The Movie Crypt

PUBLIC VERSION. Award-winning FX master Dan Martin (INFINITY POOL, COLOR OUT OF SPACE, 47 METERS DOWN, HOST, DASHCAM, and more) joins Adam, joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey in special make-up effects. From the VHS era of movies inspiring his love for genre film as a child… to building out his skillset by working in as many departments of the filmmaking process as he could… to his stunn...

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Timothy Scott Bogart (SPINNING GOLD, TOUCHED, LOVE & SEX) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From growing up as the son of record industry maverick Neil Bogart (Casablanca Records- KISS, DONNA SUMMER, THE VILLAGE PEOPLE)… to fast-tracking his own career as a filmmaker by graduating NYU film school early and heading straight to Los Angeles… to talkin...

PUBLIC VERSION. Writer and Director Kurt Wimmer (EQUILIBRIUM, SALT, POINT BREAK 2015, TOTAL RECALL 2012, LAW ABIDING CITIZEN) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen in the ArieScope Studio to discuss his long career and the making of his latest feature CHILDREN OF THE CORN (2023). From leaving medical school to pursue screenwriting instead… to why he has learned to love test screenings… to why he no longer ge...

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Pete Ohs (JETHICA, YOUNGSTOWN) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey and his extremely unique approach to filmmaking. From developing his own cinematic style through making videos with friends at 15 years old… to how working as an editor, a cinematographer, and a producer on various TV, short film, and feature film productions helped inform his approach...

PUBLIC VERSION. Actress and now  filmmaker Nicki Micheaux (LOWLIFE, THE SHIELD, LINCOLN HEIGHTS) returns to THE MOVIE CRYPT to discuss writing and directing her first feature film SUMMER OF VIOLENCE. From the pros and cons of casting remotely during the pandemic and trying to feel out an actor's true chemistry through only pre-recorded auditions and zoom calls… to why she feels that every actor sh...

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Christopher Landon (FREAKY, HAPPY DEATH DAY, the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY series) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey and the making of his latest film WE HAVE A GHOST (now playing on Netflix). From getting his start working with Larry Clark (KIDS)… to almost quitting the business after DISTURBIA… to how moving to Austin, TX helped bring him back to the ca...

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Patrick Read Johnson (SPACED INVADERS, DRAGONHEART, BABY'S DAY OUT) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career and the incredible 18 YEAR journey that it took to make his latest film 5-25-77. From a child who spent every waking moment he had creating his own home movie homages to the films that "restructured his DNA"… to becoming one of the very first people alive t...

PUBLIC VERSION. Reality TV star and musician Daisy de la Hoya (VH1's DAISY OF LOVE, ROCK OF LOVE 2) shares her journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen in this extremely candid conversation about reality TV - a medium that has rarely been covered over the 10 years of THE MOVIE CRYPT podcast so far. From growing up in Colorado in a complicated family situation that saw her setting out on her own at just ...

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker/photographer Carter Smith (BUGCRUSH, THE RUINS, JAMIE MARKS IS DEAD) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen (in studio!) to discuss his career journey and his new feature film SWALLOWED (available on VOD February 14th). From becoming interested in photography as a child growing up in rural Maine… to his short film BUGCRUSH getting the industry's attention… to landing the studio film...

PUBLIC VERSION. Recorded LIVE during THE MOVIE CRYPT's 7th annual YORKIETHON, actor Kyle Gallner (SMILE, JENNIFER'S BODY, SCREAM 2022, OUTSIDERS, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2010) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From Kyle's humble beginnings as a child actor in films like WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER and TV shows like VERONICA MARS to his work in some of the biggest horror hits...

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Michelle Garza Cervera (HUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen all the way from Mexico City to discuss her career journey and the making of her film HUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN (in limited theaters and available digitally on 2/10). From a young child being raised Catholic who was scared of everything… to discovering that she actually loved horror films and wanted...

PUBLIC VERSION. Actor Zach Gilford (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, SUPER, MIDNIGHT MASS, THE PURGE: ANARCHY) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey so far. From his first feature working with the great Larry Fessenden… to working on Peter Berg's FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS series where a simple direction to add basic human actions to a performance taught him how to raise the quality of a performan...

PUBLIC VERSION. Writer/Producer/Director Jed Shepherd (HOST, DASHCAM) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. Bolstered as a writer by one of the most timely and audacious film premieres during the pandemic (HOST) and the wave making DASHCAM, Jed has now stepped into the director's chair with his contribution to Aaron Koontz's anthology hit franchise SCARE PACKAGE 2 (now streamin...

Recorded LIVE during THE MOVIE CRYPT's 7th annual YORKIETHON, actor Doug Bradley ("Pinhead" from the HELLRAISER franchise, NIGHTBREED, WRONG TURN 5, PUMPKINHEAD: ASHES TO ASHES) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey. From his humble beginnings as a theater actor in Liverpool where he first met Clive Barker… to the realization that acting was his one and only true calling…   to t...

PUBLIC VERSION. For THE MOVIE CRYPT's special 500th episode Adam, Joe, and Arwen sit down with one of their biggest cinematic heroes and a true icon of independent filmmaking… the great Kevin Smith (CLERKS 1-3, MALLRATS, DOGMA, CHASING AMY, RED STATE, TUSK, JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK)! From an in-depth discussion about the changing landscape of theatrical film distribution and the joys of tour...

PUBLIC VERSION. Recorded LIVE at the very end THE MOVIE CRYPT's 7th annual YORKIETHON, actress Heather Langenkamp (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, THE MIDNIGHT CLUB) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss her legacy as the star of one of the most beloved and important genre films of all time. From the power of Wes Craven's simple yet groundbreaking "don't fall asleep" hook… to the timeless icon created...

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Parker Finn (SMILE) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey so far. From struggling to make ends meet after college and making short films… to the two shorts that he felt showed what he can actually do (THE HIDEBEHIND and LAURA HASN'T SLEPT)… to the attention that LAURA HASN'T SLEPT received by being selected for the doomed 2020 South By Southwest Film Fe...

PUBLIC VERSION. Actress Sarah Lind (EDGEMONT, WOLFCOP) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss her long career journey working on both the big and small screen from an early age and the making of her latest film A WOUNDED FAWN (now streaming on Shudder). With a twisted new take on toxic masculinity, FAWN is a subversion of the slasher film with a healthy heaping of Greek Mythology to boot! From coll...

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Maggie Levin (V/H/S 99: "Shredding," INTO THE DARK: " My Valentine," MISS 2059) discuss her career journey with Adam, Joe, and Arwen. From growing up with a father who was a career musician and a mother who was a ballerina… to incorporating her passionate love of music into her story telling in other mediums… to creating her own opportunities working on countless short fi...

PUBLIC VERSION. Actor/filmmaker Noah Segan (KNIVES OUT, STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, BRICK) and actress Victoria Moroles (TEEN WOLF, NEVER HAVE I EVER) join Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss the making of their new film BLOOD RELATIVES (now streaming on Shudder). Dedicating almost the entire conversation to the making of their new horror/comedy, Noah discusses crafting the script, directing himself as...

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Alex Phillips (ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS (now streaming on Screambox) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to share his journey directing his debut feature film. Starting off with a geek-out over the boys' shared love of provocative/transgressive cinema (films like BRAIN DAMAGE, PINK FLAMINGOS, and REQUIEM FOR A DREAM), Alex discusses the trials of shooting a no-budget featur...

PUBLIC VERSION. Actor and producer Marc Senter (THE LOST, STARRY EYES, TALES OF HALLOWEEN, THE DEVIL'S CARNIVAL, RED WHITE & BLUE) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey, his process as an actor, and the making of his latest film OLD MAN (now available on VOD and digital). From a kid in Colorado who "just wanted to dance"… to getting the acting bug and making the move to Los Ange...

This episode contains personal and candid discussions that include sexual assault and murder.  THE MOVIE CRYPT's special roundtable series continues as hosts Adam Green and Joe Lynch sit down with Cerina Vincent (CABIN FEVER, NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE) and Deborah Voorhees (FRIDAY THE 13TH: A NEW BEGINNING, 13 FANBOY) to discuss their personal experiences with stalkers ranging from on-line harassment...

PUBLIC VERSION. Actor/Director/Producer Thomas Jane (BOOGIE NIGHTS, THE MIST, THE PUNISHER) has been paying his dues in Hollywood ever since sleeping in his classic Camaro to pay for acting lessons and making sets on Santa Monica Blvd's   "Theater Row." Since his humble beginnings, Tom has carved out quite an eclectic career in both studio and independent films, even creating a production company...

PUBLIC VERSION. Writer Peter Atkins (HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II, HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH, HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE, WISHMASTER) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen to discuss his career journey… to hell and back! From a blue collar aspiring rock musician living in Liverpool to becoming one of the most pivotal artists to ever create within the great Clive Barker's sandbox and the iconic HELLRAISER franchis...