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We're back with a dip in to the deep end of 1980s horror films! It's Scott Spiegel's INTRUDER! We discuss Spiegel's adventures in Hollywood involving some of the biggest filmmakers in history and his expert direction of grocery store employees being terrorized by the titular Intruder!

We're baaaaaaaaaack! After an extended hiatus we return with the heavy hitter that is George Romero's Day of the Dead!!! We discuss the circumstances under which the film was made, the cast's connections to previous Living Dead films, and the hurdles that horror filmmakers in the 1980s had to jump over to get their films seen!

In honour of Albert Pyun's recent birthday we decided to take a trip to Eastern Europe for his Bratislava odyssey: Crazy Six! Featuring a star studded cast featuring Rob Lowe, Ivana Milicevic, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, and Burt Freaking Reynolds! Will Rob Lowe & Co be able to defeat Ice-T's gang of drug smuggling nuclear arms dealers, while simultaneously trying to kick a meth habit? Tune in to fi...

We're back with the hip-hop not-so-classic film BELLY!!! Starring Nad & DMX as low level criminals who attempt to work their way up, and work out the demons inside them. There's a whole lot of stuff going on and very little of it makes sense! But it definitely looks cooler than cool and the soundtrack is great!!!

We're back with a dive into the abyss of 1980s genre cinema with our episode on SURF NAZIS MUST DIE!!! Join Phil, Kit & Graham as they discuss the plot (or lack there of) and how one gang of goose-stepping surfers take over the beach only to be thwarted by an unexpected foe! They also discuss some of the films they've been watching during this current period of quarantine and how they think Surf N...

We're back! We're quarantined! And we're still watching insane movies! Listen in as the guys watch Enzo G. Castellari's swan song to the spaghetti western genre with the psychedelic freakout: KEOMA! Starring the legendary Franco Nero, along with Woody Strode and Olga Karlatos! There's shootouts! There's flashbacks! There's plague mines! There's an attempt at a socialist uprising! There's singing!...

We're back with an episode dedicated to the oft-overlooked sci-fi film Trancers! It stars Tim Thomerson as Jack Deth; a Trancer Hunter from the year 2247, sent back in time to 1985 to stop the creator of the trancers from killing the ancestors of the City of Angels justice council. Along the way he falls in love with 1980s punk rocker Helen Hunt! We sincerely hope that everyone is safe and healthy...

We're back with our take on Re-Animator! Our intrepid hosts have to record remotely due to the current goings on in the world, but that doesn't stop them from digging the groovy grave robbing exploits of Herbert West in Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator! They also discuss the late Stuart Gordon's career as a filmmaker, as a theatre director, and his impact on cinema, literature, and stage production!

Phil, Kit & Graham are back to discuss the 1990s surf-tastic masterpiece POINT BREAK!!! (not the 2015 remake) They discuss the radness this movie exudes and marvel at Keanu Reeve's command of the English language. They discuss the oeuvre of director Kathryn Bigelow, and the insanity that is Patrick Swayze doing all of his own skydiving stunts! Plus Gary Busey just annihilating the scenery as a dru...

Graham & Kit take a trip to the cinema to check out this weekend's hit smash: the surprisingly charming Sonic The Hedgehog!!!

The whole gang is back to try and understand the lunacy that is Tammy & The T-Rex!!! Starring Denise Richards, Paul Walker (RIP), and Terry Kiser it's the classic tale of boy meets girl, girl's exboyfriend causes trouble, mad scientist kidnaps boy and puts his brain into a robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex! Luckily she's not just into him for his body. All this and more in DBV 74: Tammy & The T-Rex!!!

We take a trip to a distant future! The year 2019 to be exact!!!! Kit, Phil, & Graham dive into the kinda-sorta-maybe Mad Max/Escape from New York Italian knock-off 2019 After the Fall of New York!!! They guys also discuss Martin Scorcese's, er I mean Todd Philips' Joker! Although they pronounced it with a Swedish accent, making it more enjoyable for all! Graham opines about the lack of cape weari...

The whole gang is back to discuss the 1970s classic: Smokey & The Bandit!!! Hear the tantalizing tales of daring risks and dangerous runs that this movie had to endure to make it to the screen! Listen in as Kit repeatedly insists that "smashing" did occur! Admire in astonishment Lil's disgust at Jackie Gleason's sandwich eating! Stand by or against Phil's degree that Phantom of the Paradise is bet...

Happy New Year!!! Phil, Kit & Graham discuss their favourite films of 2019! Hear Kit talk about the Irishman! Here Graham discuss his love for some little seen films like Sole & Lost Holiday! Here Phil dig in deep on The Souvenir!! All this and some surprise picks! Even the dreaded James Cameron rears his head in this year end episode of your (least) favourite film podcast!!!

We finally watch the creepy Canadian Christmas classic! Listen in as Kit, Graham & "Death Wish" Phil dive into the history and infamy of this Toronto shot slasher! Spoiler alert: the guys declare it the best slasher ever! If you disagree make your own darn podcast!

Just in time for Halloween! We complete our 1990s odyssey with the horror film that defined the decade: SCREAM! Hear Graham call out the dumb people who watched this movie and thought it was everything there is to know about horror movies! Listen to Phil as he waxes poetic about his dislike of dutch angles! And discover Kit trying to elevate the show by tying Scream to the work of Michael Haneke,...

Freddy Krueger finally makes an appearance on Death By Video! Kit's long help hope wins out as the gang tackle the "last" Nightmare on Elm Street movie Freddy's Dead! Listen in as Phil reminisces about various 90s alt rock bands to try and get needle drops on the soundtrack, and Kit waxes poetically about his love of a Nightmare on Elm Street. While Graham doesn't really care for the series, he do...

Horror in the 1990s keeps on rolling with Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation!!! Join Phil, Lil & Graham as they dive into Austin, Texas' weirdest attempt to make a mainstream film! Hear all about Matthew McConaughey's remote controlled leg! Listen in as the gang give props to Renee Zellweger's performance of a survivor of abuse! Plus we try and figure out what exactly is going on with th...

We kick off the Halloween season with a film with Halloween in its name! In what some are calling our best episode ever, the gang watches and learns from Halloween 6 The Curse of Michael Myers. Graham tries to keep everything together and explain the ins and outs of the curse of the thorn mythology that was a plague upon the Halloween films from 1989 to 1995. Both Kit and Phil find the the whole m...

The whole gang is back! And they watch the gnarliest film they've ever watched!!! If sleaze gained sentience and directed a film New York Ripper would be it! Filmed in the early 80s in grimiest period in NYC history you can smell the dank!!!

It's the last group podcast from this years Toronto International Film Festival!!!! Phil & Graham check out Olivier Assayas' newest film WASP NETWORK. It's a tale of espionage and counter-espionage as done by civilians for and against Cuba in Miami in the 1990s! Our hosts agree this film is really good and definitely worth a watch!

DBV63: FIRST LOVE!!! by Death By Video

Graham is (briefly) joined by special guest host Nathan Dharamshi as they watch the new film from Todd Philips: Joker. Featuring Joaquin Phoenix in a very different take on the clown prince of crime.

We're live at the Toronto International Film Festival. Kit & Graham discuss the fantastic new film Dolemite is My Name!!!! Staring Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore!!!!

Listen in as we reflect on Quentin Tarantino's most sentimental movie! It's a visual feast full of audio treats as Tarantino takes us back to the year 1969 and all the goings on of Hollywood California! Graham champions the film while Kit & Phil play the role of crotchety contrarians! There's music cues aplenty and growing anxiety in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time in Hollywood!!!