This month, Kris and Donna test their might with a double feature pitting T.F Mou’s “Men Behind The Sun” (1988) against Andrey Iskanov’s “Philosophy of a Knife” (2008), two films which take very different approaches to depicting the horrors inflicted by Imperial Japan’s Unit 731.

CONTENT WARNINGS: World War II, Racism, War Crimes, Forced Captivity, Forced Drugging, Cruel & Inhumane Treatment, Torture/Mutilation, Dismemberment, Experimental Surgery, Needles, Electrocution, Child/Infant Abuse/Death, Child Nudity (MBTS), Implied Pedophilia (MBTS), Animal Abuse/Death (Rats, Cats) (MBTS), Actual Cadavers, Autopsy Footage (MBTS), Prison Exploitation (Philosophy), Sexual Abuse, Assault (Philosophy), Pregnancy (Philosophy), Forced Abortion (Philosophy), Suicide (Philosophy)

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SHOW NOTES:

Watch “Men Behind the Sun”: Youtube

Watch “Philosophy of a Knife”: Youtube, Prime

“Unit 731,” Wikipedia.

“Second Sino-Japanese War,” Wikipedia.

Harris, S.H. (2002). Factories of Death: Japanese Biological Warfare, 1932–1945, and the American Cover-up. Routledge.

Kristof, Nicholar D. (17 March 1995). "Unmasking Horror – A special report. Japan Confronting Gruesome War Atrocity". New York Times.

“Man Behind the Sun (1988),” IMDB.

“Men Behind the Sun,” Wikipedia.

“Mou Tun-fei,” Wikipedia.

“The Awful Truth Of MEN BEHIND THE SUN,” Jess Hicks, Birth Movies Death, December 20 2016.

“T.F. Mous : The Man Behind the Sun, part 1,” Donato Totaro, Off Screen, January 1999.

“Philosophy of a Knife (Video 2008),” IMDB.

“Philosophy of a Knife,” Wikipedia.

 "Andrey Iskanov". Philosophy of a Knife. The Worldwide Celluloid Massacre. Retrieved November 15, 2012.

"Foreign Objects: Philosophy of a Knife". Film School Rejects. 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2019-05-09.

Audible Sharpness

This month, Donna and Kris get suited up for “Tetsuo: The Iron Man” (1989), a Japanese film about a young salaryman getting bullied by a goth fetishist until they consummate their love and ride away into the sunset on a giant phallus.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Body Horror, Mutilation, Vehicular Manslaughter, Implied Sexual Assault, Genital Mutilation, Attempted Suicide, Animal Death, Misophonia

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SHOW NOTES:

Watch “Tetsuo: The Iron Man”: Prime, Youtube, Arrow, Google, Apple

“Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989),” IMDB.

“Tetsuo: The Iron Man,” Wikipedia.

“TSUKAMOTO: THE IRON MAN | The Creation of Tetsuo,” ZettaiJapan!, June 12 2020. 

“Tetsuo: The Iron Man and the dark side of transhumanism,” Sam Moore, Little White Lies, July 1 2019.

Mes, Tom (2005). Iron Man: The Cinema of Shinya Tsukamoto. Surrey, England: FAB Press. ISBN 1-903254-36-1.

Noé, Amber (27 November 2019). "Capturing a World in a Crystal Ball: A Conversation with Kei Fujiwara". Mubi. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

Mes, Tom; Sharp, Jasper (2005). The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film. Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 1880656892.

For their one-year podcast anniversary, Kris and Donna get on the grease with "The Greasy Strangler" (2016), a horror-comedy film about the complicated relationship between an aging son and his serial killer father.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Misophonia, Graphic Nudity/Sexual Situations, Neck Trauma, Eye Trauma, Cannibalism, Misogyny, Gaslighting; References to Scat/Scatophilia, Child Sexual Abuse

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SHOW NOTES:

Watch “The Greasy Strangler”: Prime, Vudu, Apple TV, Youtube

Watch “She A Go”: Youtube

“The Greasy Strangler,” IMDB.

“The Greasy Strangler,” Wikipedia.

“22 Things We Learned From ‘The Greasy Strangler’ Commentary,” Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects, April 12 2017.

“‘The Greasy Strangler’: The Story Behind 2016’s Most Disgusting Movie,” Charles Bramesco, Rolling Stone., October 7 2016.

“‘The Greasy Strangler’: Just Maybe the Weirdest Movie Ever,” Erik Piepenburg, The New York Times, October 7 2016.

“‘The Greasy Strangler’: Inside The Fearlessly Ridiculous Midnight Movie People Can't Stop Talking About,” Haleigh Foutch, Collider, October 8 2016.

This month Donna and Kris put on their dancin’ waders to slosh through the gooshy New French Extremity film, “Inside” (2007), a heart-warming tale of a pregnant woman’s sleepy Christmas Eve in which nothing bad at all happens. We wish.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Pregnancy, Car Accident, Spousal Death, Home Invasion, Stalking, Animal Abuse/Death, Fetal Trauma, Improvised Caesarean, Fetal Abduction, Gore, Mutilation, Blood; Allusions to: Stillbirth, Police Violence, French Ethnocentrism

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SHOW NOTES:

Watch “Inside”: Prime, Apple TV, Youtube, Vudu

“Inside (2007),” IMDB.

“Inside (2007 film),” Wikipedia.

“INTERVIEW: JULIEN MAURY,” Shaun Davis, SciFiNow, October 10 2009.

“Inside,” Scott Tobias, AV Club, August 18 2011.

“[TIFF Review] ‘Inside’ (À l’intérieur) is a Work of Art, Painted in Blood,” Brad Miska, Bloody Disgusting, September 10 2007.

“Film Review: Inside (À l’intérieur) (2007),” Adrian Halen, HorrorNews.net, May 10 2011.

“Harry took a look INSIDE at Fantastic Fest and his water broke!!!,” Ain’t It Cool News, September 26 2007.

“Mom-to-Be Says She Had to Kill Attacker,” ABC News, July 29 2009.

“Fetal abduction,” Wikipedia.

This week Kris and Donna pop open the Pandora's box of Takashi Miike's ouevre with "Audition" (1999), a Japanese horror film about a widower seeking a new wife by way of a fake movie audition.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Parent/Spouse Death, Sexual Exploitation, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Forced Drugging, Forced Captivity, Torture, Dismemberment, Vomit, Emetophilia, Needles, Eye Trauma, Neck Trauma, Child Abuse, The Dog Dies

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SHOW NOTES:

Watch “Audition”: Prime, Tubi, Apple TV

“Audition,” IMDb.

“Audition (1999 film),” Wikipedia.

“Takashi Miike,” Wikipedia.

“TAKASHI THE KILLER: AN INTERVIEW WITH JAPAN'S LEADING CULT DIRECTOR TAKASHI MIIKE,” Xavier Mendik, Kamera.co.uk, 2002.

“Japan Isn’t Ready for a #MeToo Moment,” Rob Fahey, Tokyo Review, May 24 2018.

This week Donna and Kris finally get to slam the LUCIFER VALENTINE alarm with “Black Metal Veins,” (2012), a questionably real documentary depicting the lives of a black metal band whose members are intensely addicted to heroin and abuse a plethora of other drugs.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Drug Abuse, Addiction, Racism/Racist Slurs, Homophobic Slurs, Sexual Assault/Implied Rape, Physical Abuse, Child Abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Graphic Sexual Content, Nihilism

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SHOW NOTES:

Allegedly

“I, my pals, and many other people were abused by a horror film director named Lucifer Valentine (Vomit Gore Trilogy). Here is my story.,” 24x7news.live, July 16 2020.

“An Interview with Lucifer Valentine,” Pamela Torres, PunkGlobe.com, Retrieved August 16 2021.

“really informative lucifer valentine interview i found,” Jason H., GTX0, September 2006.

SUPPORT RESOURCES:

SAMHSA: SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

DHS Substance Abuse Services

Find Treatment

Addiction Center

Kris and Donna return from their summer hiatus with an episode recorded pre-hiatus about “Street Trash” (1987), a classic melt movie about a homeless community experiencing a rash of mysterious and gruesome deaths by way of toxic booze.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Homeless Exploitation/Stereotypes, Substance Abuse, Alcoholism, Body Horror, Gore, Ableism, Vietnam War, PTSD, Racism, Misogyny, Sexual Assault, Implied Necrophilia, Genital Mutilation, Vomit, Homophobic Slurs, Transphobia, Antisemitic Slurs

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SHOW NOTES:

Watch “Street Trash": Prime, Shudder, Youtube.

Watch the original short: Youtube.

Watch the deleted dance scene: Youtube.

“Street Trash (1987),” IMDB.

“Street Trash,” Wikipedia.

“[Butcher Block] Melt Movie ‘Street Trash’ Aims to Offend,” Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting, May 6 2019.

“17 Things We Learned From the ‘Street Trash’ Commentary,” Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects, July 18 2013.

“EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ROY FRUMKES (STREET TRASH),” Devin Faraci, CHUD.com, November 3 2006.

“Vietnam era and Vietnam combat veterans among the homeless.,” R Rosenheck, P Gallup, and C A Leda, May 1991.

“Combat Stress, Psychosocial Adjustment, and Service Use Among Homeless Vietnam Veterans,” Robert Rosenheck, Catherine Leda, and Peggy Gallup, February 1992, Published Online April 1 2006.

“Combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder and severity of substance abuse in Vietnam veterans.” M E McFall, P W Mackay, D M Donovan, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1992.

“Why Were Vietnam War Vets Treated Poorly When They Returned?,” Dante A. Ciampaglia, History.com, November 8 2018.

“Vietnam Veterans,” U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Retrieved June 6 2021.

“Lynching in America: Targeting Black Veterans,” Equal Justice Initiative, 2017.

This week Donna and Kris accidentally stumble straight into Hell with “Where the Dead Go to Die” (2012), an animated horror anthology featuring a demonic dog that lures three children into committing unspeakable crimes against humanity. Also, Cicada Fuckfest 2021, alien abductions and monstrous mermaids, Creamer Hands, and everyone has to go to jail now, sorry.

RED FLAG WARNING: Be advised this film contains depictions of child sexual abuse. If you’re watching along with the pod, Don’t.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Blood/Gore, Mental Illness, Hallucinations, Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Incest, Infanticide, Forced Abortion, Genital Mutilation, Animal Abuse/Bestiality, Vietnam War, Sex Worker Abuse, Eye Trauma, Religious Blasphemy, Body Horror, Self Harm, Suicide, LGBTQ+ Slurs, Extreme Sexual Content, Extreme Violence, Extreme Misogyny, Racism

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SHOW NOTES:

Watch “Where the Dead Go to Die” (Except Don’t): Vimeo

“Where the Dead Go to Die (2012),” IMDB.

“Where the Dead Go to Die,” Wikipedia.

“An Interview with Jimmy ScreamerClauz, Director of Where the Dead Go to Die,” Mike Haberfelner, (re)Search My Trash, March 2012.