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

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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.

  1. Hello Mary Lou Prom Night 2 vol. 2 (w/ April Wolfe) redux

    47m ago ·  Bonus

    Hello Mary Lou Prom Night 2 vol. 2 (w/ April Wolfe) redux

    Grab your rental tux and worst wrist corsage, we're back for another revisit of Hello Mary Lou Prom Night 2. Here to help Gena & Patrick crown our new Queen, the first appearance on the show of screenwriter (Black Christmas 2019) and former Switchblade Sisters host, April Wolfe!! Along the way we discover the positive power of manslaughter, we decide what our “surprise Dokken video” outfit would be, take a dip in the au jus fountain, mourn the lack of Evil Fonzies in our adult lives, let Jesus take the wheel when it comes to thread counts on sheets, and this is also the debut appearence of one of the show's favorite characters... f*%khorse! All this, plus we admire Michael Ironside’s butt and a crushingly awesome edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure on this redux episode of Kill By Kill!   Part of the BLEAV Network. Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon!  Join Patrick's new newsletter SCREAM SHARE for weekly new/classic/and "free to watch" streaming horror picks, and join him for a virtual watch party on the 3rd Friday of every month!!   Check out Gena's newsletter on Ghost!!   Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com   Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, head to revengebodymemphis.bandcamp.com today! Join the new Discord Server Convo here!   Click here to visit our Dashery/TeePublic shop for killer merch!    Join the conversation about any episode on the Facebook Group!  Follow us on IG @killbykillpodcast!! Join us on Threads or even Bluesky    Check out the films we’ve covered & what might come soon on Letterboxd!      Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 31m
  2. Send Help (2026)

    4d ago

    Send Help (2026)

    Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls… island time is here. That’s right, we’re crash-landing into a fantastic exploration of the themes and characters within Sam Raimi’s fantastic new film, SEND HELP! Along the way, we explore how the film flips the script on Drag Me To Hell’s capitalist monkey’s paw, compare and contrast Linda’s idea of Survivor gameplay versus a real deserted island, love on Dylan O’Brien’s punchable face, and consider the possibility that the film is just a really odd romantic comedy. All this, plus Strange By Strange, excellent nipple placement, boar juice, plane crash entitlement, Patrick’s terrible Axl Rose impression, and a tropical flavor variant of Choose Your Own Deathventure. So grab a flask of fruit wine with us for calm waves, sandy beaches, and a dash of murder on this week's Kill By Kill!    Part of the BLEAV Network. Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon!  Join Patrick's new newsletter SCREAM SHARE for weekly new/classic/and "free to watch" streaming horror picks, and join him for a virtual watch party on the 3rd Friday of every month!!   Check out Gena's newsletter on Ghost!!   Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com   Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, head to revengebodymemphis.bandcamp.com today! Join the new Discord Server Convo here!   Click here to visit our Dashery/TeePublic shop for killer merch!    Join the conversation about any episode on the Facebook Group!  Follow us on IG @killbykillpodcast!! Join us on Threads or even Bluesky    Check out the films we’ve covered & what might come soon on Letterboxd!      Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 1m
  3. Hello Mary Lou Prom Night 2 vol. 1 (w/ Tyler MacIntyre) redux

    Jul 7 ·  Bonus

    Hello Mary Lou Prom Night 2 vol. 1 (w/ Tyler MacIntyre) redux

    Thank Mary Lou... we're back! That’s right, it's time to revisit all the gory details of 1987’s least likely sequel to a disco slasher: Hello Mary Lou Prom Night 2! Here to escort us to the dance is writer (2023's Five Nights at Freddy's) and director (Tragedy Girls/Patchwork/It's A Wonderful Knife) Tyler MacIntyre as we talk about monocle popping, debate just how clean a bathroom should be on prom night, we coin the term “son-of-a-person arsonist,” and Gena nails a character’s wardrobe as “something you would wear to perform in a Christian puppet show.” All of this, plus a challenging round of Choose Your Own DeathVenture, and you’ve got Part 1 of a Canuxploitation date you’ll never forget! Part of the BLEAV Network. Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon!  Join Patrick's new newsletter SCREAM SHARE for weekly new/classic/and "free to watch" streaming horror picks, and join him for a virtual watch party on the 3rd Friday of every month!!   Check out Gena's newsletter on Ghost!!   Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com   Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, head to revengebodymemphis.bandcamp.com today! Join the new Discord Server Convo here!   Click here to visit our Dashery/TeePublic shop for killer merch!    Join the conversation about any episode on the Facebook Group!  Follow us on IG @killbykillpodcast!! Join us on Threads or even Bluesky    Check out the films we’ve covered & what might come soon on Letterboxd!      Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 9m
  4. Child's Play 1988 (w/ Jude Ellison Doyle)

    Jul 3

    Child's Play 1988 (w/ Jude Ellison Doyle)

    We’re your podcast ’til the end, and there’s no better way to show it than by starting Season 7 off with an in-depth play session with the original CHILD’S PLAY! Here to help us be true Good Guys is writer (Dead Teenagers from Oni; Clayface: Celebrity Dirt from DC) and Returning Champion to the show, Jude Ellison Doyle! Along the way, we open the history books of how Chucky was created, unpack why horror hates single moms, ask why stranglers aren’t more community-minded, and Jude educates us on the history of parents not believing their children about serial killers. All this, plus sexy tree nannies, Voodoo John, department store meanies, haunted hairlines, Good Guy loosies, the Dennis Franz, and a new, factory-sealed edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! So give us the power to listen to this episode, we beg of you!   Part of the BLEAV Network. Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon!  Join Patrick's new newsletter SCREAM SHARE for weekly new/classic/and "free to watch" streaming horror picks, and join him for a virtual watch party on the 3rd Friday of every month!!   Check out Gena's newsletter on Ghost!!   Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com   Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, head to revengebodymemphis.bandcamp.com today! Join the new Discord Server Convo here!   Click here to visit our Dashery/TeePublic shop for killer merch!    Join the conversation about any episode on the Facebook Group!  Follow us on IG @killbykillpodcast!! Join us on Threads or even Bluesky    Check out the films we’ve covered & what might come soon on Letterboxd!      Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 46m
  5. Prom Night 1980 (w/ Janel Schermerhorn) redux

    Jun 30 ·  Bonus

    Prom Night 1980 (w/ Janel Schermerhorn) redux

    Thank Jason we're taking a quick break from our FRIDAY THE 13th franchise revisit and getting our boogie on! That's right, it’s 1980s PROM NIGHT, and everything is alright! Kinda. We're digging into this singular Canuxploitation slasher classic starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, and “the oldest teenagers since Grease.” And our date for the special episode? Why its Janel Schermerhorn, the very woman Patrick took to his own senior prom! Oh, and the truth comes out!! Along the way, we wait in vain for the eventual disco-pocalypse, discuss why a dead body would be retrieved by a rope truck, dig into the reason why every Canadian couple wants to have sex in a locker room, propose a Prom Night/9-to-5 crossover, and bear witness to “man-on-van combat.” We also delve into a wild Prom Night fan theory to begin and end them all! Plus, a Promposal in the form of Choose Your Own Death-venture. Make memories with this special episode that will last a lifetime. Or at least feel like one.  Part of the BLEAV Network. Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon!  Join Patrick's new newsletter SCREAM SHARE for weekly new/classic/and "free to watch" streaming horror picks, and join him for a virtual watch party on the 3rd Friday of every month!!   Check out Gena's newsletter on Ghost!!   Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com   Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, head to revengebodymemphis.bandcamp.com today! Join the new Discord Server Convo here!   Click here to visit our Dashery/TeePublic shop for killer merch!    Join the conversation about any episode on the Facebook Group!  Follow us on IG @killbykillpodcast!! Join us on Threads or even Bluesky    Check out the films we’ve covered & what might come soon on Letterboxd!      Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 39m
  6. Kill By Kill's 10th Anniversary Spectacular

    Jun 26

    Kill By Kill's 10th Anniversary Spectacular

    Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls… we’ve been talking to you for a full decade! That’s right, we’re looking back at 10 years of making fun of Jason Voorhees, bad vampire planners, Sudden Oatmeal Syndrome deadites, inventing skulls, exploding birds, walking fish toilets, and the bad boyfriends who ask, “Have you considered my penis?” All this, plus hot tub sex scenes, Mary Lou Maloney worship, death by dodgeball, robot fashion shoots, exploding slugs, and much, much more! Thank you one and all for being a part of this weird and wonderful journey. Don’t worry… the Body Count will continue.    Part of the BLEAV Network. Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon!  Join Patrick's new newsletter SCREAM SHARE for weekly new/classic/and "free to watch" streaming horror picks, and join him for a virtual watch party on the 3rd Friday of every month!!   Check out Gena's newsletter on Ghost!!   Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com   Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, head to revengebodymemphis.bandcamp.com today! Join the new Discord Server Convo here!   Click here to visit our Dashery/TeePublic shop for killer merch!    Join the conversation about any episode on the Facebook Group!  Follow us on IG @killbykillpodcast!! Join us on Threads or even Bluesky    Check out the films we’ve covered & what might come soon on Letterboxd!      Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 16m
  7. Friday the 13th The Final Chapter vol 5 (w/ Clint Worthington) redux

    Jun 23 ·  Bonus

    Friday the 13th The Final Chapter vol 5 (w/ Clint Worthington) redux

    Need a distraction? Well, Thank Jason it’s Friday - the Kill By Kill Podcast is here to help. Your remix series is sadly closing the book on Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, but we're lucky to have the support of movie critic and podcaster Clint Worthington to help! Along the way, we discuss new craft selections for Jason’s Crystal Lake Swap Meet stand, the disturbing connection between The Final Chapter and every other Tennessee Williams play, Tommy’s Uncle Fester cosplay, and celebrate the elevation of Trish to supreme Final Girl badass! Plus, we talk about the Voorhees Family’s hatred of windows, and there’s an all-new edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure! It’s a real slice of fun for the whole family!! (Warning: Do Not Listen With Your Whole Family. Please download it separately.) Read Clint's work at The Spool! Part of the BLEAV Network. Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon!  Join Patrick's new newsletter SCREAM SHARE for weekly new/classic/and "free to watch" streaming horror picks, and join him for a virtual watch party on the 3rd Friday of every month!!   Check out Gena's newsletter on Ghost!!   Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com   Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, head to revengebodymemphis.bandcamp.com today! Join the new Discord Server Convo here!   Click here to visit our Dashery/TeePublic shop for killer merch!    Join the conversation about any episode on the Facebook Group!  Follow us on IG @killbykillpodcast!! Join us on Threads or even Bluesky    Check out the films we’ve covered & what might come soon on Letterboxd!      Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 16m
  8. In The Mouth of Madness (w/ Mandi Bossard)

    Jun 19

    In The Mouth of Madness (w/ Mandi Bossard)

    Do you read Sutter Cane? Really? Name three albums! Sorry? He’s a fictional novelist who is in contact with the Elder Gods who wish to retake the Earth and subject us to their dark dominion? Someone should make a movie about that. They did?! It’s called IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, and it’s a stone-cold John Carpenter classic that we’re covering this week with the help of TikTok’s own Mandi Bossard! Along the way, we dig into the extremely Hollywood backstory of the script, explore what Sutter Cane’s actual pathway to a Second Coming is, consider the astronomical cigarette budget for the movie, and dig into whether we’re watching the movie or if we’re watching the movie-within-the-movie! All this, plus Poison bassists, woman-written-by-man, spoil Backrooms hallways, H.P. Lovecraft roasts, ball-and-chains, and a very tentacle-filled edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure! This episode is a real page-turner, so check it out!!    Part of the BLEAV Network. Get even more episodes exclusively on Patreon!  Join Patrick's new newsletter SCREAM SHARE for weekly new/classic/and "free to watch" streaming horror picks, and join him for a virtual watch party on the 3rd Friday of every month!!   Check out Gena's newsletter on Ghost!!   Artwork by Josh Hollis: joshhollis.com   Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, head to revengebodymemphis.bandcamp.com today! Join the new Discord Server Convo here!   Click here to visit our Dashery/TeePublic shop for killer merch!    Join the conversation about any episode on the Facebook Group!  Follow us on IG @killbykillpodcast!! Join us on Threads or even Bluesky    Check out the films we’ve covered & what might come soon on Letterboxd!      Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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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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