Hero Hero Ghost Show!

Hey, gang! What do you know, it’s a new episode of The Dark Parade! This time, we are kicking off the rust with the help of the amazing Cort Psyops to unearth a J-horror gem called Sweet Home. Why this one? Well, it’s directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa of Pulse and Cure fame, and it has been called the inspiration for Resident Evil. If that’s not enough, the goopy effects work is done by The Exorcist‘s Dick Smith! What are you waiting for? Let’s get to some jawing about an underseen horror curiosity.You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here, Spotify, Amazon Music and Audible, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, PocketCasts, and anywhere fine podcasts are found!You can find all the episodes right here and say hello on Facebook or Twitter or Discord! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Richard Glenn Schmidt returns for a look at the gonzo J-horror silliness that is Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell. We discuss the joys of earnest rip-offs, the downsides of polo shirts on muscular bods, and oh so much more! Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell is available streaming on Shudder, so don’t be shy about watching before you listen!Come back Wednesday for a new Found Footage Fool on Apollo 18!You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and Audible, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Google Podcasts, and anywhere fine podcasts are found!You can find all the episodes right here and say hello on Facebook or Twitter or Discord! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It’s Miike time again, and that means bringing in Asian horror enthusiast Derek Bourgeois for a look at Takashi Miike’s Over Your Dead Body. We talk about the blurring of the real world and that of the play represented, dig into the themes of the movie, and wrap up with three things you might not know about this film. Be careful, you just might learn something!Thanks to Derek Bourgeois for joining me! You can find more from him on Cinema Attack, They’re Here!, No More Room in Hell, and Underwater Kaiju from outer Space!You can join the discussion live on Sundays at 5pm CST at YouTube.com/LegionPodcasts and you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and Audible, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Google Podcasts, and anywhere fine podcasts are found!You can find all the episodes right here and say hello on Facebook or Twitter! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We wrap up our inaugural Listener Request Month with a return to some Asian horror roots with a look at part one of The Bloodthirsty Trilogy and The Vampire Doll. Joined by Don Anelli, we look at the Hammer horror origins of the movie, the amazing Gothic vibes, and how fun it is to see the familiar redrawn through this Japanese lens. You can find more from Don Anelli on The Horror Countdown Podcast!You can join the discussion live on Sundays at 5pm CST at YouTube.com/LegionPodcasts and you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music and Audible, iHeartRadio, Podchaser, Google Podcasts, and anywhere fine podcasts are found!You can find all the episodes right here and say hello on Facebook or Twitter! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Get ready for the (mildly) crazy, it’s the Prisoners of the Ghostland review!It was a match made in movie Heaven. Sion Sono, the auteur behind Suicide Club and Exte and the underappreciated Tag teaming up with Nicolas Cage, an actor who embodies a peculiar bravado. Pepper that cinematic meal with Bill Mosely and Sophia Boutella and you have all the makings of a cult classic. While I’m not certain that Prisoners of the Ghostland can achieve a lofty cult status, it is a sight to behold.The story is simple. Cage, playing the archetypical Man with No name, is a convict imprisoned after a bank robbery gone bad. Following the escape by a group of women, Cage is charged with braving the apocalyptic landscape known as the Ghostland to bring one of them home. The man behind the mission is a white-clad ruler known as The Governor, played by Bill Mosely with typical gusto. And that’s it. Get the girl, bring her home.What distinguishes Prisoners of the Ghostland is the man behind the lens, Sion Sono. The script borrows heavily from Escape from New York and The Road Warrior, coupling Cage’s quest with a leather suit rigged to blow arms and testicles off, and a wasteland populated by weirdos and villains for Cage to muscle and yowl his way through.Sono uses a colorful palate to paint the scenery, bright reds for the more civilized town run by the Governor, and dusty yellows for the villains, who may or may not be actual ghosts and are assuredly victims of radiation poisoning. Some of the shot compositions are glorious and gorgeous, and the movie almost gets by on the strength of the production design and moment-to-moment beauty of Sono’s framing.Yet not all is well in the Ghostlands. The action sequences are uneven, some quite exciting while others fall flat, especially those where Cage is asked to be more acrobatic than his age might allow. Boutella acquits herself well as Bernice, the woman Cage must rescue, probably due to her background as a dancer. Likewise, Tak Sakaguchi, who you may recall as the lead in Ruhei Kitamura’s Versus, kicks all kinds of ass as Yasujiro, a samurai pressed into service by the Governor. Some of the gore goes over the top, but not enough to place it in the splattery annals populated by Tokyo Gore Police or the aforementioned Versus.And that may well be the tale of Prisoners of the Ghostland. It is a movie that dances near the absurd, but never goes full tilt. Sono operates in a metaphorical space, and this is no different. But the wasteland’s denizens literally holding back time and Cage’s stranger haunted by ghosts is less intriguing than didactic. All these half-measures leave the viewer more disappointed than thrilled or captivated, and so the whole of the movie is more of an interesting experiment from visionary creators rather than a work of vision itself.That’s not to say there isn’t fun to be mined from the film. There are more than a handful of moments that elicit laughter or wonder or eye-widening at the strangeness unfolding onscreen, but it simply doesn’t amount to a great experience. It’s a strange trifle in Sono’s body of work, an interesting diversion that was filled with promise. Maybe that promise could never be fulfilled, that no movie could live up to the imagined collaboration between Cage and Sono. Regardless, I had my fun with Prisoners of the Ghostland, and there are moments I don’t expect to forget soon, but what is left behind is an odd hollowness, a sense that greatness was approached and not gained.Sono has said that he wants to work with Cage again, and I can only hope their next effort is a more substantial one.You can hear this and other shows exclusively on Legion Podcasts, so be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google, Spotify, Android, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Podchaser, or wherever podcasts are found. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

On a new episode of Hero Hero Ghost Show, we kick off a sub-series called Ghost Show Classics with a look at the influential and surreal silent-era film A Page of Madness from Teinosuke Kinugasa. I look at everything from the effect of firebombing on silent Japanese cinema to the roots of this once-lost classic of Japanese film. Jump in!You can subscribe to Hero Hero Ghost Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, and Google Podcasts.Catch up on back episodes here! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to the finale of our look at the One Missed Call series with One Missed Call 3. Joined once more by Derek Bourgeois, we take a look at this final sequel, look back at the series as a whole, and discuss the best in Asian horror movies series. Also, Derek gives some of his personal recommendations for Asian horror movies you should check out!You can subscribe to Hero Hero Ghost Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, and Google Podcasts.Catch up on back episodes here! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Derek and Bo are ack to finish a look at 2005’s One Missed Call The Television Series. We celebrate Tokumei Watch, parse out all the twists and turns, and evaluate the series as a whole before next episode’s One Missed Call finale, One Missed Call: Final!You can subscribe to Hero Hero Ghost Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, and Google Podcasts.Catch up on back episodes here! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We are joined once more by Derek Bourgeois to explore the hard-to-find but wonderful One Missed Call The Television Series aka Chakushin Ari. We talk the novelization, the similarities with Miike’s film and how terrific Yokumei Watch is. You can subscribe to Hero Hero Ghost Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, and Google Podcasts.Catch up on back episodes here! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Just when you thought it was safe to answer your cell phone… it’s One Missed Call 2 2005! Returning champion Derek Bourgeois is back to comb over this tale of ghosts and curses, cell phones and coal mines, confusion and disappointment. Without the hand of auteur Takashi Miike at the helm can the One Missed Call series take a step toward greatness? Find out on the latest episode of Hero Hero Ghost Show!You can subscribe to Hero Hero Ghost Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, and Google Podcasts.Catch up on back episodes here! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We’re kicking off a new run of shows examining the One Missed Call series, and this is gonna be a good one! We kick off with the Takashi Miike banger One Missed Call 2003, and this movie will do anything for a scare. We talk about everything from the lighting to the Fulci nods with our guest host for this series, Derek Bourgeois of Underwater Kaiju from Outer Space (among many others). It’s one of the quintessential J-horror films of the 2000s, so buckle up for a love fest – and some major spoilers as we walk through the plot and heap love on this Asian horror classic!You can subscribe to Hero Hero Ghost Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, and Google Podcasts.Catch up on back episodes here! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to a Hero Hero Ghost Show side show – Solo Sono! We’re unpacking a movie from Japanese auteur Sion Sono and what better way to start than with a recent head trip of a film by the name of Tag 2015. There are mass decapitations, Lynchian character changes, pig-headed weirdoes and so much more. You can subscribe to Hero Hero Ghost Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, and Google Podcasts.Catch up on back episodes here! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Richard Glenn Schmidt returns to round out our series on The Eye films from Danny and Oxide Pang. This last entry is The Child’s Eye, and it eschews the farting ghosts of The Eye 3 for a more defined narrative and some 3D gags. Also, we somehow end up talking about our shared love of Marvel films. There’s something for everyone on the latest Hero Hero Ghost Show!You can subscribe to Hero Hero Ghost Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, and Google Podcasts.Catch up on back episodes here! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to our continuing journey through The Eye series on the Asian horror podcast, hero hero Ghost Show. Up next, The Eye 3, a surprising and often silly sequel. Joined on this journey of the ocular occult by Hello! This Is the Doomed Show’s Richard Glenn Schmidt, we strive to make sense of this odd entry.You can subscribe to Hero Hero Ghost Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, and Google Podcasts.Catch up on back episodes here! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hero Hero Ghost Show continues our series on The Eye film series from the Pang Brothers. Up next, The Eye 2 (2004), a shift away from ocular horror to further explore the world of the dead. There’s an unlikable protagonist, some quality scares, and plenty of crazy. Jump in!You can subscribe to Hero Hero Ghost Show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, and Google Podcasts.Catch up on back episodes here! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In the first part of a series, Hero Hero Ghost Show is back to look at The Eye 2002. Joined by Richard Glenn Schmidt of Hello! This is the Doomed Show, we break down the movie’s scares, the strange structure, and where it fits in the Asian horror wave of the 2000s. Be back in two weeks with The Eye 2! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this very brief episode, it’s time to take a look at Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula here on Hero Hero Ghost Show. There are some mild spoilers ahead, but only general plot points, and some ensuing disappointment… ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our time creeping through the Whispering Corridors series ends with the fifth installment, A Blood Pledge aka Yeogo goedam 5: Dong-ban-ja-sa. We wind our way through the story of this ghostly tale of suicide and key-worship before pondering a few blood pledges of our own, and we wrap things up with a ranking of the Whispering Corridors movies.Thanks, as always, for joining us on these little romps. Next time, something ocular!iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hero-hero-ghost-show/id1102947580Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bo-ransdell/hero-hero-ghost-showSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3wDJbjAc4DR0scWnMnjlr7?si=Z8WExrD0Ro6aEqRIKnzYaATuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts–Culture-Podcasts/Hero-Hero-Ghost-Show-p1235337/Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iqau3dtpjhgbsoz6zj5bo2d4fd4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We return with another installment in the Whispering Corridors series, aka a bunch of Korean horror movies set in high school with lesbian overtones. This time, we’re talking a ghost story involving an unreliable spook and, naturally, talk turns to toilet paper and Richard Jaeckel.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hero Hero Ghost Show returns with a continuation of our bonus series looking at the Whispering Corridors series. Faithful ally Richard Glenn Schmidt is on board again for the third entry, Wishing Stairs. While we intended to do both this film and the follow-up, Voice, but we were so enamored by Wishing Stairs, we made it its own episode!You can check out more Hero Hero Ghost Show here:iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hero-hero-ghost-show/id1102947580Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bo-ransdell/hero-hero-ghost-showSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3wDJbjAc4DR0scWnMnjlr7?si=Z8WExrD0Ro6aEqRIKnzYaATuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts–Culture-Podcasts/Hero-Hero-Ghost-Show-p1235337/Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iqau3dtpjhgbsoz6zj5bo2d4fd4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to Hero Hero Ghost Show! We have a great one this time around. Mike Marryman is here to talk Hideo Nakata’s Dark Water. Cort Psyops shows up in The G-Spot to talk Invasion of Astro-Monster. And no show would be complete without a look at divorce in Japan. So, what are we waiting for? Forget the kids at school, it’s Hero Hero Time! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It’s here! A brand new episode of Hero Hero Ghost Show has arrived! We welcome Jerry Herring of Kill the Cast and Underwater Kaiju from Outer Space fame to chat about the bananas films, Meatball Machine and Kodoku Meatball Machine. We try to make some sense of the J-splatter silliness and manage to divert into discussions of Sion Sono, Takashi Miike, and the often-uncomfortable relationship with sexuality in Japanese cinema. Also, a trip to the G-Spot with Cort Psyops as we look at Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster! Enough chatting, let’s get to splatting!Opening song: In the Sad Forest by RAINASHClosing song: New Days by Sekai Ichi ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to Hero Hero Ghost Show!  This time around, we have a star-studded slam-bang episode!  First, Cort joins us in The G-Spot to talk Mothra vs Godzilla (aka Godzilla vs the Thing) before we welcome Duncan McLeish for a discussion of Chan-wook Park’s Thirst.  There’s mah jongg parties, armpit licking and much, much more…   Warning!  Things get sexy!Opening Song: 808 by SuchmosClosing Song: Fukanshou by PANORAMAPANAMATOWN ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Join Cort Psyops and myself for a look at the first Technicolor appearance of the Big G, and he’s brought a monkey along for fun!  We talk parasol weakness, non-habit forming narcotic berries, the Smog Monster goes to rehab, bad Hokkaido vacation packages, amazing octopi, Kong’s wicked berry habit, bad Brando, Elvis Kong, the benefits of electricity-eating, Kong’s big cheat, and more!Opening Song: Incomplete by GirugameshClosing Song: Bad Kicks by DYGLJoin us for the next episode where we’ll check back in with the Big G and we’ll get Thirst-y! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to a brand new bonus episode of Hero Hero Ghost Show.  Now in a world where no new Tomie films exist (much the shame), Richard Glenn Schmidt returns to tackle another female-centric series of films.  This time, we look into the world of all-girls high schools in South Korea with the Whispering Corridors series.  In the first film, titled appropriately enough Whispering Corridors, a vengeful spirit may or may not be possessing a student and murdering teachers, but maybe that’s not the worst thing.  In the second, the lyrical Momento Mori, we return to another high school in this spiritual sequel where two girls discover a forbidden love and narrative logic is tossed out the window.We discuss the controversies surrounding both films on their release and what makes these films standouts in the genre, as well as get very, very silly with bonus ghosts, lesbian undertones and overtones, spooky giant ghosts, what makes a Whispering Corridors movie, nihilistic nachos and much more!Opening song: Dice by Band MaidClosing song: Silence Ocean by Tears of TragedyWe’ll be back very soon with King Kong vs Godzilla! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to a new episode of Hero Hero Ghost Show! We pay respects to Ren Osugi before diving into a the Sion Sono/Ren Osugi film, Exte! Haunted hair, family drama and rampant abuse form this tale of a vengeful spirit that also serves as a surprisingly radical take on J-horror in general. Also, we dive into The G-Spot with Cort Psyops to talk Godzilla Raids Again! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to Hero Hero Ghost Show!, a podcast all about Asian horror, and this time around we’re going straight to Tokyo Bay with special guest Cort Psyops from Cinema Psyops to get under the scales of a temperamental gentleman named Godzilla.  Did you ever wonder who came up with Godzilla in the first place?  Or what a kaiju is?  Or maybe you just enjoy Gamera digressions.  I don’t know how you live.  Join us for a look at everyone’s favorite city-stompin’ reptile in ways you may have never seen him before… It’s new Hero Hero Ghost Show! everyone! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It’s Bro-mies before Ho-mies when Richard-mie joins Bo-mie for our final trip into the realm of Tomie, the cinematic adaptations of Junji Ito’s manga.  And we are going out in style, friends and neighbors.  In addition to discussing two of the more interesting entries into this series, we talk a little gialli, discuss which in the series best captures the spirit of the comic and much, much more!Opening Song: dear sad big laugher by Mop of Head, feat. UCARY and The ValentineClosing Song: Thank You for the Music (Nui!) by bonobos ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back, everyone!  In further proof of our obsession with Japanese love demons, I am joined by Hello! This is the Doomed Show’s Richard Glenn Schmidt for a stroll down Tomie lane.  This time, we examine films six and seven (!) of the long-running series of films, this time helmed by original Tomie director Ataru Oikawa.  With Tomie: Beginning, Oikawa creates his own prequel.  Why do we keep flashing forward?  How great is Gondo?  And, of course, Homeless Pele makes an appearance.  Then, we tackle Tomie: Revenge, perhaps the absolute bottom of the barrel in Junji Ito’s mythos.  Did anyone not know Yukiko was a Tomie?  Why keep referencing things that would make this movie a million times better and not show it?  And why is there no Gondo?!  We also force dozens of Tomie-related puns, surprise Richard by NOT being Duncan and pitch Hollywood on the Canadian Tomie film the world needs.Check out Richard at Hello! This is the Doomed Show and peek at his books here.See you next time for a regular episode, featuring an old pal from the Devour days of podcasting!Opening song: Live to Die Another Day by MiyaviClosing song: Super Love by Sunny Day Service ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We’re back, and this time… it’s personal!  Well, if not personal, certainly weird.  We’re talking Sion Sono’s Suicide Club with Black Annis’s Misty Marchant, and we cover this thing like pros, including why Genesis set up shop in a bowling alley, Charles Manson trivia, the gleeful black comedy of this movie and fun talk about suicide!  Also, Sion Sono time travel theories!Opening Song: Karma War by AikoClosing Song: Ghost in a Closet by Spangle Call Lilli LineNext time… more Sono! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to Hero Hero Ghost Show!  I’ve been away a while, but back in time to celebrate a day of togetherness… and what better way to celebrate than with the two women that perhaps best represent Japanese horror?  That’s right, we’re talking Ringu vs Ju-on, yurei vs yurei… it’s Sadako vs Kayako!In a solo run, we go through the surprisingly comprehensible story, the awesomeness of Tamao, the superior rock-tossing skills of Keizo and the final, titular battle!  Does this movie actually work?  Is it a worthy sequel to both of these franchises?  And why did anyone ever think a wicker lid would work?  Get the cash from under the altar, let’s get ghoulish!Opening Song: Kyouran Hey Kids! by The Oral CigarettesClosing Song: Noroi no Shananana by Seikima II Next time, no foolin’, we are going to figure out if we are connected to ourselves! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to Hero Hero Ghost Show!  Relieved of solo duties, I am joined by Hello! This is the Doomed Show‘s Richard Glenn Schmidt for our second venture into the land of Japanese love demons.  We begin with Takashi Shimizu’s wonderful take on the Tomie story, Tomie: Rebirth, and it’s amazing set pieces and horrible gift-giving ideas.  Then, we take on Tomie: Forbidden Fruit, the movie that should be the naughtiest in the series and somehow just… isn’t.  Warning, there is a whole lot of silliness contained in this episode.Opening Song: Another Starting Line by Hi-StandardClosing Song: Aura by Pampas Fields Noise Found Art  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The solo train keeps rolling, but enough bonus content, let’s do a real episode!  This time out, we take a look at a listener request in the form of Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman.  Based on an urban legend, the movie is a weird blend of urban fairy tale, slasher and treatise on child abuse… maybe?  We take a stroll through the plot before trying to figure out if this is just an entertaining piece of horror cinema or if something deeper is going on under the hood.  Spoilers, there is.  Also, Japanese urban legends revealed!Opening Song: Human Noise by Aural VampireClosing Song: Masterpiece by RIP SLYMEJoin us next time for haunted hair! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Here we are, just the two of us.  Sure, we usually have some guest yammering on about one movie or another, but if we could distill the show into its purest state, something that could lead to the dawning of a new age?  Or, you could just join me for a solo show in which we discuss Takashi Miike’s entry into the Masters of Horror series, “Imprint.”  And why not get a little nutty with the low-fi gorefest, Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies?  And maybe even a listener question!  It’s just us, so put on the candles, slip into something a little more comfortable and dim the lights.  We’re going to get weird.Opening Song: Ride or Die by GACKTClosing Song: Don’t Know Where It Is by DYGLNext time: Are you connected to yourself? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ah, Asian horror…  With its technicolor lighting and Goblin-esque scores, the brutal killings, the maggots on the ceilings…  Hey, wait a second!  That doesn’t sound like Asian horror at all!  And that’s just what makes 1988’s Evil Dead Trap such an oddball piece of cinema.  The movie director Toshiharu Ikeda swears was not influenced by countless giallo movies is a weird blend of classic horror tropes, but through the eyes of a director who spent much of his career in Japan’s Pink subgenre.  Along with Hello! This is the Doomed Show!‘s Richard Glenn Schmidt, we get into the wonderful highs and genuinely disturbing lows, and still have no answers for the ball gag guy.  Also, a very brief history of Japan’s Pink cinema!  Let’s head into the definitely NOT Italian-inspired mayhem of Evil Dead Trap!Thanks again to my partner in Tomie-related crime, Richard Glenn Schmidt!  You can find more from Richard at Doomed Moviethon and catch his books Cinema Somnambulist and Giallo Meltdown!Opening Song: Told U So by IllionClosing Song: Mint by SuchmosNext week… are you connected to yourself? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to Season Two of Hero Hero Ghost Show!  Boy howdy, do we have a weird one tonight – the seminal Japanese body horror/cyberpunk/splatter movie, Tetsuo the Iron Man.  This is one of those movies people intend to see, yet never quite get around to it.  Along with my co-host Gary Hill (of Two Drink Minimum Commentaries and Cinema Beef fame), we explain why you kinda need to see this to know what you’re missing.  It’s expressionistic, it’s loud, it’s slightly Evil Dead by way of KMFDM… it’s Tetsuo and there’s nothing else like it.  Join us as we try to make sense of it all!  Also, a look at the roots of Japanese cyberpunk!Big thanks to Gary Hill for coming along for this ride.  Check out more from Gary on the Cinema Beef page and Two Drink Minimum Commentaries!Opening Song: Rock the Lm.c. by LM.CClosing Song: Let It Sway by DYGLNext week… none of us will ever be truly clean again! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hey Ghost Show Heroes!  We are back for a new ten-episode run of the best and strangest in Asian horror, and we’re starting with a bang.  That’s right, it’s Ringu, the movie that made us all scared of long haired girls in wells.  We dig into the iconic moments of the film, diabeetus ghosts, raising your children Amish, SGF treatments, the Sadako vs Scanners movie we never got and warm parenting memories from the film.  Also, a look at the various versions of the film and its divergent sequels.Big thanks, as always, to Duncan McLeish for kicking off the new season in style!  Check out more from Duncan right here!Opening Song: This Ordinary by Not WonkClosing Song: Anti-Hero by Sekai no OwariNext week… penis drills! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hey there, Ghost Show Heroes!  We’re still getting things ready for Season Two, but that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve your fair share of Asian horror goodness.  To keep you tantalized, I have enlisted the help of both a Japanese love demon named Tomie and an American love demon named Richard Glenn Schmidt (he of Hello! This is the Doomed Show).  We’re making our way through every damn Tomie film, starting with the television anthology Tomie: Another Face in which we debate the relative skeeviness of dating someone who you think is your old crush’s daughter.  Then, we set our sights on Tomie: Replay, a striking outing in the series that boasts heads in tanks, intricate plotting and character relationships and some quality body horror.Remember we’re giving away Tomie and Tomie: Replay to jump start your own Tomie collection.  Check our Facebook page here for more details!Enough advertisin’, let’s get to Tomie-in’!Opening Song: Sunny Day by AndropClosing Song: Don’t Worry Boys by Homecoming ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You may not immediately recognize the name of our guest, but you will after this episode!  Colette Balmain is a speaker and author specializing in Asian horror and literally wrote the book on the subject.  Her book, Introduction to Japanese Horror Film, is preparing for its second edition release and has been an invaluable tool in researching this show.  She was kind enough to come on and talk what makes Asian horror scary, the best examples of these films, both old and new, the joys of gore cinema, resolving cultural differences as a viewer and manages to be absolutely charming while name-dropping Big Tits Zombie on several occasions.  I found the conversation to be enlightening and funny, and I hope you enjoy it, too.Do me a favor and follow Colette on Twitter here (@ColetteBalmain) and keep up with her latest work and maybe even drop her a line and tell her how great she was on the show (which she most certainly is!).  While you’re at it, hop over to iTunes and leave us a rating and review to help spread the word, and be sure to tell your fellow horror-loving brothers and sisters about the show, too!We’ll be back for one more bonus episode before the season two premiere in October! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to the final episode of season one!  It has been a long and winding road, but we find ourselves at the end (for now) and in the arms of a love demon named Tomie.  Joined by Richard Glenn Schmidt of Hello! This is the Doomed Show! fame and resident Tomie expert, our heroes examine heads in bags, disco fashion, basket babies and just what makes Tomie such a unique and unsettling villain.  Also, a PSA on what YOU can do to identify and avoid a Tomie.Big thanks to Richard for educating us on the Tomie legacy and thanks again to all the listeners of season one who have reviewed the show and left messages on Facebook and by email.  You guys make this show an incredibly rewarding show to do.You can join us on Facebook here and subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a review) here!Opening Song: Leech by The GazetteClosing Song: Super Wonderful by Bradio See you in October!!!  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The penultimate episode of season one of Hero Hero Ghost Show has arrived!  Joined by David Anders of Devour the Podcast fame (or infamy), we sit down to talk about the Japanese ghost apocalypse film, Pulse.  We talk about the film’s creepy imagery, the existentialist horror of the film, how ghost unions work, how anyone would allow Kawashima to drive after his ghostly encounter and just how long Walker, Texas Ranger ran on television.  It all makes some kind of sense, I swear!  Throw on those Cure records and get ready for some Asian emo!You can join us on Facebook here and subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a review) here!Opening Song: Good Bye by High and Mighty ColorClosing Song: Cherry Red by DisacodeJoin us next week for a spectral schoolgirl and Richard Glenn Schmidt! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Way back in episode one, I promised Takashi Miike would return, and boy is this a return worth waiting for.  Ichi the Killer is part mob story, part twisted father/son fable and all blood-drenched (among other fluids).  This movie, and the episode, are not for the faint of heart as we dive into the extreme imagery, what it takes to forget about all that semen at the beginning, how unions are affecting semen-supplying crew, how Miike seems to critique his own movies as he makes them and what the hell that ending is all about.  Get your plastic out, the first three rows WILL get wet!You can join us on Facebook here and subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a review) here!Opening Song: You Just Not Only One by 8ottoClosing Song: 5 by MoliceJoin us next week for a mini Devour the Podcast reunion as David Anders drops by to talk about ghosts n our computers! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This is not a test!  A brand new episode of Hero Hero Ghost Show is here and, brothers and sisters, it is a classic on the menu tonight.  Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle ROyale is a brutal, taboo-shattering slice of Japanese cinema and has earned the moniker ‘classic’ since it’s 2000 release.Joining us is Ricky Morgan, from Hail Ming Power Hour and a returning champion, having accompanied us last on Episode 5 for the movie Phone.  What is it with Ricky and crazy kids?You can join us on Facebook here and subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a review) here!Opening Song: Burning Soul by Matenrou OperaClosing Song: Thrill by Band MaidSee you next week for a brand new episode featuring Andy Blockley and a killer named Ichi!  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to the latest episode of Hero Hero Ghost Show!This time around, we set the Asian horror wayback machine (AHWM) to 1968 and the Kaneto Shindo ghost story, Kuroneko.  Joined by The Podcast Under the Stair’s Duncan McLeish, we dive into the traditional aspects of the story, what we would do for a goblin cat, alternate Fred Flintstone catchphrases, pink cinema, dubbed laughter and what a pain it is to hand someone something in feudal Japan.Finally, you can join us on Facebook here and subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a review) here!Opening Song: Light My Fire by KotokoClosing Song: Wonderful World by Plastic Soul BandSee you next week for a brand new episode! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to Hero Hero Ghost Show!  So, apologies for the delay in getting the latest episode to you, but scheduling and life conspired to derail us for a couple of weeks.  We’re back with a vengeance, however.  This time around, Kiss the Goat and Screen Kings host Jeffrey X Martin joins us to discuss the 1977 classic (?) Hausu.  Most times when you wonder how a movie got made, it’s due to the inherent awfulness of the film.  In the case of Hausu, it’s a minor miracle.  Hausu is weird, free-wheeling haunted house hijinx, and, in the spirit of the movie itself, we discuss the strangeness of the film’s plot, how a movie like this DID get made, subtle allegories involving rooms filled with blood and young girls, the downside of witch-cat ownership and whether or not Eddie Deezen was in Midnight Madness.  Can you place all the references dropped in this episode?Finally, you can join us on Facebook here and subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a review) here!Opening Song: Devil’s Party by CrossfaithClosing Song: Neo-Japanese Heroine by exist’traceSee you next week for Kuroneko with Duncan McLeish of The Podcast Under the Stairs and Chronicle! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to a brand new episode of Hero Hero Ghost Show!This episode, we’re exploring the twisted (heh!) mind of Junki Ito and the film adaptation of Uzumaki.  Joined by Brian Sammons, expert editor and co-host of Evil Episodes and The ABCs of Hidden Horror, we dive into the weird world of a spiral-afflicted village.  Buckle yourself in for spiral puns, Yeats quotes and speculation on human snail behavior.  Also, a look at the roots of the term manga and our very first listener email!Big thanks to Brian Sammons again for coming on and, of course, Lovecraft comparisons abound.If you would like to ask a question of Hero Hero Ghost Show!, send us an email at [email protected], you can join us on Facebook here and subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a review) here!Opening Song: Double Dragon by LM. CClosing Song: Hitohira No Hanabira by Stereopony.See you next week for Ichi the Killer with Andy Blockley of Big Horror in Little Podcast! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back to Episode 6 of Hero Hero Ghost Show!  Boy, do we have a good one today.  I’m joined by Zena Dixon of Girls Will be Ghouls (a podcast you can find right here on LegionPodcasts.com) to discuss Dream Home, a Hong Kong slasher from 2010.  We talk about our mutual love of House, Zena’s admiration for a really effective killer and whether a slasher can ever really be “too smart.”  If you’re a horror fan, you are not going to want to miss this one!You can find Zena on the web at www.realqueenofhorror.com, and find her YouTube channel right here.One quick correction note, I said our next guest will be Brain Collins, but only because I am not smart.  Brian Sammons will be joining us for Uzumaki.Finally, you can join us on Facebook here and subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a review) here!Opening Song: Dada by RadwimpsClosing Song: Reddish by Despair’sRaySee you next week for Uzumaki with Brian Sammons of The ABCs of Horror! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome for round five of Hero Hero Ghost Show!  We now turn our eyes to an oft-used trope in Asian horror cinema – the technological as a source of terror.  For our first foray into techno-horror goodness, I’m joined by Ricky Morgan of the Hail Ming Power Hour to discuss Phone, a story of ghosts, possession and poor Motorola customer service.  We talk story, the amazing child actor that is probably a genuine killer, transgressive imagery, Disney, how to make a haunted house and so much more!Opening Song: The Non-Fiction Days by Band-MaidClosing Song: Ms. Panic by MoliceYou can join us on Facebook here and subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a review) here!See you next week for Dream Home with Zena Dixon of Girls Will Be Ghouls! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome back, Ghost Show heroes!  First of all, thanks to all who have been listening and offering feedback.  You guys are the best!  Enough pandering, though, we have ghosts to talk about!  In particular, Taeko, Kayako and Toshio, the unholy trinity of spooks in Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-on.  Dave Zendano of the Exploding Heads Horror Podcast joins me to talk about the often confusing plot, the similarities between this film and classic Western horror, black cats (some stuffed), croaking and how fear is like a sense of humor.  big thanks to dave for lending his passion and expertise to the show!Opening Song: Sex on the Bach by TsuShiMaMiReClosing Song: Escapism by Head Phones PresidentYou can join us on Facebook here and subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a review) here!See you next week for Phone with Ricky Morgan from the Hail Ming Power Hour! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

 Welcome to Episode 3 of Hero Hero Ghost Show!  This time around, we’re talking Ryuhei Kitamura’s chanbara-inspired bouillabaisse of weirdness, Versus.  Is this the perfect introductory film to Japanese horror?  What’s with the kicking guy?  Is our lead character as feminist as he claims to be?  Also, we talk the origins of the film and why it’s kitchen sink approach to filmmaking may work in its favor!Big thanks to Mike Maryman and be sure to check out Mike and the rest of the gang at Evil Episodes!You can see Kitamura’s short film upon which Versus is based here.If there’s a movie you’d like to hear us discuss, drop us a line here.Join us for more talk about Asian horror at www.facebook.com/groups/HeroHeroGhostShowThanks for listening!Opening Song: Bright Light by Yui SuzukiClosing Song: Toumei Answer by Jin ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★