HERE'S EVERYTHING YOU MISSED IN THE LAST 25 YEARS!!

The gang is back together and we're talking about our top 5 (sometimes 10) underrated films released between the years 2000 and 2025 (don't give me that whole "2001 is the first year of the 21st century" spiel, alright, let it go). Join Gabe and Patrick Ripoll, along with call ins from previous Genre Grinder guests Jim Laczkowski, Luana Saitta, Chloe Waryan, Tyler Foster, Kristine Fisher, and 96 Greers co-host Barry Linn.

So get your watchlists ready and get in the comments or email me to tell me your top 5 underrated films of the first quarter of the 21st century (again, keep your opinions about what year was the first of the 21st century to yourself, just let me have this).

00:00 – Intro and Gabe & Patrick's first two

16:57 – Jim's list

25:17 – Gabe & Patrick's next two

36:15 – Luana's list

44:19 – Chloe's list

50:35 – Gabe & Patrick's next two

58:23 – Tyler's list (featuring Gabe)

1:30:35 – Gabe & Patrick's next two

1:43:03 – Barry's list

1:46:51 – Kristine's list

1:54:36 – Gabe & Patrick's last two and outro

You can find more of Patrick and Barry on the 96 Greers podcast!

You can find more from Jim at his Linktree!
You can find Luana's story writing at the following links:

• Love's Red Blossom

• The Dream Quest of Well-known Kawtar

• Hedging Your Bets (part of Wyngraf Romance Special 2025)

• New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2025 (pre-order)

You can find more Chloe at the Chloe's Not Scared Substack!

You can find more or Tyler right here on the Genre Grinder Website!

You can join Kristine's Music League here!

I used a lot of music on this episode so here's a track list, though that might spoil some of the picks for some of you, so proceed with caution:

"Land of the Dead" by The Misfits

"Galaxies" by Laura Veirs

"Makin' Some Noise" by Tom Petty

"Schweden Schweden" by Ebba Grön

"Lagaan... Once Upon a Time in India" by A.R. Rahman & Anuradha Sriram

"Night Club Fight" by Fajar Yuskemal & Aria Prayogi

"Fish Story" by Kazuyoshi Saito

"Horizon Of Computation" by Morgan Coy

"Friends Come in All Sizes" by David Newman (feat. Robin Williams)

"Digital Versicolor" by Glass Candy

"Hail Halyx" performed by Shelly Regner, Roger Freeland, Jeff Hoeppner, Brendan McCreary, Selena Moshell, and Ryan Dean

YOU DIDN'T CUT YOUR CARBON EMISSIONS AND NOW WE'RE UP TO OUR EYEBALLS IN SMOG MONSTERS, MUTANT ISOPODS, AND VENGEFUL NATURE SPIRITS!!

We've already covered natural disasters and killer animals on Genre Grinder, but what about some specifically man-made environmental horrors? Well, that's where Gabe and returning guest Justin Clark come in.

After last month's epic seven-movie podcast, we're dialing things back to a more manageable three films, all from different countries and different decades. First up is the Toho kaiju classic, Yoshimitsu Banno and Teruyoshi Nakano's Godzilla vs. Hedorah (aka: Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster, 1971), followed by Barry Levinson's eerie mockumentary The Bay (2012), and Lee Haven Jones' Welsh folkhorror film The Feast (Welsh: Gwleðð, 2021).

00:00 – Intro
4:09 – Godzilla vs. Hedorah
49:41 – The Bay
1:24:28 – The Feast
1:51:02 – Outro

WRIGGLING WORMS, CRAWLING BUGS, SLITHERING SNAKES, WITCHCRAFT, RITUALS, AND BODILY FLUIDS OF EVERY COLOR IMAGINABLE!!

Once upon a time, three brothers named Shaw started a film studio in Hong Kong. That studio grew into a Southeast Asian powerhouse, building its reputation on wuxia, kung fu, period dramas, comedies, and, in the mid '70s, horror. The special Shaw brand of horror, defined by black magic rituals, wild visuals, and exploitation spectacle was, in part, spearheaded by two filmmakers – Ho Meng-Hua and Kuei Chih-Hung.

Join Gabe and special guest host Stefan Hammond, author of Sex & Zen and a Bullet in the Head (with Mike Wilkins, 1996), Hollywood East (2000), and More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets (2020), as they explore the history of the studio and films of these two maverick directors. This is a particularly packed episode, covering Shaw's horror films in general, but focusing mostly on Ho's Black Magic (1975), Black Magic 2 (1976), and The Oily Maniac (1976), and Kuei's Killer Snakes (1974), Hex (1980), Bewitched (1981), and The Boxer's Omen (1983).


00:00 – Intro (a brief history of Shaw and Southeast Asian horror)
20:20 – Ho Meng-Hua, Black Magic, and Black Magic 2
53:52 – The Oily Maniac (and more Ho)
1:01:24 – Kuei Chih-Hung and The Killer Snakes
1:33:28 – Hex, Bewitched, and The Boxer's Omen (and more Kuei)
2:06:32 – Outro