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A horror movie review show full of spoilers and opinions. Each week we'll share fun facts, discuss intriguing details, and rate movies that we love, hate, and love to hate. We encourage listener interaction by telling us if our review pleases the masses or are we DEAD wrong. So light your torches and get your pitchforks. We'll see you at the gallows.

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    • May 4, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 6m AVG DURATION
    • 44 EPISODES


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    Ep. 42 - The Cabin in the Woods

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 50:29


    Honestly, we are in such desperate need for a vacation, that this cabin doesn't seem that bad. :)

    Ep 41 - Vampir

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 63:56


    *Awful, de-tuned clarinet folk music intensifies*:)

    Ep. 40 - The Conjouring

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 56:06


    There's great ghost movies out there, like Grave Encounters, Paranormal Activity or Skinamarink... Then there's The Conjuring. James Wan movies would be so much better if they didn't suck so hard.:)

    Ep. 39 - OVERLORD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 51:54


    The only good nazi is an un-alived nazi. :)

    Ep. 38 - I Am Not A Serial Killer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 58:29


    Honestly, this could have just been a Goosebumps episode...:)

    Ep. 37 - My Bloody Valentine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 62:39


    Valentine's Day is for kissing, and hugging and chocolate and murder... And sexual tension between a bunch of men. They leave that part out. :)

    Ep. 36 - No One Will Save You

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 57:09


    Oh Mr. Alien, please don't come sneak into my room and watch me while I sleep. Oh it would be just so scary if you gave me a little kiss on the lips and touched my butt with your spindly finger. Oh, the horror!:)

    Ep. 35 - Beyond the Black Rainbow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 69:58


    Do you like heart-felt movies that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Well this one won't do that. I mean, it'll make you feel something inside. Maybe icky... yeah, definitely icky.:)

    Ep. 34 - MANDY

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 96:10


    No I promise, you're not on drugs... well maybe you are, but that's not the point. Strap in for MANDY, the longest Doom Metal video we've ever watched.:)

    Ep.33 - Stopmotion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 57:19


    The art of stop-motion seems to be waaaaaay too hard to find even remotely enjoyable. It's like if someone decided to make waiting in line a full time job. :)

    Ep. 32 - The Void

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 55:01


    Necromancy always leads to cults. Talking to the dead? Cult. Try to resurrect a corpse? Cult. Open a portal to an ethereal plane full of body-harvesting parasites that sprouts wiggly worms from your face? Believe or not, cult. Every time.:)

    Ep. 31 - Gremlins

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 64:23


    Let this be a valuable lesson to not get your kids a pet for Christmas. They will fuck it up and destroy the entire town in the process. :)

    Ep. 30 - Black Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 74:20


    "On this weeks episode of Death by Review, murder comes home for the holidays!! A sorority girl narrowly escapes the SLASHING and THRASHING of a mad man. Or does she?" ...Or at least that's what I would write if we we're an insufferable pair of co-hosts with a lack of self control and a tenuous grasp on broadcasting.:)

    Christmas Bloody Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 63:34


    Imagine Terminator if it were based on Christmas. Now imagine it being made with a much smaller budget. Now imagine it with an ever more forgettable cast. This is what you'd get. Harbor Freight "Sarah Conner" and her band of alt punk dipshits. :)

    Ep. 28 - I Trapped the Devil

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 58:58


    How the hell do you trap the devil?? It's not like they're a racoon, or Jess, looking for snacks, and just happen to lure them into a cage. Like, "Oh, come here little devil. I've got little snackies and Mean Girls on DVD." ...Come to think of it, Jess, the devil,  and racoons have a lot more in common than I realized.:)

    Ep. 27 - Thanksgiving

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 73:00


    You know, the tagline of this film is "There will be know leftovers!" And that just breaks my heart. The leftovers are the best part. :)

    Ep. 26 - Black Friday

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 61:39


    Who the hell is Devon Sawa?...:)

    Ep. 25 - ThanksKilling

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 62:24


    ThanksKilling has it all! It's got Turkey! It's got boobies! It's got dad farts!! So sit back, relax and be horrified by how awful this film is. Gobble gobble motherf%#@er!! DISCLAIMER!: DO NOT WATCH THANKSKILLING 3. IT IS A F%#KING WASTE OF TIME... Or do. I don't care.:)

    Ep. 24 - Halloween 1978

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 89:34


    Halloween isn't just for silly costumes and candy barf all over Mom's new rug. It's about murder. Lots and lots of murder... and tits.  :)

    Ep. 23 - Hell House LLC

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 65:29


    I don't always go to haunted attractions. But when I do, I don't. There's something about haunted houses that give me the ickies. Maybe it's the feeling of being trapped. Maybe it's the pee running down into my socks. Hard to tell.:)

    Ep. 22 - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 63:10


    There's nothing quite like childhood trauma to really bring the spice to a horror movie. It might be the reason why I run out of the room after I turned the lights off. Gotta outrun the trauma demons.:)

    Ep. 21 - The Babadook

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 61:21


    If terrorizing children with horror stories before bed we're an Olympic sport, we'd at least take, like, bronze or something. Scare your kids. It's good for their bones. :)

    Ep. 20 - Candyman (2021)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 83:59


    Nick and Jess dive into the sweet, sweet story of Candyman. No, not the sexy Tony Todd Candyman. The sexy Yahya Abdul-Mateen Candyman. Stupid sexy Yahya.:)

    Ep. 19 - State of Emergency

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 60:00


    State of Emergency deserves a better review than the one we just gave it. Well, maybe not. But still. As much as we sh*t on this movie, we actually love it. Like a toilet. Sh*tty, but dependable. :)

    BONUS EPISODE - Interview with Brandon Starocci

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 50:36


    In this bonus episode, we sit down with the creator and writer of Avalon. A comic book series about a dysfunctional family stuck in the midst of the zombie apocalypse. Check it out, and please support our friends over at 1282 Studios by getting in on their Kickstarter.:)

    Ep. 18 - Vicious Fun

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 55:57


    Vicious Fun?! Oh yeah, it has actors in it, and it has a plot... about things.. that are fun??.. Oh man, it's so.. fun. And vicious!... Phew boy.. I just don't have the words to describe how fun it is.. Why don't you go first.:)

    Ep. 17 - Insidious

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 69:26


    We'll warn you now, we're not sorry for this episode. We want to be, but we won't. :)

    Ep. 16 - HELL FEST

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 71:25


    I cannot express enough how much I wanted this to be about HELLFEST, the metal festival!!! Held in Clisson France every June. We can't always win I guess. Just like Gavin... What a dumb way to die.:)

    Ep, 15.1 - Possum UPDATE

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 15:22


    We don't normally do this. Actually, we never do this. But we felt that you all deserved some additional insight to Possum. We loved it. We hope you loved it. For those who hated it, well, sucks to suck. :)

    Ep. 15 - Possum

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 63:19


    No, this movie is not about the hissy little rodent. Why would they name a movie Possum when it's not even about Possums? I don't know. Why do they call shorts, shorts, and don't call pants, longs?? :)

    Ep. 14 - From Beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 75:33


    Whoever let these dang nerds just live life like it's just a giant, unregulated science fair, I want to say thank you. Thank you for letting nerds do the weird shit they do. Like summon goo monsters and kiss each other in their weird BDSM outfits.   :)

    Ep. 13 - Arcadian

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 70:08


    Nic Cage has two sons. but like, not IRL. I mean, he does have two sons, but these are not his real sons. These are his fake sons. Anyway, that's not the point. The point is, Nic Cage... and his two sons... Fuck, I lost it. Just watch the movie.:)

    Ep. 12 - DEATHGASM

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 69:27


    Tell us your thoughts!If there was one word to describe this movie, it would be "thismovieisthegreatestmovieofalltimeandyou'rewrongfordisagreeing." Not even remotely bias. 

    Ep. 11 - The Taking of Deborah Logan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 59:57


    Tell us your thoughts!Contrary to common belief, No one actually takes Deborah Logan. They just do a really bad job at supervising her. Amateurs.

    Ep. 10 - Hellraiser (1987)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 93:19


    Tell us your thoughts!Cenobite, Cinna-bite. What's the difference? Both are covered in goo and you want to put them in your mouth... Maybe that's just us.

    Ep. 9 - Caveat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 115:43


    caveatnounca·​ve·​at ˈka-vē-ˌät -ˌat, ˈkä-vē-ˌät ˈkā-vē-ˌat1. a modifying or cautionary detail to be considered when evaluating, interpreting, or doing somethingDeath by Review is fun to listen to, but the caveat is that Jess and  Nick have no idea what they are talking about. 

    Ep. 8 - The House of the Devil

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 78:42


    The House of the Devil is full of CHILLS! It's full of THRILLS! It's full of really bad PIZZA! And no, the Devil doesn't actually live here. That would be stupid. He'd probably live in a cabin... With a beet farm... Where him and his husband live a beautiful quiet life along with their cat, Pickles.

    Ep. 7 - The Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 70:02


    The Stuff is not only an awful movie, it is also terrible. If you subjected yourself to watching this, we are very sorry. No refunds.

    Ep. 6 - House of 1000 Corpses

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 91:19


    Nick and Jess cover Rob Zombie's House of precisely 1000 Corpses. No more. No less. Trust me, we counted.

    Ep. 5 - All Hallow's Eve

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 67:40


    Nick and Jess dive into the movie that kicked off the Terrifier franchise, All Hallow's Eve. Some may argue it was his short films alone that started his career. We argue that you are dumb.

    Ep. 4 - After Midnight

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2024 54:09


    It's a metaphor bro. You probably wouldn't get it. 

    Ep. 3 - It Follows

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 69:32


    Nick and Jess try to figure out what this movie is even about. Like serious, what is this?

    Ep. 2 - Grave Encounters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 57:00


    Nick and Jess ramble ramble ramble about Grave Encounters while an all powerful edible takes Jess deeper into insanity. Someone give this woman a lobotomy. 

    Ep. 1 - A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 45:18


    Nick and Jess discuss the iconic film, A Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984. Debuting Johnny Depp and Nancy's stupid bangs.

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