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

It’s the MOST haunted time of the YEAR!! That’s right! The reason for the season is back, and it brings us great joy to present Amityville For Xmas vol 2!! In the stocking this year is an illuminating TV Terror turned hand-mauling home video sequel, AMITYVILLE 4: THE EVIL ESCAPES !! See lamps lash out, witness electrical cords go full Popeye, experience reduced fly budgets, go beyond the beige Mr....

You don’t have to wait any longer for that love vibration because we’re back talking about a new wave sensation and a Master of Horror apocalyptic freakout! That’s right, we’re talking about Billy Idol’s Dancing With Myself music video directed by Tobi Hooper - and we can’t talk Hoop without Returning Champion - the one and the only Patrick Bromley!! Along the way, we dig into all the details: cry...

Listen to us… the podcast of the night… what beautiful nonsense we make!! That’s right, we’re sinking our teeth into the movie that we can honestly say started it all - the 1 931 Universal Studios classic, DRACULA !! Along the way, we stake our claim on uneven Bela Lugosi impersonations, connect the dots with the Brides and an infamous Ghostbusters BJ, unpack Bram Stoker’s repressed personal histo...

It's chemistry, heavy metal, and shaggy werewolves. This week, we experiment on Kill The Rock Star with Ozzy Osbourne and his 1983 solo smash, Bark at the Moon !! Along the way, we talk over-enthusiastic microscopy, explore why this one music video believes women, return to our favorite British sanitarium and open several poltergeist doorways. All this plus goth funerals, melting skeletons, and an...

** SPOILER ALERT ** We start spoiling this movie from the jump - so consider yourself warned!! It's that special time of year when we like to play a game!! That’s right, Sawsgiving is the reason for the season, and we set ourselves a little trap by watching SAW X with writer and Tales From the Rec Room host Bree Rody !! Is this the first Saw movie we understood? Maybe even liked? You’ll have to pr...

We’re not out of the cabin yet! That’s right, it’s time to unearth vol. 2 of our analysis of 1981’s THE EVIL DEAD as we dip into the film’s ferocious second half with the help of Returning Champion, the one - the only - Elissa Wagner !! Along the way, we delve into how Ashley transforms into Ash, how Uncle Stephen King helped propel the film into the order cult cannon, explore the endless charms o...

If you want your MTV - you’re out of luck. That place is essentially dead. That’s why we’re cracking the Necronomicon to resurrect the most horrific music videos we then think of on our latest iteration of Kill The Rock Star!! This week, we explore the mind-numbing horrors of middling-level magic performers as we make The Steve Miller Band’s 1982 hit ABRACADABA reappear before your very ears!! Alo...

A cabin in the woods. A group of college friends. And a book in the cellar someone just cannot stop themselves from reading. These are the basic elements that create one of the most lasting horror franchises of all time - and it’s our starting point for Season Five of the Kill By Kill podcast talking about the one, the only, the original - THE EVIL DEAD !! Listen along with us as we crack the fles...

Does “the funk of 40,000 years” hold up after four more decades? Let’s find out together as we press play on the grand finale of Season 4 and the mother of all music videos, Michael Jackson’s Thriller!! Along the way, we talk about unconvicted manslaughter enthusiasts, breaking the VHS rental model, why being a werewolf cat requires competent time management, instant skeletons, Vincent Price’s inc...

It’s time to get behind the wheel with two Masters of Horror and one of the biggest baddies ever produced from Detroit, MI! That’s right, we’re talking JOHN CARPENTER’S CHRISTINE with critic and Critically Acclaimed Network podcaster, William Bibbiani!! It’s a pedal to the metal show as we go deep on Christine’s insane opening weekend competition in 1983, Stephen King’s embrace and eventual reject...

Thank Jason it’s Friday!! That’s right, we’re headed back to Camp Crystal Lake - but with a newbie this time: my own 13-year-old, Oli!! What is it like for someone who knows a little about 1980’s FRIDAY THE 13th from hanging around his old man but doesn’t know any of the big twists? Find out as Patrick and Gena quiz a middle schooler on the finer points of this slasher classic and ask all the impo...

It's October!! It's our 300th episode!! It's Bill Paxton skipping in a cemetery? It's ALL those things and more as we celebrate the horror flicks of 1983 and our tricentennial with one of the gang from We Hate Movies and returning champion Stephen Sajdak!! First, we've unearthed a slasher gem from the grave: MORTUARY !! This film has everything: Shag-adelic Frankensteins, Billy Beer, sunken living...

We’re not saying goodbye to the Final Destination franchise… it’s a secret hello? That’s right - we’re following Death's design as we talk FINAL DESTINATION 5 , complete with aggressive flip-phone calls, questionable Everclear and Nickleback references, and an all-new version of a Dirty Peanut!! Helping us see this vision a little more transparent is Dread Central managing editor and Development H...

Welcome… to Kill By Kill’s TV Terrors! Again!! A ghost in the machine has caused some disruptions to our feed in anticipation of spooky season, so we're getting "da crazy" for Dafoe as we discuss one of Willam's first major acting roles in an episode of HBO's "Hitchcock but with boobs" anthology THE HITCHHIKER !! In this episode, "Ghostwriter," Dafoe plays a writer wh...

Be very, very quiet. We’re hunting an all-new episode of the Kill BY Kill podcast!! That’s right, this week we get loud about one of our favorite streaming titles, 2016’s HUSH with the help of writer and The Losers Club podcast co-host Jenn Adams!! Along the way, we go deep on Mike Flanagan’s filmography and his career-long assault on hands, consider this movie’s place in the genre of Screen Horro...

We're clawing our way back into Kill By Kill: Bite Size!! This week, TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE takes the hit as we talk "The Cat From Hell" segment, the realistic acting choices of David Johansen, trade William Hickey impressions, consider Stephen King's obsession with hit men vs. unlikely opponents, pick apart the story's timeline shifts, and try not to make too many puns about...

Xeno Has Risen!! That’s right - we’re wrapping up our coverage of the original Alien Quadrilogy (not a real word) with 1997’s exceedingly French and deeply horny fourquel: ALIEN RESURRECTION !! We dig into everything: the sexy basketball with Ripley 8, the meta-xenomorphs, introducing nips, Brad Dourif’s many “smootchy” faces, a plea for Winona Ryder, genitalia erasure, and that amazing Clone room...

Save the toe tag - Kill By Kill Bite Size is not dead yet! That’s right, we’re putting Tobe Hooper’s segment  from 1993’s BODY BAGS on the slab and weighing all the contents!! Was Showtime wrong for denying the world a John Carpenter-hosted horror anthology? Just how much of Mark Hamill’s hinder do we get to see in action? And is that tush okaily-dokilly? Exactly what accent is Twiggy using here,...

It’s the movie that taught the world not to trust a big butt, a Frankenstein mask, and a smile that unhinges at the jaw - it’s the monster mash-up slasher, THE FUNHOUSE !! And here to help us survive the night is screenwriter ( Black Christmas 2019 ) and Returning Champion April Wolfe!! Along the way, we talk about messed up Monster Kids, explore serving sizes of bourbon for parents in town, ident...

If you’ve got Pac-Man fever, then you should see a medical professional, as we’re playing through 1983’s NIGHTMARES segment “The Bishop of Battle!” We take no quarters as we talk emotional boob reveals, Emilio Estevez’s package delivery system, Playboy Channel reception techniques, critique the fashion choices of Moon Unit Zappa, explore the viability of Burgertime’s business model, and consider t...

As we speed towards the end of Season 4, there’s one stop we’ve been dreading this whole time: 2009’s THE FINAL DESTINATION . Designated by both critics and fans as the franchise’s absolute nadir, the fourth film in the franchise was filmed in 3D while the characters barely qualify as two-dimensional - and we’re here to break down every splattered torso, pierced organ, and severed, floppy limb on...

It’s Christmas in July, baby!! That’s right, when it comes to individual segments of a horror anthology, 1972’s TALES FROM THE CRYPT is the gift that keeps on giving! It’s the ultimate battle between bad planning and a “deranged manic!” Along the way, we unwrap all our big questions: Who the hell is going HAM on that organ? Who takes a cemetery tour when they’re in a hurry? What’s up with the Rast...

With the unfortunate passing of Julian Sands, we wanted to honor this incredible and magnetic actor by releasing a special Patreon episode where we covered 1989's WARLOCK with the film's #1 fan and Returning Champion Megan Sunday ( Let’s Get Weirding podcast )! Along the way, we dig into the film's hostile attitude toward cats, stay on the lookout for a Steve Miner Butt Shot, learn to use a purse...

This week on Kill By Kill Bite Size, we hail to the King, baby! Stephen King that is - as we steal away inside 1985’s CAT’S EYE to steal the breath away from the classic cat v. Troll epic, “General.” Along the way, we delve into Candy Clark’s unique mom-core fits, explore standard troll operating procedures, consider which serial killers can climb stairs, track children’s bedrooms with fireplaces,...

Welcome to Primetime... again! Kill By Kill’s journey into the dark heart of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) restarts here with the help of the one and only Halle Kiefer (of Ruined! with Allison & Halle) to help us claw our way through the first 30 minutes! Along the way, we discuss flooded boiler rooms, delve into how much of Freddy is actually made of goo, debate whether or not Freddy wears...