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

Have you ever dreamt of a better version of this podcast? We did, so we injected our format with Cronenberg’s The Fly, Street Trash, Re-animator, and… 2001: A Space Odyssey? That’s right - we’re ready to pump it up for the body horror flick of 2024: Coralie Fargeat’s audacious film, THE SUBSTANCE!! Along the way, we start spoiler-free before giving birth to a conversation covering an avalanche of butts, Hollywood Walk of Fame orientation, severe trypanophobia, Sudden Oatmeal Syndrome, and rank the worst men in this movie from worst to F That Guy!! All this, plus we worship at...

In the Year of Darkness, 2024 - one podcast will be sent back to the past to discuss “ice cream scooping” waitresses to save humanity!! That’s right, pluck out those eyeballs and put in your earbuds as we open up shop on the James Cameron classic, THE TERMINATOR, for its 40th anniversary!! It’s a movie that’s probably been talked about by more people than any other film we’ve discussed on the show. Yet, so many mysteries remain, such as the source of Tech Noir’s citywide success and why Cyberdyne thought a robot with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s body type woul...

Distracted at school? Lashing out at home? The solution to your teen’s problems is just a ferry ride away in Cradle Bay, where one unregulated doctor and a gang of Blue Ribbons are standing by to shove a white-hot microchip into your eyeball!! That’s right, we’re talking X-Files grunge, Tarantino monologues, and 1998’s DISTURBING BEHAVIOR with writer and “This Ends At Prom” podcast co-host Harmony Colangelo!! Along the way, we delve into the tug-of-war between what the film wants to say and what the movie actually says about teen angst and rebellion, the competing sci-fi teen scream flick...

You were warned. You are doomed. You are in for a Friday the 13th treat!! That’s right, we’re celebrating the luckiest of unlucky days with something we’ve never tried before: a theatrical poster draft of the entire Friday the 13th franchise with two overly qualified guests - from the Screen Drafts podcast, it’s Returning Champion Clay Keller; and in his KBK debut, actor/director/horror legend Graham Skipper!! Join us as we debate and rank from worst to first the artwork that defined the franchise’s 12 entries and discuss such heated topics as poop worms, poor tagli...

Isn’t it time for your favorite horror movie podcast to do something a bit more literary? How about an epistolary novel where every character is 30% more horny than necessary? That’s right, we’re cracking the book on 1992’s BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA to explore every main character in the order in which their blood is tasted!! Along the way, we explore frilled lizard costumes, corset rippers, bad accent work, great romantic chemistry, personal bug-eating problems, blood-sucking tech bros, and how Count Dracula makes people act like Lenny and Squiggy!! All this, plus self-serve blood crosses, the legacy of Jonatha...

Congratulations! You won a prize from the church, and it’s a new episode of Kill By Kill talking about the biggest horror hit of the year so far... LONGLEGS!! That’s right, we’re getting possessed by this hypnotic supernatural banger of a serial killer thriller, and we can’t shut up about it!! We’re digging into all the details, including the movie’s fantastic marketing push, the Devil’s delivery service, worship at the alter of Osgood Perkins, the truth about “Charlie Brown’s hos,” dig into the performance of one Nicolas Cage, consider random Dark Tower talk, and we c...

She’s just a mining town girl, living on a Wayland-Yutani world. He’s just a synthetic boy, manufactured in South Detroit. Together, they’ll have to fight face-huggers, Xenomorphs, and a few special guests on an all-new episode of Kill By Kill where we’re talking ALIEN ROMULUS!! First up, we talk about our spoiler-free feelings before digging into the very gooey meat of this excellent motion picture!! Then we go through the natural lifecycle of the film: indentured servitude, too small corridors, too many face-huggers, callbacks and easter eggs, and that one cameo that has everyone talking!! All this...

Thank Satan It’s Friday!! That’s right, we’re worshiping at the altar of THE FIRST OMEN!! Say what? “You two liked a prequel?” Yes, a listener who I just invented, WE DID!! Folks, strap in your headgear for an initiation to end all initiations (Sorry, 1984’s The Initiation) as we talk 1971 Rome, listen to the Devil’s Disco, dissect the Church’s “big plan,” consider demonic honeymoon suites, engage in jackal pillow talk, and that’s all before we join the secret cabal of director Arkasha Stevenson and star Nell Tiger Free!! All this, plus we dig into the layered polit...

You asked for it. You demanded it. We… sadly listened to you. That’s right - by overwhelming demand, we’re covering a true clash of the Titans: terrible lighting and non-existent characters! Wait. That’s here too, but the movie we’re talking about is ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM!! This movie has it all: Predator wedding rehearsals, Doctor Face-Hands, a real-life murderer, communal hootch in a sewer, xenomorph stage direction, people who state that their profession is acting, and a girl!! What girl? Who can say? You get all this, plus we dip into Predator bureaucracy, remember our favorite s...

Everybody enjoys a good walk. But do you know what makes a good walk great? Grizzly murders executed by an undead, backwoods mutant!! That’s right, we’re talking about a new “dirty peanut” - Johnny from 2024’s innovative IN A VIOLENT NATURE!! Following the example of the film, we dig into each character in the order in which they die, explore the film’s audacious storytelling gambit, challenge our concept of a #GetBunked death, debate whether you should pick up random woodland lockets, and dig up as many Friday the 13th easter eggs as we can find in the beautifu...