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

By popular demand, we're unlocking the most depraved episode of Kill By Kill! That's right, to celebrate its addition to Shudder, this is... VEROTIKA!  It's a frightening fiasco beyond your dreams and nightmares. See eye boobs! Witness the wildest wig acting! Drink in the deadly, sort of bored-looking demoness named Drunkula! Discover Glenn Danzig's overly detailed & rather mundane fetishes. L...

It's a mid-week b-b-bonus episode, people! Patrick catches up with his old friend and Returning Champion, Jeremy Kasten! (The Attic Expeditions, The Thirst, The Theater Bizarre, The Wizard of Gore) Along the way, we get into his new film, The Dead Ones (available Sept. 29th from Kino Lorber Home Video), we talk about how sleaze and art in Baltimore shaped his tastes, which hip hop legend he helped...

Murder? Mikey likes it!! Our trilogy of killer kids reaches its apex with 1992’s MIKEY - a film that exists! Here to help us understand young, villainous minds is Returning Champion, Becky Wilson! We admit it - we don’t have much of a plot breakdown here. What we do have is LOTS of questions, like: What is a Raccoon Yamaka? Is a full body stocking too risqué for the hot tub? Why did we see so much...

Bringing new meaning to the phrase “Ripped From The Headlines,” in Episode 5, Coquilles takes flight on wings of… skin. Wings of backfat? We dunno... It’s gross and great in equal measure! Patrick & Gena hoist themselves into this new episode to discuss Hannibal finally visiting New Jersey, Will’s dire sleepwear collection, the horror of motel sheets, and person-sniffing etiquette. Then we learn a...

Thank Satan it's Friday! It's time for some Antichrist-sploitation on Kill By Kill as we talk 1978's Damien: The Omen 2 with the help of writer & podcaster Wynter Mitchell ( Waiting To X-hale podcast ). Along the way, we debate why the Thorn family thinks it's a good idea to have more kid's birthday parties considering their record, enjoy some Obvious Dummy Deaths, debate the business strategy...

The saying, “You can pick your friends, but you can’t choose your family,” is put to a very dire test in this week’s episode of DISH BY DISH: A Hannibal Rewatch project. Gena & Patrick are pushed to the brink by an episode that tears apart the fabric of what it means to be a family, and they are left reeling as a result. Every question leads to a more depressing answer - and it’s so compelling tha...

Okay everybody - it’s time to class up this joint! Let’s talk CINEMA. Let’s discuss the least likely Mike Nichols film of all time, 1994’s WOLF with Jack Nicolson & Michelle “White Gold” Pfeiffer. And just to ensure we take it seriously, we’re joined by filmmaker & premiere YouTube video essayist Patrick H. Willems!! Secure your monocles cause they’re about to pop out of your eye!! Along t...

Never has "meat and veg" cooked together to form a thick, hot mush been so appetizing as it is in episode 3 of DISH BY DISH - A Hannibal Rewatch Project! This week, it’s flirting by the spoonful as Gena reveals the actual pronunciation of Mads, we imagine the Looney Tunes version of Hannibal’s hunger is like, and we confront the show’s Freddie Lounds problem - her comments section. Plus, we ask if...

Thank August it's BIRTHDAY TIME! That's right, Gena & Patrick are celebrating the month of their birth with a special, special motion picture entitled BLOODY BIRTHDAY! Here to help us add some poisoned frosting to the cake - from the realqueenofhorror.com - it's Zena ! Along the way, we talk mean prairie girls, the "other" Julie Brown, portable evidence dungeons, creepy kids, and why...

It's rustic, elevated, always "farm-to-table" - it's DISH BY DISH: A Hannibal Rewatch project!! This week, we dig into the earthy delights of Season 1, Episode 2: Amuse Bouche! We get hung up on the new Freddie Lounds, talk about flirting on the gun range, tuck into a formal lunch at the Lecter residence, and debate the feasibility of having a full "dirt trunk" in our cars at all times. Also, the...

Thank Paul Fox it’s Friday!! On today’s episode, we’re tackling the truly bonkers YA suspense shocker, SCREAM FOR HELP (1984), with the very funny Kim Burns & Ketryn Porter of the Kim & Ket Stay Alive… Maybe podcast . Along the way, we all have a lot of questions, like is Josh Deeley the real villain or is it Christie? Should After-school Specials feature this much explicit sex? Is “Killer...

Dish By Dish is SERVED! That's right, we're starting our massive Hannibal rewatch where it all started... Season 1, Episode 1. We're rebels, Dotty. On the menu for this episode: why can't Patrick get anyone's name right? Is the "Museum of Evil" the worst branding the FBI has ever attempted? Will Graham's wet dreams... are they hot or not? Plus, we discuss Hannibal's serial killer warning system an...

No need to save the date - Kill By Kill is back with volume 2 of BRIDE OF CHUCKY, and we've been placed at the same table as Consequence of Sounds' co-founder/editor-in-chief, Michael Roffman ( The Losers Club & Halloweenies podcasts). Along the way, we discuss mobile marriage counseling, the beauty of broken plates in a flaming puddle, sex mirror construction codes, and where the best place t...

It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. We invite you to relax... let us pull up a chair... as Kill By Kill proudly presents DISH BY DISH:  A Hannibal Rewatch podcast! That's right, Patrick & Gena will be watching every episode of Bryan Fuller's HANNIBAL television series in the order in which it's served. This week is a bit of mise en place as we discuss our in...

Ready to Get Lucky With Chucky? It’s time to do that voodoo they do so well as we dissect 1994’s Bride of Chucky with the always charming help of writer, podcaster, and Returning Champion Stephanie Crawford ( The Screamcast )!! Along the way, we talk great guac, dig into Voodoo For Dummies, bathe in the talents of Jennifer Tilley, John Ritter, and Alexis Arquette, and laugh at highly inappropriate...

Turn your head to the right and… listen to an all-new episode of Kill By Kill! This week, we’ve still got DR. GIGGLES on the slab, and here to help us give it a thorough examination is one of the #Original Peaches - from The Daily Show & The Flop House podcast, it’s Dan McCoy!! Along the way, we discuss adorable Danzig theories, novelty band-aids, Arnold’s Dough Boy face, and “Sax on the dance...

Thank Giggles it's Friday! We've got a bad case of an under-appreciated 90s slasher on the slab, and the only cure is a thorough examination of 1992's Dr. Giggles from Kill By Kill. Here to help with our postmortem is Returning Champion, screenwriter ( Black Christmas 2019 ), and Switchblade Sisters host , April Wolfe!! Once under the microscope, we discuss Morehigh High School, the burden of fade...

Thank Bronson It’s Friday! Kill By Kill is back, baby - we’re bringing the sleaziest heat we can find as we talk the 1981 slasher-procedural 10 TO MIDNIGHT with the one and only Eric Szyszka of We Hate Movies and Hooked on TJ Hooker podcasts. Along the way, we discuss Charles Bronson’s typing and sex toy-sharing techniques, ET’s kinky elbow, and, of course, “JACKING OFF!” and More-PHEEEN. Plus, we...

Thank Freddy & Jason It’s Over! We’ve reached the end of two franchises, and here to celebrate with us is writer and Disaster Girls podcast cohost Jordan Crucchiola ! We’re digging into everything, like what Freddy considers “sex” to be, regressive horror tropes, surprise lower back tattoos, more well-timed asthma excuses, and we talk about why the “Christmas sweater” scene is such an anchor f...

After nearly four years, the Body Count is nearing the end. Well, at least for these two franchises. In this episode, Patrick & Gena try to put both Jason and Freddy in perspective. What did we learn? What did we love? How much of our brain leaked from our skulls when Jason X appeared? And where do we go from here? The answers to at least two of these questions are answered here before the Season...

It’s the penultimate episode of the ultimate monster mash! It’s volume 4 of Freddy vs. Jason here, and to help us crack the case is Talk Film Society editor at large and Monsters Never Die podcast’s Matt Curione . Along the way, we dig our claws into Freddy’s tongue abuse, the elastic route between Springwood and Crystal Lake,  the “Not Your Daddy’s Freddy As Daddy” syndrome, and debate why a ment...

Thank Freddy & Jason it’s Friday! We’re back in the fight as we continue our deep dive into the rave-filled world of Freddy vs. Jason with the help of Satanic Panic director Chelsea Stardust! Along the way, we attempt to decipher the mysterious balance of horror and comedy, light up Jason as a tiki torch, get a whiff of The Misfits in air freshener form, and attempt the Herculean task of unrav...

We're not thanking ANY of these people that Friday is here. On a special "lockdown" bonus episode, Gena & Patrick get together for an impromptu, spoiler-filled discussion of Netflix's compulsively awful yet addictive crime documentary, TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM & MADNESS. Along the way, we discuss how "big cat" collectors all seem to be the same type of person, how each subject tends to tell on t...

It's Winner Kills All as podcasts clash on Kill By Kill! We have Returning Champions Joe Lipsett & Trace Thurman of #HorrorQueers helping us dance away our trouble in our second Freddy vs. Jason episode. Up for debate are Springwood cocaine options, high school hallway meltdowns, menacing juice deliveries, unlikely Canadian acting dynasties, and the proper reaction to your boyfriend being fold...

Thank Jason vs. Freddy it’s Friday the 13th! The moment a generation has cried out for is finally here, as Patrick & Gena reach the motion picture where worlds collide in this monster mash of an episode featuring two very funny guests, Katie & Allen of the Werewolf Ambulance podcast!! Topics include: Child-Eater social media curation, “divorced dad” Freddy, MTV’s unaired series Naughty 2 N...