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Deadpit Radio was started back in the mid 2000s by two life long horror fans. Wes "Creepy Kentuckian" Vance is the loader and more outspoken of the two. And Aaron "Uncle Bill" Frye is the quieter more intellectual of the duo. They have been friends for many years and it shows. Now I figured the documentary would be about their lives and how and why they started up the podcast. And while it is ,it is also about how much it sucks to grow up and live in a small southern town when you aren't part of normal society. Neither Wes or Aaron like the stuff that most men in small southern towns like. Instead they have a huge passion for metal music and horror movies. Through out the film we get to see the town they live in. Which is a slowly dying town that is mainly made up of Christian conservatives.
But about halfway through the documentary I started noticing something that was lying underneath the surface. To Wes the podcast seems to be the most important thing in his life. His passion for it really shows and is part of the appeal of the podcast. But for Aaron Deadpit Radio is just a hobby. We see him going to college to get his degree. It seems he wants to become a drug counselor. There is even a part were Wes is mad cause Aaron had to miss part of the podcast,cause Aaron is busy taking his college exit exams. It also seems that Aaron has doubts about how much longer he will be doing the podcast. Now since this documentary was filmed a few years back we do know that Aaron finished college and got the job he wanted. And while he has settled down and had a kid is still doing the show.
Also in the documentary we get interviews with fans of the show and various people involved in the horror film industry. We also get to see lots of footage of the duo are various horror cons. And seeing all this makes me wish there was a good Horror convention with-in driving distance of my house.
Now I gotta say I really enjoyed the documentary. Not sure how much of that is because I am a fan of the podcast. But there is some flaws with this product. There is a few spelling mistakes on the DVD menus and I think on the back cover of the actual DVD. But my biggest complaint is about the price. After making the fans wait so long for it to come out,Rusty Robot production charged $19.95 for the DVD. Which isn't a bad price for a niche market DVD that is suppose to have a very limited print run. But what got me is they wanted 10 bucks for shipping and handling. So to get the DVD it is almost 30 bucks. Well I ordered one and it took about 7 days to get to me. When it got here it was in a plain mailer,not even one with the bubble packing material inside. Plus it had been shipped the cheapest way possible. There is no way the cheap mail and shipping the DVD cost more than 4 bucks. As far as I know there is still copies for sale. If you are interested go to www.intothepitthemovie.com/ . Into the pit:the shocking story of Deadpit Radio gets a B-.
