Kill By Kill: Talking Horror Characters One Death At A Time
459 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 169 ratingsIn each episode, Patrick Hamilton and Gena Radcliffe unpack all the gory details of horror cinema's least discussed topic: the characters. From Friday the 13th to Nightmare on Elm Street and beyond, our mission is to detail each hack, slash, and decapitation in the hopes that a victim's untimely end is just the beginning of the jokes we can make about them.
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The Exorcist III (w/ Drew McWeeny)
September 24, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBDo you dare to walk these stairs again? Too late, we’re already falling down them into 1990’s THE EXORCIST III, and helping to cushion our fall is film and culture writer Drew McWeeny! Along the way, we tackle the film’s “one and done” filming strategy, we debate how the film’s unreality becomes a reality, the incredible performances given by George C. Scott, Brad Dourif, and the other supporting characters, we work through the high camp comedy combined with dedicated sincerity of the charac...
Exorcist II: The Heretic (w/ Mark O. Estes)
September 17, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBRide the wings of death with us as we telepathically sync with one of the most notorious flops in cinema history, 1978’s EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC. Here to help us grapple with this philosophical space oddity is writer and podcaster Mark O. Estes!! Along the way, we tackle mankinis, debate which performers decided to give up on acting during the film, observe a priest fight a fire with crutches, and openly doubt Pazuzu’s game-planning abilities. All this, plus a spirited game of Choose Your O...
Dish By Dish S2 Ep13 "Mizumono"
September 10, 2021 07:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBHannibal is finally ready to have all his friends over for dinner as we discuss the season 2 finale, Mizumono! We’re talking bloody knife fights, shocking reveals, Highway To Heaven, pushy people we haven’t seen in a while, too many Chesapeake Rippers, and a serious lack of local police enforcement. Hannibal is going out in style, and we are here for it!! Part of the BLEAV Network. Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon! Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com Kill B...
Dish By Dish S2 Ep12 "Tome-Wan"
September 10, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBIt’s the last double serving of the season as we discuss the penultimate episode of HANNIBAL’s Season 2: Tome-Wan. Along the way, we go cuckoo for cattle prods, review the accomplishments we believe are Gatorade-bath worthy, debate child tear mixology, and the lengths that Jack is willing to go to in order to catch the Chesapeake Ripper. Also, save room for seconds cause episode 13 is also in your podcast feed, Fannibals! Part of the BLEAV Network. Get even more episodes exclusivel...
Candyman (2021)
September 03, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBIt’s time to say his name! On this week’s episode, we discuss the 2021 reboot/sequel CANDYMAN from director Nia DaCosta! And never fear, we’ve split this episode into two halves, one upfront giving you some spoiler-free impressions before we dive into the hive of all the details behind this bloody new affair. We talk storytelling ambition vs. focus, we’re slightly thrown by the inclusion of Paul Hogan as Crocodile Dundee, we debate whether the film should have been called Candyman$, and we s...
The Exorcist (1973)
August 27, 2021 07:27 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBSomewhere between science and superstition, there is this week’s episode where we’re talking all about the 1973 classic, THE EXORCIST! Pull up a bowl of pea soup as we discuss how the film changed cinema when it was released and how it affects us now. Gena lays out her required viewing list for every horror fan, we introduce our new sponsor, the Box of Spiders, we wonder why every doctor is too busy smoking to help this family, and finally do the impossible: compare Rosemary’s Baby to Mortic...
Copy of Copy of Dish By Dish S2 Ep11 "Ko No Mono"
August 20, 2021 07:05 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBThat’s right - we’re back for seconds!! In this next episode of DISH BY DISH, we delve into episode 11 of season 2: Ko No Mono and ask what the deal is with the “Bundyfication” of Francis Dolarhyde, gobbling boney glizzys, selling monorails, the return of wet dreams, and we really try to dig into what Hannibal’s plan is here? All that and we’re asking YOU, our wonderful listeners, to help us design a new murderstab.biz tee shirt! Join us today!! Our TeePublic shop for killer merch is right ...
Dish By Dish S2 Ep11 "Ko No Mono"
August 20, 2021 07:05 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBThat’s right - we’re back for seconds!! In this next episode of DISH BY DISH, we delve into episode 11 of season 2: Ko No Mono and ask what the deal is with the “Bundyfication” of Francis Dolarhyde, gobbling boney glizzys, selling monorails, the return of wet dreams, and we really try to dig into what Hannibal’s plan is here? All that and we’re asking YOU, our wonderful listeners, to help us design a new murderstab.biz tee shirt! Join us today!! Our TeePublic shop for killer merch is right ...
Dish By Dish S2 Ep10 "Naka-Choko"
August 20, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBWe’re bringing sexy back… and a bloody robo-bear suit too as we double up on DISH BY DISH! On the first episode of the day, we’re talking Season 2’s Episode 10: Naka-Choko and the introduction of Mason Verger to HANNIBAL. Plus we’ve got theremin foreplay, personal saxophone players, and dare we say it… the redemption of Freddie Lounds? All that and a proposal for a “murderstab.biz” tee! Dress for the dinner you want, people! Our TeePublic shop for killer merch is right here: https://www.tee...
Copy of Dish By Dish S2 Ep10 "Naka-Choko"
August 20, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBWe’re bringing sexy back… and a bloody robo-bear suit too as we double up on DISH BY DISH! On the first episode of the day, we’re talking Season 2’s Episode 10: Naka-Choko and the introduction of Mason Verger to HANNIBAL. Plus we’ve got theremin foreplay, personal saxophone players, and dare we say it… the redemption of Freddie Lounds? All that and a proposal for a “murderstab.biz” tee! Dress for the dinner you want, people! Our TeePublic shop for killer merch is right here: https://www.tee...
Amityville 3D (w/ Michael Varrati & Peaches Christ)
August 13, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBThe house may be saying, “Get Out!” but we’re going all in on 1983’s AMITYVILLE 3D with Returning Campion Michael Varrati and his Midnight Mass co-cult leader, Peaches Christ! Buckle up, cause this is one wild ride as we discuss Willam Defoe’s nonexistent rep as a shy sex-kitten, spy floating severed penises, we pitch several Amityville legal spinoffs, and we ask the most important question in the history of the show… have you had sex with a ghost? All this and we play two great games: Choos...
Dish By Dish S2 Ep9 "Shiizakana"
August 06, 2021 07:34 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBSurprise! We have a second course of DISH BY DISH: A Hannibal Rewatch project for you today as we talk about Season 2, Episode 9 - “Shiizakana.” This extra serving comes complete with a number of special sides, including metaphorical edging, more wet sleeping, Hawaiian Punch addiction, robo-bear suits, rejects from the Twitter drafts folder, and maybe werewolves. Plus, we get into why we won’t become long-haul truckers any time soon, and we compare our worst mealtime habits of the past. ...
Dish By Dish S2 Ep8 "Su-Zakana"
August 06, 2021 07:34 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBIt’s a feast for the eyes, ears, and sautéed brain as we discuss Hannibal’s Season 2, Episode 8: Su-Zakana on DISH BY DISH! Along the way, we crack open the original text to talk about remixing characters for a new medium, cook up some thoughts on the show’s use of therapy versus our own experiences, discuss this episode's truly unique turducken, and the glorious debut of Margot Verger played by the one and only Katherine Isabelle. Buckle up, Chucklef*cks - this one is a real wild ride! ...
Death Spa (w/ Wynter Mitchell)
July 30, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBPush! Lunge! Squat thrust!! This week on Kill By Kill, we’re hitting the gym to get in shape with 1989’s DEATH SPA, and here to help us sweat to this particular oldie is the cohost of Waiting To X-hale podcast and Returning Champion Wynter Mitchell! Along the way, we ask all the big questions, like why so many filmmakers confuse Los Angeles for Transylvania? Have you ever been horny enough to follow a child’s treasure map to sex? Why does this Death by Aerobics movie have a touch of Jaws to ...
Dish By Dish S2 Ep7 "Yakimono"
July 23, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBWe love it when a plan comes together - and that’s exactly what happens in Season 2, Episode 7 of HANNIBAL! One FBI agent-in-training comes out of a hole while Dr. Chilton digs himself into a larger one. Along the way, we debate Alana’s dating strategies, discuss everyone’s crisis of confidence vs. the ability to admit when you’re wrong, and handcuff one suspicious ham sandwich. All this, plus a multi-instrumental Choose Your Own Deathventure, and we talk about how many pokes it takes to kil...
Dish By Dish S2 ep7 "Yakimono"
July 23, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBWe love it when a plan comes together - and that’s exactly what happens in Season 2, Episode 7 of HANNIBAL! One FBI agent-in-training comes out of a hole while Dr. Chilton digs himself into a larger one. Along the way, we debate Alana’s dating strategies, discuss everyone’s crisis of confidence vs. the ability to admit when you’re wrong, and we handcuff one suspicious ham sandwich. All this and a multi-instrumental Choose Your Own Death-venture - plus we talk about how many pokes it takes to...
Evilspeak (w/ Josh Bragg of Haunting Season)
July 16, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBIt may be programmed in BASIC, but this episode is totally demonic as we upload 1981’s EVILSPEAK into your hard drive with the help of Haunting Season’s Josh Bragg! Along the way, we ask if your curse hangs in the RAM, wonder why Clint Howard was forced to buy your own toupee, enter the Aardvark Academy, consider bootlegging our own holy water, listen to a semi-nude chef, debate seated undressing, and meet our first Unholy Flying Cooperdick. All of this plus we summon Choose Your Own Death-v...
Dish By Dish S2 Ep 5/6 "Mukouzuke/Futamono"
July 09, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBFor anyone else, a seat at this table would cost an arm and a leg - but we just start with the leg as we serve up a super-sized course of HANNIBAL. We’re talking about episodes 5 (Mukouzuke) and 6 (Futamono) with novelist, podcaster, and Returning Champion Beau North, host of Excessively Diverted. We discuss a Hannibal/Big crossover, the secret origin of Abel Gideon, Beau mounts a reasoned defense of Freddie Lounds, we trade leg recipes, debate the best antler-friendly home situations, and w...
John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (w/ Josh Hollis)
July 02, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBWe have a message for you… and you’re not going to like it. Well, maybe you’ll love it!! We’re investigating the 1987 John Carpenter classic PRINCE OF DARKNESS with Returning Champion and Kill By Kill artist-in-residence Josh Hollis! Along the way, we scientifically examine why critics feel that horror movie characters need to be aware they’re in a horror movie, discuss painted-on polos, wonder if Meatloaf is filming a video on the same set, pitch a “buddy cop” flick for Jerry Seinfeld and t...
Halloween Kills trailer reaction
June 29, 2021 07:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBIt's the episode we come home to again as we sift through the trailer details for this October's most anticipated horror release, HALLOWEEN KILLS! We talk bad boyfriend regrets, deadly firefighter implements, overreactions in Haddonfield AND Twitter, and which of the many kills in the trailer we think stand out. Plus, we share our fond hopes for the Halloween franchise and discuss why people insert so much drama into spoilers in marketing. Grab your Silver Shamrock mask and watch along kiddi...
Dish By Dish S2 ep4 "Takiawase"
June 25, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBThis episode of DISH BY DISH: A Hannibal Rewatch project is abuzz with excitement! That's right, we're talking about the 4th episode of season 2: Takiawase, and you should "bee" too! Along the way, we discuss juicy needle close-ups, worship at the altar of Amanda Plummer, debate the advantages of corpse upcycling, and ask why real serial killers are so lazy when compared to the fictional ones in this show. Plus, we delve into whether saving a life is Hannibal’s biggest jerk move and argue ov...
The Conjuringverse
June 18, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBDo Gena and Patrick stand a ghost of a chance talking about the entire Conjuring Cinematic Universe of films? Well, grab your favorite cursed object and push play to find out as we talk about almost every film in the series - especially the latest entry, The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It. Along the way, we discuss why the rents for storage units are so high where the Warrens live, which skeletons want hugs, introduce Law & Order: Special Ghouls Unit, talk Danzig cattle skulls, every d...
Dish By Dish S2 Ep3 "Hassun"
June 11, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBAll rise! This episode of DISH BY DISH is now in session, and Hannibal’s season 2 episode 3, Hassan, is on trial. Well, it’s actually taking place during a trial, really. During testimony, you’ll be presented with evidence such as the “smug off” between Dr. Chilton and Freddie Lounds, wonder if any of the lawyers have heard of a little thing called hearsay, consider Chekhov’s deer antlers, and pass judgment on other shows that have tried to do what Hannibal is so successful at. All this and ...
Scream 3 (w/ Mike Snoonian)
June 04, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBSomeone is taking their love of horror trilogies too far. Not sure who it is, but that's what we're left with here. That's right, we've reached the SCREAM 3 episode of this season, and we're breaking it all down with the help of the one and only Mike Snoonian (Pod and the Pendulum, Psycho Therapy podcasts). Along the way, we talk about the Vern Troyer/Wiener Dog team-up flick of our dreams, explore the variety of movies that appear to be spliced together as one film, debate who the Jenny Jon...
Dish By Dish - S2 Ep2 "Sakizuke"
May 28, 2021 07:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBEvery frame may be a painting in an episode of Hannibal, but you sure don't want to end up in this one! On this episode of DISH BY DISH: A Hannibal Rewatch project, we're talking about episode 2 of the second season, Sakizuke - and how the series continues to take viewers on an emotional rollercoaster. Along the way, we discuss Hitchcock blondes, super smells, anagrams and openly wonder what it would look like if Hannibal were a club kid. Plus, we delve into Osso Bucco recipes and talk about...
House of Wax (w/ Kat & Jazz of Girl, That's Scary)
May 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBIt’s Friday, so stop the world and melt with us as we talk about the under-appreciated 2000s slasher, HOUSE OF WAX, with the help of Jazz and Kat of the Girl, That’s Scary podcast! Along the way, we discuss decorating with cardboard furniture, examine which cast members were stalked by mountain lions, try to understand why so many twins in this movie have sexual chemistry, debate which villain would have fit in with the St. Lunatics, and explore the financial opportunities of roadkill collec...
Dish By Dish - S2 Ep1 "Kaiseki"
May 14, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBAre you ready for a second course? DISH BY DISH is back for the season 2 premiere of HANNIBAL!! We’ve got corpse dams, knife fights, how Michaels is full of murderers, and how it feels to be a dead reject. Also, we talk about how county fairs connect to serial killers and revel in Bedelia's very sexy house. Dish By Dish is served with a smile! And probably some lips. Probably. Part of the BLEAV Network. Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon! Artwork by Josh Hollis: jos...
The Mutilator (w/ Vanessa Guerrero)
May 07, 2021 07:32 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBAre you ready to take a trip? How about we all pile into the car and visit 1984’s THE MUTILATOR (aka Fall Break) with the help of the host and comedian Vanessa Guerrero from the Kicking & Screaming podcast! Along the way, we discuss old adults, examine how birthday happiness is a clean gun, explore why Big Ed is so into romancing a battle-ax, the beautiful stupidity sex idiots, capturing precious boating accident memories, and ask why we’re constantly confronted with old-timey impersonations...
Crawl (w/ Becky Wilson) Animal Attack April vol. 5
April 30, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBYou hate to watch it go, but you love to watch Animal Attack April taking a big bite as it leaves as we talk about 2019’s CRAWL with Returning Champion Becky Wilson! Along the way, we examine Alexandre Aja’s wild career trajectory, the mystifying ending of Mirrors, Florida ant attacks, we manage to re-litigate Shark Night 3D, and explain how the movie is, and isn’t, a Die Hard sequel. And of course, we have a round of Choose Your Own Deathventure and challenge everyone to watch Crawl and Bar...
Shark Night 3D - Animal Attack April vol.4
April 23, 2021 07:05 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBBlood is in the water, and Animal Attack April has picked up the scent as we take a huge bite out of 2011’s SHARK NIGHT 3D. Along the way, we make a meal out of de-aging hats, jump all over Shamu leaps, debate the villains’ business plan, consider flopping off the back of a seadoo, ponder heavy metal lovin’ middle-aged men, and listen as Gena starts to meltdown recounting the circumstances of this film’s plot. Of course, we play a round of Choose Your Own Shark-venture, and finally, we analy...
Anaconda (1997) - Animal Attack April vol. 3
April 16, 2021 07:05 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBIt’s big, it’s hungry - and it’s scaled for your pleasure! We’re deep in the middle of Animal Attack April AND the Amazon with our next creature feature, 1997’s ANACONDA! We slither our way deep into conversation about Danny Trejo’s missing mustache, the Over-plucked Eyebrow Industrial Complex, the Jungle Horniness equation, hot puppet-on-puppet action, and of course, Fish… river-style! Plus, we have one very hard-to-swallow version of Choose Your Own Deathventure that heavily features Jon V...
Slugs (w/ Megan Sunday) - Animal Attack April vol. 2
April 09, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBAre you ready to Get Slimy?! That’s right, our 80s entry for Animal Attack Month is the menace of your mother’s rose garden, SLUGS! Here to help us wiggle out of this mess is Returning Champion Megan Sunday (Let’s Get Weirding podcast), who just so happens to have read the book this movie is based on! And that’s just the beginning - as we talk English/Spanish productions, blood fountains, high-waisted panties, backdoor slug intrusion wagers, mustache salad, low purrs vs. cry-gasms, the burea...
Prophecy (1979) - Animal Attack April vol 1
April 02, 2021 08:10 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBSpring is here and the claws are out!! That’s right - Animal Attack April begins with the furry fury of 1979’s PROPHECY! It prompts us to have some serious questions about this motion picture, starting with how you escape from a bear while encased in a sleeping bag? Are baskets the best way to transport mauling victims? What does it say about a movie when the dogs are the smartest, most charismatic characters? Can you have a boring chainsaw fight? What side of the Baby vs. Rat War do we side...
Scream 2 vol. 2
March 26, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 82.2 MBEvery good scare deserves another. That’s why we’re not making you wait for the second half of SCREAM 2! We’re wrapping up Wes Craven & Kevin Williamson’s fantastic slasher sequel by delving into all the details - like our first DMs, our pitch for a comedy album of a 200-year-old wolfman, reaping vs. sowing, the problems with variable nerve damage, and some of the best thriller suspense sequences of the 1990s! We kill off another round of Choose Your Own Death-venture and continue the conve...
Scream 2 vol 1 (w/ Joe Lipsett & Trace Thurman of Horror Queers)
March 19, 2021 07:19 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBThis 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, we connect John Woo to Twin Peaks to Scream 2… this is one for the record books. Literally. It’s our longest episode ever and we’re only talking about HALF THE MO...
Scream 2 vol 1 (w/ Joe Lipsett & Trace Thurman)
March 19, 2021 07:19 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBThis 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 the record books. Literally. It’s our longest episode to date, and we’re only talking about HALF T...
Kill The Video Star - Greg Kihn's Jeopardy
March 12, 2021 08:05 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBWe’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 wedding etiquette and super old parents. Watch Greg Kihn's Jeopardy music video here!! ...
Leprechaun 4 In Space (w/ Justin Mousseau)
March 05, 2021 08:05 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBIn 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 genius, mismatched fonts, space Germans, and yes, a Leprechaun that bursts out of a man’s penis. P...
Kill The Video Star - The Jacksons' Torture
February 26, 2021 08:05 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBCan 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 openly wonder why each Jackson brother has attempted to conceal their identity throughout the video...
Dish By Dish - Clarice Ep1 Bonus
February 19, 2021 09:38 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBBefore 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 cast appears to have watched the movie version of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS instead of living it. Plus,...
Valentine (2001)
February 12, 2021 08:05 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBWill 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 here for your listening pleasure. Plus, we talk medium-neutral voodoo daddies, horny cops, body ...
The Fan 1981 (w/ Megan Sunday)
February 05, 2021 11:36 - 1 hour - 74.5 MBThe 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 Elizondo, and Patrick SINGS! Of course, the show isn’t over until we play Choose Your Own Deathven...
Kill The Video Star - Rockwell's Somebody's Watching Me
January 29, 2021 13:16 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBFor 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 remember how to pronounce Jenga, and we ask if paranoid delusions can be elevated by showering. ...
Kill The Video Star - Billy Squier's Rock Me Tonight
January 22, 2021 12:01 - 29 minutes - 27 MBIf 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’s answer to Ed Grimley. All this, plus we get to the bottom of something that sadly plagues too...
Kill The Video Star - Benny Mardones' Into The Night
January 15, 2021 08:05 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBPeople, 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 cigarette kicks, alleyway peepers, thousand-yard stares, magic carpet proposals, married vampires, senio...
Dish By Dish S1 Ep13 "Savoureux"
January 08, 2021 09:19 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBIt'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 building sexual chemistry between the entire cast of the show. It's an orgy of Hannibal worship and p...
Dish By Dish - Episode 13 "Savoureux"
January 08, 2021 09:19 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBIt'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 have to 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 building sexual chemistry between the entire cast of the show. It's an orgy of Hannibal worship and...
A Special Message - Dec 2020
December 31, 2020 08:05 - 6 minutes - 5.99 MBThe title says it all. Have something to say? Find us on Twitter @KillByKillPod Join the conversation about any episode on the Facebook Group! Follow us on IG @killbykillpodcast Check out the films we’ve covered & what might come soon on Letterboxd! Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon! Follow our station on vurbl: https://vurbl.com/station/2bdTISeI3X/ Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, he...
The Seduction (1981)
December 25, 2020 08:05 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBWelcome 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 kissing Dick Tracy villains, consider getting a “facial by mail,” and, of course, we talk about th...
Baby, Can You Dig Your Stand: The Stand recap vol. 2
December 24, 2020 14:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBThe Captain Trips Crew is back for episode two of THE STAND where we talk green room rampages, Smash Mouth at Sturges vibes, helicopter revenge, and Tube Neck v. XTRO - One Night Stand edition! We also get personal about our personal lovemaking tunes, post-apocalypse travel wear, sexy wizards, and we all demand more of “the meats.” And finally, we may have found our issue with this version so far - you have to have read the book to enjoy it. Not this podcast though. We’re delightful from the...