Eros + Massacre Podcast
1) Eros + Massacre Episode 26: The Best of 2025
I missed this podcast so much, but finishing a book while keeping on top of my commentary deadlines has been brutal. The episode title — as some of you have probably guessed — is a bit dec...Show More
2) Episode 25: Telephone Terror with Erica Shultz
Squeezing in one last special episode for the Halloween season, this is another subject I’ve been dying to talk about since I started Eros + Massacre. Erica Shultz was kind enough to join me to ...Show More
3) Episode 24: The Hammer Dracula Spectacular with Keith Allison
It took me YEARS to make this episode happen, but I am finally triumphant, thanks to my generous and tolerant co-host, Keith Allison. You might remember him as my guest for our episode last year on be...Show More
4) Episode 23: The Desolation of Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1989-1999)
It’s officially the beginning of Halloween season and the end of the Japanese celebration of the dead, Obon. Obon is celebrated at different times in different parts of the country, though it is...Show More
5) Kenji Misumi's Sword Trilogy with Curtis Tsui
This is an extra special episode near and dear to my heart, since Kenji Misumi has become one of my favorite directors, largely because of the Sword trilogy. Though his name may be unfamiliar to many ...Show More
6) Eros + Massacre Episode 21: Jess Franco’s Red Lips with John Dickson
Chicago film programmer John Dickson, from the Oscarbate podcast and film collective, joined me for another wild discussion of Jess Franco’s spy/detective films. This time we’re talking ab...Show More
7) Eros + Massacre Episode 20: Hamburger The Motion Picture with Shawn Porter
Since we’re on the verge of summer, it seemed like the perfect time for my first episode on American sex comedies. After years of asking, I finally listened to reason and sat down with gentleman...Show More
Eros + Massacre Episode 20: Hamburger The Motion Picture with Shawn Porter
1:47:57 | Jun 16th, 2025
8) Eros + Massacre Episode 19: Shuji Terayama’s Pastoral with Angura Research Center
Clara from Angura Research Center was kind enough to join me for this episode on one of cinema’s greatest surrealists, Shuji Terayama. Poet, writer, master of underground theater (known as angur...Show More
Eros + Massacre Episode 19: Shuji Terayama’s Pastoral with Angura Research Center
1:35:56 | May 28th, 2025
9) Eros + Massacre Episode 18: Teen Delinquent Hell with Byron Lueders
Ditch class, rev your engines, sharpen your switchblades, and roll up some reefer! Extremely patient friend of the show Byron Lueders joined me for this episode that we recorded four score and seven y...Show More
10) Eros + Massacre Episode 17: Jess Franco’s Horny Detective with John Dickson
It’s officially spring, which seems like a fitting time to release the first — but certainly not last — Jess Franco episode of the show. Thanks to Patreon supporter Pat Radke for req...Show More
Eros + Massacre Episode 17: Jess Franco’s Horny Detective with John Dickson
2:04:32 | Mar 21st, 2025