Genre Exposure: A Film Podcast
A bi-weekly podcast plumbing the depths of genre films. Join us as we explore the wide world of cinema broadening our horizons one movie at a time.
In this episode, we fulfill a prophecy long spoken of dating back to the very earliest episodes of the show. So join us as we check out the wild and cosmically apocalyptic Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend from 1989. Huge trigger warning here: Urotsukidoji is infamous for a reason. So as we always say, know…
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In this episode, we’re hitting the mean streets for a killer crime film by way of Japan, thanks to Dustin’s pick. So join us as we check out Kinji Fukasaku’s Japan Organized Crime Boss from 1969. Harkening back to our prior format, Dustin delivers a whirlwind overview and history of the yakuza subgenre. Jason digs…
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In this special bonus episode of Genre Exposure, a Christmas miracle descends upon the podcast as Dustin wraps up his coverage of the Death Forest franchise. At four films in with mostly diminishing returns from an already low high, join our intrepid host as he discovers that the final entry actually packs the biggest punch…
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In this special bonus episode of Genre Exposure, Jason is on vacation and Dustin cracks open the J-Horror Journal once more. We pick back up right where we left off with Death Forest 4 directed by Yasutake Torii. We’re chugging right along and that means more of what you can expect from this franchise by…
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In this special bonus episode of Genre Exposure, continuing our tradition of having an extra episode drop on Halloween, Dustin cracks open the J-Horror Journal one last time this month to share with you three of his favorite urban legends from Japan and discuss some of the many films that have spawned from them. From…
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In this special bonus episode of Genre Exposure, picking up right where we left off, join us as we check out Yasutake Torii’s Death Forest 3 from 2015, the next entry in the franchise based on an indie video game that itself was based on another prominent indie video game. Dustin eagerly dives into discovering…
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In this special bonus episode of Genre Exposure, it’s the return of Dustin’s J-Horror Journal! In an effort to ensure we continue having content every week in October, Dustin has taken to the mic solo to make up for the lost time of his recent illness and do what he does best: unhinged ranting about…
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In this episode, we get lost into the absurdly surreal world of Kiju Yoshida’s Heroic Purgatory from 1970. Serving as Dustin’s Lynchian avant-garde counter pick to our prior film, this one covers much of the same ground, focusing and drawing inspiration from the same student revolts that served as source material for Kichiku; only everything…
In this special bonus episode of Genre Exposure, we’ve had a bit of a scheduling crisis making Jason unavailable to record. So Dustin takes to the microphone solo to chat more about Japanese Horror. We’ve decided to spin the prior filler episode in this style into its own series that for now will crop up…
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In this episode, we dive back into some cult Japanese cinema. Jason had been holding this one in his back pocket for a while now and couldn’t resist springing on Dustin a cult classic that he was unaware of. Tune in to see how our feelings shake out on this one and join us for…
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