Gem Hunt

The Dirt Dogs are back from vacation! No more fun and games! Wait a sec- I take it back.. Join us for Death Game , which is a helluva thing. Home invasion! Threesomes! Crazy makeup! Molestation! This 1977 feature has it all. Will wild performances from Seymour Cassel, Colleen Camp, and Sandra Locke be enough to push this film into gem territory, or does it belong in the dumper? Tune in to find out...

Better late than never.. Or maybe never is okay too. It feels a bit that way the past couple of weeks. Anyway, we’re delivering this episode ridiculously late because the damn dogs ruined our recording session, and it took us a while to come down from the fury and frustration. And then we had some audio issues to boot. BUT, now without further ado, we present to you the surreal slammer jammer, Cha...

Hi! We are Dirt Dogs and we are SHALLOW, and also GROUNDed. Which is great news, as this week’s Gem Hunt selection is a lil’ ripper from 2004 that goes by the name of Shallow Ground . It’s mostly about a very bloody nude boy and some dumb cops (I guess?). Join us as we dive on in- but watch out- this ground is hella shallow! How can GROUND even BE shallow, dear listener? Tune in to find out.

Welcome back to Gemhunt! What are we watching this week? Well, it’s nun-ya business. Just kidding, this week we’re discussing The Killer Nun (1979), an infamous nunsplotation film loosely based on a true story. What is up with us and nuns? Are we being indoctrinated by Catholicism? Maybe we’re slowly but surely turning into a religious, Catholic-leaning family. Tune in and find out.

The Dirt Dog fam got all Catholic-y on this week’s episode, talking about the relatively new Canadian film, The Rightgeous (2021) , from first-time writer / director Mark O’Brien. The fact that we recorded on Easter (a holiday we do not care about) was a complete accident. Turns out all three of us are quite dumb when it comes to Catholicism, and religion and general.. But we give it the old colle...

We’re still here, friends! Join us for another installment of Gem Hunt. Parental sex! Powerful caves! Throat ripping! Mexico! It’s 2012’s Here Comes the Devil ¡Be there and/or ser cuadrada!

The dirt dog fam veers way off the beaten path and back into comedy territory with this week’s selection: the 1990 cult film Meet the Applegates, directed by Michael Lehmann, who also brought you the classic dark comedy Heathers . Grab your high school text book, flip to the satire section, and get ready to ridicule suburban consumerism. We also bring back the obligatory “is this a horror film?” g...

We’re slithering toward spring, and what better way to prepare for the change of seasons than by screening a good ol’ pregnancy-horror film featuring a primordial psychic fetus and loads of blood. Join the Dirt Dog family for a discussion of Alain Robak’s 1990 French gore-fest Baby Blood . Believe or not, there are a lot of god damn horror films about pregnancy out there. We talk about that, and o...

This week on Gem Hunt, your 3hree favorite dirt dogs have a little fun with teenage witchcraft, Mr. Ron Perlman, and the confounding use of numbers in movie titles! That’s right- it’s 2006’s 5ive Girls! Walk through the bathroom wall with us to see if this one lands firmly in the toilet, OR manages to achieve gem status.

Alright dorks, on this week’s episode of gem hunt we’re going dumpster diving! Oh wait, fuck.. wrong movie. Join us this week as we venture to the frontier to discuss Eyes of Fire (1983). It's our first in depth discussion of Folk Horror. Be there or be square losers.

Well, we’ve gone and done it.. we ended our holiday vacation and finally finished our first episode of 2026. Happy New Year or whatever.. We are starting the year off with a bang (or possibly a dud depending on who you ask). If you listened to the past two or three episodes, you know we’ve been threatening to watch and review the infamous 1994 movie L.A. AIDS Jabber.. guess what? That’s what we’re...

This week on Gem Hunt, we raid this year’s October list one more time, and revisit 1977’s Prey for some weird British lesbionic action. Aliens! Dead birds! Awkward parties! Dive into the fetid pond with us, as we see if what we dredge up is gemalicious or turdtastical. Happy hunting and happy holidays from the Dirt Dog Family.

Are you into bald teenagers? Do you like foggy rooms? Are you a little freak who likes scary tall men with tiny clothes? Well then - you’ve come to the right place. On this week's episode of Gem Hunt we’re kicking off the holiday season right with the dream-like logic of Sledgehammer (1983) -- a movie that even the director doesn’t seem to like or take seriously. Is it a gem? Is it a turd? Is it a...

We survived October! Now it’s time to get back to business as usual, diggin’ for gems, finding turds, and what not. This week, the Dirt Dogs grab a pick from the October list: English proto-slasher Schizo from 1976, a film by Pete Walker. What does it really mean to go “schizo?” We can’t promise you’ll find out for sure, but check out the episode anyway. And, stick around for a brief October recap...

Plop, plop, sparkle, sparkle. It’s Gem Hunt time! This week the dirt dog family tackles 1980’s The Hearse . Gem? Turd? Can a PG movie be scary? Who’s driving that thang? And what’s up with men? Also we fill y’all in on what we’ve been up to in October. Happy Halloween, bitches!

We are approaching the final week of October, so it's time for another update on our October watchlist. Tune in for quick chat about the films we've watched over the past couple of weeks including some wild ones like The Baby (1973) and Prey (1977). We'll have a full episode for ya' next week, and might even drop a hint on what we'll be talkin' about during this update. Get your costumes dialed in...

Happy spooky season and welcome back to Gemhunt! This week we’re back to our roots with a new, sapphic-charged vampire film: Nadja (1994). Get ready for some artsy bullshit, hot ladies, terrible men, cool vampire action, and a special guest appearance from our lord and savior David Lynch.

Howdy folks! This week we have a special abbreviated episode covering what we’ve watched so far this October. Join us as we stumble our way through some very brief (5 words or less) descriptions of the movies we’ve watched this month and provide an update on coming attractions.

It’s finally October, the Dirt Dog Family’s favorite month of the year! We’re excited to embark on another October Horror Movie Challenge, but first- we’ve got a movie to review: the 1981 bizarro satanic panic film, Fear No Evil . This is a weird one folks. Is it homoerotic or homophobic (or somewhere in between)? What’s the deal with all the religious mumbo jumbo? We’ll try our best to answer the...

This week on Gem Hunt, everything breaks down in a family brouhaha over the surname of some guy called Tom Hank or perhaps Hanks. This guy appears in our movie, He knows You’re Alone , an early slasher from 1981. Film newbie Hank(s) trips a broad to meet a broad in this (girl power?) bride-focused offering. Featuring stabbings, heads in the fishtank, and beautiful Staten Island, NY, babeeeeees. Al...

Welcome back to Gem Hunt!! Our hiatus is over and we’re back better than ever, diving headfirst into the wild, campy chaos of Wild Zero (1999) — a cult classic featuring Guitar Wolf, romance, zombies, the power of Rock ’n’ Roll, the yakuza, bowl cuts, and the potential collapse of civilization as we know it. Join us this week as we break down the madness, and decide if this truly deserves the titl...

If you’re having a bad day, week, or year.. just remember, it can always get worse. You may want to think twice about answering your door if someone knocks this evening. We can guarantee you’ll definitely think twice about answering a knock at your door if you happen to watch this week’s movie, Tin Can Man from 2007 (or 2012?). Prepare yourself for a claustrophobic waking nightmare and join us for...

Are you awake? Is this thing on? Was it all a dream? This week the Dirt Dogs go waaay back to 1964 to check out William Castle’s The Night Walker . It’s old, it’s dreamy, it’s in black and white and it has some big time aged Hollywood talent attached. Will gimmicks and star power carry this flick over the finish line to achieve gem status, or will it turd out? What will we talk about if there’s no...

Ghosts, ghouls, vampires, dentures, and shitty husbands: what do they have in common? I don’t know, but they’re all here to party in this week’s episode of Gem Hunt, where we dive into the Hong Kong cult classic Hex (1980). Do you like boobs? Do you like ghosts with cleavers and green goop? Then you’ll love what we’ve got in store!

Is Gem Hunt joining the 27 club? Technical difficulties might just push us over the edge. But despite the audio issues with the new Dirt Dog computer, we still have movie stuff to discuss. Join us for a visit to sleazy 80’s Los Angeles as we debate whether The Black Room is a horror film or an erotic thriller. It may even be a vampire film. We even find time to talk about our favorite horror novel...