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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast Recorded LIVE during THE MOVIE CRYPT’s 7th annual YORKIETHON, actor Doug Bradley (“Pinhead” from the HELLRAISER franchise, NIGHTBREED, WRONG TURN 5, PUMPKINHEAD: ASHES TO ASHES) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From his humble beginnings as a theater actor in Liverpool where he first met Clive Barker… to the realization that acting was his one and only true calling… to the lifelong friendships he formed as part of “The Dog Company” local theater group and the career span...
Jan 09, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep 501•Transcript available on Metacast PUBLIC VERSION. For THE MOVIE CRYPT’s special 500th episode Adam, Joe, and Arwen sit down with one of their biggest cinematic heroes and a true icon of independent filmmaking… the great Kevin Smith (CLERKS 1-3, MALLRATS, DOGMA, CHASING AMY, RED STATE, TUSK, JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK)! From an in-depth discussion about the changing landscape of theatrical film distribution and the joys of touring with a movie… to how the sound of a happy audience can keep you addicted to filmmaking no matter...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr•Ep 500•Transcript available on Metacast PUBLIC VERSION. Recorded LIVE at the very end THE MOVIE CRYPT’s 7th annual YORKIETHON, actress Heather Langenkamp (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, THE MIDNIGHT CLUB) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss her legacy as the star of one of the most beloved and important genre films of all time. From the power of Wes Craven’s simple yet groundbreaking “don’t fall asleep” hook… to the timeless icon created with “Freddy Krueger”… to audiences creating their own interpretations and finding their own values ...
Dec 26, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 499•Transcript available on Metacast PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Parker Finn (SMILE) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey so far. From struggling to make ends meet after college and making short films… to the two shorts that he felt showed what he can actually do (THE HIDEBEHIND and LAURA HASN’T SLEPT)… to the attention that LAURA HASN’T SLEPT received by being selected for the doomed 2020 South By Southwest Film Festival (it was cancelled due to COVID) and being watched by curious industry executives through a pr...
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr•Ep 498•Transcript available on Metacast PUBLIC VERSION. Actress Sarah Lind (EDGEMONT, WOLFCOP) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss her long career journey working on both the big and small screen from an early age and the making of her latest film A WOUNDED FAWN (now streaming on Shudder). With a twisted new take on toxic masculinity, FAWN is a subversion of the slasher film with a healthy heaping of Greek Mythology to boot! From collaborating with her long time partner director Travis Stevens (JAKOB’S WIFE)… to working with on-scre...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr•Ep 497•Transcript available on Metacast PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Maggie Levin (V/H/S 99: “Shredding,” INTO THE DARK: “ My Valentine,” MISS 2059) discuss her career journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen. From growing up with a father who was a career musician and a mother who was a ballerina… to incorporating her passionate love of music into her story telling in other mediums… to creating her own opportunities working on countless short films and music videos as a producer, writer and director… to creating her own live club production in...
Dec 05, 2022•58 min•Ep 496•Transcript available on Metacast PUBLIC VERSION. Actor/filmmaker Noah Segan (KNIVES OUT, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, BRICK) and actress Victoria Moroles (TEEN WOLF, NEVER HAVE I EVER) join Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss the making of their new film BLOOD RELATIVES (now streaming on Shudder). Dedicating almost the entire conversation to the making of their new horror/comedy, Noah discusses crafting the script, directing himself as an actor, and how he injected such a personal amount of heart into such a fantastical story about va...
Nov 28, 2022•59 min•Ep 495•Transcript available on Metacast PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Alex Phillips (ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS (now streaming on Screambox) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to share his journey directing his debut feature film. Starting off with a geek-out over the boys’ shared love of provocative/transgressive cinema (films like BRAIN DAMAGE, PINK FLAMINGOS, and REQUIEM FOR A DREAM), Alex discusses the trials of shooting a no-budget feature in Chicago during the pandemic… the “body horror” films that inspired him… the art of a good zoom ...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep 494•Transcript available on Metacast PUBLIC VERSION. Actor and producer Marc Senter (THE LOST, STARRY EYES, TALES OF HALLOWEEN, THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL, RED WHITE & BLUE) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey, his process as an actor, and the making of his latest film OLD MAN (now available on VOD and digital). From a kid in Colorado who “just wanted to dance”… to getting the acting bug and making the move to Los Angeles… to how he approaches the audition process… to his unforgettable break out performance as “Ray P...
Nov 14, 2022•59 min•Ep 493•Transcript available on Metacast This episode contains personal and candid discussions that include sexual assault and murder. THE MOVIE CRYPT’s special roundtable series continues as hosts Adam Green and Joe Lynch sit down with Cerina Vincent (CABIN FEVER, NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE) and Deborah Voorhees (FRIDAY THE 13TH: A NEW BEGINNING, 13 FANBOY) to discuss their personal experiences with stalkers ranging from on-line harassment to life threatening physical altercations. A dark side of the entertainment industry that is not add...
Nov 07, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Ep 492•Transcript available on Metacast 
