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

If you want your MTV - you’re out of luck. That place is essentially dead. That’s why we’re cracking the Necronomicon to resurrect the most horrific music videos we then think of on our latest iteration of Kill The Rock Star!! This week, we explore the mind-numbing horrors of middling-level magic performers as we make The Steve Miller Band’s 1982 hit ABRACADABA reappear before your very ears!! Along the way, we delve into our ambivalence toward Steve Miller and our seething hatred of The Eagles, Miller’s criminally lazy rhyming schemes, ponder the panty styles of angels, and question reports that this video and the main model/actress featured in it are “iconic” in any way. All this, plus bad magic acts, laconic tangos, and the only rat-chicken-baby transition ever filmed!! We’re trying to pull a funny episode out of the hat this week on Kill By Kill!!

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A cabin in the woods. A group of college friends. And a book in the cellar someone just cannot stop themselves from reading. These are the basic elements that create one of the most lasting horror franchises of all time - and it’s our starting point for Season Five of the Kill By Kill podcast talking about the one, the only, the original - THE EVIL DEAD!! Listen along with us as we crack the flesh-covered spine of the Necronomicon, explore Sudden Oatmeal Syndrome, wonder why a blender somehow makes the trip, unlock the unpredictable elements that make the film so compelling, and learn a new rule: there’s always a La Quinta! All this, plus we recount how much we hate Scott, we resurrect a variation of Choose Your Own Deathventure, and we introduce a new character we like to call “HOA Deadite!” We’re going more in-depth than a Sam Raimi close-up of Bruce Campbell’s monobrow on our first Evil Dead episode of the season!!

CW: This episode does discuss the woodland SA that occurs in the movie. If such conversations are not something you wish to hear about, we suggest skipping that section.

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Does “the funk of 40,000 years” hold up after four more decades? Let’s find out together as we press play on the grand finale of Season 4 and the mother of all music videos, Michael Jackson’s Thriller!! Along the way, we talk about unconvicted manslaughter enthusiasts, breaking the VHS rental model, why being a werewolf cat requires competent time management, instant skeletons, Vincent Price’s incredible rap feature career, and revel in the implausible, wig-filled ending of Sly Stallone’s Nighthawks!! All this, plus the debut of Choose Your Own ZombieVenture, and stay tuned as we give you the heads up for what’s coming in Season 5 of Kill By Kill!!

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It’s time to get behind the wheel with two Masters of Horror and one of the biggest baddies ever produced from Detroit, MI! That’s right, we’re talking JOHN CARPENTER’S CHRISTINE with critic and Critically Acclaimed Network podcaster, William Bibbiani!! It’s a pedal to the metal show as we go deep on Christine’s insane opening weekend competition in 1983, Stephen King’s embrace and eventual rejection of nostalgia, and how Christine is a vehicle for so many different interpretations!! We hope you’re ready to go for a trip because this extended conversation includes discussion of how oversexed the movie’s characters are, the horrors of friendship, dirty back braces, rejecting Kelly Preston, Uncle Steve’s Greaser Bullies, casting Killdeer, and learning the lessons of Shaking Hands With Danger!! All this, plus a revved-up edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure, and we fondly remember Jim Henson’s Eraserhead Babies!! Take the trip with us today, people!!

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Thank Jason it’s Friday!! That’s right, we’re headed back to Camp Crystal Lake - but with a newbie this time: my own 13-year-old, Oli!! What is it like for someone who knows a little about 1980’s FRIDAY THE 13th from hanging around his old man but doesn’t know any of the big twists? Find out as Patrick and Gena quiz a middle schooler on the finer points of this slasher classic and ask all the important questions: Why is it so cold during New Jersey summers? What does Gene Siskel look like in your mind? Will we ever cover SHARKS OF THE CORN? Are we taking the original #GetBunked death too seriously? Can you escape a moving van without an ankle injury? What is the best nickname for Pamela Voorhees? When was the first time you saw Kevin Bacon’s butt? And the biggest question of all… why is Old Spice blue? All this, plus an exceptionally youth-driven Choose Your Own Deathventure and trying to convince a teen that the Theme of The Pink Panther is very, very scary!! He was warned. He’s doomed. He’s pretty darn cute.

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It's October!! It's our 300th episode!! It's Bill Paxton skipping in a cemetery? It's ALL those things and more as we celebrate the horror flicks of 1983 and our tricentennial with one of the gang from We Hate Movies and returning champion Stephen Sajdak!! First, we've unearthed a slasher gem from the grave: MORTUARY!! This film has everything: Shag-adelic Frankensteins, Billy Beer, sunken living rooms, Chekov's Phone Co., the Boogie Van code, improvised grab-ass, multiple tummy stabbings, slasher disco tracks, Greg's Dad, aka The Main Character of the movie, and a beachside Sheriff's office we'd all like to work at!! All this, an in-depth analysis of every nightgown worn in the film, and stomach-centric Choose Your Won Deathventure are all waiting for you!! Share this episode with someone you love. Even someone you'd love to embalm alive - we won't judge.

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We’re not saying goodbye to the Final Destination franchise… it’s a secret hello? That’s right - we’re following Death's design as we talk FINAL DESTINATION 5, complete with aggressive flip-phone calls, questionable Everclear and Nickleback references, and an all-new version of a Dirty Peanut!! Helping us see this vision a little more transparent is Dread Central managing editor and Development Hell podcast host Josh Korngut!! Will we avoid our deadly destiny? Does the incredible Tony Todd show up to add an entirely new wrinkle to the FD mythology? Can anyone tell any of the characters in this movie apart from one another? All this, plus a squishy edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure, and we take an x-ray of Final Destination’s lack of bones inside bodies!! Season 4 may be wrapping up, but The Body Count Continues as we celebrate Halloween 1983 starting next week on Kill By Kill!!

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Welcome… to Kill By Kill’s TV Terrors! Again!! A ghost in the machine has caused some disruptions to our feed in anticipation of spooky season, so we're getting "da crazy" for Dafoe as we discuss one of Willam's first major acting roles in an episode of HBO's "Hitchcock but with boobs" anthology THE HITCHHIKER!! In this episode, "Ghostwriter," Dafoe plays a writer who hatches a needlessly complicated, extremely stupid plan to fake his own death, and he is shockingly terrible at it. Ultimate 80s DILF Barry Bostwick is here as well, wearing some of the boxiest suits money can buy!! You kids with your OnlyFans and your RedTube don't know how good you have it as The Hitchhiker was the closest thing a lot of us 80s kids had to p0rn - as demonstrated by this episode's tedious yet topless hot tub scene!! All this, plus morning sax solos, single-page newspapers, secret ghosts, and we witness one of the worst ways to escape the police ever recorded, and so much more!! Next week, we'll be back to wrap up our coverage of the Final Destination franchise!!

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Be very, very quiet. We’re hunting an all-new episode of the Kill BY Kill podcast!! That’s right, this week we get loud about one of our favorite streaming titles, 2016’s HUSH with the help of writer and The Losers Club podcast co-host Jenn Adams!! Along the way, we go deep on Mike Flanagan’s filmography and his career-long assault on hands, consider this movie’s place in the genre of Screen Horror, pine for the addition of anvils, lament the difficulty of crossbow loading, and illuminate the deaf community’s legit issues with the finished product. All this, plus we take a detour into Stephen King territory, we don’t stay quiet about Choose Your Own Deathventure, and star and co-writer Kate Siegel gets the flowers she deserves!! Check it out!!

This episode of the Kill By Kill podcast is brought to you in part by Stephen King's new novel of suspense, HOLLY - available now wherever books are sold! Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to uncover the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. To celebrate the book's release, We're giving away a select number of eBook versions of Holly to our listeners! Just write a new review of Kill By Kill on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen to the show, and tell us your favorite Stephen King novel in the body of the review and send us a screenshot at [email protected] for your chance to win!

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We're clawing our way back into Kill By Kill: Bite Size!! This week, TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE takes the hit as we talk "The Cat From Hell" segment, the realistic acting choices of David Johansen, trade William Hickey impressions, consider Stephen King's obsession with hit men vs. unlikely opponents, pick apart the story's timeline shifts, and try not to make too many puns about cat's killing people in overtly sexualized ways. All this, plus we "paws" for a cat-tacular edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure, and celebrate the many bottomless shots of SHORT CUTS!! There's a lot to swallow on this episode of Kill By Kill - check it out!! Oh, and the movie we can't remember is LET IT RIDE. It's not good.

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