Welcome to the Grindbin, a podcast where your hosts Mike Wood and Chris Mann dig through the exploitation films and grindhouse cinema of the 1970's and 1980's. Join us on our journey to explore these forgetting film classics of decades past and breathe new life into the movies that time forgot.
Connie Stevens stars as the worst undercover cop of all time - if she even is a cop. Directed by Grindbin All Star Howard Avedis (The Teacher), Scorchy is a movie that entertains and confuses all at …
The boys are back to discuss a movie about rub downs and rub outs. When Katie inherits a business from her deceased uncle she had no idea she would be running a brothel. Her attempts to turn the busi…
Hughes, Mann and Mike are joined by Bobby - the newest member of the Grindbin family - to discuss one of our favorite bin movies to date; 1982's Raw Force. The guys from the Burbank Karate club go on…
Chris, Hughes and Mike discuss another auteur "masterpiece" in the Grindbin. Duke Mitchell writes, directs, and stars in his own version of the Godfather - complete with a bad Italian accents, crucif…
Mike is joined by Hughes to discuss one of the most deplorable movies from the vault of Crown International Pictures - 1970's Weekend With the Babysitter. A movie only "Mr. Crown" himself could love;…
Here come the boys! Chris and Mike are joined by Hughes to finally record an episode with both Chris's in the room at the same time; and we couldn't have picked a worse movie to talk about. A staple …
Mike is joined by guest co-host Michael Tanner (co-author of Junior Braves of the Apocalypse) to discuss a movie from Grindbin All-Star Lee Frost (Policewomen). When a racist white surgeon is given t…
We've finally found it, the worst movie in Grindbin history. Three Oscar winners, a million dollar prop, and a lifetime of regret. Tentacles is not only the worst movie we've ever seen, it might be t…
Chris and Mike discuss a true Grindhouse classic - 1974's Gator Bait. Claudia Jennings stars in a story of revenge set in the Louisiana Swamps. The story behind this movie is almost better than the f…
Chris and Mike discuss a movie that a lot of the starring actors hoped would be forgotten. Johnny Depp, Rob Morrow, and Hector Elizondo find themselves on an island vacation where all sorts of hijink…
Chris and Mike delve deeper into their last film: 1990 The Bronx Warriors (1982) and answer listener questions and comments from the latest episode - including what apocalypse gang they would join. M…
Chris and Mike dive into a listener request, 1990: The Bronx Warriors - one of many Italian post-apocalyptic grindhouse action films made in the 1980's as a response to movies like The Road Warrior a…
Chris and Mike present their first episode of the mini bin. A smaller version of the Grindbin where we present missed facts from our past episode, reveal the movie for the next episode, respond to qu…
Chris and Mike roll into a real conundrum of a movie, The Amazing Mr. No Legs. Marketed as a movie about a man in a wheelchair who's a black belt in karate but it's actually just 90 minutes of two gu…
Chris and Mike are joined by Randal from the Grawlix podcast to re-discuss the first movie ever covered on this podcast (and referenced in every episode since) 1977's The Van. When a ginger boy gradu…
Welcome to the first part of the one year Vanniversary for the Grindbin podcast! On this episode Chris and Mike discuss the unofficial sequel to the first movie they ever covered on this podcast, 197…
Chris and Mike dive into the dark sub-genre of killer kid movies from the 1990's with Mikey (1992). While horror films were experiencing a lack of creativity and major franchises fell under the weigh…
Chris and Mike cover a movie that was literally mailed to them by a listener named Shawn. A mysterious DVD box that fell out of a van somewhere with the wrong title for the movie "The Legend of Bruce…
Chris and Mike are joined by Randal Silvey from the Grawlix podcast to talk about 1986's TerrorVision. When a suburban family buys a new satellite dish it starts receiving transmissions from an alien…
Crown International returns to the Grindbin in spectacular fashion. Jocks (1986) is a late entry in the cannon of Crown films but it's just as bad and memorable as their earlier entries. Featuring Ch…