Grawlix Cinematic Universe

The GCU is alive! Season 5 kicks off with the theme of Nicolas Cage. Each episode we are pairing a Nicolas Cage movie with a non-Cage film. This episode, we're discussing a rather depressing, animal nabbing double feature.

Pig (2021) is the Nicolas Cage entry of the double feature. Cage plays a truffle farmer that just wants to spend his days hunting truffles with his pig bestie. Unfortunately, devious parties have other plans. We follow one pig nabbing with another, Bong Joon-ho’s Okja (2017). Okja is no normal pig, though, she’s a huge, adorable, CGI creature. In this cinematic universe, though, not even cute hippo sized CGI creatures are safe. Enjoy!

Timestamps
00:00 – Intro/Greetings
05:43 – Pig (2021)
31:16 – Okja (2017)
1:04:45 – Pig & Okja Cinematic Universe

New episodes are recorded live the Thursday before the audio replay hits the podcast feed. Feel free to hit us up during the stream and pitch your mashups in the chat!

Full show notes & more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2022/06/gcu-41/

The Grawlix Cinematic Universe, much like Jason Voorhees, simply can’t resist causing trouble when a Friday the 13th pops up on the calendar. Even if everyone thought it was dead. It’s murder-zombie time.

Well, hold on now. For the 4th installment in our Friday the 13th special series Randy is taking a look at the 2009 Platinum Dunes reboot of Friday the 13th and it’s less zombified Jason. The movie, though, might make you FEEL like a zombie. How does this film compare to the previous 11 entries in the series? Will we see another official Jason release any time soon? Can Randy manage to stay upbeat while reviewing this reboot/remake? Take a listen to find out! (Spoilers: Blandly, no, and NO.)

Miss our previous specials and Jason episodes? Then you’re missing out on a good time!

• Friday the 13th Special
• Friday the 13th Special Part II
• Friday the 13th Special Part III
• GCU #34: Leprechaun vs Jason In Space
• GCU #14: Alien vs Predator vs Freddy vs Jason

Full show notes and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2021/08/gcu-friday-the-13th-part-4/

Happy Holidays, ya’ old building and loan! It’s the time of year to bust out the Jimmy Stewart impressions, mix in a bit of Randy Savage because it’s all pizza, and fire up your favorite Christmas classics. And by Christmas classics we mean horror movies, of course.

Yes, it’s the gift that keeps giving… the Monster of the Week segment! We gathered the whole Grawlix Podcast and Grawlix Cinematic Universe crew around the smoldering yule log that is 2020 to discuss Holiday horror movies. It just seemed appropriate.

Melanie and Randy tag team a double feature of Black Christmas. Melanie first discusses the original 1974 proto-slasher before Randy gets out-SJW-ed by the 2019 “remake”. Jesse brings some levity with the 80s Christmas comedy classic Ernest Saves Christmas. Jasper follows up with a stocking stuffed with ultra-camp in the over-the-top horror comedy Santa’s Slay starring Bill Goldberg.

Finally, we stick a bow on the evening with a game! Randy finds the most ridiculous reviews of holiday classics from Letterboxd.com users for a few rounds of “guess the movie by the review.” Yeah, that’s a totally original, never before heard of game… we swear. Enjoy!

Originally streamed live December 17th, 2020 via Facebook Live, Twitch, and YouTube.

Video replay, show notes, and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/12/nights-12-17-2020/

We opened this season with our first Friday the 13th Special covering Friday the 13th parts 1 – 3. We went for a winter campout with our Friday the 13th Special Part II covering the 4th, 5th, and 6th entries in the franchise. We even took an unscheduled trip to space with Jason X in our Leprechaun vs Jason In Space episode. Now it is time to slam the coffin lid shut on this iconic camp slasher franchise AND season 4 of the podcast.

Randy is joined by returning guests Paul of Moose’s Monster Mash and Jordan of The Movie Guys Podcast.  We discuss the good and the bad of what we’re calling the supernatural (or gimmick) trilogy of the franchise. First, Jason takes on Carrie in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. Then Jason barely sets foot in Manhattan in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. And finally, Jason (and the franchise as a whole) goes straight to hell in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. Enjoy!

Full show notes and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/03/gcu-friday-the-13th-part-3/

Jasper returns and he brought with him a magenta-soaked Nicolas Cage double feature! Up first is the heavy metal revenge fantasy Mandy. This surreal film is directed by Panos Cosmatos and combines 70s and 80s genre schlock with arthouse stylization.

Then we follow up with another colorful and stylish Nicolas Cage gone mad (or rather, more mad than usual) film, Color Out of Space. Director Richard Stanley returns to filmmaking after 20 years with this beautifully shot and disturbing adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft tale. Of course, it wouldn't be Grawlix Cinematic Universe unless we then try to mash these films together in some kind of ultimate, unholy Nic Cage horror epic. Enjoy!

Full show notes and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/02/gcu-40/

Two podcasts. Two movies. One CINEMATIC UNIVERSE! On this episode we’re not only mashing up movies, we’re mashing up podcasts! Randy is joined by Austen and Travis of Trashed Talk Podcast to discuss Blue Ruin (2013) and Green Room (2016). Both films are written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier and are intense thrillers focusing on people doing bad things but not doing them particularly well.

This is a true mashup podcast so we combined the best of both shows. In addition to our usual movie reviews and cinematic universe pitches Austen and Travis treat us to two segments from their podcast, Real News or Fake News and Duke It Out or Puke It Out!  Enjoy!

Full show notes and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/02/gcu-39/

David Lynch’s new short film ‘What Did Jack Do?’ recently dropped on Netflix so Randy hijacked this episode to discuss the unique and iconic filmmaker’s work. Why are David Lynch’s films so strange? Is it high art? Is it pretentious? What’s up with Twin Peaks: The Return? Why does Randy love this weird stuff? Enjoy!

Full show notes and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/01/gcu-38/

On this episode, Randy is joined by Grawlix Podcast co-host Melanie for a technology gone awry horror double feature! First up is the 2018 single-location horror thriller Await Further Instructions. Then we jump back 30 years to the 1988 hidden gem that is Pulse, starring Joey Lawrence! This pairing goes to show that even as technology has changed, fear stays the same. Enjoy!

Full show notes and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2020/01/gcu-37/

This episode Randy is joined by guest Jordan of The Movie Guys Podcast. We kick the holiday viewing off with a true Christmas horror-comedy classic, 1984’s Gremlins! Tiny monsters tend to roam in packs, though, so we followed Gremlins up with Critters, released in 1986.

As with our recent Friday the 13th Special, there is also an Extended Cut of this episode available to our supporters on Patreon. Become a supporter to hear the near 2 hour long Extended Cut! What does the Extended Cut include? Additional thoughts and tangents on Gremlins 2, Jennifer Aniston in Leprechaun, Godzilla: Kind of the Monsters, Alien 3, for real unsolicited Friday the 13th pitches, and more! Not to mention supporters get instant access to over 60 bonus episodes only available on Patreon!

Enjoy!

Full show notes and more: https://grawlixpodcast.com/2019/12/gcu36/

Randy is once again joined by guest Paul H. Harder III to share campfire tales of tawdry teens and hockey masked homicidal maniacs. This time our happy campers explore the “Tommy Jarvis trilogy” of Friday the 13th Parts 4, 5, and 6.

While the Jason franchise didn’t deviate as far as the Halloween series when it tried to go in a new direction, it did backtrack just as fast. We somehow start with The Final Chapter before kicking ol’ Jason to the curb with The New Beginning only to begin yet again with Jason Lives. Enjoy!

Become a supporter on Patreon to hear the full Extended Cut of this episode featuring an hour more of Jason talk including kill by kill breakdowns of each of these films! https://www.patreon.com/posts/friday-13th-part-32205090