42nd Street Forever

Grindhouse Cinema Database

The staff of Grindhouse Cinema Database and guests discuss a variety of classic exploitation films that played in grindhouses on The Deuce in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

20 Episodes

The Bird with The Crystal Plumage and Hatchet For The Honeymoon
10/31/2026
1:09:17
For our final episode of Season 1, Pete & Seb celebrate SHOCKTOBER 2026 with a special treat. A double bill of giallo cinema. First, Tony Musante stars in Dario Argento’s electrifying directorial debut, THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, THEN Mario Bava weaves a macabre tale of murder and madness with HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON.
I Drink Your Blood & The Hills Have Eyes at the Times Square
11/1/2025
55:08
On Episode 19, Pete & Seb celebrate SHOCKTOBER 2025 with a classic grindhouse horror double bill that played the Times Square in October 1979. First, a cross country family road trip becomes a horrifying fight for survival in Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes THEN a small town is terrorized by a rabid satanic cult in I Drink Your Blood.
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Master Killer and Duel of the Iron Fist at the Times Square
7/19/2025
56:36
On Episode 18, Pete & Seb discuss a classic Shaw Brothers grindhouse kung fu double bill that played the Times Square in July of 1979. First Ti Lung and David Chiang star in DUEL OF THE IRON FIST a bloody kung fu gangster mashup from Chang Cheh, Then Gordon Liu must pass through the tricky obstacle filled 36 chambers of shaolin in Lau Kar Leung's MASTER KILLER.
Walking The Edge and Low Blow at the Selwyn
4/26/2025
1:03:31
On Episode 17, Pete & Seb hit The Selwyn for an 80s crime thriller double bill that played in April 1986: FIRST Robert Forster and Nancy Kwan must evade a gang of criminals out for blood in WALKING THE EDGE. Then low budget Martial Arts legend Leo Fong is a San Francisco private detective who infiltrates a deranged religious cult in LOW BLOW.
Psychic Killer and Circle of Iron at CINE 42
1/25/2025
59:27
On Episode 16, Pete & Seb stop into CINE 42 to watch an eclectic double bill that played in January 1979. FIRST Jim Hutton stars as a man with deadly telekinetic powers in PSYCHIC KILLER then David Carradine (fresh off of the Kung Fu TV series) stars in CIRCLE OF IRON a mystical martial arts fantasy based on a story by Bruce Lee.
Foxy Brown and Truck Turner at the Harris
11/2/2024
1:01:56
On Episode 15, Pete & Seb discuss a Baadasss Blaxploitation Double Bill from AIP that played at The Harris in October of 1974. FIRST, Pam Grier stars as a chick with drive who don't take no jive in FOXY BROWN, THEN Isaac Hayes stars as TRUCK TURNER, the last of the bounty hunters. Grab your popcorn and get ready for a supercool, super fly grindhouse cinema experience!
Rolling Thunder at CINE 42
10/28/2023
58:17
On Episode 14 Pete and Seb discuss a film released in October of 1977 which premiered at CINE 42 on The Deuce. William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Haynes star in John Flynn’s classic revengeamatic ROLLING THUNDER.
Sabata and Payment in Blood at the Lyric
10/7/2023
1:07:06
On Episode 13, Pete and Seb discuss a spaghetti western double bill that played at the Lyric theater in September of 1970. FIRST, Lee Van Cleef stars as The Man With Gunsight Eyes in the Gianfranco Parolini classic SABATA. THEN Edd "Kookie" Byrnes sets out to find a lost Confederate treasure with a gang of maniacal marauders in Enzo G. Castellari’s 1967 directorial debut PAYMENT IN BLOOD.
Brutal Justice at the Selwyn
7/30/2023
1:21:04
On Episode 12, Pete and Seb discuss one of their favorite poliziotteschi/Eurocrime films that played at the Selwyn theater in July of 1978, Umberto Lenzi’s BRUTAL JUSTICE aka The Tough Ones starring Maurizio Merli and Tomas Milian.
The Hot, The Cool & The Vicious/Crippled Masters/The Steel Edge of Revenge at the Empire
6/5/2023
49:11
On Episode 11, Pete and Phil (Making Tarantino) discuss three films that played at the Empire Theater in June of 1983. FIRST they've got a double dose of 70's grindhouse kung fu with Tso Nam Lee's THE HOT, THE COOL & THE VICIOUS followed by the chopsocky sideshow CRIPPLED MASTERS. Don't leave the theater just yet because there's more in store! It's supercool samurai time with the 1969 Hideo Gosha chambara classic THE STEEL EDGE OF REVENGE aka Goyokin.

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42nd Street Forever

Grindhouse Cinema Database

20 Episodes

The Bird with The Crystal Plumage and Hatchet For The Honeymoon

I Drink Your Blood & The Hills Have Eyes at the Times Square

Master Killer and Duel of the Iron Fist at the Times Square

Walking The Edge and Low Blow at the Selwyn

Psychic Killer and Circle of Iron at CINE 42

Foxy Brown and Truck Turner at the Harris

Rolling Thunder at CINE 42

Sabata and Payment in Blood at the Lyric

Brutal Justice at the Selwyn

The Hot, The Cool & The Vicious/Crippled Masters/The Steel Edge of Revenge at the Empire