Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 91.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature is 1971's FRIGHT. This British movie showcases great visuals and the groundbreaking idea of a babysitter being alone in a house while the killer lurks outside. But what does the gang think of the characters, pacing and British-ness of this film??  And then we follow it up with feedback focusing on the viciousness and awesomeness of Mis...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 91.1 This episode includes our new and fabulous geek activities, buzz of the week and many rants (most of which come from Jay) and stories of humping (most of which come from Marlena.) Plus our interview with actor William Ragsdale! Star of Fright Night, Justified and quite a handsome man as we are told. Plus we eventually get around to discussing... The Runaways, being pi...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 90.2 Aside from a tangential group therapy session this week we also address our Sofa Theater feature: Dreamscape. Where we ask things like - what constitutes dream rape? Why are we so obsessed with nuclear war? Is CGI and art form? And who’s up for an old-timey rave? What does George Wendt have to do with baked beans? How did Marlena get involved with the secret service?...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 90.1 This episode includes "Finger Me!" and "The Butthole Story", oh yeah and we talk about movies too. And in the middle of all the chaos we mention... Leonardo’s acting style and aging , Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the Christian Bale diet plan, putting the "special" Juliet Lewis in a deep fryer, rewatching Kick-ass, Bowie is awesome, Two badgers fighting each other,...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 89 This is Movie Meltdown's live coverage from behind their table at the 2010 Fright Night Film Fest. Including our interview with film legend Roger Corman ! Plus another entry in our series "The Art of being a Movie Geek" with artist Chris Kuchta. ( http://horrorartist.com/ ) Join us as we discuss this week's buzz plus all the horror that is the passersby at any conventio...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 88.2 This week we track down an infamous (and still unreleased in the U.S.) Sofa Theater feature: All The Boys Love Mandy Lane. Here we watch the traditional horror structure and stereotypes butt heads with unconventional visuals and an oddly likable title character. But how does it all play out?? “This is a slasher, that’s really more of a shooter.” WARNING: Mandy Spoiler...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 88.1 You and Mandy?! Yeah right, in your dreams!! Ok, that's true. But after being creeped out by Bryan’s sappy dream, we get to this week’s buzz. Plus, all jokes (about a horse) aside, we go out on an amazing song. (Seriously Mandy, forget that Ryan guy… call me.)   And once our host woke up, we talk about… Allison Scagliotti, Sharkarracuda, Daniel Craig, Napalm Death , T...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 87.2 This week we go completely off the rails as we wrap up the trilogy of terror that is Greedo Bloody Greedo with our Sofa Theater feature: WONDER WOMEN . Silliness ensues.  And the only thing more ridiculous then the movie discussion, is what happens after that...out of control!                                        “In the jungle - no pants. That’s a good idea, isn’t...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 87.1 This week Bryan watches a dirty movie and Misty identifies a new type of vehicular sex, that is quite different than Jeepin'. Plus the buzz o' the week and a bonus entry in the Greedo Trilogy of Terror. And among the usual craziness   … Fighting the descendents of Mothra Island, old VCRs and cable boxes, the Sharktopus trailer kicks ass!, THIS channel, getting your as...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 86.2 The Greedo Bloody Greedo Trilogy of Terror continues as we watch this week's Sofa Theater entry: The Cremators . This movie features a badly framed lighthouse with possible heavy overtones, a hippy flailing a cat around on the beach, choppy editing, bug magazines, the worst lighting ever and a sneaky fireball bigger than a scooner!   Plus get your entries in to win th...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 86.1 This week we welcome listener and new member of the gang, Greg to sit in  and bear witness to our usual level of ridiculousness. And   a good portion of that ridiculousness revolves around… Extract, Piranha 3D, Criminal Minds, MGM financial woes, GattiLand, Step Up 3D, Rowlf the Dog is a lot like the Predator, zombie baby!, Machete, there’s a lot of singing in the dys...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 85.2 The epic begins... as we launch the Greedo Bloody Greedo trilogy of terror with BLOOD MANIA !!   Soap opera, horror or porn? You make the call. What other movie do you get a renaissance fair, abortion, blackmail, trippy drug-induced visuals, murder, a mullet beehive, sexual extortion, lesbian overtones and a sex turntable?   Plus learn how to enter and win the Han Sho...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 85.1   With this episode we kick off our new series GREEDO BLOODY GREEDO or "The Other Films of Maria de Aragon". So we begin with our geek activities, then into the movie news for the week, and round out the episode with our interview with Maria de Aragon herself. And somewhere amongst the tangents, we discuss... Waterworld, being up in arms about the Wendy’s girl, sensat...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 84.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature: Pontypool. A wave of zombies from the great white North try to change the rules of a well-worn subgenre. But are horror fans ready for the change?   Plus we wrap up the show with an awesomely  geeky rant from our guest co-host Graham Elwood.                                     “It's doing kind of, this Orson Welles War of the Worlds v...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 84.1 This week we delve into our Geek Activities , plus What's the Buzz featuring special guest co-host comedian/filmmaker Graham Elwood! And either before or after our fieldtrip for appetizers we bring up… A hot Diabetic episode, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, DinoCroc vs. SuperGator, creepy, black hair coming out of the sink, cold-blooded heat vision?, Licking Danny...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 83 This week we feature coverage from the FLYOVER FILM FEST, featuring interviews with John Stalberg Jr., director of High School , author and film curator Jack Stevenson and Jason Epperson, director of Unrequited . “It got to the point, my parents were like - you need to read more, you’re watching too much TV, you’re watching too many movies. This isn’t going to amount to...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 82.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature: Blue Velvet. We delve into the sick, twisted world of David Lynch, and remember just how amazing Dennis Hopper could be.   Log trucks, fire, red curtains, bugs, an engulfing white light and a robotic, symbolic bird. These are just a few of the Lynch-isms that appear in this movie, and the simple mystery that leads you to the bigger qu...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 82.1 The survivors (of what may have been fatal Nerf-related injuries) carry on to discuss the Flyover Film Fest , putting a baby in the microwave and a Rumor Willis joke that’s been a year in the making!   As if that wasn’t enough we also discuss… The Technotise trailer, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane , Tom Cruise you’re a nut job, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Fangland, Twilight...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 81.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature: The Dark Crystal . Join us as we revisit the dark world of puppets that we grew up on. This work of art makes us pose the question: Were you a kid that was interested in the cute creatures or the creepy ones? And why are kids drawn to evil characters?  Plus a One from the Vaults story from puppeteer Bill Diamond about working on The D...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 81.1 We're back this week with geek activities and movie buzz that include... The Good Guys, Sherlock Holmes, no Joker, the mouth-full-of-Cheetos accent, the love child of Tom Hanks and Dylan Baker, Sipowicz’s ass, Predator, Love Object, disturbed by eating a child, The Babysitters, Geek wounds, Casino-ing, no Del Toro Hobbit, Supernatural, Iron Man, yelling at the TV and...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 80.2 Join us  as we discuss this week's Sofa Theater feature: Heartbeeps . Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters and Randy Quaid star in this mostly forgotten film . All this plus a shammy hand, robo-parenting, exciting your pleasure center, futuristic pick-up trucks - and how the hell did Lady Gaga get in this movie?                                                    “It’s kind...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 80.1 Join us this week as we welcome a new addition to the gang, Jonie - plus special guest Eddy from Th’ Empires! So listen as we go massively off the rails discussing… .357 String Band, watching the old Avengers, riding with one ass cheek higher than the other, Scream 4, Jason ummm that guy from the Wes Anderson movies..., President Lil Bow Wow, not getting paid by Rhaps...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 79.2 WookieFest continues as we discuss this week's Sofa Theater feature: TERROR . The major starring vehicle for actor Peter Mayhew (not really) , about the curse of a witch that carries down through generations of a family. Plus a One from the Vaults memory from Peter about the shooting of Terror . And we learn about one the other stars of the movie, that is as we are to...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 79.1 Welcome to WOOKIEFEST!! It's so packed with Wookie-fun it's like a trip to Kashyyyk! And along the way we cover… Booting Megan Fox, …in the Cardio-Theater, Frank Frazetta, Heavy Rain, more Gidget?, Ponty Pool, Fire and Ice, milk and Mountain Dew?, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, JTT??, making the Mushroom Kingdom, Robert Rodriguez buying vinyl models, wasn’t there a Tre...

Movie Meltdown - Episode 78.2 This week's Sofa Theater feature is the original  April Fools Day !  Another in our series of Video Boxes That Warped My Brain ! It was groundbreaking back in the day, but will it play well for a first time viewer in today's world? We have a first timer among us, listen to what they thought... Plus the birth of the romantic comedy, and hear about all the dangers of bi...