Michael carves a bloody and relentless path of death as he returns, yet again, to his childhood home.
Dead Air 183 - Just Before Dawn
Episode 183 of Dead Air brings us the 1981 slasher Just Before Dawn!
Warren and Constance head up to a rural land in deep Oregon because Warren has just been handed a deed to a plot of land. They take their friends up to the remote forest area for a weekend "Outing" of drinking full bottles of wine and listening to Blondie.
Once there and night falls, it becomes obvious that they aren't alone. An old farmhouse less than a mile from them is home to a humble family that doesn't take kindly to strangers. Moreover, they warn that the very presence of Warren and his friends will "raise the devil" Is this simply hyperbole? Or is there a true demon stalking these woods?
Warren and Constance will soon find out!
Dead Air 182 - Ginger Snaps
The Fitzgerald sisters are the outsiders in their small little burrow of Baily Downs. Death obsessed alt girls with enough chips on their shoulders to feed a party of Halloween highschoolers!
During a bizzare rash of dog killings the girls go out to commit a revenge prank on a popular mean girl when the eldest sister, Ginger is attacked by a mysterious wolf-like creature. Her and her sister Brigitte manage to escape thanks to a well timed van but Ginger is badly hurt.
Miraculously her injuries heal but her personality changes drastically. Well not just her personality. Her body too! In the form of fangs and a tail.
While Ginger prowls the streets for boys and dogs, Brigitte teams up with local weed seller, Sam. Sam's the man with the plan thanks to his obsession with Lycanthropy. Can the unlikely pair develop a cure and save Ginger from herself? Or will Ginger be forever consumed by her violent curse?
Dead Air 181 - Stitches
Stitches is your average birthday party clown. On a gig to an affluent household he meets a troop of tiny terrors that heckle his hackneyed routine to death!
Now, years later, he returns from the grave thanks to some clown illuminati to enact his devious clown-themed revenge.
Dead Air 180 - In the Tall Grass
On a life determining drive on a only back road Becky and her brother Cal make a stop at a run down church. Moments later they hear the voice of a young boy begging for their help. You see he's lost in a vast field of grass and can't find the road. They effort in an attempt to help but soon realize that once they gross that threshold from the road to the grass, their are no cell signals and no escape. Now trapped they desperately try to find their way out. Can they escape this mysterious field where time and space seem to have no meaning? Find out!
Dead Air 179 - The HIlls Have Eyes (2006)
In the early 2000s - remakes were becoming a massive trend. They were modernized for the times which meant bigger, darker, more graphic than ever before. This film is no exception. Nearly the exact same plot with the brutality turned up to 11!
Dead Air 178 - The Hills Have Eyes
Episode 178 of Dead Air brings us the undisputed classic;The Hills Have Eyes.
The Carter family is crossing the desert on a family vacation. There off the beaten path they find themselves in a God-forsaken area where the military has done extensive weapons testing.
In a freak accident their car leaves them stranded and its up to the family to go for help. However, there is another family in this desolate wasteland. A family that is hungry for blood!
It's the button downed American dream versus the ravaged American nightmare in one of Wes Craven's best films!
Dead Air 177 - Tourist Trap - 1979
For episode 177 of the show we discuss the 1979 cult classic, Tourist Trap!
Molly and her friends run in to a small bit of bizarre car trouble and end up at The Hidden Oasis. A run down little swimmin' hole with a wax museum attraction. The owner is a lonely old man named Slausen. Well not totally alone. He does have his brother Davey with him.
As Molly's friends tread near an old house on the property they start to disappear. Can she and her friends escape before they become part of the attraction themselves?!
Dead Air 176 - You're Next
On episode 176 of Dead Air we're discussing the 2011 slasher film You're Next!
A rare family get together of the affluent Davisons should be cause for celebration. Especially considering its the 35th wedding anniversary for the heads of the household. However, old wounds still fester and we soon learn their is quite a bit of dysfunction during this family function.
Before the first course is even finished however, death comes via a crossbow bolt. The family is under siege by three strangers in animal masks that are hell bent on killing every single one of them. Little do they know that the deadliest person at this event isn't wearing a mask.
Dead Air - 175 - Open 24 Hours - 2018
in episode 175 we discuss the 2018 film Open 24 Hours!
Mary is a young woman just two weeks out of prison. her crime? setting fire to notorious serial killer James Lincoln Field's. A man who just happened to be her boyfriend at the time.
A new start and a new job is all Mary is looking for. She starts the night shift at a 24hr gas station.
sadly Mary suffers from severe ptsd from her experiences with her Ex and is seeing visions of him and his victims everywhere. But, are these truly hallucinations? Her friends and co workers wouldn't agree. considering the gory ends they meet.
Can Mary survive the Night?
Dead Air 174 - Blood Vessel
A rag-tag group of survivors drifting in the ocean during the death throws of World War 2, come across the only salvation they've seen in days. An enemy German ship. Much to their luck and surprise the vessel seems to be abandoned. As they begin to explore the decks in search of what happened it becomes obvious that there is a story to be told among the ancient books and burned bodies. A story of family, thievery, death and vampires.
Dead Air 173 - Edge of the Axe
Gerald is a cool kid with keen knowledge of computers. Lillian is a small town girl with a fascination for tech. It should be a summer of love but instead bodies start piling up along with a ridiculous amount of soda cans.
Dead Air 172 - WNUF
A mysterious viewer pops in a VHS tape of a long lost recording of local news station WNUF's Halloween Special. (complete with commercials) That took place in 1987. There host Frank Stewart and a group of Paranormal investigators film themselves exploring the infamous "Webber House" A place in which horrific murders and mysterious happens took place. The murders were attributed to demonic influence. As the broadcast unfolds unexplained events occur once after another causing Stewart to truly wonder. Does the devil live here?
Big thanks to Archie Bleyer for use of their song, The Rockin' Ghost!
Happy Halloween!
Dead Air Ep 171 - The Prey
A group of camping adventurers head out to North Point in the Keen Wild national forest. Unbeknownst to them a wild man, long forgotten has staked out his territory at North Point and will kill any intruders.
The campers are in the mood for love, sunbathing and rock climbing and this sinister monster is in the mood for murder! Which mood will prevail. (HINT: It's murder!)
Dead Air 170 - Madman
For episode 170 of The Dead Air Podcast! we head into the woods, sit by the campfire and stir the embers of legend!
A seemingly idyllic thanksgiving weekend getaway for gifted children turns to a night of horror as the elder Max tells tale of the Legend of Madman Marz! A massive and brutal killer that massacred his entire family. A crime he was hung for by a group of vigilante townspeople. Now years later, a camp counselor calls out his name in the night and challenges his spirit to come and get him.
Will he unleash the terror that is known as Madman Marz? Or is this just a legend meant to scare children!?