Hero Hero Ghost Show! is an Asian horror-focused podcast examining movies of all eras from these diverse and fascinating cultures. We try to provide some cultural context and have a little fun along the way.
- The Dark Parade #39: Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell - 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 [...]
- The Dark Parade #25: Over Your Dead Body - 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 [...]
- The Dark Parade #21: The Vampire Doll - 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 [...]
- Legion Podcasts: The Prisoners of the Ghostland Review - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: A Page of Madness - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: One Missed Call 3 - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: One Missed Call The Television Series Part 2 2005 - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: One Missed Call The Television Series Part 1 2005 - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: One Missed Call 2 2005 - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: One Missed Call 2003 - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show – Solo Sono: Tag 2015 - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: The Child’s Eye - 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, [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: The Eye 3 - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: The Eye 2 (2004) - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: The Eye 2002 - Hero Hero Ghost Show kicks off a new series of reviews with The Eye 2002.
- Hero Hero Ghost Show Review: Train to Busan Presents Peninsula - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: Bonus – A Blood Pledge with Richard Glenn Schmidt - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: Bonus Episode – Voice w/ Richard Glenn Schmidt - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show – Bonus Episode: Wishing Stairs with Richard Glenn Schmidt - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show – Dark Water - 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. [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Meatball Machine and Kodoku Meatball Machine - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show – Thirst - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: King Kong vs Godzilla - 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! [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show – Bonus Episode: Whispering Corridors and Momento Mori with Richard Glenn Schmidt - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Who Will Ghost Survive? w/ Kurando Mitsutake - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show – Exte: Hair Extensions - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! – Godzilla - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! – Tomie vs Tomie & Tomie Unlimited w/Richard Glenn Schmidt - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Bonus Episode – Tomie: Beginning & Tomie: Revenge - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! – Suicide Club - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Valentine’s Day Special: Sadako vs Kayako - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Tomie Special #2 – Tomie: Rebirth and Tomie: Forbidden Fruit - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Season Two: Episode Four – Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Season Two – Special Episode: Imprint and Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Season Two: Episode Three – Evil Dead Trap - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Season Two: Episode 2 – Tetsuo the Iron Man - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Season Two Premiere: Ringu - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Bonus Episode #2 – Tomie: Another Face and Tomie: Replay - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! – Bonus Episode #1: Colette Balmain - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Episode 13 – Tomie - 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) [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Episode 12 – Pulse - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Episode 11 – Ichi the Killer - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Episode 10 – Battle Royale - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Episode 9 – Kuroneko - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show! Episode 8 – Hausu - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show!: Episode 7 – Uzumaki - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show!: Episode 6 – Dream Home - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show!: Episode 5 – Phone - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show!: Episode 4 – Ju-on - 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, [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show!: Episode 3 – Versus - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: Episode 2 – Tokyo Gore Police - 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 [...]
- Hero Hero Ghost Show: Episode 1 – Audition - 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 [...]