Genre Grinder

TO AVOID FAINTING KEEP REPEATING IT'S ONLY A PODCAST…ONLY A PODCAST…ONLY A PODCAST!

This is it, everyone – the Top 20 ACTUAL Scariest Movie Moments of all time. Put on a sweater to avoid chills! Fasten your seatbelt to avoid thrills! Use a tea saucer to avoid spills! Join Gabe and Patrick for the 4th and Final part of this impossibly long look at scary movie moments they didn't already cover on the Bravo and Shudder Scariest Movie Moments specials. Will we pick YOUR favorite scary moment? No, probably not. We're sorry about that. Please ring in the end of the Spooky Season with us, anyway.

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IT'S GETTING HELLA SCARY AND DANG UNNERVING IN HERE!

It's time for Part 3 of THE event of Spooky Season, covering picks 45 to 21. Once again, this is the official 101 ACTUAL Scariest Movie Moments. Those previous Bravo and Shudder shows aren't the real deal. Actually, I have to admit that even WE lied during Parts 1 and 2, because those picks weren't nearly as scary. I still want you to listen to those episodes, because we put a lot of work into them, but, holy cow, they're already so outdated.

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On the afternoon of Friday October 30th, 1992, an unexplained phenomenon struck the suburban community of Dunwich, New England. The local authorities described it as an unprovoked, spontaneous explosion of homicidal violence, but the actual cause has been shrouded in mystery, following a brisk cover-up by unknown government agencies. By some accounts, more than 300 people lost their lives that day, including multiple members of the popular rock bands Dokken and Loverboy. What follows is the only known evidence of the event: a 5:00 pm broadcast from radio station KLLR, in which Drive at Five deejays Dippy "Mo" Mclean and Rusty Claymore conveyed vital instructions to the local populace. This is a complete and unedited account of their bravery in the face of certain doom. Listener discretion is advised.

IT'S TWO TIMES THE TERROR AND DOUBLE THE DREAD!

We're back with part two of THE event of Spooky Season. Once again, this is the official 101 ACTUAL Scariest Movie Moments. Don't be fooled by imitators, even if they are professional filmmakers and scholars paid by the deep pockets at Bravo and Shudder. Actually, watch those shows, too, then listen to Part 1 of our list, then come back here and check out Part 2 and prepare yourself for Parts 3 and 4.

Listen to Part 1

For a recap, check out the official Viewing Companion – Part 1

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STEP ASIDE PAID EXPERTS, IT'S TIME TO HEAR FROM THE REAL EXPERTS – TWO GUYS WITH A PODCAST!

Inspired by the classic Bravo TV countdown documentary and its improved Shudder-branded follow-up, Gabe and returning guest Patrick Ripoll of Tracks of the Damned and 96 Greers have compiled the official Genre Grinder list of the Top 101 ACTUAL Scariest Movie Moments. That title is a joke, of course, because those older specials already covered a load of classic titles, meaning that the challenge here was to explore 101 different movie moments. Hopefully, listeners are in for some pleasant surprises in this, Part 1 of a planned four-part series.

00:00 – Intro

09:37 – Numbers 101 - 81

1:32:27 – Soda break

1:33:44 – Numbers 80 - 71

2:24:06 – Outro

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YEAH, PUSH IT! PUSH IT REAL GOOD! WITH YOUR MIND, THOUGH, NOT YOUR HANDS.

It's mind over matter as Gabe and returning guest Jim Laczkowski take a look at more movies about the potential power of the human brain. This time, we're focusing on something a little less esoteric than Existential State Manipulation: telekinesis. But we're not covering the big names – no Carrie, no superhero movies, no Star Wars, not even Zapped. Instead, we're talking about Jack Gold's The Medusa Touch (1978), Roland Emmerich's Making Contact (aka: Joey, 1985), Pierre David's Scanner Cop (1994), and Yeon Sang-ho's Psychokinesis (Korean: Yeom-lyeok, 2018). Prepare to be in awe of how badly we butcher Korean names!

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00:00 – Intro

06:45 – The Medusa Touch

24:23 – Making Contact

43:44 – Scanner Cop

1:08:11 – Psychokinesis

1:28:37 – Outro

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LOVE WILL HAVE ITS SACRIFICES. NO SACRIFICE WITHOUT BLOOD. BEWARE THE NIGHT AND YOUR OWN GAY PANIC, BUT, ALSO, HUBBA HUBBA!

Wash your neck, prep your veins, and get ready to donate your plasma to the blood-sucking daughters of Sappho. It's time to explore the sexy, violent world of lesbian, pan, and bisexual vampires on film. Join Gabe and returning guest Luana Saitta of the Defend Your Trash Movie and Monster Island Commentaries podcasts as they explore a specific period in Sapphic vampire movie history (1970 to 1983) and four representations of the surprisingly prolific genre: Roy Ward Baker's The Vampire Lovers (1970), Harry Kümel's Daughters of Darkness (French: La Rouge aux Lèvres, 1971), Jean Rollin's The Living Dead Girl (French: La Morte Vivante, 1982), and Tony Scott's The Hunger (1983).

00:00 – Intro

09:26 – The Vampire Lovers

32:43 – Daughters of Darkness

53:12 – The Living Dead Girl

1:21:57 – The Hunger

1:40:44 – Outro

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TAKE ANOTHER LOOK UNDER THE BED AND DOUBLE-CHECK THE CLOSET, BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING SCARIER THAN BEING A CHILD!

What could possibly be worse than zombies, chainsaw-wielding maniacs, and blood sucking vampires? Puberty, bullies, cruel teachers, stranger danger, and childhood illness, of course. Join Gabe and returning guest Betsy Jorgensen of Your Favorite Monsters as they take a look at a group of traumatizing tales of horror made specifically for people under 12. Not horror movies for grown-ups featuring kids or horror movies that happen to be rated PG or PG-13 – movies intended for children that are also intended to be scary. Our little collection includes Michael Rubbo's The Peanut Butter Solution (1985), Bernard Rose's Paperhouse (1988), Mario Piluso's The Halloween Tree (1993), and Hideyuki Hirayama's Haunted School (aka: Ghost School Stories, 1995).

00:00 – Intro

04:59 – The Peanut Butter Solution

30:47 – Paperhouse

54:59 – The Halloween Tree

1:15:50 – Haunted School

1:37:09 – Outro (and Little Monsters)

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COVER VERSIONS OF YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES! NOW AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES FROM MULTIPLE COUNTRIES!

Don't worry, you didn't select the wrong language track on your DVD Player, you're just watching familiar movies with an unfamiliar twist. You've seen plenty of Hollywood remakes of Hollywood hits – The Ring, The Grudge, One Missed Call, Pulse, other examples that aren't Japanese horror movies – but what about the opposite thing? Join Gabe and returning guest Tyler Foster for a look at the Turkish version of Rocky, the Niger version of Purple Rain, the Bollywood Silence of the Lambs, the Russian version of 12 Angry Men, the Hong Kong version of Cellular, the Chinese version of Blood Simple, and the Japanese version of Unforgiven. This one went a little longer than usual, but it was worth it!

00:00 Intro

07:15 Çetin Inanç's Black Lightning (Turkish Kara Simsek, 1985)

23:48 Christopher Kirkley's Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It (Tuareg: Akounak tedalat taha tazoughai, 2015)

38:06 Tanuja Chandra's Sangharsh (1999)

58:27 Nikita Mikhalkov's 12 (2007)

1:21:16 Benny Chan's Connected (Cantonese: Bo chi tung wah, 2008)

1:43:23 Zhang Yimou's A Woman, A Gun, and a Noodle Shop (Mandarin: San qiang pai an jing qi, 2009)

1:56:24 Lee Sang-il's Unforgiven (Japanese: Yurusarezaru mono, 2013)

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SHARPEN YOUR STRAIGHT RAZORS AND POLISH YOUR BLACK LEATHER, WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE WITH ITALIAN THRILLERS JUST YET!!

Welcome back to Genre Grinder's look back on the gialli of 1971. In part one, Gabe (the fan) and Patrick (the skeptic) covered Sergio Martino's The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (Italian: Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh), Dario Argento's Cat O' Nine Tails (Italian: Il gatto a nove code), Lucio Fulci's Lizard in a Woman's Skin (Italian: Una lucertola con la pelle di donna), Enzo G. Castellari's Cold Eyes of Fear (Italian: Gli occhi freddi della paura), and José María Forqué's Eye of the Hurricane (Spanish: El ojo del huracán).

Part two (of two) features even more giallo goodness, including Luigi Bazzoni's The Fifth Cord (Italian: Giornata nera per l'ariete), Emilio Miraglia's The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (Italian: La notte che Evelyn usci' dalia tomba), Umberto Lenzi's Oasis of Fear (aka: An Ideal Place to Kill; Italian: Un posto ideale per uccidere), Mario Bava's A Bay of Blood (Italian: Ecologia del delitto; aka: Twitch of the Death Nerve), Duccio Tessari's The Bloodstained Butterfly (Italian: Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate), Paolo Cavara's The Black Belly of the Tarantula (Italian: La tarantola dal ventre nero), and Aldo Lado's Short Night of the Glass Dolls (Italian: La Corta notte delle bambole di vetro).

00:00 – Intro

01:37 – The Fifth Cord

22:29 – The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave

40:04 – Oasis of Fear

1:00:00 – A Bay of Blood

1:09:02 – The Bloodstained Butterfly

1:22:01 – Black Belly of the Tarantula

1:34:29 – Short Night of the Glass Dolls

1:55:11 – Outro

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