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What do a young Hugh Grant and Peter Capaldi have to do to get rid of these pesky snake cults? Find out on this episode, when the Dead Boys attack Ken Russell's whimsical 1988 bizarro film "Lair of the White Worm"! Overacting butlers, naked blue Adam Ant girlfriends, royalty in cheap undies, and broadswords that are too heavy all get a turn, and of course we have to talk about that dream sequence and the happy little pen...plus A24 goes after the SCP universe in the news, and the Marcha Minute goes after parents who are mad at the new movie "Buddy"!!

Is it possible to be a horror movie when you're a taut Korean revenge cop drama? The Dead Boys say an emphatic yes on this episode when they check out the brutal "I Saw The Devil" from 2010! In this cat and mouse game, anything goes...and no one can even tell who the worst person is in this movie: the sadistic serial killer played by "Oldboy"'s Choi Min-Sik or the morally questionable cop played by Lee Byung-Hun! Plus, RIP Tim Curry and Tom Savini's house, and Dan Marcha Madness shouts out a non-horror classic in the making in the Marcha Minute!!

This week the Dead Boys take a nice family trip to M. Night Shyamalan's family chiller "The Visit", and it turns into one of the most explosive and expletive-laden episodes yet!! Precocious teens, Millennial dialogue, and really bad rapping can't stop RyanRossLIVE and Dan Marcha Madness from finding the bright spots, but Sir Ian Dangerous has a bone to pick and an axe to grind! Will even Catherine Hahn be enough to save this movie? Plus, "Ice Cream Man" takes shots in the Marcha Minute and sequel fever strikes again in the News!!

It's a deep cut monster movie this week as RyanRossLIVE mandates the Dead Boys watch "Island Zero" from 2018, a low-budget movie about murderous fish critters in Maine!! Why do the critters always kill someone in a different way? What is the reason they're invisible to the naked eye? Why do they look like evil black sperm? And who in the world wrote this dialogue?? All this plus unfounded internet movie critiques in the Marcha Minute and a Nightmare on Elm Street arms race in the News!!

Things get hairy as The Dead Boys stray off the road and into John Landis' 1981 werewolf dramedy "An American Werewolf in London"! RyanRossLIVE finds out why you need to "beware the moon" as the boys discuss classic werewolf rules, Yoda cameos, Jenny Agutter flirting tips, and the Most Competent Character in Horror History. Also, what scene was the most terrifying for a much-too-young Sir Ian Dangerous? Plus, film trailers in the Marcha Minute and sequel madness in the News!!

Goopy space hell portals and blood orgies are on the menu this week, as the Dead Boys take in Paul WS Anderson's "Event Horizon"!! In a tribute to the dearly departed legend Sam Neill, Dan Marcha Madness describes how he went from hate to love on this film, while Ryan Ross Live goes to Neptune for the first time and wants more gore! Directors Cut trivia, Event Horizon comic book lore, and Jack Noseworthy's career are topics, and Sir Ian Dangerous explains why we haven't seen a sequel...yet!! Plus, the upcoming Zach Cregger Resident Evil in the Marcha Minute, and Other Mommy is in the News!!

An underseen Japanese horror-comedy gem is the surprise pick for the week as RyanRossLIVE picks 2017's "One Cut Of The Dead"!! It's an emotional rollercoaster as Sir Ian Dangerous almost turns the movie off, Ryan can't choose his favorite scene, and Dan Marcha Madness is brought to the brink of tears! Plus, new Freddy Krueger and Re-Animator movies in the News and the Marcha Minute takes a shot at horror remakes!!

This week the Dead Boys check out one of the scariest found footage movies of all time...2018's South Korean chiller "Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum"! It's an episode full of wet whispering, camera tricks, and surprisingly personal takes on YouTube culture and the predatory nature of productions!! Plus, RIP to Sam Neill, Friday the 13th news, and a Marcha Minute on Chris Nolan's "The Odyssey" having horror chops!!

It's a wild trip through a violent purple cosmos as the Dead Boys talk Panos Cosmatos' hallucinogenic Nic Cage revenge flick "Mandy"! Things get testy and heated as RyanRossLIVE takes the film to task while Sir Ian Dangerous asks if this is the most "Nic Cage" movie ever?? Also, the Marcha Minute says it's Halloween already, and Marvel Midnight is in the Horror News!!

It's a vampire throwdown between Sir Ian Dangerous and RyanRossLIVE as they tussle over comparisons between Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" and his bloodsucker inspiration, 1996's Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez collab "From Dusk Til Dawn"!! Dan Marcha Madness plays referee as the Dead Boys chew on George Clooney's acting, the legend of Danny Trejo, and of course, THAT scene between Tarantino and Salma Hayek's foot!! Plus, "Dark Shadows" and "Universal Horror Nights" news, the Marcha Minute on indie horror, and a mind-bending trip through the mid-90's Tarantino-verse!

The vampire movie discussions continue as Sir Ian Dangerous opens the door for Tomas Alfredson's 2008 bloodsucker opus "Let The Right One In"!! Book-to-film comparisons, remake complaints, and THAT swimming pool scene are all chewed on, and RyanRossLIVE is NOT ok with some of the relationships between the characters! Plus, Rubik's cubes, teeth brushing tips, and how NOT to be a serial killer. Also, "The Substance" is back in the News, and Dan Marcha Madness' "Marcha Minute" tackles "Widow's Bay"!!

The vampire Hex continues with the bloodiest entry yet: David Slade's 2007 Arctic gore-fest "30 Days of Night"! The Dead Boys chew on comic book comparisons, cast trivia, and script woes while all swooning over Josh Hartnett. Also, is Danny Huston's Marlow the greatest vampire of the new millenium? Plus, Horror News, the Marcha Minute, and the most outrageous Evil Urge Prompt pick of ALL TIME!!

The vampire Hex continues with RyanRossLIVE choosing Bram Stoker's Dracula from Francis Ford Coppola! The Dead Boys discuss werewolves vs vampires, Keanu's "classic" performance, and Winona Ryder's jiggle physics. Also, new Blair Witch news, Dan Marcha Madness rips on Universal Studios, and has Ryan found his ideal cinematic vampire yet??

It's time to pop out of the coffin and suck some blood as RyanRossLIVE throws a HEX on the show and demands that the Dead Boys watch a trifecta of vampire movies, starting with Sir Ian Dangerous' entry, "Interview With The Vampire"! Are Anne Rice's mopey aristocrats better than the classic Transylvanian archetypes? Does Tom Cruise belong in this movie? And who the hell let Antonio Banderas out of the house with that drip?? Plus, Obsession crushes at the box office and Dan Marcha Madness has some words for young filmmakers in the Marcha Minute!!

The smash hit "Obsession" by wunderkind director Curry Barker is the object of this week's fixation...and things get SPICY as the Dead Boys tear into trifling trollops, betraying best friends, and toxic incels with bad intentions!! Dan Marcha Madness reveals deep dark secrets, RyanRossLIVE is aghast at what he has seen, and Sir Ian Dangerous unveils the very first Moment of Feminine Rage, submitted by a fiery Lady Danger. Plus, Alfred Hitchcock is in the Horror News, and a Marcha Minute for the kids!!

In 2025, 17 children vanished into the night, and RyanRossLIVE wanted to know why!! This week the Dead Boys investigate Zach Creggers' 2025 smash hit "Weapons" and discuss comedy, editing, killer principals, and potato peelers...and of course Amy Madigan's Oscar-winning turn as Aunt Gladys! Is she this generations' Hannibal Lecter? Why is horror slaying at the box office? And how fast would you run if you were being chased by a horde of feral children? Tune in to this savage episode!!

All aboard this early slasher starring Jamie Lee Curtis and...David Copperfield?? Sir Ian Dangerous drags the Dead Boys into the bowels of a murder mystery aboard a train full of horny college frat kids in this 1980 classic. Prepare for questionable plot twists, under-acting western stars, and that coked out guy from Die Hard! Also, Dan Marcha Madness has words for "Obsession's" Inde Navarrette, RyanRossLIVE throws a hex (or does he), and Sir Ian Dangerous drops "Magic"-al news tidbits!!

The Dead Boys head to the cinema to catch the brand new chiller "Hokum" from horror whiz Damien McCarthy...and discuss celtic witches, magic mushrooms, and chalk magic!! Plus, Adam Scott hate, justice for goats, and scary tchotchkes. Also, Scream 7 drama in the news and Dan's Marcha Minute takes on bad Netflix shark movies!!

On this episode, horror initiate RyanRossLIVE wanted to be introduced to one of the icons of horror in Jason Voorhees, so he selected classic 1980 slasher "Friday the 13th"!! Dan Marcha Madness and Sir Ian Dangerous go along for the ride as Ryan discovers the truth behind the Camp Crystal Lake murders, as well as classic slasher roots, horror trivia, and Kevin Bacon's bits. Plus, horror news on Phasmophobia and Quiet Place 3, The Marcha Minute, and more How Not To Die In Nature tips!!

The Dead Boys take a trip to the dark fantastical side of Mexico as they discuss Issa Lopez' 2017 thriller "Tigers Are Not Afraid". Brilliant child acting, cultural touchpoints, and the horrors of trying to understand meaningless violence are topics of discussion, along with RyanRossLIVE's frustrations at there not being enough tigers! Also, news on Noah Hawleys upcoming projects, horror video game updates, and Dan Marcha Madness has a serial killer haunting his front yard!!

This episode will swallow your soul because the Dead Boys finally confront Sam Raimi's splatstick masterpiece "Evil Dead II" and controversy ensues!! Is Bruce Campbell too cheesy? Why did Ted Raimi sweat so much? And was there not enough blood? Heated discussions ensue, plus the Marcha Minute discusses that "Clayface" trailer, and news about the "Possession" remake!!

Friendly neighborhood horror initiate RyanRossLIVE has never seen Stephen King and Andy Muschetti's modern masterpiece "IT" and decides it's high time to do so on this clown-tastic episode of "This Is Why You Died"!! Why was this movie such a massive hit? Are clowns actually scary? Why can't Stephen King write endings? What would Pennywise transform into to scare us?? The Dead Boys discuss all this and more, plus the Marcha Minute, horror news, and some Ryan's "How To Not Die Outside" tips for Nutty Putty cave!

Sir Ian Dangerous gets his wish granted and chooses the practical effects heavy creature-slasher "Wishmaster" from the Evil Urge Prompt "Twisted"! The Dead Boys have a blast with the 90's effects, camp dialogue, wild cameos, and creative kills, and killer performances (well, some of them)...It's a roller coaster ride of rubbery, kitschy goodness on this week's episode!

Season 3 premieres with new bits, new looks, and a discussion of Alexandre Aja's 2006 grimy remake "The Hills Have Eyes"!! The Dead Boys are back and cutting it up once again, with Dan Marcha Madness giving a warning about deadly socks, Sir Ian Dangerous pontificating about nuclear fallout, and RyanRossLIVE throwing down on people being dumb in survival situations! Welcome to the grisly new season of This Is Why You Died!!

In this blow-out mega episode, the Dead Boys bring back some of the biggest debates and dumbest deaths in the entire second season of the show! Sir Ian Dangerous fights for his life while Dan Marcha Madness gets fired up and RyanRossLIVE finally gets his revenge. This season closes out with a BANG!!

Things get medieval on this episode as fantasy buff RyanRossLIVE chooses 2018 micro-budget creature feature "The Head Hunter" as his final pick of the season!! Dan Marcha Madness gets defensive of the cinematography and story while Sir Ian Dangerous is in awe of the sheer manliness of the hunky lead actor. Plus, how DOES a head merc a fully grown human?? The last episode before the Season 2 Finale is here!!

A deep dive into the 2026 smash hit sci-fi submarine horror "Iron Lung" from YouTube phenom Markiplier is on deck in this episode! RyanRossLIVE is on a roll with backstory and trivia on the making of the film, Sir Ian Dangerous has a body horror-gasm, and Dan Marcha Madness missed a major plot point and gives his review of Scream 7 as well! Also, the countdown to the Season 2 Finale episode begins!!

In a very unusual episode, the Dead Boys take a step back from the lighthearted tone of the average show and get very serious, and very real, with Passolini's 1975 art-horror polemic "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom". Discussions of current events, power dynamics, politics, religion, and abuse are all on the table, and uncomfortable topics abound as Ian, Dan, and Ryan wrestle with their own reactions to a very difficult film and how it makes them feel about modern society and vice versa. Not an episode for the faint of heart or the closed of mind...

The Dead Boys are wide awake for this review of RyanRossLIVE's pick for this week: 2017's sleep demon chiller "Slumber"!! Exposition grandpas, Maggie Q's acting, and bad special effects are all topics of scrutiny, and why is Dan Marcha Madness so fired up about this film?? Plus, the countdown to the Season Finale begins, and Sir Ian Dangerous' next pick promises to be something never done before on this show!!

The Double Feature hex comes to a gargantuan conclusion with a confrontation between the original 1978 "Halloween" and the 2018 legacy sequel...and the Dead Boys have some spicy thoughts on which one stands tall!! Show initiate RyanRossLIVE goes out on a limb for newer movies, Sir Ian Dangerous defends his right to love cheese, and Dan Marcha Madness gets fired up for his favorite film of all time. It's a fully loaded episode from front to back!!

The Double Feature hex continues with a pair of stone cold classics, George Romero's 1978's "Dawn of the Dead" and the 2004 remake by Zack Snyder!! Tons of trivia, takes, and tidbits as Sir Ian Dangerous, RyanRossLIVE, and Dan Marcha Madness chow down on consumer culture, celebrity headshots, and bad blue makeup. Plus, fast or slow zombies? And who is more badass, Ken Foree or Ving Rhames?? Check out this gut-munchingly mall-tastic episode!!

A massive DOUBLE FEATURE courtesy of a Hex by Dan Marcha Madness and a prompt from RyanRossLIVE gives us a make or break comparison of the original "The Omen" vs its legacy prequel "The First Omen"!! Demon births, jackal gender reassignment, and Game of Thrones actors, oh my! It's all fair game in this apocalyptic episode!!

The underseen, underappreciated cannibal satire "Fresh" from 2022 is this week's horror film, as Dan March Madness cashes in his prompt for "Cook"! The Dead Boys have a lot on their plate as they chew on the film's not-so-hidden messages, expound on what makes a great horror film, and why Sir Ian Dangerous couldn't eat his dinner while watching Sebastian Stan! Also, a massive disruption as Dan hexes an unprepared RyanRossLIVE and sends the whole show into a panic!!

The Dead Boys take a scalpel to 2016's "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" and discuss cat jump scares, teleporting zombies, and overacting, while also being spooked by unwilling surgery and old man privilege. Why does Sir Ian Dangerous hate the ending? Does Dan Marcha Madness still rank this movie as one of his favorites? And did RyanRossLIVE survive the vivisection sequences? Check out this freshly interred episode!!

The Dead Boys head to the prom as RyanRossLIVE selects Brian DePalma's 1976 teen revenge shocker "Carrie" for this episode! Who liked it, who didn't, and who got sick during that one shot at the dance? Plus, the hidden history of filming the movie, casting surprises, and how does Nancy Allen stay so articulate while enjoying some young Travolta? Also, how much DID Stranger Things steal from this movie??

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!!