The Dark Territory
A deep dive into unsettling, obscure, and often overlooked works in film, literature, and music. From body horror to haunted Americana, industrial noise to dystopian novels — it's about exploring the media that lingers in the shadows.
Episodes
13 episodes
The Dark Territory Presents: Black Tapes
This episode marks the unveiling of Black Tapes, a new weekly segment from Dark Territory. Black Tapes explores short-form horror through found recordings, folklore, and unsettling encounters where the truth is fragmented and ex...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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5:03
Into Pan’s Labyrinth: Fantasy Against Fascism
A fairy tale can feel like a soft place to land—until it throws you against the hard edges of history. We dive headlong into Pan’s Labyrinth to explore how Guillermo del Toro fuses myth with the machinery of fascism, building a world where a ch...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:02:48
The Funeral Is About To Begin In Phantasm
A cemetery tryst turns to murder, a mortician moves like a machine, and a silver sphere drills through the silence—Phantasm doesn’t explain itself so much as possess the room. We dive headfirst into Don Coscarelli’s cult classic to track how gr...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:09:26
Night Run Through Belfast In '71
Sirens, bin lids, and a single bad order turn a routine patrol into a citywide manhunt. We dive into ’71, the relentless Belfast thriller that threads survival action through the moral fog of The Troubles, and we do it with a clear map of the f...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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44:44
Sergeant Howie's Got A Problem With The Wicker Man
A missing girl draws a by-the-book sergeant to a remote Scottish island where the smiles are warm, the songs are catchy, and every answer makes the ground shift under your feet. We dive deep into The Wicker Man’s meticulous design, tracing how ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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48:13
Why Skinny Puppy Doesn't Bite
A band that made horror feel like truth instead of a costume deserves a deep dive, and Skinny Puppy earned theirs by turning noise, samples, and performance art into a living organism. We go back to the spark between cEvin Key and Nivek Ogre, t...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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35:29
This Green Room Ain't Right
A touring punk band, a hostile crowd, and a door that should’ve stayed shut. We dig into Green Room’s unblinking tension and why the film works so well at the microscopic level: subculture codes, tiny choices with massive consequences, and the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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53:04
The Fog Takes Revenge On The Weather Man
A campfire. A legend. A town that built its future on a crime it hoped the sea would keep. We dive into John Carpenter’s The Fog with a beam from the lighthouse, tracing how Antonio Bay’s centennial celebration collides with a sentient weather ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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52:14
Jake's Revenge In The Razorback
A grizzled hunter on his knees in a burning yard, a house ripped open like paper, and an outback that hums like a live wire—Razorback doesn’t just show a monster, it makes the landscape complicit. We kick off spooky season swapping first-scare ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:36:00
Trick Or Treat
While we put the finishing touches on our big Halloween special coming next Wednesday, we wanted to share a little treat with you. This bonus episode features real horror fans answering one simple question: What’s your favorite scary movie?...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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2:28
Investigating The Dark Past Of The Changeling
In this chilling episode of The Dark Territory Podcast, we delve deep into one of the most haunting supernatural films of all time — Peter Medak’s The Changeling (1980). Join us as we explore the ghostly atmosphere, tragic backstory, and real-l...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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49:40
Our Autopsy of Return of the Living Dead
We tear into Return of the Living Dead (1985): a punk-fueled horror comedy that dares to say death hurts and backs it with running ghouls, a graveyard party, and a government solution that scorches the earth. We follow Frank, Freddy, and the pu...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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40:27