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Grindhouse Weekly: THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW (1983)

In recognition of the 4th of July, I decided to call on my American roots and go with a movie that reminds me so much of the country I will always call home.  The first Greek letter fraternity in North America (The Phi Beta Kappa Society) was founded the same year as the Declaration of Independence – 1776, making fraternities and sororities inherently American with a history spanning the entire existence of The United States of America.

Grindhouse Weekly: BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

Grindhouse Weekly: BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

One of the more perplexing exploitation films I’ve seen is 1970’s X-Rated skin flick Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Directed by B movie king Russ Meyer and written by Roger Ebert (yes, THE Roger Ebert), this strange tale of Hollywood excess

Grindhouse Weekly: NIGHTMARE CITY

Grindhouse Weekly: NIGHTMARE CITY

Umberto Lenzi’s Nightmare City is one of the silliest, most ridiculous zombie films I’ve ever seen, and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible.  The infected in this movie aren’t zombies per se, but rather people that look burnt to

Grindhouse Weekly: THE BIG DOLL HOUSE

Grindhouse Weekly: THE BIG DOLL HOUSE

After taking a couple weeks off to recover from Sundance fatigue, we’re back in the grindhouse to talk about a classic piece of ‘70s exploitation called The Big Doll House.  Not only is this film directed by the legendary Jack Hill

Grindhouse Weekly: EXPONERAD

Grindhouse Weekly: EXPONERAD

Note: The headline image from this post was removed due to Google Adsense violations. Although no nudity was present, it was deemed too provocative so we had to take it down. Sorry!

This week in the grindhouse we’ll be taking a look

Grindhouse Weekly: NEW YEAR’S EVIL

Grindhouse Weekly: NEW YEAR’S EVIL

With the new year upon us, this week’s Grindhouse Weekly pick is the ‘80s cult horror classic, New Year’s Evil.  Directed by Emmett Alston, this slasher released in 1980 was nothing more than a Friday the 13th clone, however the terrible acting

Grindhouse Weekly: GHOSTKEEPER

Grindhouse Weekly: GHOSTKEEPER

This week in the Grindhouse, in celebration of the new year, we’ll be taking a look at a horror film called Ghostkeeper, in which a group of friends have a very bad New Year’s weekend.  Directed by Jim Makichuk, this Canadian

Grindhouse Weekly: CHRISTMAS EVIL

Grindhouse Weekly: CHRISTMAS EVIL

This week in the grindhouse we’re getting into the Christmas spirit with Lewis Jackson’s 1980 slasher Christmas Evil AKA You Better Watch Out AKA Terror in Toyland.  Like other Christmas themed horror flicks, this nasty little story revolves around a mentally disturbed

Grindhouse Weekly: RAZORBACK

Grindhouse Weekly: RAZORBACK

This week in the grindhouse, we’re going to be making another trip down under and talk about the Ozploitation classic, Razorback from 1984.  Directed by Russell Mulcahy, who was famous for his music video work including the iconic ‘Video Killed the Radio Star,’

Grindhouse Weekly: FROM BEYOND

Grindhouse Weekly: FROM BEYOND

This week in the grindhouse we’ll be taking a look at Stuart Gordon’s follow up to his cult classic Re-Animator with 1986’s From Beyond.   Also based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft, this twisted little tale proves to be much weirder

Grindhouse Weekly: SLAUGHTER HIGH

Grindhouse Weekly: SLAUGHTER HIGH

Naturally, with Halloween coming up in just a few days, we picked a film that takes place on April Fools’ Day for this week’s Grindhouse Weekly- 1986’s Slaughter High.  Much like Cloud Atlas, this campy Friday the 13th clone featured such an

Grindhouse Weekly: THE DRILLER KILLER

Grindhouse Weekly: THE DRILLER KILLER

Many people know director Abel Ferrara for his provocative films like Bad Lieutenant and King of New York, but this week in the Grindhouse we’re going to be looking at one of his very first films, The Driller Killer.  This dirty video

Grindhouse Weekly: ALICE, SWEET ALICE

Grindhouse Weekly: ALICE, SWEET ALICE

Demented children, creepy masks, yellow rain coats, and a ten-year-old Brooke Shields, this week in the grindhouse we’re taking a look at the 1976 horror classic Alice, Sweet Alice by Alfred Sole.  Probably the closest thing I’ve ever seen to American

Grindhouse Weekly: SPIDER BABY

Grindhouse Weekly: SPIDER BABY

With Halloween approaching, we’ll be covering nothing but horror films in the grindhouse for the entire month of October.  To kick off the month, I checked out the 1968 film Spider Baby, or the Maddest Story Ever Told, written and directed

Grindhouse Weekly: CLASS OF 1984

Grindhouse Weekly: CLASS OF 1984


Just a few weeks ago, we discussed the Canadian exploitation film Screwballs, which wasn’t the best way to jump into Canuxploitation, so we’re trying again this week with Mark L. Lester’s Class of 1984.  Completely by coincidence, this film features a

Grindhouse Weekly: FORBIDDEN WORLD (1982)

Grindhouse Weekly: FORBIDDEN WORLD (1982)

What happens when you combine Alien, Star Wars, and John Carpenter’s The Thing? 1982’s Forbidden World is what happens.  A low-budget sci-fi horror film that wears its influences on its sleeve in the worst kind of way.  The over the top violence

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