Split Your Head

WARNING: This episode contains discussions of disturbing and controversial subject matter, including violence and sexual assault. Dakota Noot is an LA based visual artist who has recently become completely enthralled in the world of Pinku Eigas. These Japanese erotic/exploitation films are incredibly unique, disturbing, and in turn fascinating, so Dakota takes me through his deep dive into the genre as well as focusing on the Queen of Pink - Naomi Tani! This was an in-depth and exhilarating chat about some extremely WTF films. Prepare to hear about some shocking content but also get a notepad ready to jot down some of these wild titles.
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WARNING: This episode contains discussions of disturbing and controversial subject matter, including violence and sexual assault. This episode features a discussion of the underrated Japanese writer/director Takashi Ishii with returning guest Fred Barrett. Fred came on last season to discuss Hisayasu Sato after writing a phenomenal piece on Pink Films for the Big Ship. When I asked Fred to come back for another deep dive, he suggested we tackle Takashi Ishii, who is most well known for writing Evil Dead Trap, the Angel Guts series, and a handful of other seedy crime flicks that came out in the 90's. Who knew that once we looked under the hood of this provocative filmmaker, we'd find a ton of uncomfortable yet striking ideas. We discuss a lot of potentially triggering subject matter, specifically sexual assault, as it's a running theme in his films and with a perspective that may be hard to wrap your head around. So heads up for that! Despite the dark material discussed, it was great to reconnect with Fred and explore these films. Read Fred's piece on Pink Films here: https://www.thebigship.org/post/pinkfilms Follow Fred here: https://fredbarrett.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/electricdreams/ https://twitter.com/fred_beretta https://www.instagram.com/electricdreams92/

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WARNING: This episode contains disturbing and graphic subject matter. If you're at all squeamish, please keep that in mind. This episode features a lovely chat with Cory DeAn Cowley, the "Lady of Decay", a super talented actor, director, and FX artist whose most recent film "Trypophobic Possession" shocked me to my core with its intense body-horror textural hellscapes. Cory, however, is anything but a scary person and so we had quite the fun chat going through her metal music video origins, insane lengths to create extreme horror, growing up in Tennessee, and much much more. The chat was a blast and with the slate of films she's got coming out, I can't recommend this one enough! http://www.officialcorydeancowley.com http://www.instagram.com/foliumdiscognitum2/ https://tetrovideo.com/shop/trypophobic-posession-blu-ray-numbered-mediabook-edition/ https://m.imdb.com/name/nm14182842/

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Guy is back and this time he's joined by his podcasting co-host, Dave Jackson! Guy and Dave are two wild underground horror filmmakers that now both reside in Japan where they conduct their highly addictive podcast, Show Me Something Wrong. In this series, they explore films that they deem "wrong" - ya know, films that are provocative, baffling, controversial, or just completely WTF. Thanks to their meticulous research and friendly rapport, their exploration of each esoteric film is all the more entertaining. I just had to have them on to chat about how these films feed back into their own work and what exactly is up with Japanese p*rn??? This led to some very shocking stories about their adventures attending Pink cinemas. Heads up, this one gets pretty gnarly! https://podtail.com/podcast/show-me-something-wrong/ https://allmylinks.com/smsw https://www.instagram.com/showmesomethingwrong/

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This episode features Amy Hensarling and Jetta Weinstein, two podcasting/film-writing buds who both made appearances on the first season. Once I heard the inaugural episode of Amy's new series, She Said/She Said, where Jetta came on to dissect a couple films, I just knew I needed both of them on to discuss a couple horror flicks. Jetta picked William Friedkin's "Bug" (2006") and Antonia Bird's "Ravenous" (1999) and off we went pulling apart the themes and subtext of these two powerful/singular films. Fun was had! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/@UCsmTVKIwc8M0GyEcqRP-V6w https://letterboxd.com/amyhensarling/ https://letterboxd.com/theironcupcake/

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WARNING: This episode contains some very disturbing and controversial subject matter. If you're at all squeamish or easily offended, please keep that in mind before listening. This episode features one of the most intense and provocative discussions thus far as I interviewed Jonathan Doe along with Daniel Valient from the collective White Gardenia. Both artists operate within the extreme horror underground, each with their own prolific output of increasingly shocking work, so when Doe released a documentary on White Gardenia - "The Art of Self Harm" - that made me want to invite them both on and dig deeper into their unique worlds. Again, Proceed With Caution and keep in mind that while Daniel Valient's politics are quite brazen, they do not reflect the politics of Split Your Head or myself. However, this led to a very interesting chat and one that made me want to take a closer look at this devout Christian/Trump supporter who participates in self mutilation for their own art. https://putridproductions.bigcartel.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/CinemasUnderbelly https://www.youtube.com/c/MurderabiliaShowTell https://www.facebook.com/cinemasunderbelly/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100014264823225 https://filmfreeway.com/danielvalient https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEtnA8-mv6DIV5sReOPd8TA

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This episode features an incredibly inspiring chat with Montreal-based filmmaker Terry Chiu, whose latest feature film Open Doom Crescendo is one of the wildest, weirdest, and most epic movies I've ever seen! ODC is really an "Experience" so singular and bursting with creativity that you'd expect Terry to be swimming in avant-garde art. Instead, Chiu is a devoted fan of the Insidious films and loves superhero movies. It's a refreshing change of pace for me and led to us having loads of interesting conversations about making DIY art and why music might just be the most influential thing to exist. Check out the episode and watch Open Doom Crescendo asap! https://crescendoangst.net/ https://goldninjavideo.com/collections/releases/products/blu-ray-open-doom-crescendo-cover-a https://linktr.ee/crescendoangst https://www.instagram.com/crescendoangst/

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This episode features a chat with Finlay Blake, the singer of Last Retch, a death metal band from Hamilton, ON who have just released a brand new EP called Ergotism on CDN Records. Finlay is one scary dude on stage, but the complete opposite of that when he's not making a warpath of guttural destruction with his gnarly vocals. We talk about the Salem witch trial influences of the new EP, all the ups and downs of getting a band off the ground, and our love for the various strains of death metal before diving into a full on chat about extreme horror! Was a treat to chat with the guy and I highly recommend you pick up the EP, it is a banger!
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This episode I got to interview Zarrar Kahn whose debut feature, In Flames, has been unleashed in North American theatres as of April 12th. Kahn's film is a doozy of patriarchal oppression, supernatural malevolence, and seething angst, all set in Karachi, Pakistan where two women struggle with the loss of the family patriarch. It's a super impressive debut and gave us plenty to talk about, like wrangling fire stunts, shooting a film during the pandemic, and Kahn's refreshing attitude on genre cinema. We also just gush about our love for films that end "in flames" and so much more! Check out this episode & go see his film now! https://youtu.be/c-XSyLOD-ro https://www.gametheoryfilms.com/in-flames https://www.instagram.com/inflamesmovie/ https://www.instagram.com/kahn.zarrar/ https://linktr.ee/inflamesmovie https://www.gametheoryfilms.com/

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This episode's special guest is Rob Jabbaz, a Canadian filmmaker who created my favourite film of 2022 - The Sadness! If you haven't watched it yet, what are you waiting for?? It's one of the most brutal and exhilarating takes on a "viral horror flick" where people are succumbing to a mysterious infection that turns them into sadistic psychopaths. We talk about how his film was received in Taiwan where it was made, his new comic book Black Urn, artistic processes, listening to metal, and the usual mind-boggling questionnaire that really got Rob cookin'. Check it out! https://robjabbaz.com/ https://www.patreon.com/ROBJABBAZ

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