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by The GrumpsOct 7, 20207:00 amOctober 6, 2020
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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 […]

Audio Fanfiction by The GrumpsSep 25, 20208:00 amFebruary 4, 2021
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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 […]

Grumpire Interviews! by Nathan SmithSep 24, 20208:10 amSeptember 22, 2020
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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 […]

Weird Boners by Emilio AmaroSep 17, 20208:30 amSeptember 17, 2020
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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 […]

Articles by Jay AlarySep 15, 20208:10 amSeptember 14, 2020
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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 […]

Triggered! by Nathan SmithSep 10, 20208:15 amSeptember 7, 2020
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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 […]

Cinema Obscura by Sam MooreSep 8, 20208:05 amSeptember 2, 2020
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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 […]

But Have You Heard by The GrumpsSep 4, 202010:10 amSeptember 4, 2020
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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 […]

Articles by Susan LeightonSep 1, 20208:00 amAugust 31, 2020
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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 […]

Audio Fanfiction by elbeeAug 28, 20208:15 amFebruary 4, 2021
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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 […]

But Have You Heard by The GrumpsAug 21, 20208:26 amAugust 22, 2020
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BHYH: THE “TIDE’S COMING IN” MIX

On this week’s BHYH, we’re milking all we can get from the late summer with a vintage tune from a classic beach movie, a couple of quirky hip-hop tracks, a heart-breaking post-grunge ’90s cut, a […]

Articles by Jay AlaryAug 19, 20208:10 amAugust 18, 2020
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A TRILOGY ABOUT THE BLADE TRILOGY, PT. 1

In the year 2000, I remember an imposing man, with questionable sanity, forcing me to watch a snowy, pirated copy of Blade. My friend Natalie and I were visiting her sister up the highway in […]

Mixtapes by Jay AlaryAug 14, 20208:30 amAugust 14, 2020
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MIXTAPE: OUR RESIDENT CANADIAN RECOMMENDS NYC PUNK

Punk rock means a lot of different things to different people and that’s okay (unless you’re the likely-now-dead guy who wrote that infamous episode of Quincy M.E., decrying the “dangers” of punk). Punk is diverse, […]

Triggered! by Nathan SmithAug 13, 20208:25 amAugust 7, 2020
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THE TRAGIC DEMISE OF ALEX HAMMOND IN PROM NIGHT

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 […]

Articles by Brian MillerAug 11, 20208:15 amAugust 7, 2020
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“Me: Don’t call this ‘The Zen Art of Franchise 3rd Entries’; Grumpire: ‘Okay, we won’t’.”

The auteur casts a long and heavy shadow over genre franchises. Those inaugural, boundary-breaking, breathtaking works of art set things in motion for entire new worlds, while simultaneously doing everything they can to pump the […]

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