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Grindbin Podcast - Grindhouse and Exploitation Films

402 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 138 ratings

Welcome to the Grindbin, a podcast where your hosts Mike Wood and Chris Mann dig through the exploitation films and grindhouse cinema of the 1970's and 1980's. Join us on our journey to explore these forgetting film classics of decades past and breathe new life into the movies that time forgot.

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Episodes

371 - Sonny Boy (1989)

March 13, 2024 04:55 - 2 hours - 113 MB

Vaughn, Lee, Bobby, and Mike discuss a family film about a kidnapped boy who has his tongue cut out and is raised to be a criminal by his adopted parents David Carradine and Paul L. Smith. It's as wild as it sounds and is a movie (and an episode) worth checking out. 

370 - Non Stop Trouble With My Double (1984)

February 28, 2024 05:37 - 2 hours - 97.5 MB

Bobby, Fern, and Mike discuss a request from a listener and... we would like to formally apologize Germany. Not only did we not enjoy this movie, we've found a new Tentacles. For whatever reason, if you love this movie, this might be one you want to skip. 

369 - The Exterminator (1980)

February 20, 2024 05:36 - 2 hours - 101 MB

Bobby, Wick, Chef Robby, and Mike are jacked like hell to see Grindbin all stars James Glickenhaus (Shakedown, McBain) and Robert Ginty (White Fire) return to the bin but all they can think about is how Christopher George (Pieces, Enter the Ninja) cooks a hot dog... Seriously, we are still thinking about it... everyday. 

368 - The Last Match (1991)

February 06, 2024 06:08 - 2 hours - 98.4 MB

Chris in Miami, Jeff, Bobby, and Mike get ready for the big Super Match this Sunday by discussing the lost "football" movie starring Ernest Borgnine, Oliver Tobias, Henry Silva, and Charles Napier.  The backstory for this movie is legendary but a guest's personal connection to this film uncovered during the episode is mind blowing. 

367 - Uninvited (1988)

January 24, 2024 06:13 - 2 hours - 86.1 MB

Chuck, Tim, Bobby, and Mike discuss the unforgettable Greydon Clarke classic featuring George Kennedy pissed off on a boat with a killer cat. This movie has everything you could ever want: complicated crime plans, maritime law, and paperwork!!!! 

366 - Freebie and the Bean (1974)

January 03, 2024 06:54 - 2 hours - 91.6 MB

Bobby, Chef Robby, Jersey James, and Mike break down the proto-buddy cop movie starring James Caan and Alan Arkin as two San Francisco cops who spend most of the time beating the hell out of people; especially if they didn't commit any crimes. try

365 - Death Machines (1976)

December 28, 2023 01:00 - 3 hours - 147 MB

Yobo, Matt, Terry, and Mike discuss one of the greatest Grindbin movies yet! Death Machines has EVERYTHING you could ever want from a bin movie: overly complicated criminal plans, milk toast characters who you don't want to root for, excessive paperwork as a plot device, and more! 

364 - Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

December 20, 2023 06:07 - 3 hours - 167 MB

Wick, Yobo, Chris in Miami, and Mike celebrate the holiday season with the classic Santa slasher, Silent Night, Deadly Night. When little Billy's grandpa tries to warn him about the evils of Santa, the kid doesn't listen and his whole life is destroyed. It's a movie, and episode, full of very valuable life lessons just like catatonic Grandpa used to tell you. 

363 - Fake-Out (1982)

December 14, 2023 05:31 - 3 hours - 149 MB

Pia Zadora finally returns to the bin! Yobo, Bobby, new guest Jeff, and Mike discuss this Pia Zadora, Telly Savalas crime caper in Las Vegas. Despite being financed by Pia's then husband, filmed at his hotel (The Riveria), and simply a vehicle for more Pia screen time, this is a strangely enjoyable movie! So grab a Pia-tina and enjoy extended scenes of Telly gambling and grabbing butts.  This episode featured some technical difficulties in our first hour. If you're interested in seeing and...

362 - Xanadu (1980)

December 06, 2023 04:54 - 3 hours - 185 MB

Yobo, Steve, Matt, and Mike discuss the ill-fated Olivia Newtown John and ELO musical. Featuring hot and sandy popcorn at the beach, maybe our most elaborate and nonsensical movie scam yet, guys rubbing themselves Xanadu in the Getty, and the hardest takes Yobo has ever had on interior design and rollerskating club logistics.  With more than double the runtime of the movie, this is an epic episode of the bin that shouldn't be missed. 

361 - Dixie Ray: Hollywood Star (1982) - Camvember 2023

November 30, 2023 05:47 - 2 hours - 105 MB

Steve and Izzy from EILFM join Bobby, Mary, and Mike as Camvember 2023 comes to a close with the adult film Cameron didn't know he starred in... allegedly. Dixie Ray, eventually cut into an R rated film called "It's Murder Baby" is a noir thriller that features some of the most uncomfortable, exposition laden sex scenes, and a very, very drunk Cameron. It's the perfect, akward way to end 2023's Camvember. 

360 - Slaughter (1972) - Camvember 20223

November 22, 2023 23:33 - 2 hours - 131 MB

Camvember 2023 continues with J.M. Brandt returning to talk the original Slaughter with Bobby and Mike. Surely there are lots of outstanding questions we had from the second movie that are answered here, right? There has to be incredibly backstories for characters we met in the second film, right? There is at least a super computer at this Mexico (South America) base, right?! Find out the answers to these questions (probably not)... and more!

359 - The Last Reunion (1980) - Camvember 2023

November 16, 2023 04:11 - 3 hours - 173 MB

Yobo, Daniel, Matt, and Mike talk about the reunion of Cameron Mitchell and Leo Fong! It's a Camvember miracle, right? right?!  Featuring Cameron drooling over a teppanyaki, extended talk about Necco wafers, and Daniel's new rap persona.  

358 - Jack-O (1995) - Camvember 2023

November 02, 2023 05:16 - 2 hours - 97.1 MB

Bobby, Chef Robby, Terry, and Mike kick off Camvember with the unforgettable, Fred Olen Ray produced, direct-to-video slasher, Jack-O. Cameron's performance is brief but memorable in this one as he does something NO Grindbin all-star has ever done before! Also featuring a long dead John Carradine, the most uncomfortable nude scene of Linnea Quigley's career, and an bunch of pumpkins Fed kept in his garage for six months before filming started. 

357 - Contraband (1980)

October 25, 2023 05:01 - 2 hours - 109 MB

Bobby, Faustus, Vaughn, and Mike talk about the Lucio Fulci cigarette smuggling movie Contaband. Two brothers have made a nice life for themselves smuggling in Marlboros to Naples until a mysterious drug smuggler appears and the bodies start piling up. Will Luca stop the flow of heroin into Italy, or more importantly, will he ever find out who's responsible for tire mountain?!

356 - Frankenhooker (1990)

October 18, 2023 04:05 - 1 hour - 85 MB

Tanner, Wick, Bobby, and Mike discuss the Frank Henenlotter classic, Frankenhooker (1990). When a "medical student" looses his fiance in a tragic lawnmower accident, Jeffrey pieces her back together with a bunch of sex worker parts and a little lightning, what could possibly go wrong?! 

355 - The New York Ripper (1982)

September 27, 2023 04:42 - 2 hours - 142 MB

Bobby, Terry, Candice, and Mike discuss the Lucio Fulci classic, The New York Ripper. When an enigmatic quackster starts dialing up the ladies, and the body count starts stacking like ducklings in a row, it's up to an NYPD detective and a guy he hires to solve the case for him to waddle their way to justice. 

354 - Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)

September 20, 2023 04:40 - 2 hours - 110 MB

Vaughn, Lee, Bobby, and Mike discuss the Jimmy Wang Yu classic that puts a shiv into the Shaw Brothers.  A one-armed kung fu expert brings his students to a martial arts contest where a blind assasin with a blade hat starts beheading every one-armed man he can find. Chaos ensues, will our teacher survive? Is this murder spree actually because people didn't pay their restaurant bill? Find out on this action packed episode of the bin... which is also a sequel and Vaughn messed up the schedul...

353 - Corvette Summer (1978)

September 13, 2023 05:34 - 3 hours - 162 MB

Chef Robby, Chuck, Matt Anderson, Doug Wortel (from THE MIGHTY PECULIAR), and Mike talk about Corvette Summer. This coming-of-age "comedy" starring Mark Hamill (fresh off the set of Star Wars) and Annie Potts is one of the more disturbing movies we've seen on the bin in a long time.  Mark Hamill loves to build strange cars and pose on the hood like Tom Savini in Knightriders. When his latest creation is stolen during a High School shop class field trip to Van Nuys Blvd, Mark takes off to V...

352 - Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)

September 07, 2023 04:59 - 2 hours - 136 MB

Summer Sequel Month 2023 comes to a close with the Patreon poll pick. Matt, Vaughn, Bobby, and Mike rent some tuxes, get a limo, reserve a table at the local Olive Garden, and take eachother to prom while discussing the supernatural sequel that has nothing to do with the first Prom Night movie. 

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)

August 25, 2023 05:36 - 2 hours - 138 MB

Summer Sequel Month 2023 continues with an absolute banger! Bobby and Mike are joined by J.M. Brandt and Tom Napolitano to discuss the Jim Brown classic featuring a sex guy Ed McMahon, the Red Baron ruining picnics, all the chicken livers you can eat, and maybe the most confusing crime yet in a Grindbin movie. 

351 - Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)

August 25, 2023 05:36 - 2 hours - 138 MB

Summer Sequel Month 2023 continues with an absolute banger! Bobby and Mike are joined by J.M. Brandt and Tom Napolitano to discuss the Jim Brown classic featuring a sex guy Ed McMahon, the Red Baron ruining picnics, all the chicken livers you can eat, and maybe the most confusing crime yet in a Grindbin movie. 

350 - Penitentiary II (1982)

August 16, 2023 04:16 - 2 hours - 131 MB

Summer Sequel Month 2023 continues with another trip to the Penitentiary. Yobo, Terry, Bobby, and Mike are shocked to find a cheaper, weirder, and funnier? sequel to the prison boxing drama Penitentiary. The guys discuss all the important aspects of the movie like if you can actually swim in a crochet bikini, small TV placement during a murder, what the rate of inflation is for buying "services" during a prison boxing match, and whether or not Bee Movie is about a woman trying to have rela...

349 - Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) Summer Sequel Month 2023

August 09, 2023 04:46 - 2 hours - 113 MB

The Kaiju Krew is back to talk about Gamera Vs. a Giant Street Shark. When two kids stumble upon a flying saucer that takes them to a strange planet with pretty space girls and mom's donuts, only one space turtle can save them... as long as he doesn't have any cuties in the queue. 

348 - Muscle Beach Party (1964) - Summer Sequel Month 2023

August 02, 2023 03:00 - 2 hours - 123 MB

Summer Sequel Month 2023 kicks off with a trip back to the beach with The Grindbin Beach Party Crew! The second in the Beach Party movies finds the gang renting a love shack on the sand next to a stable of human-trafficked bodybuilders managed by Don Rickles. Incredibly bad surfing montages, Dick Dale, a very pissed off Anette, and NO ERIC VON ZIPPER make for an entertaining, if slightly infuriating, trip back to the beach. 

347 - Tommy (1975)

July 26, 2023 05:41 - 2 hours - 135 MB

Can you see us? Can you hear us? The Grindbin has returned! Bobby, Yobo, Mike Rat, and Mike discuss the epic merging of Ken Russell and The Who in 1975's rock opera, Tommy.  If you ever wanted to hear Yobo sing, this is the episode for you!

346 - Hardbodies (1984)

July 05, 2023 20:42 - 3 hours - 147 MB

Bobby, Mann, Eddie and Mike oil up and hit the beach to talk about a recent Patreon Poll winner, Hardbodies (1984). Based off a Penthouse letter (not a joke) Hardbodies is about the laziest movie you could ever imagine... and it's amazing. 

345 - Black Tight Killers (1966)

June 28, 2023 03:15 - 2 hours - 109 MB

The other Tim, Bobby, Steve and Izzy, and Mike discuss the winner of a recent Patreon Poll, The Black Tight Killers from 1966. Hondo is on a flight home from the fireworks war and befriends a flight attendant, only to find out she is kidnapped and now he is apparently tasked with finding her. An incredible hidden gem, BTK is perfect Grindbin fare. 

344 - Death Promise (1977)

June 21, 2023 05:38 - 2 hours - 133 MB

Yobo, Jersey James, Bobby, and Mike discuss a real NEW YORK movie. A karateman goes on a search-and-destroy mission to kill the ruthless landlords who maybe murdered his father. We learn all about the New York of the 70's complete with old building kings, marking your territory, and how the rats used to be great! 

343 - The Last Shark (1981)

June 08, 2023 05:08 - 2 hours - 126 MB

Bobby, Mary, Fern, and Mike discuss the Italian definitely-not a rip-off of Jaws that features an incredible accent changing performance from Vic Morrow. This might be the most American movie ever, we're talking shark guns, mysterious cowboys, shotguns on boats, American flags, and the biggest fu^&ing net you've ever seen! So grab those pillows, load that meat pole, and get ready for some shark biting action! 

342 - Penitentiary (1979)

June 01, 2023 04:38 - 2 hours - 122 MB

Bobby, Yobo, Terry, and Mike discuss Jamaa Fanaka's prison boxing epic, Penitentiary. On this epsiode we learn way too much about Mr. Goodbars, a new Yobo grift to become a professional boxer, what Nell's favorite candy bar would be, and more!

341 - Blood and Lace (1971)

May 24, 2023 04:56 - 2 hours - 124 MB

Bobby, Daniel, and Mike are joined by Mike Justice to discuss a recent Patreon Poll winner. After her mother and lover are killed by a hammerman, Ellie is sent to a mysterious orphanage full of sausage eaters, reanimated corpses, and Uncle Leo!

340 - Hard Times (1975)

May 10, 2023 04:07 - 3 hours - 154 MB

The boys are joined by Wick and Chris in Miami to discuss the Walter Hill classic, Hard Times. A street fighting Charles Bronson teams up with a fast talking James Coburn to eat chili, drink night coffee, and kick some ass. 

BONUS: Interview with Mark Sikes

April 23, 2023 17:00 - 2 hours - 101 MB

Mike talks with casting director Mark Sikes to get behind the stories on your favorite PM Entertainment movies (Hologram Man, Skyscraper, The Sweeper) as well as his experience working with Roger Corman. 

339 - Hologram Man (1995)

April 05, 2023 04:39 - 2 hours - 108 MB

Bobby, Matt Simpson (from Movie Melt!), and Mike discuss the PM entertainment classic, Hologram Man! A dude in a Korn wig murders the governor of CA and comes back as a "hologram man" in the near future to bring down the corrupt corporate government. As a special bonus, we have an interview with the casting director from this film, Mark Sikes, coming up on our main feed where he answers all questions we have about PM entertainment in the 90s. 

338 - The Visitor (1976)

March 29, 2023 04:56 - 2 hours - 123 MB

Wick, Vaughn, Brady, and Mike discuss the recent winner of the John Huston Would Do Anything Poll from our Patreon, 1976's The Visitor. Is this an incredible artistic vision realized onscreen, or just some dude that liked hot dogs and Pong? Does Vaughn finish filing his taxes by the end of the episode? Can a Vampire be a Motorcycle? All these questions will be answered... and more! 

MINI: Do You Trust Your Wife? (1956)

March 22, 2023 04:46 - 1 hour - 53.6 MB

The grindbin will return with a new episode next week! For now, enjoy a recent mini bin from our Patreon.  Bobby, Wick, Chef Robby, and Mike discuss the 1950's gameshow about married couples being forced to talk to horny ventriloquist dummies and then asked questions to try and feed their families for another week.   

337 - Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987)

March 15, 2023 05:01 - 2 hours - 108 MB

Chef Robby and J.M. Brandt join Bobby and Mike to discuss this sci-fi most dangerous game mashup. A movie that seemingly has everything you could ever ask for in a bad movie: bad sci-fi effects, monsters, horny robots, an attractive cast, Predator's weird brother... yet it delivers on NONE of this. Slave Girls ranks as one of the worst movies we've ever had to cover on the bin, so enjoy our pain! 

336 - The Hollywood Knights (1980)

March 08, 2023 05:40 - 2 hours - 136 MB

Daniel, James, Chuck, and Mike discuss the second winner in the Here Come The Boys poll from our Patreon. The Hollywood Knights is fondly remembered by some people... and those people are not most of the Grindbin crew. Potentially more offensive than Party Animal, The Hollywood Knights has everything you could never want in a movie; which makes it a perfect choice to be on the Grindbin. So start that engine, drive down Van Nuys Blvd, and pull into the drive-in. 

335 - Cut and Run (1985)

March 02, 2023 02:58 - 2 hours - 112 MB

With the recent passing of legendary director, and Grindbin All Star, Ruggero Deodato (Raiders of Atlantis), the bin and Lee and Leah from TMBDOS! celebrate one of his lesser talked about films, Cut and Run (1985). Often mistaken for a cannibal movie (like Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust), Cut and Run is a drug running movie with a brilliant performance from Grindbin all star Richard Lynch and an incredibly unhinged performances from Bibleman himself, Willie Aames. 

334 - The Party Animal (1984)

February 22, 2023 05:32 - 2 hours - 117 MB

Shane, Terry, Bobby, and Mike regrettably dicuss a poll winner from the Patreon, 1984's The Party Animal. Maybe the high-water mark for bad sex comedies, this movie is so depraved that it's been nearly scrubbed from existence... making it a must see for the Grindbin audience! 

333 - Streets of Fire (1984)

February 08, 2023 07:08 - 2 hours - 144 MB

Bobby, Julie, Chris in Miami, and Mike discuss the winner of a recent Patreon poll, the Walter Hill classic, Streets of Fire (1984). A box office failure sandwiched between massive blockbusters, Streets of Fire is a hidden gem of forgotten cinema. Featuring an iconic performance from Rick Moranis, an unforgettable Willem Dafoe, a young Diane Lane, and... Michael Paré. This one is a love fest everyone. 

332 - The Astrologer (1976)

February 01, 2023 04:49 - 2 hours - 139 MB

The Astrologer (1976) is an absolute must see movie for fans of this show. One man's ultimate vanity project, found in a dumpster with a bunch of porno films, unable to be released due to the illegal use of Moddy Blues music, has finally resurfaced online. We delve into the mystery of Craig Denney, who may, or may not, have faked his own death.

331 - Skyscraper (1996)

January 26, 2023 06:28 - 2 hours - 141 MB

PM Entertainment returns to the Gridbin (Rage, The Sweeper) with an over-the-top action movie starring... Anna Nicole Smith? Anna, playing a helicopter pilot who dreams of getting pregnant and having picnics, has to single-handedly stop a terrorist group from taking over the Boggle factory. Featuring 80 year old men henchmen, mid-action sex breaks, and the mysterious disapearance of a Grindbin host during the episode... it's everything you could ever want in a bin episode... and more!

330 - Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)

January 18, 2023 06:13 - 3 hours - 175 MB

What happens when Cannon films gives a two time pulitzer prize winning author the chance to write and direct any movie he wants? The greatest failure of cinema ever created.  

329 - Speedtrap (1977)

January 11, 2023 05:30 - 2 hours - 100 MB

Bobby, Chef Robby, and Sir Charles discuss a Joe Don Baker, Robert Loggia 70's car movie where neither men have decided to care... or even read the script. The agressive apathy provides mind blowing moments onscreen and a great movie for the Grindbin. 

328 - Avenging Force (1986)

January 05, 2023 04:56 - 2 hours - 124 MB

A child is thrown from a roof, a man is excited about hot soup on a cold night, Charles Nelson Reilly might have killed a man in the bayou... Cannon, you've done it again!

327 - Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)

December 27, 2022 22:48 - 2 hours - 126 MB

Tanner, Jersey James, Bobby, and Mike discuss Skatetown U.S.A., a movie that has everything you could ever want. Subpar skate routines, a young Patrick Swayze whipping his belt around, and freakin' Murray Langston. A legendary 70's ensemble movie that was nearly lost to time but recently re-released on Blu-Ray, Skatetown is worth lacing up for. 

326 - Blood Beat (1983)

December 21, 2022 21:41 - 2 hours - 120 MB

Bobby and Mike are joined by Julie and Matt Anderson on their Christmas trip to rural Wisconsin to discuss a movie written, directed, and produced by one really, really high guy. What starts out as a family get together devolves into a film that features a mind reading mother, a Nestle Quick to the balls, Scanners brain powers, Predator vision, and a Samurai ghost! Unwrap and enjoy. 

325 - Radioactive Dreams (1984)

December 14, 2022 06:56 - 2 hours - 104 MB

Lee, Tanner, Nick, Bobby and Mike celebrate the life of and career of recently departed filmmaker Albert Pyun by discussing his sophmore effort, Radioactive Dreams. This post-apocalyptic coming of age story starring Michael Dudikoff and John Stockwell delves into more complex themes than your typical direct-to-video efforts of the era while bringing all the over-the-top action you'd expect. 

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