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 dro...
Jan 23, 2023•14 min•Season 15Ep. 2
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 Tu...
Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Season 15Ep. 1
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-ac...
Dec 29, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 14Ep. 28
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,...
Dec 23, 2022•15 min•Season 14Ep. 27
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 acto...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 14Ep. 26
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 ...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 56 min•Season 14Ep. 25
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 St...
Nov 20, 2022•20 min•Season 14Ep. 24
Movie Meltdown - Episode 588 This episode we head to Lexington for Scarefest and hang out talking about movies, actors, costumes and the ever-changing convention scene. And as we rewatch that videotape that fell behind the entertainment center, we also cover… The Slumber Party Massacre, The Midnight Club, Robert Englund, Hellfire Club, Beetlejuice, wearing double denim, that's just going to slime-up your meat cleaver, Brinke Stevens, one of these costumes is not like the other, Christopher Pike,...
Nov 08, 2022•44 min•Season 14Ep. 23
Movie Meltdown - Episode 587 Join us for our annual "spooky soiree" as we discuss the usual seasonal fun as well as our take on David Gordon Green's Halloween Ends . And while we try to decide just what the phrase "more nougat than normal" really means, we also bring up… Deadstream, The Munsters, The Hitcher, Cronenberg's The Fly, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, one of those strainer scanning devices, the DJ character, what noise do you make when you stab, how dark this dude's energy is, catatonic...
Oct 28, 2022•2 hr 15 min•Season 14Ep. 22
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack 66 As we are well into spooky season, we thought we would play and discuss some of our favorite songs that round out different horror movies. As we try to figure out the best horror song hat trick, we also delve into… Night of the Ghoul, Smile, Werewolf by Night, stunt casting, Barbarian, a new era of horror, patient zero of all monsters, a spooky old house, amazing special effects, zombie bum, see you next Wednesday, building tension, Blackie Lawless, cassette ta...
Oct 17, 2022•2 hr 44 min•Season 14Ep. 21
Movie Meltdown - Episode 586 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we're discussing Things Heard & Seen , the 2021 film written and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. And while we continue our investigation of the pumpkin patch, we also address… Perfect Blue, Devil In Ohio, Day Shift, What We Do in the Shadows, Amanda Seyfried, speaking of vampires, they're up to being helpful, another wonderful moment of police work, Doug Jones, the wrap-around framing device, reli...
Oct 10, 2022•10 min•Season 14Ep. 20
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack 65 Join us "live" from The Whirling Tiger as we talk with Tim Cappello. He's an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, a singer, a songwriter and a man who will forever be known as - the sexy sax man from "The Lost Boys". And while we consider pausing the interview to start looking for back issues of Interview Magazine, we also mention… Tina Turner, John Coltrane, Billy Crystal, Captain Beefheart, Charlie Parker, military bands, The New England Conservatory of Music,...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Season 14Ep. 19
Movie Meltdown - Episode 585 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This session of the horror club we discuss Dead Silence , the 2007 film directed by James Wan. And while we reminisce about special times with Donnie Wahlberg, we also cover… Tourist Trap, The House, Stan Against Evil, Ryan Kwanten, Frankenstein, digging up bodies, an anthropomorphic mouse, he's very proud of those paintings, ghosts with weaknesses, ambient noise ceases, What We Do in the Shadows, soup, trying to rhyme those two words…...
Sep 09, 2022•12 min•Season 14Ep. 18
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack 64 Join us for a soundtrack episode as we discuss finale songs and/or our favorite songs that play during the closing credits. "There are songs… that do get stuck in my head as a credit song. And I will hear it and like… in my mind credits will be rolling on the screen."
Aug 25, 2022•2 hr 9 min•Season 14Ep. 17
Movie Meltdown - Episode 584 This episode we are coming to you "live" from Character Fest as we talk with actor Sy Richardson. And as we realize our unlimited capacity for twinkly lights, we also bring up… The State Theater, a family reunion, Tim Robbins, came to California, Slim Jim Phantom, Straight to Hell, I had no place to stay I had fifty dollars in my pocket, taking me to the nightclub, Charles Bronson, this bubble of love, I didn't wanna be a movie star, Alex Cox, a nonagenarian, driving...
Aug 10, 2022•57 min•Season 14Ep. 16
Movie Meltdown - Episode 583 Join us "live" from The Kentucky Theater for this year's Harry Dean Stanton Fest with special guest - director Allison Anders. And as we try to decide if we've had too much coffee, we also delve into… Wim Wenders, the unacknowledged Kevin Bacon, Billy Woodberry, RiverDale, double features, the OG, Billy Swan, The Paramount and The Capital, cop shows, American independent cinema, post office anxiety, I don't want you to die by the way, Paris, Texas, Nicholas Ray, the ...
Jul 24, 2022•1 hr•Season 14Ep. 15
Movie Meltdown - Episode 582 The Super Series continues as we discuss Taika Waititi's Thor: Love and Thunder . And as we try to decide if we ourselves would work better as a limited series or as a theatrical film, we also address… Ms. Marvel, Miek, Wilson Fisk, Slash, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Taron Egerton, the Hemsworth family affair, Hercules, Secret Wars, there's a whole bunch of people who are partially inhuman, Star-Lord vs. Chris Pratt, The incursion, The Punisher, worl...
Jul 17, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Season 14Ep. 14
Movie Meltdown - Episode 581 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we're discussing Fresh , the 2022 film directed by Mimi Cave and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan. And as we realize it's best if people just stay away from each other, we also mention… A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Baby, cotton candy grapes, The Regal Beagle, mismatching periods of singlehood, mean letters from Richard Marx, Cry Baby, pancakes in a paper bag, you're giving ghouls a bad name, internet art, to...
Jul 07, 2022•10 min•Season 14Ep. 13
Movie Meltdown - Episode 580 This episode we're coming to you "live" from WonderFest as we visit with friends and look at amazing models. All before we are joined by director, author, screenwriter, producer - Nicholas Meyer. He's the creative mind behind movies like Time After Time , The Seven-Per-Cent Solution , The Day After , as well as bringing us many of the most beloved Star Trek films including The Wrath of Khan , The Voyage Home and The Undiscovered Country . And while we test out the ne...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 14Ep. 12
Movie Meltdown - Episode 579 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Join us as we discuss Fright Night , the 2011 movie directed by Craig Gillespie and featuring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Toni Collette, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and our beloved Imogen Poots. And as we consider recording our future episodes in Romania, we also bring up… Fright Night 2, Death on the Nile, Todd & the Book of Pure Evil, Midori, setting yourself on fire, Ginger and Peter, new build suburbs, Marti Noxon...
Jun 06, 2022•8 min•Season 14Ep. 11
Movie Meltdown - Episode 578 Join us as we discuss Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness … and all things Marvel. And as we order up a round of pizza balls, we also delve into… Moon Knight, Drag Me to Hell, Steve Ditko, Elizabeth Olsen, James Gunn, Black Bolt, Robert E. Howard, She-Hulk, The Savage Land, Doctor Doom, Benedict Cumberbatch, the Delta 88, universal constants, Ms. Marvel, Natalie Portman, The Darkhold, 1602, Dormammu, Superman, Xochitl Gomez, rope-a-dope, Hawkeye, ...
May 18, 2022•2 hr 15 min•Season 14Ep. 10
Movie Meltdown - Episode 577 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we discuss Blood Fest directed by Owen Egerton and starring Zachary Levi. Yep... Zachary Levi. Oh yeah, and also Robbie Kay, Seychelle Gabriel, Jacob Batalon and Barbara Dunkelman. And as we work on creating our own horror movie theme park, we also address… Reacher, Sleepaway Camp, Death Trap, The Cabin In The Woods, research and development, The Houses October Built, Tate Donovan, side project, all my friends are dead, th...
May 06, 2022•12 min•Season 14Ep. 9
Movie Meltdown - Episode 576 This episode we return to The Lexington Comic & Toy Convention and have a run-in with a certain beloved celebrity as well as a lot of fun! And as we wait ever vigilant against an onslaught of geese, we also mention… Twin Peaks, Clancy Brown, William Hurt, Don Coscarelli, Muzan Kibutsuji, the slime pit, the new Scream, Burlesque, Rose McIver, Jeepers Creepers 2, Channing Tatum, he's Satan and a scrapper, Billy Wirth, Dana Ashbrook, putting your child in danger, Da...
Apr 21, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 14Ep. 8
Movie Meltdown - Episode 575 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we discuss The Devil's Hand , a 1961 movie directed by William J. Hole Jr. This movie is about a man and a woman... and another woman, and a doll, and a cult... and a witch? There's a lot of stuff going on. Well - kind of. So get your personalized devil dolls and join us as we cover… Fresh, shirt/vest combo, Last Night in Soho, House on Haunted Hill, Linda Christian, electronics, The Ghosts of Dragstrip Hollow, Sebastian S...
Apr 08, 2022•13 min•Season 14Ep. 7
Movie Meltdown - Episode 574 This episode our dynamic duo returns to discuss Matt Reeves' The Batman . And while we wait patiently for our red phone to ring, we also bring up… The Eternals, Richard Kind, Year One, The Court of Owls, the lighting, Robert Pattinson, Kurt Cobain, dealing with a horde of evil, DC's showrunner, Frank Miller, The Suicide Squad, Seven, Joe Chill, Planet of the Apes, Jeffrey Wright, Kumail Nanjiani, deluxe theater seats, Blade Runner, there's a reason why their name is ...
Mar 16, 2022•2 hr 4 min•Season 14Ep. 6
Attack of the Killer Soundtrack 63 This episode we welcome back composer Erich Stem as we play and discuss all the 2021 Oscar nominees for both Best Original Song and Best Original Score. And as we decide who has just thrown in a B-side from their latest album, we also delve into… the movie trailer formula, a transformation, layers upon layers, the harmonic box, If Beale Street Could Talk, taking a year off, moody and quiet, Nicholas Britell, that was the point… was to watch stuff break, calcula...
Feb 27, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Season 14Ep. 5
Movie Meltdown - Episode 573 So the Meltdown Horror Club was so excited to discuss the new Scream movie - we decided to put together a bonus horror club episode - available to everyone! So join us as we discuss the new "requel" directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. And as the horror snake eats it's own tail, we also address… The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, Eli Roth's History of Horror, Only Murders in the Building, Kevin Williamson, how to be ...
Feb 14, 2022•2 hr 7 min•Season 14Ep. 4
Movie Meltdown - Episode 572 Get yourself a heart-shaped box of candy and join us as we discuss some alternate (questionably) romantic movies to watch for Valentine's Day. And as we try to decode our special love messages from Reeses, we also mention… George Wendt, cannibalism, redefining cinema, The Island of Dr. Moreau, a golem more than a zombie, Danny Trejo, nothing good can last, Oliver Stone, being Batman, Dementia 13, your third rate Mickey Rourke, bitter love scenes, Reese Witherspoon, h...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 14Ep. 3
Movie Meltdown - Episode 571 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") This episode we discuss Kuntilanak - aka "The Chanting Revisited". This 2018 film directed by Rizal Mantovani tells the story of a sinister mirror and a creepy witch. And as we get a small window into life in Indonesia, we also cover… Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Malignant, adding a wacky noise, worst babysitter ever, extended jaw, how many rupiah, Goosebumps, they really didn't need that useless girl, and your socks are wet, exp...
Jan 25, 2022•14 min•Season 14Ep. 2
Movie Meltdown - Episode 570 This episode we return to the Super Series with a vengeance as we discuss Spider-Man: No Way Home and all things Marvel. And as we work to make sense of the alternate universe we now live in, we also bring up… Hawkeye, Daredevil, Kingpin, She-Hulk, Tom Holland, Kate Bishop, Shang-Chi, Loki, What If...?, Spider-Man: Freshman Year, WandaVision, Young Avengers, Kang the Conqueror, Miles Morales, Kraven the Hunter, Jon Watts, The Rhino, arrogance personified, Betty Brant...
Jan 12, 2022•2 hr 25 min•Season 14Ep. 1
