Saturday Night Grindhouse

[justintfirefly]

Saturday Night Grindhouse was a show I created in Kingsport, TN a couple of years ago. We chose the name "Grindhouse" not because we were showing grindhouse cinema (obviously...we were using the government access channel), but because of our format. We showed a double feature of classic sci-fi and horror flicks every Saturday night at 9:00, hosted by Shannon "The Cinema Warrior." Our first episode included "The Tell Tale Heart" (1960) and "House on Haunted Hill" (1959). Episode 2 included "This Is Not a Test" (1962) and "The Last Man On Earth" (1964). We have a collection of several hundred public domain horror films that we wanted to show. Our Halloween special was to include "Night of the Living Dead" and "Spiderbaby." After the opening credits, my host would introduce the first flick, then close it afterward followed by trailers for the next week's films, then he'd do the same for the second feature.

Here's a small taste of what it was like:

[YOUTUBE]dTmuOzcX9Nw[/YOUTUBE]

Our website can be found at www.saturdaynightgrindhouse.com

So what happened to us? Well, the mayor of Kingsport decided my host was too "scary" to be on public television and demanded he be removed from our commercials we were airing during the day. So I did. Soon after, fans were asking why, the newspapers were asking why, and then when one of the local news stations wanted to do a piece on it, the mayor decided he'd had enough of us and canceled our show completely. I lost my show and my job on that one day. We did have a fan base though and they stood tall for us. WE ARE, however, planning on revamping some stuff and bringing this back as online-only so we cannot be censored. Add Us On Facebook for all the latest and greatest so you'll be the first to know...

Also...Just...ya know...what do you guys think?

TUNE IN AND LOSE YOUR MINDS!