Grindbin Podcast - Grindhouse and Exploitation Films

Chris and Mike dive into a listener request, 1990: The Bronx Warriors - one of many Italian post-apocalyptic grindhouse action films made in the 1980's as a response to movies like The Road Warrior and Escape From New York. What sets Bronx Warriors apart from the rest is it's bizarre fascination of mixing a post-apocalyptic setting with a West-Side-Story-esque gangs; complete with painted faces, m...

Chris and Mike present their first episode of the mini bin. A smaller version of the Grindbin where we present missed facts from our past episode, reveal the movie for the next episode, respond to questions from listeners, and have various running features: such as Grind-dating, Sick Review Corner, and more!

Chris and Mike roll into a real conundrum of a movie, The Amazing Mr. No Legs. Marketed as a movie about a man in a wheelchair who's a black belt in karate but it's actually just 90 minutes of two guys wandering around trying to solve crimes... sort of.

Chris and Mike are joined by Randal from the Grawlix podcast to re-discuss the first movie ever covered on this podcast (and referenced in every episode since) 1977's The Van. When a ginger boy graduates from high school and buys that Van he's always wanted he wreaks terror on the unsuspecting women of Los Angeles and commits every sex crime possible. This movie is meant to be a comedy. Also, Dann...

Welcome to the first part of the one year Vanniversary for the Grindbin podcast! On this episode Chris and Mike discuss the unofficial sequel to the first movie they ever covered on this podcast, 1977's The Van. Hastily produced after the "success" of The Van, Malibu Beach is an interesting effort from Crown International Pictures.

Chris and Mike dive into the dark sub-genre of killer kid movies from the 1990's with Mikey (1992) . While horror films were experiencing a lack of creativity and major franchises fell under the weight of bad sequels and dwindling interest, Mikey arose as one of the most depraved and horrific offerings the early 1990's had to offer. This kid has more balls than Schwarzenegger, more one-liners than...

Chris and Mike cover a movie that was literally mailed to them by a listener named Shawn. A mysterious DVD box that fell out of a van somewhere with the wrong title for the movie "The Legend of Bruce Lee" and a stolen poster from another film that was simply photoshopped over. After some significant research Mike and Chris were able to locate the real name of the film and begin to dissect one of t...

Chris and Mike are joined by Randal Silvey from the Grawlix podcast to talk about 1986's TerrorVision. When a suburban family buys a new satellite dish it starts receiving transmissions from an alien world. Featuring Grindbin All Stars Diane Franklin and John Gries, TerrorVision is a unique and weird movie that shaped the minds of generations of adults as they saw it played over and over again on...

Crown International returns to the Grindbin in spectacular fashion. Jocks (1986) is a late entry in the cannon of Crown films but it's just as bad and memorable as their earlier entries. Featuring Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree and a young Mariska Hargitay. 

Chris and Mike return for their first show of 2017 with another listener request: "Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again" (1982). In this 80s adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson tale a surgeon quits his job to develop a new drug to help man tap into his primordial instincts for some reason. He ends up inventing cocaine and we watch a man snort lines, act like an idiot and hump the air for...

Welcome to the Grindbin Holiday Spectacular where Chris and Mike break down the 1989 classic Elves starring the one and only Dan "Grizzly Adams" Haggerty. When young woman finds she is the target of an evil Nazi plot to create the master race through selective breeding she turns to the only man who can help her; Santa. 

Chris and Mike dive into listener request month with the 1974 classic Savage Sisters. A request from listener and friend of the show Shawn. When a corrupt general plans on smuggling a million dollars off a "banana republic" island the local criminal factions scheme to get their hands on it. If you want to request a movie for the next listener request month simply rate and review this show 5 stars...

Chris and Mike pull up to Joe's Super Duper to fill up their tanks in a movie brimming with gas-related puns in 1979's Gas Pump Girls. When June's Uncle Joe suffers a heart attack she decides to get her friends together to save his service station the only way she knows how - which doesn't leave much to the imagination. This movie has everything: a musical number, time traveling greasers, every se...

Chris and Mike wrap up Blairvember with a hidden treasure in Linda's filmography, 1987's direct-to-video action film Nightforce. When her friend is kidnapped by a Central American drug cartel Linda enlists the help of her friends to go do something about it; because as the tagline says, " Some People Give a Damn!" We also have an appearance from a very special guest in this episode!

Blairvember continues with the 1981 slasher flick Hell Night - directed by Grindbin all-star Tom DeSimone. Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a haunted mansion and find themselves stalked by a not-so-mysterious killer. Will Linda survive? Will she talk loud enough so we can understand her? Did Tom DeSimone learn not to include boom mics in the shots? The answer to these question...

Here we are friends, week three of Blairvember. Five straight weeks of Linda Blair movies on the Grindbin. This week we have a real... well it's a movie beloved by many but your hosts might not share those sentiments. Chris and Mike try and cover a movie they simply cannot stand, will they make it through the episode? Will Blairvember continue on? Will Linda actually make an appearance on this sho...

Blairvember rolls on as Chris and Mike discuss 1983's Chained Heat. Linda Blair finds herself behind bars after killing a man (by accident) in what can only be described as the worst prison of all time. Murders, drugs, rapes, and that's all before lunch! Can Linda serve her 18 month sentence in peace, or will she just make things worse for herself?

Welcome to the first week of Blairvember, five whole weeks of Linda Blair movies on the Grindbin. In our first episode we start with the 1970's "classic" Roller Boogie. Molly Osborne joins Chris and Mike to discuss a movie which decides to literally change it's mind and start again about half way through. Rollerpocalypses, attempted sexual assaults, characters named Bobby, this movie has it all; a...

Welcome to the Grindbin Halloween Spectacular where Chris and Mike subject themselves to real life terror by forcing themselves to watch Chester Novell Turner's "Tales From the Quadead Zone". If you've listened to the Black Devil Doll from Hell episode of our podcast you'll be very familiar with Chester's work and how much Chris and Mike love it. Quadead Zone is one of the strangest, most incohere...

Chris and Mike uncover a real hidden gem from the late 80's. A legless woman, an ET-equse sexual assault, a demon cat, a father daughter love triangle and it's all wrapped within a giant commercial for Diet Coke. It's 1988's The Kiss.

Chris and Mike dive into a listener request this week with 1982's The Last American Virgin. A movie that starts as a sex romp and ends with a hard slap in the face of reality. Gary has an unhealthy obsession with Karen (the new girl in town). Will his stalker ways get her to finally love him or will he simply hang himself in his parent's garage? All this and more on this episode of the Grindbin. T...

Chris and Mike stumble upon a movie that features the work of two Academy Award winners at arguably the lowest moments of their careers. You probably have never heard of Catch The Heat and while I'm sure some people involved in the production would rather it remained that way, this is a movie that has an incredibly weird and interesting backstory. Everything goes wrong when an FBI agent has to go...

Chris and Mike attempt to decipher one of the craziest movies ever made. Is it a sex comedy? Is it a slasher movie? Is it a love story? Is it a movie? The Roommates is truly a one-of-a-kind film and a real special oddity in the world of exploitation film. Five young ladies decide to spend their summer vacation in Lake Arrowhead and their lives will never be the same - or maybe they will; we simply...

Chris and Mike are back in the old Crown International trash bin to uncover a real hidden gem, 1974's Policewomen. It has everything you could ever want and expect from a Crown film: a bad sex scene, karate, a woman doing a job men think she's unqualified for, and of course lots and lots of back. 

Chris and Mike delve into a movie that has connections to a number of past episodes. On this show we are dubbing the "grindbin all stars" a slew of actors from other movies we've covered converge to create one steaming pile of terribleness. Is it really that bad? You'll have to listen to find out.