HERE COMES THE BRIDE, ALL DRESSED IN …BLACK!?! RIDING A BROOM AND CLUTCHING A CAT?!?

It’s intractable imps, saucy sorceresses, and weird women on this episode of Genre Grinder, all falling in love and putting their spell on unsuspecting men. Join Gabe and returning guest Luana Saitta as they look at three entries in the surprisingly prevalent subgenre of movies where men accidentally marry witches or women, who, unbeknownst to their husbands, become witches.

This month’s titles include René Clair’s I Married a Witch (1942), based on the novel The Passionate Witch by Thome Smit & Norman H. Matson (1941), Richard Quine’s Bell, Book, and Candle (1958), based on the 1950 play by John Van Druten, and Sidney Hayers’ Night of the Eagle (aka: Burn, Witch, Burn, 1962), based on the novel Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber (1943/52).

Outro song: “The Devil’s Widow” by Blood Ceremony

You can find Luana’s storywriting at the following links:
Love’s Red Blossom: https://swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/loves-red-blossom/
The Dream Quest of Well-known Kawtar: https://swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/the-dream-quest-of-well-known-kawtar/
Hedging Your Bets (part of Wyngraf Romance Special 2025): https://wyngraf.itch.io/wyngraf-romance-special-2025
New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2025 (pre-order): https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/brackenbooks/new-edge-sword-sorcery-2025

ADULTERY, MANIPULATION, AND MURDER, RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES AND SLATHERED ACROSS YOUR TELEVISION SCREEN!!

In the early days of mainstream cable, on the cusp of the Menendez Brothers and O.J. Simpson trials, the big three American networks struck gold with sensationalistic docudramas – several of which were based on the true crimes of notorious women. Join Gabe and returning guest Kristine Fisher as they take a look at three famous crimes and five made-for-TV movies based on them.

The films we’re covering this month include Joyce Chopra’s Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story (1991), Dick Lowry’s A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992) and its sequel, Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1992), and two Amy Fisher movies, John Herzfeld’s Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) and Andy Tennant’s The Amy Fisher Story (1993).

I apologize that Kristine’s mic picked up everything from her typing her notes, to the traffic outside, and even my own voice, creating a reverb effect. I didn’t notice while we were recording and have tried to minimize the issue in editing.

00:00 – Intro

05:11 – Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

25:08 – A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story and Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

54:47 – Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story

1:13:06 – The Amy Fisher Story

1:33:19 – Outro

Outro song: “Dangerous” by Wildfire, feat. Emiliano Obregón: https://soundcloud.com/afterdreams/dangerous-roxette-cover

ALRIGHT, YA HOSERS, GRAB YOUR PLAID TRAPPER HAT, YOUR MOOSEHEAD, AND YOUR BIGGEST BOWL OF POUTINE – WE’RE CHECKING OUT SOME CANADIAN HORROR MOVIES!

You can’t talk about the greatest horror and exploitation films of the ‘70s and ‘80s without including our neighbors to the North. Canadian horror – or canuxploitation – is a broad subject that covers several subgenres, so Gabe and returning guest Jim Laczkowski have limited their scope to four favorites that don’t include David Cronenberg or Bob Clark: Alan Ormsb & Jeff Gillen’s Deranged (1974), Peter Carter’s Rituals (aka: The Creeper, 1977), Murray Markowitz’s I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (1978), and Sandor Stern’s Pin (1988).

00:00 – Intro (What is canuxploitation?)

09:52 – Deranged

28:45 – Rituals

55:22 – I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses

1:12:32 – Pin

1:34:56 – Outro and recommendations