Death By Video

The gang are back to suffer through one of the most inept martial arts movies ever to come out of Italy! We explore the final entry in the bizarrely long running Karate Warrior series! Wherein a group of jerks from "Miami" go to Greece, get tricked into thinking Mermaids are real, lose their money, have the slowest motocross race ever filmed, and then the aforementioned Karate Warrior (aka "the bo...

We take a trip to Ireland for the one and only Irish Martial Arts Movie: Fatal Deviation!!! It's the story of one man's struggle to find the killer of his father, find love, fight in Ireland's most deadly karate tournament, and go on picnics!!! Staring Ireland's answer to Jean-Claude Van Damme: James Bennett! There's kicking, punching, running, motorcycling, monks, & much more! You will hear the w...

After a bit of a break we're back with a deep dive into the seedy teenage underbelly of the 1950s with Ed Wood's The Violent Years!!! While not directed by Mr. Wood it was written and his unique turns of phrases are rife throughout! Listen in as we experience the shock and horror of pajama parties, gas station robberies, and wild women whipping weak willed men into shape! It's The Violent Years! H...

In honour of Albert Pyun's birthday we watch two of his films! His director's cut of Captain America and Mean Guns! Joined by special guest and future star of Albert Pyun's Bad Ass Angels & Demons: Ermina Perez! It's a double shot of action, romance, and adventure in this special edition of Death By Video!

We're back! Join us as we conclude our brief Albert Pyun series! We tackle his sophomore (but not sophomoric) post-apocalyptic nuclear boogie-woogie epic: Radioactive Dreams! Featuring the the pair with charm to spare: Michael Dudikoff & John Stockwell! Listen in as Phil, Kit, Lil, & Graham discuss the ins and outs of probably the most fun apocalypse you'll ever see!!!!

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Our Albert Pyun series continues with his high school thriller DANGEROUSLY CLOSE!!! Hear Lilian curse up a storm and profess her love for the character of Kruger! Listen in as Phil almost checks out completely! And Kit & Graham try to figure out if Albert Pyun was or wasn't a sleaze-meister!! The entire gang comes to realize that Roger Ebert was probably a joyless grump! All in this action packed...

Jean-Claude Van Damme, aka the patron saint of Death By Video, is back! Just in time for Easter we get the first episode in our Albert Pyun series! We watch and discuss the not-so-classic from 1990 Cyborg! Hear as we debate whether yelling "yar" every time you try to sneak up on someone is a good idea. Also, listen to us marvel at the magnificence of Van Damme's epic leg splits. And we find out if...

We're back with a LOST EPISODE!!! It's Firecracker! Originally billed as the world's first "erotic martial arts classic." Listen in as our intrepid hosts discover it's neither erotic nor a classic. It's actually a loose remake of TNT Jackson. It does star the fantastic Jillian Kesner and features a score from an entirely different movie (that got the producers in some trouble later on). It's nothi...

Holy heck! We're back again! Join Phil, Kit, Lil & Graham as they discuss the biggest monster mash in history: Godzilla Final Wars! See our mythical-nuclear-fire-breathing-dragon-dinosaur-man in suit do battle with more monsters than ever before!!! The real monster of this film is "plot." As in there's so much of it!! There's monsters, x-men like mutants, evil aliens, baby Godzilla, multiple MMA s...

WOO!HOO! The whole gang is back for this 30th anniversary episode! We tackle the legendary shoot-em-up A BETTER TOMORROW PART II. HONG KONG GANGSTERS! SOAP OPERA ROMANTIC TRIANGLES! CHINESE CUISINE! NEW YORK CITY! EPIC BATTLES OF GOODGUYS VS BADGUYS!!! Listen in as we get confused over the many similar sound names (Kit even makes a chart). Lilian returns and slays everyone with her perspectives. P...

SHOGUN ASSASSIN! Listen in as Phil, Kit & Graham (no Lil unfortunately) watch the grind house classic! They love the heck out of this film and it's main character of Lone Wolf as he cuts a bloody swath through feudal Japan! He is accompanied by his son, "Cub," and they are the greatest father & son team in mass slaughter (according to the trailer). Hear about the league of lady ninjas, marvel at t...

The Death By Video gang is back in their kick off for Asian Action Month! They dive into the 1988 action classic Tiger on the Beat! Starring Chow Yun Fat! They discuss the logistics of having a chainsaw duel while wonderful incense wafts through the air, wether the film can be forgiven for being of its time, tease future movies they'll be watching and try to get to the bottom of who exactly is liv...

Holy heck! We're back with special guest Ermina Perez to discuss and wax poetic on Elvira's second feature film: Elvira's Haunted Hills!!! Listen in as Kit, Phil, Lilian, & Graham go in-depth about their love and admiration for the one and only Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira). Phil kinda doesn't say much in this episode, but the energetic Ermina more than makes up for it!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! This is the episode that breaks Graham into many little pieces. We're joined by award winning filmmaker Scott Scheirich to tackle the infamous cult film THE ROOM. Staring the dastardly Tommy Wiseau! Hear lots of vaguely European accents and the shocked and appalled reactions of Kit and Lilian who are watching the room for the first time! Listen as Phil realizes that watching the Ro...

For this very special 25th episode we bring back documentarian Vanessa Jung to join us in discussing The Killing of America. It's a film that was unavailable in North America until this past year. In the age of Donald Trump this documentary feels more necessary than ever. The gang try to keep their signature sense of humour while engaging in the images and themes contained in the Killing of Americ...

DBV return with their hot take on the 1970s regional exploitation film oddity: Another Son of Sam! It actually has nothing to do with the Son of Sam murders and was retired to cash in on all the hoopla! Hear them describe the strange methods used to pad the film's running time! Expose your eardrums as the gang tries to figure out why cast was almost entirely made up of local newscasters! Listen in...

The ghosts of the abandoned video store have chosen Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter as their last challenge to our intrepid hosts! Join the gang as they delve into this highpoint in the Friday the 13th series as they discuss the tension between young star Corey Feldman and veteran stunt man Ted White! Also will a young Crispin Glover achieve his weekend goal of canoodling with a woman o...

The gang of usual misfits are back to discuss a most unusual film! This time it's Exorcist III!! The overlooked gem from William Peter Blatty. Featuring George C. Scott destroying the ear drums of his fellow actors! A nearly unnoticeable Samuel L. Jackson! Fabio! and the fight between good and evil for the soul of a dead man! It's thrills, chills, & spills in Exorcist III!

Just in time for Halloween! The gang are close to half way through their horror filled month and this time they tackle the super problematic Psycho Cop 2!!! aka Psycho Cop Returns! Hear them use the former PM of Canada Stephen Harper to describe the epic douchebagery on display! We also take some time to discuss schlock v. satire and can something be both (short answer: yes!) So tune in and enjoy...

Holy Smokes! Phil, Lil, & Graham kick off the Halloween season with a doozy! A maniac in a cop uniform (some would say "maniac cop") stalks the streets of NYC offing innocent people. It's so timely!!! Staring the impressive chins of William Smith, Robert Z'Dar, & Bruce Campbell! The less impressive chin of Tom Atkins leads the investigation into the Maniac Cop and has to fight the greatest villain...

Phil, Lil, Kit & Graham are back with yet another deep dive into the clunky VHS tapes of the old abandoned video store! This week they tackle the whacked out 1971 film "THE ZODIAC KILLER"!!! Which was actually produced and released while the real Zodiac was still active in an attempt to catch the killer! Did the producers succeed? No. But listen in to hear their takes on this rarified piece of reg...

We're finally back!!! Join Phil, Kit, Lil, and a barely alive Graham as they plunge into the Cult Canadian Kiddie Classic: Tommy Tricker and The Stamp Traveller! Graham makes a hero's effort of trying to keep everyone on topic while incredibly ill and having little to no voice! Hear them discuss Canada Post's attempt to make stamps (or licker stickers as the cool kids call them) the hip new thing...

Phil, Kit, Graham & special guest Lilian return to chat about David Cronenberg's crazy cult Canadian classic Rabid!!! Hear them attempt awful Quebecois accents. Listen to Graham alienate more and more of Canada! And absorb the discussion of the body-horror works of David Cronenberg!!! Plus there's some references to Ace of Base!

In this episode Graham remembers the late George A. Romero and his contributions to cinema. Then Graham, Phil, Kit, & returning guest Star Lilian discuss the bafflingly amazing early 1990s cyborg action fiesta Nemesis!