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 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...
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:...
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...
One Missed Pod 005: BATTLE HEATER (1989)
This week's a Kelly pick and she's selected one of the craziest Japanese horror-comedies ever put to film: George Iida's Battle Heater, a movie about a killer table. That's right: a killer table. From...
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......
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...
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...
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...
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...
Listen to the First Two Episodes of Scriptophobic’s ONE MISSED POD, a Japanese Horror...
Scriptophobic editors Zack Long and Kelly Warner are massive Japanese horror fans. From the earliest silent films (A Page of Madness) to the latest incarnations of Ju-On, they're obsessed with Japan's output of horrific, spine-tingling...
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...
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 003: THE SECRET OF THE TELEGIAN (1960)
From missed calls to Toho tokusatsu insanity, One Missed Pod is back with a new episode. This week Zack Long and Kelly Warner are looking at mostly forgotten 1960 film The Secret of the...
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,...
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...
One Missed Pod 004: GUILTY OF ROMANCE (2011)
You can tell this week was a Zack pick by the dark subject matter in Guilty of Romance (2011). This film by legendary director Sion Sono is based on a real crime that rocked...
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...
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 --...
One Missed Pod 006: PULSE (2001)
This week the topic of discussion is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse (2001, AKA Kairo), a movie that is equal parts about a ghost apocalypse and depression.
Show notes:
The red tape in Pulse is unique to the...
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...
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...
One Missed Pod 007: UGETSU (1953)
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Ugetsu (1953) is up this time around. A classic of Japanese cinema, Kelly and Zack dive into this masterpiece to explore both the film and the circumstances surrounding it in depth.
Show notes:
This episode contains...
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...
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...