Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 607 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This time around the horror club gets together to discuss Deadcon directed by Caryn Waechter. And while we come to terms with the fact that we are not social media superstars, we also cover… The Dark and the Wicked, Halloween at Aunt Ethel's, Orphan: First Kill, Lauren Elizabeth, pickled chocolates, dripping blood, The Sisterhood of Night, symbols and runes, 1408, it felt like you shouldn’t be watching this, can I unsee this, Isabelle Fuhrman, the lampshades are on upside down, they might have used some sort of witchcraft, movies are supposed to distract you from reading, she’ll make candy out of you, Keith Machekanyanga, clunky exposition or the lack thereof, a peeping Tom, The Shining, old time software, I have a lot of questions about the administrative staff of this hotel, Julia Stiles, status update, the chair is on the bed, I’m just overwhelmed by how amazing you guys are for just making this happen, The Strangers, Claudia Sulewski, a closet t

Movie Meltdown - Episode 606 This episode we talk with Emily Swallow who you may know as The Armorer in The Mandalorian. Join us as we discuss how she got into acting, favorite movies, seafaring ghosts, the challenges of acting in costume, the worrisome aspects of organized religion and of course - what it’s like to work with Grogu.  And while we batten down the hatches just in case a hurricane is coming, we also bring up… Big Fish, Fight Club, Burning Bright, Haunting of the Mary Celeste, obsolete technology, caterpillar metamorphosis, based in Kali, Garret Dillahunt, making VHS videos, trying to figure things out sometimes to a fault, Werner Herzog, fighting with tools, Helena Bonham Carter, shooting in Sausalito, Legacy Effects, tracking fake things in the sky, this movie is going to destroy you, Pee Wee Herman, interning at the State Department, Meat Loaf, an angel in the church choir, every single piece of the process can be helpful to my own process, Star Search, a completely ramshackle we're lucky it d

Movie Meltdown - Episode 605 This episode we're coming to you “live” from WonderFest as we're joined by our guest co-host Bill, who among many things is a “Land of the Lost” aficionado. Plus we also talk with one of the stars of “Land of the Lost” - Wesley Eure. And in addition to discussing running from dinosaurs, we also go into some of his movies like “The Toolbox Murders”, “Jennifer” and “C.H.O.M.P.S.”. Not to mention a special guest appearance from Holly herself - Kathy Coleman! And while we cover the potential disadvantages of wearing a pith helmet, we also delve into… Star Trek, Riverdale, The Orville, Idiocracy, Don’t Look Up, G.I. Joe, board games, Days of Our Lives, we all sat on a dinosaur, Psycho Goreman, NBA players, Dinah Shore, melding film and video tape, buying way too many toys, starting your own cult, becoming a cowboy, The Tempest, it took me about two weeks to get out of the character, Star Wars, the boa was so big, a William Castle experience, you forgot to mention that Frankenstein had

Movie Meltdown - Episode 604 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") The Meltdown Horror Club returns to discuss A Classic Horror Story directed by Roberto De Feo and Paolo Strippoli. And while we realize we prefer not knowing what the hell was going on most of the time, we also address… Society, Babylon, Malignant, Critters, Ghoulies, The Gate, The Blob, Dead Pixels, Dario Argento, too many layers, debauchery, Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century, horror homage, sincere or satire, transportation in Italy, Reality Bites, Shawnee Smith, a beautiful triptych, the mafia, Cabin in the Woods, there were three knights, mom’s a jerk, The Houses October Built, an elaborate plan involving cars and spaghetti, horror in the news, sometimes you’ve just gotta punch someone through the head, the Italian film market, getting shot in the chest, there’s like a whole Satanic element to it, trolls of the snuff film industry, Blood Fest, exploding heads or projectile vomiting, Kevin Dillon’s hair, a dead goat in the road, yeti hair, fists th

Movie Meltdown - Episode 603 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Join us as we discuss the Austrian horror film The Strange House aka The Scary House directed by Daniel Prochaska. And while we address the finer points of slugs versus snails, we also mention… It Follows, Night of the Lepus, David Lynch’s Rabbits, Slayers, driving through the mountains, cursing in multiple languages, subtitles and dubbing, covering people in wax, ghost in the mirror, the poop emoji, German or Austrian, creepy things in the attic, foreign chips, a spooky haunted Polaroid, a supernatural STD, giant bunnies, caves n’ stuff, a creepy basement, as though it has some sort of opinion on social media, being casual about your friend’s possession and perfecting your gruel recipe. Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for "The Strange House" and/or "The Scary House", so watch the movie before you listen. “Apparently this was used in a psychological study… used as a stimulus in a psychological experiment on the effects of acetaminophen on existential c

Movie Meltdown - Episode 602 The Super Series returns with our discussion of James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3... along with many other tangents. And while we realize, we ourselves are crackling with cosmic energy, we also cover… Mrs. Davis, Beef, Soft and Quiet, Love Actually, such a conglomeration of people, every kid’s a whatever, The Walking Dead, Zune replacements, elaborating on Captain Marvel, Sylvester Stallone, a suicide from the drink station, the Garbage Pail Kids and Madballs, future Marvel projects, Peacemaker and The Love Boat. Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, so watch the movie before you listen. “Just stay all right and don’t be a jerk in the real world.”  

Movie Meltdown - Episode 601 Join us as we venture into the grindhouse world of 1990: The Bronx Warriors directed by Enzo G. Castellari.  And while we mistakenly get off at the wrong stop on the subway, we also bring up… No Exit, Knock at the Cabin, John Wick: Chapter 4, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Italian genre cinema, Vic Morrow, loving Keanu Reeves, where did the horses come from, Sam Raimi, a fistful of funeral, Mark Gregory, a great moment for theater kids, Shane Black, Mad Max, Samuel L. Jackson, looks like a war zone, George Eastman, Ana de Armas, a giant elaborate birthday cake, Geena Davis, Ennio Girolami, action scenes in slo-mo, dark elves, The Warriors, Escape from New York and Fosse!  Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for 1990: The Bronx Warriors, so watch the movie before you listen.  “He’s definitely very Snake Plisskenny… without the charm.”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 600 Join us as head to the Lexington Comic & Toy Convention and while we hang out there we also delve into… Crying Freeman, bronze age horror comics, Jason Lee, Future Man, bringing back video stores, Clueless, SubUrbia, Vertigo, Crab Man, Missy Peregrym, The Crow: Salvation, John Saxon, Dr Pepper Shake, a new wave of anime kids, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, The Crow: 2037, Jeremy Sisto, Walton Goggins, Eric Mabius, Cannibal Apocalypse, beaver nuggets, a working vacation, tables all over the world, Kissing a Fool, Justified, getting beaten down by life, Whataburger, Derek Wilson, the state of brisket and bonding through spitefulness. “Yeah… I’ve stabbed myself so many f-ing times.” For more on the convention, go to: lexingtoncomiccon.com

Movie Meltdown - Episode 599 The Meltdown Horror Club returns to ask - what's your favorite scary movie... franchise? Listen as we discuss Scream 6 directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. And as we discuss Jenna Ortega’s plans for world domination, we also address… Resurrection, The Pyjama Girl Case, Return of the Living Dead: Part 2, visiting Cocaine Bear, Samara Weaving, ghost dad hallucinations, the Greenwich Village Halloween parade, Melissa Barrera, not being a therapist, Murder Party shout out, being a ruined by the internet, being really annoyed at Gale, got Julius Caesar-ed, Giallo, Hayden Panettiere, shopping at Hot Topic, Stab: The Musical, The Core Four, hero or psychopath, Wednesday Addams, movie neighbors, pausing the movie, a no Ghost Face policy, Courteney Cox, girl in a box, quit sword of Damocles-ing me, a Scream museum, medical rules don’t apply, just pause your movie, Sammy Davis Jr. and our new Ghost Face cartoon series. Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for “Scream 6” (and the w

Movie Meltdown - Episode 598 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we discuss House of Wax, the 2005 film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Elisha Cuthbert, Jared Padalecki, Chad Michael Murray and Paris Hilton. And while we order our box set of Cousin Skeeter, we also mention… Noroi: The Curse, Old, celebrity sex tapes, murdered imaginary friends, another Florida rant, being ripped, being really good at swimming, the extra brother, bodily functions in this universe, the questionable timetable, Supernatural, the hubris of young people, not getting cast in Hollywood, One Tree Hill, duct taping children, building a whole town, bones turning to dust, Gilmore Girls, opinions of rich people, the volume on that outfit, Japanese folk horror, The Girl Next Door, she moves in such a weird way, horror remakes, the WB, the football game, a wilderness camp for troubled teens, the death pile, M. Night Shyamalan, a paranormal TV show and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for "Ho

Movie Meltdown - Episode 597 This installment of The Super Series we discuss Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as well as a lot of other topics along the way.  And as we dig into our own mental Video Archives, we also cover… a retired Wolverine, Brian De Palma, Only Murders in the Building, Match Point, Jiminy Glick, Dressed to Kill, No Exit, Janet van Dyne, The Micronauts, Jonathan Majors, Ironheart, Mobius, Timely Comics, The Clone Wars, Kathryn Newton, Kraven the Hunter, Demonoid, The Approach, stand-up movies, MODOK, a wish version of Darth Vader, the internet brought consequences, Rick and Morty, Disney+, Taiwanese action, Veb, Peyton Reed, F. Murray Abraham, Loki, Blow Out, Night of the Ghoul, Identity, Michelle Pfeiffer, the butt shot, Bill Murray, The Council of Kangs, mythical monsters vs. dinosaurs, Hank Pym, Paul Rudd, John Wick: Chapter 4, David Dastmalchian, Scarlett Johansson, Speed, The One Armed Executioner, Tom Holland, influenced by Hong Kong cinema, the devil hates rock n roll, Evangeline L

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack 67 This episode we are once again joined by composer Erich Stem as we play and discuss all the 2022 Oscar nominees for both Best Original Song and Best Original Score.  And as we work our way toward our own fifty year collaboration, we also bring up… Ashley Thursby, harmonium, Clair de lune, destruction, slap tonguing, watching the ceremony, collaboration, specific pieces only working with specific scenes, the leitmotif, how much time do you give a composer to write a piece, doesn’t know how to play a snare, neo-romantic melodies, Shenandoah, glockenspiel, listen as an album, the old version of Top Gun, Sofia Carson, director and songwriter, a percussion concerto, more international flavor, life-long projects, two different types of scores, metallic sounds, years of collaboration, sampling other composers and the Academy loves a narrative.  “No other approach to writing music would have worked for this film.”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 596 Join us as we visit with a couple of long lost co-hosts who may think they are trying to derail the conversation. But the secret to our show is... we were never on the rails at all.  And while we try to unravel the mystery of our crazy nightmare movie dreams, we also delve into… The Man from Uncle, The Menu, Top Gun: Maverick, Armed and Dangerous, National Treasure, Megalopolis, Night Court, Vengeance, It's a Wonderful Life, Citizen Kane, DJing movies, Glass Onion, cannibalism, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Foghorn Leghorn, Rambo, conspiracy theories, friends and groups and cliches, ADHD, Stacy Keach’s dad, intelligentsia douchebag, a quiet stabbing death, Cloak & Dagger, did we really go to the moon, an incredible art collection, changing technology, which Clue ending did you get, The Da Vinci Code, Werner Herzog, Universal Studios vs Disney World, Francis Ford Coppola, plow over two dozen cars, Death on the Nile, Frank Capra, The Vogue Theatre, B.J. Novak, Rian Johnson and

Movie Meltdown - Episode 595 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we discuss Choose or Die, the 2022 film directed by Toby Meakins.  And while we wait for our ancient video game to load up, we also address… Alice in Borderland, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Scott Adams Classic Adventures, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, Iola Evans, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Glass Onion, Robert Englund, Ready Player One, Terror Train, eat the computer, The Wicker Man, old school Disney movies, the drowned little brother of it all, Trivial Pursuit, murder games, the 80s abandoned warehouse apartment dream, Trading Places, Cannon Films, making millions of dollars, face fixes, Asa Butterfield, making fun of rich people, broken glass, Nintendo Switch, David Copperfield, World War 2 fascism, obtusely bad, adding an extra O to your name, The Birds and a screaming goat. Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for "Choose or Die", so go watch the movie before you listen. “This ain’t no Jumanji.”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 594 Join us as we continue on our labyrinthian discussion of different films and filmmakers. And once we realize we’re actually just hiding in the round rack of life, we also mention… Dawn of the Dead, Invaders from Mars, Elvis, Blonde, Albert Pyun, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Terrifier, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, They Live, Everything Everywhere All at Once, once your eyes stop uncrossing, Dan O'Bannon, unapologetically what it is, George Miller, Looney Tunes world, James Karen, Alien from L.A., Wendie Jo Sperber, Stan Winson, new terrible things waiting to happen tomorrow, Cyborg, Bruce Willis, special make-up effects, Tobe Hooper, this is great French toast, Thom Mathews, Tales From the Crypt, I’ve got one word for you… mime, Dario Argento, Hunter Carson, The Return of the Living Dead, Baz Luhrmann, torturing a puppet on-screen, production design, Radioactive Dreams, Robert Zemeckis, Kevin Bacon, long trench coats, twenty isolated viewings, in 3D, American Graffiti, I

Movie Meltdown - Episode 593 This episode our host is virtually reunited with one of his favorite people - a character by the name of Sam Drog. Sure he’s an enigma and a potential threat to humanity… but he’s also a film lover and a hell of a lot of fun. So join us as we see what he's been up to lately and just what he’s been watching.  And while we both expel a screaming, psychic cry for help, we also cover… Nope, going back to conventions, Firestarter, going up to a random stranger, a screen-accurate Highlander sword, social anxiety, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, John Waters, the initial promise of the internet, old people explaining anime to each other, I’m in The Thing right now, Captain Harlock, hey chainsaw man, punching a moose, doughnuts make that all go away, Keith David, telekinetic powers, Battle of the Planets, someone who has trouble reading the room, on team calls, stressed-out high school kids, our WALL-E future, lockdown messed up kids, an office frozen in time, degenerate weirdo losers, Speed

Movie Meltdown - Episode 592 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Bust out the hot cocoa and Christmas cookies and settle in as we discuss the controversial holiday horror “classic” Silent Night, Deadly Night. And while we try to decide just how to put “The Star Wars Holiday Special” into perspective for someone who hasn’t seen it, we also bring up… Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, Wednesday, Glorious, that creepy old mother superior nun, retail fantasies, Linnea Quigley, command strips, a fork to the gut, creating Catholic weirdos, Utah, who’s gettin’ it on at an orphanage, Charles E. Sellier Jr., FAO Schwarz, RoboSanta, talking through a glory hole, Tim Burton movies, child trauma, Bob Vila, not watching Troll, Jenna Ortega, hunting a human, merchandising nightmares, sledders, hanging out with The Doors, a murderous snowman, a Lovecraftian entity, who unlocked the door, homicidal maniac dressed as Santa, Jack Frost, Phil Donahue, dancing on a giant piano, the God-like level of Dolly Parton and being

Movie Meltdown - Episode 591 This episode we sit down with actor Michael Paré and discuss his impressive and lengthy career. Plus we also rundown some of our personal favorites of Michael’s movies.   And as we dig into the films of John Carpenter in the 1990s, we also delve into… Eddie and the Cruisers, the camera knows where you’re going, The Blasters, Walter Hill, above reproach, werewolf movies, Bruce Dern, The Philadelphia Experiment, four days in full prosthetics, not everybody can be an actor, searching for cryptids, Jim Steinman, Tom Berenger, shooting on a virtual reality LED set, this is an artist, Village Of The Damned, Eric Red, Jane Goodall, you can’t say no to Diane Lane, Nix, Cigarette Burns, working in a kitchen, John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band, Willem Dafoe, Sacred Grounds, Crazy Times, Jeff Bridges, subconscious demons, flirting with girls, Dan Hartman, Bad Moon, Chevy Chase, the dog’s POV and the challenge of marketing an eclectic movie.  “I don’t know if anybody is prepared for th

Movie Meltdown - Episode 590 We’re back with another Marvel Super Special as we discuss Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - as well as many other Marvel properties.  And while we try to decide what constitutes the end of a phase, we also address… She-Hulk, Werewolf by Night, Ironheart, Daredevil, Chadwick Boseman, Namor the Sub-Mariner, James Gunn, different kinds of zombies in the Marvel universe, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Doctor Doom, opening Marvel logo, Letitia Wright, trying to stage a battle scene on the water, Dominique Thorne, Creed 3, The Quantum Realm, Michael B. Jordan, secret societies, female leads, DC world-building, Ms. Marvel, the legacy of Tony Stark, Angela Bassett, Blade, the new Black Panther, Bat-Mite, rescuing Baskin-Robbins, introducing mutants, Thunderbolts, the Target commercial, the mole men, Constantine, Mad About You with superheroes, a pike through the head and Kang the Conqueror. Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” so watch the movie before yo

Movie Meltdown - Episode 589 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Gather your family around the table and your listening device - as we discuss the Thanksgiving "classic" BLOOD RAGE!  And while we consider whether we want to sample turkey meat powder, we also mention… Barbarian, hunting a human being, Ghosts, Night of the Demons, Carnival of Souls, it features a cemetery which is not in this movie, Ed French, The Whitest Kids U' Know, so perfectly 80s, peripheral at all, the edited version, A Ghost Story, motive, creepy sad existence, The House that Cried Murder, your belly’s full of turkey, Louise Lasser, invest in a shower curtain, Sleepaway Camp, popped collar and a skinny tie, Zach Cregger, so you’re telling me you didn’t murder all your friends, John Grissmer, pumpkin pie on a wall, Scalpel, what a great plan for a ten-year-old psychopath, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, unhinged and I love her, bleak and misanthropic, being cut in half, and then it’s onto late night tennis, Scarecrow Crunch and weird peopl