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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 1d

These laws are so dumb! Also, I was just about to DM you about a guest spot on the pod. My timing is impeccable.

Producer Explains Why ‘Predator: Badlands’ Was Meant to Be a Boundary-Pushing “PG-13” Movie

Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 1d

I had not seen these complaints, but Trace is 100% correct: a PG13 can only help its box office and has 0 bearing in the movie’s potential quality considering the make up of its cast.

Trace Thurman @tracedthurman.bsky.social · 1d

Given what we know about it (i.e., that there are no human characters in it), I honestly don't see a problem with #PredatorBadlands getting a PG-13 rating. The MPA only cares if the blood & gore is red and from a human body. They don't give 2 shits about non-red blood from fictional creatures.

Outside of the Alien vs. Predator mashup movie, the core Predator franchise has always been a rated “R” affair, and director Dan Trachtenberg’s two contributions thus far – Prey and Predator: Killer o...

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, you get so much value out of following! This is poetry, and it’s just a pitch.

Creepshow vol. 2 redux (w/ Eric Szyska)

Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 1d

I am deceased.

Anyone looking for a smart science fiction movie exploring the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence and other concerns should look elsewhere. Anyone in search of a new alternative to Laser Floyd at the planetarium: this one’s for you.

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 1d

Free-roaming skeletons, broken space rocks values, and good luck Greedos are just the beginning of our revisit of CREEPSHOW’s 2nd tale, THE LONESOME DEATH OF JORDY VERRILL with @szyszka.bsky.social on Kill By Kill!!

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI

Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 5d

Does your face need a hug today? Chest bursting with joy? Get an ear full of tentacles, acid, and the "big feelings" of synthetic pre-tweens as we talk about the FX series ALIEN EARTH on an all-new episode of Kill By Kill!!

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 2d

HAUNT (2019)

Group of Halloween masks with title that reads: HAUNT

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI

Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 5d

Does your face need a hug today? Chest bursting with joy? Get an ear full of tentacles, acid, and the "big feelings" of synthetic pre-tweens as we talk about the FX series ALIEN EARTH on an all-new episode of Kill By Kill!!

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 5d

Does your face need a hug today? Chest bursting with joy? Get an ear full of tentacles, acid, and the "big feelings" of synthetic pre-tweens as we talk about the FX series ALIEN EARTH on an all-new episode of Kill By Kill!!

🟢: open.spotify.com/episode/7arT...

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 4d

Are you faced with one or more child soccer games today? It’s legal to pop an earbud in and listen to a good podcast while 8 year olds swam a ball for an hour+. Try it today!

Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 5d

Does your face need a hug today? Chest bursting with joy? Get an ear full of tentacles, acid, and the "big feelings" of synthetic pre-tweens as we talk about the FX series ALIEN EARTH on an all-new episode of Kill By Kill!!

🟢: open.spotify.com/episode/7arT...

🍎: open.spotify.com/episode/7arT...

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 4d

Are you faced with one or more child soccer games today? It’s legal to pop an earbud in and listen to a good podcast while 8 year olds swam a ball for an hour+. Try it today!

Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 5d

Does your face need a hug today? Chest bursting with joy? Get an ear full of tentacles, acid, and the "big feelings" of synthetic pre-tweens as we talk about the FX series ALIEN EARTH on an all-new episode of Kill By Kill!!

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L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie

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Ben Fritz @benfritz.bsky.social · 6d

The most important human story in the entertainment industry right now is the severe downturn in film and TV production in LA and how it's affecting middle-class crew workers. I spoke to dozens of them for this story about the depressed Hollywood economy. www.wsj.com/business/med...

Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and Los Angeles’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.

www.wsj.com

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 5d

One of my favorite late-stage Universal Mummy movies.

Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 5d

Does your face need a hug today? Chest bursting with joy? Get an ear full of tentacles, acid, and the "big feelings" of synthetic pre-tweens as we talk about the FX series ALIEN EARTH on an all-new episode of Kill By Kill!!

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 5d

That’s right! 45 years ago today, the world first witnessed Jamie Lee Curtis face a choice between flirting with a train magician and roasted peanuts.

She chose the peanuts.

Rue Morgue Magazine @ruemorguemag.bsky.social · 5d

On this day in Horror History, TERROR TRAIN was released in 1980.

The poster for the movie terror train that shows a masked person holding a knife.

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 6d

Woman standing in front of a prep school building.

Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 6d

Back when promo was PROMO

an advertisement for once upon a time in hollywood shows a man in a suit saying i love that stuff

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FriGay the 13th Horror Podcast 🏳️‍🌈 @frigay13.bsky.social · 12d

🎃 EP150: SPOOKY SEASON 2025 👻
150 episodes around the campfire! Urban legends, real hauntings, CAMPFIRE TALES (’97) + SCARY STORIES (’19), and all our spooky watches.

🎧 Listen now: frigay13.com/support
#SpookySeason #QueerHorror #UrbanLegends #HorrorPodcasts

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 7d

Alt: an advertisement for once upon a time in hollywood shows a man in a suit saying i love that stuff

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 7d

In space, no one can hear you scream. On this planet, we’ve heard you screaming, “When are you covering FX’s ALIEN EARTH?!” Our coverage of the series crashes into your podcatcher this Friday on Kill By Kill!!

An alien xenomorph facehugger grips the entire globe in the poster for Alien Earth

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Kill By Kill @killbykill.bsky.social · 7d

The most underwear-free comedy ever released by a major studio! Just one of its many charms.