Grindbin Podcast - Grindhouse and Exploitation Films
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.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 135 minutes
- Episodes
- 446
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
268 - Cruel Jaws (1995)
Tim Yobo finally gets his pick on the Grindbin!
A Hulk Hogan body double tries to save his family's aquarium from an evil property developer while also fighting a rogue shark created by the military …
267 - Blue Monkey (1987)
Tanner, and Steve and Izzy from EILFM join Bobby and Mike to discuss an Alien rip-off from Canada. Is there a Blue Monkey? Does John Vernon know what movie he's in? Will the Sick Goonies solve the ca…
266 - Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Summer Sequel Month 2021 closes with the Patreon Pick, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace!
In the late 1980s Cannon films bought the rights to Superman and Spiderman in an attempt to revive their fledg…
265 - Pajama Party (1964)
Summer Sequel Month 2021 continues with a trip back to the beach!... kinda. The gang from Beach Blanket Bingo are up to their old hijinks but this time we have an alien from Mars, tax collectors, and…
264 - The Executioner, Part II (1984)
Summer Sequel Month 2021 continues with a sequel? Executioner, Part 2 sees Grindbin All-Star James Bryan (Don't Go Into the Woods) rip off The Exterminator before they could ever get the sequel into …
263 - The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Summer sequel month 2021 continues with a movie that's a sequel... maybe... depending on the cut you watch. A classic Toho studios production featuring a very annoying Russ Tamblyn, Baby Frankenstein…
262 - Death Wish 5: The Face of Death (1994)
Mann returns to the bin as Summer Sequel Month 2021 kicks off with the last in the Death Wish series. A confounding entry into the Death Wish series featuring an incredibly old Bronson barely even pi…
261 - The Baby (1973)
Prepare for one of the strangest movies to ever hit the bin, The Baby (1973) is outlandish, depraved, and a perfect pick for this show. Eddie, Candice, Tim, and Mike break down a movie about a grown …
260 - The Order of the Black Eagle (1987)
Duncan Jax is back! Who? Did you know there was a series of James Bond rip-off movies starring a middle aged man and his Baboon partner? Does the Baboon drive a mini tank? The Patreon poll winner for…
259 - Champagne and Bullets (1993)
The bin is back with an amazing "film" written, directed, and starring John De Hart. If you like episodes like Demon Cop, Lost Faith or Miami Connection, you'll love this movie. Co-starring an incred…
258 - Hi-Riders (1978)
If you enjoy a Grindbin episode that goes completely off the track, you'll LOVE this one. More of an experience than an episode, Hi-Riders took two recording sessions, multiple guests, and hours of e…
257 - Evils of the Night (1985)
Why are Catwoman, Ginger from Gilligans Island, and John Carradine in a softcore slasher movie from the 1980s? We have no idea but we are SO glad we watched this.
Thanks to Patreon member Aaron WC f…
MINI: Andy Rooney Part 3
Major life changes have prevented Mike from editing a main feed episode this week. Please enjoy this epic mini bin from our Patreon feed in the meantime.
256 - Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Monsters (1970)
The Patreon Poll winner for May, Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Monsters (1970) finally brings a Santo movie to the Grindbin! What an incredible movie filled with third-rate monsters, make out Santo ma…
255 - Massacre at Central High (1976)
Massacre at Central High is an amazing exploitation film from the 1970's. An allegory for the rise of fascism under the facade of a high school movie... what more could you ask for?! Thanks to Gman f…
254 - Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989)
Bobby returns to the Grindbin and joins Candice, Charlie, and Mike to discuss a Troma "classic" featuring a younger Billy Bob Thornton. Thanks to our Patreon member Kady for the pick!
253 - Slugs (1988)
The boys discuss an "animal" attack movie from the Director of Pieces. Killer slugs invade the small town of Seattle Spain and it's up to the local bureaucrats to stop them! An absolutely insane movi…
252 - The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
Sorry in advance to any Australian Grindbin fans! The boys discuss a movie that every Australian listener of the show has been begging us to record an episode on. Well, it's here... are you ready for…
251 - Malibu Express (1985)
Tim, Daniel, Bobby, and Mike talk about the first Andy Sidaris to ever be on the Grindbin, 1985's Malibu Express. Darby Hinton plays a secret agent that's trying to stop Russians from buying Apple II…
250 - Blood Debts (1985)
Mike, Eddie, Tim, and Daniel discuss the winner of the Patreon poll for April, Blood Debts. Featuring maybe one of the greatest endings in movie history, this ripoff Death Wish filmed in the Philippi…