Radiodrome

How did Grindhouse movies make the transition to television? Pete is again going to show you.

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Pete is back and gives you some insight into what the VHS bootleg scene of the 80's was like.

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There seems to be two extremes when it comes to films these days... low budget and blockbusters with no middle ground. It was not always like this though... what happened to middle class films?

How many people even knew this franchise was still going on? The Howling is a great movie, of that there is no doubt... what about the seven (7!) sequels to it though?

The second episode of Grindhouse Purgatory... Pete takes you back to the greatest street in movie history with his remembrances of the era through his unique perspective. This time we look at how video may have played a part in the demise of the grindhouse...

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The first episode of Grindhouse Purgatory... Pete takes you back to the greatest street in movie history with his remembrances of the era through his unique perspective.

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The video store was once such a prominent place in our lives... and the new book "I Lost It At The Video Store" (http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Video-Store-Filmmakers-Vanished/dp/1941629156) by Tom Roston looks at how various filmmakers grew up as video store addicts. Cecil, Josh and Petar use that look at the video as a jumping off point to discuss just how much video changed movies.

How many of you even remembered that Sleepaway Camp was a franchise? Even if you did remember that... how many knew there were 5 (technically 6) movies in said franchise? Cecil is making us do this episode and it hurts, these movies really hurt.

Scifi movies rely on technology but what happens when real world technology overtakes "future" technology?

Sometimes a movie stands on it's own, sometimes it requires sequels to be good and sometimes those sequels almost ruin the original. This week we look at how sequels have become a plague in hollywood.