Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 640 This episode, Sam Drog returns as we try to wrap our heads around just how ahead of its time David Cronenberg's Videodrome truly was back in 1983. And as we plug into the network of idiots, we also bring up… the evolutionary chart of man, Mick Garris, American Ultra, Scanners, YouTube rabbit holes, The Franchise, Debbie Harry, a movie every night on the UHF channels, t...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 639 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") The horror club gets together to discuss ghosts, monsters and the immigrant horror stories contained in Santiago Menghini's No One Gets Out Alive . And while we try to figure out which attempted murders are real and which are fake, we also delve into… slacker pioneers, weird residual ghost pains, Aztec weaponry, Bed Bath & Beyond coupons...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 638 This episode Sam Drog returns and we discuss Tim Burton's return to his early feature with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice . We remember our response to the original and dig into the characters and plotlines of the new entry.  We also address… legacy sequel, It's a Wonderful Life: Abridged Edition, Wednesday, Willem Dafoe, Heathers, latchkey kids versus helicopter parents, pra...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 637 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Gather around the empty dinner table at Grandma's house as The Meltdown Horror Club comes together to discuss the 1989 holiday "classic" - Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! And even more interesting than the movie itself, we also talk about the fascinating life of the director Monte Hellman. And while we plan our trip to th...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 636 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Come celebrate the holiday as we make pizza and discuss Eli Roth's  Thanksgiving . And while we try to pick our favorite unnecessary pizza toppings, also cover… The People Under the Stairs, Stopmotion, Woman of the Hour, Night of the Living Dead… the stage production, the later Nightmare on Elm Street films, retail PTSD flashbacks, John...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 635 Join us as we recap our day at Scarefest. And as we make a point to not annoy celebrities at their table, we also bring up… Clive Barker, Don Coscarelli, The Midnight Meat Train, Rose McGowan, cenobite girl, Cyborg, The Fanatic, Gregory Nicotero, Billy Zane sportin' a look, The Wolf has a line, Felissa Rose, the Gorton's fisherman, sexy sax man, the Mandela effect, Ske...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 634 Come join the party… as we celebrate Halloween by watching Late Night with the Devil , directed by Cameron and Colin Cairnes and starring David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss and Ingrid Torelli.  And while we toast with glasses of blood, we also delve into… Oddity, Ghostwatch, the Bohemian Grove, Sleepaway Camp 2 and 3, Agatha All Along, weird jelly beans, getti...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 633 This episode Sam Drog returns as we delve into our own history with the original movie The Crow , give a recap of all the failed incarnations in-between and then get into an honest discussion of our thoughts on the new film directed by Rupert Sanders.    And while we comprise our ultimate anti-social movie experience, we also address… Bill Skarsgård, Brandon Lee, James...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 632 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Join us as the horror club discusses She Beast , directed by Michael Reeves and starring Barbara Steele, John Karlsen and Ian Ogilvy. And while we try to decide our favorite thing about Ghost Toast, we also mention… Sarah Squirm, pumpkins, Longlegs, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, Alien: Romulus, Halloween encroachment, a dunking chair,...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 631 This episode we sit down with Max Neace , a writer, director and producer originally from our neighborhood. So listen as we find out how he took his interest in film from shooting YouTube videos to getting his own feature films made. Plus we discuss the conception and challenging execution that is his most recent movie - Shift .  And while our guest may wish he was con...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 630  (For our Patreon "Horror Club") The Horror Club is back with Mario Bava's giallo classic -  Blood and Black Lace . And as we narrow down where we want to put our secret bookcase/door, we also bring up… When Evil Lurks, The Exorcist, Shaun of the Dead, The Ninth Configuration, Dick Tracy, her hair, her makeup, the eyeliner, the outfits, I was like - I love her, I wanna...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 629 Sam Drog returns… and this time we kick things off with a book club discussion on how reexamining children's books as an adult can ruin your life. Or perspective of it? Then eventually we also discuss some movies we've watched.  And as we decontextualize someone's feelings, we also delve into… Bucket of Blood, Abigail, Charles Beaumont, The Million Eyes of Sumuru, Roge...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 628 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") After taking care of our nuptials we are finally back to discuss our previously announced (quite a while ago) feature -  Alice, Sweet Alice . And as we recap how we may have gotten lost and murdered during the post-ceremony activities, we also address… The First Omen, Them, Near Dark, that's a huge chapel, The Howling, Luke James, the cr...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 627 We're coming to you "live" from WonderFest as we hang out and talk about toys and marriage… and possibly even a few movies.  And while we're confused about converting things to the metric system, we also mention… getting married to George Romero, Lego storylines, Kill Bill 1 and 2, head trauma, Greg Nicotero, bringing a howler monkey to a fancy affair, Shrek 2, a speci...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 626 Sam Drog returns… and this time I'm not sure we truly represent both sides of the argument as we discuss Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver .  And as we bust into a large box of Wheat Thins, we also cover… Close Encounters of the Third Kind, bag-head musicians, Maximilian, shoveling coal, let's not forget holes, The Island, badass robot arms, Irish jig...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 625 After going to see Melissa Joan Hart and Caroline Rhea's new, live performance, we discuss that… and then just go ahead and discuss Melissa's 1999 movie Drive Me Crazy .  And while trying to decide if we trust ourselves to ever eat pancakes again, we also bring up… Adrian Grenier, really expensive parking, Rob Thomas, being catfished, how much the world has changed sin...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 624 We're back to round out the Enzo G. Castellari trilogy as we discuss Escape From the Bronx .  And while we carefully construct an exact miniature version of our future city, we also delve into… Dune 2, Sydney Sweeney, Jodorowsky's Dune, Poseidon, Emmy Rossum, Turkey Shoot, Henry Silva, Mark Gregory, the death truck rolls up and the guys pour out, George Miller, are the...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 623 Join us "live" from Lexington as we discuss our day at the Lexington Comic & Toy Convention !   And while we assemble and eat our Mr. Bones candy, we also address… Julie Brown, crocheting, Tim Jacobus, American Gladiators, Emma Roberts, maybe I am the reason you stress out, 3D printing, Scream 6, Earth Girls Are Easy, The Fast and the Furious, Cynthia Rothrock, VHS ren...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 622 This episode we discuss the recent comedy Bottoms directed by Emma Seligman and starring Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri. And while we take turns punching each other in the face, we also mention… Mad Max: Fury Road, The Monkees, Easy Rider, football players, The Bear, the most level-headed out of a bunch of crazy people, magic melons, Leslie Nielsen, phone books, clonin...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack 68  Composer Erich Stem once again joins us as we play and discuss all the 2023 Oscar nominees for both Best Original Song and Best Original Score . And as we try to decide if we are really into serialism or total serialism, we also cover… the mandocello, the use of motives, electro punk, Tōru Takemitsu, chord progression, it disrupts the food industry, Threnody, sc...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 621 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") The horror club returns to discuss the 2007 horror/comedy  The Mad directed by Johnny Kalangis and starring Billy Zane.  And while we try to decide who can just kinda get it, we also bring up… Saltburn, Fargo, Circuit City, Twin Peaks, what an inconvenient place to kill somebody, the finer and lesser points of fake bacon, Mtv, Jon Hamm,...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 620 Sam Drog returns… as we adamantly argue both sides of Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire .  And while we're trying to pick out our favorite Trapper Keepers, we also delve into… Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Lisa Frank, it's an Oliver Stone critique of American foreign policy mixed with a zany Disney brain switch movie in Cambodia, if I came o...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 619 Sam Drog is back! Listen as we discuss Family Switch , Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity , Flash Gordon , A Christmas Story: The Musical and so much more. And while we continue to work on our how's it going response, we also address… John Carpenter, Phantom of The Paradise, Star Wars' disco cousin, Joe Dante, were we media saturated, John Woo, punch upwards, song and da...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 618 This episode we discuss Enzo G. Castellari's 1983 post-apocalyptic "classic" Warriors of the Wasteland aka The New Barbarians .  And as we strap on our bubble armor, we also mention… As Above so Below, Skinamarink, Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, Once Upon a Deadpool, bad smoke effects, George Eastman, the unnecessary dome, George Miller, extra tu...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 617 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Gather around the yule log as The Meltdown Horror Club comes together to discuss the 1987 holiday "classic" - Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 . And as we all practice our festive maniacal laugh, we also cover… who's your Grinch, The Cult of Humpty Dumpty, Boris Karloff, the feet stuff, the plot made very little sense… and I don't think real...