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Zack Long and Kelly Warner watch and discuss Japanese horror films, from the latest to the greatest classics; the freakiest and the geekiest.

Occult

One Missed Pod #31: OCCULT (2009)

In the latest episode of One Missed Pod, Kelly and Zack sit down to talk about Kōji Shiraishi's found-footage horror film Occult from 2009. The film is available on YouTube, as of the time of...
Cursed (2004)

One Missed Pod #30: CURSED (2004)

Don't look now, it's another episode of One Missed Pod! This week Zack and Kelly are watching the 2004 horror film by Yoshihiro Hoshino, Cursed. It's a little movie with an anthology-like spirit about...
Tomb of Dracula

One Missed Pod #29: DRACULA: SOVEREIGN OF THE DAMNED (1980) with guest Brett the...

On today’s episode of One Missed Pod, Zack and Kelly are joined by Brett der Wiese, who had previously guested on the Wicked City and Monster of Frankenstein episodes. They're back together to talk about...
monster of frankenstein

One Missed Pod #28: MONSTER OF FRANKENSTEIN (1981) with guest Brett the Wiese

On today's episode of One Missed Pod, Zack and Kelly are joined by Brett der Wiese, who had previously guested on the Wicked City episode. This time the gang are talking about Monster of...
black cat mansion

One Missed Pod #27: BLACK CAT MANSION (1958)

In this episode of One Missed Pod, Zack introduces Kelly to the 1958 cat curse movie Black Cat Mansion (aka Mansion of the Ghost Cat. From director Nobuo Nakagawa (Jigoku), the film is a...
Dark Water

One Missed Pod #26: DARK WATER (2002)

In a new episode of One Missed Pod, Kelly and Zack sit down to talk about Dark Water (2002). The film was directed by Hideo Nakata, based off a novel by Koji Suzuki --...
vengeance is mine

One Missed Pod #25: VENGEANCE IS MINE (1979)

In a new episode of One Missed Pod, Zack and Kelly discuss Shohei Imamura's 1979 true-crime serial killer thriller, Vengeance is Mine. Anchored by a frightening lead performance from Ken Ogata, Vengeance is Mine...
Audition

One Missed Pod 24: AUDITION (1999)

One Missed Pod is back! This week Zack and Kelly are talking about the Takashi Miike J-horror modern classic Audition (1999). The two discuss the film's use of violence, mystery, and sexism, but are...

One Missed Pod 23: MIDORI (1992) with Kelly Gredner

  Suehiro Maruo is the master of guro, a Japanese artform which combines the beautiful with the grotesque. Midori (1992) is the adaptation of Maruo's 1984 cult-manga masterpiece retelling of Shōjo Tsubaki. Kelly Gredner, one...

One Missed Pod: Exploring Japanese Found Footage

On Episode 21, we had Scriptophobic writer Rachel Bolton on to speak about the found footage masterpiece Noroi: The Curse (2005). We mentioned quite a few films in that episode, especially the work of Kōji Shiraishi. Shiraishi's...
Uzumaki manga cover image

One Missed Pod 22: UZUMAKI (2000) with guest Danielle Ryan

  Junji Ito is a decisive figure in the horror community, though each year finds more and more fans devoting themselves to his work. On this episode of One Missed Pod, Zack Long is joined...
Kanzenban's Sadako

One Missed Pod: Ring-A-Palooza Wrap-Up

One Missed Pod has finished with the Ring-A-Palooza but the Ring-A-Palooza hasn't finished with One Missed Pod. The Ring-A-Palooza led to burnout on Ring movies, haunted VHS', and supernatural mysteries that will require time to...
Noroi demon mask

One Missed Pod 021: NOROI: THE CURSE (2005) with special guest Rachel Bolton

In this week's One Missed Pod, Kelly and Zack are joined by Scriptophobic writer Rachel Bolton to discuss Koji Shiraishi's Noroi: The Curse, a found footage film that all three pod participants sing the...
One Cut of the Dead

One Missed Pod 020: ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (2017) with guest Chris Vander...

In this week's episode of One Missed Pod, Kelly and Zack are joined by frequent guest Chris Vander Kaay to talk about the zombie comedy One Cut of the Dead. Zombies in general become a...
the ring by Gore Verbinski

One Missed Pod 019: THE RING (2002) and THE RING TWO (2005) — (RING-A-PALOOZA)

The Ring-A-Palooza curse won't release Zack and Kelly just yet! Because Hollywood's Ring movies got so much discussion in the previous episodes, it seemed only fair to revisit those movies and offer updated opinions...
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One Missed Pod 018: RING 0: BIRTHDAY (2000) with special guest host Jay Hawkinson...

The Ring-A-Palooza stops for no one! Zack couldn't make it this week on account of the fact that he had a hurricane roaring over his head at the time of recording, so he left...
ring collection

One Missed Pod 017: SPIRAL (1998) and RING 2 (1999) with special guest Paul...

This week's episode was originally going to be 1998's Spiral with Andrew Roebuck but due to a medical emergency, the discussion on George Iida's Spiral was wrapped into the discussion on Ringu 2 with...
ring collection

One Missed Pod 016: THE RING (1998) with guest Chris Vander Kaay (RING-A-PALOOZA)

Chris VanderKaay returns to One Missed Pod to join hosts Zack Long and Kelly Warner in kicking off the Ring-a-Palooza, a multi-episode look at the Ring films. From techno-horror to cultural differences in adaptation,...
malformed

One Missed Pod 015: HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN (1969)

This week One Missed Pod watches 1969's Horrors of Malformed Men, a trip of a film that inspires discussions on gruesomeness, deformity, Japanese pinku eiga, and the films of Teruo Ishii. Reach your hosts at...
attack of th

One Missed Pod 014: MATANGO (1963)

Kelly Warner returns with this week's movie; Ishiro Honda's Matango (1963), one of Kelly's favorites. Zack had the movie confused with Horrors of Malformed Men (1969), so that's next week's show. Do you like...
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One Missed Pod 013: WICKED CITY (1987) with special guest host Brett the Wiese

Brettro Culture's Brett the Wiese joins host Zack Long to talk about the 1987 anime-horror OVA Wicked City while Kelly Warner is away. A mix of body horror and kink, the film isn't everything...
the green slime poster

One Missed Pod 012: THE GREEN SLIME (1968) with special guest host Andrew Roebuck

Kelly Warner is away on personal business for the time being, so Zack Long is joined by the wonderful Andrew Roebuck to talk about 1968's The Green Slime, a movie that isn't about Vietnam......
Kwaidan Blu-ray from Criterion

One Missed Pod 011: KWAIDAN (1964) with special guest Chris Vander Kaay

In this week's episode, Zack and Kelly are joined by one of Scritophobic's original writers, author and professor Chris Vander Kaay! Our guest chose the movie for discussion and he picked a good one:...
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One Missed Pod 010: JU-ON ORIGINS episodes 4-6

This week's episode concludes One Missed Pod's look at season one of Ju-On: Origins, a dense, dense show. Kelly and Zack discuss the last three episodes of the new Netflix series in depth and...
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One Missed Pod 009: JU-ON: ORIGINS episodes 1-3

Tune into a new episode of One Missed Pod and listen in as Zack Long and Kelly Warner take you on an in-depth, extra spoilery discussion of the first three episodes of the new...