Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 205 This week starts off a little different, as we attempt to let someone else lead the introduction. Bear with us, as we quickly get past that and move on into some really interesting discussions. Including new movies, the future of retro and what is it that gives each decade it's own look, feel and personality. And just what killed Fred?!? We'll find out in an amazing st...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 204 This week the caffeinated movie geeks are back! And they get so hopped up on coffee they start gyrating around and taking their clothes off! Boy, you are really gonna see a lot... oh wait, this is an audio podcast huh?? Oh well, I guess we better just stick to talking in front of the microphones. So instead we spin our vocal tassels with a round of geek activities that...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 203 Our own little Movie Meltdown dysfunctional family gets together for Thanksgiving, in this holiday "special". After we eat a conglomeration of semi-traditional foods (including The Bride 's maid of honor... Tofurkzilla!), we sit down to discuss the horrific turkey-themed movie " Blood Freak ".   And as we are all creeped out by "The Waddle-thing", we also discuss... ma...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 202  After years of threats and planning... "Movie Meltdown" has put together their first LIVE event! For one night "Nancy's Bagel Grounds"  became "Nancy's Italian Bistro" as Movie Meltdown unleashed upon the world - THE YETI SPAGHETTI SHOW! Listen as we give you a condensed version of  all the spectacle and ridiculousness that  occured that evening. Including spaghetti (...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 201 So we've featured many interviews with actors and filmmakers over the years, but this week we change things up a little as WE ourselves are interviewed. We welcome Emily from "The Courier Journal" who asks us to try to explain, just what "Movie Meltdown" is exactly. Then we fall right back into our usual discussion mode as we talk about this week's Sofa Theater feature...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 200 In this our GIANT 200th episode, we talk to none other then actor Richard Kiel ! Yes, most of the world remembers him as Jaws from the James Bond movies. But he's had a rich career filled with television work from "The Twilight Zone" to "Gilligan's Island". From "Gunsmoke" to "The Monkees". Not to mention his massive list of movie credits that include: "The Longest Yar...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 199 Recorded "live" from our favorite local movie theater, we hear spooky stories from the theater's past.  Including creepy ghost kids, slamming doors and the unsettling Legend of Crawling Joe!!   And as we are charging up our glow-in-the-dark skeleton, we also mention... hearing footsteps, a Frankenstein crazy person, a whore's bath, Beetlejuice, sounded like a car hit t...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 198 This week we continue our Halloween festivities, by heading out on a creepy fieldtrip to the cemetery! That's right, we come to you "live" from the grave of horror and exploitation director William Girdler. The infamous filmmaker is buried right here in our backyard (so to speak), and we pay tribute to him this week by not only paying our respects at his grave, but by...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 197 This week we kick off our Halloween festivities... and we do it "live" from ScareFest ! Where we not only discuss one of our favorite topics - Halloween-themed foods, but we also talk to "Candyman" himself Tony Todd ! As well as Nicholas Vince star of "Hellraiser" 1 and 2, "Nightbreed" and author of the book What Monsters Do . Plus we have a One from the Vaults  memory...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 196 This episode marks the triumphant return of Movie Meltdown's Bigfoot series!! We welcome not one but two Bigfoot experts, or "observers", to discuss the phenomenon that is - BIGFOOT! We start off with an overview of the Bigfoot film craze, starting with "The Legend of Boggy Creek" and look at what has become the sometimes crazy community of Bigfoot enthusiasts that has...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 195  This week, we are joined by our special guest co-host Jay Mohr . Jay has been acting for years, starring in movies from Cameron Crowe's "Jerry Maguire" to Clint Eastwood's "Hereafter". He was a member of the "Saturday Night Live" cast as well as the creator of NBC's "Last Comic Standing". Not to mention his lengthy stand-up comedy career and hosting his own podcast "M...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 194 This week we feature special guest - comedian, actor, writer, producer... Margaret Cho . Margaret is one of the most successful stand-up comics working today, starting back when she was just a teenager. So we discuss not only her introduction to the world of stand-up comedy, but also how she was quickly thrust into acting and how she ended up in unconventional projects...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 193 This week we hit the road and head up to one of those convention-type things. And while we're there we talk to The Chiodo Brothers ! The guys who not only brought us "Killer Klowns from Outer Space", but over the years have also worked on "Vincent", "The Simpsons", "Team America: World Police", "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", "Critters", and many more projects!  Then we tal...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 192 Sure the zombie apocalypse is upon us... but it's still business as usual here at "Movie Meltdown"! Recorded "live" from the middle of the 8th Annual "Louisville Zombie Attack", we wander the streets with droves of the undead and somehow still manage to deliver our usual movie geek banter.   This event was one of the first of it's kind and has since become one of the l...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 191 If you thought we got nostalgic in the past - just wait 'til you hear this episode! Basically, anyone who ever grew up loving movies needs to hear this week's show. As we return to our series The Grind , we cover the topic... movies that touched us in a very special way. Ok wait, not like that! More or less what we discuss is: the first movie that just clicked with us...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 190 All right kids... put on your space helmets, because we are about to blastoff with Luigi Cozzi's science fiction "classic" - STARCRASH! Epic outer space action ensues as we indulge in all the stellar special effects and fine acting that 1978 Italy had to offer!  Plus we feature a " One from the Vaults " memory from the (Stella) Star of the movie - Caroline Munro hersel...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 189 This week we discuss hobos and what we see out the window... oh yeah, and movies. Speaking of segways, we also mention... the Sight & Sound Top Ten poll, paper or plastic?, Lizzy Caplan, drugged-up movie reviews, show me the way to go home, Hitchcock, how beautiful the late 70's were, Oddities, talking like Sean Connery, Monster Fighters, Punch Drunk Love, reading revi...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 188 Unlock the cage and let loose the beast that we know as Tom Hardy! Yes, we are back this week with not-so-special guest (according to Scooter) co-hosts director Scooter Downey and actress Rose Sirna !! As they sit in for this week’s Sofa Theater feature: Bronson . Both the star Tom Hardy and director Nicolas Winding Refn have gone on these days to more mainstream succe...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 187 After a couple of months of jonesin’ for both coffee and our usual brand of movie geek conversation, we return to the coffee shop for a full-fledged episode of The Caffeinated Movie Geek ! WITH special guest co-hosts director Scooter Downey and actress Rose Sirna!! And while reminiscing over some favorite VHS memories, we eventually discuss... Batman Returns, John Vern...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 186 This episode is not for the weak or faint-hearted (and also probably not a good starter episode). This week we culminate all of the convention and film fest trips of the last two months with one full episode of crazy convention talk. That's right, "live" insanity from the floor of Fright Night/FandomFest . With returning special guest co-hosts Rose Sirna and Scooter Do...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 185 Recorded "live" at Days of the Dead in Indianapolis, this week we welcome special guest co-host Sean Whalen ! An accomplished actor, Sean has been in many films over the years from Twister to Waterworld to the upcoming Hatchet 3 . But horror fans probably know him best at the lovable Roach from Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs . We talk about Sean’s career and...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 184 This week we are “live” at Fright Night Film Fest / FandomFest (and Christine's bedroom), as we sit down with actress, writer, director Christine Elise McCarthy and talk about her career and her short film Bathing and the Single Girl . She has an amazing list of credits, from Child’s Play 2 to Abel Ferrara’s Body Snatchers . From starring on Beverly Hills 90210 and ER...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 183 Recorded "live" at Fright Night Film Fest/Fandom Fest we hang out and talk with actor Vernon Wells ! Star of The Road Warrior, Commando, Weird Science and many other films! Plus we celebrate the 166th anniversary of the birth of the blockbuster motion picture - which happened right in our backyard.   And while categorizing and judging people, we also discuss... the big...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 182 A year in the making... we present you - the Paris, Texas episode! With a “live” intro from the Kentucky Theater during Harry Dean Stanton Fest... we feature our interview with Hunter Carson co-star of this week's movie. We sit down and talk with Hunter about the very first time he met Harry Dean Stanton. Plus playing the original Bud Bundy! All that plus weird Faceboo...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 181 This week we come to you “live” from Flyover Film Festival , and we are joined by special guest co-host director Martha Stephens ! First we talk to Martha about getting into filmmaking and discuss her recent film “Pilgrim Song”. Then she joins us for this week’s Sofa Theater feature: “Coal Miner’s Daughter”. There we discuss Sissy Spacek’s Academy Award winning perform...