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Portland Grindhouse Film Festival

Caged Women...Caged Passion...Caged Fury!

About Me

Old school kung fu, gore splattered horror, samurai vengeance, spaghetti westerns, Italian crime, revenge and exploitation films! Rare 35mm prints. For more info: www.grindhousefilmfest.com

Next up: CHAINED HEAT on Saturday October 18th at 7:45!

Dan Halsted is the festival organizer. Visit his movie blog: www.slumsofshaolin.com

My Interests

Music:

Luis Bacalov, Nico Fidenco, Riz Ortolani, Chen Yung Yu, Fabio Frizzi, Goblin, Ennio Morricone, RZA

Movies:

Movies directed by Chang Cheh, Lau Kar Leung, Joe D'Amato, Kinji Fukasaku, Fernando Di Leo, Rino Di Silvestro, Kenji Misumi, Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento, Sergio Leone, Sergio Corbucci, Sergio Sollima, Sergio Martino, Umberto Lenzi, Jack Hill, Enzo G. Castellari, William Lustig, Larry Cohen, Jess Franco, Jimmy Wang Yu, Lamberto Bava, Chung Sun, Jack Starrett, Joseph Kuo, Wilson Tong, Arthur Marks, Ng See Yuen, Gianfranco Parolini, and so many more.
Movies starring Gordon Liu, Lo Lieh, Pam Grier, Lee Van Cleef, Shintaro Katsu, Henry Silva, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Fred Williamson, Chen Kuan Tai, Franco Nero, David Chiang, Ti Lung, Sonny Chiba, Meiko Kaji, Claudia Jennings, Fu Sheng, Christina Lindberg, Jim Kelly, Richard Roundtree, Ron O'Neal, Charles Bronson, Klaus Kinski, William Smith, Sid Haig, Jim Brown, Tomas Milian, Max Julien, Sue Shiomi, John Saxon, Adam Roarke, Hwang Jang Lee, The Venom Mob
Also anything with flying guillotines, mysterious black gloved killers or moonshine-running hillbillies.

My Blog

CHAINED HEAT on Saturday October 18th!

On Saturday October 18th at 7:45 at the Hollywood Theatre, it's the women in prison classic Chained Heat! In glorious 35mm! Red hot passion melts cold prison steel!Chained Heat (1983) Linda Blair star...
Posted by Portland Grindhouse Film Festival on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:28:00 PST

SHOGUN ASSASSIN

This Saturday September 20th only at 7:45, it's the samurai vengeance classic Shogun Assassin! Around here, we call this the greatest movie ever made.Shogun Assassin (1980) The Lone Wolf and Cub story...
Posted by Portland Grindhouse Film Festival on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:14:00 PST

ROLLING THUNDER on Saturday August 16th

On Saturday August 16th only at 7:45 at the Hollywood Theatre, the Grindhouse Film Festival presents the legendary revenge film ROLLING THUNDER!ROLLING THUNDER (1977) Written by Paul Schrader around t...
Posted by Portland Grindhouse Film Festival on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:01:00 PST

SHAOLIN VS. WU TANG on Saturday July 26th

On Saturday July 26th only at 7:45 at the Hollywood Theatre, The Grindhouse Film Festival presents an incredibly rare 35mm screening of Shaolin vs. Wu Tang! Shaolin vs. Wu Tang (1981) It's Shaolin sh...
Posted by Portland Grindhouse Film Festival on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:18:00 PST

GRINDHOUSE TRAILER SPECTACULAR!

Saturday May 31st at 7:45 at the Hollywood Theatre: THE GRINDHOUSE TRAILER SPECTACULAR!In the 1970's, distributors trying to creatively sell strange low budget movies in oversaturated markets unwittin...
Posted by Portland Grindhouse Film Festival on Wed, 14 May 2008 11:38:00 PST

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST on April 12th. Uncut and Unholy

On Saturday April 12th only at 7:30 at the Hollywood Theatre, don’t miss the infamous CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST!  In a raging 35mm print.  Uncut and Unholy.  Plus, 35mm Grindhouse traile...
Posted by Portland Grindhouse Film Festival on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:57:00 PST

Kung fu mayhem on Saturday March 8th!

Saturday March 8th at 9:45 at the Hollywood Theatre, it's the incredibly rare and funkdafied kung fu classic Kid with the Golden Arms in glorious Shaw Scope!  Starring the Venom Mob from Five Dea...
Posted by Portland Grindhouse Film Festival on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:26:00 PST

February 16th Double Feature!

Double Feature on Saturday February 16th only at the Hollywood Theatre.  At 7:45, man eating terror is loose on the streets in ALLIGATOR!  Then at 9:45 it's the kung fu horror spectacular SE...
Posted by Portland Grindhouse Film Festival on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:56:00 PST

Silent Night, Deadly Night on December 22nd!

It's a holiday tradition!  On Saturday December 22nd only at 9:30 pm at the Hollywood Theatre, the Grindhouse Film Festival presents SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT!  A 35mm print of the 1984 Chr...
Posted by Portland Grindhouse Film Festival on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:43:00 PST

Grindhouse 2007 recap

The Grindhouse was a smash success! Nearly 1000 tickets sold, some magic tricks pulled in the projection booth, and all movies were well received. The Italian Horror Double Feature was a rowdy party a...
Posted by Portland Grindhouse Film Festival on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:52:00 PST