Podcasts by Hero Hero Ghost Show!

The Dark Parade #39: Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell from 2023-01-25T09:00

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 musc...

The Dark Parade #25: Over Your Dead Body from 2022-03-23T09:00

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 wo...

The Dark Parade #21: The Vampire Doll from 2022-02-23T09:00

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 a...

Legion Podcasts: The Prisoners of the Ghostland Review from 2021-09-18T13:51:43

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 underappreciat...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: A Page of Madness from 2021-07-13T14:52:44

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...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: One Missed Call 3 from 2021-06-27T14:13:04

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 who...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: One Missed Call The Television Series Part 2 2005 from 2021-06-13T12:57:51

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 be...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: One Missed Call The Television Series Part 1 2005 from 2021-05-30T12:00

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 Miik...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: One Missed Call 2 2005 from 2021-05-16T11:00

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...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: One Missed Call 2003 from 2021-05-02T13:00

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 w...

Hero Hero Ghost Show–Solo Sono: Tag 2015 from 2021-04-20T01:40:20

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...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: The Child’s Eye from 2021-04-04T14:33:14

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 m...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: The Eye 3 from 2021-03-20T13:13:25

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...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: The Eye 2 (2004) from 2021-03-06T12:00

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. Ther...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: The Eye 2002 from 2021-02-21T11:35:20

Hero Hero Ghost Show kicks off a new series of reviews with The Eye 2002.

The post Hero Hero Ghost S...

Hero Hero Ghost Show Review: Train to Busan Presents Peninsula from 2020-11-11T14:42:10

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, a...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: Bonus–A Blood Pledge with Richard Glenn Schmidt from 2020-05-08T20:04:11

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 ta...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: Bonus Episode–Voice w/ Richard Glenn Schmidt from 2020-03-26T18:35:02

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...

Hero Hero Ghost Show–Bonus Episode: Wishing Stairs with Richard Glenn Schmidt from 2019-07-24T11:42:46

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, Wishin...

Hero Hero Ghost Show–Dark Water from 2019-01-24T02:39:43

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 ...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Meatball Machine and Kodoku Meatball Machine from 2018-08-19T22:49:25

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, Me...

Hero Hero Ghost Show–Thirst from 2018-05-13T14:04:55

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) befo...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: King Kong vs Godzilla from 2018-04-03T13:07:44

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 berr...

Hero Hero Ghost Show–Bonus Episode: Whispering Corridors and Momento Mori with Richard Glenn Schmidt from 2018-03-15T20:49:32

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...

Hero Hero Who Will Ghost Survive? w/ Kurando Mitsutake from 2018-03-02T09:30:09

Here for a super special bonus team up episode of Who Will Survive? and Hero Hero Ghost Show! Marco, Paul, and Bo are joined by writer/director Kurando Mitsutake. After discovering his movie Gun...

Hero Hero Ghost Show–Exte: Hair Extensions from 2018-02-24T16:48:35

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 thi...

Hero Hero Ghost Show!–Godzilla from 2017-12-28T00:27:12

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 th...

Hero Hero Ghost Show!–Tomie vs Tomie&Tomie Unlimited w/Richard Glenn Schmidt from 2017-08-29T11:58:53

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,...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Bonus Episode–Tomie: Beginning&Tomie: Revenge from 2017-04-11T18:54:07

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.  T...

Hero Hero Ghost Show!–Suicide Club from 2017-03-07T18:34:40

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, ...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Valentine’s Day Special: Sadako vs Kayako from 2017-02-14T16:40:32

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 perh...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Tomie Special #2–Tomie: Rebirth and Tomie: Forbidden Fruit from 2016-12-13T12:55:26

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 ...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Season Two: Episode Four–Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman from 2016-12-06T21:03:14

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 ...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Season Two–Special Episode: Imprint and Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies from 2016-11-29T16:31:29

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 t...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Season Two: Episode Three–Evil Dead Trap from 2016-11-22T15:25:55

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 ...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Season Two: Episode 2–Tetsuo the Iron Man from 2016-11-15T13:49:10

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 on...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Season Two Premiere: Ringu from 2016-11-08T18:38:36

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 th...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Bonus Episode #2–Tomie: Another Face and Tomie: Replay from 2016-10-17T19:27:08

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 t...

Hero Hero Ghost Show!–Bonus Episode #1: Colette Balmain from 2016-08-30T15:40:32

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 th...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Episode 13–Tomie from 2016-08-11T14:54:31

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...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Episode 12–Pulse from 2016-08-02T14:51:53

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...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Episode 11–Ichi the Killer from 2016-07-26T13:57:04

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-drench...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Episode 10–Battle Royale from 2016-07-19T13:30:12

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-...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Episode 9–Kuroneko from 2016-06-21T12:09:24

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 Podcas...

Hero Hero Ghost Show! Episode 8–Hausu from 2016-06-14T18:08:05

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 w...

Hero Hero Ghost Show!: Episode 7–Uzumaki from 2016-05-24T15:30:54

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, exp...

Hero Hero Ghost Show!: Episode 6–Dream Home from 2016-05-17T15:17:31

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...

Hero Hero Ghost Show!: Episode 5–Phone from 2016-05-10T18:31:21

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 techn...

Hero Hero Ghost Show!: Episode 4–Ju-on from 2016-05-03T14:55:20

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 ...

Hero Hero Ghost Show!: Episode 3–Versus from 2016-04-26T14:00:55

  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 int...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: Episode 2–Tokyo Gore Police from 2016-04-19T14:08:17

Now that we’ve broken the seal on Asian horror with Audition, it’s time to embrace the weird of Tokyo Gore Police, a movie that boasts Cronenberg levels of body mutation and injury. ...

Hero Hero Ghost Show: Episode 1–Audition from 2016-04-12T19:27:15

  Welcome to Episode 1 of Hero Hero Ghost Show!  This podcast is devoted entirely to Asian horror cinema, and we’re not screwing around on the premiere episode.  We’re talking T...