Incubus w/Calvin Kasulke & Mattie Lubchansky
Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?
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 comedy form of their lives, author Calvin Kasulke and cartoonist Mattie Lubchansky return to pitch a remake of Incubus, the 1966 occult horror flick starring William Shatner and performed entirely in Esperanto! Plus, a clip from our latest bonus episode, in which D&D came up with a wild new spin on Wes Craven's Shocker! Join the Patreon for $5/mo and get caught up on Are You Afraid of Dylan & Dalton!...
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TRAILER: Dark Legion: Hell on Earth
Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?
IN THREE WEEKS, the Death's Door Saga comes to an end. Since you've all been so patient, we thought we'd treat you to a little sneak peek... Featuring Frankie Starker as the voice of Ahmanet. First person to detect what song Dylan has trailer-fied in the middle chunk of the trailer gets a high five. NEXT WEEK: Incubus with Mattie Lubchansky and Calvin Kasulke!
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C.H.U.D. w/Patrick Gill
Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?
As we inch ever-closer to Dark Legion: Hell on Earth, journalist, streamer, and video producer Patrick Gill joins us to pitch a fresh, modern take on the cult classic monster movie C.H.U.D.! What compelled Patrick to rent this movie from the old mail-order Netflix? What does this high-end B-movie have in common with Jaws? How will Patrick, Dylan, and Dalton reimagine it to speak to modern New York? What, if anything, will "C.H.U.D." stand for this time around? Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:18 - Welcome Patrick Gill! 00:05:27 - Why C.H.U.D.?...
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DU Plus: 5 TV Pitches w/Joseph Fink
Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?
Back in 2024, we appointed Welcome to Night Vale co-creator Joseph Fink to be the Dark Universe's Head of Television. Now, he's returned to the show to pitch Dylan & Dalton FIVE new TV ideas that run the gamut from hospital drama to reality competition show! It's a jam-packed one-hour creative jam session like nothing we've done before. Check out Joseph's new podcast , and find out if is coming to a city near you this summer, fall, or winter! Our podcast partner this week is , on which filmmaker David Dylan Thomas and a parade of filmmakers, fans, and historians discuss the...
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Field of Nightmares
Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?
Nearly two years ago, Dylan announced that he'd be writing a Dark Universe take on Field of Dreams. Now, for his last solo pitch of the Death's Door Saga, he finally has to pitch it, and it's not remotely the script he initially planned. So, is that a good thing, or a bad thing? What the Hell is Field of Nightmares, and how will it be recieved by Dalton, who has no fondness for the 1989 baseball film on which it's based? PLUS: A quick clip from this month's bonus episode, on which D&D pitch a chapter in the Jenny & Carol saga based on the obscure TV movie Snow White: A Tale...
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Waterworld: The Stunt Show w/Danielle Radford
Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?
Actor, writer, podcaster, and professional funny person join the Dark Universe to pitch what might be our most unhinged installment yet. It's not "Waterworld," it's "Waterworld: The Stunt Show... The Movie? Learn how this beloved theme park attraction based on the maligned box office boondoggle found a special place in Danielle's heart, and how we can possible turn this into a franchise extension of our sprawling Dark Universe! Our podcast partner this episode is , a new podcast reporting bravely and boldly every Wednesday as the news breaks from the center of the multiverse (by which we...
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The Exorcist
Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?
It's Dalton's final solo pitch of the Death's Door Saga, and not coincidentally the bleakest and most disturbing! In the spirit of the original Exorcist and their beloved Exorcist III, Dalton's reimagining is obscene, blasphemous, but also totally sincere and even a little bit profound. Be aware that this episode is not for the faint of heart and we've included a LONG list of content warnings that you should not take lightly. (See: 02:20:17) But, if you like shocking, transgressive horror stories, you may well get a lot out of it. Either way, our next few episodes are guaranteed to...
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The Invisible Woman w/Stella Sacco
Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?
In 1940, Universal cashed in on the success of their Invisible Man films with a spin-off, The Invisible Woman, which was very much not a horror movie! Instead, we got an extremely slight and forgettable screwball comedy. Now, in 2025, our guest writer/video game narrative designer Stella Sacco has been tasked with creating a new darker, scarier and (if you can believe it) gayer version of The Invisible Woman for our Dark Universe! Our podcast partner for this episode is , a show about the most important comic of the 21st century, and the greatest series you’ve never heard of....
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Mystery Men
Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?
Hell has broken loose in the Dark Universe, and we could really use some levity — both there and in the real world! Fear not, for our heroes may be dead, but at least there's, uh, these guys. Time to meet Dark Universe MYSTERY MEN! For the first time, the Didactic Mr. Dylan has (mostly) stepped off his political soapbox to deliver a pure action-adventure romp whose primary objective is to show the fans at home a good time. Hear how Dylan took his mission to create some frivilous fan-service way too seriously and wrote a massive tome that had to be cut almost in half to make it to air. PLUS:...
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The Covenant w/Lindsey Kelk
Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?
Author, journalist, and co-host of the wrestling podcast Tights and Fights joins Dylan & Dalton to revisit a cringey teen-targeted dark fantasy from 2006 — The Covenant, starring current Oscar-nominee Sebastian Stan! What makes this film so memorably bad, and how will Lindsey reimagine it into something worthy of our Dark Universe? Plus: Lindsey tells us about her latest novel, , a YA/crossover fantasy with some very interesting (and entirely accidental) parallels to this week's movie! AND THAT'S NOT ALL! Before we sign off for this week, Dylan's prepared a special...
info_outlineIt's the crossover nobody asked for, least of all Dylan & Dalton! And yet, in this FULL VIDEO, SEASON 4 premiere of AYADU, guest Abe Goldfarb (Beetlejuice: The Musical, First Time Caller) sells our hosts on a Suicide Squad-style romp in which Otis and Baby Firefly bring their bloodlust into the Dark Universe's new status quo!
This episode is available as a video podcast on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/zE-jsrRBnH8
You can find our guest Abe Goldfarb across social media, at either abegoldfarb on Twitter and Bluesky or abrahamgoldfarb on Instagram! His film "First Time Caller" is now streaming on Tubi, Vudu, and Prime Video.
Join the Dark Legion starting $5/mo at dylananddalton.patreon.com, and get access to our lovely Discord community and our monthly bonus podcast! Benefits at higher tiers include the video version of the bonus pod, shout-outs on the air, and the ability to pick the topic of a future bonus pod pitch! Comment below to let us know what you think of the new video format, why doncha?
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Opening banter!
00:03:30 - Introducing our guest, Abe Goldfarb
00:08:12 - Entering the House of 1000 Corpses
00:39:47 - Abe waxes rhapsodical about the Universal Monsters
00:49:31 - Patron acknowledgement
00:50:30 - A little sample of the latest bonus episode
00:51:42 - Abe pitches his DU/Fireflies crossover
01:27:15 - Plugs!