Welcome to the Grindhouse (8 titles)

A list of films that may have flown under your radar and embody the grindhouse feel.

by: filmfreak from The Tree Fort, Birmingham

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Sonny Chiba may be best known as Hitori Hanzo, from the Kill Bill films, but heres where the legend started. Sonny Chiba is the ultimate badass in this flick, which has some great Kung Fu Sequences including the showdown on an Oil Tanker. Like it's two sequels, this is a true Grindhouse Classic

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The Streetfighter on DVD
Starring: Sonny Chiba
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
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Three features. In 'The Street Fighter', when an important businessman dies leaving his fortunes to his daughter, the Mafia attempt to hire Terry to kidnap her. When they refuse to meet his price, they attempt to kill him, while he turns his attentions to secretly protecting the daughter. Also ..read more »

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Lady Snowblood 1 - Blizzard From The Netherworld

This was the film that inspired the character of the Bride in Kill Bill, it also features tracks that also appeared in Kill Bill. A decent story of revenge and one of the few Female ass kickers in Kung Fu Cinema

Lady Snowblood 1 - Blizzard From The Net... (1973)
Starring: Meiko Kaji, Ko Nishimura, Toshio Kurosawa
Director: Toshiya Fujita
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Two features. During 1874 a child is born to Sayo, a woman held in prison for murder, her name is Yuki Kashima, or Lady Snowblood. Sayo dies during childbirth, leaving precise instructions for her Yuki to revenge the death of her father... 'Lady Snowblood 2' continues the story of Yuki, Lady ..read more »

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Babycart At The River Styx

One of the best in The Babycart in Peril series and another big Kill Bill Influence, if you only see one film in the series make it this one!

Babycart At The River Styx on DVD (1972)
Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo
Director: Kenji Misumi
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BABY CART AT THE RIVER STYX, the second of the classic LONE WOLF AND CUB samurai films, finds Ogami Itto (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and his infant son continuing on their bloody path of vengeance. This time they seek the shadowy Yagyu clan, who try to kill the father and son--first by sending their ..read more »

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The Way Of The Dragon

Seeing how everyone recommend "Enter the Dragon" I'm gonna be diffrent and recommend Way instead. Marketed as a sequel to Enter the dragon, despite being made before it, Way of the dragon still has plenty for the Bruce Lee fans, including the lengendry two nunchuka fight scene and a showdown against Chuck Norris.

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The Way Of The Dragon on DVD (1972)
Starring: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Chuck Norris
Director: Bruce Lee
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Bruce Lee pays a visit to family members who own a restaurant in Italy, but mobsters who want the land the eatery is built upon, harass the owners, forcing Lee to defend his family as only he can. In the film's high-voltage, high-kickin' finale, Lee, for the sake of his loved ones, must battle a U...read more »

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Braindead

I was originally shown this by my brother and since then it's become a personal trashy fav. The last of Peter Jackson's splatter flicks, but luckly he saved the best for last, with this splattertastic zombie flick, I mean if you thought chainsaws where bad, just wait till you see what they do, with a petrol lawnmower!!

Braindead on DVD (1992)
Starring: Elizabeth Moody, Timothy Balme, Diana Penalver
Director: Peter Jackson
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Peter Jackson, master of subversive comedy, presents the story of a hapless young man whose overbearing mother gets him into a heap of trouble when she catches a bizarre zombie virus and starts turning innocent passersby into walking corpses. This grandiose splatterfest features loads of ..read more »

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Evil Dead 2

True it's basically a remake of the first film, but with your Boy Ash (The legendry Bruce Campbell) showing how to really kick some demon ass. Plenty of gore and bunch of great one liners, this is personally my fav of the trilogy, followed by Army of Darkness

Evil Dead 2 on DVD (1987)
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks
Director: Sam Raimi
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In this sequel-remake of the original EVIL DEAD, a group of people are trapped in a cabin while ancient evil lurks outside and threatens a fate worse than death. Can brawny wiseguy Ash save the day, or will his dead girlfriend come back to cause more trouble

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Bad Taste

The Debut of Peter Jackson (King Kong, Lord of the Rings). Bad Taste is one film that lives up to it's title, with Aliens, Chainsaws, Zombies and an Exploding sheep.........what more could you want??

Bad Taste (1989)
Starring: Pete O'Herne, Mike Miett, Terry Potter
Director: Peter Jackson
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After working on this movie for more than four years on an extremely tight budget (and with a cast and crew consisting only of himself and a group of close friends), filmmaker Peter Jackson eventually completed it with the help of the New Zealand Film Commission, who were very impressed with what ..read more »

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Not currently released

Electra Glide In Blue

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Electra Glide In Blue on DVD (1973)
Starring: Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush, Mitch Ryan
Director: James William Gurcio
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The ultimate, notoriously rare, infamously violent, action packed cult classic road movie is finally available on DVD. Along with Vanishing Point and Two Lane Black Top, Electra Glide In Blue reflects a generation in turmoil and encapsulates the gritty, uncompromising, fiercely independent ..read more »

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