Terrifying things come in small packages! Welcome one and all to our new off-week format, where we make a meal out of one story from a horror anthology - we call it Kill By Kill: Bite Size! This week, we bring home the standout segment from 1972’s TRILOGY OF TERROR entitled Amelia - but you know it better for its antagonist, the Zuni Fetish Doll!! Along the way, we talk about creating distance between yourself and a clingy Mom, Richard Matheson: Man of Many Ideas, explore all the insane wallpape...
May 19, 2023•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you ready to fight the horror of robots programmed to kill? Well, how about robots who can shoot guns but don’t possess a trigger finger? 1983's RUNAWAY is an acid-filled mechanical nightmare, and here to help us crack the code is writer ( Bubble, Pop's Chock-lit Shoppe of Horrors ) and beloved podcast host ( Jordan Jessie GO ) Jordan Morris!! Along the way, we attempt to decipher the film’s Store Brand location, comb through all the voluminous hair choices, compare toilet shenanigans, wag o...
May 12, 2023•2 hr 49 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast Animal Attack April has left us a little on the mauled side, so we're heading back to space for a special, supersized flashback episode discussing the ever-goopy GALAXY OF TERROR!! Now you can relive (or experience for the first time) this deep dive into Alien-sploitation! In the first half, we're joined by Josh Hollis and Brian Skinner as we discuss space-based Happy Hour games, decide if human seat belts really work, and get attacked by E.M., The Extraterrestrial Maggot! Then in the back half,...
May 05, 2023•2 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’re going out on a high as we meet COCAINE BEAR in the bathroom to close out Animal Attack April 2023!! Don’t worry, we start spoiler-free for those who haven’t seen it before. Only then do we do some rails with everyone’s favorite coked-up killer ursine before we dig to the point where we can’t feel our faces! We talk baby ball pits, working mom bears, Patrick’s Eagle Scout animal attack training, Gena announces that she’s not a cop, and we join the Bluegrass Conspiracy. All this, plus we cla...
Apr 28, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast Pack your bags and slip on your worst hiking shoes - we’re trekking across the wilderness this week as Animal Attack April continues with the William Girdler semi-classic, DAY OF THE ANIMALS!! Taking this walk with us is the cohost of Waiting To X-hale podcast and Returning Champion, Wynter Mitchell, as we delve into holes in our personal ozone layers, decide which woodland creature deserves a Thalberg Award, point out some sexist vultures, thank the heavens for a bear attack, and enjoy a good “...
Apr 21, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast It’s the most dangerous time of the year!! That’s right, we go from a nibble to a munch as we begin Animal Attack April with 1982’s rat-tacular DEADLY EYES with the help of Returning Champion and our Resident Rat Rampage Expert, Adam Peacock!! Along the way, we explore the best ways to serve steroid corn, marvel at contractually obligated sex scenes, discuss the best time for Shredder and the Foot Clan to move into town, consider how loud your “over the pants stuff” has to be to distract an enti...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast On the season finale of TV Terrors, we’re re-hassling the Hoff and talking about another sterling episode of BAYWATCH NIGHTS with writer Nathan Rabin ( Weird Al: The Book and The Joy of Trash: Flaming Garbage Fire Extended Edition )!! This time, Mitch is up against humanity’s greatest threat: Unfrozen Viking Warriors!! Along the way, we talk about absentee scientists, Lou Rawls' poor attitude about hip hop, net guns, opening for Frank Sinatra, and the genius of Sven Ole-Thorson!! All this, plus ...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’re not playing around, people! We’re upgrading your usual Friday by talking about the first sensation of the new horror year, M3GAN !! Along the way, we discuss how screenwriter Akela Cooper makes over-the-top so damn satisfying, debate if parents really do want to spend less time with their children, consider M3GAN’s real sunglass needs, and explore the world of super-sized children!! All this, plus a cybernetic-enhanced edition of Choose Your Own Adventure, compare M3GAN to other "dead...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome… to Kill By Kill’s TV Terrors, where we make several deals with the Devil this week when we discuss an episode of FANTASY ISLAND !! Along the way, we explore the bureaucracy of the island, why smoke keeps erupting from Roddy McDowell’s butt, debate Mr. Roarke’s power levels, wonder what it takes to make Tattoo look like Blackbeard, pine for Mark McKinney’s Satan from Kids In The Hall, and marvel at the many bad looks foisted upon Adam West!! All this, plus we wonder why so many of the lo...
Mar 24, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ghostface puts us in a "New York State of Murder" as we unpack all the delightfully improbable fun of SCREAM VI!! To start, we go spoiler-free for everyone who hasn’t made out to the theater yet before digging into our favorite Flop House bits, detail the grizzly deaths of professors, killers, and coeds, debate who can pull off a bucket hat better, explore our growing love for the Meeks-Martin twins, and compare and contrast this film to its anchor in the franchise - Scream 2! All this...
Mar 17, 2023•2 hr 54 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Death doesn’t take much of a holiday on TV Terrors as we venture to the islands with Jessica Fletcher on a voodoo-tinged episode of Murder She Wrote ! Along the way, identify persistent kookaburra noise syndrome, struggle to accurately quantify the level of racism bubbling beneath the episode’s surface, wonder why every character has a different Jamaican accent, and covet serpentine wedding gifts! All this, plus we evaluate Jessica’s Level 1 improv skills, meet the least likely voodoo princess o...
Mar 10, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast In This House… we’re talking about the lo-fi creep-fest, SKINAMARINK !! Yeah, the movie experiment where almost nothing happens… we’re breaking it all down! Along the way, we dig into our goofy childhood fears, into Warren Beatty’s maniacal Dicy Tracy rights squatting, launch our campaign for The Knife That Stabs, and take an auditory tour of the homes we grew up terrified in. All this, plus we dig deep into the idea that cemetery ghosts will cram themselves down your throat, we have a quick Sta...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast The Kill By Kill podcast… we can rebuild it! That's good because we are tearing down this 1976 episode of THE BIONIC WOMAN titled The Ghosthunter!! Listen in as we try to piece together exactly how this cyborg lady works, wonder why a tennis pro makes the perfect spy, dismantle the pervasive yet hilarious misogyny built into the series, look out of GhostVision, pine for the stately bedroom of Kristy McNicol, uncover indestructible feet, and dig into Patrick’s favorite subject: locations found on...
Feb 24, 2023•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Feeling hungry? Good news - there’s a whole lot to chew on as we bite into BONES AND ALL !! We start spoiler-free before digging into the film’s underwhelming marketing push, discuss performances that “go full M-O-O-N spells moon” and which ones don’t, meet a cannibal sidekick, explore the dirty 1980s of the Boomer generation that haunts every frame, sink our teeth into some amazing acting and photography on display, and get hungry for hands!! All this, plus we ask serious questions about the sa...
Feb 17, 2023•59 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast It’s the ultimate in alien terror. Well, maybe not THE ultimate. Join Patrick and Gena as they crack the space egg that is Mork & Mindy ’s supernatural season two episode, The Morkville Horror!! Along the way, we scramble our memories of both the show and Robin Williams, try to unlock the Happy Days effect on sitcom characters, decipher the mysterious appeal of The Cannonball Run, unveil the “3 Types of Guys” as described by More & Mindy characters and enjoy the best in local Chicago are...
Feb 10, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Do you know that moment when everything that could go wrong does go wrong? Well, that encapsulates this episode of Kill By Kill as we talk to Gavin and Louie of The Mixed Reviews podcast about 1992’s ALIEN3 . First, Gena’s audio is scuttled by a loose facehugger, and then the catastrophes extend to the insanely complicated production history of the film; we explore the dueling themes of a film made out of two different scripts; and finally, there’s a puppy in the recording studio… and then a xen...
Feb 03, 2023•2 hr 30 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast When a police detective is shot in the face and given a talking car as a partner to fight crime, the first case you think they should tackle is “Rear Window but with a dude in a gorilla suit.” That’s right - we’re talking KNIGHT RIDER on TV Terrors this week. Specifically, in the Halloween Knight episode, the main goal of the producers appears to be making Alfred Hitchcock do multiple 720s inside his coffin. KITT’s mechanic moves into a swinging singles complex and instantly ends up inside a col...
Jan 27, 2023•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Order up! Have we got a tasty new episode for you! Enjoy this exclusive seating at Chez Kill By Kill as we dish on 2022’s THE MENU ! To add a burst of flavor, we welcome Square Roots host and Returning Champion John Brandon back to the pod! First, we serve up an amuse bouche of our non-spoiler feelings about the film before our main course, which includes low thigh stabs, executive producer drama, a mouth-watering discussion about Nicholas Hoult, the explore the thorny ties between fans and crea...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast We were warned. We are doomed. That's right, there's only one Friday the 13th all year, so you know we had to do something to commemorate it! That's why we're jailbreaking a Patreon exclusive commentary of the original FRIDAY THE 13th, so you can watch along with it and celebrate the many, many silly deaths on display! We get right back into the action with folk songs that make us hot, talk Red Harring Cafe customers, wonder why Crazy Ralph got so crazy, debate why Alice would ever sleep with St...
Jan 13, 2023•2 hr 38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Walk the lonely road with us as we tear shirts, bell-bottom pants, and THE INCREDIBLE HULK on this episode of TV Terrors!! Is the tuba the saddest instrument for your personal theme music? Why do you need a stock room filled with pirate’s rum barrels? If you were going to impersonate Bigfoot, would you add clothes to the costume? Is that one lady going to eat her dog? Why does the Hulk sound like a Tesla backing up when transforming? Go green with us as we ask these questions and so many more!! ...
Jan 06, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast To celebrate our Patreon crossing the century mark, we're unlocking one of our favorite episodes from that feed this year, the Listener Request of 1988's BLACK ROSES!! It's Satanic Panic, but neither Canada nor Satan seems to have a very concrete plan as to how to take over the world. This devil-may-care attitude leads to some underwhelming public defacement, some uncomfortable teacher seductions, speaker goblin attacks, wet boy toys, and so, so much more! Part of the BLEAV Network . Get even mo...
Dec 30, 2022•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast For God’s Sake, Get Out of your holiday rut and into Amityville For Christmas!! It’s a brand new tradition here at Kill By Kill, where we head home for the holidays, only it’s a home with a demon pit in the basement and flying pigs in the kid’s windows! This year, we’re completing the “Orig Trig” by opening our doors to THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979), talking malicious money pits, over-the-top performances, ineffectual Catholics, variable strength hauntings, cool kitchen breezes, and sleeping in m...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast We’re changing TGIF to Thank God It’s Urkel!! That’s right, we’re returning to the TV Terrors well for a second week and with a major guest: Director of Scare Me and Werewolves Within and the star of A Wounded Fawn, out now on Shudder, the one the only Josh Ruben! And what better use of his time than to watch and talk about an 8th-season episode of Family Matters entitled STEVIL? Along the way, we discuss the horror of ventriloquist dummies, bored deities, tailoring puppet clothing, the stage ve...
Dec 16, 2022•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tune in and drop dead! That’s right, we’re flipping the channel on our off-week shows and programming a block of the weirdest TV TERRORS we can find. This week, run in slow motion with us as an attempt to rescue the Baywatch Nights episode “Space Spore!” This was season 2 of Baywatch Nights when they switched from a sexy detective show to a not-too-sexy X-Files rip-off. Along the way, we talk about Lou Rawls again, evaluate paranormal midriffs, consider the very valid science of decapitated rat ...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Smile and the whole world screams with you! That’s right, we’re showing teeth and talking about the biggest horror hit of the fall, SMILE!! Along the way, we dig into how the film both explores and exploits mental health, why this just might be the most J-Horror film not filmed in Japan, and the relief you feel when you give up on something stupid and come clean about how the film triggered our own struggles. All this, plus a grizzly Choose Your Own Deathventure, and we wonder why the past crop ...
Dec 02, 2022•57 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Would you like to play a game… for the 3rd year in a row?! That’s right, thank Jigsaw it's the Friday after Thanksgiving because we’re headed back to the town so nice, they never name it once, for Saw 3D: The Final Chapter! Trapped with us for our longest episode yet is someone who is no stranger to games - the co-commissioner of the Screen Drafts podcast , the one and only Clay Keller!! And the walls are really closing in on us this year, as we discuss why this film’s existence is making Franco...
Nov 25, 2022•2 hr 8 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast In Space, no one could hear my son flinch! That’s right - we’re returning to the Nostromo for a special episode of Kill By Kill, revisiting the 1979 sci-fi horror classic ALIEN! Along for this terrifying ride through deep space is Patrick’s son, Oliver, for his first watch. So, like any caring parent, Patrick has shoved a mic in front of his child’s face to ask him what he thinks about xenomorph biology, giving alcohol to your small children, cute dogs in costumes, bad milk robots, how cool “Arn...
Nov 18, 2022•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Life in the big city can come at you fast, especially if you’re being chased by WOLFEN, everyone’s 3rd favorite kinda werewolf, kinda not flick of 1981! In this episode, we skin walk our way through this wild artifact of crumbling NYC infrastructure, find direct connections to both Predator, Verotika, and Boogie Nights, pitch a solid Gregory Hines/Tom Noonan two-hander, and the least convincing one-night stand in Kill By Kill history. All this, plus a biting Choose Your Own Deathventure and intr...
Nov 11, 2022•51 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Come on over and stay a while. A long while. That’s right - we’re talking about one of the fall’s horror phenoms, BARBARIAN, on Kill By Kill!! And don’t worry, we go spoiler-free to start before we get deep into this remarkable flick. Along the way, we talk about the ABRs, why using your expectations against you is the ultimate flex, compare and contrast cinemas' many bad listeners, the convenience of pre-fab murder basements, and celebrate the connection between comedy and horror. All this, plu...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast You might think that our coverage of CREEPSHOW is crawling to a halt, but actually, They’re Creeping Up On You with cohost of Waiting To X-hale podcast and Returning Champion Wynter Mitchell!! Well, there was bound to be an episode of the show that made us bug nuts, and this is it! We're talking cockroach farming techniques, exploring why the Jerry Lewis telethon was such required viewing, pitching MTV’s Joe’s Apartment as a Broadway show, and evaluating E.G. Marshell’s pajama game. All this, pl...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast 
