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Terrible Delights

Terrible Delights hosted by Scott and Bill

A podcast celebrating the good, bad and ugly that are grindhouse films from the 70s through the mid-80s. If it’s ‘sploitation, we want to watch it! New episodes every Wednesday.

tv & film film reviews

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01:22:22

Terrible Delights #105: the Visitor

Terrible Delights ·

2025/05/07

This week's pick is the 1979 sci-fi weirdness known as the Visitor. Franco Nero is Jesus Christ! Shelley Winters slaps a child! A basketball explodes! A telekinetic girl sends an ice skater through a restaurant window!

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00:59:17

Terrible Delights #104: the Muthers

Terrible Delights ·

2025/04/30

This week's pick is the 1976 pirate/blaxploitation/women in prison film the Muthers. A female pirate leader infiltrates a coffee plantation fronting as a women's prison to rescue her kidnapped sister. Mild action and boobs scenes commence.

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01:12:13

Terrible Delights #103: Day of the Animals

Terrible Delights ·

2025/04/23

This week's pick is the 1977 natural horror film Day of the Animals. TD Hall of Famers Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel star in rather subdued roles (which disappointed Bill) alongside a fiendish Leslie Nielson who steals the show as a huge prick. They are part of a hiking group that is terrorized and attacked by animals gone mad from the effects of a depleted ozone layer.

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01:07:44

Terrible Delights #102: the Children

Terrible Delights ·

2025/04/16

This week's pick is the 1980 killer kids horror flick the Children. Toxic gases turn the youngsters in a small Western Massachusetts town into zombies that can microwave you to death with their flesh-melting hugs.

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00:50:13

Terrible Delights #101: the Streetfighter's Last Revenge

Terrible Delights ·

2025/04/09

We kick off season five with the 1974 threequel the Streetfighter's Last Revenge. Important questions are asked like: Can Sonny Chiba keep up his intense face energy from the previous two movies? Why is there an evil mariachi strongman? And why does Chiba become a ghoulish vampire briefly? Help!

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01:10:47

Terrible Delights #100: the Battle Wizard

Terrible Delights ·

2025/03/12

This week's pick for our season 4 finale is the Shaw Brother's insanity soaked the Battle Wizard from 1977. This film features finger lasers, a dart shooting bone gun, fire breath, power smoke, a giant red snake, a man with extendable metal chicken legs, and a gorilla.We also induct four excellent new members to the Terrible Delights Hall of Fame: Fred Williamson, director Enzo Castellari, Danny Lee, and the Shaw Brothers.

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01:13:56

Terrible Delights #99: Street Law

Terrible Delights ·

2025/03/05

This week's pick is the 1974 poliziotteschi film Street Law. Franco Nero is Carlo, a timid engineer turned vigilante who seeks revenge on some thugs that kidnapped and assaulted him. He eventually befriends Tommy, a small-time crook with a kind heart, in his quest for justice.

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01:11:45

Terrible Delights #98: Enter the Ninja

Terrible Delights ·

2025/02/26

This week's pick is the 1981 Cannon Films release Enter the Ninja starring Franco Nero and his mustache, along with Will Hare aka Old Man Peabody from Back to the Future, and Terrible Delights Hall of Famer Christopher George. Cole has just completed his ninja training and visits his old war buddy, Frank, helping him to fight off the thugs Mr. Venarius keeps sending in an effort to bully Frank off his valuable land. Venarius tries to counter by hiring ninja Hasegawa, who despises Cole for

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01:19:11

Terrible Delights #97: Lovely But Deadly

Terrible Delights ·

2025/02/19

This week's pick is the 1981 revenge/action film Lovely But Deadly. Teenager Lovely seeks revenge on the drug dealers that caused her brother to drown while high. Featuring Irwin Keyes as dull witted and horny Gommorah.

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01:00:26

Terrible Delights #96: TNT Jackson

Terrible Delights ·

2025/02/12

This week's pick is the 1974 blaxploitation filmTNT Jackson. tough lady Diana "TNT" Jackson encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother. Many asses are kicked and many backflips are performed. Written by the legendaryDick Miller!

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01:04:10

Terrible Delights #95: Project: Kill

Terrible Delights ·

2025/02/05

This week's pick is the 1976 action-like thriller Project: Kill. An elite assassin (a sweaty Leslie Neilsen) flees a government mind control program he headed to blow the whistle on it. He completely abandons this plan almost immediately upon arriving in the Philippines and instead looks for love while being pursued by his former second in command (a sweaty Gary Lockwood), as well as local police and Terrible Delights Hall of Famer Vic Diaz!

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00:56:59

Terrible Delights #94: Jaguar Lives!

Terrible Delights ·

2025/01/29

This week's pick is the 1979 martial arts/adventure style movie Jaguar Lives! The Jaguar (champion martial artist Joe Lewis) travels the world constantly trying to stop the bad guys from doing bad things, we think? Maybe there is something happening with opium? We're not entirely sure. Featuring the likes of Sir Christopher Lee, John Huston, Barbara Bach, and a wonderful Donald Pleasence in small roles that make you wonder why they agreed to take part in this movie.

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01:07:10

Terrible Delights #93: Malibu High

Terrible Delights ·

2025/01/15

This week's pick is the 1979 exploitation flick Malibu High. Kim is flunking out of high school so decides to sleep with her teachers to get straight A's and become a prostitute for easy money. It all obviously leads to her quickly becoming an assassin.

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01:02:47

Terrible Delights #92: the Candy Snatchers

Terrible Delights ·

2025/01/01

This week's pick is the 1973 exploitation film the Candy Snatchers. A girl named Candy is kidnapped, or snatched, and is buried alive by criminals demanding a fortune in diamonds from her father's jewelry store.

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01:08:48

Terrible Delights #91: To All A Goodnight

Terrible Delights ·

2024/12/25

This week's pick is the 1980 Xmas slasher To All A Goodnight. Someone dressed as Santa Claus is picking off the girls that are staying at their prep-school during the holiday break.

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01:21:30

Terrible Delights #90: Don't Open Till Christmas

Terrible Delights ·

2024/12/18

This week's pick is the 1984 British holiday slasher Don't Open Till Christmas. Basically, if you're dressed like Santa Claus in London, there is a high probability that you will get murdered. The chances go up if you're a drunk Santa!

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01:13:54

Terrible Delights #89: Silent Night Bloody Night

Terrible Delights ·

2024/12/11

This week's pick is the 1972 early slasher film Silent Night Bloody Night. IMDB sums it up beautifully: "A man inherits a mansion which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region." Special guest Mike Neel joins us and talks about the expanded re-release of his film Infinite Santa 8000.

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01:20:50

Terrible Delights #88: Invasion U.S.A.

Terrible Delights ·

2024/12/04

This week's pick is the 1985 Cannon Films action masterpiece Invasion U.S.A. starring a denim-clad Chuck Norris. A one-man army comes to the rescue when the United States is invaded by communists.

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01:10:47

Terrible Delights #87: 1990: the Bronx Warriors

Terrible Delights ·

2024/11/27

This week's pick is the 1982 action/sci-fi flick 1990: the Bronx Warriors. According to IMDB: In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs. Featuring a maniacal Vic Morrow and a sharp-dressed Fred Williamson

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01:03:48

Terrible Delights #86: Master of the Flying Guillotine

Terrible Delights ·

2024/11/20

This week's pick is the 1976 martial arts movie Master of the Flying Guillotine. The titular character seeks revenge against the One-Armed Boxer for killing two of his disciples, laying waste along the way to any one-armed man he encounters with his flying guillotine. Featuring a man with very long arms and a Krautrock soundtrack.

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