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

That Red It's Friday! In this emergency broadcast of Kill By Kill, Gena & Patrick dig deep to discuss Jordan Peele's modern horror masterpiece, US. Haven't had a chance to see it yet? You'll get a quick spoiler-free review up top before we start connecting the dots and tethering our best theories to this smashing new film! Along the way, we talk about the best time of day to watch a horror mov...

Thank Freddy it’s Friday! Daddy can’t help you anymore now that Patrick & Gena are subject to Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge. Here to help us match this body and brain together is Terry Mesnard of Gayly Dreadful & the Scarred For Life podcast!! Along the way, we learn why Pot Hurts, we begin the process of pointing out all the many cocks & balls on display, we get an onscr...

Well, there goes the neighborhood! In our first break of the new season, Patrick & Gena attempt to flip Amityville II: The Possession with the help of our pal, Megan Dooley. Along the way, we talk filth dungeons, unconvincing priest toupees, too much bladder work, and “fly strips gathered together in the shape of a human,” known as Burt Young. It’s Law & Order: Haunted House Special Victim...

Wrap it up like a killer’s murder weapon and stash it inside your furnace - we’re closing out our coverage of the original Nightmare on Elm Street with the help of the Sassy Sledgehammer herself, Diandra Lazor ( Fred Heads documentary ). Along the way, we get procedural with Law & Order: Elm Street, we meet “Chunky Fred” and “Crispy Joyce” and find yet another insane piece of animal-related wa...

Thank Freddy it’s Friday! Don’t hit the snooze button just yet - Gena & Patrick are back to talk about the 2nd act of A Nightmare on Elm Street with the help of the delightful actor, burlesque performer & horror enthusiast Elissa Wagner . Along the way, we wonder if a “wet Freddy” is still scary, change the name of Nancy’s “wine mom” to Joyce, and experience the joys of Rod’s “cocaine swea...

Thank Freddy it’s Friday! In this special Episode 0 edition of Kill By Kill, Gena & Patrick share their very first experiences with the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise and mine the depths of their Craven obsessions. We talk about pop collections, high school burnouts, Corey Haim’s 976-line, and using Crystal Pepsi as a receptacle for your tears. We also get personal about our attachments to...

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year isn’t over until Billy says so. This week, Gena & Patrick attempt to wrap up Black Xmas (2006) in a bow with the help of Suzen Kruglnska (The Shining 237 podcast) . Among the many presents we find under the tree, we debate sex tape recognition factors, propose that the film is a secret reboot of The Facts of Life, and find out who Gena describes as “another myst...

Thank Billy it’s Black Xmas! Patrick & Gena have a sack full of questions to lob at the 2006 remake, and they brought along the always incredible Heather Wixson (dailydead.com & Corpse Club pod) to help us decide if it’s naughty, nice, or just plain weird. Along the way, we discuss the Bob Clark original, wonder if this is a stealth Scrooged reboot, we enjoy the cinematic glory that is watching so...

Thank Jason… IT’S OVER! That’s right, Killers - we’ve reached the very end of the Friday the 13th franchise. It only took Patrick & Gena two and a half years, but we’re finally going to bury the hatchet into the face of our beloved Jason Voorhees. Before we go, we wrap up coverage of the 2009 reboot by trying to figure out why Jason needs a jacket, wonder how many farm implements Donnie had sexual...

Thank Cage it’s Thanksgiving! This is an emergency broadcast of the Kill By Kill system: Patrick royally screwed the schedule by jetting off to New York City like some kind of “Fancy Lad,” and that meant we were unable to record our final Friday the 13th 2009 episode on time. Rather than miss our regular launch date, we’re giving everyone access to our very first Patreon episode covering the incre...

Thank Jason it’s Friday - it’s time for the return of Kill By Kill to our bread and butter: Friday the 13th. Here to help Gena & Patrick make sense of mayhem is the ever-delightful writer and host Alicia Lutes (The Nerdists' Fangirling) with some keen observations about the 2009 reboot. We’re in the thick of the body count, which means we have plenty of time to talk about neck fetishes, pitch a ne...

Thank Michael it’s Halloween! It’s the Night That We Came Home from the new Halloween 2018, and we have plenty to say about the year’s biggest horror release. SPOILER WARNING - plot twists and turns are explored in detail - so make sure you’ve seen the movie if you want to remain “pure.” We talk about it all, from wacky tonal shifts to an exercise yard full of part-time werewolves. We also dip int...

Thank Jason it’s October, and we are back with a scare-filled edition of the Kill By Kill podcast! Patrick & Gena welcome our special guest, author of Our Lady of the Inferno, Preston Fassel , as we tackle very serious subjects like Jason’s ideal hair look, the pros and cons of water-skiing topless vs. bottomless and the origin of the Voorhees Batcave. All this, plus a very shabby edition of Choos...

Jump in your giant SUV and gather that group of friends that barely know one another!! We are all new as Gena & Patrick welcome the very funny Omar Najam ( Thanks For Questing ) to the show to help us talk about the least death-filled segment of Friday the 13th (2009). In this episode, we discuss why “Spider Summer” is our least favorite new season, we spitball some Normcore Haunts, we wonder...

Thank Jason it’s Friday yet again! That’s right, we’ve rebooted Kill By Kill to coincide with the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th and brought along the effervescent Megan Duffy (of the MANIC remake and the Fear Initiative podcast) to help us tell the difference between baby oil and bug repellent and so much more! Along the way, we debate why “typewriter font” is a bad choice for Jason, we debate th...

Thank Arnold it’s Friday! Our final assault on Commando happens in this episode as Patrick & Gena welcome the hilarious host of My Neighbors Are Dead and Returning Champion, Adam Peacock back onto the program to help us take out a record number of kills - 51 to be exact! Adding to the pile of dead bodies, we discuss what a rocket launcher’s instruction manual reads like, we attempt to get into the...

Remember when we said we would discuss Sully’s death last? WE LIED! On our second Commando episode, Patrick & Gena kidnap an innocent Amy Matsumoto against her will and force her to try and explain why cartoon weasels don’t play certain characters, and why Arnold can’t seem to generate sexual chemistry with another human!! Plus, we debate whether a “fun-eatery” bar inside a mall really is the best...

LET’S PARTY! Kill By Kill is going rogue and taking on the 80's action classic Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and every other character actor you love. To help Gena & Patrick with their assault is writer , film producer ( Found Footage 3D ) and podcaster ( Overhated! and 80s All Over ) Scott Weinberg! In a desperate race for time, we discuss garbage day war stories, how to literally tear...

Believe it or not, our crash course into Jason X has come to an explosive end! Patrick & Gena are ready to hit “eject” and escape this fireball of a film! But first, we pick up podcaster Andrew Schwartz ( Talkin’ About Turtle ) to help us find a way off this floating piece of sheet metal. Up for debate in this episode is the emergence of “Casual Jason,” talk about the Birds and the Robotic Bees, a...

STOP THE SPACE MADNESS! Kill By Kill is back, and we've reached the point where Jason X has broken your hosts’ minds asunder. Thankfully, the ever-delightful Stephanie Crawford ( The Screamcast ) is on board to help Patrick and Gena disembark their many, many complaints. Action items on deck include discovering which Friday film is considered “Patrick’s Zapruder film?” Why does a medical bay need...

Thank Jason it's SPACE FORCE! That’s right, Patrick & Gena have joined the Grunt Squad and brought along the new editor-in-chief of the resurrected Fangoria Magazine, Phil Nobile Jr. , to help us with our marching orders. Along the way, we discuss cosplayers with a “Jason head on a Leatherface body,” terrible Space Marine nicknames and consider whether Christopher Nolan stole an action sequence fr...

Thank Jason it’s Friday! We are back and ready to discover why in space, no one will hear us complain. Gena & Patrick welcome Off The Cuffs podcast host Dick Wound to the show to help us understand the kinkier side of the universe while we dispatch some dead meat from this overpopulated interstellar craft. Along the way, we ask serious and important questions like: What was Jason’s best hairstyle?...

Go Boldly where no Voorhees has gone before! That’s right, Patrick & Gena are scouring the final frontier, and they’ve brought along nerdist.com &birthmoviesdeath contributor + podcaster Christy Admiraal along for the ride. In this episode, Gena declares herself officially “done” with Friday the 13th and imagines what Aliens would be like if the synthetic robot Bishop from Aliens wanted a working...

Thank Jason it’s Friday… IN SPAAAAACE! That’s right, Patrick & Gena are finally launching into Jason X, and they’ve brought along their favorite V.C. Andrews expert, Megan Sunday to help them go where no long-standing, earth-bound horror franchise had gone before… Canada? No, Future Outer Space! As we blast off, we discuss why David Cronenberg desires to keep things soft, why this secret governmen...

Be advised: Explicit Content Warning, people! It’s our last dance with Mary Lou Prom Night 2, and Gena & Patrick are joined by Kill By Kill Returning Champion and celebrated author Nick White to get very dirty about our Prom Queen! We take a seriously twisted ride on f*%khorse, take Craig down a peg, try to wrap our heads around all the concussions in the movie, and debate why shooting a ghost is...