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

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Weapons (2025) Aug 22, 2025

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The podcast you’re about to hear is based on a true story… the story that we went to the theater and watched the fantastic new horror film, WEAPONS!! Also, we wanted to talk about, and we happen to own microphones. So we have a quick non-spoiler review right at the top for those who haven’t been lucky enough to catch this new film in theaters yet before we dive into the thorny, thrilling, and often laugh-out-loud funny motion picture!! We unpack the unexpected themes of the film, shop around our ideas for more soup-based flicks, discuss the power of underexplanation, worship at the altar of Aunt Gladys, and explore why this film seems to have challenged the media comprehension-deprived viewers in the audience!! All this, plus Naruto running, newspaper camouflage, Wolf Mens, Ka-tet building, bad dads, and uncover the mystery of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Run, don’t walk, to listen to us today!!

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Silent Rage (w/ Galen Howard) Aug 15, 2025

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It’s time for love. It’s time to punch with your hands and feet. It’s time for us to discuss one of the two movies where Chuck Norris fights a Michael Myers… 1982’s SILENT RAGE!! Which is neither silent nor a rage… discuss. Here’s to help us raise this action-horror hybrid from the dead is Returning Champion Galen Howard!! Along the way, we explore Chuck’s unique “acting” style, dig into why Ron “Actor/Activist” Silver just can’t turn it off even for a second, and examine every moment of the worst love scene ever committed to film!! All this, plus Stephen “Stephen Furst was Junior ‘the Unseen’” Furst’s improv skills, laundry basket fears, terrible deputies, panties and freeweights, magic elixers, mustache brushing, bad fruit grabs, moving corpses, and a medically upgraded edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! It’s a roundhouse kick to the face of fun this week on Kill By Kill!!

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Malignant (w/ Amanda Jane Stern) Aug 08, 2025

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Friends, neighbors, mere acquaintances… ever see a horror movie you just can’t get out of your head? Well, for us it’s that giallo-flavored, hidden twin horror flick from 2021, MALIGNANT!! Erupting onto the show to help us work it all out is actor/producer (Perfectly Good Moment is now streaming free on Tubi) and podcaster (Don’t Be Crazy) Amanda Jane Stern!! Along the way, we celebrate the singular talents of writer Akela Cooper and director James Wan, discuss janky Hellraiser sequels, connect to B-movie brilliance, veer into intentional tonal shifts, talk about the tether the story has to real-life tragedies, AND TWIINNS!! All this, plus Maximum HBOs, Carnosaur connections, Annabelle complaints, melee fighting, the 9-1-1 universe, more hash-slinging slashers, comic book origins, and a medical grade version of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! You don’t have to wonder where your mind is - it’s listening to an all-new Kill By Kill!!

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Just Before Dawn (w/ Steve Pasieka) Aug 03, 2025

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It’s the summertime, and the weather is hot… and deadly! That’s right, we’re heading deep into the Oregon woods for a little camping, a little foolin’ around, and a lot of grizzly murder as we discuss the 1981 cult classic, JUST BEFORE DAWN, with the help of multimedia artist and Skulk the Hulkling creator, Steve Pasieka!! Along the way, we explore the movie’s survival thriller roots, how director Jeff Lieberman pushed back on the slasher craze of 1981, and Patrick’s dangerous physical media obsession with the movie!! All this, plus E.T. drop-ins, calls to skadoot, timpani drum soundtracks, Sudden Magoo Syndrome, maximum Dirty Peanut, husky ninjas, *deep hurting, fraught rides home, and a penetrating edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Go elbow deep with us on an underappreciated horror gem with us, won't you?

Check out Steve's podcast/graphic novel THE MANY INCESSANT LIVES AND SUBSEQUENT DEATHS DESERVED OF SKULK THE HULKING here!!

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Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) Jul 25, 2025

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No one gets out of here alive, but when a death curse is attached to your family, that horrific accident exit comes awful fast. That’s right, we’re back on our Season 5 beat digging into all the gory details of this year’s franchise revival, FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES!! Along the way, we explore the Bad Penny theory, consider how the Sky View Restaurant ever got approved to open its doors, and delve into our personal struggles with the specter of death itself. All this, plus a magnetically enhanced Double #GetBunked, bad elevator management, swiping garbageman, final girls in STEM, Hobbit Castles, a Pina Colada Song theory, overly sexy funeral wear, and TWO editions of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! So get gussied up, put on your dancing shoes, we've got a get-together that's bound to bring the whole house down!!

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The Dead Zone (w/ Matthew Jackson) Jul 18, 2025

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The podcast feed… is gonna BREAK!! this week, as we dig into one of Stephen King’s most prophetic novels and one of the best film adaptations, 1983’s THE DEAD ZONE!! Here to help us see into the past and future of this terrifyingly political tale is writer and podcaster Matthew Jackson (The Scares That Shaped Us)!! Along the way, we discuss how the film ended up in the hands of the incredible David Cronenberg (thanks to Debra Hill), consider the right and wrong of Dino De Laurentiis' involvement with various King properties, and we explore how the key to the film lies in tracking Christopher Walken’s hair. All this, plus Americana Noir, the return of F*%khorse, addition by subtraction, the cinema of damaged dongs, a deep examination of Frank Dodd’s bedroom, the risk of unintentional "Mother!" syndrome, and a very cutting edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Break a few beams with us today!!

Check out Matthew's podcast The Scares That Shaped Us here!!

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Heart Eyes (2025) Jul 11, 2025

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Is there such a thing as love at first sight? There sure is when the thing you see 2025’s HEART EYES!! That’s right, initially on the schedule for February of this year, bumped due to a scheduling conflict, and now we’re finally getting a chance to sing this film’s praises on the show!! So, who gets their flowers? How about that genuinely fast and funny script by Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day) and Michael Kennedy (Freaky)? Or the crackerjack timing in how Josh Ruben films it? Then there are two insanely charming leads in Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding!! After Horror CoMAYdy, have we found the best combo yet? Find out as we talk Insta-Perfect couples, masticated strawberry sounds, #GetBunked kills, Barns of Doom, hidden trilogies, Hobbs and Shaw - the other ones, and a heartfelt edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Join us for the romance, the comedy, the top-notch slasher movie references of HEART EYES today!!

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I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) Jul 04, 2025

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Not sure if you should listen to this episode? Well, we’re talking about 1997’s I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER so… what are you waiting for, huh?!! That’s right, the 90s Summer slasher - the hit screens in the Fall - is in our hooks, so how does this measure up next to Scream? We get into it all, including an exploration into the origins of the film, Kevin Williamson’s first full swing at a slasher flick, a deep dive into Sylvester Stallone movies we both did and didn’t get to see, the truly wild plot machinations of IKWYDLS that made us doubt our own sanity, and the secret sauce that this film possesses that we wish every other slasher tried to incorporate!! All this, plus fish stink, hot boys, tank top terror, the healing waters of the Atlantic, Galecki stacks, free-hinged performances, the two big reasons for JLH’s success as Julie James, and then the hook brings you back for another edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Cast your nets and catch our latest killer episode today, people!!

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John Carpenter's The Fog Jun 27, 2025

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It’s five minutes to midnight, Antonio Bay - time for one last story!! That’s right, crank up the worst, loudest jazz record that’s ever been etched onto a 12-inch, we’re talking about a quintessential “this town is going to hell” tale, John Carpenter’s THE FOG!! Along the way, we delve into the origin story of Carpenter and Hill’s follow-up to Halloween, wonder how these 100 year old ghosts know so much about gas stations, fall into bed with Tom Atkins, try to define what a true fish toilet is, and re-litigate our feelings about Jamie Lee Curtis’ scream!! All this, plus Getting Zucked, ghoul knockin’, Stevie Wayne’s promo budget, finding wood, fish boat drinking, John Houseman impressions, and hook you up with an all-new edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure!! Get mystified with us today!!

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The Rage Carrie 2 (w/ Jude Ellison Doyle) Jun 20, 2025

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You’ve heard the story before: a Maine telekinetic teen snaps after her bullies play a prank that goes too far… but what if the soundtrack has third-wave ska?

That’s right, consider this Carrie vol. 3 - we’re getting matching tattoos, confessing our love for Shirley Manson, and having our minds blown (apart) by THE RAGE: CARRIE 2!! Here to help us unpack a whole locker’s worth of background and foreground 90s references is author (the new comic book Be Not Afraid from Boom! Studios - issues #1 out now! And a new non-fiction book "DILF: Did I Leave Feminism," coming out October 14 from Melville House) and Returning Champion, Jude Ellison Doyle!!

Along the way, we dig into how this sequel graduated to movie screens, find+replace REO Speedwagon tracks, discover what Carrie White’s spinach was, visit the still-burning remains of the original high school, and consider why Sue freakin’ Snell still thinks she’s good at helping teens with problems!! All this, plus Hot Mom Defenestration Syndrome, “They’re All Gonna Laugh At You” remixes, telekinetic Pinocchios, “plain Jane-ing” of Mena Suvari, the Londons’ Prestige, an epic butt rock soundtracks rant, and a raving edition of a Choose Your Own Deathventure - complete with a top tier #GetBunked!! Press that play button with your mind immediately, people!!

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Kill By Kill theme by Revenge Body. For the full-length version and more great music, head to revengebodymemphis.bandcamp.com today!

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