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by Samm Deighan
Eros + Massacre is a cinema podcast hosted by Samm Deighan, focusing on everything from cult and psychotronic to weird arthouse, East Asian movies, and the less frequently explored avenues of film history.
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- 6 days ago1h 58m
Episode 33: Skinemax Edgar Allan Poe with Klon Waldrip
Earlier this year, Klon and I took a deep dive into the Roger Corman Poe series and Klon was kind enough (and possibly masochistic enough) to return for part two! In this episode, we decided to punish ourselves by exploring a series of Poe adaptations made in the late ’80s and early ’90s: Alan Birkinshaw’s The House of Usher (1989) and The Masque of the Red Death (1989), Jim Wynorski’s The Haunting of Morella (1990), George Romero and Dario Argento’s Two Evil Eyes (1990), and Stuart Gordon’s The Pit and the Pendulum (1991). I don’t know if any of these films actually screened on Skinemax (the nickname for late-night American cable TV programming in the ’80s and ’90s that got away with showing a lot more sex, nudity, and softcore erotica), but they all match that vibe. American horror made after the mid ’80s is not usually my focus on this podcast and I think this episode illustrated why, though I always have so much fun talking to Klon that it was worth it. Be sure to check out Klon’s podcast, Late List, which you can find on YouTube (with a really cool video component), Apple, or Spotify. Any other links you might need can be found here! Happy Halloween!!!
- 1 weeks ago1h 48m
Episode 32: Lisa and the Devil with Bill Ackerman
I’m back for the first of two Halloween episodes! All of you know and love Bill Ackerman (or should) from his Supporting Characters podcast and/or his work on various blu-ray special features. He joined me for a second episode on the great Mario Bava. This time we’re discussing Lisa and the Devil (1974) and the related abomination The House of Exorcism, which turned the surreal original narrative into an Exorcist rip off with some hilarious added footage. We also talk a lot about Bava’s later career, my beloved Telly Savalas and the films he made in Europe, and more. Bill has returned from hiatus with new episodes of Supporting Characters, so check them out on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts! (Linked above.)
- Sep 30, 20261h 56m
Episode 31: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne with Jessica Shires
I am finally back from finishing my Żuławski book with an episode that is long, long overdue. Cultural historian and cinephile Jessica Shires joined me to gush over our love for Walerian Borowczyk and his radical 1981 gothic horror film, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne. This is meant to serve as something of an introduction to Borowczyk, so we spend some time talking about the development of his career, the importance of surrealism and literary adaptation to his work, and his incredible approach to female characters and women’s sexuality on screen. We love Boro! You can find Jessica here on Instagram — she has impeccable taste and her carefully curated account is highly recommended if you’re an art history fan — and her Projection Booth episodes can be found here, including one we did together on The Story of O.
- Jun 21, 20262h 17m
Episode 30: The Desolation of Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2000-2003) with Angura Research Center
For the second part of my ongoing series about Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Clara from Angura Research Center was kind enough to return to the show. You might remember her from the episode we did together on Shuji Terayama, but she’s also a huge Kurosawa fan. We had a lot to say about the horror films and thrillers he made at the beginning of the 2000s: Séance (2000), Pulse (2001), Bright Future (2002), Doppelganger (2003), and the short film Matasaburo the Wind Imp (2003). I think you can tell from the episode that we could truly have just kept talking about Kurosawa forever and are both dazzled by him. There are also some shout outs to Seijun Suzuki, Koji Wakamatsu, Masao Adachi, and a free Palestine. You can find Clara’s important work as a writer and translator at her Angura Research Center site and YouTube channel! Here’s a direct link to the interview she mentions where Terayama discusses the influence of Surrealist Rene Magritte. And I say this in the very end of the episode, but Kurosawa’s new film, The Samurai and the Prisoner, will be out in select theaters in the US on July 31!
- May 6, 20262h 37m
Episode 29: Roger Corman's Poe Cycle with Klon Waldrip
This April was the great Roger Corman’s centennial, so what better time to finally discuss his work on Eros + Massacre. Writer, artist, programmer, and friend of the show Klon Waldrip joined me for an epic conversation about Corman’s 8-film series loosely based on the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. In this episode we discuss: House of Usher (1960), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Premature Burial (1962), Tales of Terror (1962), The Raven (1963), Lovecraft adaptation The Haunted Palace (1963), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), and The Tomb of Ligeia (1964), and a handful of related films. We talk a lot about the overlapping plots and themes in these narratives, the distinctly American use of gothic tropes, Vincent Price, evil redheads, being obsessed with death, Vincent Price with a side of Peter Lorre, sinister doubles, doomed romance, and so much more. Be sure to check out Klon’s new solo podcast, Late List, which you can find on YouTube (with a really cool video component), Apple, or Spotify. The first episode is all about Something Weird Video!
- Apr 9, 20261h 20m
Episode 28: The Stray Cat Rock Series
The greatest of all time, Meiko Kaji, recently came to NYC for a retrospective of her work at Japan Society, so naturally I had to celebrate with a podcast episode in her honor. This is a solo outing, where I discuss the Stray Cat Rock series, which Kaji made for Nikkatsu. It launched her to countercultural stardom and was her last major project for the studio before departing for Toei in 1972 where she went on to greater heights with a series of crime and revenge films. I discuss the five film series: Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss (1970), Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo (1970), Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (1970), Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal (1970), and Stray Cat Rock: Beat ’71 (1971). These are incredibly stylish and often whimsical, though only loosely connected stories of girl gangs, their battles with rival male gangs, racism, the American occupation in Japan, drug use, the Tokyo nightclub scene, and freewheeling hippies. Kaji doesn’t play a recurring character (as in the better known Female Prisoner Scorpion series), but different iterations of a cool, charismatic gang boss and juvenile delinquent with a heart of gold. In the episode, I mention that my live interview with Kaji from March 28 will hopefully be up on Japan Society’s YouTube page soon (but there is a ton of great Japanese cinema content there already). I also mentioned this Meiko Kaji-inspired playlist which you can find here; I made this a few months ago for my Patreon, but it is a public playlist and perfect for spring weather.
- Mar 6, 20262h 13m
Episode 27: The Kurt Raab Fan Club with Adrianna Gober
I haven’t yet had a chance to talk about New German Cinema on Eros + Massacre, though episodes on Rainer Werner Fassbinder and key figures from his group of collaborators have been high on my list. I could never pick a single favorite director, but Fassbinder is at least in the top five. And Kurt Raab—the actor, set designer, art director, screenwriter, and producer who was among Fassbinder’s most loyal, brilliant, and beleaguered collaborators—is among my favorite Germans to ever exist, so it seemed like a good idea to start with him. Film programmer and projectionist Adrianna Gober is the only person I know who loves Raab as much as I do, and we’ve been planning this episode for… years now. We decided to focus on three of Raab’s films, though we do give a lengthy intro about Fassbinder himself and how he set the creative tone for much of Raab’s career. First up is Tenderness of the Wolves (1973), a bleak serial killer thriller officially directed by Ulli Lommel, but it’s essentially a collaborative effort between Lommel and Raab, made with Fassbinder’s assistance. The center piece of the episode is Fassbinder’s Bolwieser aka The Stationmaster’s Wife (1977), a two-part made for TV series that has primarily been available in a truncated, feature-length version. A kind Discord user tracked down the complete version for us, not knowing we had already recorded, but we HAD TO go back and say more. And we end with a shorter discussion about Barbet Schroeder’s Cheaters (1984), a gambling drama with one of Raab’s wildest character actor roles. If you have trouble locating The Stationamaster’s Wife, you should be able to download it here. You can find Adrianna at the Gap Theater in Wind Gap, PA, which has some truly incredible programming, tons of 35mm screenings, and some of the best programmers working on the East Coast. If you’ve ever heard me wax poetic about Harry Guerro from Exhumed Films, this theater is one of his many labors of love and is an easy drive from the Mahoning Drive In (and is about two hours from both Philadelphia and NYC). I am a bad person and still have not yet been there, but it’s on my list of resolutions for this spring!
- Jan 30, 20261h 33m
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 deceptive. This is all about my favorite new-to-me films of 2025 and it skews heavily towards East Asian cinema and towards crime thrillers. There are actually more contemporary films on here than I would have guessed, as well as some real wild cards (especially in the runners up section), but they are ALL BANGERS. Fair warning that a number of them are heavy on the violence, sexual violence, and/or gore. Some show notes! As mentioned in the episode, here is Kevin’s incredible list of all movies mentioned on Eros + Massacre. And in case you missed the news that there’s a new Discord, here is another invite (these links are only good for 24 hours, but just comment if you need a new one or email me at samm.deighan at gmail). Americans, please join in the nationwide general strike tomorrow (no work, no school, no shopping) to stop ICE. If you aren’t American, you can help by not buying from any US companies tomorrow.
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