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Genre Grinder

Genre Grinder is a podcast devoted to the weirdest, most unique, and painfully specific film genres. Every month, your host, Gabe Powers, and a special guest will talk about movies that (hopefully) you’ve never heard of.

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Episode 15: Video Game Adaptations, feat. Justin Clark

Genre Grinder ·

2020/09/07

Movies based on video games. Absolutely nobody enjoys them, right? Well, they wouldn’t keep making them if someone wasn’t watching them. Who is that someone? It’s actually two someones, your humble podcast host Gabe and his friend, video game player, chronicler, critic, and all-around enthusiast, Justin Clark. Join them on their co-op mode adventure through four classic and, erm, not-so-classic motion pictures – James Yukich’s Double Dragon (1994), Paul W.S. Anderson’s Mortal Kombat

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01:02:12

Episode 14.5: Twin Peaks: The Return, feat. Tyler Foster

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2020/08/12

IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. CURL UP WITH YOUR FAVORITE LOG AND ENJOY THIS BONUS EPISODE. You can’t talk about the legacy of legacy sequels without talking about the legacy of a legacy sequel that skirts the lines between the legacies of film, television, and even David Lynch’s as a filmmaker. I (Gabe) am not exactly a Twin Peaks novice, but this was my first time watching anything other than the original series (i.e., Fire Walk with Me and The Return), so, Tyler Foster, who is well-versed in all

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01:56:51

Episode 14: Legacy Sequels, feat. Tyler Foster

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2020/07/17

Legacy sequel. What does it mean? Well, the simplest way to put it is “a sequel is made a considerable amount of time after its predecessor,” but it’s also more than that. Gabe and returning guest Tyler Foster try to suss out the precise meaning of this particularly enigmatic subgenre – and there’s a lot to cover in only a couple of hours. First, they talk about early and popular examples, like J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Ryan Coogler’s Creed (2015). Then, they ramble

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01:40:44

Episode 13: Techno Horror, feat. Jim Laczkowski of...

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2020/06/14

WELCOME! YOU’VE GOT MAIL! AND A SPECIAL DELIVERY OF E-FEAR! Enter the Matrix! Or, rather, what early ‘90s Hollywood thought virtual reality would look like, before movies like The Matrix offered a more nuanced alternative. Gabe and special guest, Now Playing Network head honcho Jim Laczkowski, take a look at Techno Horror. More specifically, Techno Horror movies about haunted and evil computers, video games, and internets. They begin with Michael Fischa’s filmed in the early ‘80s, released

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02:00:54

Episode 12: Pop Star Movies, feat. Patrick Ripoll of...

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2020/05/05

Okay, this one is a little hard to explain: Gabe and Patrick are looking at films featuring rock, hip-hop, R&B, and reggae artists. Not concert movies or movies where a pop star plays someone else, but movies in which they essentially appear either as themselves or a slightly fictionalized version of themselves. Obvious examples include The Beatles in Richard Lester’s A Hard Day’s Night (1964) or Prince in Albert Magnoli’s Purple Rain (1984). But we’re also not talking about

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01:56:22

Episode 11: (Bad) Shark Movies, feat. Anne-Marie Taylor

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2020/04/08

DUH DUN DUH DUN DUNDUNDUNDUN (duh nanaaa) DUNDUNDUNDUN Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.... Genre Grinder is back and focusing on actual genres, following the three part best of 2010s. Well, sort of. This month, Gabe and first-time guest Anne-Marie Taylor chat about shark movies or, more precisely, BAD shark movies. Honestly, it was just easier this way. Not only does Anne-Marie pride herself on knowing all the best in shitty selachimorpha flicks, but the subgenre

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01:49:41

Episode 10: The Best Horror Movies of the 2010s (Part...

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2020/03/10

ARE WE STILL DOING THIS? WE ARE STILL DOING THIS!! THERE’S SO MUCH MORE CONTENT FOR THE MACHINE!! Gabe and Tracks of the Damned’s Patrick Ripoll are back ...again and running down more of Patrick’s favorite horror movies of the previous ten years ...again. When they’re done, it’s up to Your Favorite Monsters’ Betsy Jorgensen to tell us what she thinks made the last decade in horror great. Then, when all is said and done, Gabe and Patrick talk about a few more of Gabe’s faves. I know I

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01:57:35

Episode 10: The Best Horror Movies of the 2010s (Part...

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2020/02/14

THERE WAS TOO MUCH GOOD STUFF FOR ONE PODCAST! OR EVEN TWO!! THERE’S GONNA BE ANOTHER ONE AFTER THIS ONE, GUYS!!! Gabe and Tracks of the Damned’s Patrick Ripoll are back and running down more of Patrick’s favorite horror movies of the previous ten years. Right smack-dab in the middle, Gabe is also joined by Monster Island Commentaries/Movie Lobby Commentaries’ own Luana Saitta (recorded separately) for a look at her top 10 horror picks – some of which may surprise you! This is the second of

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01:52:15

Episode 10: The Best Horror Movies of the 2010s (Part...

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2020/01/20

IT’S THE END OF AN ERA! JOIN US AS WE LOOK BACK ON THE BEST HORROR MOVIES OF THE 2010S WITH...20/20 VISION! BET YOU HADN’T HEARD THAT JOKE YET! It was a heck of a decade and Gabe has gathered all of his friends (and co-hosts) together to discuss the very best horror movies released between 2010 and 2019. In part one, he is joined by Tracks of the Damned’s Patrick Ripoll and Voices + Visions’ Jim Laczkowski (recorded separately) to decide what defined 2010s horror and what made each of these

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01:39:30

Episode 9: High School Comedies (post 1980), feat....

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2019/12/09

FILL UP YOUR TRAPPER KEEPER AND RELIVE ALL THE ANGST, RAPTURE, HORMONES, AND HEARTBREAK OF HIGH SCHOOL! Last month, Gabe was visited by special guest Tyler Foster (formerly of DVDTalk.com) and the two of them decided to take a look at the wide world of high school comedies – or at least the ones that were released after 1980. The original plan was to focus on Amy Heckerling’s Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Steve Rash’s Can’t Buy Me Love (1987), and Joseph Kahn’s Detention (2011, a

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Episode 8: Gothic Romance, feat. Kristine Fisher

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2019/11/12

IN A CASTLE, UPON A HILL, BESTREWN WITH COBWEBS...JOIN US ON A JOURNEY INTO SELF-DISCOVERY… Welcome to the crossroads of spooky and romantic as Gabe and his significant other, Kristine Fisher, talk about some Gothic Romance movies. This time, your Byronic heroes are covering three films in particular – Robert Stevenson’s Jane Eyre (1943), Joseph L. Mankiewicz’ Dragonwyck (1946), and Mario Bava’s The Whip and the Body (Italian: La frusta e il corpo, 1963). This will be the first of

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01:38:08

Episode 7: Kaiju Movies, feat. Luana Saitta from the...

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2019/10/11

DON’T WALK, RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! GIANT MONSTERS ARE ALL-OUT ATTACKING! Look out! It’s the first (of eventually many?) Genre Grinder episode about kaiju movies – those wonderful, sometimes frightening, sometimes hilarious, usually strange, often Japanese-based monster movies that we all know and love. Gabe welcomes special guest Luana Saitta from the Monster Island Commentaries podcast to stomp around major cities, step on cars, and push over buildings with him. Together, Luana and Gabe

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01:23:44

Episode 5 (Part 3): The Slasher Movies of 1981, feat....

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2019/09/17

THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM THE FINAL CHAPTER... Gabe and special guest Patrick Ripoll from Tracks of the Damned are back and finishing what they started: an interminable look back at the slasher movies of 1981. The complete list includes 42 films that friends, colleagues, and random people on the internet consider to be slashers. The last episode is the shortest, including discussion of 13 movies – Hell Night (directed by Tom DeSimone), Don’t Go in the Woods (directed by James Bryan), Lady

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01:39:52

Episode 6: H.P. Lovecraft Adaptations, feat. Betsy...

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2019/09/05

CHECK YOUR SANITY METER! STOW YOUR SEAFOOD! Prepare your most macabre adjectives! And join us on a journey through the various film adaptations of Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s indescribably mortifying stories. Gabe knows his Lovecraft movies, but he knows Jack Yomagn'tho about Lovecraft the person and writer, so Elder Hierophant Betsy fills him in on the history and hysteria of the man as they delve into three movies in particular – Roger Corman’s The Haunted Palace (1963, based on The Case of

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01:33:05

Episode 5 (Part 2): The Slasher Movies of 1981, feat....

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2019/08/19

THE BODY COUNT CONTINUES... Gabe and special guest Patrick Ripoll from Tracks of the Damned are back and continuing their interminable look back at the slasher movies of 1981. The complete list includes 42 films that friends, colleagues, and random people on the internet consider slashers and this time we covered 14 – The Phantom Killer (Directed by Stanley Fung), Bloody Birthday (Directed by Ed Hunt), Friday the 13th Part 2 (Directed by Steve Miner), Graduation Day (Directed by Herb

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01:49:57

Episode 5: The Slasher Movies of 1981, feat. Patrick...

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2019/08/06

Strap in, because we’ve got a lot of ground to cover this month. Gabe and special guest Patrick Ripoll from Tracks of the Damned are looking into the peak year in slasher movie history: 1981. Originally assuming that this would shrink the number of movies to about 20, they learned that there were, in fact, 42 movies that people on the internet consider slashers released in the year 1981 – and they were foolish enough to think that was still a small enough number to discuss every single one of

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01:59:37

Episode 4: Nuclear Panic Movies, feat. Jim Laczkowski...

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2019/07/09

Gabe and Now Playing Network head honcho Jim Laczkowski – who you may remember from Director’s Club Podcast and Voices & Visions, among others – take a deep dive into the soul-crushing world of Nuclear Panic Movies. Again, this subject is too broad for a single podcast, so we’ve broken the discussion down to a series of movies released at the height of ‘80s Cold War paranoia between 1983 and 1988. Jim sets the stage by filling Gabe in on a couple ‘60s entries – Fredric Gadette’s This is Not a Test

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01:39:42

Episode 3: Gabe Describes European Super Criminals to...

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2019/06/10

Gabe describes the European phenomenon of comic and pulp-based super criminals/villains to his most special guest, Kristine Fisher, who happens to be his significant other (she also knows a lot about silent comedies, but that’s not particularly helpful for her here). The planned guest didn’t plan out, so she’s doing her best to keep him on topic and help him pronounce all the scary foreign names. Hopefully she (and you) learn a little something along the way. Super criminals and villains are a

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02:34:46

Episode 2: Witch Movies, feat. Betsy Jorgensen of the...

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2019/05/06

Gabe and special guest Betsy Jorgenson of the Your Favorite Monsters Podcast kick off month two with Genre Grinder’s first (of probably many) witch-themed episode. Witch movies are a broad concept, so this time, we’re covering witches as a historical concept, the intricacies of Satanic cults and covens, and witches as the victims of inquisitions. Marvel at Gabe’s utter inability to pronounce Slavic and Italian names as we focus on three specific films: Konstantin Yershov & Georgi Kropachyov’s

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02:15:58

Episode 1: Proto-Slashers, feat. Patrick Ripoll of...

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2019/04/03

Enjoy a prototype podcast about a prototypical film genre as Gabe and special guest Patrick Ripoll talk about proto-slashers. Please excuse our dust as we run through several dozen stalk ‘n stab movies extending back to the very beginning of cinema. You can follow along with our list here: https://letterboxd.com/gabepowers/list/proto-slashers/   The greatest emphasis is placed on three classics – John Brahm’s Hangover Square (1945), Robert Siodmak’s The Spiral Staircase (1946), and Charles B

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