Death By Video

After an extended hiatus we're back with the Alice Cooper led MONSTER DOG!!! It's the classic story of a rockstar who's accused of being a monster dog and committing horrendous crimes just because his father was accused of being a monster dog one time 20 years ago! Hear Lil swear like a drunken sailor while the gang breaks down this surprisingly fun slice of Italian 80s horror cinema!

A day late and a dollar short here's our Oscars Episode! We rag on the awards for Bohemian Rhapsody and The Green Book, and we cherish the awards for Roma, The Favourite, and Blackkklansman. Listen in as Phil, Kit and Graham go through various stages of eyerolling! We're also joined by special guest: documentarian Vanessa Jung!

It's 2019 (the future) and Neo Tokyo is about to explode! Listen in as we discuss the groundbreaking Japanese animated feature film Akira. Kit gives us a deep dive into the history of the production of the film and the impact it's had on culture as a whole. Lillian is back and she brought her brother Max to join in on the discussion!

Listen in the gang tries to survive the 1994 atrocity "Clifford." It's one of the worst movies we've ever watched. Phil loves it, Kit likes it, and Graham begins to question the value of human existence if a movie like this can exist. It stars Martin Short, Charles Grodin, Dabney Coleman (!), and Mary Steenburgen. All of them are actors who deserve a better film than this. Except for maybe Martin Short.

EPISODE 50!!!! We celebrate the magnum opus of Ed Wood: Plan 9 From Outer Space! It's Bela Lugosi's final film (sort of), and the screen debut of Vampira! This is the original gangsta of outsider cinema! Listen in as Phil, Kit & Graham attempt to decipher what exactly the plan of the "menacing" aliens is? It involves the resurrection of a doctor, his wife, and a police lieutenant, and that's about all we know. There's pointless exposition! There's a bomb that splits sunlight particles! There's flying saucers! There's terrible continuity! All this and more (including our new theme song) in our landmark episode!!!!!

Happy New Year from DBV! Phil, Kit, & Graham meet to discuss their favourite films of 2018. The conversation meanders and meanders and meanders! We talk about Mandy! We talk about Let the Corpses Tan! We talk about Wes Anderson! We talk about a lot of films you probably haven't seen and almost nothing about the films you have seen! So raise of class to good films and good cheer and the year that was!

LOST EPISODE! We cover the weird, wild, and whacky CHRISTMAS EVIL! It's an oddity about one man's obsession with all things Santa Claus, and how listening to Christmas music waaaay too early will lead to murder and mayhem! There's DIY toy making, polka party prancing, and crazy Christmas singing! And the police declaring war on all things Santa! It's John Waters' favourite Christmas movie (and it just might become yours too).

'Tis the season for some holiday hell as the Death By Video gang check out the notorious 1984 slasher "Silent, Night Deadly Night!" They recount the controversy surrounding the film and how it nearly destroyed TriStar Pictures. There's much discussion of yuletide trauma and how tough love on children just doesn't work. Especially when they grow up to be homicidal Santa Clauses! There's axe swinging, carol singing, office partying, gift wrapping, antler skewering, police shooting, and enough snowman decapitation to leave you wondering why there were four sequels to this film!!!! So throw another log on the fire, crack open some vegan eggnog, and eat all the Pot of Gold chocolates while we dive into SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT!!!

It's LOST EPISODE time as we rescue the one missing podcast from our True Crime series! It could best be described as Graham vs. NyQuil, when our heroes try to keep him focused on the plot and not drift off to sleep to deal with the cold he was fighting. There's an in-depth discussion about the dental work of the actors in the film, and Harry Connick Jr's unusual euphemism for ladies undergarments. This film touches on the heavy hitters of 20th century serial killers, and how their influence could produce something more terrifying then all of them combined!

The gang are back to close out their series on the American Horror Project Vol. 1!! They view the amazing forgotten 1970s classic The Premonition! Listen in as they discuss the plausibility of mime-photographers! Hear them marvel at the unnerving scenes of terror that filled their screen! And listen to their hearts breaking with the tragedy that fills this film! This film probably has the best take on parapsychology of all time, and was incredibly forward thinking with it's treatment of women and people of colour. We promise we'll get back to the sillier films soon! But until then enjoy this dive into the deeper end of the regional cinema swimming pool.