In 2016, I went with my mom and my aunt to go see The Turtles play. It was a good time– Iowa’s a good state for that sort of thing. We went to see them […]
BHYH: THE “REVERB GHOSTS” MIX
This week’s recommendations are fitting for a cool evening in October: first we have a tribute to a late member of a punk band that never quite got its due followed by a trio of […]
A TRILOGY ABOUT THE BLADE TRILOGY, PT. 3
When a film series fills a studio’s coffers and wins approval from critics and fans, its producers are often protective, making sure nothing will upset their lucrative franchise’s profitability. However, despite such safeguards, it’s almost […]
DIE, OR GET LAID TRYING (ON THE ROLE OF HORROR SHAPING ’90S SOFT-CORE)
Do successful horror films grow into franchises, or are they genetically bound to the insatiable libido of culture, forcing them to evolve into soft-core porn? While longevity among any horror brand has both its inevitable […]
MIXTAPE: A VERY CHAKI HALLOWEEN
This week’s mix is brought to you by our very special guest curator, Chaki! We wanted a mix that was sure to bring the spooky funk as well as the spooky fun, so naturally we […]
BEN ROCK DOESN’T LIKE MEET THE FEEBLES (WE THINK)
Grumpire 9, Meet The Feebles 0 On today’s episode we welcome writer and filmmaker Ben Rock to the show to talk about a couple of right bastard puppet movies, Peter Jackson’s raunchy Muppet-sploitation piece Meet […]
MIXTAPE: COCONUT PETE’S PLEASURE ISLAND
For this week’s mixtape, we’re getting a little loose. Inspired by the conversation we had with Broken Lizard about their hilarious slasher parody, Club Dread, we thought we’d down a couple of pina coladas and […]
PSYCHOS AND PINA COLADAS: WHY CLUB DREAD DESERVED MORE
Nathan Smith talks to members of comedy troupe Broken Lizard about their fan favorite (but often overlooked by the mainstream) 2004 horror comedy, Club Dread For horror fans, it seems as though no sub-genre was […]
PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROWDY 1970s SEX COMEDY
I first heard about Pretty Maids All In A Row from Anna Biller’s Twitter account. It’s evidence that everybody’s capable of giving you useful information at least once. This film caught my attention because it stars Rock […]
A TRILOGY ABOUT THE BLADE TRILOGY, PT. 2
Last time, I wrote about my introduction to Blade and how it helped me overcome my film snobbery and made me a better human being. I’m still a snob, but one with fewer self-imposed restrictions […]
GOOD GOD, Y’ALL: THE PIOUS PSYCHOSIS OF FATHER JANSEN IN SPLATTER UNIVERSITY
Any good slasher movie worth its salt gives us a villain that has some traumatic event that sets off their murderous frenzy – their “trigger,” if you will. Sometimes it’s horrifically tragic, sometimes it’s tragically […]
24 HOUR PSYCHO: SPENDING A DAY AT THE BATES MOTEL
The first thing that comes up if you search for Douglas Gordon’s 24 Hour Psycho on YouTube is his interpretation of the shower scene from Hitchcock’s 1960 original. In the end, it could probably never […]
BHYH: THE “I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO CALL THIS” MIX
Today’s edition of BHYH may be the most eclectic we’ve done yet. In the mix we’ve got a powerhouse of a power pop band based out of Chicago, a richly diverse soundtrack to a early […]
THE QUIRKY SIDE OF OLIVER STONE
When people think of Oliver Stone and his films, immediately they jump to the conspiracy theorist and bombastic narcissist who loves the sound of his own voice and lets his ego run roughshod over his […]
MIXTAPE: BILL & TED’S MOST EXCELLENT MIX
For years, decades, centuries, millennia, Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted “Theodore” Logan have been lauded as the most premium examples of stoner metalheads in modern cinema. We here at Grumpire, however, think the boys […]