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Genre Grinder is a podcast devoted to the weirdest, most unique, and painfully specific film genres. Every month, your host, Gabe Powers, and a special guest will talk about movies that (hopefully) you’ve never heard of.

Genre Grinder Gabe Powers

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Genre Grinder is a podcast devoted to the weirdest, most unique, and painfully specific film genres. Every month, your host, Gabe Powers, and a special guest will talk about movies that (hopefully) you’ve never heard of.

    Episode 43: Killer Animal Movies, feat. Arianny Pilarte of Not All Podcasts Wear Capes

    Episode 43: Killer Animal Movies, feat. Arianny Pilarte of Not All Podcasts Wear Capes

    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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    • 1 hr 56 min
    Episode 42.5: Alternative 1970s American Horror – THE SEQUEL, feat. Bill Ackerman of Supporting Characters (2 of 2)

    Episode 42.5: Alternative 1970s American Horror – THE SEQUEL, feat. Bill Ackerman of Supporting Characters (2 of 2)

    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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    • 2 hr 1 min
    Episode 42: Alternative 1970s American Horror – THE SEQUEL, feat. Bill Ackerman of Supporting Characters (1 of 2)

    Episode 42: Alternative 1970s American Horror – THE SEQUEL, feat. Bill Ackerman of Supporting Characters (1 of 2)

    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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    • 1 hr 47 min
    Episode 41: Killer Santa Movies, feat. Daniel Baldwin (aka: The Schlocketeer)

    Episode 41: Killer Santa Movies, feat. Daniel Baldwin (aka: The Schlocketeer)

    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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    • 1 hr 45 min
    Episode 40.4: The ACTUAL 101 Scariest Movie Moments feat. Patrick Ripoll of 96 Greers (Part 4)

    Episode 40.4: The ACTUAL 101 Scariest Movie Moments feat. Patrick Ripoll of 96 Greers (Part 4)

    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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    • 2 hr 33 min
    Episode 40.3: The ACTUAL 101 Scariest Movie Moments feat. Patrick Ripoll of 96 Greers (Part 3)

    Episode 40.3: The ACTUAL 101 Scariest Movie Moments feat. Patrick Ripoll of 96 Greers (Part 3)

    IT’S GETTING HELLA SCARY AND DANG UNNERVING IN HERE!
     
    It’s time for Part 3 of THE event of Spooky Season, covering picks 45 to 21. Once again, this is the official 101 ACTUAL Scariest Movie Moments. Those previous Bravo and Shudder shows aren’t the real deal. Actually, I have to admit that even WE lied during Parts 1 and 2, because those picks weren’t nearly as scary. I still want you to listen to those episodes, because we put a lot of work into them, but, holy cow, they’re already so outdated.
     
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    • 2 hr 14 min

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