Mutual Aberration Society

On today's MAS I talk with guests Matthew J. Donovan of the Neoliberal Hell podcast and Hunter Hunt-Hendrix the frontwoman of the metal band Liturgy.

Kelby Losack returns to MAS to discuss AGGRO DR1FT and Harmony Korine. Instant classic episode.

Kelby Losack returns to MAS to discuss AGGRO DR1FT and Harmony Korine. Instant classic episode.

Fred Barrett makes his third appearance on MAS to discuss Edward Yang's 1986 film Terrorizers and the Taiwanese New Wave.

From the vaults of the MAS Patreon, here's an unlocked episode about the 1987 film The Shinjuku Love Story featuring Nicole and Stu of Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema podcast.

LowRes Wunderbred from MOVIES // A PODCAST ABOUT THE ACT OF CINEMA returns to MAS to discuss Ti's West's MAXXXINE.

DC (Darius Csiky) of 8pl8s is back again! Last time we discussed the work of Sean Baker in a MAS/8pl8s double podcast crossover. This time we're doing ANOTHER MAS/8pl8s double podcast crossover on the films of Yorgos Lanthimos. In part one we go through the Lanthimos canon from 1995-2015 on MAS. When you're done listening to this episode, head over to 8pl8s to hear part two (2016-present) of our Yorgos Lanthimos discussion.

MAS has returned! On this episode, I have back on DC (Darius Csiky) of 8pl8s to discuss the work of Sean Baker in a MAS/8pl8s double podcast crossover. This is part two of our Sean Baker discussion. To listen to us discuss the first half of Baker's filmography listen to part one over at 8pl8s right now.

What is it? The BRAIDS?

MAS is back like it never left. Fred Barrett returns to the podcast to discuss the film Revoluiton+1 and the revolutionary underground cinema of Masao Adachi. You can follow Fred on twitter @ https://twitter.com/fred_beretta and read/submit to his Substack https://fredbarrett.substack.com/ here.

t's the first episode of 2024. So I decided to kick it off by discussing my top 10 horror films of 2023 with LowRes and Hans from Movies a Podcast About The Act of Cinema.

Jaume Balaguero's Venus is one of the best horror films of 2023 but not many people are talking about it. So I invited writer, musician, and podcaster Evan Dean Shelton on to spread the gospel of Venus.

Writer and Baltimore native David Simmons is back to talk about When Evil Lurks. The Argentine horror film from the director of Terrified that's now on Shudder. Toward the end of the episode, we also get into a discussion of B.R. Yeager's novel Negative Space.

In today's episode of MAS, I discuss Mamoru Oshii's Kerberos trilogy.

My guest for this week's MAS is writer Fred Barrett. Fred and I talk about Yasuzō Masumura's 1972 "penis envy opus" MUSIC. MUSIC is truly insane cinema. Fred is truly a great guest. This episode is an instant banger.

MAS is back! I'm kicking off season 4 with some special guests. Matt and Jon of the Sick on Cinema podcast join me to talk about Curse of the Dog God, a 1977 film from the director of Lady Snowblood and the Female Prisoner Scorpion series (Shunya Ito).

On this week's MAS I talk about the super obscure V-Cinema home invasion movie Female Teacher: Under a Wet Piano. This movie was never released outside Japan so I watched it without subtitles in Japanese. Honestly, it didn't really bother me because it's the kind of movie that you could watch with no sound at all and still follow.

Today's MAS is about G.I. Samurai. A film about modern-day soldiers who get transported back in time and decide to conquer feudal Japan. They battle Samurai clans using machine guns, grenades, a tank, and a helicopter. It's as awesome as it sounds. Watch G.I. Samurai for free on YouTube here.

Today's episode is about Noboru Tanaka's Village of Doom. A movie based on The Tsuyama Massacre of 1938, when a 21-year-old man from Japan killed 30 people and injured 3 using a Browning shotgun, a katana sword, and an axe. After all the murders, he killed himself with two bullets in his chest.

This ain't about the Usher song.

Are you in the mood for some no-budget SOV cyberpunk? That's a rhetorical question.

"Good art is a statement. Bad art is a lecture." - Ryan Jackson (me)

On this week's MAS I discuss Banmei Takahashi's home invasion masterpiece DOOR from 1988.

Today's MAS is on William Kaufman's indie crime-horror film The Prodigy from 2005. If you haven't seen it (which you definitely should) you can watch free here.

In this episode, I talk about a film from one of the "Seven Lucky Gods of Pink" Mitsuru Meike. That film is The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai. A Bush-era Japanese softcore Dr. Strangelove.

"Beck Standard Manual of Police Procedure. None of the old rules apply anymore. End of manual." You can watch The Rape Of Richard Beck (aka Deadly Justice) for free on YouTube.

On today's MAS I talk about the underseen gem MAMBA, an Italian-made thriller from 1988. And you're in luck because it's free to stream on Tubi. So check out of the movie then listen to the episode. Or listen first if you don't care to know about it going in.

Today's episode of MAS is a double bill in cassette-style format. Side A: I discuss the 1981 crime thriller Nighthawks starring Sylvester Stallone. Side B: I discuss the 2002 concept album Nighthawks by rappers Cage and Camu Tao which was inspired by the 1981 film.

Episode 31 with LowRes Wunderbred in full on the free feed. To hear more exclusive episodes subscribe to the MAS Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/mutualaberrationsociety today.

Luke Perez is back on MAS to talk about Kei Fujiwara's amazing debut film ORGAN. We discuss Fujiwara as a filmmaker and artist. We also attempt to break down ORGAN's plot (which was kind of hard). A banger episode about a banger film.

Loneliness and tentacle porn go together like peanut butter and jelly.Extraneous Matter is a pseudo-tentacle porn about loneliness.

This episode was recorded during a trip to Huston. I talk about episodes 1 and 2 of Boots Riley's I'm A Virgo (mostly), how hot it is in Texas, and rewatching The Bodyguard on an airplane

Debated doing this as an episode of AKIRA Pilled but decided it's MAS material.Do you like John Carpenter's The Thing? Do you like Alien? Do you like anime? Lily C.A.T. is where all three of those things converge. Plus it's free to watch on YouTube.

MAS has dropped every week for an entire year. 52 weeks. 54 episodes. I guess this is a milestone for the podcast. But it's business as usual over here. In this week's episode, I talk about the controversial exploitation film Calamity Of Snakes. Fair warning, if animal cruelty upsets you (which it should), you might want to stay far away from this movie. That said, I feel it's a film worthy of discussing at the very least. If you're a fan of insane cinema this episode is for you.

On today's MAS I discuss Guzoo: The Thing Forsaken by God (Part I) directed by Kazuo Komizu. You can watch the movie for free on Youtube beforehand if you want. Or not. Guzoo can't be spoiled regardless.

I went to see Shin Kamen Rider. This is the episode about it.

It's season three of MAS. I'm shifting the direction of the show a little. More solo episodes. More extreme cinema/art. To kick things off, I'll be discussing Olaf Ittenbach's SOV (shot on video) splatter film The Burning Moon.

The big five oh. Episode number fifty. MAS is no longer a baby podcast. So it's appropriate that we discuss a film about infanticide. Today I talk with return guest Peter Dragovich about Subconscious Cruelty.

On today's MAS I discuss the 2007 gore-fest, 100 Tears with my guest Luke Perez. We talk about extreme horror vs mainstream horror, killer clowns, ICP, Marcus Koch, Stephen Sayadian, mixtape films, Tubi, ladder climbers, and the forgotten era of the artist-critic.

DC from The 8pl8s Podcast returns to MAS to discuss the Japanese Robocop rip-off Lady Battle Cop. This episode is exactly what you think it is. Fire. Just like Lady Battle Cop.

Hans from Movies: A Podcast About The Act Of Cinema joins me today on MAS to talk about Jason Eisener's Kids vs. Aliens. We also discuss the state of the horror genre, film critics/criticism, indie vs. establishment art, Mass State Lottery, bad remakes (Black Christmas), Hollywood careerism, and art vs. commerce.

Grant Wamack is back to talk about a MAS film discovery, Suzki Matsuo's 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba. We talk at length about this movie which lives up to the promise of its premise. It's a banger episode and a banger film. Pick up Grant's new short story collection The Hum Of The World at Amazon or picked a Signed Copy from Grant's big cartel page.

Today's episode of MAS I talk with return guest Drew Bolduc about the 2010 film Mutant Girls Squad, directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura, Noboru Iguchi, and Tak Sakaguchi. We talk at length about this specific subgenre of Japanese absurdist gore films and then (as usual) we discuss the philosophical implications of liking/making/watching movies like Mutant Girl Squad.

On today's MAS I talk with J. David Osborne about Tsutomu Nihei's 5-part Wolverine miniseries SNIKT! as well as a wide range of topics. This 3-hour-plus episode is an instant banger.

Grant Wamack is back on MAS. We talk in depth about Don Glover's new Amazon show SWARM.New MAS podcast series AKIRA PILLED coming soon! Outro song PAIGE TURCO by Gone Wallace.

On today's MAS, I have on crime writer Max Thrax to dicuss his debut novel GOD IS A KILLER. We also talk about the differences between noir and hard-boiled, being a stylist, reading books multiple times, George V. Higgins, Georges Simenon, Jim Thompson, Donald Goines, Walter Hill's haiku style, clout chasing, being tired of autofiction, the enduring appeal of J.G. Ballard, Apocalypse Confidential, James Ellroy, short books, modern movies being too long, writers who were recognized after dying, and making art for the right reasons.

On today's MAS, I talk with director Kurando Mitsutake about his film Maniac Driver. We get into how he ended up making his first Pink Eiga film as a way to make a "Japanese Giallo" film. We also talk about growing up in Tokyo, moving to America, Japan's samurai identity, intimacy coordinators, making a film in 4 days, manga, otakus, Takashi Ishii, Kihachi Okamoto, AI art, breaking the 4th wall, Shinzo Abe's assassination, the Tokyo subway gas attack, art influencing violence with art, and his next film Lion-Girl. I had a great time talking with Mitsutake san and think this is the best episode to date of the podcast.

I went and saw Scream 6. These are my thoughts about the movie on the drive home from the theater. I kept it spoiler free except for the opening scene. Also left in my reactions to the trailers that played before Scream 6.

The subject of today's episode is a book published in 1971. That book is The Naked Soul Of Iceberg Slim by Robert Beck (aka Iceberg Slim himself). I invited Duvay Knox, author of The Pussy Detective (Clash books), to talk about it and Iceberg Slim.

I intended for this to be a short "Off A Bean" episode for the MAS Patreon. But I decided to release it as a regular episode. So it's kinda both. In this hybrid episode, I talk about Frank Miller and Geof Darrow's Hard Boiled. It's a violent cyberpunk masterpiece.

It's a double bill with DC from The 8pl8s Podcast today on MAS. We discuss Shinichi Fukazawa's Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell from 1995. Then we talk about Eric Dickian's obscure short film from 2009 Precut Girl.You can watch Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell for free on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/672164/bloody-muscle-body-builder-in-hell?utm_campaign=web-sharingYou can watch Precut Girl for free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d2bPv5U_3s&t=630s