Your delineated duo of dread is back for Episode 185 of Horror Movie Weekly, and this time Jay of the Dead and Mister Watson leave the classy, prestige-horror mountaintop behind and gleefully roll around in the cinematic mud with Mister Watson’s Feature Review pick, Gun Woman (2015) — an outrageous Japanese revenge-splatter oddity that is graphic, sleazy, violent, absurd and, according to both hosts, considerably better made than its disreputable subject matter might suggest.
Before descending into Gun Woman’s fever-dream madness, the guys bring you their usual Micro Horror Movie Reviews. Mister Watson discusses the faux-documentary, shot-on-video throwback Harvest Brood (2025), while Jay reviews the New Zealand hiking Horror film Loop Track (2023). Along the way, Jay shares some creepy Kiwi wilderness lore involving mysterious deep holes filled with animal bones, Watson talks about the joys of watching Horror with good headphones, and both hosts celebrate their friend Kombat Karl, “The Mad Irishman,” on his 62nd birthday!
Then comes Gun Woman, where Jay and Watson discuss extreme cinema, exploitation Horror, gruesome body trauma, an unforgettable revenge scheme, one seriously depraved villain, Asami’s committed and physically demanding performance, and perhaps one of the most bizarrely entertaining training montages ever put to film. Jay even compares the experience to a fever dream and somehow detours into a childhood story about his cousin using the mute button to commit an unforgivable act of “Rocky IV” sabotage.
Is Gun Woman tasteful? Absolutely not. Is it for everybody? Definitely not. But for certain adventurous Horror fans, both Jay of the Dead and Mister Watson think this cinematic oddity is something special. Join us!
Note: This episode was recorded on January 22, 2026, Karl’s birthday.
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This weekly Horror movie podcast brings you one recent Horror movie review every Sunday. (As noted previously, we’re defining “recent” as any Horror movie released within the last five years or the current year; so now that it’s 2024, we’ll be covering Horror films from 2019 to the present.) And we always reveal next week’s pick at the end of every show, so you can watch along with us and be prepared for the following episode. Thanks for listening!
SHOW NOTES
– Introduction
- Welcome to Horror Movie Weekly, Episode 185
- Jay of the Dead welcomes his loyal friend and co-host, Mister Watson
- Horror Movie Weekly’s Feature Review parameters remain Horror films released between 2005 and 2015, with an emphasis on overlooked films, notable titles the hosts never properly reviewed, or movies worthy of reconsideration
- The episode is recorded on the 62nd birthday of their friend Kombat Karl, “The Mad Irishman,” so Jay dedicates the episode to him
- Jay compares the impending craziness of Watson’s Feature Review pick to the wildly exaggerated escalation of “Crank 2: High Voltage.”
- Brief discussion of Horror Movie Weekly listener support through Venmo and PayPal QR codes
Micro Horror Movie Review:
Harvest Brood (2025)
Mister Watson = 6 ( Stream Free on YouTube )
Mister Watson reviews Joe Meredith’s 53-minute faux-documentary Horror film about a horrific killing spree in Briar, Alabama, and the town’s sinister past. Watson praises its convincing throwback, shot-on-video aesthetic, grimy atmosphere, Halloween setting, gore and effective sound design. He recommends it especially for viewers who appreciate micro-budget SOV Horror.
Micro Horror Movie Review:
Loop Track (2023)
Jay of the Dead = 6 ( Low-priority Stream on Amazon Prime )
Jay of the Dead reviews this New Zealand Horror film recommended by Dr. Walking Dead, Kyle Bishop. Jay enjoys the film once its Horror elements finally arrive but feels the buildup takes too long and some of the characters test his patience. He especially recommends it to viewers who enjoy hiking, camping and wilderness-set Horror. Jay also shares some creepy New Zealand lore about enormous wilderness holes where animals supposedly fall to their deaths, leaving piles of bones at the bottom — which naturally sounds to Jay like the beginning of a Survival Horror movie.
Feature Review: Gun Woman (2015) – Mister Watson’s pick
Gun Woman (2015)
Genre Classification: Action Horror / Japanese Exploitation / Revenge / Splatter / Crime Thriller / Body Horror / Extreme Cinema
(Note: The hosts also note the film’s elements of cannibalism, necrophilia and graphic exploitation. Although much of the movie plays like an action-crime revenge thriller, its extreme gore, bodily trauma and disturbing imagery push it firmly into exploitation Horror and Body Horror territory.)
Premise:
After a sadistic and well-connected criminal brutally destroys the life of a brilliant surgeon known as the Mastermind, the doctor sets an elaborate revenge scheme into motion. He acquires a meth-addicted young woman, forces her through withdrawal and begins transforming her into a highly trained assassin capable of infiltrating his enemy’s heavily protected world and carrying out an extraordinarily extreme vengeance plan.
Ratings and Recommendations:
Jay of the Dead = 8 ( Must-See for Extreme Cinema Fans )
Mister Watson = 8 ( Strong Rental for Extreme Cinema Fans )
Mister Watson deliberately chose Gun Woman as a dramatic tonal departure from the comparatively classy and emotionally weighty The Orphanage, explaining that instead of remaining on the mountaintop, he wanted Horror Movie Weekly to come down and “play in the filth and the mud.”
Discussion Notes:
– Gun Woman screened on the festival circuit in 2014 but received its North American wide release in 2015, so Horror Movie Weekly considers it a 2015 film
– Written and directed by Kurando Mitsutake and co-written by Chiaki Yamamoto
– The film was reportedly shot in only 12 days
– Jay calls the movie an unforgettable cinematic oddity and one of his favorite examples of extreme cinema
– Jay and Watson describe the movie as a kind of fever dream
– Jay coins the deeply questionable alternate title “The Flesh Showdy”
– Watson recalls first learning about Gun Woman through Paul Stevenson and Marco on the former Who Will Survive Horror Podcast
– Discussion of the film’s bold, unapologetic exploitation sensibility and its willingness to follow its bizarre premise without worrying about realism
– The hosts compare one aspect of the film to the naked fight sequence in Eastern Promises
– Jay experiences an unusually visceral reaction to the film’s injuries and depictions of physical pain
– Jay proposes adding Body Horror to the film’s genre classification
– Both hosts are particularly impressed — and highly amused — by Gun Woman’s outrageously brutal training montage
– This sparks a Rocky IV tangent in which Jay tells the tragic tale of his cousin muting the television at the exact moment Rocky answers Ivan Drago’s “I must break you”
– Mister Watson discusses actress Asami’s fearless physical commitment to the role and her willingness to accept unusually challenging parts
– Jay praises Asami’s range as she moves between damaged addict, seductive presence and lethal femme-fatale assassin
– The guys briefly explore Asami’s gloriously strange filmography, including The Machine Girl and Meatball Machine
– Watson mentions Tokyo Gore Police as another possible Japanese splatter title for a future episode
– The hosts praise the Mastermind’s meticulously constructed revenge plan while repeatedly acknowledging that viewers should not scrutinize its medical plausibility too closely
– Watson explains that the director viewed Gun Woman as a fantasy rather than a medically realistic story
– The villain Hamazaki is declared appropriately vile, grotesque and extreme enough to justify the film’s equally extreme revenge
– Jay and Watson discuss the film’s extensive nudity and graphic content and suggest an NC-17 rating would probably be more appropriate than a conventional R
– The hosts distinguish Gun Woman from badly made shock-for-shock’s-sake cinema, arguing that despite its trashy subject matter, it is genuinely well photographed, choreographed, structured and executed
– Jay describes the road-trip framing device as especially effective
– Both hosts stress repeatedly that the film is absolutely not for everyone — but viewers who love splatter, exploitation, extreme cinema and bizarre cinematic curiosities may have an unforgettable experience
Jay of the Dead’s pick for the next episode:
Episode 186: Creep (2015)
Wrap-Up:
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