PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Meko Winbush (GRAY MATTER, Winner of PROJECT GREENLIGHT Season 5) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen in the ArieScope Studio to discuss directing her debut feature film! From how James Cameron and the SciFi genre shaped her passion for storytelling as a child… to how she transitioned from working on trailers for movies to directing her own movies… to how she communicates with and leads her cast/crew through all phases of production… to how she stayed cool under pressure directi...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 530
PUBLIC VERSION. Actress Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN 1 & 2, THE RUNAWAYS, WICKED LITTLE THINGS, NASHVILLE, BURY THE BRIDE, and more) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen in the ArieScope Studio for a lively, laugh filled, and extremely NSFW conversation about her career journey. From growing up around a mortuary where she caught her first glimpse of… well, you’ll hear … to how wanting to meet Mario Lopez played a role in her becoming a child actress… to the Uncle who used to scare her with...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 529
PUBLIC VERSION. Legendary actor and horror icon Robert Englund (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, V: THE FINAL BATTLE, STRANGER THINGS, HATCHET, BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen for a wonderful conversation about his 50 year journey through Hollywood and his lifelong love affair with cinema. From the importance of film festivals and why every filmmaker needs to experience seeing their work with an audience whenever possible… to why he thinks Montreal is the best ci...
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 528
Normally our monthly LIVE show is only for Patreon members in the MOVIE CRYPT LIVE tier and above, but once every year we open up our favorite event of the month for everyone to join in on and experience! This Sunday (July 16th) join us for our annual FREE weekend for MOVIE CRYPT LIVE ! Every month's MOVIE CRYPT LIVE starts off with a different themed 2-hour pre-show from Adam and Arwen! At 8am PST / 11am EST you're not going to want to miss a single leather clad moment of "Arwen's Aqua Net + Ha...
Jul 11, 2023•4 min
PUBLIC VERSION. Capetown based filmmaker/actor Ryan Kruger (FRIED BARRY, WARRIOR) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From his humble beginnings as an actor and a music video director working with bands like SLIPKNOT, BOWLING FOR SOUP, and BLACK FLAG… to how desperate times and depression fueled him to make a film as soon as he possibly could… how acting in films in South Africa helped make his dream happen… to how an experimental short film became the award winning feature...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 527
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaking duo Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote (HYPNOTIC, THE OPEN HOUSE) join Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss their career journeys together and the making of their latest film THE WRATH OF BECKY (now in theaters and available digitally)! In this terrific conversation Matt and Suzanne discuss the serendipitous way they met and began working together… the challenges of making a film that addresses our extremely divisive times while keeping the fun and violent mayhem accessible to as...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 526
PUBLIC VERSION. Actor Seann William Scott (the AMERICAN PIE franchise, FINAL DESTINATION, ICE AGE, GOON, THE RUNDOWN, ROLE MODELS, JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK, SOUTHLAND TALES, ROAD TRIP, DUDE WHERE’S MY CAR?, and more) joins Adam and Arwen to discuss his career journey and the making of his latest film THE WRATH OF BECKY (now in US theaters and available soon on digital)! From a high school athlete in Minnesota who loved movies… to the local talent agency that helped him get started and find...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 525
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Vincenzo Natali (CUBE, SPLICE, TV’s HANNIBAL) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey and the creation of his new graphic novel TECH. From his desire to tell a story in the graphic novel medium where he wouldn’t be limited by a budget… to the creative freedom that came with writing the story and creating all of the artwork on his own… to the gratification of knowing that a graphic novel would definitely be realized and released without succumbing to the...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 524
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Bomani J. Story (THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER - currently in US theaters) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen in the ArieScope Studio to discuss his career journey so far. From growing up loving movies but having no idea that a career behind the camera was a real possibility for his future… to attending a 2 year community college where a public speaking class would become one of the most important classes he’d ever take… to deciding to pursue his true dream of making mov...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 523
PUBLIC VERSION. Actor, writer, director, and producer Ben Millikan (BLUE CRUSH 2, NEWCASTLE, RUN & GUN, BOSCH) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his new feature film SNAG (now in theaters and available digitally). From growing up in Sydney where he spent a decade as an amateur boxer… to his years studying acting and filmmaking at Australia’s On Camera Studio… to landing roles in films like NEWCASTLE, BLUE CRUSH 2, RUN & GUN and TV shows like MELROSE PLACE, CSI: MIAMI, and BOSCH… to how his e...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 522
Newcomer Franklin Ritch joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen in the ArieScope Studio to discuss the making of his debut feature THE ARTIFICE GIRL. From learning his craft through acting in theater and making short films… to tackling the incredibly difficult subject matter of child predators and artificial intelligence with a minimal cast in an (almost) single location story for his first feature film… to the decision to cast himself as one of the main characters… to working with the great Lance Henriksen…...
May 29, 2023•59 min•Ep. 521
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Deon Taylor (MEET THE BLACKS, TRAFFIK, CHAIN LETTER) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey and the making of his latest horror film FEAR (now available digitally)! From playing professional basketball in Germany… to deciding to change his career path entirely and pursue his dream of making movies… to landing in Los Angeles without a back-up plan or a safety net… to self-learning all aspects of the filmmaking process… to carving out his own path in the...
May 22, 2023•59 min•Ep. 520
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Anthony DiBlasi (DREAD, LAST SHIFT, MALUM) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen in the ArieScope studio to discuss his career journey. From graduating Emerson College in Massachusetts and making the move out West to La La Land… to finding his place among the Los Angeles horror community working as both an executive and a producer for Clive Barker’s Seraphim Films… to juicy stories about the making of MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN that you won’t hear anywhere else… to his experiences direct...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 519
PUBLIC VERSION. Hosts Adam Green, Joe Lynch, and Arwen celebrate the 10 year anniversary of THE MOVIE CRYPT with make-up FX legend Todd Masters (SLITHER, THE MANGLER, SIX FEET UNDER, TRUE BLOOD, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET V: THE DREAM CHILD, DEAD HEAT, LOOK WHO’S TALKING) in this incredibly fun, extended-length, special episode! From a little kid in Seattle who dreamed of making monsters… to destroying his parents’ house with various homemade FX experiments… to cold calling his hero Ray Harryhaus...
May 08, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 518
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker and friend of the podcast Jason Eisener (HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN, V/H/S 2, TV’s DARK SIDE OF THE RING) returns to discuss the making of his latest feature KIDS VS ALIENS (now available on Shudder, digital, and Blu-Ray)! From the process of turning his V/H/S 2 short into a feature film… to writing for and working with a cast of children… to what it was like shooting at his own parents’ house… to the benefits of being a young and naive filmmaker… to the pros and cons of editi...
May 01, 2023•59 min•Ep. 517
THE MOVIE CRYPT’s special roundtable series continues as hosts Adam Green and Joe Lynch sit down with filmmakers David Slade (HARD CANDY, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE) and SpookyDan Walker (SLAY BELLES, VFX artist on STAR TREK BEYOND, CELL, SLITHER) to discuss the controversy over artificial intelligence and why so many artists and tech leaders fear that the rapidly developing A.I. technology may pose an existential threat not only to the craft of storytelling… but to humanity itself! Wha...
Apr 24, 2023•2 hr 54 min•Ep. 516
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Mickey Reece (AGNES, CLIMATE OF THE HUNTER, ALIEN) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From blazing his own DIY path out in Oklahoma directing several films a year… to how he developed such an incredibly unique cinematic voice while working in almost every single genre… to how he confidently creates with extremely limited budgets and resources… to his choice to star as a Garth Brooks-esque singer on a most unusual quest in his latest film COUNTRY G...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 515
PUBLIC VERSION. Award-winning FX master Dan Martin (INFINITY POOL, COLOR OUT OF SPACE, 47 METERS DOWN, HOST, DASHCAM, and more) joins Adam, joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey in special make-up effects. From the VHS era of movies inspiring his love for genre film as a child… to building out his skillset by working in as many departments of the filmmaking process as he could… to his stunning FX work on films like LORDS OF CHAOS, HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2, and this year’s awards darling THE BANS...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 514
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Timothy Scott Bogart (SPINNING GOLD, TOUCHED, LOVE & SEX) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From growing up as the son of record industry maverick Neil Bogart (Casablanca Records- KISS, DONNA SUMMER, THE VILLAGE PEOPLE)… to fast-tracking his own career as a filmmaker by graduating NYU film school early and heading straight to Los Angeles… to talking his way into executive positions whether he actually knew how to do the jobs or not… to learning f...
Apr 03, 2023•59 min•Ep. 513
PUBLIC VERSION. Writer and Director Kurt Wimmer (EQUILIBRIUM, SALT, POINT BREAK 2015, TOTAL RECALL 2012, LAW ABIDING CITIZEN) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen in the ArieScope Studio to discuss his long career and the making of his latest feature CHILDREN OF THE CORN (2023). From leaving medical school to pursue screenwriting instead… to why he has learned to love test screenings… to why he no longer gets discouraged or feels threatened by studio executives’ notes on his scripts… to his philosophy tha...
Mar 27, 2023•59 min•Ep. 512
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Pete Ohs (JETHICA, YOUNGSTOWN) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey and his extremely unique approach to filmmaking. From developing his own cinematic style through making videos with friends at 15 years old… to how working as an editor, a cinematographer, and a producer on various TV, short film, and feature film productions helped inform his approach to directing… to how the experience of making his first feature film (EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS FAR A...
Mar 20, 2023•58 min•Ep. 511
PUBLIC VERSION. Actress and now filmmaker Nicki Micheaux (LOWLIFE, THE SHIELD, LINCOLN HEIGHTS) returns to THE MOVIE CRYPT to discuss writing and directing her first feature film SUMMER OF VIOLENCE. From the pros and cons of casting remotely during the pandemic and trying to feel out an actor’s true chemistry through only pre-recorded auditions and zoom calls… to why she feels that every actor should go out and direct something and her choice to not cast herself anywhere in her own film… to the ...
Mar 13, 2023•59 min•Ep. 510
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Christopher Landon (FREAKY, HAPPY DEATH DAY, the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY series) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey and the making of his latest film WE HAVE A GHOST (now playing on Netflix). From getting his start working with Larry Clark (KIDS)… to almost quitting the business after DISTURBIA… to how moving to Austin, TX helped bring him back to the career he loves… to how he got involved with the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY universe… to his knack for subver...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 509
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Patrick Read Johnson (SPACED INVADERS, DRAGONHEART, BABY’S DAY OUT) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career and the incredible 18 YEAR journey that it took to make his latest film 5-25-77. From a child who spent every waking moment he had creating his own home movie homages to the films that “restructured his DNA”… to becoming one of the very first people alive to ever see STAR WARS… to working as an effects artist on some of the 80’s most notable genre films …...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 508
PUBLIC VERSION. Reality TV star and musician Daisy de la Hoya (VH1’s DAISY OF LOVE, ROCK OF LOVE 2) shares her journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen in this extremely candid conversation about reality TV - a medium that has rarely been covered over the 10 years of THE MOVIE CRYPT podcast so far. From growing up in Colorado in a complicated family situation that saw her setting out on her own at just 15 years old … to accepting the bass player position in a band before she actually knew how to play t...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 507
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker/photographer Carter Smith (BUGCRUSH, THE RUINS, JAMIE MARKS IS DEAD) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen (in studio!) to discuss his career journey and his new feature film SWALLOWED (available on VOD February 14th). From becoming interested in photography as a child growing up in rural Maine… to his short film BUGCRUSH getting the industry’s attention… to landing the studio film THE RUINS as his feature film debut… to returning home to Maine to shoot his latest (SWALLOWED) inde...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 506
PUBLIC VERSION. Recorded LIVE during THE MOVIE CRYPT’s 7th annual YORKIETHON, actor Kyle Gallner (SMILE, JENNIFER’S BODY, SCREAM 2022, OUTSIDERS, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2010) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From Kyle’s humble beginnings as a child actor in films like WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER and TV shows like VERONICA MARS to his work in some of the biggest horror hits of all time like THE WALKING DEAD, JENNIFER’S BODY, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010), RED STATE, SCR...
Feb 06, 2023•57 min•Ep. 505
PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera (HUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen all the way from Mexico City to discuss her career journey and the making of her film HUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN (in limited theaters and available digitally on 2/10). From a young child being raised Catholic who was scared of everything… to discovering that she actually loved horror films and wanted to see them all… to going to film school and making several short films… to the process of submitti...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 504
PUBLIC VERSION. Actor Zach Gilford (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, SUPER, MIDNIGHT MASS, THE PURGE: ANARCHY) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey so far. From his first feature working with the great Larry Fessenden… to working on Peter Berg’s FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS series where a simple direction to add basic human actions to a performance taught him how to raise the quality of a performance… to advice on what not to do when auditioning on tape… to the importance of getting out of your o...
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 503
PUBLIC VERSION. Writer/Producer/Director Jed Shepherd (HOST, DASHCAM) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. Bolstered as a writer by one of the most timely and audacious film premieres during the pandemic (HOST) and the wave making DASHCAM, Jed has now stepped into the director’s chair with his contribution to Aaron Koontz’s anthology hit franchise SCARE PACKAGE 2 (now streaming now on Shudder) where he tackles the myth behind the ghost kid from THREE MEN AND A BABY. Jed desc...
Jan 16, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 502
