{"id":706,"date":"2009-01-17T14:57:05","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T12:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/?p=706"},"modified":"2021-01-11T08:55:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T06:55:33","slug":"quentins-top-20-favorite-grindhouse-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/2009\/01\/quentins-top-20-favorite-grindhouse-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Quentin&#8217;s Top 20 favorite grindhouse movies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grindhousedatabase.com\/index.php\/Quentin_Tarantino%27s_Top_20_Grindhouse_Classics\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grindhousedatabase.com\/images\/Qt1.png\" alt=\"GCDb\" title=\"Deuce\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/excl.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"excl\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week we exclusively treated you to Quentin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/2009\/01\/14\/quentins-top-20-favorite-spaghetti-westerns\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>official list of favorite Spaghetti Westerns<\/em><\/a> (check it out if you missed that), and this weekend we&#8217;re taking it another step and we&#8217;ll present his top 20 list of old <strong>grindhouse movies<\/strong>. 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