Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?

Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe? A real podcast about fake movies.

12/01/2025

Award-winning filmmaker Vera Drew joins The Pod Universe to talk about her directorial debut and to pitch hosts/imaginary studio execs Dylan & Dalton her reboot of the Spielberg classic ! However weird you think it’s going to be, you have no idea.

Find the latest episode of THE POD UNIVERSE with Dylan & Dalton on YouTube or wherever you find podcasts, and watch THE PEOPLE’S JOKER this month on !

11/10/2025

Adrien Barnier is a world-class physicist who’s been brought to the US to work on Robert Oppenheimer’s secret atomic weapons project. Now, he’s getting cold feet, and he’s not alone. Meet Lorna Calvert, fellow physicist…and possible spy? And who is the mysterious gray man who seems to be out of step with real time?

Listen to LOS ALAMOS, a produced table read of a screenplay to an imaginary sci-fi historical thriller, and a discussion about the script between writer Dalton Deschain and co-host Dylan Roth, on THE POD UNIVERSE, on YouTube and wherever podcasts are found.

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11/05/2025

Branson Reese came on The Pod Universe to pitch a low-fi found footage take on Ghostbusters, but we ended up taking like an eight-minute detour to talk about Branson’s contingency plan for meeting a mischievous wish-granting being.

Last call for predictions about Dalton’s first solo pitch of the Dark Universe! What’s in store for us in LOS ALAMOS, th...
10/31/2025

Last call for predictions about Dalton’s first solo pitch of the Dark Universe! What’s in store for us in LOS ALAMOS, the 1940s period thriller with a mind-bending sci-fi twist?

As always, we’ll share our favorite predictions on the air.

10/30/2025

The trailer for Dalton’s first solo pitch for the Pod Universe, LOS ALAMOS, is here! What do you expect from this sci-fi Cold War thriller? Leave your prediction in the comments below, and we’ll include our favorites when we record the episode this weekend.

NOTE: As this is a period piece, characters will employ language and terminology that we, in the present day, definitely would not. We hope you’ll be understanding of its use here. Rest assured that Dalton hasn’t included any outright slurs in their script.

On Sunday on the bonus pod, alongside The Dylterion Collection, we’ll be diving into Dalton’s long-awaited 10-part film ...
10/24/2025

On Sunday on the bonus pod, alongside The Dylterion Collection, we’ll be diving into Dalton’s long-awaited 10-part film series of classic horror movies, which they’re calling MID-CENTURY MONST-ERN! (Big thanks to Megparsec in the Discord for naming the series.)

Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Theatre of Blood (1973)
The Mummy (1959)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
The Last Man On Earth (1964)

Which of these have you seen before, and which ones will end up being Dylan’s faves at the end of the series?

This Sunday on the Patreon-exclusive Are You Afraid of Dylan & Dalton podcast, D&D are launching new dueling film series...
10/23/2025

This Sunday on the Patreon-exclusive Are You Afraid of Dylan & Dalton podcast, D&D are launching new dueling film series! For his part, Dylan has selected ten of his favorite movies that Dalton’s never seen. Each month on the podcast, Dalton will watch one and give their thoughts.

We invite you to watch along with us, to rank your favorites, and to post your predictions as to how Dalton will rank these ten movies!

We’ll be announcing Dalton’s classic horror movie picks tomorrow, so keep an eye out.

NETWORK (1976)
STRANGE DAYS (1995)
LITTLE FISH (2020)
THE APARTMENT (1960)
BOUND (1996)
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1960)
THE GODFATHER (1972)
WIDOWS (2018)
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003)
CREED (2015)

How do you think Dalton will rank them? How would YOU rank them?

10/14/2025

On the far side of our galaxy, two starships are engaged in a deadly chase. For centuries, their civilizations have been at war. Something’s gotta give.

Listen to a table read of the full screenplay of LAST FLIGHT OF THE STONE HAMMER, complete with original soundtrack, on THE POD UNIVERSE, as hosts Dylan & Dalton try to mold it into their next imaginary blockbuster.

Streaming now on YouTube or wherever you find podcasts.

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10/10/2025

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We had a damn blast at , and you can watch our full review of the land on our YouTube channel now!

10/09/2025

SURPRISE, NEW VIDEO! A few weeks back, we took a trip down to Epic Universe in Orlando to visit the new DARK UNIVERSE theme park land. We did the whole experience — got transformed into monsters, rode both thrill rides, sampled all the food — and here’s our verdict: It’s fantastic, and we’re worried about it.

Watch the whole park review on our YouTube channel now!

10/08/2025

Dylan Roth explains three of the key influences on his space sci-fi screenplay LAST FLIGHT OF THE STONE HAMMER, which is the next script that will be read and workshopped on THE POD UNIVERSE with Dylan & Dalton!

Part One drops on YouTube and all podcatchers this Sunday, with Part Two scheduled for the following week.

Shoutout to & for creating Carl the End-of-Life Bear, who I think about every goddamn day.

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