Kill By Kill: Talking Horror Characters One Death At A Time We Write Good

Kiss your nerves goodbye and a new group of Deadeyes hello as we re-enter our favorite cabin in the woods for Sam Raimi’s cult classic, EVIL DEAD II: DEAD BY DAWN!! We’re unpacking every wild camera rig and engorged basement lady in the house as we try to come to grips with this funny and frightful favorite!! We’re talking Bruce Campbell’s jawline, Deadite time management problems, debate whether the Evil Dead is even a franchise despite its near flawless success rate, various wet noises, sophisticated juvenilia, dancing skeletons, examine our anti-Jamie Lee Curtis scream bias, and sudden hand mouth noises!! All this, plus a full character breakdown, a full Choose Your Own Deathventure, and we lament the lack of Sudden Oatmeal Syndrome!! Let’s get groovy, people!!

It’s the movie that made America say, “Delta Rho Chi until the day that we die,” - and then America let it die immediately. That’s right, we’re submitting ourselves to the nearly forgotten charms of 1984’s THE INITIATION with the help of writer, comedian, and host of TV Guidance Counselor podcast, Ken Reid!! Along the way, we unpack bird explosion theories, the limits of stop drop & roll, how to take revenge by Hitler mustache, bad small-town gossip, connect this movie to Student Bodies, and place Refugee up against our best and worst slasher movie bands!! All this, plus we consider the pros and many cons of Ralph Boner, and play a confusing game of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Feel the rush this week on Kill By Kill!! 

If we learned anything from this week’s film, it’s that the “gig economy” will kill you!! That’s right, we hook up with our old friends Radio Silence to discuss the new kiddy vampire flick, ABIGAIL!! Before we get fully rolling, we have a non-spoiler section for those who haven’t caught the film yet. Then we dive into movie theater etiquette, trailer reveals, blood explosions, severed head balancing, too many teeth problems, breaking on SNL, and we worship at the alter of “disturbingly sexy” Dan Stevens!! All this, plus Vampire Breakthrough, call for justice for Melissa Barrera, and bite into a juicy edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! And we have a bonus mini-episode at the very end of the show where we discover, in real-time, exactly what the movie TAROT is. We didn’t know, but now we do. That’s what we like to call growth. 

Tune In, Turn On, Burn In (ratings) Hell!! That’s right, we’re flipping the channel and tackling a new (-ish) flick this week as we slot LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL this week on Kill By Kill!! We start with a non-spoiler look at the movie for those who have yet to catch up before digging into all the most devilish of details, such as our aging roster of Weird Little Guys, endless production cards, terrible AI art, fantastic casting and set design, the value of bent spoon collecting, and comparing bad demonic deals - especially when held up to Lance Henriksen’s Atlanta basketball team wager in THE VISITOR!! You know, the Gold Standard of devil contracts!! All this, plus the hell of cleaning black bile, we compare and contrast this film with other direct broadcast horror efforts and the perfect “10 to 1” selection of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Will Gena’s prediction of “serious pushback” to our options come true? Who gives a hoot? Only time will tell, Night Owls!!

You can’t believe everything that you see, but believe everything you hear as we close out Brian De Pal-May with an in-depth discussion of 1984’s BODY DOUBLE!! That’s right, we are digging deep into De Palma’s Rear Window meets Vertigo in the Adult Section of the video store riff, and we are making sure you’re along for the stalking - er, ride. Along the way, we talk butt recognition, intentional trash, Jamaican Bart Simpson, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, LA location spotting, and we finally talk about a subject we’ve rarely touched on: Craig Wasson!! All this, plus we expose the Happy Fisherman, question dog motivations, and peek in on an all-new edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Live on the seedy side with us, won’t you?

Sometimes when we touch, the cataclysmic psychic connection is too much!! That’s right, we’re making this show move with our minds as we discuss 1978’s telekinetic terror THE FURY with Bloody Disgusting’s Meagan Navarro for Brian De Pal-May!! We’re looking to uncover the truth beneath the film’s horror novel origins, explore how the characters connect to the paranoid thriller’s of the time, evaluate bad mid-level spy agency managers, bad security protocol, Mother Knuckles worship, explode-o-heads, and why one character appears to be addicted to pole vaulting!! All this, plus Charles Durning as Professor XXL, load up some new potshots at Craig Wasson, and a bloody new edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!!