From 42nd Street Pete comes the premiere issue of a grindhouse 'zine dedicated to those wild and weird days of New York's 42nd Street. No PC nonsense when it comes to exploitation cinema!

Grindhouse Purgatory

Humor & Entertainment

Watt, Mike

Martinko, Jason

Chiarella, Pete

Hadley, Josh

Movies

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A return to the grit, grime and sleaze of old 42nd Street grindhouse movies. Issue 2 brings more politically-incorrect articles including a look back at Bruce Lee, interview with Celeste Yarnell and an indepth look at the "Blood Island" trilogy; and Wes Craven's classic "The Hills Have Eyes" from the perspective of multiple writers who grew up with the survival horror masterpiece.

Grindhouse Purgatory Issue 2

Adcock, Bill

Waltz, Douglas

Riorden, Annie

More politically-incorrect articles and essays about the glory days of trash and sleaze cinema. In this issue: Cannibal Cook-Off: Lenzi vs. Deodato; actor Woody Strode; the American Western; Q: The Winged Serpent and much more!

Grindhouse Purgatory - Issue #3

Grindhouse Purgatory - Issue 6. 42nd Street Pete presents more articles and reviews from the sleazy side of cinema. In this issue: Lee Van Cleef is "Barquero!"; Tributes to Roddy Piper and Christopher Lee; "Heels and Heavies" of wrestling and cinema; Bigfoot in the Movies; Dukey Flyswatter and Hal Havins talk "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama" - and more!

Grindhouse Purgatory - Issue 6

"Women in Prison Issue"! More "movies * wrestling * and bullsh*t" from 42nd Street Pete and his usual gang of miscreants. This issue looks at the careers of Carol Speed, Angela Mao, Pryme Tyme Amy Lee, Tura Satana; with special articles on exploitation maven Doris Wishman and a front-lines report from the legendary Scream Queen Brinke Stevens! All this and more of what you've come to expect from the slickest underground 'zine available.

Grindhouse Purgatory - Issue 9

The very first GRINDHOUSE PURGATORY omnibus issue collects the best material from the now out-of-print Issues 1-3, along with some brand new material unavailable anywhere else. Spaghetti Westerns! Hardcore Wrestling! Codename: Wild Geese! The forgotten beauty of '70s 42nd Street! Plus a little tribute to our departed friend, Andy Copp. And much more! All brought to you by 42nd Street Pete's special brand of off-beat humor!

Grindhouse Purgatory Greatest Hits

Kosanke, Dave

Happy Cloud Publishing

Grindhouse Purgatory says farewell to our friend, Sid Haig.

Grindhouse Purgatory #15

“I am known as 42nd Street Pete, a character that I created as a living reminder of that lost decade, the ‘70s. I was one of a million nameless, faceless kids with no direction and no future. We all had the ugly specter of the Vietnam War hanging like a sword over our heads. We weren’t college material; we were clerks, gas station attendants, custodians, the like. Pretty much cannon fodder for the front lines. Most of us knew that we stood a good chance of being drafted and coming back in a bag, so we lost ourselves in the explosion of drugs, alcohol, sex, violence, and music that were the ‘70s.” Hustler, pot fiend, porn expert.Take a walk down a dark alley with 42nd Street Pete as he recounts his tales growing up on "The Deuce". Criminal activity, classic undesirable cinema, pot, booze, pros, cons. The '70s: uncut, uncensored. If you really remember the ’70s, you were lucky to have survived them.

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