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

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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01:01:09

Black Phone 2 (2025)

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2026/01/16

Death is just a word, but podcasting is a sacred duty - that’s why we’re braving the storm to bring you follow-up coverage to a blockbuster sequel, 2025’s BLACK PHONE 2!! That’s right, we’re not just taking ghost calls, we’re making them as we dig into the evolution of the film’s lore building, explore the very pointed and relevant Christian messaging within both Black Phone movies, consider the compelling nature of a character’s decency, and discuss what makes an essential Cargill/Derrickson horror

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00:36:34

Friday the 13th (1980) vol 2 redux

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2026/01/13

Thank Jason it’s... Tuesday?! On this week's revisit, we dig into more characters from FRIDAY THE 13th as we bid adieu to our beloved camp cook (Annie) and Crystal Lake's first-class clown (Ned), and we answer a series of important questions like: When you’re new in town, should you ask a dog for directions? Is it okay to be jealous of a crazy person’s biking posture? Are you properly prepared to exit a moving vehicle today? Plus, another seminal game of Choose Your Own Deathventure and a conspiracy

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01:31:17

Ghost Story (w/ Brendan Murphy)

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2026/01/09

Do we have a story to tell you! Gather ‘round as we tell the tale for four guys who cannot handle their polycule!! That’s right, we’re cracking open the Stephen King Universe adjacent novel adaptation, 1981’s GHOST STORY!! Huddled next to the fire with a snifter of brandy is editor and TikTok retro movie reviewer, Brendan Murphy (@MurphCo)!! Along the way, we dig into author Peter Straub’s road to a million-dollar payday, unpack why adapting the book proved to be so tricky, and we reopen our

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00:22:45

Friday the 13th vol 1 redux

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2026/01/06

Thank Jason it’s been nearly 10 years!! That's right, we're celebrating almost a decade of making fun of horror movie characters in the order in which they die by revisiting where it all began: the first episode of Kill By Kill!! In this episode, Patrick and Gena will unpack all the gory details of horror cinema’s least appreciated element: the characters, starting with the 1980 slasher classic, FRIDAY THE 13th! This is where it all began, starting with our own personal introductions to the Friday

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00:55:53

Blood Beach (1981) Patreon Unlocked!!

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2026/01/02

Well, you made it to 2026. It’s officially the Dead of Winter. What better way to celebrate the frozen tundra of our lives like a trip to where the sun is warm, the waves are tasty, and the beach is… deadly!! That’s right, we’re cracking open the Patreon Vault to let everyone hear our savagely sandy evaluation of 1981’s creature-that’s-barely-featured, BLOOD BEACH!! Along the way, we explore dark-ass piers, cops who can’t shut up about Chicago, useless eyewitnesses, swimming commutes, pitiful

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01:12:01

Amityville The Evil Escapes For The Holidays (1989)

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2025/12/30

If it’s the MOST wonderful time of the year, you know we have to round out our Amityville revisit with the one thing that brings light into our lives… a haunted lamp!! That’s right, illuminating the world to the TV Terror turned hand-mauling home video sequel, AMITYVILLE 4: THE EVIL ESCAPES!! See lamps lash out, witness electrical cords go full Popeye, experience reduced fly budgets, beyond the beige Mr. T, grab a little hot Old Priest/Young Priest action, and shudder at the maximum withholding of

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00:51:45

Five Nights At Freddy's (2023)

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2025/12/26

It's the time of year when we gather together as a family and force one another to watch movies we had no desire to see in the first place. This week, Patrick kid Oli makes him shove the 2023 videogame adaptation FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S into his eyeballs, and now you all have to hear about it!! That's right, Oli has the 411 on the game version of the story and remembers about half of it. Who is the mysterious Purple Guy? Why would you keep real quarters inside an abandoned arcade? How many

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01:06:06

Amityville 1979 For The Holidays

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2025/12/23

For God’s Sake, Get Out of your holiday rut and into Amityville For Christmas!! That's right, we've remixed this episode for clarity as we head home for the holidays. Granted, this home has a demon pit in the basement and flying pigs in the kids’ windows! In this 2023 episode, we start at the beginning of the “Orig Trig” by opening our doors to THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (1979), talking malicious money pits, over-the-top performances, ineffectual Catholics, variable strength hauntings, cool kitchen

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01:15:13

The Amityville Horror (2005)

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2025/12/19

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls… haunted holiday time is here!! That’s right, we’re going back over where it all began yet again with another version of THE AMITYVILLE HORROR, this time with more abs!! So what makes the 2005 edition of the same story so despicably stupid? Why are all the ghosts fighting? How much of this haunting can be chalked up to black mold? What timeline is this babysitter sliding in from? Does anyone emerge from this film unscathed? All this, plus haunted yard sales,

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01:28:23

Amityville 3D For The Holidays (w/ Michael Varrati &...

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2025/12/16

Don't get your tinsel in a tizzy, cause Amityville For The Holidays revisited is back!! That's right, the house may be saying, “Get Out!” but we’re going all in on 1983’s AMITYVILLE 3D with Returning Champion Michael Varrati and his Midnight Mass co-cult leader, Peaches Christ! Buckle up, cause this is one wild ride as we discuss Willam Defoe’s nonexistent rep as a shy sex-kitten, spy floating severed penises, we pitch several Amityville legal spinoffs, and we ask the most important question in the

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01:17:24

Scanners (1981)

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2025/12/12

There are 8.3 billion people in the world, and only 237 of them are Scanners. And one Scanner is the most boring man in the world. The rest of them are some real firecrackers! That’s right, we’re getting to the cold, frigid truth this week as we talk about the ultimate movie in telepathic horror, 1981’s SCANNERS!! Along the way, we explore the writer/director David Cronenberg’s influences, how the Canuxsploitation scene took shape, and the real-life cults that gave birth to the film’s underground of

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01:35:05

Amityville II For The Holidays (w/ Megan Dooley)

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2025/12/09

Ho-Ho-Hold up!! Hang the holly on that haunted house as we attempt to flip Amityville II: The Possession with the help of our pal, Megan Dooley. That's right, it's Amityville For The Holidays time!! Along the way, we talk about filth dungeons, unconvincing priest toupees, too much bladder work, and “fly strips gathered together in the shape of a human” known as Burt Young. It’s Law & Order: Haunted House Special Victims Unit from the beginning, so believe us when we say CONTENT WARNING. This

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01:38:25

The Shining (w/ Ritch Duncan)

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2025/12/05

Haunted. Cursed. Malevolent. Where does one even begin when it comes to the Stanley Kubrick adaptation of the Stephen King novel THE SHINING? This week on Kill By Kill, we’re exploring the impact of this totemic film on horror and cinema, and the very conflict between creatives behind it. Here to help us search these endless hallways for clues is writer (Deathbed: Horror Stories by Comedy Writers) and comedian Ritch Duncan!! Along the way, we dig into the origins of the King novel, how he bared his

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01:10:02

Happy Birthday To Me vol 2 (w/ Josh Hollis) redux

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2025/12/02

Due to the bizarre nature of this podcast, we hope you put down any sharp food utensils before enjoying Vol. 2 of our re-release bonus episode this week, discussing Happy Birthday To Me (1981)!! Here to help us unwrap this unhinged motion picture is Kill By Kill artist-in-residence and Returning Champion, Josh Hollis (Predict-O-Cast & Butterfly Kisses). We dig into it all, like whether shish kabob can ever truly be considered a midnight snack, confront the idea that we have a legit murderous

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01:26:47

Sawsgiving vol. 6 (w/ Louis Peitzman)

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2025/11/28

Gather around, family and friends, to celebrate what we’re thankful for: deadly traps. That’s right! The reason for the season is back as we talk turkey, tenuous plot devices, and 2005’s SAW II for Sawsgiving!! Here to help us explore the Jigsaw Industrial Complex is writer (Vulture, BuzzFeed, and more), podcaster (Chasing Amy Adams), and real Saw fan Louis Peitzman!! Along the way, we explore why the Saw franchise is “special in a stupid way,” consider the shifting moral landscape of John Kramer’s

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01:21:42

Happy Birthday To Me vol 1 (w/ Anya Stanley) redux

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2025/11/25

Light the candles and cut the cake! If you made a wish that Kill By Kill return to the classics, then it’s about to come true! On this week’s bonus episode, Gena & Patrick are unpacking all the gory details of 1981’s Happy Birthday To Me with the help of writer-at-large for birthmoviesdeath & Fangoria, Anya Stanley!! We ask big questions, like “Is this French Motocross perv a vampire?” and “Why does this character store her gardening shears inside of a mini-coffin?” We also tackle the very

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00:49:47

HIM (w/ Marques Ogden)

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2025/11/20

Are you ready for some football?! All my rowdy friends have gathered to get into all the gory details of this year’s pro-football horror freakout, HIM!! And the scouting report looks even better, as we've drafted someone to help us feel the impact of the film: former NFL pro Marques Ogden (host of the Get Authentic podcast)!! Along the way, we suit up for a modern-day gladiatorial battle, unpack the many horror references laced into the film, and tackle the troubling questions the movie raises, such

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01:27:14

IT Chapter 1 redux

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2025/11/18

When you think about what you’ll find in your local sewer system, what comes to mind? Sure, you’ll see loose tires and teenage mutant ninja turtles - but interdimensional murder clowns? That’s right, we’re revisiting Derry, Maine, and our original reaction to the first IT film from 2017!! Here to add to our little Loser’s Club is Returning Champion, Phil Gonzales (It's Del Toro Time podcast)! This episode was recorded mere hours after our first viewing of the film, so you’re getting our immediate

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01:17:19

I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)

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2025/11/14

Well… someone’s getting the hook for this one. Be warned: it’s spoilers from minute one as we once again don our 4th of July finest to get mixed up in a mystery so underwhelming even the Scooby Gang won’t spare a net or a beatnik stoner to help out. That’s right, we’re recalling our recent viewing of 2025’s rebootiquel, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, because you demanded it!! Folks, forget our quibbles with the original film because this reimagining is total fish bait. Along the way, we talk about

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00:36:35

IT Welcome To Derry vol 1

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2025/11/11

Before the Loser’s Club attempted their temporal pincer movement on an interdimensional murder clown, another small group of kids from Derry discovered that something was eating the children from the sewers and tried to do something about it. Did they succeed? Let’s find out as Patrick and Gena review the first episode of HBO’s IT: Welcome To Derry!! Along the way, we discuss pacifier addiction, conal boobs, lampshare revulsion, the return of the Standpipe, The Mangler (Pickle Edition), and a movie

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