Death By Video

Phil, Lil, Kit & Graham are back with yet another deep dive into the clunky VHS tapes of the old abandoned video store! This week they tackle the whacked out 1971 film "THE ZODIAC KILLER"!!! Which was actually produced and released while the real Zodiac was still active in an attempt to catch the killer! Did the producers succeed? No. But listen in to hear their takes on this rarified piece of regional filmmaking!!!

We're finally back!!! Join Phil, Kit, Lil, and a barely alive Graham as they plunge into the Cult Canadian Kiddie Classic: Tommy Tricker and The Stamp Traveller! Graham makes a hero's effort of trying to keep everyone on topic while incredibly ill and having little to no voice! Hear them discuss Canada Post's attempt to make stamps (or licker stickers as the cool kids call them) the hip new thing for the kids!!! And listen in as they discuss every stereotype about China and Australia that the movie embraces! It's thrills, chills, and Kazoo music galore!

Phil, Kit, Graham & special guest Lilian return to chat about David Cronenberg's crazy cult Canadian classic Rabid!!! Hear them attempt awful Quebecois accents. Listen to Graham alienate more and more of Canada! And absorb the discussion of the body-horror works of David Cronenberg!!! Plus there's some references to Ace of Base!

In this episode Graham remembers the late George A. Romero and his contributions to cinema. Then Graham, Phil, Kit, & returning guest Star Lilian discuss the bafflingly amazing early 1990s cyborg action fiesta Nemesis!

Join the DBV gang as they tackle the 1988 Canadian Camp Classic HEAVY METAL SUMMER (aka STATE PARK in the United States). Listen in as they discuss the plot of a bunch of friend teens who team up with a couple heavy metalers to take down a crooked businessman who wants to dump toxic waste into their beloved state park! Will they save the park, fall in love, and jam with Ted Nudgent? Phil Bardach calls this movie "watchable."

We kick off Canadiana month with HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN!!! It's a shopping cart ride to the seedier side of Atlantic Canada with this neo-grindhouse thriller. Listen in as Phil and Kit fight with Lilian & Graham as to whether or not this film has any redeeming qualities. Lilian & Graham make valid points and Phil & Kit bicker! It's thrills, chills & spills as one Hobo stops begging and starts demanding change!

DBV Ep. 12: Jason Goes to Hell!!! Join Phil, Kit & Graham as they go to hell and have to endure the early 1990s cinematic slog that is Jason Goes To Hell. Hear Graham wax lyrically about all the other great entries in the Friday The 13th series, and then hear him be totally defeated by Jason Goes To Hell!!! Bet the guys wish they were the ones were going to hell after this one. Anything to get away from this terrible film. Check it out!!!

The guys are joined by return guest Lilian Perez as they discuss the 1993 not-so-classic Best of the Best 2!!! There's vague martial arts, a secret underground fighting competition, sports journalism, board kicking, brick breaking, bo-staff fighting, and wrist's a poppin'! See Julia Roberts less famous brother Eric Roberts! With Wayne Newton as the evil mastermind behind an underground martial arts tournament that ends in death!!! And Chris Penn!!!

Phil, Kit & Graham are joined in the abandoned video store off of Highway 9 by the lovely ladies Vanessa Jung & Lilian Perez. Listen in as they try and get to the bottom of what exactly is Geteven? Is it a vanity project turned work of genius? Short answer: yes.

Warning! Phil, Kit, & Graham dive into the problematic subgenre of Italian Cannibal Films with the 1981 film Cannibal Ferox!

The 1993 saga that nobody liked finally comes to an end as Phil, Kit & 1993 Graham watch the 1981 slasher film Graduation Day! Hear them marvel at teenagers who are clearly in their late 30s. Listen to them try and figure out who is the main character and why someone would choose the name "Patch MacKenzie." Featuring a pre-Wheel of Fortune Vanna White!

Death By Video returns with the long lost Mafiasploitation near-classic Gone With The Pope! Listen in as Phil, Kit & Graham discuss the odd tonal shifts and complicated ethics in this 1970s freak-out of a film! Racism, religion, & the holocaust all weave their way into Duke Mitchell's final film!

Probably the best episode yet! Phil & Kit are still stuck in 1993 with an alternate universe version of Graham. They watch the fantastic film Tuff Turf (1985) and reality is shattered!!! Graham goes on an epic rant about modern life being rubbish as Kit & Phil try very very hard to reign him in.

Join Phil, Kit & Graham as they travel back in time (literally!) and revisit the cable television & video store staple Gleaming The Cube! What does that even mean? Listen to finally find the answer! This episode also contains a brief tribute to the late Jonathan Demme.

Phil, Kit & Graham take a trip to New York City as Robert Ginty cleans up the town by burning it down. They discuss the difficult ethics of revenge films and how it's better to sometimes just turn the other cheek. They laugh, they cry, and are haunted by the ghosts that still linger amongst the battered VHS tapes.

Phil, Kit & Graham enter the brutal world of roller derby in the 1972 classic "Unholy Rollers." Staring Claudia Jennings and produced by Roger Corman it's dynamite on roller skates! Also, somewhat edited by Martin Scorsese! They laugh, they cry, and are haunted by the ghosts that still linger amongst the battered VHS tapes.

Phil, Kit & Graham gather in the ruins of the abandoned video store off highway 9 to watch the 1988 not-so classic "Zombi3." The VHS box cover says it was directed by Lucio Fulci. The box cover lied. They laugh, they cry, and are haunted by the ghosts that still linger amongst the battered VHS tapes.

Phil, Kit & Graham gather in the ruins of the abandoned video store off highway 9 to watch the 1986 Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kurt McKinney classic "No Retreat, No Surrender." They laugh, they cry, and are haunted by the ghosts that still linger amongst the battered VHS tapes.