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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 Nightmare on Elm Street 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.

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

    • TV & Film
    • 4.8 • 209 Ratings

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 Nightmare on Elm Street 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.

    Scream VI (2023)

    Scream VI (2023)

    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, plus we gut our way through a visceral Choose Your Own Deathventure, celebrate a rare Ghostface #GetBunked, call out friends of the show with Scream 6 cameos and connections, and of course, we examine the return of one of our fave of the franchise, the one, the only, Kirby Reed! It’s a super-sized Stab-athon exclusively for you, the Kill By Kill faithful!

    This episode of the Kill By Kill podcast is brought to you in part by UNSEEN! Two women form an unlikely connection when Sam, a gas station clerk, receives a misdialed call from Emily, who is running from her murderous ex-boyfriend in the woods. Having lost her glasses in her escape, Emily must rely on Sam's eyes using the video call to survive. Unseen is the latest thriller from Blumhouse Productions. Available to buy or rent on digital now. This film is not rated.

    • 1 hr 54 min
    TV Terrors vol 7 Murder She Wrote

    TV Terrors vol 7 Murder She Wrote

    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 of all time, and one of the most difficult Choose Your Own Deathventure scenarios of all time!! Whodunit? We dun it. (I apologize)

    • 42 min
    Skinamarink (2023)

    Skinamarink (2023)

    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 State of the Union in Horror, and meet Jerry the Demon! Stay with us as we fumble in the dark, won’t you?

    • 1 hr 11 min
    TV Terrors vol 6 The Bionic Woman

    TV Terrors vol 6 The Bionic Woman

    The Kill By Kill podcast… we can rebuild it! Which is 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 the Universal Studios backlot! All this, plus we judge the dramatic work of a still image, question if it’s right to keep your dead wife’s shoes around in your lab, and try to withstand the devastating attack of “mind logs.” Oh, and a bionic-powered edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure too!

    • 39 min
    Bones And All (2022)

    Bones And All (2022)

    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 sartorial needs of Eaters and consider David Cronenberg, Fashion Model!! It’s a walking feast this week on Kill By Kill!!!

    This episode of the Kill By Kill podcast is partly brought to you by DISQUIET, a twisted, spine-tingling thriller, now streaming on Redbox. Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars as a patient who wakes to discover he is trapped in an abandoned hospital by mysterious and sinister forces that have no intention of letting him leave. Don't miss out on this must-see movie: Stream DISQUIET instantly on Redbox On Demand today. Rated R. From Paramount Pictures.

    • 58 min
    TV Terrors vol 5 Mork & Mindy

    TV Terrors vol 5 Mork & Mindy

    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, we unveil the “3 Types of Guys” as described by More & Mindy characters and enjoy the best in local Chicago area commercials along the way. All this, plus we attempt to get to the bottom of Exeter, and we attempt to understand the devastating physical effect that Cheryl Tiegs had on bicyclists! Discover why it “taint hard” exclusively on Kill By Kill!!

    • 41 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
209 Ratings

209 Ratings

Teriac ,

Fantastic

A loving look at the genre, excellent guests who always entertain. I love finally finding a podcast with hosts of my age, I feel like the pop culture references are tailor made for me! ;)

Scott2479 ,

Awesome show

I started listening to kill by kill almost almost 2 years and have enjoyed every episode. There are times I might have a different take on a movie but it does not takeaway from the entertainment value. A couple highlights have been Friday the 13th part five volume 2 when Gena reads the wiki description of Lana’s and Billy’s death and the Visitor episode which we’re both much better than the actual films. This show has brought me so much laughter and entertainment that I became a patron. Keep up the great work.

LynnieKneiz ,

My Saturday Treat

I stumbled upon this podcast and was intrigued by the idea of positive news stories. I started listening and the stories were only OK at first and I really didn’t quite get Alison and Tod‘s personalities yet. But I like to go for long walks on the weekend and listened to it anyway. After a few weeks I really started to enjoy their style and how they interacted with each other and how they looked at the world. Now I look forward to listing every week. Give it a try and give it a few weeks to “get it”.

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