Kill Streak is a weekly podcast where we pick a horror movie franchise, and then every episode covers an entry in that series. We talk about the making of the movie, behind the scene stories, recap the plot, and then rate it using our patented Kill Streak criteria. Finally, we rank each movie in the series in our canonical order from worst to best. Brought to you by filmmakers, friendz, and horror dudez Eric Gosselin and Mike Price.
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The Kill Streak podcast is an absolute gem in the world of horror movie reviews. With two friends at the helm, this show offers the perfect ratio of information to banter, making it a real treat for the ears. Whether you're a die-hard horror fan or just looking for some entertainment during these uncertain times, The Kill Streak is guaranteed to satisfy your craving for all things spooky and thrilling.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is undoubtedly the chemistry between the hosts. Their friendship shines through in every episode, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere that makes you feel like you're part of their conversation. Their banter is not only hilarious but also keeps you engaged throughout each episode. It's evident that they are both passionate about horror movies, and their enthusiasm is infectious.
Another fantastic aspect of The Kill Streak podcast is its informative nature. The hosts dive deep into each horror movie series they review, providing listeners with insightful analysis, trivia, and fun facts. They strike a perfect balance between discussing the plot and characters, while also sharing their personal opinions and reactions to various aspects of the films. This blend of information and entertainment gives listeners a comprehensive understanding of each movie series, making them appreciate it on a whole new level.
However, like any podcast, there are some areas that could be improved upon. The length of each episode can occasionally feel lengthy, especially if you're not familiar with the particular movie series being discussed. While it's great to have in-depth discussions about these films, condensing certain sections could help maintain momentum and keep listeners fully engaged throughout.
In conclusion, The Kill Streak podcast is an absolute must-listen for all horror movie enthusiasts out there. With its perfect blend of information and banter, this show will keep you entertained from start to finish. The hosts' passion for horror films shines through in every episode and their camaraderie makes for an enjoyable listening experience. Whether you're a longtime fan of the genre or just dipping your toes into horror, The Kill Streak is the podcast that will satisfy your craving for all things spooky and thrilling.
This week we're revisiting Brian Yuzna's tale of doomed lovers RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3.In our third segment we rate the compatibility and sex lives of horror movie couples!
We return to the Necropolis, whatever that is. In our third segment we "celebrate" and rank all of the made in Romania sequels we've covered in a segment called MADE IN ROMANIA!
We're celebrating our upcoming 5th anniversary by revisited the series that started it all for us: RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. This time, we're doing it backwards! But why? How does RAVE TO THE GRAVE hold up upon rewatch? How will Price do our 3rd segment CHOP QUIZ? ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED IF YOU DARE TO LISTEN?
We bid adieu to the Hatchet series with VICTOR CROWLEY.In our final segment we hand out some superlatives and rank each entry, and announce our next series!
We return to the swamps surrounding the Crowley house with HATCHET III. This time with a new director! In our final segment we make a bracket of unstoppable killers and select MOST HARD TO KILL.
Victor Crowley is up to his old tricks in Adam Green's HATCHET II. In our third segment, Price puts his Master's Degree to use and educates us on the transition from celluloid cameras to digital in mainstream filmmaking!
The Hatchet episode is finally out! This is the episode where we talk about Hatchet.
We bid farewell to another series. This week we discuss the remake of POLTERGEIST which stars Sam Rockwell and Rosemarie DeWitt. In our final segment we hand out our series superlatives and rank the franchise!
Carol Anne is staying with her aunt and uncle in Chicago, but unfortunately THEY'RE BAAACK AGAIN! Gary Sherman directs this final entry in the original trilogy (fear not, there's a mid 2010s reboot up next week.)In our final segment we give STAFF PICKS for other high-rise horror films.Â
The Freelings are baaaaack, and once again they're being harassed and attacked by malignant spirits! The smash hit success of the first movie virtually assured a sequel. Get that green, studios! In our final segment we discuss the details of the Poltergeist "curse".
This week we're kicking off a new franchise with the 80s paranormal classic POLTERGEIST. This blockbuster was produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Tobe Hooper (or was it? We get into it.)
Thankfully we've reached the end of THE HOWLING franchise. We barely got out alive. In our final segment we rank the series and announce the new franchise we're going to cover!
This, the seventh entry in the extremely bizarre HOWLING series is written/directed/and starring Clive Turner. It's the lynchpin of the last 4 movies. It really is something to behold. In our third segment we play a werewolf box office game.
Here's one for the real freaks out there! This week we're discussing the sixth HOWLING film.In our final segment, Price quizzes Eric about the top ten horror box office draws from 1991.
A group of strangers assemble in a castle in Budapest BUT ONE OF THEM IS A WEREWOLF!! It's Agatha Christie meets werewolves. In our third segment Eric introduces a new game called HATED IT.
After two insane sequels, THE HOWLING series gets a much needed re-centering. Werewolves are back. The source material is back. Surely these are all the right ingredients for a killer installment, right? Well... In our third segment we discuss WOLF MAN (2025)!
This week we're taking a trip down under for some Australian were-marsupials. It's a weird one! In our 3rd segment Price gives Eric a Chop Quiz about Paste's top 25 werewolf movies of all time.
This week we're discussing HOWLING II: YOUR SISTER IS A WEREWOLF. It's a deeply weird movie that asks the question: What if werewolves were actually vampires? In our 3rd segment, Price pops a CHOP QUIZ on Eric about werewolf and vampire lore.
Awooooooo! Hope you're wearing a flea collar, because this we we begin our journey into the world of lycanthropes with Joe Dante's THE HOWLING. In our 3rd segment we discuss our Top 5 horror movies of 2024, plus some other stuff. Be sure to listen.
We ring in the holidays with the 2nd of our unrelated killer Santa movies, SILENT NIGHT (2012)! This is actually a loose remake of SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT, a series we haven't covered yet. Well, at least we can check this one off the list when we do. In our final segment we discuss 2025 horror movies we're looking forward to and announce our next series.
We ring in the holidays with the only killer Santa movie to feature professional wrestler Bill Goldberg: SANTA'S SLAY! In our final segment we talk wrestlers turned horror movie stars.
Troubled popstar Skye Riley can't catch a break in this brand-spanking new entry in the Smile Universe. How does it stack up against the first movie? Listen and find out!
This week we're begin our quick trip into the SMILE UNIVERSE with the movie that started it all. Well, technically a short film called LAURA HASN'T SLEPT started it all, which we do discuss. Anyways, we're talking about Parker Finn's SMILE. In our third segment we play SIX DEGREES OF NEPO-BACON. Say "Cheese" to terror!
On this week's action packed episode, we discuss the fourth and (hopefully) final Ghoulies movie which actually doesn't feature any damn ghoulies. Then we rank EVERY SINGLE GHOULIE IN ALL FOUR GHOULIES MOVIES, and rank the series. Goodbye, Ghoulies!
The Ghoulies cause mischief on campus! What could go wrong? Listen and find out.
The carnival is in town, and they've got Ghoulies! The weird little guys clash with carnies in this low-budget sequel. In our third segment, Eric (a weird little guy) springs a WEIRD LITTLE GUY quiz on Mike!
What's is a Ghoulie? It's sort of like crossing a demon with a Gremlin. Regardless, it's very fun to say. GHOULIES! In our third segment, we talk about misleading VHS box covers! GHOULIES!
We've reached the end of the road with the TERRIFIER series (for now). What did we think of this Christmas themed gorefest? Listen and find out. Then, we hand out our superlatives, rank the series, and announce the next franchise we're covering.
The 7th entry in the found footage anthology series has dropped on Shudder. This time the stories have a Sci-Fi bent to them, but don't worry...it's still very much a V/H/S film.
Art the Clown has returned. He really seems like he'd be a bad hang. This week we're talking TERRIFIER 2! It's bigger, but is it better than it's predecessor? Listen in find out! In our 3rd segment, Price quizzes Eric about movies that famously made their audiences sick/walk out.
This Art the Clown dude is a real jerk! This week we're talking about Damian Leone's TERRIFIER, and the anthology movie that introduced the character ALL HALLOWS' EVE. ALSO WE MESSED UP! WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO V/H/S: BEYOND NEXT BUT WE ARE GONNA DO TERRIFIER 2.
This week we conclude our coverage of the INSIDIOUS series by taking a trip inside the Red Door itself! Patrick Wilson directs this final (for now) entry. What did we think? Listen and find out. In our third segment we hand out our superlatives, rank the series, and announce the next franchise we're covering.
This fourth entry is another prequel to the original film. Elise Rainier is back, and this time it's personal. What happened to the rest of the keys? We don't know.
How can a prequel be "Chapter 3"? Why is the second movie "Chapter 2" in the first place? That's not really how books work. Whatever. This week we're talking INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3! It takes place before the Lambert's ordeal, and it's Leigh Whannel's directorial debut. In our third segment we discuss what makes movies scary! It
The Lamberts are back, and they just can't catch a break! James Wan and Leigh Whannell join forces once again to bring us INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2. How does it measure up against the first? Listen and find out. In our third segment we play some Horror Movie Trivial Pursuit!
This we are discussing the first entry in James Wan's OTHER haunting/possession series starring Patrick Wilson, INSIDIOUS. In our final segment we place horror movie title themed Madlibs! Listen or the Lipstick-Faced Demon will lurk over your shoulder.
We're revisiting the Alien franchise with the latest entry ALIEN: ROMULUS. What did we think of it and how does it stack up against the rest of the series? Listen and find out.
This week we discuss C.H.U.D II: Bud the C.H.U.D., a movie that may or may not even have C.H.U.D.s in it! In our final segment we hand out our superlatives and rank the series!
Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers are terrorizing the streets (and tunnels) of New York City! With a premise like that, this has gotta be a gore filled camp-fest, right? Well, not exactly. In our final segment Price quizzes Eric on the meaning of movies with acronym titles!
This week we're discussing the 2nd and final Tales from the Crypt movie BORDELLO OF BLOOD. Dennis Miller takes the podcast by storm! In our final segment we hand out our superlatives, rank the series, and announce our next series.
This week we're talking about the first standalone feature film starring Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett, and a bunch of other fun supporting actors you will recognize. It wasn't much of a critical success, but did we dig it? Listen and find out. In our third segment we discuss the pilot episode (and a couple others) of the TALES Sci-Fi spinoff PERVERSIONS OF SCIENCE.
This week we're doing something a little different. Instead of a movie, we're covering three episodes of HBO's TALES FROM THE CRYPT. We're doing KORMAN'S KALAMITY, WHAT'S COOKING?, and FOREVER AMBERGRIS.
This week we cover Amicus's follow up to TALES FROM THE CRYPT. This time we're we follow a bunch of absolute a-holes as they murder, scheme, and abuse most of the people around them and then get their comeuppance. In our 3rd segment we discuss two episodes of the HBO series TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEATH OF SOME SALESMEN and KING OF THE ROAD. Announcement: we've pulled an audible and have decided to cover THREE episodes of TALES FROM THE CRYPT next week instead of moving on to DEMON KNIGHT. Listen to find out which eps!
We begin our Tales from the Crypt journey with this low-budget British anthology movie where the classic EC comics stories are brought to life with a bunch of middle aged / elderly British actors! The blood is so so red. In our 3rd segment we discuss the HBO series (and will do so again next week) and break down the pilot episode THE MAN WHO WAS DEATH .
The Hostel trilogy comes to a close with this direct to DVD sequel that moves the horror from Slovakia to Las Vegas. A bachelor party gone wrong, Hostel style. In our final segment we hand out superlatives, rank the movies in the series, and then announce the next series we're covering! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/killstreakpod/message
It a girl's trip to Europe! Eli Roth flips the genders of our protagonists and also gives us more insight into the inner workings of Elite Hunting in HOSTEL: PART II. How does it measure up to the original? Listen and find out. In our 3rd segment, Price challenges in a hostel horror stories themed quiz. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/killstreakpod/message
This week we discuss Eli Roth's HOSTEL. A group of obnoxious, misogynistic, and homophobic American frat boys take a vacation in Europe that does not go as planned. It's a movie that is meant to push your buttons. Does it push ours? Listen and find out. In our 3rd segment, Eric challenges Price to a game called Torture or Porn! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/killstreakpod/message
This week we discuss the much maligned (not really) shot-for-shot remake of Psycho directed by Gus Van Sant. Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche step into the roles of Norman Bates and Marion Crane, plus the rest of the cast is stacked with a who's who of late 90s prestige actors...and Flea. What did we think? You'll have to listen to find out. In our final segment we hand out superlatives and rank the PSYCHO movies, and announce our next series. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/killstreakpod/message
PSYCHO IV marks the final time Anthony Perkins donned his mother's wig. Do we think it's a fitting farewell? Listen and find out! Also in our final segment we dream cast our own shot-for-shot remake in a new iteration of The Recastables! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/killstreakpod/message
This week we're discussing the truly bizarre made-for-TV movie BATES MOTEL starring Bud Cort and Lori Petty. I can't really understate how weird this one is. In our third segment we play put Mike on trial for Petty Larceny in Bud Court. Also, if you want to watch Psycho IV for next week, you can do so by following this link: https://ww4.fmovies.co/film/psycho-iv-the-beginning-18731/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/killstreakpod/message
Norman Bates is up to his old tricks (or is he?). Anthony Perkins pulls double duty on this one, he reprises his most iconic role and steps behind the camera as director. What did we think? Listen and find out. In our 3rd segment Mike quizzes Eric about horror movie moms in a segment called MOMMY ISSUES. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/killstreakpod/message
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