Movie Meltdown - Episode 653 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") It's the Naked Lunch Holiday Special ! Or is it a Kafka-fueled metamorphic nightmare?! Or is it just an excuse for lots of bugs and goo?! Whatever the reason, the Meltdown Horror Club gathers together for Yuletide fun that will make you spontaneously combust - as we watch Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation starring Maud Adams, Neith Hunter, Tommy Hinkley, Clint Howard and Allyce Beasley. And as we all eat from an open bowl of loo...
Jan 02, 2026•16 min•Season 17Ep. 16
Movie Meltdown - Episode 652 This episode Sam Drog returns as we discuss the new movie Predator: Badlands , but not before we give a recap of every Predator movie that has come before. It's an extensive look at the franchise as a whole and how things have changed since director Dan Trachtenberg has gotten involved. And as we try on the fashionable look of fishnets and a space helmet, we also mention… Cleaner, Elle Fanning, a jungle room night club, Weyland-Yutani, testosterone overdrive, Danny G...
Dec 01, 2025•2 hr 24 min•Season 17Ep. 15
Movie Meltdown - Episode 651 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Gather around the table with the beloved family members of the Horror Club as we celebrate Thanksgiving Jake-style. Together we discuss the state of the holiday season as well as the Thanksgiving classic Home Sweet Home starring Jake Steinfeld. And while we're trying to figure out family relations, we also cover… IT: Welcome To Derry, Doctor Sleep, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, being addicted to PCP, close-up magic, Steve Guttenbe...
Nov 22, 2025•17 min•Season 17Ep. 14
Movie Meltdown - Episode 650 Join us as we recap our day at Scarefest , discuss things we've watched lately and reminisce about going out to look for dead bodies. And as we reveal the best way to break your ribs, we also bring up… Billy Wirth, Legacy of Rage, Stand By Me, Scream Queens, Night of the Creeps, the official Back to the Future skateboard, Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen, American Gladiators, Brandon Lee, collector's cards, Linda Miller, Gleaming the Cube, Wednesday, a ...
Nov 07, 2025•54 min•Season 17Ep. 13
Movie Meltdown - Episode 649 On this special holiday spooktacular we discuss Haunt directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. And as we try to avoid tattooed weirdos, we also delve into… Clown in a Cornfield, Bring Her Back, 28 Years Later, monster cereals, working at a haunted house, what's the plan, tax incentives for shooting in a certain state, who's in charge, Aaron Abrams, eating soup, Diane Keaton, do you want to see my face, sour candy, Hocus Pocus, childhood trauma escape room, Talk to Me,...
Oct 26, 2025•1 hr 50 min•Season 17Ep. 12
Movie Meltdown - Episode 648 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we discuss Mario Bava's Kill, Baby... Kill! And as we bask in the weird fog, we also address… Final Destination Bloodlines, Death of a Unicorn, Weapons, No Such Thing, vintage CSI skills, human arm sconces, 60s eyeliner, Burgomeister, old-timey superstitious people, dumb names for ghost, music, the spiral staircase, Tony Todd, you are your own ghost child, green lights, Sarah Polley, murdering a guy in an alley and ghost c...
Oct 16, 2025•15 min•Season 17Ep. 11
Movie Meltdown - Episode 647 Join us for a prehistoric-packed episode as we welcome special guest "Dino" Don Lessem. He is an author, journalist, and was a scientific advisor for Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park ! Not to mention building giant, robotic dinosaurs, befriending Michael Crichton and having a dinosaur named after him! Then we discuss some of our favorite dinosaurs in movies. And then more specifically... our favorite dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park series of films. And while we all ...
Sep 19, 2025•1 hr 34 min•Season 17Ep. 10
Movie Meltdown - Episode 646 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we discuss the 2022 film Soft & Quiet , written and directed by Beth de Araújo. And while we critique certain people's pie skills, we also cover… Barbarian, Sinners, Naked Lunch, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Crystal Lake, David Cronenberg, dalliance, Zach Cregger, Linda Cardellini, the director's perspective and making people very upset and very uncomfortable. Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for the "Soft & Quiet"...
Aug 18, 2025•17 min•Season 17Ep. 9
Movie Meltdown - Episode 645 This episode we're coming to you "live" from WonderFest as we hang out and talk about movies, toys, models and eventually a bonus, full horror club discussion of Fear Street: Prom Queen directed by Matt Palmer. And while we determine the specifics of how you know you are in the 80s, we also bring up… Godzilla Minus One, Midnight Mass, Summer of 69, Empire of the Dark, Demon City, Chris Klein, using profanity, hugging Tiffany, Stuck in the Middle, everyone's a suspect...
Jul 09, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Season 17Ep. 8
Movie Meltdown - Episode 644 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") A talking teddy bear, a hole full of murderous beasts, a random ghost and a horned up 12-year-old with boundary issues… what could go wrong? Find out as we discuss Lew Lehman's 1981 classic The Pit . And while we have cake on Halloween, we also delve into… The Rule of Jenny Pen, Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!, Strange Darling, making food, Teddy, a very complicated family, two amazing over-actors, emotional gazebo, leading a cow, ghosts, ea...
Jun 24, 2025•14 min•Season 17Ep. 7
Movie Meltdown - Episode 643 Sam Drog returns as we try to decide just what it is that's trying to kill Hollywood. And while we try to mimic the Magnum P.I. lifestyle, we also address… Minecraft, Andor, The Studio, The Da Vinci Code, Gods of Egypt, Black Mirror, Cherry 2000, Barry, Eyeborgs, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Viy, religious discussions over the internet, Barbenheimer, Seth Rogen, parent your kid, Dracula 2000, Godzilla Minus One, content creati...
May 09, 2025•2 hr 19 min•Season 17Ep. 6
Movie Meltdown - Episode 642 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Listen as the Meltdown Horror Club comes together to discuss Dead & Buried directed by Gary Sherman and featuring James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson and Robert Englund. And while we're dropping off our film, we also mention… The Dead Don't Die, Mikey Madison, Longlegs, The Banana Splits, Slugs, filming people, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Scream 7, witchcraft/voodoo teacher, Superbad meets Shaun of the Dead,...
Apr 28, 2025•11 min•Season 17Ep. 5
Movie Meltdown - Episode 641 Join us as we drop in to the Lexington Comic and Toy Convention and talk about celebrities, cool merchandise, watching movies and how returning to skateboarding as an adult makes you the most interesting man in the world. And as we attempt to rock the fakie, we also cover… Baymax dancing around, the monkeys have brown eyes, Tom Savini, H-Street's Hokus Pokus, Soleil Moon Frye, cheesy '80s slasher movies, a muscled version of Borat, combative training, Lost Highway, t...
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Season 17Ep. 4
Movie Meltdown - Episode 640 This episode, Sam Drog returns as we try to wrap our heads around just how ahead of its time David Cronenberg's Videodrome truly was back in 1983. And as we plug into the network of idiots, we also bring up… the evolutionary chart of man, Mick Garris, American Ultra, Scanners, YouTube rabbit holes, The Franchise, Debbie Harry, a movie every night on the UHF channels, the rubber reality and all the latex, Robert Pattinson, a cyber doppelganger of ourselves, The Lawnmo...
Mar 06, 2025•2 hr 33 min•Season 17Ep. 3
Movie Meltdown - Episode 639 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") The horror club gets together to discuss ghosts, monsters and the immigrant horror stories contained in Santiago Menghini's No One Gets Out Alive . And while we try to figure out which attempted murders are real and which are fake, we also delve into… slacker pioneers, weird residual ghost pains, Aztec weaponry, Bed Bath & Beyond coupons, dream logic, the new Property Brothers, Willem Dafoe, I gotta good work ethic, he's having dea...
Feb 14, 2025•19 min•Season 17Ep. 2
Movie Meltdown - Episode 638 This episode Sam Drog returns and we discuss Tim Burton's return to his early feature with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice . We remember our response to the original and dig into the characters and plotlines of the new entry. We also address… legacy sequel, It's a Wonderful Life: Abridged Edition, Wednesday, Willem Dafoe, Heathers, latchkey kids versus helicopter parents, practical effects, math and it's cruel cruel hand on reality, people need restrictions, the animated ser...
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Season 17Ep. 1
Movie Meltdown - Episode 637 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Gather around the empty dinner table at Grandma's house as The Meltdown Horror Club comes together to discuss the 1989 holiday "classic" - Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! And even more interesting than the movie itself, we also talk about the fascinating life of the director Monte Hellman. And while we plan our trip to the mall, we also mention... The Night of the Hunter, Demon Seed, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, an abnormal...
Jan 01, 2025•17 min•Season 16Ep. 20
Movie Meltdown - Episode 636 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Come celebrate the holiday as we make pizza and discuss Eli Roth's Thanksgiving. And while we try to pick our favorite unnecessary pizza toppings, also cover… The People Under the Stairs, Stopmotion, Woman of the Hour, Night of the Living Dead… the stage production, the later Nightmare on Elm Street films, retail PTSD flashbacks, John Carver, the trampoline scene, the Brothers Quay, silent stairs, Grindhouse, Nell Verlaque, Plymouth, S...
Dec 06, 2024•22 min•Season 16Ep. 19
Movie Meltdown - Episode 635 Join us as we recap our day at Scarefest. And as we make a point to not annoy celebrities at their table, we also bring up… Clive Barker, Don Coscarelli, The Midnight Meat Train, Rose McGowan, cenobite girl, Cyborg, The Fanatic, Gregory Nicotero, Billy Zane sportin' a look, The Wolf has a line, Felissa Rose, the Gorton's fisherman, sexy sax man, the Mandela effect, Skeet Ulrich, pyramid heads, the creeper truck, Kung Fu Hustle, CG effects, Nightbreed, Velma vs Daphne...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr•Season 16Ep. 18
Movie Meltdown - Episode 634 Come join the party… as we celebrate Halloween by watching Late Night with the Devil , directed by Cameron and Colin Cairnes and starring David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss and Ingrid Torelli. And while we toast with glasses of blood, we also delve into… Oddity, Ghostwatch, the Bohemian Grove, Sleepaway Camp 2 and 3, Agatha All Along, weird jelly beans, getting bumped, Abraxas, weird musical instruments, I don't know a moments peace, Doug Jones, drinking blo...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Season 16Ep. 17
Movie Meltdown - Episode 633 This episode Sam Drog returns as we delve into our own history with the original movie The Crow , give a recap of all the failed incarnations in-between and then get into an honest discussion of our thoughts on the new film directed by Rupert Sanders. And while we comprise our ultimate anti-social movie experience, we also address… Bill Skarsgård, Brandon Lee, James O'Barr, wearing your aluminum foil hat, enabling bad behavior, Michael Wincott, hanging out with a squ...
Oct 11, 2024•2 hr 38 min•Season 16Ep. 16
Movie Meltdown - Episode 632 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Join us as the horror club discusses She Beast , directed by Michael Reeves and starring Barbara Steele, John Karlsen and Ian Ogilvy. And while we try to decide our favorite thing about Ghost Toast, we also mention… Sarah Squirm, pumpkins, Longlegs, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, Alien: Romulus, Halloween encroachment, a dunking chair, because Communism, terrible fashion choices, The Thing with Two Heads, he creeped me the hell out, ...
Sep 25, 2024•21 min•Season 16Ep. 15
Movie Meltdown - Episode 631 This episode we sit down with Max Neace, a writer, director and producer originally from our neighborhood. So listen as we find out how he took his interest in film from shooting YouTube videos to getting his own feature films made. Plus we discuss the conception and challenging execution that is his most recent movie - Shift . And while our guest may wish he was conversing with a chair, regardless we still discuss… comic strips, self-storage facilities, horror, outl...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 16Ep. 14
Movie Meltdown - Episode 630 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") The Horror Club is back with Mario Bava's giallo classic - Blood and Black Lace . And as we narrow down where we want to put our secret bookcase/door, we also bring up… When Evil Lurks, The Exorcist, Shaun of the Dead, The Ninth Configuration, Dick Tracy, her hair, her makeup, the eyeliner, the outfits, I was like - I love her, I wanna look like you, Frankenstein in every room, Peter Lorre, sitting in the dark, messing with mom's purse...
Aug 21, 2024•13 min•Season 16Ep. 13
Movie Meltdown - Episode 629 Sam Drog returns… and this time we kick things off with a book club discussion on how reexamining children's books as an adult can ruin your life. Or perspective of it? Then eventually we also discuss some movies we've watched. And as we decontextualize someone's feelings, we also delve into… Bucket of Blood, Abigail, Charles Beaumont, The Million Eyes of Sumuru, Roger Corman, Damon Packard, Venom, The Girl from Rio, 1984, Dom DeLuise, Tobe Hooper, The Giving Tree, k...
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Season 16Ep. 12
Movie Meltdown - Episode 628 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") After taking care of our nuptials we are finally back to discuss our previously announced (quite a while ago) feature - Alice, Sweet Alice . And as we recap how we may have gotten lost and murdered during the post-ceremony activities, we also address… The First Omen, Them, Near Dark, that's a huge chapel, The Howling, Luke James, the crazy age reveal, don't play with matches, the creepy landlord, Don't Look Now, memorable settings, act...
Jul 12, 2024•10 min•Season 16Ep. 11
Movie Meltdown - Episode 627 We're coming to you "live" from WonderFest as we hang out and talk about toys and marriage… and possibly even a few movies. And while we're confused about converting things to the metric system, we also mention… getting married to George Romero, Lego storylines, Kill Bill 1 and 2, head trauma, Greg Nicotero, bringing a howler monkey to a fancy affair, Shrek 2, a specific face of Barbie, murder shows, references that don't land, changing burritos, tiny little Godzilla...
Jun 13, 2024•58 min•Season 16Ep. 10
Movie Meltdown - Episode 626 Sam Drog returns… and this time I'm not sure we truly represent both sides of the argument as we discuss Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver . And as we bust into a large box of Wheat Thins, we also cover… Close Encounters of the Third Kind, bag-head musicians, Maximilian, shoveling coal, let's not forget holes, The Island, badass robot arms, Irish jig dancing, a good laser, a gluten allergy, I still got into it with caveats, this might take some menta...
May 21, 2024•2 hr 46 min•Season 16Ep. 9
Movie Meltdown - Episode 625 After going to see Melissa Joan Hart and Caroline Rhea's new, live performance, we discuss that… and then just go ahead and discuss Melissa's 1999 movie Drive Me Crazy . And while trying to decide if we trust ourselves to ever eat pancakes again, we also bring up… Adrian Grenier, really expensive parking, Rob Thomas, being catfished, how much the world has changed since the 90s, Benicio del Toro, orange powder, weird computer searches, bra removal, Eden Sher, a sanit...
May 05, 2024•2 hr 1 min
Movie Meltdown - Episode 624 We're back to round out the Enzo G. Castellari trilogy as we discuss Escape From the Bronx . And while we carefully construct an exact miniature version of our future city, we also delve into… Dune 2, Sydney Sweeney, Jodorowsky's Dune, Poseidon, Emmy Rossum, Turkey Shoot, Henry Silva, Mark Gregory, the death truck rolls up and the guys pour out, George Miller, are they being exploded or electrocuted, Piranha 3D, animal safety in films, Wish stormtroopers, Antonio Sab...
Apr 11, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Season 16Ep. 7
