For THE MOVIE CRYPT’s 7th anniversary Adam and Joe welcome back their HOLLISTON co-star, actress, musician, and dear friend Corri English (UNREST, SKYRIM, FINAL FANTASY AWAKENING, TITANFALL 2). Recorded during the Coronavirus pandemic, Corri checks in from Nashville, TN and discusses her new music, writing songs for other artists, producing her podcast, continuing to work regularly performing voice-overs despite no longer living in Los Angeles, and balancing life as an artist with being the moth...
May 11, 2020•1 hr 42 min
Legendary filmmaker Abel Ferrara (BAD LIEUTENANT, DRILLER KILLER, MS.45, KING OF NEW YORK ) “virtually” joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen all the way from Italy to discuss his career journey. Rising out of the New York sleaze scene in the 70’s, Ferrara has done it ALL over the course of his 50 years in the business! From feature films… to major network television shows like MIAMI VICE and CRIME STORY… to music videos… to documentaries and beyond, Ferrara shares tales from the trenches in this phenomena...
May 04, 2020•1 hr 34 min
Filmmakers Brett and Drew Pierce (DEADHEADS, THE WRETCHED) “virtually” join Adam, Joe, and Arwen from their Coronavirus quarantine to discuss their career journey so far. Growing up with a father who had not only worked in the industry but who worked on THE EVIL DEAD of all films, Brett and Drew were both bit by the entertainment bug as far back as they can remember. From realizing that they were simply better together… to making shorts for fun… to their grass roots effort to produce their first...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 58 min
Filmmaker and actor Clark Duke (KICK-ASS, SEX DRIVE, HOT TUB TIME MACHINE, TV’s THE OFFICE) “virtually” sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen during the Coronavirus pandemic in their first ever episode recorded without the guest in the studio with them. Clark has been a working actor since he was a child performing in major studio films and network television shows, but he has recently made his feature directorial debut with his new film ARKANSAS. Listen as Clark describes his experience making th...
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 44 min
Filmmaker, author, and musician Frank Meyer (ATTACK OF THE SHOW, X-PLAY, VIDEOGAME THEATER, RISEN: THE STORY OF CHRON ‘HELL RAZAH’ SMITH) braves the apocalypse to sit down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen and share his career story. From growing up around established artists and industry players… to fronting the punk band THE STREETWALKIN’ CHEETAHS… to writing the definitive biography about THE RAMONES (“On The Road With The Ramones”)… to becoming a producer for the G4 Network… to creating the award-wi...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 47 min
WARNING : EXPLICIT CONTENT. Radio DJ and award winning author Jude Angelini (ALL OUT SHOW, HAYENA, HUMMINGBIRD) shares his story with Adam, Joe, and Arwen. THIS IS THE FIRST EPISODE IN MOVIE CRYPT HISTORY TO OPEN WITH A WARNING. IF YOU ARE FRAGILE OR EASILY OFFENDED - SKIP THIS ONE. From growing up poor in a broken home with a literal closet for a bedroom… to being in the remedial classes among mentally disabled students in school … to finding himself on the JENNY JONES show by chance - and maki...
Apr 06, 2020•2 hr 9 min
Filmmaker Paul Solet (TREAD, GRACE, DARK SUMMER, TALES OF HALLOWEEN) first appeared on THE MOVIE CRYPT during our episode dedicated to making short films almost 6 years ago (Ep 74 - 10/20/14). Now, Solet returns to sit down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen, discuss his full career journey, and share all that he has been up to since last doing the podcast. From growing up with Eli Roth as his summer camp counselor… to his short film GRACE being discovered by Adam (who produced the feature film version)…...
Mar 30, 2020•1 hr 44 min
Filmmaker David Bruckner (THE SIGNAL, THE RITUAL, TV’S CREEPSHOW) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to share his career journey. From making short films with a group of filmmaking friends in Atlanta… to the Sundance premiere of their anthology THE SIGNAL… to a long stretch of figuring out “now what?”… to honing his craft by writing, writing, writing… to finding more success with anthologies like V/H/S and SOUTHBOUND… to his brief attachment at the helm of the long await next FRIDAY THE 13TH film… to hi...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 47 min
Actor Danny Pudi (COMMUNITY, MYTHIC QUEST, DUCK TALES) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From starting out in dance as a young child… to falling in love with the comedy of Monty Python… to being the first ever recipient of the Chris Farley scholarship at Second City in Chicago… to his year’s working on COMMUNITY… to working with Joe on KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM… to juggling family life/fatherhood and a career in the arts… Danny’s optimism and humility is absolutely in...
Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 54 min
Filmmaker Jack Henry Robbins (VHYes, GHOSTMATES, OPENING NIGHT) discusses his career journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen. From Jack’s work creating in multiple genres… to the making of his latest film VHYes… to the process of screening/testing a new film… to the many lessons learned along the way… Jack shares his storytelling process. Dr. Arwen provides advice for a filmmaker looking to see things in the best possible light, Jack offers some great tips on writers, and Adam addresses the tragic los...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Cinematographer Daniel Pearl (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 1974 & 2003, FRIDAY THE 13th 2009, ALIEN VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen for an absolutely epic conversation about his long and distinguished career. (Pearl holds the second longest running career as a Director of Photography in all of Hollywood!) From shooting music videos and concert films for artists like Guns N Roses, U2, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Bon Jovi, Shania Twain, Jennifer Lope...
Mar 02, 2020•2 hr 27 min
Filmmaker J.D. Dillard (SLEIGHT, SWEETHEART) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his journey through Hollywood so far. From the decision to not finish film school and instead round himself out by studying a potentially more useful skill set… to all he learned by working as an assistant/receptionist at Bad Robot while continuing to write and direct shorts… to his feature film directorial debut with SLEIGHT… to the importance of knowing how to keep a story tight and not overstay its welcome… to ...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 41 min
Austrian filmmaking team Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz (GOODNIGHT MOMMY, THE LODGE) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen for a hilarious and extremely honest conversation about their career journey and the reality of financing films in this day and age. The unlikely filmmaking duo share the incredible story of how they met and began working together… the major differences/similarities between getting a film financed in Austria and in America… their approach to equally sharing the helm on each ...
Feb 17, 2020•1 hr 39 min
Actor Stephen Lang (AVATAR, DON’T BREATHE, MANHUNTER) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen to share his career journey. From answering “the calling” to become a performer… to working on Broadway alongside such greats as Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich… to Stephen’s process behind becoming the characters he embodies with each new role… to constantly adapting to each different directors’ unique style… to the story behind “Miles Quaritch’s” coffee cup in AVATAR… to how he feels about his children ...
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 13 min
On Saturday January 25, 2020 the Panic Film Festival in Kansas City, MO presented a special 10th anniversary screening of Adam Green’s FROZEN followed by a live performance of THE MOVIE CRYPT podcast. For the first time ever, Joe Lynch interviews Adam Green in the most candid filmmaker on filmmaker conversation about the making of FROZEN that you’ll ever hear. From Green turning down an offer that would have doubled the production’s budget had he been willing to concede to the producer’s demands...
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 21 min
Filmmaker Sam Wineman (DEATHCEMBER, THE QUIET ROOM, Attack Of The Queerwolf Podcast) shares his journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen in this absolutely fantastic episode! From growing up feeling different and forming a cinematic kinship with the horror genre and its monsters… to recognizing that he was drowning his confusion in alcohol as a young teen and taking action to change the path he was heading down… to bravely coming out as queer to a family that wasn’t immediately ready to embrace his rea...
Jan 27, 2020•1 hr 22 min
Filmmaker Rodman Flender (IDLE HANDS, LEPRECHAUN 2, TV’s THE OFFICE) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to share his cinematic journey. From starting out as an actor… to always saying “yes” to new and sudden opportunities… to finding himself all but running the day to day operations for Roger Corman’s company… to the pros and cons of not being “pigeonholed” as an artist… to IDLE HANDS being targeted by politicians in the wake of the Columbine tragedy… to the making of his latest film EAT BRAINS LOVE (“a...
Jan 20, 2020•2 hr 6 min
Filmmaker Kyra Gardner may have only just graduated film school a few months ago but she’s already one of the best examples we know of an emerging young talent making huge strides in the world of cinema today! From trying to decide between a career as a veterinarian or an army nurse and instead choosing filmmaking as her calling… to observing her father at work on sets (Tony Gardner is an FX legend – check out our conversation with him in Ep 246)… to having her first short film selected for the ...
Jan 13, 2020•1 hr 36 min
He’s a mystery wrapped in an enigma and a living hero to every artist who’s ever been trampled over by the system. Filmmaker Richard Stanley (HARDWARE, DUST DEVIL, THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU) sits down with Adam Green, Joe Lynch, and Arwen for a long awaited and fascinating discussion about his career journey. From seeing the original ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU in 1977 and determinedly deciding that he would one day tell H.G. Wells’ fantastical story his own way... to making a name for himself with 1990...
Jan 06, 2020•1 hr 46 min
Adam, Joe, and Arwen bid farewell to 2019 with a look back at the highs and lows from this past year. From the most memorable MOVIE CRYPT conversations, their favorite movies and TV shows, and this year’s record breaking “Yorkiethon" … to the heartbreaks of loved ones lost, the career frustrations they’ve endured, and the guys’ extremely candid and personal resolutions for 2020… Adam and Joe hold nothing back as they purge their hearts of the “old” and make room for all the wonderful “new” that ...
Dec 30, 2019•2 hr 12 min
Comedian Brian Posehn (THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM, SEX DRIVE, THE DEVIL’S REJECTS, KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM, HOLLISTON, THE BIG BANG THEORY) joined Adam and Joe as a surprise guest during the first night of “Yorkiethon 4.” In this extremely candid conversation the guys discuss Brian’s new book FOREVER NERDY, Brian’s guest star role on THE MADALORIAN, visiting Rick Baker’s house, dealing with fans, Halloween, and much more! Dr. Arwen was at home sleeping yet still managed to provide “Hollywood Thera...
Dec 23, 2019•1 hr 46 min
Our final "Hall Of Fame" episode features the most famous guest in the history of THE MOVIE CRYPT! Yes, Father Christmas himself - the one and only Santa Claus - took time out of his busy schedule to spread holiday cheer with us back in December of 2015... and it remains one of the most important episodes of this podcast that we'll ever record. If you're feeling like you've lost the "Christmas magic" that you hear about in commercials every year- don't worry! By the end of this truly magical epi...
Dec 20, 2019•2 hr 31 min
With GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY writer/director James Gunn cemented himself as one of the greatest filmmakers working in Hollywood. (We called it with SLITHER many years earlier but hey- sometimes it takes people a few years to realize that we're always right!) Recorded way back in December of 2014 and released on January 5, 2015, this "Hall Of Fame" episode truly features one of the best conversations you'll ever hear with the now super star director. There is only 1 more "Hall Of Fame" episode le...
Dec 13, 2019•1 hr 57 min
Actor Patrick Schwarzenegger (DANIEL ISN’T REAL, SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, GROWN UPS 2) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From visiting Hollywood sets with his father Arnold as a small child… to the rush that he felt his first time performing … to learning the business side of the industry… to the importance of having interests and endeavors in addition to acting… to a deep dive into the process of making DANIEL ISN’T REAL (out now!)… Patrick and the boys get...
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 34 min
In what may be the most important conversation you'll ever hear on THE MOVIE CRYPT, addiction counselor Terry Kirkman (A.I.R. Support) sat down with us to get real about the subject of addiction. After meeting so many artists who have struggled with substance abuse in their own lifetimes and after losing our dear friend and brother Dave Brockie to heroin in 2014, we wanted to speak with an expert in the field and gain a better understanding of the illness. We also hoped to help our audience memb...
Dec 06, 2019•2 hr 20 min
Actress Claudia Christian (THE HIDDEN, BABYLON 5, CLEAN AND SOBER, 9-1-1) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss her career. From getting the acting bug as a young child after being cast in a school play… to getting her GED at 16 and becoming the only one of her siblings to not pursue a higher education… to her extremely realistic and refreshingly honest take on the industry having survived over 30 years working in it… to having the strength to get her addictions under control when they ...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 33 min
GREMLINS, THE 'BURBS, THE HOWLING, TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE... director Joe Dante is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time! In this "Hall Of Fame" episode from the summer of 2015, Joe shares his career journey with us including stories from the making of GREMLINS and LOONEY TOONS BACK IN ACTION that blew our cinema-geek minds! Listen to this one without any bright lights on, don't get it wet, and whatever you do... no matter how much Arwen cries... no matter how much she begs... NEVER feed ...
Nov 29, 2019•2 hr 21 min
Filmmaker Jennifer Reeder (KNIVES AND SKIN, ACCIDENTS HAPPEN AT HOME AND HOW THEY HAPPEN) discusses her craft with Adam, Joe, and Arwen. From a sculpting class that helped her fall in love with visual storytelling… to making her visionary first film WHITE TRASH GIRL… to consistently making short after short after short… to the making of her latest (KNIVES AND SKIN - out 12/6)… Jennifer shares her journey as a true indie filmmaker. Dr. Arwen provides “Hollywood Therapy” for a patient considering ...
Nov 25, 2019•1 hr 55 min
THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES, 3 FROM HELL, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART 2, TV's HOLLISTON... horror icon Bill Moseley is one of the most versatile performers in cinema and one of the most humble and down to earth human beings you could ever hope to meet. As you'll learn in Bill's first visit to THE MOVIE CRYPT, his success did not happen overnight. In fact, after an incident on the set of ARMY OF DARKNESS his career almost didn't happen at all! This episode isn't just "Hall Of Fam...
Nov 22, 2019•2 hr 17 min
Screenwriter Ed Neumeier (ROBOCOP, STARSHIP TROOPERS) sits down to talk his career and craft with Adam, Joe, and Arwen. From seeing 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY at age 10… to having his life changed by STAR WARS… to briefly working as a studio executive… to co-writing his first screenplay (ROBOCOP) and having it actually get made… to stories from the sets of both ROBOCOP and STARSHIP TROOPERS… Ed shares his experiences from the front lines of two of the most popular science fiction franchises in cinema...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 56 min
