Kill By Kill: Talking Horror Characters One Death At A Time

This episode marks three big returns: We’re talking SCREAM 2; we have Returning Champions Joe Lipsett and Trace Thurman of Horror Queers back to the show; and the return of the #GetBunked kill!! Catch an earful in this supersized episode as we talk Sandra Bullock flicks, terrible audience behavior, terrible soundtrack needle drops, and connect John Woo to Twin Peaks to Scream 2… this is one for th...

We’re going to the chapel, and we’re gonna get FUNKY Y’ALL as our season of Kill The Video Star comes to a close with something you have to see to believe - Greg Kihn’s Jeopardy! We talk chiklet teeth, Greg’s crippling fear of intimacy, sperm monsters, vanity license plates, cool-ass priests, David Cronenberg’s creative process, sudden skeleton brides, and disturbing body horror. Plus, we debate w...

In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream at Patrick about why he made you watch a Leprechaun sequel. That’s right, for St. Patrick’s, the luck of the Irish appears to have missed us all as we cover LEPRECHAUN 4 IN SPACE, much to Gena’s dismay. We’re joined by TikTok creator Justin Mousseau as we go for the gold amongst the garbage and talk about galaxy marines, pee resurrections, what constitutes a ge...

Can you feel it? Kill The Video Star triumphantly returns with the help of The Jacksons - or at least a good 4 of them - and their horror-tinged music video for TORTURE. And wow-sers, does the finished product live up to that title! We talk sex spiders, loose stairs, animated jail bars, the Mime Industrial Complex, Laker Girl Paula Abdul, infrequent cenobites, and Harryhausen skeletons, and we ope...

Before we begin our second course of HANNIBAL in a couple of weeks, we're carving into another entry in the Lecterverse... CBS's CLARICE - a show that can't legally mention Hannibal or stray too far from the network's rigid procedural formula. We talk about blurry fish, insistent serial killer affirmations, wobbly accents, bad starts, and confounding story choices, and we wonder why most of the ca...

Will you be ours? If the answer is yes - or even maybe - crack open some “Corpse Juice for 2” as we talk about the early aughts slasher fave, VALENTINE! Wanna see someone cut into a cadaver in a tank tee? We got ya! Need to hear all about every nü-butt rock cut on the soundtrack? It’s covered. Ever wanted to hear us praise the ever-loving hell outta Denise Richards? That’s right - it’s all posted...

The wait is OVER, and the Body Count continues… IN SONG! That’s right, Gena gets her way, and we obsess over the 1981 stalker/musical THE FAN. Along the way, we debate whether Michael Biehn is “mint condition” or a sexy fetus, explore sleazy Stage Door Annies, take a smoking lunch before traveling to Kill City, wonder why Griffin Dunne is such a cock blocker, the many unnatural fibers of Hector El...

For your consideration, one paranoid singer/songwriter, the biggest voice in pop singing your hook, and one dude in a diaper. Yes, we’re talking about the one-hit-wonder Rockwell and his signature video, Somebody’s Watching Me. We talk about the video’s many horror connections, the lack of tasteful nudes, graveyard diapers, this video’s connection to A Christmas Carol, we learn that Patrick can’t...

If you had other plans, put them on hold! It’s time to Rock Me Tonight with Billy Squier as we continue our near-death mini-series Kill The Video Star. It’s the chilling tale of one early 80s rocker meeting his untimely career death via a poorly choreographed dance routine. Virgin puppets, floor writhing, silk sheet mountains, hotness exhaustion, aggressive finger snaps, fashion smelting, and rock...

People, we love you! The thing is, we’re still not quite ready to tackle a full film yet - so we’re jumping into the Wayback machine to find music videos just as horrifying as the fright flicks we usually gab about. So in this new limited series called Kill The Video Star, Gena & Patrick talk about one of the most inexplicable radio hits of the 80s, Benny Mardones’ Into The Night! We talk cigarett...

It's the episode the Grim Reaper did not want you to hear! That's right, Gena returns to the show after her medical emergency, and it's a story you must hear for yourself. Also, we watched the first season finale of Hannibal and stuff - but really, it's hard to separate the two. We discuss stalking elks, wet dreams, whether Hannibal's tears are real, why Jack is being such a hardass, and the build...

Welcome to Kill By Kill: After Dark as we unlock a Patreon exclusive for Christmas and unwrap all the sweaty unsavoriness of 1981’s THE SEDUCTION, starring Morgan Fairchild as a woman no one wants to believe, trust, or listen to, and Andrew “The Stalkening” Stevens sporting the dry look. Along the way, we discuss the mystery of the 3rd Hardy Boy, Patrick explains “hill living” in LA, we explore ki...

Are you ready to get buzzed? Not by clippers or an amazing mixology concoction from Hannibal Lecter, but by an endless parade of prop-driven aircraft swooping over Patrick’s house? Well, THIS is the episode for you! Specifically, episode 12 of Hannibal’s first season. In between dive-bomb attacks, Patrick and Gena manage to delve into the explosive reveals and dangerous secrets of Hannibal’s 12th...

December. The time of year when we remember family and friends... and forget to listen to Kill By Kill. Well, you're going to remember this! We're unlocking one of our favorite episodes from the Patreon vault: 1990's Doppelgänger starring an underaged and under-clothed Drew Barrymore and Fade To Black's Dennis Christopher! We talk about blood showers, obvious background acting, hat characterizatio...

Are serial killers born or made? Well, in Season 1, Episode 11 of Hannibal, the answer is all of the above. Patrick & Gena have a lot on their plate here as Will descends into a walking wet dream while everyone else keeps gaslighting him about his obviously slipping grip on reality. And that's all before Dr. Abel Gideon escapes custody and decides to play Milton Bradley's Operation with Dr. Chilto...

Thank Jigsaw It’s Friday! Play a little game with us called #Sawsgiving and you’ll be in for a special surprise - the one, the only Stephen Sajdak of We Hate Movies! Together, we’re going to try to piece together the plot of a Saw sequel when we’ve only seen the first movie to begin with. Along the way, we talk slab peen, we try to define what makes a “parallel-a-sequel,” we debate how your Gymkat...

What do day pills, Gilbert Gottfried, and mandolin accidents have to do with TV's Hannibal? Next to nothing - and yet we had to find a way to distract ourselves from one of the most depressing episodes of season 1. That’s not to say it ain’t great! We talk about episode 10, “Buffet Froid,” and delve into random Delaware murders, the terrifying truth about homeownership, teenage Cro-Magnon lurkers,...

Get all the fixings this year as we celebrate Turkey Day early and talk 1987’s Blood Rage with the EIC of FANGORIA & Returning Champion, Phil Nobile Jr. !! Things start off piping hot as we discuss why finding a machete covered in cranberry sauce shouldn’t be a surprise, compare notes on the best sales techniques for local bathroom condom salespeople, put the spotlight on the epic performance...

Everything is stacked against us - even the dead bodies - on the latest episode of Dish By Dish: A Hannibal Rewatch Project as we dig into episode 10 - Trou Normand! Along the way, we debate what it must be like to go shopping for a corpse-festooned totem pole base, we make some deep Lance Henriksen references, then we delve into the horror of X-Files conventions,  and finally, we round things out...

What’s your favorite scary movie? Chances are good that 1996’s Scream is near the top, and we’re not done with our deep dive into this horror classic as the former Washington Post/THR and current The New Yorker TV critic Inkoo Kang ( All About Almodovar podcast ) is here to take a stab at dissecting the relationship between Billy & Stu, then we explore what the hypnotic swirls of Tatum’s minis...

Thank Hannibal it’s Friday! Things get a little cheesy, but very stingy as we talk about the sweet symphony of Hannibal Season 1, Episode 8: Fromage! Served up in this episode, we talk about Gena’s neck-snapping abilities, we wonder what makes Charm City such a hub for serial killers,  we share some (non-human-based protein) cooking tips, and Patrick discovers he can do one additional accent: cop....

Thank Ghostface It’s Friday! Rent your favorite scary movie and join us as we dive into the ultimate 90s slasher, Scream. We talk about the film’s origins, one truly bad wig, one truly great producer, and then we debate how big of an Indigo Girls fan Sydney really is, explore how Henry Winkler reinvents himself, consider why asking your girlfriend to consider your penis after a tragedy is always a...

Are you ready for the palate cleanser? This week on Dish By Dish, we talk about the organ-snatching antics of Hannibal Episode 7 - and we’re rejoined at the table by EIC of The Spool, cohost of Travolta/Cage, and Returning Champion Clint Worthington! On the menu for tonight: we debate what makes Hannibal TV’s best villain, how our friendships are united by cheese, we explore Lecter’s burn book, an...

It’s October and that means it’s time to take our love of scary movies too far, starting with the recently resurrected thriller FADE TO BLACK! Here to help us examine every detail is someone who knows a thing or two about horror, the Head of Programming for Shudder - Sam Zimmerman!! Along the way, we talk bad back rubs, we wonder why Eric dons a cartoon cat's zoot suit, wonder what people do with...

The time has come to have an old friend for dinner! That’s right, EIC of The Spool, cohost of Travolta/Cage and Returning Champion Clint Worthington, joins Dish By Dish to help us dig into Hannibal episode 7, Entrée! Along the way, we talk Tattlecrimes web design issues, what it takes to get the cover of Psychiatrists Weekly, ask what grapes are hiding and how will it harm us, and we wonder why we...