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Johnny Spoiler reviews the cult horror anime Mermaid Forest, exploring its themes of immortality and psychological horror.

You stumbled into some kind of show where Johnny Spoiler spoils movies he loves just for you… so stay tuned. This week on BWPodcast, ANI-MAY continues with a deep dive movie reaction and review of the cult horror anime Mermaid Forest — Rumiko Takahashi’s disturbing supernatural saga about immortality, monster mermaids, and the psychological curse of eternal life. Johnny Spoiler breaks down: The horrifying mythology behind mermaid flesh Why the immortals in Mermaid Forest hate living forever Lady Towa’s grotesque transformation and obsession The terrifying cave monster finale The emotional twists involving betrayal, aging, and revenge Why Mermaid Forest belongs in the same anime horror conversation as Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D PLUS: Home Video Headlines: Grown Ups 3 officially announced at Netflix Barbaric gets a live-action fantasy series Dead Silence returns with a new prequel from James Wan Fan Service: Space horror recommendations after a listener asks for movies like Event Horizon: Nightflyers, Lifeforce, Saturn 3, Color Out of Space, Ghosts of Mars, Doom, and Hellraiser: Bloodline. Staff Pick: Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain — one of the nastiest biological vampire…

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