Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 468  This week we return to our epic sci-fi conversation that started in last week's episode. And as we realize we are immersed in a 70’s cinematic, futuristic nightmare, we also address... Nomi Sunrider, Battlestar Galactica, people vanishing all around the ship, The City & the City, The Avengers movies, Ewan Mcgregor, this creature that lives in a desert, classical understanding of what penance is, an inability of people to communicate with each other, Paul Bettany, I've got a completely different point of view that is coming from a different set of facts that you haven't heard, where a lot of Christian saints went, when they went to evangelize the country, Alec Guinness, Master Thon, it’s about believing in people, freely letting go of the past, Star Trek: Discovery, having loads and loads of corporate cash, a contentious conflicted vision, but they want to tie it in to all the threads that really don’t matter, The Orville, you’re bringing that to the movie, it’s about believin

Movie Meltdown - Episode 467 This week we dive headfirst into a sci-fi conversation that geeks from any galaxy will appreciate. And as we realize we’re changing the future... one rivet at a time, we also mention… crawling around the Jefferies tubes, watching the forums, Stone Mountain, Georgia, I’m surprised you got that sentence out before you were killed, Kurtzman Trek, dawn throws back the night, at the core of Hell Lucifer is the one enduring the most suffering, in the end, it had my first role-playing game books, my first CDs and my first tapes… like actual video, VHS tapes - were all in this one location, J.J. Abrams, today wasn't going to be won with strength or with force of arms today was going to be won the way I won it… it was through the force… it was through showing people the light that was already present, Rian Johnson, there’s a faith, hope and love thing going on there, I gotta go beat up this bounty hunter over here, Donald Glover, everyone in that movie is trapped in a nightmare of one kind

Movie Meltdown - Episode 466 This week we break away from our regular coverage of Louisville Supercon for a “very special episode” with actor and filmmaker Andre Gower. Listen as Andre talks about growing up in the entertainment industry. How he ended up in Monster Squad... with a role that should have changed his life (eventually- it did). And the amazing fan reaction and support over the years that lead him to direct his film Wolfman’s Got Nards: A Documentary. And while we get into a heated debate about which is better - The Towering Inferno or The Poseidon Adventure, we also cover… Fred Dekker, Tiger Beat, a shark-octopus, Mr. Holland's Opus, everybody’s toast, get off my interwebs, Alfonso Ribeiro, "reality" "stars", we saw It on opening weekend, Ashley Bank, I would never ask you to be in my movie, how many brands own all those outlets, T.J. Hooker’s son, that’s super unfair for a ten-year-old, I was sitting there eating lunch and he was across the street walking into a Trader Joe's with Stephen King Ru

Movie Meltdown - Episode 465  This week we are coming to you “live” from Louisville Supercon as we talk with a quartet of sci-fi legends. Join us as we talk with Sam Jones (Flash Gordon), Ricou Browning (The Creature from the Black Lagoon), Patricia Quinn (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) and John Wesley Shipp (The Flash). In this Meltdown-verse crossover event, we join forces with George Buehler (The WBKI FANatic), to discuss our other interactions with guests like… Kevin Conroy, Alice Cooper, Loren Lester, Diane Pershing, Charles Martinet, Lloyd Kaufman, Kane, Sergeant Slaughter, Theodore Long and at least one of us inspired Booker T and changed his life. (Or at least his lunch.) And while we realize that being a hoarder sometimes comes in handy, we also bring up… Mask of the Phantasm, Thunderball, Ming the Merciless, Space Jam, Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, the life of Edward Fudge, watching him on the Muppets, The Burien Flyers, Cowboy Bebop, you’ve influenced royalty, 97% of every actor or actress, y

Movie Meltdown - Episode 464 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") On this week's exclusive episode, we kick off the new Meltketeer Horror Club with Olaf De Fleur's Netflix film Malevolent starring Florence Pugh.   And as we realize, even if we sew our own mouths shut, we would still address… Buster Keaton, Dogs… the Series, The Birdcage, very clean torture aprons, what are your rules for ghost in this universe, Peter Bogdanovich, sickly and basement weird, hitting certain notes because it had to, if you dress a certain way you're going to see some freaky sh-t, we needed someone to die first, don’t take in random children, she had to mimic her seizures, the creation of his art is above his personal safety, it just feels, or looks - like a Netflix movie, let’s mess with it and see what happens, Mike Nichols, not to lump all Scandinavian thrillers into one basket, I wanted that Scottish Grandpa rage, it seems like a Vice documentary… but then there’s this beautiful Husky-mix, Herb Baumeister territory and little girl

Movie Meltdown - Episode 463  This week we welcome Dr. Ann Hall, Chair Comparative Humanities at University of Louisville, who not only teaches about film, but has also been a movie fan pretty much her whole life. So together we embark on our usual conversational trajectory as we bounce around from topics like… the old Hollywood publicity machine to favorite holiday movies. We also address the role of women in film in general to more specifically - the role of women in horror films. Plus a lot of other random discussions along the way. And before we’re done, someone in the cast tells us how - this one time... they met Bill Murray. And as we all leisurely lounge in a bathtub full of milk, we also mention… the Hays code, Tex Avery cartoons, Cecil B. DeMille, Turn of the Screw, Florence Lawrence, Rosemary's Baby, associated with the lowbrow medium… like film, Sigourney Weaver, celebrity magazines, she began as a flapper, It's a Wonderful Life, clean up her act, Miracle at St. Anna, babysitters, spectacle vs. sto

Movie Meltdown - Episode 462 This week we discuss the 2018 Netflix release Apostle, a period piece that is arguably a horror film about religion or at least religious cults. The film stars Dan Stevens, Lucy Boynton, Michael Sheen and was written and directed by Gareth Evans. And as we take turns poking each other with sticks, we also cover… Suspiria, Haunting of Hill House, Riverdale, Twig Head, an unexpected cave exposition, be prepared you guys… do some planning, they turned up the creepy and the weirdness factor, there are some things I wish they’d elaborate on more, do you pay extra for a cave creature encounter, the sister, unapologetically diving into almost night time soap level of drama, our female characters, look at each other sometimes with weird cryptic gazes, the people in the bags, wasting blood, I feel like there's a lot about this movie that was... unexpected, the mangler, forcing your religion down another culture’s throat, putting on a headlamp, is this cult any different then what you were

Movie Meltdown - Episode 461  As theaters are continually flooded with familiar titles and on-going series, we discuss the way that audiences see this process and potentially some alternate perspectives on the subject. And while we set the bar a little higher for ourselves, we also bring up… A Star Is Born, Suspiria, Halloween, A Simple Favor, BoJack Horseman, Our Town, Blumhouse Productions, Pet Sematary, honor the original, Roger Corman, painters, American culture, Mark of the Vampire, and the whole thing could unravel at any second, Cigarette Burns, David Gordon Green, The Blob, super gnarly and ridiculous and awesome, Alien, Alfred Hitchcock, a passive experience, creative impulses, Clueless, with a new approach to material, the attachment to TV, Paul Feig, reinterpriding plays, Gus Van Sant, they had not sanded off the edges on this new CG thing, lifting scenes or beats, Rotten Tomatoes, Drop Dead Fred, John Carpenter, Big Mouth, J.J. Abrams, a cash-in for the studios, that’s kind of not how art works, I

Movie Meltdown - Episode 460 This week we sit down for an extended discussion of David Gordon Green's Halloween. The latest in the series is sort of an attempt to be both a sequel and a reboot... but does it end up being successful at either?   And while we try to decide if we ourselves are suffering from PTSD from watching so many horror movies over the years, we also address… Tales from the Hood 2, survivor guilt, Fright, Judy Greer, new Loomis, Rob Zombie, comments from the audience, creepy mental asylum, what was great about the one woman that he killed that had the baby, becoming urban legend, missteps and poor choices, Black Christmas, the post-credits monster we’ve created, Snoop Dogg, amazingly well choreographed, it's like breathing for the rest of us, Donald Pleasence, it's not for the development of the characters it's for the development of the screenplay, John Carpenter, Andi Matichak, little kids watching horror movies, Jamie Lee Curtis, a killing machine, Trick ‘r Treat, well-funded podcasts, t

Movie Meltdown - Episode 459 (For our Patreon supporters.) After rounding out our showcase of "bad movies" for a live event at the public library, Tracy and Bryan sit down to not only recap some of their choices but also to discuss what makes a bad movie "bad". And more importantly, the perspective that makes people want to watch movies that certain other people would consider to be terrible. And while we cover things that are both beautiful and hideous all at the same time, we also address… John Waters, Wild and Woolly Video, Universal horror monsters, Blood Freak, Roger Corman, continually setting people on fire, Sleepwalkers, a bunch of people from Florida, Ed Wood, because it’s bad… it has lasting appeal, Female Trouble, they are a trainwreck of a couple of dudes, Wes Craven, movie geek research, horror goes to space, John Carpenter, Don't Look Now, I only want to deal with what’s on the screen, montage of gore, it's threatening to your worldview in order to feel safe, your geeks are crossing over here, s

Movie Meltdown - Episode 458  Our Halloween madness fully sets in as we lower ourselves into the caves of insanity that are Neil Marshall's The Descent. And as we break down all the fun of being a wendigo, we also mention… Carrie, Pet Sematary, like weird but I’m into it, Flannery O'Connor, it all comes back to tuberculosis, The VVitch, The Shining, Mammoth Cave, rods through the face, they show him in his beast-personality, it’s just darkness into darkness, boom… bam… Doug Jones, Game of Thrones, Navajo forklore, Fred Gwynne or John Lithgow, I jumped off of my couch and screamed… and the dogs freaked out… it was a whole thing… because that was the most effective jumpscare, Fear Itself, so weirdly of the 1600’s, Doomsday, it’s the most effective thing you can have, for being like - nothing, jonin’ for Reesie cups, I’m ready for it… come at me skinwalkers, would you like to be buried alive… because that can be arranged, I’m ready for it… come at me skinwalkers, you don’t remember Zelda?, Centurian, having extr

Movie Meltdown - Episode 457 This week we hang out in the spooky outdoors as we reminisce about some of our favorite Halloween costumes, collecting VHS tapes, the first time watching a horror movie and even trying to make our own movies. And as we weave through enough tangents to de-rail even the Terror Train, we also cover… Drive-in Theater, Siskel and Ebert, Michael Myers mask, tracking lines, the box with the slide, here’s blood and some jingle bells, Spotlight, super 8, mom and pop video stores, Joe Bob Briggs, they made this huge creature out of bubble gum and latex, hiding behind the sofa, Dark Vader, there’s a little Samhain in all of us, milk, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, having your candy X-rayed,The Movie Channel, Ben Cooper, Night of the Living Dead, there’s definitely a werewolf in there, they took a Polaroid picture of me, Elvira, Spencer's Gifts, Hammer Films, plastic hoses spraying blood, Fangoria Magazine, our console television, plastic fangs, Yoda blood on your log, I was talking abou

Movie Meltdown - Episode 456  As the daylight starts to slip away… we gather together for a grand discussion on all things horror… and sort-of horror… and Halloween and of course - pumpkin-spiced. And as we kick off the season by seeing how many Smarties we can eat, we also bring up… the slow retail shuffle, A Quiet Place, Heredity, folk horror, The Mummy, Runaway, monster in the woods, mariachi band of the undead, Brazil, the last great epic Francis Ford Coppola movie, a cornucopia of underwear, a 70s light show in his dungeon, There’s a Ghost in my Bathroom, the dime store version of Johnny Depp, Mindhorn, yellow #5 vs yellow #2, The VVitch, Mother!, Digital Underground, The Rockford Files, you know… I’ve gotta say… it’s just action-packed gore and… stupid, Bad Ronald, Nothing but Trouble, and by good she means it’s so awful it’s funny, the horror of William Shatner’s mustache, squirrel funerals, Gary Oldman, patience is a virtue… when you’re a murderer, Clue, Beyond the Black Rainbow, unleashed from the sa

Movie Meltdown - Episode 455 This week as we return to our wrap-up of ScareFest, we are also joined by actor/writer Nicholas Vince to discuss the horror movie Hellbent directed by Paul Etheredge. And as we ask the burning question - how old is Nathan Fillion? We also mention...  Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, pumpkin-spiced something or other, what’s up with Cameo, John Schneider, Book of Monsters, Larry Wilcox, reverse-engineering filmmaking, if you’re young and pretty, a three-way with Ava Gardner and Lana Turner, For we are Many, For we are Many, the danger of the witch hunt, such a butterfly, men are predatory creatures, Paintball Massacre, Clive Barker, a days filming in Italy, key lime, people is people, Necessary Evils, outing celebrities, power and youth, the high school crush, The Rookie, doing many of these special projects, the zero Fs is turned to 11, F you Immortality, young men are horny bastards, Dancing with the Stars, Black Gloves, the Me Too movement, the way sexuality works, Ke

Movie Meltdown - Episode 454 This week we begin our coverage of ScareFest as well as talking with actress Shawnee Smith about a wide array of things like... the Saw franchise, The Blob, Summer School, dancing orphans, Meathead, the Olympics and hanging out with John Candy. Plus we discuss Creepshow 3, not spoiling movies back in the day as well as a rundown of the many different people we've met at conventions over the years. And as we cover the most jarring moment of your life, we also cover… Felissa Rose, some kind of zombie-robot, cats will suck your breath out, he’s hilarious as a trainwreck, more boils and ooze-iness, there’s a hot dog involved, it ate two of my tapes, Daniel Roebuck, Holliston, don’t be stupid I’m a radio, The Raft, they decide to find all the working bits in the perfect woman, that’s the end of the season arch that didn’t quite get filmed, you have to know the face that accompanied it, at one point he stabs the homeless ghost, Deadbeat, the muscle-calf lady, a tulle dress, students fro

Movie Meltdown - Episode 453 (For our Patreon supporters.) This week we hang out and watch the Netflix original feature Little Evil. And while we pin down just which one of the cast is usually I’m jacked up on Robitussin, we also discuss… Truth or Dare, Clueless, a coked-up unicorn, Party Down, Sally Field, she’s just oddly likable, Ray Wise’s birthday party, Space Truckers, iZombie, stunt programming, Meredith Salenger, Sock and Sam, a bus-load of dead kids… I’m sticking with it, every movie needs more Clancy Brown, being a happy horse, somebody’s got to conduct that Derby, Patton Oswalt, edited Showgirls, Debi Mazar, Parks and Rec, that was before he hit her with the 2x4, Conan the Barbarian, Tyler Labine, Lucy Hale and he’s a bad cop… so he’s a good hit man. Spoiler Alert: General spoilers for “Little Evil”... so go watch it before listening. “Who doesn’t enjoy a movie where they talk about killing a kid?! I mean… it’s good fun for the whole family!”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 452  This week we sit down with actor Jeff Kober to learn the secrets of not just life... but also to surviving in the entertainment industry. And while we decide which celebrities we plan to pretend to have a relationship with, we also bring up… La La Land, China Beach, Devon Sawa, Taserface, Tank Girl, dark endings, that was my target audience, The First Power, Debra Granik, Beauty Mark, James Remar threw a bottle at my frickin’ face, I followed a woman to California, Sully, everything happened for the reason… the way it was supposed to, Catherine Curtin, Billings, Montana, it’s all perspective, Chris Sullivan, I was the leader of a cult, Corey Haim, my first, last and only office job, Richard Ramirez, coming through the mask, perfectly awkward, Lori Petty, it was entirely based on being a dog and slightly damaged, The Walking Dead, not as therapy but as expression, Bruce Greenwood, the guy who had seen too much, Crazy Stupid Love, Auden Thornton, Hereditary, I really went into the

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack - Episode 54 This week we welcome special guest co-hosts Catherine Mary Stewart and Lance Guest as we play and discuss some songs featured in their movies over the years as well as some of their favorite soundtracks. So join us as we put together one of the weirdest things to ever be committed to the airwaves, we also discuss… African dance, the orgy scene, showing up on her doorstep, shopping and shooting guns, if you're a hippy… and you’re living in a park in Berlin… you get to go to Heaven with God, they wrote the original code, lots of guitars, I don’t want anything to do with my mom, suck on the mic a lot of the time, a computer the size of a room, there’s a lot going on in every scene in that movie, the change in pop culture, developing of texture mats for the computer rendering of the space scenes, what is this movie?, I always say… it’s not 1973, not 1975… it’s 1974. It’s very specific… the filmmakers… might dispute me on that, The Apple, being lovers all these years, i

Movie Meltdown - Episode 451 This week we hang out at The Bastion and talk about movies... and other random things. And while we try our best to not get shived, we also bring up… We are Still Here, visiting abandoned places, Jeremy Irons sleeping in a teepee, golden harvest, hanging out in old prisons, The Bissman Building, The Amulet of Sauron, cell 13, the delightful and ever-so-stalkerish Lisa Marie, The Shawshank Redemption, it's no longer oozing it's no longer yellow, Dead Last, possessed Woody, order your home from Sears, Tango and Cash, the ability to see ghosts, eating lead paint, having a cool girl in your band, the weird coincidences of The Lone Gunmen, Argentinian television, reassembling Jem, killing weeds, Barbara Crampton, Lake Mungo, Tyler Labine is on a plane, here I am in a hole, while in the sub-basement of the floor, eating lead paint, so much Forensic Files, Air Force One, Vampire Steve, The Lady in White, fright film night of the days dead, Mr. Dark, the Devil is infected, the planet of R

Movie Meltdown - Episode 450 (For our Patreon supporters.) This week we get together to trade pitches from some unusual movies we've watched lately. Who has the more alluring project?? Listen and find out for yourself... And while we try to decide who has the weirder semi-post-apocalyptic future,  we also discuss… Streets of Fire, Future Cops, Christopher Robin, Immortals, Mozart in the Jungle, The Disaster Artist, Babylon 5, Ray Harryhausen, double tweed-on-tweed green with a bow tie, if you point him to a limb he will go out to the furthest tip of it… every single time, it gets deeper into the teenage years, a karaoke version of some song… and he seduces a high school girl… using electricity that comes out of his eyes, future… on a shoestring, Tommy Wiseau, Monica Bellucci, all of that together...if you’re not sold already I don’t know what the hell you are waiting for, the most brilliantly written self-critique I've ever seen, there's some great images of him as a beach ball, fireballs blazing onto the str