Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #259 – 7/18/2022
Grindhouse Cinema with RPG publisher and cinephile Levi Combs. What is Grindhouse, and why is it called that? The market forces that led to the rise of Grindhouse theaters. Gritty movies, violent movies, Foreign movies, exploitation movies, Kung fu movies, BRUCEsploitation movies, more! New York City as a character in movies. Sho’nuff, The Shogun of Harlem can chew scenery on a level with Darth Vader. What’s Levi’s favorite fight scene in any movie, period? Is the first Friday the 13th movie a Grindhouse movie? Plus: The RPG adventures and ‘zines of Planet X Games… hear the call of the Skeleton of the Black Lake and behold the Big Eye Chungus!
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SHOW NOTES
Grindhouse definition from Merriam-Webster:
an often shabby movie theater having continuous showings especially of pornographic or violent films.
Grindhouse on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindhouse
According to historian David Church, this theater type was named after the “grind policy”, a film-programming strategy dating back to the early 1920s which continuously showed films at cut-rate ticket prices that typically rose over the course of each day.
Grindhouse on Wiktionary:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grindhouse
Perhaps from the grinding or cranking motion employed by early projectionists.
Perhaps from bump and grind (dubious). The term may originally have been used for burlesque houses in the 1940s.
Planet X Games
& The Phylactery ‘zine
https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/collections/planet-x-games
The 20 Best Grindhouse Movies Ranked | SlashFilm
https://www.slashfilm.com/762166/the-20-best-grindhouse-movies-ranked/
Grindhouse Data Base Top 20
https://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/GCDb_Top_20
Book Recommendation
These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World
https://www.amazon.com/These-Fists-Break-Bricks-America/dp/173689160X
Troll 2 on Tubi
https://tubitv.com/movies/302737/troll-2
Best Worst Movie (Documentary about Troll 2) on Tubi
https://tubitv.com/movies/475569/best-worst-movie
Shane’s list of Grindhouse favorites:
Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Death Race 2000
Gator Bait
Honorable Mention:
Zombie (for the zombie vs shark fight!)
Levi’s Favorite Grindhouse Movies:
Evil Dead 2
Troll 2
Samurai Cop
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2nd Edition
Shane’s book! Co-authored with Matt Barton of Matt Chat
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Too bad you didn’t play in my game 3 years ago; you couldv’e played Ash versus Killer Clowns. Enjoyed this show allot. Zombie movies deserve their own episode if you haven’t done that already.
Either of you seen “Lady Terminator” from Indonesia?
I haven’t seen Lady Terminator but I’ll ask Levi. Looking forward to having you on the show as well Chris, I’ve emailed a couple of times since NTX.