Dead Ringers

About Dead Ringers

Dead Ringers is a twice monthly horror podcast covering double features with shared DNA (e.g. premise, structure, concept), but distinct personalities. Each episode, host and producer Nolan McBride is joined by a rotating panel of co-hosts to analyze each film individually before comparing and contrasting the differences in their approaches and highlighting what each movie brings to the horror genre.

Publisher

Dead Ringers

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

5 Sept 2017

Latest episode

21 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

129 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Mar 2025

   Dead Ringers Off-Topic: The Top 10 Horror Movies of 2024

   On this very special Off-Topic episode, Nolan is joined by Emily von Seele, Ben McBride, Paul Farrell, and Philip Yount to discuss their favorite horror movies of 2024. Links of interest and/or sources cited for research for this episode:

2. 

   17 Jan 2025

   Dead Ringers Off-Topic: 2024 Spooky Season Catch-Up

   On this Off-Topic episode, Nolan is joined by Ben McBride, Emily von Seele, and Paul Farrell to discuss a couple movies seen at Fantastic Fest 2024 (https://www.fantasticfest.com/), catch up on new discoveries and rewatches from this Halloween season, and lament our descent into 4K movie madness. Movies discussed on this episode: BONE LAKE (2024), V/H/S/BEYOND (2024), MR. CROCKET (2024), AJ GOES TO THE DOG PARK (2024), CHAINSAWS WERE SINGING (2024), APARTMENT 7A (2024), DADDY'S HEAD (2024), CHAIN REACTIONS (2024), CHILDREN OF THE WICKER MAN (2024), THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE (2024), GET AWAY (2024), BLACK CAB (2024), STRANGE HARVEST: OCCULT MURDER IN THE INLAND EMPIRE (2024), MARTIN (1977), HELL HOUSE LLC ORIGINS: THE CARMICHAEL MANOR (2023), ODDITY (2024), CAST A DEADLY SPELL (1991), MAXXXINE (2024), RED ROOMS (2024), HAUNTEDWEEN (1991), THE CONVENT (2000), MILK & SERIAL (2024), THE KINDRED (1987), MIDNIGHT (2021), THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (1984), LINK (1986), RACE WITH THE DEVIL (1975), GHOSTWATCH (1992), CREEP (2005). Links of interest and/or sources cited for research for this episode: [Fantastic Fest 2024] AJ GOES TO THE DOG PARK Review: An Unexpectedly Weird Hero’s Journey by Paul Farrell (Dead Ringers) [Fantastic Fest 2024] CHAINSAWS WERE SINGING Review: A Gooey and Chaotic Musical Gorefest by Paul Farrell (Dead Ringers) [Fantastic Fest 2024] APARTMENT 7A Review: A Well-Made Prequel with Few Surprises by Paul Farrell (Dead Ringers)

3. 

   24 Oct 2024

   Dead Ringers Off-Topic: Talking TALES FROM THE VOID with Showrunners Francesco Loschiavo and John Thomas Kelley

   On this Off-Topic episode, Ben is joined by Nolan McBride and Paul Farrell — as well as special guests Francesco Loschiavo and John Thomas Kelley — to discuss Tales From The Void, the new Screambox anthology series based on stories from the r/NoSleep community. Links of interest and/or sources cited for research for this episode:

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

35 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

62

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

92

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