"Shazam!" Actor Zachary Levi (SHAZAM, TANGLED, SPIRAL, TV's CHUCK) joins us in this "Hall of Fame" episode which originally premiered on February 17, 2014. Own the first 300 episodes of THE MOVIE CRYPT podcast with "The Vault," now available in the on-line store on ArieScope.com !
Producer Heather Buckley (THE RANGER) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss her career journey from a young Jersey girl who was equally terrified and fascinated with horror to a producer of feature films and behind the scenes documentaries. Why is it so import to document filmmaker’s stories behind the making of their films? Was THE RANGER really the very first screenplay that Heather ever read? Is it possible to do exactly what you want in the industry and not ever relocate to LA or NYC? If you...
Filmmaker Chris Columbus (HARRY POTTER, HOME ALONE, THE GOONIES, GREMLINS) joins us in this "Hall of Fame" episode which originally premiered on April 20, 2015. Own the first 300 episodes of THE MOVIE CRYPT podcast with "The Vault," now available in the on-line store on ArieScope.com !
On March 18, 2019 the world lost filmmaker and FX legend John Carl Buechler (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD, TROLL, HATCHET). John was much more than just a beloved artist. He was also a husband, a father of three, and a dear friend. His passing is heartbreaking on a deeply personal level for both Adam Green and Joe Lynch. John was a childhood hero to both Adam and Joe as his work helped to shape/warp their young, horror loving, Fangoria obsessed minds. He was one of the very first to b...
Filmmaker Chelsea Stardust (SATANIC PANIC, ALL THAT WE DESTROY) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss her career journey from a 10 year old girl watching NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and falling in love with the horror genre... to attending film school... to an internship at producer/director Ivan Reitman's Montecito Picture Company... to assisting producer Jason Blum at Blumhouse... to making short films... to directing her first feature. With discussions about productions "flipping," what it means...
Actor William Fichtner (BLACK HAWK DOWN, ARMAGEDDON, HEAT, GO) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career path from a criminal law student to one of the best known actors in Hollywood. From taking an acting class on a whim to making a full blown career out of the craft, William has always followed his instincts and his instincts have lead him to working with the biggest directors, sharing the screen with the biggest stars, and becoming a performer whom audiences feel instantly ele...
On Monday May 6, 2013 the very first episode of THE MOVIE CRYPT premiered on-line. Three hundred Mondays later, the weekly podcast has become a huge part of hundreds of thousands of lives. Hosts Adam Green, Joe Lynch, and Arwen have continually entertained, touched, inspired, educated, and even saved the many people around the world that have come to depend on it each week. From their candid "artist on artist" conversations about navigating and surviving the entertainment industry... to their he...
Actor Samm Levine (FREAKS AND GEEKS, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE) discusses his career journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen in this ridiculously enjoyable conversation. From his breakout role in the (now) celebrated FREAKS AND GEEKS… to the crushing news of the series’ cancellation after merely one (game changing) season… to landing roles on almost every major TV series and in many of our favorite films of the last two decades… Samm has consistently kept us all entertained and repr...
There are few comedians today who can do TV, movies, podcasting and still retain their raw, uncompromising voice over multiple formats and Christopher Titus (TITUS, SPECIAL UNIT) has proven tenfold that he's one of them. Having delved into the darker realms of his family and upbringing and incorporated it into his standup and other projects, Chris has tapped into the vein of comedy that stings, heals, and relates. From the hardships of creating comedy in today’s sensitive culture... to how Chris...
Documentary/”Behind The Scenes” producer/director/editor Michael Felsher (JUST DESSERTS: THE MAKING OF CREEPSHOW, DIARY OF THE DEAD, SHOCKER) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss the craft of producing incredible special features and documentaries for home video releases. From seeing RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK as a child and becoming enamored with the process of story telling on film … to becoming the special features documentarian in Hollywood having created the bonus material for over 3...
Filmmaker Nicholas McCarthy (THE PACT, AT THE DEVIL’S DOOR) shares his career journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen and discusses his new “killer kid” film THE PRODIGY (opening in US theaters this Friday). From falling in love with Creature Double Feature as a kid… to making short films … to an in-depth nerd-out about aspect ratios… to working with child actors who are performing adult material … this is exactly the kind of filmmaker on filmmaker conversation that you listen to THE MOVIE CRYPT for. ...
Filmmaker Nicolas Pesce (THE EYES OF MY MOTHER, PIERCING) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen and discusses his career path so far. From directing music videos… to making his debut feature in black and white …to making his second and very different follow up PIERCING… to taking on the remake of THE GRUDGE (out next summer)… Nick and the boys dive deep into the realities of “blue collar” filmmaking. Dr. Arwen pours some sugar on her “Hollywood Therapy” segment, Nick answers our beloved Crypt Keep...
Writer/Director/Producer Daniel Farrands (THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT, THE AMITYVILLE MURDERS, THE HAUNTING OF SHARON TATE, HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS) shares his career journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen. From a young child who fell in love with being scared by cinema…to a prolific narrative and documentary filmmaker who has now contributed to almost every great franchise of our time… Daniel has worked in every aspect of production and lived to tell about it. Dr. Arwen prescribes a se...
Writer/Director Rob Schrab (MONSTER HOUSE, COMMUNITY, CHANNEL 101) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen for what starts out as a conversation about Rob’s career journey but then quickly turns into a master class discussion on the craft of screenwriting. From the books and software every aspiring writer should get to learn the basics… to honing your individual voice as an artist… to the pros and cons of inexperience … to finding the right location to write in… to how to deal with the inevitable re...
This fantastic conversation with Academy Award winning actress and author Marcia Gay Harden (MYSTIC RIVER, MILLER’S CROSSING, THE MIST) was recorded LIVE during this year’s 48-hour marathon! Listen as Marcia shares her career journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen including incredible stories about her first time meeting with Clint Eastwood, the preparation she does as an actress, working on THE MIST, and of course working with our own Joe Lynch on the upcoming Netflix action/thriller POINT BLANK. Th...
Adam, Joe, and Arwen look back on this year’s 48-hour charity marathon and the entire past year of episodes in this annual wrap-up of THE MOVIE CRYPT. Some highlight clips are played, Dr. Arwen squeezes in one final “Hollywood Therapy” session for 2018, and the guys announce an exciting new reward coming to Patreon in January during this traditional re-cap episode that they miraculously kept to a brisk 2 hours for the first time ever! As THE MOVIE CRYPT hurdles towards the 300th episode and the ...
Recorded LIVE during this year’s 48-hour marathon, director SpookyDan Walker and actress Susan Slaughter slide down ArieScope’s chimney to discuss their individual career paths and the making of their new film SLAY BELLES with Adam, Joe, and Arwen. From Spooky’s many years as the “ambassador” of the horror community and Susan’s work on GHOST HUNTERS to the long process of making and finishing SLAY BELLES (out now!) this candid conversation shows not only that “where there is a will there is a wa...
Filmmakers Rebekah and David McKendry (ALL THE CREATURES WERE STIRRING) deliver Adam, Joe, and Arwen some holiday cheer and fear in this conversation about their Hollywood experiences. From completing higher education (Rebekah is an actual “Doctor” whereas Dr. Arwen is actually… not )… to writing and editing for the biggest magazines and websites in the genre… to honing their crafts making shorts and working in various crew positions across the board… to the hurdles they faced together when writ...
Filmmaker Alexandre Aja (HIGH TENSION, THE HILLS HAVE EYES, PIRANHA 3D, HORNS) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career path in this phenomenal conversation that was long, long overdue. From how Alex broke in… to hurdles in post-production… to dealing with the MPAA… to the pressures that come with remaking a film… to making crucial career choices in an industry where certainty doesn’t exist… this conversation between three colleagues from the same generation of filmmakers is one that you...
Filmmaker Graham Reznick (DEADWAX) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey from working in most every position in production to creating and writing/directing his exceptional new series DEADWAX for Shudder. Dr. Arwen prescribes advice on when to make the move to Los Angeles in her “Hollywood Therapy” segment, our beloved supporters get their “Viewer Mail” answered, and the guys start gearing up for this year’s 48-hour marathon to save the Yorkies in this episode that once again ...
Film critic/historian Leonard Maltin (ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH) and his daughter/podcast co-host Jessie Maltin sit down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen for a candid conversation about film criticism, the ever changing Hollywood landscape, and their undying love and appreciation of cinema in general. From Leonard’s teenage years writing (and then running) a magazine… to becoming one of the most known, beloved, and respected voices in film criticism… and Jessie’s childhood in Hol...
Filmmaker John Hyams (UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING, ALL SQUARE, TV’s Z NATION) discusses his career journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen in this fantastic conversation. From John’s early experiences on his father’s sets (the great Peter Hyams!)… to making documentaries… to how he landed his first feature film (UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: REGENERATION)… to his love of storytelling through the medium of television… John’s story of seizing every opportunity is sure to inspire you to make the most out of...
Filmmaker Natasha Kermani (IMITATION GIRL) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss her career, Halloween, and everything in between. (Well, maybe not everything in between but it rhymed with Halloween so just go with it.) From early conversations dissecting great battle scenes with her father… to attending film school… to directing commercials… to founding her own production company… to directing her first feature (the micro budget science fiction film IMITATION GIRL – available now!)… to new meth...
Filmmaker Jim Hosking (THE GREASY STRANGLER, AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN) flies all the way over from London just to pet Arwen and share his career journey with Adam and Joe! (OK, maybe he had some other stuff to do while he was in town but stopping by THE MOVIE CRYPT was definitely high up there on Jim’s list of important things to do while in LA!) From working on promos for MTV in NYC… to making short films and commercials… to contributing to the ABC’s OF DEATH anthology… to making his f...
ArieScope Pictures (the HATCHET franchise, 2010’s FROZEN, TV’s HOLLISTON, this podcast, and more) turns 20 years old this month! With 10 theatrical feature films, 2 seasons of a television show, a record label, a published novel, several popular comic series’, and well over 100 shorts films/web series episodes under their belt … ArieScope has become a leader of the indie genre scene over the last two decades. In this episode, co-founder/ cinematographer Will Barratt (FROZEN, DIGGING UP THE MAROW...
Director Jonas Akerlund (SPUN, LORDS OF CHAOS) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his amazing career in music videos, international commercials, and feature films. From MADONNA to METALLICA to U2 to LADY GAGA… Akerlund has created visionary music videos for some of the world’s most iconic acts. He’s brought his same unique visual style to his various features including his latest, the beautifully grim and heartfelt LORDS OF CHAOS which is currently touring festivals around the world....
Director William Lustig (MANIAC, MANIAC COP 2) shares his career journey and industry insight with Adam, Joe, and Arwen in this episode that we only wish could have gone on for another 3 hours! From dropping out of High School… to working on the set of adult films… to directing one of the most beloved horror films of all time (MANIAC – which even Martin Scorsese requested a copy of for his own personal collection!)… to creating his own distribution label (Blue Underground) with the sole purpose ...
Joe Lynch makes his triumphant return to THE MOVIE CRYPT and brings Production Designer Freddy Waff (POINT BLANK, BONE TOMAHAWK, STRANGERS 2) with him. From a brief turn at the stage… to pretending to know how to drive a 5-ton truck… to working his way up through all positions of the art department in films like CAST AWAY, SPIDER-MAN, and THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON… to becoming a full-fledged Production Designer on EVIDENCE, BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99, and more (including Lynch’s latest POI...
Writer Nick Giovannetti (FAR CRY 5, JUST CAUSE 4, Marvel’s DEADPOOL comics) shares his career journey with Adam and Arwen in this super-sized episode. From (accidentally) getting a PA job on CHASING AMY… to finding himself touring with INSANE CLOWN POSSE and undergoing the shortest “chaining ceremony” in hip hop history… to breaking into comics and video games… Nick’s path through the entertainment industry has been anything but ordinary and he’s got the candid anecdotes to prove it! Dr. Arwen g...
Musician/host Jason Charles Miller (GODHEAD, STARTER KIT) and his guitar return to serenade Adam and Arwen with live music and stories! Over the last two and a half years since he last recorded an episode with us Jason has performed live on both 48-Hour “Save The Yorkies” marathons… taught thousands how to play Dungeons & Dragons and other role playing games… sang the National Anthem before a major league baseball game at PetCo Park… and released his new record “In The Wasteland.” Our Crypt Keep...
