Grindbin Podcast - Grindhouse and Exploitation Films

Chris and Mike welcome Shahab Zargari onto the show for a special interview before the Comic Con screening of his short film - Philip K. Dick's, "The Crystal Crypt". 

Chris and Mike kick their way through the "action-packed" straight-to-video classic Lost Faith - one of the only Kung Fu movies to feature religious overtones. Steve Nakota is having a very very bad day - his TV is broken, the cable is out, the car broke down and to top it all off, his wife has now gone missing. Will Steve find his missing wife? Will he accept the Lord back in his life? All these...

Chris and Mike take a request for this week's episode from a great friend of the show all the way from Australia - David. Lunch Wagon (1981) is less about three girls owning a lunch truck and more about an hour and a half fight over a parking spot. Delving into personal stories about Dom Deluise, Prince Fielder, Dennis Hopper and much more Chris and Mike nearly lose their minds in the most bizarre...

This week Chris and Mike delve into a classic film from exploitation auteur Jack Hill - Switchblade Sisters (1975). This forgotten classic is a true gem of grindhouse cinema that offers much more than simply trashy entertainment. Lace - leader of the Dagger Debs - is threatened when a new girl moves onto her turf and catches the eye of her boyfriend Dom. Politics, love triangles, bake sales, this...

Chris is currently on tour with his band Leftover Crack. Recently he is was New York and had the opportunity to sit down with Joey Steel for an interview on his podcast: Dispatches from the Underground. 

Chris and Mike delve into one of the most classic 1980's films, Thrashin'. This gem has avoided falling into complete obscurity because it stars Josh Brolin and features a cameo by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's a true 80s film in every sense of the word: the clothing, the music, the dialogue; it's amazing. While it might not fit directly into the world of Grindhouse or Exploitation cinema it's a...

Welcome to a special interview episode of The Grindbin. Chris and I recently had the opportunity to interview filmmaker Tanner Beard about his new film  6 Bullets to Hell -  a Grindhouse Western just realesed on the Apple Store, Google Play and other streaming services. 

Chris and Mike find out just how much trouble one man with a VHS camcorder and a Casio keyboard can get into with this week's "film", Black Devil Doll from Hell (1984). This is without a doubt the worst film Chris and Mike have ever seen; there is absolutely no question about it. When Helen walked into a curio shop one day she never expected her life to change. Going from a god-fearing woman to a...

Chris and Mike stay after class to discuss the 1974 thriller, The Teacher, a movie that's not at all what it's advertised to be. What's advertised as a simple sexploitation romp turns into a tale of a predator, her prey, and the inevitable consequences of a relationship that never should have happened.

On this episode Chris and Mike delve into an experiment gone wrong with 1973's Invasion of the Bee Girls. Bodies of men have started to pile up in the small town of Peckham, California; all dead from heart attacks caused by sexual intercourse. It's up to Neil Agar - government agent - to solve the case and find out what mysterious force is behind these strange occurrences. Later on the show, Chris...

It's Wednesday, and you know what that means, it's cruise night over on Van Nuys Blvd. In this episode Chris and Mike return to the cannon of Crown International Pictures to discuss one of their more pointless entries. Bobby arrives home at his trailer where his topless girlfriend hands him a beer. He turns on the TV and finds a local news report discussing Van Nuys Blvd. It's at this moment where...

This week Chris and Mike try and explain one of the most bizarre films ever made, Supervixens; directed by Russ Meyer - king of the sexploitation genre. Clint Ramsey is forced to leave his dream job at a gas station when his wife is murdered by a psycho cop, Harry Sledge. From here things only get weirder as Clint is continually accosted by busty women who force themselves onto him until he is reu...

Blood Diner is one of those rare movies that succeeds by being bad on purpose. Typically these types of movies don't come across as genuine and create a false sense of so-bad-it's-good. Bad movies that we remember and talk about are never made to be bad on purpose, they are earnest attempts by filmmakers who simply won't back down in the face of people telling them they are insane. These are the t...

Chris and Mike delve into another Crown International classic. And this one really is a classic. The Beach Girls (1982) is pretty much the perfect guilty pleasure - a movie that features two beach parties and pretty much nothing else. School just got out for the summer and Sarah has invited her two friends Ducky and Ginger to spend the weekend with her at her Uncle Carl's beach house. What ensues...

Finally! The amazing people over at Drafthouse Films have released one of the greatest mysteries in LA cinema. In 2005 a strange and mysterious movie appeared in four local movie theathers with absolutely no promotion of any kind. It's director, cast and even basic information couldn't even be found on IMDB. During it's initial run the film only made $70. It gained very little attention online and...

Chris and Mike delve into Crown International's most successful film, the teen sexploitation classic, My Tutor (1983). From the IMDB synopsis: A rich father hires a tutor for his son. The son is a horny teenager and the tutor is a gorgeous blonde. Complications ensue. Thanks again for your comments and suggestions. If you have any recommendations for future movies as well as comments about past ep...

How do you make a movie that attempts to be a female empowerment message yet sets women's rights back 50 years? Just ask 1973's Superchick! In this episode Chris and Mike break down yet another Crown International classic.  Tara B True is a real special kind of lady, a super kind of lady if you will. She gets to travel the US as a flight attendant, she sleeps with a new man in every city, and she...

Today Chris and Mike discuss the Linda Blair classic, Savage Streets (1984). If you haven't seen Savage Streets then you are missing out on one of the greatest trash-cinema classics of all time. This movie exists in a parallel universe where teenage girls shop for bear traps and crossbows and hair is so big it has a life of its own.  Linda Blair gives an absolute classic performance that absolutel...

Today Chris and Mike discuss the long forgotten movie about a woman with a talking... box. You know you're in trouble when the title for the movie contains an exclamation point. Chatterbox! is one of those movies that really fancies itself more of a statement piece than it really is.  Penelope finds herself with a unique problem; a problem that only Hollywood can cure as her lady region takes on a...

On this episode of The Grindbin we cover an exploitation movie that might have been dropped off from another dimension. One in which sultry gangs of cheerleaders prey on unsuspecting men and suck the life out of them. They operate under the guise of rooting for sports teams and prancing around in mini skirts but these "cheerleaders" are spreading much more than school spirit. The Cheerleaders (197...

On the second episode of The Grindbin, Mike and Chris delve into one of the strangest movies ever produced. Malibu High (1979) is a true Grindhouse classic that embodies everything you could hope for in the genre. Kim is a highschool senior who was just dumped by her boyfriend and is failing out of school. Desperate times call for desperate measures and Kim decides to solve her problems the only w...

The Van (1977) is a great starting point for the world of exploitation and grindhouse films. It is a movie (like many of these films) that exists within it's own universe. A world in which hookers roam pizza parlors, drinking  while driving is not only celebrated but encouraged, and a world in which the word "no" is just a suggestion.  Join us down this dark path as we dig through the dumpster of...

Welcome to The Grindbin. In this introduction episode your hosts Mike Wood and Chris Mann discuss the goals of this podcast and what to expect from future episodes. Join them on their journey through the exploitation films and grindhouse cinema of decades past as they attempt to breathe new life into these long forgotten movies.