Movie Meltdown - Episode 569 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Join us as we round out our holiday party with the Horror Club feature - Black Christmas . The 2006 remake/sequel directed by Glen Morgan is an alternate and gorier take on the college co-eds trapped at Christmas idea. And as we try to decide the perfect way to shove Christmas down your throat, we also delve into… musky caramel, The Fall of the House of Usher, two skeletors, A Christmas Prince, the icicle, we're gonna smack you in the ...
Dec 26, 2021•11 min•Season 13Ep. 29
Movie Meltdown - Episode 568 Our holiday festivities continue as we discuss six Christmas movies we've recently watched. Some are more disturbing than others… you be the judge as to which you find the most ridiculous. And while we get involved in crazy scenarios involving mistaken identity, aliens, lies, murders, usurpers, dating apps, fairy tales and telepathy - we also address… Pirates World, Dark Angel, Santa extreme close-up, dating apps, during World War 2, Geraldo Rivera's mustache, losing...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 13Ep. 28
Movie Meltdown - Episode 567 Grab yourself some cocoa and join us for a roundabout discussion of holiday movies. From the mainstream staples to the insane amount of recent independent entries - to some of the forgotten Christmas "classics". And while we decide just who deserves to be on the naughty list, we also mention… Hawkeye, Kurt Russell, a rag-tag band of misfits, Buzz's parenting skills, Avengers #168, Last Action Hero, Lifetime, Malcolm McDowell, Hallmark, the melting stairs, Netflix, Wh...
Dec 05, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 13Ep. 27
Movie Meltdown - Episode 566 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") On this "very special" holiday episode, we gather around the table to give thanks for all the different movies we've watched in the past. And this year we watched ThanksKilling 3 - Jordan Downey and Kevin Stewart's follow-up to their super indie cult hit ThanksKilling. Will they be able to recapture the holiday magic of the first film… we'll see. And as we test out the savory flavors of Turkey Dinner Candy Corn, we also bring up puppet...
Nov 25, 2021•16 min•Season 13Ep. 26
Movie Meltdown - Episode 565 This episode features the return of George aka "The Fanatic" as we look back at 1982 and all the monumental films that came out that year. So put on your Flynn's Arcade T-shirt, grab your Reese's Pieces and get ready from some crazy tangents as we delve into... Bob Clark, Amy Heckerling, some sort of weird allegory for consumerism, Eddie Murphy, pandering garbage, George Romero, Colonel Trautman, a theater kid, David Lynch, the post-apocalyptic aesthetic, Richard Pry...
Nov 09, 2021•2 hr 23 min•Season 13Ep. 25
Movie Meltdown - Episode 564 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") While our October party continues, join us as we discuss the latest entry in the partially rebooted Halloween franchise - David Gordon Green's Halloween Kills . And along the way, we come up with theories that involve Bigfoot, aliens, kung fu, teleportation, cults and William Shatner himself. And while we find new creepy-themed candies, we also address… The People Under the Stairs, What We Do in the Shadows, Real Housewives of Beverly ...
Oct 27, 2021•11 min•Season 13Ep. 24
Movie Meltdown - Episode 563 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Join us as we kick off our Halloween festivities with a discussion of The Houses October Built directed by Bobby Roe. And as we test our candy endurance, we also mention… Hider in the House, Only Murders in the Building, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, House, Zack Andrews, awesome spooky songs, green-colored creme, Fruit Brute, zombie strip clubs, all these clowns in an RV, The Forest, Roald Dahl witches, Brandy Schaefer, camera...
Oct 15, 2021•14 min•Season 13Ep. 23
Movie Meltdown - Episode 562 This episode we head back out into the world as we visit the Lexington Comic & Toy Convention . And after looking at all the toys, we then sit down to discuss the Full Moon Feature Dollman directed by Albert Pyun and starring Tim Thomerson, Jackie Earle Haley and Kamala Lopez. And as we decide who our favorite American Gladiator is, we also cover... Near Dark, Trancers, Billy Wirth, Cobra, as fun as murderous gangs can be, Romeo is Bleeding, shared universe, Char...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 13Ep. 22
Movie Meltdown - Episode 561 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This outing we discuss Let Sleeping Corpses Lie or The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue or possibly Don't Open the Window … or some sort of '70s zombie movie. And while we question the competency of the police, we also bring up… Mom and Dad, Evil Genius, Sands of Oblivion, homicidal infants, Jack Webb, the weird statue, Nicolas Cage, you can get heroin anywhere, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Jorge Grau, sonic radiation, George Kennedy,...
Sep 20, 2021•9 min•Season 13Ep. 21
Movie Meltdown - Episode 560 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we discuss I Drink Your Blood - the '70s movie directed by David E. Durston. And as we realize we are our own counter-culture, we also address… Two Sentence Horror Stories, I Saw the Devil, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Lynn Lowry, the Manson murders, George Romero, his dentures fell out, Shivers, a low-budget beheading, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, character development, Apache Chief, David Cronenberg, wearing a wig, an allegory about...
Sep 06, 2021•10 min•Season 13Ep. 20
Movie Meltdown - Episode 559 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we round out the trilogy as we watch and discuss Fear Street: Part 3 - 1666 directed by Leigh Janiak. And as we recount the tales of the goods and the fears, we also mention… little village movies, the evil spirit doesn't mix well with water, Puritan times, different actors playing different parts, weird magic berries, I was getting ready to get up and leave the room, religious zealots, The Wizard of Oz, is there a video o...
Aug 25, 2021•9 min•Season 13Ep. 19
Movie Meltdown - Episode 558 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we head back to the 70s as we discuss Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 , directed by Leigh Janiak. And as we find solidarity with the outcast kids, we also cover… Sadie Sink, Capri Sun, did I lock the car, rockin' the side-ponytail, minions of the witch, Halloween, drawn to where all the evil is, juice boxes, you don't shake off a chest wound, get an alarm clock, matching airbrushed shirts, the body count, Ted Sutherland, list...
Aug 13, 2021•8 min•Season 13Ep. 18
Movie Meltdown - Episode 557 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we kick off our discussion of the new Fear Street trilogy of terror as we discuss Fear Street: Part One - 1994 directed by Leigh Janiak. And as we slip into the tales of the mall, we also bring up… 90's music, The Shining, Snake Eyes, chokers, a hankerin' for some Sbarros, Maya Hawke, metal kids on the internet, using the bad words, Doctor Sleep, tie-in merchandise, R.L. Stine, Kiana Madeira, I'd use hawthorn, the bread sl...
Aug 04, 2021•9 min•Season 13Ep. 17
Movie Meltdown - Episode 556 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") On this episode, we welcome back Dick Starr as we return to the outback to discuss Wolf Creek 2 . The 2013 Australian horror film is still co-written and directed by Greg McLean, so how does it compare to the first film and how does it fit into the ongoing franchise. And as we try to figure out, what's going on with Nicolas Cage, we also address... Fear Street, Willy's Wonderland, Goosebumps, creating a series versus a movie, a loophol...
Jul 23, 2021•9 min•Season 13Ep. 16
Movie Meltdown - Episode 555 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode the Horror Club reconvenes to discuss The Ghoul - the 1975 movie directed by Freddie Francis and starring Peter Cushing, John Hurt and Veronica Carlson. And while we brush up on our fake violin playing, we also mention… A Quiet Place Part 2, From Beyond, an evil Maharaja, he's quite dead, Top Secret, Greedo in heels, look at these… they're so tall, The Great Gatsby, your weird like medieval Knight haircut looks kind of fam...
Jul 13, 2021•12 min•Season 13Ep. 15
Movie Meltdown - Episode 554 For this special bonus Horror Club episode, we return to WonderFest to talk with Sam Irvin. Sam is a director, producer, screenwriter, author and the film historian who recently provided the audio commentary for Frankenstein: The True Story . This 1973 film was directed by Jack Smight and written by Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy and contains a very interesting subplot that was slyly snuck past the censors at the time. Featuring a stellar cast including James...
Jun 26, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 13Ep. 14
Movie Meltdown - Episode 553 We finally venture back out into the world - and thankfully it's for our coverage of WonderFest! There we sit down once again with Kirk Thatcher to hear his continuing amazing stories of working in the industry - in particular, his years working with The Muppets. Listen as Kirk tells us stories about meeting Jim Henson, working on Dinosaurs , being a Gremlin, sitting in the writer's room, directing humans on The Kids are Alright , putting together a live puppet show ...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 13Ep. 13
Movie Meltdown - Episode 552 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we discuss The Forest the 2016 horror film starring Natalie Dormer and, well... a bunch of trees. And while we try to talk over the drone of Cicadas outside, we also address… twinsense, Psycho, 11.22.63, Jason Zada, The Three Stooges, Storm of the Century, Aokigahara Forest, lining up a tennis shoe sponsorship, a temporary morgue, there should be a way to strap that down, Yahoo Serious, jump scares, power bars, Tomax and X...
Jun 07, 2021•12 min•Season 13Ep. 12
Movie Meltdown - Episode 551 I'm not sure if you're ready for this one. (I don't think we were.) This episode we discuss the 1986 classic(?) Never Too Young to Die starring John Stamos, Vanity and Gene Simmons. And before we ride off into the sunset in our post-apocalyptic dune buggy, we make a point to mention… The Road Warrior, Lynda Carter, a fake beard, aggressive apple-eating, Mitch Gaylord, Prince-adjacent, doing flips, a ton of music specials on TV, Pyramid, a little too high-def, Robert ...
May 20, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 13Ep. 11
Movie Meltdown - Episode 550 What we've come to realize in this crazy world is... hanging out with your friends and talking about movies and other random things - is quite possibly the best thing. And as we quickly try to scooch right past you, we also cover… Hands Across America, Tron, How It Ends, Big Wolf on Campus, The Crow: City of Angels, Love and Monsters, Dark Shadows, Dean Stockwell, a box of brake discs, a secret basement, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark or Don't Be Afraid of the Dar...
May 08, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 13Ep. 10
Movie Meltdown - Episode 549 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we discuss Blood of Dracula's Castle , the 60's-era horror film directed by Al Adamson and starring John Carradine and… well, John Carradine. And while we plan ahead and make ourselves a few suitcase sandwiches, we also bring up… Phantasm, Assault on Precinct 13, Promising Young Woman, character development, a girl making out with a seal, Don Coscarelli, Alexander D'Arcy, The Addams Family, when they lit her on fire, woods...
Apr 29, 2021•14 min•Season 13Ep. 9
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack 62 Even in a year as strange as this past one, we didn't want to miss the chance to play and discuss all the 2020 Oscar nominees for both Best Original Song and Best Original Score . Once again we are joined by composer Erich Stem to comment on the Academy Award nominations from this very unusual pandemic year. And while we realize we each have our own little experiment going on, we also address… Love and Monsters, becoming anti-social, Woody Shaw, teaching, the t...
Apr 11, 2021•2 hr•Season 13Ep. 8
Movie Meltdown - Episode 548 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we discuss Mercy Black the 2019 film written and directed by Owen Egerton. And as we try to decide if we are ready to be out in the world, we also mention… Slice, Promising Young Woman, Rondo Hatton, Janeane Garofalo, childhood trauma, Chance the Rapper, pre-schizophrenic, clever filmmaking tricks, sacrifices and offerings, Creepypasta, Daniella Pineda, going to the library, mental health issues, why won't you turn the lig...
Apr 02, 2021•13 min•Season 13Ep. 7
Movie Meltdown - Episode 547 This episode we discuss the dystopian, near-future film... Prayer of the Rollerboys . Directed by Rick King and starring Corey Haim, Patricia Arquette and Christopher Collet - this science fiction story shows us a version of America that maybe a little closer to the world we live in than we are comfortable with. Oh yeah… and there's lots and lots of rollerblading! And while we have mist-induced flashbacks of all of our childhood TV favorites, we also cover… The Clyde...
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 52 min•Season 13Ep. 6
Movie Meltdown - Episode 546 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This session of The Meltdown Horror Club we discuss It Comes at Night the 2017 film written and directed by Trey Edward Shults. Plus we also address just how April Fool's Day fits into the arc of 80s slashers. And while we enjoy our common interests that are killing strangers together, we also bring up… incredible box art, Stanley, Night of the Living Dead, the fallen tree, The Sweet Hereafter, running out in the woods, Joel Edgerton, ...
Mar 05, 2021•10 min•Season 13Ep. 5
Movie Meltdown - Episode 545 This episode, we welcome back Dick Starr for another horror club "promo episode" - available to everyone! Join us as we discuss 2005's Wolf Creek as well as post-millennium horror movies and all the different things that are waiting to kill you in Australia. And while we realize the real horror is living in the world of video calls, we also address… Robert Englund, breakfast foods and Lucha masks, something unnatural is going on here, High Tension, Tom and Jerry, Gre...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Season 13Ep. 4
Movie Meltdown - Episode 544 This episode we create our own Fantasy Video Store filled with a staff made up of film characters. Inspired by a weird dream, this concept may be the greatest idea ever... or pure insanity. You be the judge. And while we try to convince people that laserdiscs really are the optimum way to watch a movie, we also mention… The Last Blockbuster, we are totally out of that, a beaded curtain, over there take a left fourteen down, and they can live broadcast it to the publi...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 13Ep. 3
Movie Meltdown - Episode 543 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we discuss the 1976 film Satan's Slave directed by Norman J. Warren. This horror film not only works in Satan but also witches, cults, psychic abilities and a serial killer… how could it go wrong?! How could it… yeah well, that's what we try to figure out. And as we start planning the Horror Club field trip to Witch-killin' National park, we also cover… Underwater, frosted eyeshadow, Kevin Smith, Dummy, Flip this Murder Ho...
Jan 28, 2021•11 min•Season 13Ep. 2
Movie Meltdown - Episode 542 On this very special "bonus" installment of The Meltdown Horror Club , we get together to pay tribute to Dawn Wells by watching a movie in which she was featured. But then we chose The Town That Dreaded Sundown ... and we quickly realize we don't respond to it the way many horror fans out there do. But when has that ever stopped us from being brutally honest… and having fun along the way. And as we try to find the eyeholes in the bag on our head, we also bring up… Th...
Jan 15, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 13Ep. 1
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack 61 This episode we get together (sort of) to suggest some songs from movies that express the feelings of this year's lockdown as well as give us some hope for the future. And along the way... we try to find a little comradery and fun in even the dark times this past year has presented. And while we ask, why is there not a system, we also address… video store clerks, Terry Gilliam, burrito delivery, I'll take fun if I can't have great, the U.S. Postal service, touc...
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Season 12Ep. 32
