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CHARLES BUSCH and their play PSYCHO BEACH PARTY is discussed on this fresh from the grave episode of Death By DVD ! We head to Malibu, 1962 and jump into the ocean with a dive into the career of the beautiful Charles Busch , their play Psycho Beach Party, the film iteration , your hosts experience seeing Psycho Beach Party live on stage and more! It's a hip and happening episode you don't want to...

On this fresh from the grave episode of Death By DVD filmmaker Jeremy Berkowitz returns to Death By DVD to discuss their life one year after releasing their debut feature film, Sydney . Filmmaking, mental health, physical health, growth, change, autism and more is discussed on this episode that dives deep into what its like to make movies, and what art means. Quit reading and hit play, now! Dive i...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Though Death By DVD is taking a break to relocate and build a bigger and better Death By DVD studio we thought it would just be down right insane to not have at least SOMETHING to offer our fine dead studio audience for Halloween. Halloween is our favorite holiday, our favorite time of year and I'll boldly say it's down right the best time of year, so we wanted to celebrate with y...

THE SWIMMER (1968) We dive deep in to The Swimmer and discuss and analyze, maybe just a little bit the glorious film directed by Frank Perry, based on a screenplay by Eleanor Perry, from the 12 page short story by John Cheever. "Well-off ad man Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster) is visiting a friend when he notices the abundance of backyard pools that populate their upscale suburb. Ned suddenly decides...

Greetings from the graveyard! You may or may not have heard on a recent episode of Death By DVD that your favorite show will unfortunately be taking a break to move. The bad news is there will not be new episodes for a while but the good news is that Death By DVD studios is getting an upgrade so we can bring you bigger and better shows. Hear this new episode updating you on what's going on with De...

On this fresh from the grave episode we celebrate 16 years of DEATH BY DVD . Founded in July of 2009, Death By DVD has produced hundreds of episodes in the 16 years of its existence and to celebrate our 16th anniversary we have a special announcement to make concerning the fate and future of this very show. If you're reading this I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your suppo...

CHRISTOPHER BICKEL , underground filmmaker, punk rocker and artist joins Death By DVD to discuss their most recent film PATER NOSTER AND THE MISSION OF LIGHT , why they make movies, art and MORE on this fresh from the grave episode celebrating all things Christopher Bickel. We have been very luck to have had Mr. Bickel on Death By DVD previousl y, and now they are back for a ghoulish interview I t...

The persistent consumerism of Mother's Day, the movie , not the holiday....Then again.. MOTHER'S DAY ( 1980 ) by Charles Kaufman discussed on this fresh from the grave episode of Death By DVD featuring Death By DVD's original hosts! We dive into the classic slashic (but is it really?) from Troma Entertainment s CEO, the wonderful Lloyd Kaufman's brother CHARLES ! It's a real hoot and an additional...

On this atomic episode of DEATH BY DVD we are talking NUCLEAR NARCOTICS! Beautiful radiated NUCLEAR NARCOTICS! To celebrate 4/20 Death By DVD does CLASS OF NUKE EM HIGH , the classic Troma masterpiece directed by Lloyd Kaufman & Richard W. Haines . What is CLASS OF NUKE EM HIGH about, you ask? Well, it's about the pupils at a TROMAVILLE HIGH , which unfortunately sits next to a nuclear power p...

If you have got a wicked case of the munchies, boy howdy, do we have the perfect episode for you! MUNCHIES (1987) directed by Tina Hirsch and MUNCHIE (1992) directed by Jim Wynorski . It's a Roger Corman produced double feature celebrating 4/20 here on Death By DVD and we hope you tune in and light one up for this special fan request episode. Did you know that you can watch episodes of DEATH BY DV...

Death By DVD takes a bite out of AMBROGIO : The First Vampire on this fresh from the grave episode! We have a real treat, the director, producers & stars of AMBROGIO : The First Vampire , Angelina Buzzelli & Alex Javo join me to discuss their new vampire epic and their careers as artists in general.  This is a delightful episode filled with great indie insight. It's educational and fun for...

On this fresh from the grave episode of DEATH BY DVD we are talking about a movie that SUCKS. SUCKS blood, that is! Ambrogio : The First Vampire is a wonderful independent film shot entirely in Georgia and we are talking all things VAMPIRE on this episode. A brief history of vampire films and then we dive into all the glory that is AMBROGIO : The First Vampire . We discuss the cast, crew and of co...

DEATH BY DVD PRESENTS : What's The Deal With Jeremy Berkowitz ? An Interview with Jeremy Berkowitz . On this fresh from the grave episode we are proud to bring filmmaker Jeremy Berkowitz to the graveyard to discuss their art! Jeremy is a tremendously talented writer, director and actor and their feature film debut SYDNEY was released early 2025 for all to see. On this episode Jeremy discusses thei...

IT'S GROUNDHOGS DAY! Groundhogs Day is an American tradition where a rodent decides the weather. Very similarly to how our country is run, a rodent sticks its head outside and the future is decided upon the sudden verdict. Groundhogs Day is also a beloved and celebrated classic comedy starring Bill Murray and directed by Harold Ramis. This movie is the stuff of legends - something on set even caus...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2025 is almost here and before 2024 comes to an end we here at Death By DVD wanted to pop in and wish you a happy new year and let you know about some of the new things coming to the graveyard in 2025! New guests , new episodes and more. The sky is the limit! Take a minute, or two, or thirty one and five seconds and join Death By DVD for a farewell to 2024 + more! Thank you for cho...

It's a monster mash on this fresh from the grave episode of  DEATH BY DVD  all about FRANKY AND HIS PALS , directed by Gerald Cormier . What is Franky And His Pals , you ask? Well, let us copy and paste the write up from the official Severinfilms.com website where this movie is available to purchase, because we are to lazy to write something up ourselves and theirs is way better : From the deepest...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!  On this episode we reach the end of our 2024 celebration of Halloween with THE SOUNDS OF SATAN! The music of Death By DVD and music inspired by Death By DVD will haunt your ears! We discuss 15 years of the sounds of Death By DVD and play you a tremendous track that will make your ears bleed recorded special just for Death By DVD by the brutal band SATANIC HEARSE . Click play and...

Seasons Of The Witch : Halloween's Of The Past continues with this episode originally from 2021! This was in fact the 2021 Halloween Special! Frightful Fables To Fear At Night is a collection of thrilling short stories read by Death By DVD 's very own host, Harry-Scott Sullivan . Happy Halloween! We hope you have been enjoying these blast from the past episodes highlighting the best of Death By DV...

Seasons Of The Witch : Halloween's Of The Past continues with this episode originally from 2022. Filmmaker Hunter Johnson joins Death By DVD for the ultimate deep dive into their art! Learn all about the films Hunter Johnson has directed, written and acted in on this blast from the past episode celebrating Halloween 2024 with some of our greatest hits from the grave, co-hosted by Hunter Johnson th...

Seasons Of The Witch : Halloween's Of The Past continues with this episode originally from 2022. Death By DVD is joined by musician THE Linus Fitness-Centre and Justin Oberholtzer of the Watch/Skip+ podcast to discuss the ENTIRE Halloween series , 1978 - 2022, all the while ranking them as well! IT'S SO MUCH MICHAEL MYERS YOU'LL PUKE! This blast from the past is one of the longest episodes in the...

Seasons Of The Witch : Halloweens Of Yesterday is the Death By DVD 2024 Halloween celebration. You may have heard recently that we will not have new episodes for a while - but somehow that has not stopped us from having new episodes! To celebrate the Season Of The Witch , we present to you remastered episodes from our Halloween Vault. Death By DVD has been around since 2009, so we have a lot of Ha...

On the last episode of Death By DVD we had a major announcement to make. Now, on this episode, once more, we've got an announcement to make! Hear all about Death By DVD's 2024 Halloween treats on this brief commercial outlining all the horror coming to you, soon! Click play and hear the good word today! Need more Death? Hear my exclusive interview with underground artist CHRISTOPHER BICKEL and lea...

I GOT SOMETHIN' TO SAY! Well, a coupla somethin's, really. A shocking update about Death By DVD , some sick Satanic sounds AND Pater Noster & The Mission Of Light discussed on this fresh from the grave episode that you really should hear. I'm workin' on something much bigger than this program and I tell you all about (what I can tell you) it, so quit reading and hit play now! TAP HERE TO WATCH...

I have a truly special episode for you, this time! Death By DVD proudly presents : John Valley And The Art Of Independent Cinema! Writer, director, actor ( he does it all and more! ) John Valley joins Death By DVD for a full episode exploring the art of John Valley , his film THE PIZZAGATE MASSACRE,   the art of independent cinema, what it's like to make movies, what it's like to direct movies AND...

THE DEATH KING , better known as DER TODESKING discussed on this fresh from the grave episode of DEATH BY DVD . According to IMDB , this movie is about "Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death". Perhaps a bold statement from this show, DER TODESKING is a favorite movie of your faithful host. Hear their personal interpretation as t...