Battle Royale (2000)

About this episode

The episode covers the 2000 film Battle Royale and discusses its themes and adaptations.

Welcome back to the Horror Agenda. This week we cover the 2000 (technically 2001 special edition) of Battle Royale. Written by Kenta Fukasaku based on the novel of the same name by Koushun Takami and directed by Kinji Fukasaku. This week Carlos recommends the book Manhunt by Gretchen Felker Martin about an apocalypse where testosterone caused men to transform into monsters and trans women have to harvest their balls for estrogen to avoid turning themselves while also navigating bands of...

People in this episode

Hosts: Carlos M. Camacho, Victor M. Garcia Jr.

Topics covered

• film review
• Battle Royale
• apocalypse
• horror
• adaptation

Keywords

• Battle Royale
• Kenta Fukasaku
• Koushun Takami
• horror film
• Manhunt
• Gretchen Felker Martin
• apocalypse

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Battle Royale, Manhunt

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