Episodes
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Mini-Episode 11
Various topics. Spoiler alert for Thanksgiving and Pet Sematary.
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Mini-Episode: Catchin’ Up
Discussing the slowness of your faithful host in getting episodes out, Mondo movies and Faces of Death, organically leading to the topic of entertaining body cam footage, what to do if you end up in those situations, and hey, let’s throw in some spirituality talk in too. Isn’t this supposed to be...
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Mini-Episode 9: Fond Retail Memories
There’s extra stuttering and stammering as I recount several warm reminiscences of working retail for many many years.
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Nightmare City
Happy Halloween! Our special episode this year is Umberto Lenzi’s Nightmare City. The 1980 gore epic is one of the most fun and innovative zombie films and one of my personal favorites. It dares to ask the question: does advanced civilization inevitably produce spiteful mutants out for blood?…
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Mini Episode 8: Scary Stories
Scary stories played a huge role in sparking my love of horror. Here, I discuss four book series I read as a precocious youth and read you some of my favorite macabre tales. Correction: there ARE still school book fairs, I Binged it.
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Sleepaway Camp
Alright gangsters, listen up, cuz this is gonna be a lot of fun. We’re reviewing 1983’s Sleepaway Camp in distressing detail (spoiler warning.) It’s our longest single episode as summer transitions to fall and spooky season 2025 commences.
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Mini-episode 7: Lefties, True Crime, and more
Here’s some Hater-Aid about Leftism and true crime podcasts. The true crime commentators I respect include Atheism Is Unstoppable (Devon Tracey), who I listened to for most of the Kevin Cooper information, and Actual Justice Warrior. Now we can get on with Spooky Season!!! Note: in the first two...
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Mini episode: my intellectual journey, conclusion
The second and last part of me trying to piece together what I used to think and why. Unquestionably this is the least important episode yet! Article on Supertramp and 911: https://medium.com/@kyled1960/a-most-illogical-theory-7e56fad36bc3
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Mini-episode 5: Intellectual Underpinnings
Here’s part one of my intellectual journey. It’s a short ride! Correction: I called Edward Bernays Freud’s cousin, he was really his nephew, just a slip there. Also he did not invent Bèarnaise Sauce.
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Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
It’s been five years of the Grave Wax Podcast! So today we’re doing a spoiler heavy review of Friday the 13th Part V, which is turning 40 this month. How perfect is that? As perfect as it gets when you’re listening to the Grave Wax Podcast!
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Mini Episode 4: Happy Halloween 2024!
Quick episode to wish you all a happy Halloween!
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Mini-ep 3: My Horror History, the early years
Today I’m talking about the first horror movies I saw as a kid.
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Cannibal Holocaust
Spoiler heavy review for Ruggero Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust. A Deodato film on Argento’s birthday!? Typical Grave Wax timing. At one point I say Alan Yates’ dad looks like Teen Wolf, however I actually meant Teen Wolf’s dad.
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Mini Episode 2
Talking ‘bout my horror Blu Ray orders and my plans for the Halloween season. At one point I say “autobiographies” when I meant “biographies.” I assure you I know the difference and regret the error.
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Urban Legend
Amicum Optimum Factum. This episode is 1998’s Urban Legend. Spoiler alert as we cover it scene by scene. In the beginning I say April 23, but I meant April 24, obviously!
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Mini-episode 1
Happy new year! This episode has various topics and various audio quality. I’ve also added music. Enjoy.
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A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
I relearn how to speak again with this spoiler heavy full review of ANOES, one of the best slashers ever.
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Music Videos (Music Video Special No. 1)
Here’s four music videos I found intriguing enough to cover.
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Friday the 13th (1980)
Happy Friday the 13th! Today’s review is none other than the original Friday the 13th directed by Sean S. Cunningham. Spoiler alert!
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Aenigma
Happy Halloween! This time we fully review Lucio Fulci’s Aenigma (spoiler alert.) I missed a few funny things but there was so much to talk about, I think it turned out ok. Correction: my puzzlement over whether this was a high school or college was funny but it turns out almost every scene has a...
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Final Exam
Some call 1981’s Final Exam a generic slasher, but we’ll go over all the crazy plot elements that make this a fun, unique horror movie, including the all too often ignored wedgie pickin’ scene.
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James Corden and Julius Jones (True Crime Special Episode)
Devon Tracey made a video about this case, and only he, justiceforpaulhowell.com, and the victim’s family are standing up for the truth, as far as I know. So we’ll examine fat loser James Corden’s sob story about a worthless murderer and see just how much BS he can fit into his video, “Julius…
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Tough Guys Don’t Dance
I have a bad feeling that this is a terrible episode. Well, here it is, a full rundown on TGDD. I will give a spoiler alert but honestly I never figured out what was going on.
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The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
This is our first episode covering the Twilight Zone. We ask, was this an allegory of the McCarthy hearings, an exposè of small souled suburbia, or a total vindication of all my thoughts and ideas? You’ll have to listen to find out which I chose!
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Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Discussing the power of narrative control in SNDN 2, with a spoiler heavy review!
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A Blade In the Dark
I cover 1983’s A Blade In the Dark from director Lamberto Bava. Spoiler alert as usual.
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Stranger on the Third Floor
1940’s film noir classic starring Peter Lorre gets reviewed this time. Spoiler alert, I go over the whole plot as usual. Also at one point I said the director was Edgar Ulmer, what was I thinking? Boris Ingster directed this.
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Pieces Part 2
We conclude our analysis of the greatest horror film of all time!
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Pieces Part 1
Here’s the first part of our ridiculously detailed review of the greatest slasher movie of them all, 1982’s Pieces!
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The Dead Zone
It took me forever to finish this, I wish Johnny could have warned me the trials and tribulations I’d face reviewing his wonderful film, directed by David Cronenberg, based on Stephen King’s novel.
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Satanis The Devil’s Mass
Happy Halloween! This episode is on the 1970 documentary about Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan.
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Be very aware of your surroundings as you listen to our review of 1986’s Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. And whatever you do, DO NOT accept any free fumigation offers from strangers!
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Cannibal Apocalypse
Tonight’s film is 1980s Cannibal Apocalypse, starring the late, great John Saxon. There may be better tributes out there, and I also call July June at one point.
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Blood Feast
Have you ever had...AN EGYPTIAN FEAST!? Tonight’s film is HG Lewis’ Blood Feast. Correction: at one point I say David Friedman directed She Freak, but he was the producer, it was directed by Byron Mabe.
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Faces of Death
This time we review 1980’s Faces of Death.
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Zombi 2
Lucio Fulci’s Zombi 2, from 1979.
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Video Violence
1987’s Video Violence, a SOV expose of Frenchtown gets dissected this time.
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Bloody Moon
Jess Franco’s absolutely mental 1981 slasher film gets dissected this time.
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Friday the 13th Part III
Spoiler alert, I’m covering 1983’s Friday the 13th Part 3.
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Boxing Helena
1993’s Boxing Helena. Spoiler alert, I go through it beat by beat.
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Creepshow 2
Today I’m discussing 1987’s Creepshow 2.