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

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

In 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 the Evil Dead franchise 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.

  1. The Monkey (2025)

    2 DAYS AGO

    The Monkey (2025)

    We’ve been training for nearly nine years for a Deathventure like this!! That’s right, we’re back in cinemas for horror’s most recent theatrical hit: Osgood Perkins’ THE MONKEY!! It’s an explosive episode filled with bloody good deaths, unusual Stephen King bullies, a Friday the 13th flashback, and the most important question of all… how exactly does Count Orlock bowl? All this, plus terrifying Teppanyaki tales, story-to-screen comparisons, character-based muttonchops, visible nip cameos, Tatiana Maslany worship, the very first #GetBunked of 2025, and our biggest game of Choose Your Own Deathventure in recent memory!! It's a film that lives up to the classic Stephen King horror org chart of either terrify, or horrify - and if you can’t do that, go for the gross out!! Find out For Whom The Monkey Cranks today!!

    1h 6m
  2. KBK After Dark - Basic Instinct 2 (w/ Wynter Mitchell)

    FEB 21

    KBK After Dark - Basic Instinct 2 (w/ Wynter Mitchell)

    It’s said that you can’t go home again. But you shouldn’t just move to London and make the same movie but infinitely worse. And folks, that’s where we found ourselves discussing the sequel no one wanted but was contractually obligated to happen - BASIC INSTINCT 2: RISK ADDICTION. Thank goodness social media impresario and Returning Champion to Kill By Kill, Wynter Mitchell, is here to help us process our anger, grief, and utter confusion!! We have many questions, like does that one guy drown because his earrings are too big? Does Cathrine Trammel have superpowers? How does Dr. Woodblock learn to love murder so quickly? Who is going to Hot Topic to buy all these emo-rock belts? Can you drive stick on the left side of the street AND get fingered? The answers, if we find any, will surprise you! All this plus deprived monocle dropping, Indiana Trammel, Hot Tub Talk Shows, and an overqualified edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Grab an ice pick, and let’s stab this franchise to death together!

    1h 2m
  3. KBK After Dark - Companion (2025)

    FEB 14

    KBK After Dark - Companion (2025)

    Love is exciting and new - especially since it’s been programmed that way. That’s right, February is Kill By Kill After Dark time and we’re over the moon about the recently released COMPANION!! And we’re laying all out there after our spoiler-free section, getting under the surface of this hybrid horror-thriller! We’re talking Jack Quaid’s inherited gifts, Sophie Thatcher's quick-twitch muscles, the sweet (and soured) relationship dynamics, the plague of NPC culture, and hate on “Copyright Horror” a little. All this, plus we consider how a green future includes envy, take on the “horror isn’t political” bullsh*t we were forced to endure last week, embrace the award show love for The Substance, and program a killer edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! We made this episode especially for you!!

    1h 18m
  4. KBK After Dark - Basic Instinct (w/ How to Be a Terrible Daughter)

    FEB 7

    KBK After Dark - Basic Instinct (w/ How to Be a Terrible Daughter)

    If there’s a thin line between clever and stupid, the line has never been thinner than today’s movie. So grab your ice pick and leave your underwear at home - Kill By Kill After Dark is back, and we’re going deep into what some might call the pinnacle of the 90s erotic thriller, BASIC INSTINCT!! Here to help us reveal all the killer details are Elizabeth Malamed and Megan Caper from the How to Be a Terrible Daughter podcast!! Along the way, we expose the film’s links to Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law, worship at the alter of Sharon Stone, consider the practicalities of wearing sweaters in da clerb, badmouth screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, and faint at the concept of bisexuality in the early 90s. Plus, we examine just how bad of a cop Shooter really is, decide to dress like a cowboy for no reason, debate Johnny Boy’s rock star status, and play a dangerous game of Choose Your Own Deathventure. A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. And a cop too stupid to do anything about it! Join us, won’t you?

    1h 22m
  5. Evil Dead (2013)

    JAN 31

    Evil Dead (2013)

    Are you ready for “the most terrifying film of all time?” That’s the bold claim made by the movie’s marketing - about an even bolder take on the Cabin In The Woods genre! And that’s before it tweaks the deadite formula resulting in a surprisingly emotional result. So let’s crack open that Necronomicon to dive into 2013’s EVIL DEAD - the “rebootiquel” that manages to do the impossible: successfully be its own thing. In this episode, we’re getting under the skin of the film’s characters, the personal dynamics that create real drama amongst the scares, and consider the socio-political overtones that the franchise had skimmed over in the past. All this, plus we talk about one of the worst basements we’ve ever encountered, debate whether Count Orlock is a Dirty Peanut, hear us get in our feelings over this entry, and then pick the best/worst option in a game of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Check it out, won’t you?

    1h 12m
  6. Wolf Man (2025)

    JAN 24

    Wolf Man (2025)

    This one’s a howler, folks! That’s right, it’s a serious “bad dad/werewolf dad” sitch as we delve into the first major horror title of 2025, WOLF MAN!! Frankly, that may be too many exclamation marks for this ruminative, domestic drama version of the lycanthrope we all know and love. We’re officially “It’s Fine” about it - and we’re going to spend much of the show trying to figure out why? You’ve got Sudden Oatmeal Syndrome, some gentle parenting backlash, too-big spiders, deep woods carjacking, and dig into the only “conflict free” werewolf drama we’ve ever watched. All this, plus we ask where all the guns went, wonder why Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan is so weirdly sexual, black light filters, and the triumphant return of Wolfen-Vision!! Plus, we a new game: How Many Trailers Will Play Before The Movie At My Local AMC?! Catch Hill Fever with us today!!

    1h 5m
  7. End of Days (1999)

    JAN 17

    End of Days (1999)

    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 Schwarzenegger’s 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 movie’s 25th anniversary and attempt to explain what in the living hell is happening here. That means Kill By Kill is digging into the film’s cursed production history, considering Satan’s HR problems, witnessing massive fart fights, visiting Vatican City Orlando, whipping up a “floor pizza” smoothie, and meeting our newest least-favorite character: Bobby Chicago!! All this, plus rattlesnake baptisms, flaming pee, too many scrolls, boiled grandmas, Limp Bizkit-shunting threeways, and a devilishly involved edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure! Never has an apocalypse looked so inviting and made less sense.

    1h 26m
  8. Nosferatu (2024)

    JAN 10

    Nosferatu (2024)

    Did we like Robert Egger’s NOSFERATU? Let us Count the ways!! That’s right, the moment we’ve waited for all year has arrived as we talk about bad real estate deals, depressing beaches, Albert Potato, nude virgins on horseback, and Count Orlock’s 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 don’t worry… we do “the voice.” Like, a lot.

    1h 27m
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In 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 the Evil Dead franchise 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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