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The Corpse Grinders (1971 Dave's Pick)

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Awesome Movie Year
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Jan 14, 2026
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Summary

The fourteenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1971 features our producer David Rosen’s personal pick, Ted V. Mikels’ The Corpse Grinders . Directed by Ted V. Mikels from a screenplay by Arch Hall and Joseph Cranston and starring Sean Kenney, Monika Kelly, Sanford Mitchell, J. Byron Foster and Warren Ball, The Corpse Grinders built a cult following that led to two sequels decades later. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Variety ( https://variety.com/1970/film/reviews/the-corpse-grinders-1200422401/ ), Scott Cain in The Atlanta Journal , and Andrew Reschke in the Syracuse Herald-Journal . Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and visit us on Facebook at  http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear   You can find Jason on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/ , on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/ You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/ , on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ , on Bluesky at signalbleed.bsky.social and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ If you’re a Letterboxd user and you watch any of the movies we talk about on the show, tag your review “Awesome Movie Year” to share your thoughts. You can find our producer David Rosen and his Piecing It Together Podcast at  https://www.piecingpod.com , on Twitter at  @piecingpod , on Bluesky at piecingpod.bsky.social and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/  Join the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook group at  https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod for more movie discussion and our Awesome Movie Year audience c…