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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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