Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 248 This week we continue our month of terror-filled episodes, as we sit down to discuss the Halloween-themed "Satan's Little Helper".  And as we buy our tickets to see Extra Spice, we also mention... spilling people's guts out, shooting in Romania, ultra high-strung, tuning out the gross, Squirm, colon new blood, Goosebumps, computer headset, Kids in the Hall, Godot, he p...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #7 - Halloween Edition  The Halloween celebration continues, and this time we bust out some awesome music! In this, the first ever horror-themed version of “Attack of the Killer Soundtrack”, we choose some music that we feel is creepy. But of course, when you are dealing with the Meltdown Gang – nothing is ever run-of-the-mill. What results is a wide spectrum of eer...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 247 So we continue our month-long tribute to Halloween, as we jump back into our discussion on costumes, traditions and just how they all tie back into the classic movie monsters.  And as we make some "special" treats for the neighborhood kids, we also mention... the Universal "classics", Shakespearean influence, the savage dog man, Béla Lugosi, The Wizard of Oz, the Capti...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 246 Since we are all such fans of horror and Halloween in particular, this year we thought we'd do a tribute to Halloween all through the month of October. So this week, we kick things off with a spooky and nostalgic installment of The Grind, where we discuss Halloween costumes... which leads to many other areas like our own childhood memories, increasing commercialism, se...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 245 The Suncoast crew is back in the second installment in this trilogy of terror. Join us as we continue to wander down retail memory lane, and tell more stories of peculiar co-workers, ridiculous customers and poor unwitting mall personnel. Including tales of... the Klingon Sisters, Santa Clause, the cow, Chi Chi, "Cindy", kids stealing stuff, the one-armed man, the myst...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 244 This week we bring you a wrap up of our last convention of the year... Scarefest. While there we talk to actor  Bruce Davison . We catch up with one of our favorite guests... Miss Danielle Harris . And maybe... just maybe there's a special appearance by none other then cinematic legend - Malcolm McDowell !  Plus we feature a special bonus interview with genre favorite....

Movie Meltdown - Episode 243 We're back... with continuing coverage from Movie Meltdown 's presentation of " The Movie Geek Art Show ".  "Live" conversations from out on the street bookend the continuation of our group discussion of the film "Beautiful Losers" as well as much larger questions like, 'Do you need to go to school to learn about art?' and 'Just who owns graffiti art once it's out ther...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 242 Coming to you "live" from Movie Meltdown 's presentation of " The Movie Geek Art Show! ", we bring you snippets of opening night action as well as a full group discussion of not only this week's Sofa Theater feature " Beautiful Losers ", but also conversations about drawing, painting, filmmaking and art in general. Plus we crossover into the musical arts as we sit down...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 241 A reunion of former Suncoast employees started out to be just a session meant to discuss some of the strange customers we used to get. But along the way, we also end up also covering the actions that brought down a corporation. And we end up with an overall look at the demise of the retail sales system. Quite an accidental accomplishment for a few guys who were just lo...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #6 -  Attack of the State Fair! As usual, Movie Meltdown goes wherever it wants... and takes over. This week we head to the State Fair and we set up shop right in the middle of The Hall of Old Men. There we regale the listeners with our odd tales of the Fair. All the while assembling one of the most eclectic soundtracks you will ever come across. Plus giant corndogs...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 240 This week, we finally get a chance to get some of the group together and sit down and talk movies... like we do. In addition, we also welcome several new people, including members of the band  Ultra Pulverize , who have taken it upon themselves to rescore  RoboCop . It's a live performance synched to the film itself, so we discuss the geeky dedication it takes to do th...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 239 This week we sit down with actor Zach Galligan to talk about his latest starring role in Hatchet 3 . Then Zach co-hosts this week's Sofa Theater segment as we discuss William Friedkin's 1977 film " Sorcerer ". This often over-looked film in Friedkin's arsenal is filled with amazing sequences and wrought with tension. Plus Zach tells us about actually working with Roy S...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 238 This week features the first of our coverage from Fandom Fest 2013 including an interview with writer/director Fred Dekker . The man who created "Night of the Creeps" and "The Monster Squad" sits down to tell us about becoming interested in filmmaking, how those genre classics came to be and just how much it takes out of you when your labor of love isn't as well receiv...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #5 - Me and KG This episode of " Attack of the Killer Soundtrack " comes to you "live" from LebowskiFest as we welcome special guest co-host Kyle Gass . We discuss Kyle's introduction to the film and music business. Plus we get Kyle's " Killer Five "!! What songs will he choose?? And as we find out if Jack Black was always like that, we also mention... classical gui...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #4 - "Live" from  Forecastle This week " Attack of the Killer Soundtrack " has it's first on-location, music festival event coverage as we come to you "live" from Forecastle Festival in Louisville. And the girl at the information booth didn't seem to know anything about the festival itself, but Bryan thought she seemed like she might know something about music, so h...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 237 We're riding the wave... all the way home from the convention. That's right, we're headed back from "Days of the Dead" in Indy, and we all got to meet someone we admire. So join us as we discuss our observations and run-ins with Don Coscarelli, Danny Trejo, Gary Busey, Jake Busey, Lita Ford, Roddy Piper, Adam Green and Dave Brockie aka Oderus from GWAR! Plus we discuss...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #3 -  A Misty-enriched Road Trip Still on the road, we build an awesome soundtrack featuring Misty's Killer Five . Plus a few bonus tracks along the way. And as one of us is jonesin' for beef jerky, we also discuss... kicking people in the head at the State Fair, rebel goth, jumping the shark, she's a dangerous lady, cross-shaped TVs, bad plastic surgery, rock star...

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #2 -  Jay's Mixtape of 80's Teenage Heartbreak We're back with another episode of " Attack of the Killer Soundtrack! " And this week we hit the road to record a road trip edition of the show. And what better location to kick-off our new running feature the Killer Five ! So with that Jay puts together his own mixtape of 80's Teenage Heartbreak. With flashbacks on eac...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 236 This week we feature our coverage/wrapup of the 2013 Harry Dean Stanton Fest . Featuring an cameo by Crispin Glover himself! Plus Lucy tells a few stories of her time spent with Crispin. And there are several discussions of the documentary " Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction " directed by Sophie Huber. Plus interviews with Harry's cousins - Jim Huggins and Jim Huggins...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 235 This week, we're back for our annual coverage of Flyover Film Festival . It was a terrific line-up of films this year, and we continue our on-going interview series on directors as we sit down with three amazing independent filmmakers.   First we talk to David Lowery , director of "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" starring Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Ben Foster and Keith Carr...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 234 This week we welcome Graham Elwood and Chris Mancini from Comedy Film Nerds ! Our shows share a lot of geeky perspectives, so we thought we would sit down together and take a look at this year's "Summer Movies".  And while we try to think of a name for our new hide-and-seek podcast, we also discuss... World War Z, Apollo 13,  R.I.P.D.,   Red 2,  The Heat, Michael Shann...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 233 This week as we wrap up our coverage of WonderFest , our hosts find themselves surrounded by some of the most interesting women involved in genre films. Join us as we talk with Lee Meriwether , Brinke Stevens and Sara Karloff . From sci fi to horror to iconic family members, these three fascinating women come from different backgrounds and varied experiences, to sit do...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 232 This week we remember Ray Harryhausen and discuss using the old-style of visual and special effects. And those topics become even more interesting when we work in our special guests Eric Chu and Lee Stringer . Both of which have spend a lot of time working with the newer technology and effects including CGI. So we reminisce about what initially got them interested in v...

Movie Meltdown's Attack of the Killer Soundtrack #1 It's a whole new show! That's right, we're bursting out of the old show like a xenomorph through a chest cavity!! With this new spin-off addition to the Movie Meltdown family, we're going to focus more on music. Specifically music related to film. Each episode we'll construct our own soundtrack from some of the greatest songs to ever push their w...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 231 This episode " Movie Meltdown " joins forces with " Tower of Technobabble " to form some sort of super geek society! And when you drop that level of dorkiness smack dab in the middle of " WonderFest "... well, you'll just have to hear for yourself what happens.  So, let's talk about spaceships and dewbacks and Ghostbusters and steam punk and then maybe... Cat Fancy, St...