Grindhouse Institute

Grindhouse Institute

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Grindhouse Institute episodes

  • Ep 89 - Horror Anthology 401

    V/H/S (2012), Trilogy of Terror (1975), & Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)

    ALL MOVIES SPOILED

    In this film block, Jeremy and Brian are visited by the Ghoul of the Grindhouse and taken on a tantalizing tour of tinsel town’s terse terrifying talkies! Mahahahaha!


    Where to watch:

    • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
    • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
    • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
    • V/H/S (Blu-Ray)
    • Trilogy of Terror (Blu-Ray)
    • Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (Blu-Ray)


      • Other films referenced:

      • Glory (1989)
      • Cape Fear (1991)
      • The Straight Story
      • The Innocents (1961)
      • Tales from the Crypt (1972)
      • Horror Express (1972)
      • Nightmare Alley (1947)
      • Nightbreed
      • The Addams Family (1991)
      • Evil Dead 2
      • Idle Hands (1999)
      • Cat People (1942)
      • I Walked with a Zombie
      • Innocent Blood (1992)
      • The Big Lebowski
      • She’s All That
      • Police Academy
      • Psycho (1960)
      • Child’s Play (1988)
      • Ghostbusters (1984)
      • Tales from the Hood
      • The Blair Witch Project (1999)
      • Paranormal Activity
      • Cloverfield
      • Vamp (1986)
      • Big (1988)
      • Planes, Trains and Automobiles
      • Double Indemnity (1944)
      • Friday the 13th (1980)
      • Predator (1987)
      • Spaceballs
      • Scream 5
      • Scream VI
      • Satanic Panic
      • The Wicker Man (1973)
      • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
        • 1 hr 39 min
      • Ep 88 - Social Horror feat. Aaron Sauerland from Campfire Stories

        Society (1989), The Stuff (1985), & Satanic Panic (2019)

        ALL MOVIES SPOILED

        In this film block, Aaron Sauerland, the host of Campfire Stories, joins Jeremy and Brian to take a horrifying look at the society behind our society. It’s not a pretty sight…and it’s not one you can unsee.


        Follow Aaron here:

        • Instagram
        • Twitter


          • Listen to Campfire Stories here:

          • Apple
          • Spotify


            • Where to watch:

            • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
            • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
            • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
            • The Stuff (Blu-ray)
            • Society (Blu-Ray)
            • Satanic Panic (Blu-Ray)


              • Other films referenced:

              • The Shining (1980)
              • Halloween (1978)
              • Q
              • Troll 2
              • Troll (1986)
              • The Fast and the Furious (2001)
              • Phone Booth
              • Re-Animator
              • From Beyond
              • Clueless
              • Basic Instinct
              • Spaceballs
              • Beetlejuice
              • Horror Express
              • Twilight Zone: The Movie
              • Batman
              • The Thing
              • Big Trouble in Little China
              • Predator
              • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
              • The Toxic Avenger (2023)
              • The Gate (1987)
              • Fright Night (1985)
              • Back to the Future
              • Color Out of Space (2019)
              • The Evil Dead (1981)
              • Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
              • The Stand (1994)
              • The Shining (1997)
              • Rubber
              • Hobo with a Shotgun
              • Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
                • 1 hr 35 min
              • Ep 87 - Horror on a Train

                Train to Busan (2016), Terror Train (1980), & Horror Express (1972)

                ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                In this film block, Jeremy and Brian climb aboard the iron horse and ride the rail all the way down the line to terror town. But will the Grindhouse Gang make it or will a creature get them first?


                Where to watch:

                • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
                • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                • Train to Busan (4K Blu-Ray)
                • Terror Train (Blu-Ray)
                • Horror Express (Blu-Ray)


                  • Other films referenced:

                  • Parasite
                  • Snowpiercer
                  • Alien
                  • The Abyss
                  • Titanic
                  • The Thing
                  • Creepshow
                  • The Matrix
                  • The Thing from Another World
                  • The Blob (1988)
                  • The Blob (1958)
                  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
                  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
                  • Total Recall (1990)
                  • Sleepaway Camp
                  • Psycho (1960)
                  • Trading Places
                  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
                  • A Clockwork Orange
                  • Barry Lyndon
                  • The Shining
                  • Seven
                  • The Mist
                  • Oldboy (2003)
                  • The Tree of Life
                  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
                  • The Train
                  • The Lady Vanishes (1938)
                  • Strangers on a Train
                    • 1 hr 6 min
                  • Ep 86 - Hot Summer Noir III feat. Alex Vlahov from OnlyFilmNoir

                    Split Second (1953), The Hitch-Hiker (1953), & The Paperboy (2012)

                    ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                    In this film block, Alex Vlahov, the curator of OnlyFilmNoir, joins Jeremy and Brian to crank up the heat on another installment of their hot, steamy, sultry, film noir episode. This time it’s not just trigger-happy psychos and sultry femme fatales, there’s also a ticking atomic bomb in the mix.


                    Follow Alex here:

                    • Instagram
                    • Medium


                      • Where to watch:

                      • Split Second (DVD)
                      • The Hitch-Hiker (Blu-Ray | YouTube)
                      • The Paperboy (Blu-Ray)


                        • Other films referenced:

                        • Wild Things (1998)
                        • Cruel Intentions
                        • Oppenheimer
                        • The Dark Knight
                        • Precious
                        • The Butler
                        • Selma
                        • Stoker
                        • The Right Stuff
                        • Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
                        • Ed Wood
                        • The Good German
                        • The Good Shepherd
                        • The Third Man
                        • Seabiscuit
                        • Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
                        • Best in Show
                        • Better Off Dead…
                        • To Kill a Mockingbird
                        • Brokeback Mountain
                        • DOA (1949)
                        • Cutter’s Way
                        • Touch of Evil
                        • Reservoir Dogs
                        • The Thing (1982)
                        • Night of the Living Dead (1968)
                        • Barbie
                        • Asteroid City
                        • The Two Mrs. Carrolls
                        • Conflict
                        • The Conqueror (1956)
                        • …And Justice for All
                        • Matinee
                        • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
                        • The Roaring Twenties
                        • Babylon
                        • Stagecoach (1939)
                        • Ace in the Hole
                        • Caged (1950)
                        • Man with the Gun
                        • The Petrified Forest (1936)
                        • Kiss Me Deadly
                          • 1 hr 11 min
                        • Ep 85 - The Road to Woodsboro feat. Matthew Renoir from Be Kind Video
                          Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), There's Nothing Out There (1991), & Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
                          ALL MOVIES SPOILED
                          In this film block, video store owner, Matthew Renoir, takes Jeremy and Brian on a tour of meta-horror movies that paved the way for the horror classic, Scream.
                          Follow Be Kind Video here:
                          https://bekindvideo.com
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                          Twitter
                          The short documentary exploring the connections between There’s Nothing Out There and Scream
                          Copycat
                          Where to watch:
                          Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                          Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
                          Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                          Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (Blu-Ray)
                          There's Nothing Out There (Blu-Ray)
                          Wes Craven's New Nightmare (Blu-Ray)
                          Other films referenced:
                          Poltergeist (1982)
                          Idiocracy
                          Scream (1996)
                          Frankenstein (1931)
                          The Revenant
                          Swamp Thing
                          Zombi 2
                          Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
                          The Rocky Horror Picture Show
                          Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
                          Repossessed (1990)
                          Scary Movie
                          Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
                          Halloween III: Season of the Witch
                          Halloween: Resurrection
                          A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
                          The Blob (1958)
                          Thriller
                          Tomorrow by Midnight
                          Dog Day Afternoon
                          Grizzly
                          The Evil Dead
                          The Cabin in the Woods
                          The Toxic Avenger
                          Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.
                          Nightmare Cinema
                          Color Out of Space
                          Creepshow 2
                          The NeverEnding Story
                          A Nightmare on Elm Street
                          Defending Your Life
                          L.A. Story
                          Short Cuts
                          Encino Man
                          Pet Sematary (1989)
                          Prince of Darkness
                          The Fly (1958)
                          The Color Purple
                          Schindler’s List
                          1 hr 15 min
                        • Ep 84 - Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) feat. Michael Floyd

                          Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

                          ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                          In this Midnight Movie, Michael Floyd teaches Jeremy and Brian how to hold their breath, swim with whales and turn the tables on a whaling ship. Also, a topic covered in Ep 18 - Jaws Mockbusters comes back for more as the Grindhouse Gang explore the similarities to the recent spate of Orcas sinking ships off the coast of Portugal.


                          Listen to the Orca episode here:

                          Ep 18 - Jaws Mockbusters (Apple | Spotify | YouTube)


                          Further Orca reading:

                          https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/orcas-disrupt-sailing-race-near-spain-in-latest-display-of-inexplicably-bold-behavior


                          Where to watch:

                          Be Kind Video (Burbank)

                          Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)

                          Cinefile (Santa Monica)

                          Avatar: The Way of Water (4K Blu-Ray)


                          Other films referenced:

                          Top Gun: Maverick

                          Free Willy

                          Gone with the Wind

                          Terminator 2: Judgment Day

                          The Terminator

                          Aliens

                          Rambo: First Blood Part II

                          Piranha II: The Spawning

                          Piranha

                          Orca

                          Alligator

                          Jaws

                          Wayne’s World

                          Pete’s Dragon

                          The NeverEnding Story

                          The Abyss

                          Valkyrie

                          The Hunt for Red October

                          Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

                          Death Becomes Her

                          The Polar Express

                          Beowulf

                          The Adventures of Tintin

                          FernGully: The Last Rainforest

                          The Last of the Mohicans

                          Dune (2021)

                          The Empire Strikes Back

                          Terminator Salvation

                          Fellowship of the Ring

                          The Matrix

                          Taken

                          The Lost Boys

                          Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

                          Battle Beyond the Stars

                          Escape from New York

                          Manhunter

                          The Big Lebowski

                          Jaws 3-D

                          1 hr 4 min
                        • Ep 83 - Judgement City feat. Sam Kimbrell

                          A Matter of Life and Death (aka Stairway to Heaven) (1946), Defending Your Life (1991), & After Life (1998)

                          ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                          In this film block, Sam Kimbrell takes Jeremy and Brian to the great clerical way station in the sky where our fate will be bureaucratically processed, the paperwork will be stamped and our lives will have to be defended.


                          Catch Vance & the Afterlife at the LA Shorts Fest

                          https://www.lashortsfest.com/2023-film-schedule

                          Screening date: Thursday, July 20, 2023, 5:30 PM

                          Location:

                          Regal Cinemas LA LIVE

                          1000 W Olympic Blvd.

                          Los Angeles, CA 90015

                          Tickets go on sale on July 11

                          See you there!


                          Follow Sam Kimbrell here:

                          • Website
                          • Instagram


                            • Where to watch:

                            • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                            • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
                            • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                            • A Matter of Life and Death (Blu-Ray)
                            • Defending Your Life (Blu-Ray)
                            • After Life (Blu-Ray)


                              • Other films referenced:

                              • Vance & the Afterlife
                              • Wayne’s World
                              • The Best Years of Our Lives
                              • The Red Shoes
                              • Black Narcissus
                              • Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
                              • El Topo
                              • Wayne’s World 2
                              • Drive (2011)
                              • Lost in America
                              • Easy Rider
                              • The Graduate
                              • Heaven Can Wait (1978)
                              • Meet the Parents
                              • Groundhog Day
                              • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
                              • When Harry Met Sally…
                              • It’s a Wonderful Life
                                • 1 hr 6 min
                              • Ep 82 - DracuLLLa feat. Bruce Scivally

                                Dracula (1931), Horror of Dracula (1958), & Dracula (1979)

                                ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                                In this film block, Bruce Scivally takes Jeremy and Brian deep into the catacombs of castle Dracula to explore the three L’s of Dracula: Lugosi, Lee and Langella


                                Follow Bruce here:

                                • Website
                                • Facebook
                                • Twitter


                                  • Further reading:

                                  Dracula FAQ by Bruce Scivally

                                  Dracula FAQ (ebook) by Bruce Scivally

                                  In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu & Raymond T. McNally


                                  Where to watch:

                                  • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                                  • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
                                  • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                                  • Dracula 1931 (4K Blu-Ray)
                                  • Dracula 1958 (Blu-Ray)
                                  • Dracula 1979 (Blu-Ray)


                                    • Other films referenced:

                                    • White Zombie
                                    • Son of Frankenstein
                                    • Nosferatu (1922)
                                    • Nosferatu the Vampyre
                                    • Bram Stoker’s Dracula
                                    • Dracula: Dead and Loving It
                                    • Frankenstein (1931)
                                    • London After Midnight (1927)
                                    • M (1931)
                                    • The Unknown (not The Terror) (1927)
                                    • King of Jazz
                                    • The Jazz Singer
                                    • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
                                    • The Curse of Frankenstein
                                    • Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
                                    • Taste the Blood of Dracula
                                    • Scars of Dracula
                                    • Gremlins 2: The New Batch
                                    • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
                                    • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
                                    • The Brides of Dracula
                                    • Dracula: Prince of Darkness
                                    • The Mummy (1959)
                                    • What We Do in the Shadows
                                    • Saturday Night Fever
                                    • The Mark of Zorro (1974)
                                    • Diary of a Mad Housewife
                                    • The Amityville Horror (1979)
                                    • Star Wars
                                    • The Mummy (1932)
                                    • Halloween (1978)
                                    • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
                                    • Love at First Bite
                                      • 1 hr 32 min
                                    • Ep 81 - Home Invasion Thrillers feat. Chris Chaisson from Cup of Tea Critiques

                                      Wait Until Dark (1967), Straw Dogs (1971), & Hard Candy (2005)

                                      ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                                      In this film block, film reviewer, Chris Chaisson, shows Jeremy and Brian just how unsafe it is a home can be. Board up the windows, reinforce the doors, break all the lights and get ready for your home to be invaded.


                                      Follow Cup of Tea Critiques here:

                                      • www.cupofteacritiques.com
                                      • ⁠Letterboxd⁠
                                      • ⁠Facebook⁠
                                      • ⁠Reddit⁠


                                        • Follow Chris here:

                                        • Twitter


                                          • Where to watch:

                                          • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                                          • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
                                          • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                                          • Wait Until Dark (Blu-Ray)
                                          • Straw Dogs (Blu-Ray)
                                          • Hard Candy (Blu-Ray)


                                            • Other films referenced:

                                            • Stone Cold Dead
                                            • Don’t Breathe (2016)
                                            • Freebie and the Bean
                                            • Rear Window (1954)
                                            • Dr. No
                                            • From Russia with Love
                                            • Thunderball
                                            • The Limey
                                            • Charade
                                            • A Shot in the Dark (1964)
                                            • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
                                            • Short Circuit 2
                                            • Hush
                                            • Oculus
                                            • The Strangers (2008)
                                            • Dirty Harry
                                            • The French Connection
                                            • A Clockwork Orange
                                            • The Wild Bunch
                                            • An American Werewolf in London
                                            • The Last House on the Left
                                            • I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
                                            • Thriller: A Cruel Picture
                                            • Lady Snowblood
                                            • Kill Bill: Vol. 1
                                            • Frankenstein (1931)
                                            • Of Mice and Men (1992)
                                            • Young Frankenstein
                                            • Nightmare Cinema
                                            • Saw
                                              • 1 hr 18 min
                                            • Ep 80 - Rock Opera Horror Picture Show

                                              The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Phantom of the Paradise (1974) & Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

                                              ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                                              In this film block, Jeremy and Brian strap on—GASP—their guitars—WHEW—sing along with all the hits and get scared stiff watching these horny and horrifying rock operas. The very thought is enough to make you shiver with antici… HUH! …pation!


                                              Where to watch:

                                              • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                                              • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
                                              • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                                              • Phantom of the Paradise (Blu-Ray)
                                              • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Blu-Ray | Every Saturday at the Nuart)
                                              • Repo! The Genetic Opera (Blu-Ray)


                                                • Other films referenced:

                                                • Tommy
                                                • Jesus Christ Superstar
                                                • Stone Cold Dead
                                                • Sisters
                                                • Blow Out
                                                • Carrie
                                                • Dressed to Kill
                                                • Used Cars
                                                • TerrorVision
                                                • Class Reunion
                                                • The Muppet Movie
                                                • The Addams Family (1991)
                                                • Suspiria (1977)
                                                • This Is Spinal Tap
                                                • The Toxic Avenger
                                                • The Rules of Attraction
                                                • Jackie Brown
                                                • Narc
                                                • Touch of Evil
                                                • Taxi Driver
                                                • The Incredible Melting Man
                                                • Spaceballs
                                                • Tales of Terror
                                                • Legend
                                                • Frankenstein
                                                • Wayne’s World
                                                • Diamonds Are Forever
                                                • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
                                                • A Clockwork Orange
                                                • Saw II
                                                • Saw III
                                                • Spiral: From the Book of Saw
                                                • Spy Kids
                                                • Minority Report
                                                • The Matrix
                                                • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
                                                • Repo Men
                                                • Repo Man
                                                • The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again
                                                • Shock Treatment
                                                  • 1 hr 18 min

                                                About Grindhouse Institute

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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.