Mike, Jon, and Freeman apologize for ghosting on you, our beloved listening audience, for so long, and then return to talking about movies, with a vengeance. Discussed herein: THE FLORIDA PROJECT, TANGERINE, THREE BILLBOARDS, MOLLY'S GAME, LOWLIFE, MOHAWK, THOR: RAGNAROK, ELIMINATORS (1986), and for some reason, THE MANITOU (1977).

Daily Grindhouse assistant editor Mike Vanderbilt is joined by news editor Matt Wedge, contributors Johnny Donaldson and Raul Benitez, Trey Hilburn of iHorror, and Fantastic Fest mainstay, Alyssa Vidales to discuss their favorite films from the first half of this year's Fantastic Fest.

On this episode Freeman and Jon are joined by Danny Bowes (@bybowes on Twitter) to talk about the loss of Sam Shepard, as great an actor as he was a writer. And all three of us saw VALERIAN & THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS this past week, so we get into that whole song & dance too, just to lighten things up.

Please join Daily Grindhouse in remembering our friend Dustin Pace, and please contribute to the GoFundMe for his family if you can.

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This week, Mike invites collaborator (and one of his best friends) Pat O'Sullivan into the basement to explore the soundtrack to Kevin Smith's feature debut, CLERKS. O'Sullivan is an award winning independent filmmaker and musician from Chicago who's films have played TROMADANCE & Chicago's world famous MUSIC BOX THEATER; he also contributes blurbs to horror fansite, BLOODY DISGUSTING. 

Released on October 11, 1994, the album features songs from Love Amongst Freaks, Golden Smog, Soul Asylum, Bash & Pop, as well as alternagrunge luminaries, Alice In Chains. The hosts discuss their favorite songs on the record as well as provide historical context for the songs that Miramax chose to include on the collection of tunes.

Mike, Jon, & Freeman share their memories of seeing NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD for the first time. The hosts also discuss the maligned KNIGHTRIDERS and arguably Romero's finest work, DAWN OF THE DEAD.

In the first volume of GRINDHOUSE GROOVES, assistant editor Mike Vanderbilt A.V CLUB news editor Katie Rife take a listen to the RESERVOIR DOGS soundtrack.

Released in 1992, this collection of songs (and excerpts of dialogue) was a touchstone for many a young cinephile. After diving into what was in theaters and on the charts in October of '92, the hosts go track by track, offering fun facts on the tunes as well as some nostalgic waxing on where they were the first time they heard them. They also may or may not have just polished off two bottles of wine.

 You can also check Mike and Katie out on their REVENGE OF THE POD PEOPLE podcast, available on iTunes & Stitcher.

Please, listen and share the premiere episode of GRINDHOUSE GROOVES! There’s more to come. Contact Mike Vanderbilt at [email protected] if you’re interested in coming on.

Mike, Jon, and Freeman get together for one more job and their joined by demolitions expert Wendi Freeman of Double Page Spread. With the release of BABY DRIVER, the team explores the art of the heist film. Michael Mann's THIEF and HEAT are on the agenda as well as RIFIFI, THE GETAWAY, and THE DOBERMAN GANG. This crack team of master criminals also attempt to answer the question what is the difference between a heist and a caper.

This weekend, Jon, Mike, and Freeman are opening up the beaches and ringing the dinner bell as they discuss the glut of post JAWS ripoffs: JAWSPLOITATION. On the menu tonight are ALLIGATOR, THE CAR, GRIZZLY, UP FROM THE DEPTHS, ORCA, GUMS, and of course...

NIGHTBEAST?

The guys also discuss Edgar Wright's BABY DRIVER and Sophia Coppola's THE BEGUILED as well as the varied career of Clint Eastwood.

"In this very special Pride Month special, Wendi Freeman hosts a roundtable of some of the LGBT writers at Daily Grindhouse- Jeremy Lowe, Paul Freitag-Frey and Jovy Skol. Together they chat about the importance of gay themes in genre film, such as "Nightmare on Elm St 2", "Hellbent", the controversial "Cruising", and the balance of bare butts to plot. They also tackle why Elvira is a better gay horror icon than the Babadook, horror and the AIDS crisis, and so much more!