Do you remember how the world ended? No? Funny, it was supposed to implode when the clocks switched to the year 2000. Instead, what imploded was our faith in Arnold Schwarzeneggers ability to carry an R-rated action picture when he signed onboard END OF DAYS! Only Patrick and Gena have the guts to celebrate this movies 25th anniversary and attempt to explain what in the living hell is happening here. That means Kill By Kill is digging into the films cursed production history, considering Satans ...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast Did we like Robert Eggers NOSFERATU? Let us Count the ways!! Thats right, the moment weve waited for all year has arrived as we talk about bad real estate deals, depressing beaches, Albert Potato, nude virgins on horseback, and Count Orlocks unique love language as we stake 2024 in the heart!! All this, plus more bad vampire planners, ladies with too much blood, the ultimate Dark Web, and a very chest-sucking heavy edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! And dont worry we do the voice. Like, a...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The Manor, everyone! Its time to talk about the most dismissively talked about movie of 2019/2020 - THE HUNT!! Here to help ungag us on the subject and discover whats really going on is actor/filmmaker Clarke Wolfe (Malum, A Shining Example)! Along the way, we dig into the semi-cursed nature of the films development and release, worship at the alter of Betty Gilpin, unpack the films warped political spectrum and avoidance of class warfare!! All this, plus dueling Raaaandys, social med...
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast Do you believe in Black Christmas miracles? We sure do!! This episode was a twisted, mangled mess akin to a dirty phone call involving Billy and Agnes - but the Grinch who encoded our audio incorrectly grew an enlarged heart (he should get that checked out), and our blood-drenched holidays were saved! With no further ado, we present our in-depth conversation about the seminal photo-slasher classic, BLACK CHRISTMAS, for its 50th anniversary with our guest, author, and video essayist, Scout Tafoya...
Dec 28, 2024•2 hr 41 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast Do you believe in Black Christmas miracles? We sure do!! This episode was a twisted, mangled mess akin to a dirty phone call involving Billy and Agnes - but the Grinch who encoded our audio incorrectly grew an enlarged heart (he should get that checked out), and our blood-drenched holidays were saved! With no further ado, we present our in-depth conversation about the seminal photo-slasher classic, BLACK CHRISTMAS, for its 50th anniversary with our guest, author, and video essayist, Scout Tafoya...
Dec 27, 2024•2 hr 41 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast "Wait... this isn't the Black Christmas episode I was promised," you're saying to yourself and yelling at passersby. Well, when you're right, you're right! Due to an otherworldly technical audio snafu, that nearly two-hour episode cannot be presented today. But we still wanted to get you, our loyal listener, something. And so we present a hilarious Patreon bonus episode we think you'll love: 1986's MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE!! It's certainly something! You love Uncle Steve, we LOVE Uncle Steve ...
Dec 20, 2024•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Its Friday the 13th, people!! And that could only mean one thing: an under-seen teen bully flick from Sean S. Cunningham? Thats right, weve hit the bottom of the barrel for Jason-related content and have now slid into Mr. Cunninghams lesser efforts, 1985s Army brats vs. bully flick, THE NEW KIDS! Along the way, we talk about parentless towns, multiple sleepwalking performances, a surprisingly wet microfiche scene, and one of the cinemas least memorable Grand Opening/Grand Closing performances!! ...
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast Sit down, and Ill tell you a tale about a sad guy who gets bit by another guy, but it doesnt make him happy - just an undead hottie drinking rat juice until the second guy bites a little girl to solve their relationship problems and you know, I should let the 1994 Anne Rice adaption INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE fill in the details!! Thats right, were celebrating this monumental gothic blockbuster for its 30th anniversary with the help of writer/actor Gregory Lay (Greg in LA)!! Along the way, we ex...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast Do you want to play a game? Too bad! You dont get games this time!! Thats right, for this years Sawsgiving, as we try to enjoy the bad cop vs. worse cop sidequel, SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW with the help of Returning Champion and Pillow Fright host Elissa Wagner!!Along the way, we discuss skinning randos, Jn Kramer - the Swedish Jigsaw, character chin beards, edgy corporate video VO, stair-based action sequences, the revenge of Amandas bad wig, and ego-stroking Chris Rock!! All this, plus we e...
Nov 29, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast Weve heard the call, and its coming from inside our idyllic Bavarian Alps resort! Thats right, were checking in on another recent Neon release, the daffy and disturbing CUCKOO!! Dont worry - weve got a non-spoiler reaction upfront before we pipe in with our in-depth reactions to the movie, including how we like to Porky Pig-it in the hotel lobby, the horror of blended families, appreciate Jazz flute control, consider Dan Stevens best Weird Little Guy roles, and make a few Crimson Rivers comparis...
Nov 22, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast Have you heard about the plan our Heavenly Father has for us? Its that we all rush to the theater and enter the debate from hell with Hugh Grant as we talk bad basements, fake candle smells, and HERETIC with friend of the pod, Megan Sunday!! We have all sorts of literature and testimony to share about Patricks Mormon missionary past, that one Uncle we all know, patriarchal gab sessions, and the Mr. Reed and Jigsaw team-up we demand become reality!! All this, plus a heaven-sent edition of Choose ...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast Wanna turn that frown upside down? No? Well, we dont either. Thats why it's such good news that we caught one of last months biggest horror releases to ensure a demon does it for us!! Thats right, this week were singing out loud about SMILE 2!! Along the way, we have a non-spoiler section for everyone before we grin and bear the rest of our in-depth coverage. We consider whether we got a Pennywise situation, then we add a Basil Exposition to the mix, and attempt to come up with some kinda name f...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast Listen up, you primitive screw heads! Were headed back in time with a Necronomicon under our arm as we talk Pit Crones, boomsticks, and Sam Raimis sword-and-slapstick classic, ARMY OF DARKNESS! Along the way, we talk comedy traffic school, Bruce Campbell: Handsome Idiot, more tales from the desk of Dino de Laurentis, the dire state of 2010s parody films, and genuinely terrible TikTok comments. All this, plus the Charlie Brown Had Hoes-ification of discourse, Star Trek locations, and a very skele...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast How much Lot is a lot, and how much Lot equals a whole lotta nothin? Thats just one of the cursed questions we ask ourselves as we move back into town to talk about the 45th anniversary of CBS SALEMS LOT!! And were not afraid to ask the big questions! Why is James Mason so nervous? Who taught David Souls Ben Mears to type like a caveman? How does this adaptation connect to cults and beating back inflation? Why does this TV mini-series demonstrate the cinematic vision of Tobe Hooper? How old is t...
Oct 25, 2024•2 hr 35 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast If unrelenting fear is your idea of fun If you have a need to be terrified If your favorite dreams are nightmares Then this is the Kill By Kill episode youve always dreamed of Buy a ticket, grab your seat, and get ready to get terrified!! Thats right, were talking about the ultimate horror clip show - sorry. The ultimate terror film clip show for its 40th anniversary, TERROR IN THE AISLES!! And here to chat us up in our theater seats is writer, comedian, and Returning Champion Kevin Maher!! Alon...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast The Lot is many things. A small town full of secrets. A place where evil can fester. And its a Stephen King property that has a few swings at the bat. Well, this week on Kill By Kill, were the ones swinging the bat! Thats right, we hate to do it, but were driving a stake right through the heart of this 2022 wait, 2023 hold on 2024 remake of SALEMS LOT - and were not happy about it at all. Why does this movie feel like a speed run? Why does it refuse to show more than six people at a time? Why do...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever dreamt of a better version of this podcast? We did, so we injected our format with Cronenbergs The Fly, Street Trash, Re-animator, and 2001: A Space Odyssey? Thats right - were ready to pump it up for the body horror flick of 2024: Coralie Fargeats 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 wo...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast In the Year of Darkness, 2024 - one podcast will be sent back to the past to discuss ice cream scooping waitresses to save humanity!! Thats 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!! Its a movie thats probably been talked about by more people than any other film weve discussed on the show. Yet, so many mysteries remain, such as the source of Tech Noirs citywide success and why Cyberdyne thoug...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast Distracted at school? Lashing out at home? The solution to your teens 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!! Thats right, were talking X-Files grunge, Tarantino monologues, and 1998s 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 m...
Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast You were warned. You are doomed. You are in for a Friday the 13th treat!! Thats right, were celebrating the luckiest of unlucky days with something weve never tried before: a theatrical poster draft of the entire Friday the 13th franchise with two overly qualified guests - from the Screen Drafts podcast, its 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 franchises ...
Sep 13, 2024•2 hr 45 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast Isnt 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? Thats right, were cracking the book on 1992s BRAM STOKERS 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 Dr...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Congratulations! You won a prize from the church, and its a new episode of Kill By Kill talking about the biggest horror hit of the year so far... LONGLEGS!! Thats right, were getting possessed by this hypnotic supernatural banger of a serial killer thriller, and we cant shut up about it!! Were digging into all the details, including the movies fantastic marketing push, the Devils delivery service, worship at the alter of Osgood Perkins, the truth about Charlie Browns hos, dig into the performan...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast Shes just a mining town girl, living on a Wayland-Yutani world. Hes just a synthetic boy, manufactured in South Detroit. Together, theyll have to fight face-huggers, Xenomorphs, and a few special guests on an all-new episode of Kill By Kill where were 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, to...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Thank Satan Its Friday!! Thats right, were 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, 1984s The Initiation) as we talk 1971 Rome, listen to the Devils Disco, dissect the Churchs big plan, consider demonic honeymoon suites, engage in jackal pillow talk, and thats all before we join the secret cabal of director Arkasha Stevenson and star N...
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast You asked for it. You demanded it. We sadly listened to you. Thats right - by overwhelming demand, were covering a true clash of the Titans: terrible lighting and non-existent characters! Wait. Thats here too, but the movie were 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? ...
Aug 09, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Everybody enjoys a good walk. But do you know what makes a good walk great? Grizzly murders executed by an undead, backwoods mutant!! Thats right, were talking about a new dirty peanut - Johnny from 2024s 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 films audacious storytelling gambit, challenge our concept of a #GetBunked death, debate whether you should pick up random woodland lockets, and dig up as ...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Its the movie that puts revenge into a different gear! Thats right, its Mad Max meets The Crow but not nearly as good as either - were talking 1986s THE WRAITH with help from The Wrap critic, Critically Acclaimed network host , and Returning Champion to the show, William Bibbiani!! We dont have time to let Jesus take the wheel, as were off and running to discuss road pirates, Uwe Bolls casting strategies, upgraded revenge avatars, Kamen Rider inspirations, and what educational films about pubert...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Light the torch, hit the track Olympics fever has arrived at Kill By Kill!! And what better way to celebrate the gold standard in human achievement happening in Paris than to review one of the dumbest and repetitive slashers weve ever encountered from the good old USA - 1984s FATAL GAMES !! Were training to reach the top by discussing how this movie fails at almost every turn: bland characters, dingy settings, partially clothed showers, sinks full of dirty dishes, completely unclothed chase sequ...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Hollywood in 1985. And making it to the Final Cut can be murder! Thats right - were talking Giallo gloves, religious right nuts, and the secret of the silly goose - as we go deep into the final film of the X trilogy, MAXXXINE!! Don't worry - we're starting with a non-spoiler set of reactions before we go all the way! Then we dig into video sleaze, all the Kill By Kill-specific movie references, uncover the Burt Reynolds wig cameo, examine Mia Goths uncanny transformations, witness mor...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Sure, the suburbs suck - but theyve never sucked quite like they do in the 1985 vampire next door classic, FRIGHT NIGHT !! Here to help us peep and tell all about it is the incredibly funny author, Kashana Cauley !! Along the way, we talk about the sustainability of suburban vampire life, engage in local Madison, Wisconsin reference jokes, debate the concept of clouds with teeth, consider exactly what Amy is looking for - and not getting - from Charlie, explore the films variations on Renfield a...
Jul 05, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast 
