Surprise! Patrick Ripoll has resurrected his Tracks of the Damned podcast, but only for the month of November. He's releasing one lightly researched episode per day, all of them commentary tracks for films directed by the one and only Roger Corman. That's 30 Roger Corman commentaries in 30 days! And there are already 11 of them available for download on your podcaster of choice! As a bonus, I joined him on the episode for Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957). Technically, we a

The Hindi cinema scene, colloquially known as Bollywood, is typically remembered for light-hearted romantic musicals, historical melodramas (which are also often musicals), and thinly-disguised remakes of Hollywood hits. In truth, the region is among history’s most prolific movie machines and its output encompasses more or less every genre under the...

Few things are as patently offensive as the Third Reich and the concentration camps that Hitler’s goons concocted in order to systematically murder millions of people. As such, it’s not surprising that there is a substantial exploitation subgenre devoted to these historical atrocities. Nazisploitation sprung from reputable movies, like Luchino Visconti’s The Damned (1969) and Liliana Cavani’s The Night Porter (1974), and less reputable S&M softcore and roughies, such as Josep

At the center of a decade of heavy-hitters stands Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator (1985) – a modest production compared to its studio-backed counterparts that is nonetheless the funniest, sweetest, most efficiently told, and, arguably, most subversive of the bunch. Looking for a Frankenstein-like story to tell, Gordon, along with writers William J. Norris and Dennis Paoli, culled their script (which was initially intended to be a six-part TV miniseries) from H.P. Lovecraft’s shoc

A group of independent, maverick horror directors rose to prominence during the late ‘60/early ‘70s. We’ve since dubbed them the Masters of Horror (there was a TV show and everything). As distribution models changed alongside audience tastes and the years turned to decades, the quality of the Masters’ work began to falter with exceptions for those lucky few that ended their careers working with studio money, like Wes Craven, and those that broke into the mainstream via other

Welcome back to Wizard Jail – a limited run series from Director’s Club, Tracks of the Damned, and 96 Greers podcast co-host Patrick Ripoll and Genre Grinder creator Gabe Powers where they talk about, what else, but the 1987 syndicated cartoon series Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light . Podcast number five covers episodes eight, Power of the Wise,  one of the funnier episodes, and episode nine, Thorn of Unicorn, Claw of Dragon , which is basically about magical COVID.

For the record, I find myself extremely uncomfortable discussing movies that fall within the purview of the always controversial rape/revenge genre. Because I don’t really see it as my place to discuss the moral standards and gender politics of rape/revenge movies, for the most part, I try to avoid writing about them and haven’t covered them on the podcast. However, even the most contentious genres tend to produce at least a few outstanding, thoughtful, and/or compelling feat

Like every title in Radiance’s Daiei Gothic collection, Kimiyoshi Yasuda’s The Ghost of Kasane Swamp (Japanese: Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi) is a retelling of a traditional ghost story – in this case, a folktale of the same name (sometimes known as The Pool of Kasane) that was supposedly based on a true crime that occurred in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period. Being unfamiliar with the story and having not seen any of the other five (or so) movie adaptations, I’m immediatel

Just in time for the October No Kings protests...well, late in the afternoon of the protests, too late, really, but sometimes it's the thought that counts (and then you'll have to wait for shipping) – comes a new T-shirt and sticker combo from Genre Grinder Cares. Pay homage to the brave frogs putting themselves on the line in protests across the nation with a Loteria-inspired ode to La Rana. Get yours RIGHT HERE!   and   RIGHT HERE! And be sure to check out our OTHER DESIGNS

Welcome back to Wizard Jail – a limited run series from Director’s Club, Tracks of the Damned, and 96 Greers podcast co-host Patrick Ripoll and Genre Grinder creator Gabe Powers where they talk about, what else, but the 1987 syndicated cartoon series Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light . Podcast number four covers episodes six, Lion Hunt,  and episode seven, The Overthrow of Merklynn , which is, quite possibly, the best episode in the entire series. Gabe and Patrick tal