Grave Wax Podcast

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 the cheap horror movie podcast? Can’t wait to see what the autogenerated chapter titles are!

There’s extra stuttering and stammering as I recount several warm reminiscences of working retail for many many years.

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? What a visionary director! Spoiler warning.

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.

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.

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 minutes there’s a weird edit I couldn’t fix but nothing clipped was important. Hell, nothing saved was either!

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

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.

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!

Quick episode to wish you all a happy Halloween!

Today I’m talking about the first horror movies I saw as a kid.

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.

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.

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!

Happy new year! This episode has various topics and various audio quality. I’ve also added music. Enjoy.

I relearn how to speak again with this spoiler heavy full review of ANOES, one of the best slashers ever.

Here’s four music videos I found intriguing enough to cover.

Happy Friday the 13th! Today’s review is none other than the original Friday the 13th directed by Sean S. Cunningham. Spoiler alert!

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 sign or shirt saying St Mary’s COLLEGE.

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.

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 Jones Needs Our Help.” Edit 11/17/21: since then Actual Justice Warrior, Roberta Glass, and Lawyers Guns and Money Podcast have done excellent work on this story!

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.

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!

Discussing the power of narrative control in SNDN 2, with a spoiler heavy review!

I cover 1983’s A Blade In the Dark from director Lamberto Bava. Spoiler alert as usual.

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.

We conclude our analysis of the greatest horror film of all time!

Here’s the first part of our ridiculously detailed review of the greatest slasher movie of them all, 1982’s Pieces!

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.

Happy Halloween! This episode is on the 1970 documentary about Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan.

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!

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.

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.

This time we review 1980’s Faces of Death.

Lucio Fulci’s Zombi 2, from 1979.

1987’s Video Violence, a SOV expose of Frenchtown gets dissected this time.

Jess Franco’s absolutely mental 1981 slasher film gets dissected this time.

Spoiler alert, I’m covering 1983’s Friday the 13th Part 3.

1993’s Boxing Helena. Spoiler alert, I go through it beat by beat.

Today I’m discussing 1987’s Creepshow 2.