It's family fun week at Gem Hunt! Join the Dirt Dogs as they dive deep into sisterhood, animal husbandry, and science(?). Directed by Karen Arthur in 1978, The Mafu Cage features the incredible hair and talent of all-fam favorite Carol Kane! Gem? Turd? Deviation? Listen to find out!

Dive into this week’s episode of Gem Hunt as we discuss the found footage film Savageland, set in the fictional Arizona border town Sangre de Cristo: a town that was massacred in less than 12 hours with little to no trace of the victims. The single survivor, an illegal immigrant named Francisco Salazar, is charged with the crime; however, new compelling evidence turns an already shaky conviction into an obvious cover up. But what are the police hiding? Is this a simple case of blatant corruption and xenophobia, or something more sinister? And, most importantly, what actually happened on that fateful night in Sangre de Cristo?

Cities can be weird, grimy, and a bit scary, especially when the Dirt Dog Family shows up. Put on some blue eyeshadow and join your hosts in 80’s Los Angeles for a free-wheeling review of the film Retribution. Expect plenty of gore chatter and a brief discussion about black bears. Will the Fam give a thumbs up to this 1987 supernatural revenge flick? There's only one way to find out..

Germ Hat soundtrack courtesy of ludofaiga at freesound.com - https://freesound.org/s/566133/

This week on Gem Hunt, the Dirt Dogs check out a sexy Italian comic book recreated in the flesh with 1973’s Baba Yaga. Join us as we take selfies with a cursed camera, cuddle a dominatrix doll, and put up with some pretty ok dubbing. Is it a gem? Is it a turd? Is it radical? Tune in to find out, but please mind the bottomless pit in the living room on the way in..

Meeting new people is hard, and meeting psychotic cannibalistic distant relatives is even harder. This week we dive into the lost cult classic Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told, and discuss what the term cult classic even means. Is Spider Baby a cult film? Is it dog shit or something that sparkles? Tune in and find out.

P.S. Lon Chaney Jr. will also be there..

If you happen upon a creepy dying man deep in the forests of Brazil and he asks you to read a spell from a magic book to save his soul, be sure to follow his exact instructions. This week, the Dirt Dog family tries to raise the dead using the Lost Book of Cipriano while reviewing Rodrigo Aragão’s 2018 film, A Mata Negra (The Black Forest). Avoid the blood splatter and keep your dial tuned to Gem Hunt to find out what Beth, Buggy, and Cody think of this Brazilian horror fable. You may also learn a thing or two about the Brazilian horror legend Coffin Joe.

This week, the elder Dirt Dogs get schooled by Buggy on lesbian vampire literature, as they dive into Juan López Moctezuma's Alucarda. Tune in to find out if this 1977 Mexican film wins gem status, or belongs back in the blood-filled coffin with the other turds.

Beth, Buggy, and Cody enroll in the Falcon Academy of Athletics with a place in the Nationals on the line. Can your hosts uncover the identity of the demented javelin-hurling killer brutally dispatching young athletes in the 1984 film Fatal Games before it's too late? Tune in to find out whether this 80’s obscurity is awarded with a hidden gem award or relegated to the turd bin. And remember.. Winning isn’t everything, winning is the ONLY THING!