Tetsuo: The Iron Man
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Oct 13, 2026
LowResHOST
Yeah.
LowResHOST
Well, I, I obviously am familiar with Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
LowResHOST
I saw the sequel and also the unfortunate third movie that IFC put out in the early aughts, and I have a pretty high opinion of him as a director, but I can't say I'm all that familiar, which is why I bought the box set.
LowResHOST
That was my little indulgence.
23 MINS LATER
LowResHOST
I, you know, I think, I think this is actually my favorite, uh, Shinya Tsukamoto film now after having watched it.
LowResHOST
This was firing from all cylinders.
LowResHOST
It was a little more mature than Tetsuo: The Iron Man, which is-
HansHOST
Mm-hmm
NathanHOST
Mm-hmm.
DwayneHOST
And then it eventually turns into body horror, just like bulging eyes and, you know, disproportioned, you know, just like, almost like, um, [lips smack] uh, Tetsuo or Akira, you know, where it's just like-
NathanHOST
Mm-hmm
DwayneHOST
... pulsating f-
Anthony LaPiraHOST
Josh Lewis, four stars.
Anthony LaPiraHOST
"Occupies the exact intersection of The Terminator, Mad Max, and Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
Anthony LaPiraHOST
Stylishly morphing from Western-inflected cyberpunk dystopia to industrial rock splatter film to some sort of psychedelic operatic exorcism of technological extensions of power.
Anthony LaPiraHOST
In other words, very much my shit." I like that.
Anthony LaPiraHOST
Noah DiVincenzo, fellow Italian out there.
Anthony LaPiraHOST
"Brilliant, sensational.
Anthony LaPiraHOST
Never thought I'd see anything like Tetsuo in its own twisted way.
Anthony LaPiraHOST
Sleeper right here," 4.5 stars.
Stuart WellingtonHOST
What horrible-
Felipe SobreiroGUEST
Is Tetsuo: The Iron Man a mutant? Is that it?
Dan McCoyHOST
Sorry?
Felipe SobreiroGUEST
No. Tetsuo: The Iron Man, is that, is he a mutant?
Stuart WellingtonHOST
Yeah, is Tetsuo: The Iron Man a mutant, Dan?
Elliott KalanHOST
Uh, I think-
Stuart WellingtonHOST
What about Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer?
KenanPANELIST
It involves a metal fetishist.
KenanPANELIST
I'm talking about 1989's Tetsuo the Iron Man, wherein a Tokyo businessman accidentally commits a hit and run to the supposed metal fetishist, and this vengeful victim curses him.
KenanPANELIST
with the curse of metal flesh as the character starts to transform.
KenanPANELIST
We recently covered this on one of Billy's segments.
KenanPANELIST
I mean, we're talking about iron pipes that have festering maggots in them and the human body.
KenanPANELIST
having multiple parts of your body change, getting a mechanical drill penis, fusing with another man to make an unstoppable killing machine tank bent on taking over your local Japanese town.
KenanPANELIST
Tetsuo the Iron Man has everything you could imagine.
KenanPANELIST
That's why I think it's the best wraparound horror film.
speaker_1HOST
and it's an interesting I haven't seen it for a long time and it's one of those films where it just sort of lures you in and it also makes you want to buy a flotation tank as well but yeah that's one so Altered States William Hurt interesting movie the next one is really out there and is not everybody's cup of tea in fact I watched this a long time ago in fact I bought a copy because it's Tetsuo or Iron Man, 1989.
speaker_1HOST
Now this is a Japanese, no, yeah, you probably don't want to actually.
speaker_1HOST
It's about a metal fetishist Japanese guy.
speaker_1HOST
And what happens is he gets in a car crash and he gets some metal embedded in his body and it starts to grow and it turns him into an Iron Man.
speaker_1HOST
And there's an extraordinary imagery and it's a body shock moment.
MarsHOST
Maybe, I think you will, uh, I think you should watch it eventually.
MarsHOST
I think you would appreciate Tetsuo: The Iron Man as long as you sat down with the expectation that it, it wasn't exactly...
MarsHOST
It was crazy.
MarsHOST
It was like a, it was like a, a, more like an Aphex Twin video than a movie.
JamesHOST
I don't know if it might be my favorite cyberpunk, but it's definitely, definitely one of them.
JamesHOST
I really like, uh, it's kind of ironic 'cause it's a character's name in this movie, but Setsu's The Iron Man.
MattHOST
Mm-hmm.
JamesHOST
I really enjoyed that.
10 MINS LATER
JamesHOST
... yeah.
JamesHOST
Uh, Chronicle.
MattHOST
To Tetsuo.
JamesHOST
We already said Looper.
Brad SimonsHOST
... scares are cheap, but-
Chris DavisPANELIST
Yeah, Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
Chris DavisPANELIST
That's what it's called.
Brad SimonsHOST
The Iron Man.
Devon TaylorHOST
Uh, so what is at your 6:00 PM slot?
Nicole GobleGUEST
At my 6:00 PM slot, I want to start us off nice and gentle with Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
Devon TaylorHOST
[laughs]
Mike SnoonianHOST
[laughs] Okay.
Nicole GobleGUEST
I, I want to go pretty big here.
Devon TaylorHOST
Heck yeah.
Devon TaylorHOST
I really, I, I, I just saw it for the first time this past year, Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
Devon TaylorHOST
Uh, so-
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