42nd Street Forever

Jan 25 2025 16 ep. 80 mins 17
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The staff of Grindhouse Cinema Database and guests discuss a variety of classic exploitation films that played in grindhouses on The Deuce in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

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Psychic Killer and Circle of Iron at CINE 42

Jan 25 2025 59 mins  
On Episode 16, Pete & Seb stop into CINE 42 to watch an eclectic double bill. FIRST Jim Hutton stars as a man with deadly telekinetic powers in PSYCHIC KILLER then David Carradine (fresh off of the Kung Fu TV series) stars in CIRCLE OF IRON a mystical martial arts fantasy based on a story by Bruce Lee.

Foxy Brown and Truck Turner at the Harris

Nov 02 2024 61 mins  
On Episode 15, Pete & Seb discuss a Baadasss Blaxploitation Double Bill from AIP that played at The Harris in October of 1974. FIRST, Pam Grier stars as a chick with drive who don't take no jive in Foxy Brown THEN Isaac Hayes stars as Truck Turner, the last of the bounty hunters. Grab your popcorn and get ready for a supercool grindhouse cinema experience!

Rolling Thunder at CINE 42

Oct 28 2023 58 mins  
On Episode 14 Pete and Seb discuss a film released in October of 1977 which premiered at CINE 42 on The Deuce. William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Haynes star in John Flynn’s classic revengeamatic ROLLING THUNDER.

Sabata and Payment in Blood at the Lyric

Oct 07 2023 67 mins  
On Episode 13, Pete and Seb discuss a spaghetti western double bill that played at the Lyric theater in September of 1970. FIRST, Lee Van Cleef stars as The Man With Gunsight Eyes in the Gianfranco Parolini classic SABATA. THEN Edd "Kookie" Byrnes sets out to find a lost Confederate treasure with a gang of maniacal marauders in Enzo G. Castellari’s 1967 directorial debu

Brutal Justice at the Selwyn

Jul 30 2023 81 mins  
On Episode 12, Pete and Seb discuss one of their favorite poliziotteschi/Eurocrime films that played at the Selwyn theater in July of 1978, Umberto Lenzi’s Brutal Justice aka The Tough Ones starring Maurizio Merli and Tomas Milian.

The Hot, The Cool & The Vicious/Crippled Masters/The Steel Edge of Revenge at the Empire

Jun 05 2023 49 mins  
On Episode 11, Pete and Phil (Making Tarantino) discuss three films that played at the Empire Theater in June of 1983. FIRST they've got a double dose of 70's grindhouse kung fu with Tso Nam Lee's The Hot, The Cool & The Vicious followed by the chopsocky sideshow Crippled Masters. Don't leave the theater just yet because there's more in store! It's supercool samurai time with t

Friday The 13th Pt. 2 and My Bloody Valentine at the New Amsterdam

May 09 2023 45 mins  
On Episode 10, Pete and Phil (Making Tarantino) discuss a classic slasher double feature that played May 9, 1981 at the New Amsterdam Theater on The Deuce, Friday The 13th Pt. 2 (which marked the debut of horror icon Jason Voorhees) followed by My Bloody Valentine.

Alley Cat and Class of 1984 at the Rialto

Apr 10 2023 79 mins  
On Episode 9, Pete is joined by Phil (Making Tarantino) to discuss a wild n' crazy Grindhouse Double Feature that played April 10, 1984 at the Rialto theater on The Deuce. First, Karin Mani stars in the gritty revengeamatic ALLEY CAT, THEN a group of maniacal punks terrorize a high school in Mark L. Lester's CLASS OF 1984 starring Tim Van Patten and Perry King.

Vigilante and Zombie at CINE 42

Mar 15 2023 99 mins  
On Episode 8, Pete is joined by Phil Duke (Making Tarantino: The Podcast) for a fun discussion about two films that played at CINE 42 on The Deuce, March 15, 1983. First up its Bill Lustig's 1982 revengeamatic VIGILANTE starring Robert Forster and Fred Williamson, THEN, it's Lucio Fulci's 1979 gore shocker ZOMBIE.

A Nightmare on Elm Street and Missing in Action at the Rialto

Jan 01 2023 32 mins  
On the 7th episode, Pete and Ken (Gotham City Drive-In) discuss two films that played on The Deuce, Jan 1, 1985 at the Rialto Theater: Wes Craven's slasher classic A Nightmare on Elm Street and the Chuck Norris' POW rescue classic Missing in Action.