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Terrible Delights: Grindhouse Film Reviews

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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01:08:42

Terrible Delights #110: Psycho from Texas

Terrible Delights: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

2025/06/11

This week's pick is the 1975 low-budget thriller Psycho from Texas. Wheeler, the titular character, kidnaps an oil baron with the help of a bumbling and filthy-looking man ironically named Slick. Along the way, Wheeler terrorizes and kills other folks.

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01:05:54

Terrible Delights #109: Horror Hospital

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2025/06/04

This week's pick is the 1973 British horror film Horror Hospital. A mad doctor lures young hippy types to his out-of-the-way estate and performs brain surgery on them so he can control them by mostly making them perform gymnastic feats. Featuring the grossest pair of underwear in a movie we've covered.

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00:53:10

Terrible Delights #108: Mystics in Bali

Terrible Delights: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

2025/05/28

This week's pick is the 1981 Indonesian supernatural horror film Mystics in Bali. There's a witch that laughs like an insane Yoda, a a flying vampire head with internal organs hanging from her neck that drinks the blood of an unborn baby, and a fight scene where the witch turns into a bipedal pig with human boobs.

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01:01:38

Terrible Delights #107: the Dragon Lives Again

Terrible Delights: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

2025/05/21

This week's pick is the 1977 bruceploitation film the Dragon Lives Again. The soul of Bruce Lee ends up in the Underworld where he fights the likes of James Bond, Clint Eastwood, the Exorcist, and Dracula. Popeye the Sailor helps Bruce along the way.

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01:28:16

Terrible Delights #106: Endgame

Terrible Delights: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

2025/05/14

This week's pick is the 1983 Italian post-apocalyptic action flick Endgame. A telepathic mutant recruits a champion gameshow warrior and his gang to guide her and other mutants to safety amongst the dangers of the outside world. Featuring special guest Ben Scrivens of Fright Rags.

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01:22:22

Terrible Delights #105: the Visitor

Terrible Delights: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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

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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

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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: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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: Grindhouse Film Reviews ·

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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