Genre Grinder Gabe Powers

WELCOME TO THE HEADBANGERS’ BALL …FROM HELL!!
 
Can hard rock music really corrupt the youth? Will the lyrics raise the dead and turn innocent children into perverts and murderers? Is that a literal demon on lead guitar? Join Gabe and returning guest Justin Clark as they enter the pit to answer these questions and more. While Gabe spent the month watching several heavy metal and hard rock horror movies, the discussion this week pertains largely to four films – Krishna Shah’s Hard Rock Zombies (1984), John Fasano’s Black Roses (1988), Álex de la Iglesia’s Day of the Beast (Spanish: El día de la bestia, 1995), and Tetsuro Takeuchi’s Wild Zero (1999).
 
00:00 – Intro
08:38 – Hard Rock Zombies (and other ‘80s Heavy Metal Horror)
27:58 – Black Roses
45:21 – Day of the Beast
1:11:05 – Wild Zero
1:36:47 – Outro
 
Check out Justin’s review of Monkey Man here: https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/monkey-man-review-dev-patel/
 
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LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS AND RATS AND…DUGONGS?! OH GOD!!
 
They’re cute, they’re cuddly, they’re out for blood. Join Gabe and returning guest Arianny Pilarte as they traipse into the sunbaked Australian outback, the darkest corners of Italy’s subway system, and dank Canadian sewers in search of the scariest and most insane killer animal movies released in a 11 year period between 1978 and 1989. This month’s batch of trash and treasures includes Colin Eggleston’s Long Weekend (1978), Russell Mulcahy’s Razorback (1984), Franco Prosperi’s Wild Beasts (Italian: Belve feroci, 1984), and Damien Lee’s Gnaw: Food of the Gods II (1989).
 
00:00 – Intro
06:38 – Long Weekend
30:33 – Razorback
1:00:00 – Wild Beasts
1:31:25 – Gnaw: Food of the Gods Part II
1:54:18 – Outro
 
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THE GREATEST HITS OF A DECADE: VIETNAM, WATERGATE, ATTICA, MAN-EATING PIGS, SEEDY HOLLYWOOD, KILLER BRIDES, HOME INVASION, GANGSTERS, AXE MURDERERS, AND DEADLY GAMES…
 
After Night of the Living Dead (1968) and before the slasher boom of the early ‘80s, American horror went through one of its most creative and influential eras. But, for every Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Carrie (1976), and Halloween (1978), there were dozens of under-the-radar oddities that took years – sometimes decades – to be recognized by cult audiences for their unique contributions to American horror. Join Gabe and special guest Bill Ackerman of the Supporting Characters podcast and numerous Blu-ray commentary tracks look at six more underseen classics of the era.
 
Part 2 includes Marc Lawrence Pigs (aka: Daddy’s Deadly Darling, 1973), Christina Hornisher’s Hollywood 90028 (aka: Insanity and Twisted Throats, 1973), Jean-Marie Pélissié’s The Bride (aka: The House That Cried Murder and Last House on Massacre Street, 1973), Frederick R. Friedel Axe (aka: Lisa, Lisa and California Axe Massacre, 1974), Peter S. Traynor Death Game (aka: The Seducers, 1977), and Karen Arthur’s The Mafu Cage (1978).
 
Check out episode one here, and the original 2 part series here and  here.
 
00:00 – Pigs
19:20 – Hollywood 90028
40:39– The Bride
58:21 – Axe (plus Video Nasties and Kidnapped Coed)
1:16:55 – Death Game (and Knock, Knock and Little Miss Innocence)
1:37:19 – Mafu Cage
1:57:39 – Outro
 
And check out Christina Hornisher: Alone with that Obscene Image of Yourself by Marc Edward Heuck (The Projector Has Been Drinking blog), which Bill references during our discussion of Hollywood 90028.
 
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THE SUMMER OF LOVE GIVES WAY TO PERVERSE MELODRAMAS, BLOODY HOME INVASIONS, NECROPHILIC HOUSEWIVES, AND…CARNIVOROUS BEDS?
 
After Night of the Living Dead (1968), but before the slasher boom of the early ‘80s, American horror went through one of its most creative and influential eras. But, for every Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Carrie (1976), and Halloween (1978), there were dozens of under-the-radar oddities that took years – sometimes decades – to be recognized by cult audiences for their unique contributions to American horror. Join Gabe and special guest Bill Ackerman of the Supporting Characters podcast and numerous Blu-ray commentary tracks as they explore more independent horror films from the era.
 
This year’s batch begins with Ken Friedman’s’ Death by Invitation (1971), Jacques Lacerte’s Love Me Deadly (1972), Robert J. Emery’s My Brother Has Bad Dreams (1972), George Barry’s Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977), and Bill Gunns Ganja & Hess (1973). Stay tuned for six more titles in Part 2, live early next month.
 
Check out the original 2 part series here and  here.
 
00:00 – Intro
08:22 – Death by Invitation
23:45 – Love Me Deadly
44:16 – My Brother Has Bad Dreams
1:03:17 – Death Bed: The Bed that Eats
1:16:34 – Ganja & Hess
 
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HO HO OH NO!! OL’ SAINT NICK HAS A HOLLY JOLLY AX!!
 
You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m telling you why – Santa Claus is coming to town. And he’s out for blood! Join Gabe and first time co-host Daniel Baldwin, aka: The Schlocketeer, as they make a list, check it twice, and decide which murderous Santas are naughty and which are nice. Titles include Lewis Jackson’s Christmas Evil (1980), Charles E. Sellier Jr.’s Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) and its first sequel (1987), René Manzor's Deadly Games (French: 3615 code Père Noël, 1989), and Paco Plaza's A Christmas Tale (Spanish: Películas para no dormir: Cuento de navidad, 2005). 
 
00:00 – Intro
03:05 – Christmas Evil
22:35 – Silent Night, Deadly Night and Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (plus the other sequels)
59:01 – Deadly Games
1:22:02 – A Christmas Tale
1:41:33 – Outro
 
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TO AVOID FAINTING KEEP REPEATING IT’S ONLY A PODCAST…ONLY A PODCAST…ONLY A PODCAST!
 
This is it, everyone – the Top 20 ACTUAL Scariest Movie Moments of all time. Put on a sweater to avoid chills! Fasten your seatbelt to avoid thrills! Use a tea saucer to avoid spills! Join Gabe and Patrick for the 4th and Final part of this impossibly long look at scary movie moments they didn’t already cover on the Bravo and Shudder Scariest Movie Moments specials. Will we pick YOUR favorite scary moment? No, probably not. We’re sorry about that. Please ring in the end of the Spooky Season with us, anyway.
 
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