Genre Grinder

Mar 03 2025 74 ep. 107 mins 153
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Genre Grinder is a podcast devoted to the weirdest, most unique, and painfully specific film genres. Every month, your host, Gabe Powers, and a special guest will talk about movies that (hopefully) you’ve never heard of.

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51.2 The Spaghetti Westerns of 1968, feat. Patrick Ripoll of 96 Greers (2 of 3)

Mar 03 2025 137 mins  
HOP ALONG, CASSIDY – OR WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS – AND TUCK IN FOR A SECOND HELPING OF PASTA & MEATBALLS WITH A SIDE OF BULLETS & GRIT! Welcome back for part two of Gabe and Patrick’s three-part look back at the Spaghetti Westerns of 1968. This is going to be the longest of the three episodes, because we’re rappin’ about six films – Ferdinando Baldi's Hate Thy Neighbor

51.1 The Spaghetti Westerns of 1968, feat. Patrick Ripoll of 96 Greers (1 of 3)

Feb 03 2025 114 mins  
PREPARE YOUR SIX-GUNS AND YOUR BOLOGNESE AS WE DIG INTO THE TWO-FISTED ITALIAN COWBOY TALES OF THE BIGGEST YEAR IN SPAGHETTI WESTERN HISTORY! Welcome to another multi-part exploration of a single year in genre filmmaking. Join Gabe and returning guest Patrick Ripoll as they follow up their series on the slasher films of 1981, the gialli of 1971, and the giant monster movies of 195

50. [Blank] in Wonderland Movies, feat. Betsy of Your Favorite Monsters

Dec 09 2024 113 mins  
COME WITH US AS WE TUMBLE DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE, PASS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, ENTER THE WARDROBE, AND RIDE A TORNADO TO OZ! It’s time to cover one of my favorite subgenres: movies where people cross over into another world where they learn a lesson and meet a bunch of walking metaphors. This episode’s guest host, Betsy, calls these Portal Fantasies and notes similarities to

49. Animation/Live-Action Hybrids, feat. Tyler Foster

Nov 04 2024 127 mins  
IT’S SEQUENTIAL DRAWINGS VERSUS FLESH & BLOOD ACTORS IN A SHOWDOWN OF MULTIMEDIA PROPORTIONS! Since the advent of filmmaking, people have been combining live-action photography with hand-drawn animation and now we’re talking about it. But this is a podcast and we don’t have time to cover a century of motion pictures, so Gabe and returning guest Tyler Foster are covering a s

48: The Hammer Horror Trans Allegory Special, feat. Luana Saitta of Defend Your Trash Movie

Oct 01 2024 113 mins  
A DEAD WOMAN WITH THE SOUL OF A MAN! A MURDEROUS MAN WHO CAN TRANSFORM INTO A WOMAN! PROBABLY JUST A COINCIDENCE! Have you ever noticed that Hammer Studios made two horror films that work as trans allegories? Well, technically three, but I forgot about one of them. Anyway, I’ve been curious for a while as to what an actual trans person might think of Terence Fisher’s Frankens

46.3 The Giant Monster Movies of 1957, feat. Patrick Ripoll of 96 Greers (3 of 3)

Sep 09 2024 109 mins  
TAKE ONE LAST TRIP INTO THE UNKNOWN FOR THE ULTIMATE GIANT INSECT MOVIE, THE ULTIMATE GIANT MAN IN A DIAPER MOVIE, AND THE ULTIMATE KILLER, UM, ROCK MOVIE… Welcome to the final part of Gabe and Patrick’s look back at the biggest year in giant monster movie history. This episode features the most eclectic collection of movies, including a shoestring ‘lost world’ epic in Vir

Episode 47: Jaws, Minus the Shark Movies, feat. Ann-Marie Taylor

Aug 09 2024 127 mins  
YOU DON’T NEED TO GO TO AMITY ISLAND FOR A SHARK MASSACRE!! IN FACT, YOU DON’T EVEN NEED A SHARK!! It’s easy to recognize a Jaws knock-off when it revolves around a shark eating people, but what about all of those movies without sharks that lift scenes and ideas from Steven Spielberg’s film and Peter Benchley’s novel? Well, around here we call those movies “Jaws, Minu

46.2 The Giant Monster Movies of 1957, feat. Patrick Ripoll of 96 Greers (2 of 3)

Jul 20 2024 118 mins  
FROM THE FROZEN WASTES OF THE ARCTIC TO THE DEPTHS OF THE AFRICAN JUNGLE, THE ARID DESERTS OF MEXICO, AND THE AMERICAN MIDWEST THEY CAME… Welcome to part two of Gabe and Patrick’s look back at the biggest year in giant monster movie history. We’ve got a lot of big bugs this time, including Nathan H. Juran’s The Deadly Mantis, the wasps of Kenneth G. Crane’s The Monster f

46.1 The Giant Monster Movies of 1957, feat. Patrick Ripoll of 96 Greers (1 of 3)

Jul 01 2024 110 mins  
FROM THE FURTHEST REACHES OF SPACE AND THE DEEPEST DEPTHS OF THE SEA CAME ALIENS, MUTATED CREATURES, AND OTHER LARGE, SCARY ALLEGORIES! Welcome to another patented Genre Grinder deep dive into a specific year where a specific genre peaked. This time, Patrick and Gabe are looking at 15 of 17 movies about gigantic monsters released in some capacity during the year 1957 (festival, ro

Episode 45: Meta Horror Movies, feat. Jim Laczkowski of Director’s Club

May 06 2024 108 mins  
THE FIRST PODCAST ABOUT MOVIES THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT’S A PODCAST ABOUT MOVIES!! Gabe (looks directly into camera): This is a podcast about making podcasts. The podcasters are also acknowledging you, the listener, directly. Yeah, you, Derek. Oh, and the fabric of the podcast is also haunting us and maybe killing you. And by you, I mean Derek. Anyway, join me and returning gu