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 the way, we ask if James Spader's character satisfies his lovers, consider what Richard Jenkins was l...
Aug 21, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast 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 the FBI actually operates in the state of Minnesota, and we try to gauge our enthusiasm for the new...
Aug 14, 2020•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 so sexy to play ambulance in an open grave! All that, plus a brutal game of Choose Your Own De...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast 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 killer of the week is a real "fungai"... [crickets] We apologize. Listen to the newest episode of Di...
Jul 31, 2020•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Garbage” something that should be guarding your room? Would you rather die next to a John Denver al...
Jul 24, 2020•2 hr 32 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast 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 and Choose Your Own Death-venture! It's a meal unto itself!! Part of the BLEAV Network . Get even more...
Jul 17, 2020•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 to lure couples into a swap AND steal their wallets. All that and we play a killer round of Choose Yo...
Jul 10, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast 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 initial reactions to the series as it ran on NBC, talk about our favorite dead body displays, and decid...
Jul 03, 2020•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 puppets. All that, plus a soul-searching rendition of Choose Your Own Deathventure, and we explore ...
Jun 26, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast 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 floor.” All that and take a full panel of Choose Your Own Deathventure, plus we give birth to the s...
Jun 12, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast 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 faded floral prints, we ask why this town is so horny and dig into how to give a saxophone a BJ. All tha...
May 29, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast 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 break open the first Choose Your Own Deathventure of Season 3 and pitch the ultimate mash-up, Any W...
May 15, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 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 for the whole movie. Plus, we play our final Choose Your Own Deathventure of Season 2 and ask where i...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast 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 1 AND 2 finale next week!! Part of the BLEAV Network . Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon...
May 01, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 mental institute needs such a large and involved computer room. All that, plus we choose our own Deathven...
Apr 24, 2020•56 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast 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 unraveling the murder of Lori’s mom. All that plus we play a fun round of Choose Your Own Deathventure an...
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast 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 themselves without realizing it, and why having a safe and "gold baby" in your office sends a bad sig...
Apr 03, 2020•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 folded in half. All that plus a real pickle of a Choose Your Own Deathventure - plus, we expose what we ...
Mar 27, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Nightmare, Jason’s side-skullet hair-do, and wet ball-scratching etiquette. All this, plus we play Ch...
Mar 13, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Thank Freddy it’s Friday... again?! We’re reliving the bad dream of 2010’s A Nightmare on Elm Street remake with Returning Champion Gonzales (Deep in Bear Country & Del Toro Time pods) in order to understand why so many good ideas get turned into brown mush! It’s a very lively discussion that includes exploring “Bad Man” preschool, delving into what actually works in this version, why Drake forgot to drop a hot track about this version of Freddy, and ultimately, why “Not Your Daddy’s Freddy ...
Feb 28, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than Sexy Murder? On a special bonus episode of Kill By Kill: After Dark, we're talking about the Crimetime After Primetime classic, Silk Stalkings (Season 3, Episode 11), which also guest stars Up All Night host Rhonda Shear! Here to help us put the cuffs on is Returning Champion Michael Varrati!! Suit up in your most garish color combos as we explore the seedy, sexy underbelly of Palm Beach/San Diego, Florida, on the hunt for a killer cop, a neon-in...
Feb 14, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast There's nowhere to run... nowhere to hide... Axe Gang (local 238) of the New World has us in their sights! Patrick & Gena are ready to put these psychos away as we finish up the horror-procedural Cobra and discuss the most important thing about it: prop comedy! Or is it how to advertise a cult in the Penny Saver? No - it's Shelly Finkelstein cosplay!! We also talk a lot about grenades, and we barely know anything about them. FYI - there is a mountain of dead bodies in this episode, and yet t...
Feb 07, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thank Cobra it’s Friday! That’s right, we’re combining our love of horror and 80s action cheese as we attempt to charm the very deadly Sylvester Stallone cop classic, COBRA, with Returning Champion Patrick Bromley (F This Movie). Along the way, we talk about Axe Gang Diversity, Marion Cobretti’s filthy bat cave kitchen, and ask the important question: Do snakes like hugging? Then we have the longest list of possibilities ever in a Choose Your Own Deathventure, and finally, we have the longest di...
Jan 24, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thank Freddy for Wes Craven! On this episode of Kill By Kill, we're getting serious - mostly - about one of the best horror films to emerge from the 1990s, Wes Craven's New Nightmare. Gena & Patrick are joined by FANGORIA writer and A Horror Movie A Day’s author Brian Collins as we dig into the pure Hollywood tale of the lengths one master moviemaker will go to torture his leading lady... onscreen, of course. Along the way, we talk about eel punctures, stabbing Freddy in the dick, the specia...
Jan 10, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Ready for one last present? The gift that keeps on giving is Fear No Evil, and here to help us send it to heaven or hell is the one and only Jonathan Barkan. Along the way, we all discuss the geometry of demonic crotch shots, why Patti Smith is so popular in blue-collar dive bars, six-shooter fingering techniques, and the diaphanous lingerie wear of fallen angels. Of course, we nail ourselves to the cross of Choose Your Own Deathventure and meet our two new favorite characters: Community Theatre...
Dec 27, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thank Lucifer it's Friday the 13th! It's our favorite day, and what better way to celebrate than talking about the "reason for the season" - the Devil. Gena & Patrick are joined in this special holiday celebration of Omensploitation with Returning Champion and #HorrorQueers podcast cohost Joe Lipsett! Together, we all discuss school shower seduction techniques, surprise girl gangs, antichrist capes, oil painting backstories, teenage mutant ninja angels, and so much more. Plus, we h...
Dec 13, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thank Freddy's it's Black Friday!! Why risk life and limb trying to get a bargain TV when you can risk your sanity with Patrick & Gena as they put the last stake in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. Along the way, we talk Freddy's poor joystick technique, "incredible" warehouses, what all that crap is in the Krueger basement, sperm skeletons, and the set of MTV Unplugged. All this, plus we play "Better Brain Ride" between Freddy and Jason - it's a winner-take-all!! So g...
Nov 29, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast All bad dreams must come to an end and so must our favorite “dream demon” in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. Returning Champion, actor, burlesque performer & horror enthusiast Elissa Wagner joins us again to shove a stick into the ear of the first half of the film to talk pipe bomb nuisances, raising the moistness levels and learning to find the desire to kill again. Ear violence, the Universal backlot, and defenestration by a dummy thicc ass are all discussed at length, along with an im...
Nov 15, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Dance Belts! Cocaine Buffets?! Disco Wolverine?? It’s the Halloween episode of Kill By Kill, and there is nothing scarier than the 1979 roller disco “classic” Skatetown USA! Even the tricks are treats when we talk woke af Billy Barty, learn who is “Virginia Woolf’n It” off the pier, leer at Patrick Swayze, delve into the magical origins of an Omega Man vampire DJ, and even play Choose Your Own Deathventure! It’s the most groove-tacular, spook-tactular on eight wheels! Maybe. Pretty sure? Yes. Pr...
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's one small step for man, one giant leap for Kill By Kill as Gena and Patrick conclude their exploration of the final frontier as they unpack all the gory details of Galaxy of Terror! Along the way, they discuss auditions for active seniors, the deadly force of Mr. Hand, the many butts of Morganthus, Gymkata, Kermit the Xenomorph, and so, so much more. We also explore the strange not-so-new world of Choose Your Own Deathventure and openly wonder why so many characters in the film are attacked...
Oct 18, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast