The Movie Crypt

Filmmaker Fernando Alle (MUTANT BLAST, BANANA MOTHERF*CKER) "virtually" joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen all the way from Portugal to discuss his career journey. From his short films that made a huge impact on the festival circuit (PAPA WRESTLING)… to working with Troma/Lloyd Kaufman on his latest- the absolutely insane feature MUTANT BLAST… to dealing with two-faced critics… to almost getting trapped i...

Actor Mark Patton (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE) and co-directors Roman Chimienti and Tyler Jensen "virtually" join Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss their new documentary SCREAM, QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET - now streaming wherever you prefer to watch new releases! While being careful not to spoil the events of the documentary, the group discusses the fascinating process of m...

Make-up FX maestro, director, and now show-runner Greg Nicotero (AMC's THE WALKING DEAD, Shudder's CREEPSHOW, THE MIST, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2003 ) "virtually" joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss all that he's been up to since his first MOVIE CRYPT episode over 5 years ago. With the conversation mainly focused on Greg's rise up the ranks on THE WALKING DEAD both as a director and producer on...

For THE MOVIE CRYPT's 7th anniversary Adam and Joe welcome back their HOLLISTON co-star, actress, musician, and dear friend Corri English (UNREST, SKYRIM, FINAL FANTASY AWAKENING, TITANFALL 2). Recorded during the Coronavirus pandemic, Corri checks in from Nashville, TN and discusses her new music, writing songs for other artists, producing her podcast, continuing to work regularly performing voic...

Legendary filmmaker Abel Ferrara (BAD LIEUTENANT, DRILLER KILLER, MS.45, KING OF NEW YORK ) "virtually" joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen all the way from Italy to discuss his career journey. Rising out of the New York sleaze scene in the 70's, Ferrara has done it ALL over the course of his 50 years in the business! From feature films… to major network television shows like MIAMI VICE and CRIME STORY… to...

Filmmakers Brett and Drew Pierce (DEADHEADS, THE WRETCHED) "virtually" join Adam, Joe, and Arwen from their Coronavirus quarantine to discuss their career journey so far. Growing up with a father who had not only worked in the industry but who worked on THE EVIL DEAD of all films, Brett and Drew were both bit by the entertainment bug as far back as they can remember. From realizing that they were...

Filmmaker and actor Clark Duke (KICK-ASS, SEX DRIVE, HOT TUB TIME MACHINE, TV's THE OFFICE) "virtually" sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen during the Coronavirus pandemic in their first ever episode recorded without the guest in the studio with them. Clark has been a working actor since he was a child performing in major studio films and network television shows, but he has recently made his feat...

Filmmaker, author, and musician Frank Meyer (ATTACK OF THE SHOW, X-PLAY, VIDEOGAME THEATER, RISEN: THE STORY OF CHRON 'HELL RAZAH' SMITH) braves the apocalypse to sit down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen and share his career story. From growing up around established artists and industry players… to fronting the punk band THE STREETWALKIN' CHEETAHS… to writing the definitive biography about THE RAMONES (...

WARNING : EXPLICIT CONTENT.    Radio DJ and award winning author Jude Angelini (ALL OUT SHOW, HAYENA, HUMMINGBIRD) shares his story with Adam, Joe, and Arwen. THIS IS THE FIRST EPISODE IN MOVIE CRYPT HISTORY TO OPEN WITH A WARNING. IF YOU ARE FRAGILE OR EASILY OFFENDED - SKIP THIS ONE. From growing up poor in a broken home with a literal closet for a bedroom… to being in the remedial classes among...

Filmmaker Paul Solet (TREAD, GRACE, DARK SUMMER, TALES OF HALLOWEEN) first appeared on THE MOVIE CRYPT during our episode dedicated to making short films almost 6 years ago (Ep 74 - 10/20/14). Now, Solet returns to sit down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen, discuss his full career journey, and share all that he has been up to since last doing the podcast. From growing up with Eli Roth as his summer camp...

Filmmaker David Bruckner (THE SIGNAL, THE RITUAL, TV'S CREEPSHOW) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to share his career journey. From making short films with a group of filmmaking friends in Atlanta… to the Sundance premiere of their anthology THE SIGNAL… to a long stretch of figuring out "now what?"… to honing his craft by writing, writing, writing… to finding more success with anthologies like V/H/S an...

Actor Danny Pudi (COMMUNITY, MYTHIC QUEST, DUCK TALES) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From starting out in dance as a young child… to falling in love with the comedy of Monty Python… to being the first ever recipient of the Chris Farley scholarship at Second City in Chicago… to his year's working on COMMUNITY… to working with Joe on KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM… to jugg...

Filmmaker Jack Henry Robbins (VHYes, GHOSTMATES, OPENING NIGHT) discusses his career journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen. From Jack's work creating in multiple genres… to the making of his latest film VHYes… to the process of screening/testing a new film… to the many lessons learned along the way… Jack shares his storytelling process. Dr. Arwen provides advice for a filmmaker looking to see things i...

Cinematographer Daniel Pearl (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 1974 & 2003, FRIDAY THE 13th 2009, ALIEN VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen for an absolutely epic conversation about his long and distinguished career. (Pearl holds the second longest running career as a Director of Photography in all of Hollywood!) From shooting music videos and concert films for artists like Guns N...

Filmmaker J.D. Dillard (SLEIGHT, SWEETHEART) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his journey through Hollywood so far. From the decision to not finish film school and instead round himself out by studying a potentially more useful skill set… to all he learned by working as an assistant/receptionist at Bad Robot while continuing to write and direct shorts…  to his feature film directorial debut w...

Austrian filmmaking team Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz (GOODNIGHT MOMMY, THE LODGE) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen for a hilarious and extremely honest conversation about their career journey and the reality of financing films in this day and age. The unlikely filmmaking duo share the incredible story of how they met and began working together… the major differences/similarities between ge...

Actor Stephen Lang (AVATAR, DON'T BREATHE, MANHUNTER) sits down with Adam, Joe, and Arwen to share his career journey. From answering "the calling" to become a performer… to working on Broadway alongside such greats as Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich… to Stephen's process behind becoming the characters he embodies with each new role… to constantly adapting to each different directors' unique sty...

On Saturday January 25, 2020 the Panic Film Festival in Kansas City, MO presented a special 10th anniversary screening of Adam Green's FROZEN followed by a live performance of THE MOVIE CRYPT podcast. For the first time ever, Joe Lynch interviews Adam Green in the most candid filmmaker on filmmaker conversation about the making of FROZEN that you'll ever hear. From Green turning down an offer that...

Filmmaker Sam Wineman (DEATHCEMBER, THE QUIET ROOM, Attack Of The Queerwolf Podcast) shares his journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen in this absolutely fantastic episode! From growing up feeling different and forming a cinematic kinship with the horror genre and its monsters… to recognizing that he was drowning his confusion in alcohol as a young teen and taking action  to change the path he was head...

Filmmaker Rodman Flender (IDLE HANDS, LEPRECHAUN 2, TV's THE OFFICE) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to share his cinematic journey. From starting out as an actor… to always saying "yes" to new and sudden opportunities…  to finding himself all but running the day to day operations for Roger Corman's company…  to the pros and cons of not being "pigeonholed" as an artist… to IDLE HANDS being targeted by...

Filmmaker Kyra Gardner may have only just graduated film school a few months ago but she's already one of the best examples we know of an emerging young talent making huge strides in the world of cinema today! From trying to decide between a career as a veterinarian or an army nurse and instead choosing filmmaking  as her calling… to observing her father at work on sets (Tony Gardner is an FX lege...

He's a mystery wrapped in an enigma and a living hero to every artist who's ever been trampled over by the system. Filmmaker Richard Stanley (HARDWARE, DUST DEVIL, THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU) sits down with Adam Green, Joe Lynch, and Arwen for a long awaited and fascinating discussion about his career journey. From seeing the original ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU in 1977 and determinedly deciding that he wo...

Adam, Joe, and Arwen bid farewell to 2019 with a look back at the highs and lows from this past year. From the most memorable MOVIE CRYPT conversations, their favorite movies and TV shows, and this year's record breaking "Yorkiethon" … to the heartbreaks of loved ones lost, the career frustrations they've endured, and the guys' extremely candid and personal resolutions for 2020… Adam and Joe hold...

Comedian Brian Posehn (THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM, SEX DRIVE, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM, HOLLISTON, THE BIG BANG THEORY) joined Adam and Joe as a surprise guest during the first night of "Yorkiethon 4." In this extremely candid conversation the guys discuss Brian's new book FOREVER NERDY, Brian's guest star role on THE MADALORIAN, visiting Rick Baker's house, dealing with fans, Ha...

Our final "Hall Of Fame" episode features the most famous guest in the history of THE MOVIE CRYPT! Yes, Father Christmas himself - the one and only Santa Claus - took time out of his busy schedule to spread holiday cheer with us back in December of 2015... and it remains one of the most important episodes of this podcast that we'll ever record. If you're feeling like you've lost the "Christmas mag...