
Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?
Horror writer Dalton Deschain and film critic Dylan Roth are tasked with reviving the short-lived Dark Universe of horror movies, pitching each other a new installment in a Marvel-style grand opus featuring Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Mummy.
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Oct 16, 2022 • 1h 4min
The Wolf Man
It's Dylan's first turn at pitching a movie, and he's arrived with a 41-page scriptment for a new Wolf Man starring Amber Midthunder, Mason Gooding, and Jon Bernthal! But remember how he was deriding The Mummy for not being a horror movie? Well, he's got some explaining to do. CORRECTIONS: For whatever reason, Dylan mispronounces "Prodigium" this entire episode. It should be "pro-DIJ-ee-um." Follow Dalton on Twitter @DaltonDeschain Follow Dylan on Twitter @DylanRoth

Oct 2, 2022 • 1h 8min
Frankenstein
It's our first movie pitch episode, and Dalton has arrived with a brooding new adaptation/sequel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, starring the Dark Universe's hand-picked leading man, Javier Bardem. Can our team steer the franchise into a more interesting direction? And what will the studio have to say about it? The NEW new world of gods and monsters starts HERE! Follow Dalton on Twitter @DaltonDeschain Follow Dylan on Twitter @DylanRoth TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:09:15 - Act One 00:22:51 - This is the end of Act One but we don’t really do any discussion 00:23:16 - Act Two 00:31:39 - Discussion 00:35:18 - Act Three 00:41:05 - Discussion

Oct 2, 2022 • 1h 3min
The Mummy
Dylan and Dalton have been assigned to pick up the Dark Universe where it left off, and unfortunately that means revisiting the 2017 disaster that started (and ended) it all. Is the Tom Cruise-led, Alex Kurtzman-helmed flop as bad as it's made out to be? What elements are salvagable for our ongoing narrative, and what details are our storytellers going to have to find a way to live with? CORRECTION: Javier Bardem was cast to play Frankenstein's monster, not the Wolf Man, in a canceled Dark Universe project. Follow Dalton on Twitter @DaltonDeschain Follow Dylan on Twitter @DylanRoth