Movie Melt! Podcast - Psychotronic and Outsider Cinema

This week Shea , Carlo , Dan , David, Alistair , and Matt visit the carnival Freak Show aka James Best’s vanity project DEATH MASK (1998)! Director: Steve Latshaw Writer: James Best Stars: James Best, Linnea Quigley, John Nutten Letterboxd synopsis: “Wilbur works in an old carnival and shows some gruesome things to the puplic. He covered his face because he had a sadistic father who burned his fac...

Klon , Roger, and Matt dive into the energy drink soaked psychosis about ancient sex monsters -- LOVE GOD (1997)! Plus: Catch and Release, What Movie is This?, Listener Feedback, and more! Synopsis: A schizophrenic with compulsive reading disorder tries hard to reintegrate into normal society, only for the Hindu Gods to continue to haunted him. Director: Frank Grow Writer: Frank Grow Stars: Will K...

Heather , Carlo , Dan , and Matt solve the mystery behind a movie streaming on Troma’s website where the actual description reads: “I’ll level with you, I can't find a damn thing on this movie.” Challenge accepted! We came, we watched, we conquered Street Beat (1993)! Also, this ep is a tribute to our love for hunky auteur Ross Hagen. Director: Ross Hagen Writer: Ross Hagen Stars: Nancy Ticotin, T...

Heather , Roger, Jared , and Matt take a trip to late-90s LA and gangbang bloodsucking vampires with Van Helsing and the Crips!! And Matthew Bright and Richard Elfman are their tour guides! Plus: Catch and Release, What Movie Is This?: Vampire Comedy Edition, Listener Feedback, and so much more!!! Synopsis: A borderline fascistic Dr. Van Helsing unwittingly hires crack smoking gang-bangers to purs...

Matt got a chance to chat with Zolar's director Carl Goldstein about his INSANE career and good times were had by all. Plus, Carl dishes the gossip on John Claude Van Damme, Steven Segal, Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, John Landis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sean Penn, Robert Z’dar, and so much more!!!

In dire need of an adrenaline rush Shea , Heather , Carlo , Cory , David, and Matt watched ZOLAR (2004), the only extreme sports alien movie in exitence! Director: Carl Goldstein Writer: John Derevlany Stars: Jordan Hoffart, Nicki Clyne (from NXIVM), C. Thomas Howell Synopsis: When super-powered, skateboarding alien Zolar is kidnapped in a plot to destroy the Earth, it's up to a motley band of tee...

Shea , Heather , Klon , Roger, David, and Matt go to the prison of the future where there are no guards or walls, just explosive collars and gramma-looking Rutger Hauers! That’s right we watched Deadlock aka Wedlock from 1991!! Director: Lewis Teague Writer: Broderick Miller Stars: Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen, James Remar, Stephen Tobolowsky, Synopsis: A male prison escapee heads for his...

RUBIN & ED (1991) director Trent Harris joins Shea , Heather , and Caroline for a convo about film, filmmaking, ants, VHS, and so much more! Good times! Buy Shea’s VHS releases We now have a Patreon , and we’d be so excited if you’d help us out with just a few dollars a month. Thank you to everyone who’s already jumped on board - it’s extremely flattering. Hey, why not call us on our hotline?...

Shea , Heather , Klon , Dan and Matt cover Movie Melt’s very first married couple vanity project -- the incomprehensible Deadly Spygames (1989)! Director: Jack M. Sell Writers: Adrienne Richmond (Sell), Jack M. Sell Stars: Jack M. Sell, Troy Donahue, Adrienne Richmond (Sell), Tippi Hedren Synopsis: A special agent for the United States Special Operations Bureau finds himself in deep trouble when a...

Shea , Heather , Roger, David, Klon , and Matt bring you our filthiest episode yet (?) with the sleazy, greasy, and certifiably insane Spanish exploitation film MAD FOXES (1981)! Hold on to your cod piece for this one. Plus: Catch and Release, What Movie is This?, listener feedback, and so much more!!!! Break song: HOT CHOCOLATE - THE GIRL IS A FOX (DEMO) We now have a Patreon , and we’d be so exc...

Shea , Roger, David, Klon , Beer Greg, and Matt went into the corn maize and come out in urban Chicago, because we watched Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest! •Director: James D.R. Hickox •Writer: Dode B. Levenson •Special FX: Screaming Mad George! Plus: Catch and Release, What Movie is This?, listener feedback, and so much more!!!! Vote for Klon here Check out Greg’s beers here Break song: T...

Shea , Heather , Roger, Dan , and Matt watched the anti-Pixar opus, an evil kid vanity project to end all vanity projects, QT World: Fearless I Am (2019)! Plus: Catch and Release, What Movie is This?, listener feedback, and so much more!!!! Check out CRUDBUDDIES here Check out Dan’s Podcast Hoser Horror here Watch QT WORLD here Break song: Captain Sky - Fearless (In The Pocket) (1979) We now have...

Angi , Shea , Bobby , Heather , David, and Matt watched Cameron Crowe’s weirdly forgotten sister sequel to Fast Times at Ridgemont High — starring Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, Rick Moranis, and Christopher Penn — The Wild Life (1984)! Plus: Catch and Release, What Movie is This?, listener feedback, and a sneak peak into next episode. Check out Bobby’s podcast here We now have a Patreon , and we’d be...

Angi , Shea , Caroline , Heather , Matt , Carlo , and David watched the Dad-sploitatiin vanity project of Jimmy Williams, starring Robert Z’Dar and William (see you in hell you sonofabiiiiitch) Smith -- SHADOW OF THE DRAGON (1992)! Plus: David smells a tire, Slammer Girls, Friday the 13th, Skip Tracer, The Crow III: Wicked Prayer, Born (2007) Doom Asylum, Sixty Million Dollar Man, Codename: D.O.L....

We watched the weirdo roadtrip buddy comedy about burying Crispin Glover's dead cat in the desert! Yep... we watched 1992's RUBIN AND ED directed by Utah's greatest director TRENT HARRIS. ALSO, we started a Patreon ! There's a new patreon exclusive podacst 'In Search of the Perfect Podcast' , but since times are tough we decided to make it available to everyone for free. We love you. Make good cho...

Angi , Shea , Caroline , Heather , Matt , and Jared apologize for unleashing a plague upon mankind. They also venture into ancient segments from days of yore, and breakdown the movie that our listeners chose (!) BLOOD ORGY OF THE LEATHERS GIRLS (1988)!! THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED ON THE SHOW AND BEHIND THE SCENES. IT MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF US. ​ PLEASE LEAVE US A APPLE PODCAST REVIEW...WE...

Director: Glenn R. Wilder Writers: Randy Grinter ... (story) Randy Grinter ... (screenplay) and Glenn R. Wilder ... (screenplay) (as Glenn Wilder) and Jeff Moldovan ... (screenplay) Starring: Jeff Moldovan as Jeremy Hawk Angi , Shea , Caroline , Heather , Matt , and David dive into the first film ever from the extremely niche genre of paintball-sploitation with 1987’s MASTER BLASTER! RENA RIFFEL'S...

Rena Riffel and Phillipe Mora have worked together on at least six movies, so #98.5 seemed like a perfect chance to interview the beauty and brains behind SHOWGIRLS 2: PENNY'S FROM HEAVEN! Rena's also worked with David Lynch, Gregory Dark, Paul Verhoeven, Rolfe Kanefsky, Brian Cranston, Shannon tweed, Kyle MacLachlan, Patrick Stewart, and Demi Moore just to name a few! Part one from a Rena Retrosp...

Director: Philippe Mora Writer: Philippe Mora Stars: Beverly D’Angelo, Brion James, Moon Unit Zappa, Barry Humphries Shea , Caroline , Heather , Angi and Matt cover the absolutely batshit crazy career of auteur Philippe Mora with a focus on his dinosaur sex-comedy! Plus: a Movie Melt Pissing Contest, listener feedback, and so much more! PLEASE LEAVE US A APPLE PODCAST REVIEW...WE WILL SEND YOU AN...

Director: Daniel D'Or Stars: Julie Strain, Jeff Wincott, Zerha Leverman Shea , Alistair and Matt venture into the wild world of actress extraordinaire Julie Strain! We also come to the thrilling conclusion of the two part series where Shea breaks down all movies with “2020” in the title - finishing strong with BATTLE QUEEN 2020 (2001)!! Plus: a Movie Melt Pissing Contest, listener feedback, Christ...

Directors: Joe D'Amato (as Kevin Mancuso), George Eastman (uncredited) Writers: George Eastman (as Alex Carver), Aldo Florio Stars: Al Cliver, Harrison Muller, Daniel Stephen, Sabrina Siani Angi , Shea and Matt dive into the career of Joe D’Amato! Breakdown 2020 TEXAS GLADIATORS (1983) ! And build a Mt. Rushmore of our Top 4 films of the 2010s! Tell us your top 4 films at Companerospodcast@gmail.c...

We cover another underseen and undercover Christmas horror movie by the legendary Roberta Findlay, THE ORACLE (1985). Plus: Listener feedback, Movie Melt Pissing Contest, letters from listeners, and so much more Pretty please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts for Christmas. We love you. Make good choices. as of this date WATCH IT HERE and we’re going to Hundra this saturday at the Hollywood Thea...

For our feature presentation this week we watched the unexpected Christmas movie written by Larry Cohen, directed by William Lustig, starring Robert Z’Dar, Bruce Campbell, and Robert Davi! That’s right we watched the action-slasher (Slaction?) with some of the greatest stunts ever committed to film - Maniac Cop 2! PLUS: Listener feedback, Movie Melt Pissing Contest, letters from listeners, voicema...

This week Matt, Angi, Shea, David, Brady and Caroline {aka Letterboxd's Scumbalina } watched the made-in-Missouri superhero movie where the hero can only help people on the side of the road! More stop-motion super 8 madness! That’s right, we watched the The SKID KID (1991)!!! Perhaps call us on our hotline? (724) 246-4669! Check out the other Compañeros Radio Network shows: • Movie Melt • Get Soft...

Director: Christopher Thies Writers: Christopher Thies (screenplay), Christopher Thies (story) Stars: Tim R. Morgan, Mike Magri, Charles Majka In a wintery kind of town somewhere, people are being killed off by possessed totem poles! That's right, Matt, Brady, Heather and Lee from TMBDOS dive into a movie that has nothing to do with winter and everything to do with mind-melting claymation monsters...