PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Ryan Spindell (THE MORTUARY COLLECTION, THE BABYSITTER MURDERS short film) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. Learning early on that the only way to do this was to do it entirely himself, Ryan details the steps he took from a guy with a dream of making films… to making short films that caught the attention of festivals and industry executives… to the endless “water bottle tours” where he was going in circles as executives told him that “he couldn’...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 412
PUBLIC VERSION. Indie Icon Larry Fessenden (WENDIGO, HABIT, DEPRAVED, THE LAST WINTER) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career and craft in this long overdue conversation! From falling off the stage in the 3rd grade and realizing he could captivate an audience… to using toys as tools for storytelling… to his prolific career as not only a writer and director but as a producer (THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, STAKE LAND, THE INNKEEPERS), an actor (WE ARE STILL HERE, THE DEAD DON’T DIE), a video g...
Apr 19, 2021•59 min•Ep. 411
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Espen Sandberg (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES, KON-TIKI, MAX MANUS: MAN OF WAR, BANDIDAS) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his craft and career journey! From starting out directing short films and commercials alongside his directing partner Joachim Ronning… to being tapped by the great Luc Besson to helm the western comedy BANDIDAS… to the pressures of taking on two biographical films in a row with 2008’s MAX MANUS: MAN OF WAR and 2012’s stunning...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 410
PUBLIC VERSION . Filmmaker Tom Six (THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE trilogy, THE ONANIA CLUB) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From Tom’s first viewing of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s SALO and realizing just how impactful the art of cinema can be… to his nihilistic view of society and the world at large… to the making of THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE and the hurdles he faced finding a distributor willing to take a chance on his film… to finding worldwide success as his HUMAN CENTIPEDE trilogy permea...
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 409
PUBLIC VERSION. Actress and filmmaker Camilla Belle (WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE, 10,000 B.C.) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss her career journey. From her first gig in front of the camera at just 9 months old… to working as a child actor and model (remember her in PRACTICAL MAGIC or when she got attacked by a group of Compsognathuses in the opening of THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK at age 11?)… to her incredible acting career working opposite cinematic icons like Dan...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 408
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Jamie Blanks (URBAN LEGEND, VALENTINE, STORM WARNING) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen all the way from Australia to discuss his career in an absolutely CAN’T MISS episode! From getting Hollywood’s attention with a mock trailer for I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER while still in college (he almost got the gig directing it!)… to directing URBAN LEGEND… to meeting and befriending many of his cinematic idols… to the crushing blow of VALENTINE’s original reception (Fangoria may ha...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 407
PUBLIC VERSION. Video game developers Jonas and Verena Kyratzes (SERIOUS SAM 4, THE SEA WILL CLAIM EVERYTHING) virtually join Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss their career journey together. From Jonas developing his first indie game at age 16 in Greece and Verena doing student theater in Germany… to meeting, collaborating, and eventually getting married… to working together writing, casting, and directing games like Croteam's SERIOUS SAM 4, THE TALOS PRINCIPLE, and THE HAND OF MERLIN as well as A...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 406
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Mike P Nelson (WRONG TURN 2021, THE DOMESTICS) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his journey at the helm of the re-imagined WRONG TURN (out now)! From Mike’s initial reaction to franchise creator Alan McElroy’s screenplay and its completely re-envisioned take on the original concept… to carrying out post-production during the COVID-19 pandemic… to committing to the bold choice of making a WRONG TURN movie that purposely avoids many of the signature elements that fan...
Mar 08, 2021•55 min•Ep. 405
PUBLIC VERSION. Composer Steve Moore (MAYHEM, BLISS, THE MIND’S EYE) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his craft and career journey. From listening to STAR WARS soundtrack albums as a child in order to re-live every moment of the films… to QUEEN’s soundtrack for FLASH GORDON showing him his calling… to studying music in college… to discovering his own unique synth-based sound and the rise of his band ZOMBI… to a review of one of ZOMBI’s albums leading to him scoring Adam Wingard’s ...
Mar 01, 2021•58 min•Ep. 404
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Neil Marshall (THE DESCENT, GAME OF THRONES) returns to THE MOVIE CRYPT with actress/writer Charlotte Kirk (OCEAN’S EIGHT, ULYSSES: A DARK ODYSSEY) to discuss their new historical horror film THE RECKONING (now available)! From writing a screenplay centering around false witchcraft accusations in the 1700’s that would wind up being far more relevant in 2021 than they ever imagined… to the creative freedoms of stepping back into the indie world and working with a limited...
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 403
PUBLIC VERSION. Actor and filmmaker Jay Baruchel (TROPIC THUNDER, KNOCKED UP, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, GOON, THIS IS THE END, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, TV’s UNDECLARED and MAN SEEKING WOMAN) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen for a candid discussion about his career journey and the craft/business of making movies. From deciding as a child that he wanted to be the guy who scared Stephen King (before ever reading a Stephen King book)… to discovering a genuine love and natural talent for writing… to ...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 402
PUBLIC VERSION. Comedian/actor Nick Thune (KNOCKED UP, EXTRACT, DAVE MADE A MAZE, TV’s BURNING LOVE) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From his very first public speaking experiences… to becoming a stand up comic that the industry took notice of and pursued… to his first major movie role and all he learned on that set… to playing a character with multiple personas in his latest film- the romantic comedy THE RIGHT ONE (available now)… THE MOVIE CRYPT enters the 4...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 401
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmakers Adam Green (HATCHET, FROZEN) and Joe Lynch (EVERLY, MAYHEM) celebrate their 400th episode of THE MOVIE CRYPT by putting themselves in the guest chair(s) for an extremely candid and raw conversation about each other’s careers. In this special 2.5 hour long episode the directors interview each other with the in-depth, personal, and technical questions that they never get asked when doing the publicity rounds in support of their latest releases. From extremely specific qu...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 400
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Steve Kostanski (THE VOID, LEPRECHAUN RETURNS, MANBORG, FATHER’S DAY) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From a child scared of the horror section in the video store to discovering a life-long love of the genre through the gateway drug of ARMY OF DARKNESS and THE EVIL DEAD saga… to teaching himself special FX make-up with the help of books and his eventual personal relationship with the legendary Dick Smith (THE EXORCIST, SCANNERS)… to making a na...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 399
PUBLIC VERSION. Actor Ernie Hudson (GHOSTBUSTERS, THE CROW, CONGO, TV’s THE FAMILY BUSINESS) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his long career journey as an actor. From the pressures of having a family to feed before his acting career had even gotten started… to sticking with his dream regardless of the odds and setting an example for his children to go after their dreams no matter what… to Ernie’s process of discovery with each character he plays… to making organic choices based o...
Jan 18, 2021•59 min•Ep. 398
PUBLIC VERSION. Actor and Director Alexander Siddig (GAME OF THRONES, 24, STAR TREK; DEEP SPACE NINE, CLASH OF THE TITANS) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From a theater obsessed boy with his heart set on one day directing opera… to finding himself as a beloved character in the STAR TREK universe (“Doctor Bashir” on DEEP SPACE NINE) where he’d star in a whopping 173 episodes… to his chance directing episodes of the science fiction television epic (wait til you...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 397
PUBLIC VERSION. Actress Rachel Nichols (THE AMITYVILLE HORROR 2005, STAR TREK 2009, G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA, CONTINUUM, BREACH) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss her career journey. From her early days modeling to finding herself landing roles on SEX AND THE CITY and DUMB IN DUMBERER: WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD… to re-occurring roles on huge shows like ALIAS and CONTINUUM and Hollywood tentpole blockbusters like STAR TREK and G.I. JOE… to screen testing opposite absolute legends like...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 396
PUBLIC VERSION. Adam, Joe, and Arwen say goodbye and good riddance to 2020 in their traditional year end recap. Starting off with a detailed recap of last weekend’s YORKIETHON 5 (or at least, what their sleep deprived minds can remember from it), the boys proceed with a look back at the highlights of this past year including: their favorite episodes of 2020… recording the show over Zoom in the social distancing era… the month of daily live streams that was ADAM GREEN’S CORONAPOCALYPSE and it’s 2...
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 395
PUBLIC VERSION. Actor Nick Stahl (DISTURBING BEHAVIOR, BULLY, THE THIN RED LINE, TERMINATOR 3, SIN CITY) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From a 4 year old doing local theater… to finding himself auditioning for a movie, not getting it, and acting opposite Mel Gibson in THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE instead… to working with Larry Cohen on the controversial BULLY… to the interesting choices he has made playing such a wide variety of roles in some of the biggest films… ...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 394
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Jeffrey A. Brown (THE BEACH HOUSE) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career with an emphasis on “location, location, location!” From starting out as an intern/PA right out of film school… to his 2 decades as a Location Manager on films like PIECES OF APRIL, TAXI, THE FAMILY STONE, SPIDER-MAN 3, and THE WOLF OF WALL STREET as well as on TV series’ like NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, GIRLS, MASTER OF NONE, and FRINGE… to making the leap from writing and directing hi...
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 393
PUBLIC VERSION. Comic book writer and owner of American Mythology comics James Kuhoric (FREDDY vs JASON vs ASH, HATCHET, ARMY OF DARKNESS, STARGATE: SG-1) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen for what turns into the horror geek out conversation of 2020! From writing his own stories as a child based on the various films and TV series he loved… to gaining years of experience working for big companies like Diamond and Avatar… to having his dream writing project come true with FREDDY vs JASON vs ASH...
Dec 07, 2020•59 min•Ep. 392
PUBLIC VERSION. One of the founding fathers and coordinators of UK FrightFest, Paul McEvoy virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen from across the pond to discuss the creation and longevity of one of the greatest genre film festivals in the world. From how the festival began… to how it has continued to grow… to how the coordinators choose their selections each year… to the “do’s” and “don’ts” when making short films and submitting them for festival consideration… to the survival of festivals during...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 391
PUBLIC VERSION. Actor Xander Berkeley (HEAT, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY, AIR FORCE ONE, MOMMIE DEAREST, SID AND NANCY, CANDYMAN, TV’s THE WALKING DEAD and 24) virtually joins us to discuss his absolutely incredible career. From Xander’s early stage work… to making the transition to TV and film… to his personal process for becoming such a wide array of colorful characters… to how he chooses roles… to his experience playing the incredibly flawed human being “Gregory” on THE WALKING DEAD… to bring...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 390
PUBLIC VERSION. Actress Cerina Vincent (CABIN FEVER, NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE, TV’s POWER RANGERS and STUCK IN THE MIDDLE) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss her career journey. From the challenges of being type cast… to landing a dream role and learning while shooting the pilot that the powers that be were still actively searching to find a different actress for the role… to writing 3 "hot" books... to the psychological impact of working on a series for multiple seasons and then havi...
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 389
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Brian Duffield (writer of THE BABYSITTER, UNDERWATER and LOVE AND MONSTERS, writer/director of SPONTANEOUS) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From the challenges to telling a story that requires gore yet keeping it accessible to as wide an audience as possible… to the responsibility that comes with making a violent movie involving children… to the importance of having actors who truly understand what your production is up against time a...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 388
PUBLIC VERSION. Cinematographer Karim Hussain (POSSESSOR, WE ARE STILL HERE, TV’S HANNIBAL, HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN) shares his career story and techs out with Adam, Joe, and Arwen. From getting his start at a young age in Canada… to what makes for a productive and happy set… to knowing when and how to move the camera… to lens preferences and so much more… the boys dive deep into the craft of cinematic photography. Dr. Arwen provides Hollywood Therapy to a listener dealing with a major life change, ...
Nov 02, 2020•59 min•Ep. 387
PUBLIC VERSION. Icon and actress Danielle Harris (HALLOWEEN 4 & 5, HATCHET 2 & 3, FREE WILLY, DON’T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER’S DEAD) returns to THE MOVIE CRYPT for her first proper episode since Episode 2 in May 2013! To make her triumphant return even more special, the “Scream Queen of Halloween” is also the first (and likely the only) guest to actually appear in the ArieScope studio since the pandemic first began! What is it really like shooting during the pandemic? Do cast and crew members act...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 386
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Mark Tonderai (HUSH, LOCKE & KEY, GOTHAM, DOCTOR WHO) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. This incredibly passionate “artist on artist on artist” discussion includes everything from a director’s set etiquette…. Mark’s approach to directing episodic television vs feature films… the importance of connecting your own heart, your own point of view, and your own life experience into each project even if the material was written/created by some...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 385
PUBLIC VERSION. Actor and Filmmaker Andre Gower (THE MONSTER SQUAD, MR. PRESIDENT) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career and his phenomenal new documentary on cult fandom: WOLFMAN’S GOT NARDS (available on 10/27). From the endless auditioning as a child actor… to landing the leading role of “Sean” in Fred Dekker and Shane Black’s cult classic THE MONSTER SQUAD (you might be surprised which role he actually auditioned for!)… to filming the commercial for ATARI’s doomed E.T. V...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 384
PUBLIC VERSION. Actor and action hero Casper Van Dien (STARSHIP TROOPERS, ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, SLEEPY HOLLOW) virtually joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey in this truly fantastic conversation. From early exposure to live theater and musicals… to realizing his calling for the stage and screen… to landing the role of a lifetime in Paul Verhoeven’s classic STARSHIP TROOPERS… to the set of TARZAN AND THE LOST CITY where he was attacked by both an elephant and a guerrilla (for r...
Oct 05, 2020•57 min•Ep. 383
