Grindhouse Institute

Grindhouse Institute

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Grindhouse Institute episodes

  • Ep 22 - Ed Gein Trilogy feat. Adam Feuerberg

    Psycho (1960), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), & The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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    In this film block, Adam Feuerberg takes Jeremy and Brian through some of the most famous movies in cinema, all of which were based on the true-crime murders of Ed Gein.

    Follow Adam Feuerberg here:

    • Website
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • Facebook
    • Adam Cuts Fruit (Facebook | YouTube)

      • Where to watch:

      • Psycho [Uncut] (Blu-Ray)
      • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Blu-Ray)
      • The Silence of the Lambs (Blu-Ray)

        • Other films referenced:

        • Night of the Living Dead (1968)
        • The Fog (1980) 
        • Halloween H20
        • Re-Animator
        • Halloween (1978)
        • Psycho (1998) 
        • In the Mouth of Madness
        • Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
        • Ed Wood
        • Stop Making Sense
        • Possession (1981) 
        • The Shining (1980) 


          • 1 hr 16 min
        • Ep 21 - Sign o' the Times feat. Levon Williams & Langston Wilkins

          Purple Rain (1984), Under the Cherry Moon (1986), & Graffiti Bridge (1990)

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          In this film block, ethnomusicologists, Levon Williams & Langston Wilkins, lead Jeremy and Brian through the cool waters of Lake Minnetonka and the cinema of Prince.


          Follow Levon:

          • https://twitter.com/levonwilliams


            • Follow Langston:

            • https://twitter.com/StreetFolkLCW
            • https://instagram.com/southsidesupervillain
            • https://streetfolk.org


              • Levon and Langston on The Staples Singers:

              Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection


              Where to watch:

              • Purple Rain (Blu-Ray)
              • Under the Cherry Moon (Blu-Ray)
              • Graffiti Bridge (Blu-Ray)


                • Misc

                • Chris Rock interviewing Prince
                • Jamie Foxx on Prince
                • Prince fucking shredding
                • Prince stealing the show with My Guitar Gently Weeps
                • Prince performing Cool live


                  • Other films referenced:

                  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
                  • Beyoncé - Lemonade
                  • Pink Floyd: The Wall
                  • Batman (1989)
                  • A Clockwork Orange
                  • Beverly Hills Cop
                  • Octopussy
                  • The Wizard of Oz
                  • The Amityville Horror (1979)
                  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
                  • The Godfather
                  • The Last Dragon (1985)
                  • Blade
                  • Black Panther
                  • 8 Mile
                  • Kingpin (1996)
                  • Cool as Ice
                    • 1 hr 49 min
                  • Ep 20 - Gothic Ghost Stories feat. Eileen Jones

                    The Shining (1980), The Haunting (1963), & The Innocents (1961)

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                    In this film block, film critic, Eileen Jones, takes Jeremy and Brian into the realm of Gothic horror. It’s an exploration of one of Eileen’s favorite horror sub-genres, the ghost story, in particular, the Gothic ghost story, and why they are way scarier than they are given credit for.


                    Eileen Jones

                    • Check out Eileen’s excellent podcast, Filmsuck.
                    • Follow Eileen on Twitter
                    • Read her film criticism at Jacobin and her book, Filmsuck USA.


                      • Where to watch:

                      • The Shining (Blu-Ray)
                      • The Haunting (1963) (Blu-Ray)
                      • The Innocents (1961) (Blu-Ray)


                        • Books

                        • The Shining by Stephen King
                        • The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
                        • The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James


                          • Other films referenced:

                          • Cat People (1942)
                          • I Walked with a Zombie
                          • The Leopard Man
                          • Ghostbusters (1984)
                          • The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
                          • Doctor Sleep (2019)
                          • The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
                          • Shirley (2020)
                          • Rebecca (1940)
                          • Eyes Wide Shut
                          • Poltergeist
                            • 1 hr 19 min
                          • Ep 19 - Read After Burning

                            Burn After Reading (2008), In the Loop (2009), & The Informant! (2009)

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                            In this film block, Jeremy and Brian explore the upward failing American idiot, a person who believes everything they do, no matter how heinous, is justified. They have to believe it. They are the hero of their own story. They are not wrong, the world is wrong. Whether they are part of the deep state or a fortune 500 company, their fuckups are always someone else fault. So of course, stories like this are best told as comedies where the audience is provided some much-needed ironic distance.


                            Where to watch:

                            • Burn After Reading (Blu-Ray)
                            • In the Loop (Blu-Ray)
                            • The Informant! (Blu-Ray)


                              • Other films referenced:

                              • Intolerable Cruelty 
                              • The Lady Killers (2004) 
                              • No Country for Old Men
                              • Fargo 
                              • The Big Lebowski
                              • Michael Clayton
                              • Ocean’s 11
                                • 1 hr 10 min
                              • Ep 18 - Jaws Mockbusters feat. Michael Floyd

                                Orca (1977), Piranha (1978), & Alligator (1980)

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                                In this film block, Jeremy and Brian are joined by Michael Floyd to plunge into Jaws mockbusters. Since Jaws was the first blockbuster, these films made for a good starting point in exploring the phenomenon of mockbusters, which are often times lower budget movies with similar elements and themes that try to lure an audience by promising them—through posters and other marketing materials—a similar experience. The experience is seldom ever that, but, in this case, the results are are actually pretty great.

                                Where to watch:

                                • Orca (Blu-Ray)
                                • Piranha (1978) (Blu-Ray)
                                • Alligator (DVD)

                                  • Other:

                                  • Orca Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone

                                    • Other films referenced:

                                    • Jaws
                                    • Zombi 2
                                    • Grizzly
                                    • Devil Fish
                                    • Piranha II: The Spawning
                                    • Gladiator (2000)
                                    • Death Wish (1974)
                                    • Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 
                                    • The Terminator
                                    • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
                                    • The Thing (1982)
                                    • King Kong (1976)
                                    • The Dam Busters
                                    • The Dark Knight
                                    • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
                                    • The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
                                    • Gremlins 2
                                    • Gremlins
                                    • The Howling
                                    • Matinee
                                    • The Burbs
                                    • American Werewolf in London (1981)
                                    • The House of the Devil
                                    • The Parallax View
                                    • Creepshow
                                    • Jackie Brown
                                    • Cujo
                                    • Cat’s Eyes
                                    • Highlander
                                    • Medium Cool
                                    • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
                                    • Free Willy
                                    • Jaws 3-D
                                      • 1 hr 21 min
                                    • Ep 17 - Inspiring Reservoir Dogs feat. Andy Buigues

                                      Reservoir Dogs (1992), Kansas City Confidential (1952), & City on Fire (1987)

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                                      In this film block, Jeremy and Brian are joined by Andy Buigues to dig into a film noir and a heroic bloodshed film that heavily inspired Reservoir Dogs. How Quentin Tarantino ingested these movies and turned them into his iconic film debut.


                                      Where to watch:

                                      • Reservoir Dogs (Blu-Ray)
                                      • Kansas City Confidential (Blu-Ray | YouTube)
                                      • City on Fire (1987) (Blu-Ray)


                                        • Misc:

                                        • L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
                                        • I Still Believe (Music Video)


                                          • Other films referenced:

                                          • Pulp Fiction
                                          • A Better Tomorrow 2
                                          • The Killing
                                          • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
                                          • Django (1966)
                                          • Escape from New York
                                          • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
                                          • For a Few Dollars More
                                          • Sabata
                                          • Wayne’s World
                                          • Sexy Beast
                                          • Heat (1995)
                                          • The Usual Suspects 
                                          • Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
                                          • L.A. Confidential (1997)
                                          • Lethal Weapon
                                          • Thief (1981)
                                          • The Lost Boys
                                            • 1 hr 33 min
                                          • Ep 16 - Psychological Horror

                                            Repulsion (1965), Possession (1981), & Enemy (2013)

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                                            In this film block, Jeremy and Brian dive head first into a different kind of horror, the horror of the mind. This isn’t jump scares and fun one-liners. These movies really stick with you. They get in your head and you take them with you.


                                            Where to watch:

                                            • Repulsion (1965) (Blu-Ray)
                                            • Possession (1981) [Uncut] (Blu-Ray)
                                            • Enemy (2013) (Blu-Ray)


                                              • Other films referenced:

                                              • Prisoners
                                              • Rosemary’s Baby
                                              • Barton Fink
                                              • The Evil Dead (1981)  
                                              • Night of the Living Dead
                                              • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
                                              • Hellraiser
                                              • Dawn of the Dead (1978)
                                              • Day of the Dead (1985)
                                              • Star Wars
                                              • The Dam Busters
                                              • Goodfellas
                                              • ET
                                              • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
                                              • Dune (1984)
                                              • The Long Good Friday
                                              • Omen III: The Final Conflict
                                              • Sicario
                                              • Arrival
                                              • Incendies 
                                              • Requiem for a Dream
                                              • LA Confidential
                                              • Fight Club
                                              • Eyes Wide Shut
                                              • The Parent Trap
                                              • Taxi Driver
                                              • Creepshow (1981) 
                                              • Get Shorty 
                                                • 1 hr 20 min
                                              • Episode 15 - Horror Anthologies 101

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                                                In this film block, Brian becomes the Ghoul of the Grindhouse as he and Jeremy continue their Halloween Octoberfest by examining Horror Anthologies. We take a look at one of the earliest, one of the most recent and one of the most iconic films from the genre.

                                                Where to watch:

                                                The Mummy (1932) (Blu-Ray)

                                                The Mummy (1959) (Blu-Ray)

                                                Bubba Ho-Tep (Blu-Ray)

                                                Other:

                                                Tales from the Crypt Theme (Danny Elfman)

                                                Other films/TV referenced:

                                                Tales from the Crypt (1989)

                                                Trick 'r Treat (2007)

                                                Naked Gun

                                                Poseidon Adventure

                                                Unheimliche Geschichten (lit. Uncanny Stories) (1919)

                                                1 hr 20 min
                                              • Ep 15 - Horror Anthology 101

                                                Dead of Night (1945), Creepshow (1982), & Nightmare Cinema (2019)

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                                                In this film block, Jeremy and Brian explore the sintertaining, bone-chilling, spine-tingling, blood-curdling, bite-sized horror of anthology films. And they introduce a new character the Ghoul of the Grindhouse.


                                                Where to watch:

                                                • Dead of Night (1945) (Blu-Ray)
                                                • Creepshow (1982) (Blu-Ray)
                                                • Nightmare Cinema (Blu-Ray)


                                                  • Other films referenced:

                                                  • Tales from the Hood
                                                  • The Lady Vanishes (1938) 
                                                  • Night Train to Munich
                                                  • A Fish Called Wanda
                                                  • Fierce Creatures
                                                  • Big Trouble in Little China
                                                  • Friday the 13th (1980)
                                                  • Groundhog Day
                                                  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
                                                  • National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
                                                  • The Fog (1980)
                                                  • Knives Out (2019)
                                                  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail


                                                    • 1 hr 20 min
                                                  • Ep 14 - Mummy Ho-Tep

                                                    The Mummy (1932), The Mummy (1959), & Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

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                                                    In this film block, Jeremy and Brian continue their Halloween Octoberfest by examining Mummies at the movies, from Boris Karloff to Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing to Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis and Don Coscarelli, the mummy goes through all sorts of changes.


                                                    Where to watch:

                                                    The Mummy (1932) (Blu-Ray)

                                                    The Mummy (1959) (Blu-Ray)

                                                    Bubba Ho-Tep (Blu-Ray)


                                                    Other:

                                                    Welcome To Planet Motherfucker/ Psychoholic Slag by White Zombie


                                                    Other films referenced:

                                                    The Mummy (1999) 

                                                    The Mummy (2017) 

                                                    Phantasm 

                                                    Beastmaster 

                                                    Monster Squad 

                                                    Hard Target 

                                                    Dracula (1931) 

                                                    Frankenstein (1931) 

                                                    Young Frankenstein 

                                                    Ed Wood 

                                                    White Zombie 

                                                    Terminator 2 

                                                    Wings 

                                                    Star Wars 

                                                    The NeverEnding Story 

                                                    The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 

                                                    Army of Darkness 

                                                    Do the Right Thing 

                                                    The Big Lebowski 

                                                    Saving Private Ryan 


                                                    57 min

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                                                  A cinema geek podcast by Jeremy Floyd and Brian Foster. Each episode we program a triple feature movie night and explore how the films connect.