Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe? with Dylan & Dalton
by Dalton Deschain & Dylan Roth · 80 episodes
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Looking for more new episodes? Check out The Pod Universe with Dylan & Dalton! In 2017, Universal Studios announced the birth of a new shared universe of monster movies, bringing their classic horror icons into the contemporary franchise film landscape. But after the critical and financial failure of its first installment, the project was indefinitely abandoned. In 2022, the powers that be have called upon one pulp horror devotee and one snarky film critic to unearth the concept. Over the course of three years and 70 episodes, Dalton Deschain and Dylan Roth completed this daunting task with increasingly obsessive effort. Featuring guest appearances from...
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Enter THE POD UNIVERSE!
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1 h 37
BONUS: Into the Weeds
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1 h 59
Revisiting The Mummy / Fan Q&A
In the final episode before the big relaunch, Dylan & Dalton take one last look at the film that started it all, 2017's The Mummy, and try and figure out what they'd do differently…
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1 h 30
Finding "Hell on Earth" - The Last Dark Universe Story Break
Back in April, Dylan & Dalton sat down to decide how to end their Dark Universe. This is the entire story break meeting in which the two hosts determined how to make their two sepa…
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1 h 41
Dark Legion: Hell on Earth, Part Three
Three years ago, we resurrected the Dark Universe. Now, we're ending it.It's the finale to the Death's Door Saga, and this era for our podcast. We're so grateful to everyone who's…
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1 h 39
Dark Legion: Hell on Earth, Part Two
It's Act Two of our massive saga-ending crossover, and this time, we'll see you in Hell.Only one episode left in the Death's Door Saga, coming in just three days...There are some M…
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1 h 34
Dark Legion: Hell on Earth, Part One
Here we are, at the end of the line.The final chapter in the Death's Door Saga is being divided into THREE parts. This is Act One, with all of our usual preamble, fan predictions,…
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1 h 35
Incubus w/Calvin Kasulke & Mattie Lubchansky
For our last guest episode before HELL ON EARTH, we've brought back two of our past guests to create our most manic creative jam session yet! Hot off their tour and in the best com…
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TRAILER: Dark Legion: Hell on Earth
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C.H.U.D. w/Patrick Gill
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DU Plus: 5 TV Pitches w/Joseph Fink
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2 h 16
Field of Nightmares
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1 h 22
Waterworld: The Stunt Show w/Danielle Radford
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2 h 39
The Exorcist
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The Invisible Woman w/Stella Sacco
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2 h 21
Mystery Men
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1 h 48
The Covenant w/Lindsey Kelk
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2 h 44
The Old Dark House
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1 h 51
Another Dark Universe Holiday Special
ED. NOTE: At 5:04 in this episode, Dylan says that National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is "not good" and that he "watched it for Dalton," only laughing "one time." However, if yo…
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1 h 27
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