Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown - Episode 105 Sit in with this week's special guest co-host Joe Bob Briggs as we discuss our Sofa Theater feature: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. All that plus…a Chattanooga boy, where’s Osama hiding?, being attacked by feminists, The Bone Room, trying to collect every movie ever made, the French like weird things, Tobe Hooper, the scary family in the woods, left-wing hippy movies, horrifying and funny simultaneously, nobody over 30 is to be trusted, Hansel and Gretel, making a Fellini movie in Texas?, Daniel Pearl, getting the Mafia to distribute your movie, counter-culture hippy movies, demonizing the patriarchy, narcing on Peter, Paul and Mary, Northwest Connecticut rednecks, agonizingly uneven, the ultimate perversion of Thanksgiving dinner, The Museum of Modern Art, the least influential horror movie, Matthew McConaughey, the most boring job in the world, working on the two greatest cannibal movies, the new-school bone collectors and one of the greatest shots in cinema history! Plus check

Movie Meltdown - Episode 104 Join us for our Thanksgiving "Special" which includes unleashing the Thanksgiving dinner known as...TURKZILLA! Plus this week's Sofa Theater feature: ThanksKilling. Eventually our minds begin to get groggy…maybe it was all the tryptophan? But before we nod off in front of the television, we mention…trying to track down the Sta-Puf pin-up girl, The Wild Angels, another threat towards Gwyneth Paltrow, the Feldman look-a-like legend continues, another rant about When Harry Met Sally, Thai drive-ins?, hatin’ on Uwe Boll,the time of the month marathon, DemiUrge Emesis, the first autistic superhero, needing to be friends with a midget, what member of the cast is getting a sex change?, Danny Elfman, The Good, The Bad and the Weird, pissing off mules, The C-Team, American Pickers, going to the theater with George Takei, Cee Lo, Marlena’s secret TV show, United Monster Talent Agency, Night of the Living Trekkies, BloodRayne 3: The Third Reich, sleeping through an MST3K marathon, just t

Movie Meltdown - Episode 103 Join us as we embark on another epic roadtrip as we head to HorrorHound in Cincinnati. Where we interview Dean Cameron (Summer School's CHAINSAW!) and we also feature a Sofa Theater segment which can only be titled: When Bryan Met Danielle. Quite possibly because it features our special guest co-host Danielle Harris sitting in to discuss a movie that may frighten many listeners more than any movie we've even discussed before. Be afraid, be very afraid. All that plus we meet up with our own beloved Randy, hang out with some of the crew from NOTLP, and finally put actual faces to the icons of our Twitter and Palavr friends. Plus field trips to Jungle Jim's International Market (imagine if you cross a Whole Foods with a Chuck E. Cheese!) and La Rosa's Pizzeria. And if that wasn't enough...Remember the Daze, playing SkeeBall, a lady with a mustache, Jonathan Breck and Jeepers Creepers 3, buying a stun guy, In the Mouth of Madness, trying to escape the movie, Coreyoke, a giant b

Movie Meltdown - Episode 102 Join us for our road trip to ScareFest as we discuss our usual array of geeky topics, as well as interviews with George Kosana, John Amplas, George "The Animal" Steele and co-creator of Night of the Living Dead - John Russo! Plus a special threatening message from Danny Trejo! Load up the car, here we go... And along the way… REC, Amy Sedaris, Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus, not taking Leslie Nielsen seriously, a beat up Chevy truck in Elizabeth Pennsylvania, the Harry Potter movies, Machete, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, dreaming of Luke Wilson, Creepshow, an accidental smorgasbord, the ghost of Steve Irwin, the very first nickelodeon, Akira, Baz Luhrmann, a pro wrestler with a master’s degree, cutting the fangs off some vampire teeth, a very “special” movie experience, Timothy Olyphant might need an enima, David Sedaris, The Walking Dead, Paranormal State, Sometimes They Come Back, Dracula, Yo Gabba Gabba, getting your pong read, making Night of the L

Movie Meltdown - Episode 101 This episode Bryan is joined by special guest comedian and movie fan Don Reese. Together they talk about comedy, monsters, Hammer babes and all the orange goo that comes with this week's Sofa Theater feature: Tremors. All that, plus they get sidetracked on…giving the gift of permanent disfigurement, a one-legged priest, Iron Man, Bill Cosby, avoiding adulthood, Bowfinger, ripping a guy’s stomach open, labor pains, the definition of “hip”, Candace Hilligoss, dad hatin’ on comics, They Live, movies with taco sauce on them, Van Helsing, Ed Harris, Mad Max, The Graduate 2, Richard E. Cunha, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Adam Sandler, Dawn of the Dead, crushin’ on Caroline Munro, bean counters throwing buzz words into a hat, Romero movies, Bat-nipples, Lake Placid, WWF, The Atomic Submarine, Used Cars, comedy in stadiums, The Monster Bash, The Mummy movies, CGI, The Monster Squad, 12-year-olds in business suits, shaving your head, The Big Picture, Bradford Dillman could do it all, SNL, C

Movie Meltdown - Episode 100.2 Our epic 100th episode/I Got A Rock Halloween Special continues with this week's Sofa Theater feature: Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. Including a series explanation from Tom Atkins! Plus we try to figure out how many ways we can shove Halloween candy into our faces. Why pulpy orange juice and electronics don‘t mix. The secret joy of smelling your new Halloween costumes. All that plus the confusion that can only be brought on by microchips and rock dust. “Well hell, if I knew that’s all it was gonna take to disintegrate kid’s faces I would have done this a long time ago.”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 100.1  Join us for this year's "I Got a Rock" Halloween special, where the tradition of getting hopped up on Halloween candy continues as well as discussions of awesome Ben Cooper costumes and actually seeing creepy Cryptids!  All that, plus the HORROR of...Gwyneth Paltrow’s face, manbearpig, not dropping your favorite cousin, depressing a baby with Ziggy, sitting in traffic, directing Superman, Mike Myers, even more Top Gun, F-The Family Circus, tearing down out theaters, Pokey Lafarge and Misty’s best friend Ryan, pickles, bees as a vibrator, balls coming at your face in 3D, no means no - even in cartoons, The Brothers Bloom, Eddy of Th’ Empires, getting attacked by a little girl in an alley, re-location of The Duke boys.., dancing Thriller, Shiver, Devil, House of 1000 Corpses, Angelina Jolie, The Muppets, Pepe le Pew, traumatizing kids through The Lion King, Cat Power with accordions, lookin’ like Heath Ledger, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, choose-your-own-philosophy, getting hugged b

Movie Meltdown - Episode 99 With this week's Sofa Theater feature we delve into childish humor and childhood trauma as we take a look at DERRICK comedy's first feature film - Mystery Team. Not only do we discover a great movie with an infectious sense of humor, but along the way we find an impressive script, amazing performances and we may just stumble across a little more truth in this movie than we are comfortable with. Plus we also feature an interesting and informative interview with the film's director - Dan Eckman. WARNING: Spoiler alert for some key moments, so if you haven't seen it yet...go get yourself a copy!   http://mysteryteam-movie.com/ “How much can we laugh at these characters? Because there’s part of me that‘s always gonna be that 7-year old little kid.”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 98.2 This episode Movie Meltdown asks the horrific question…what would you do if you found out your child was evil?? As we discuss "The  Bad Seed", we look at the structure of the film itself, the style of the actors and address the homicidal maniac-isms that they are referenced in the script. So what creates a killer? Genetics or environment? WARNING: Triple spoiler warnings are thrown out in this episode, as we freely discuss the movie, the book and the super secret ending that we were warned, by the filmmakers, not to reveal. Whatever, we do what we want. BUT, we warn you now, go see the movie/read the book before you listen if you don't want to know what happens. “Some people are just born bad.” 

Movie Meltdown - Episode 98.1 This week, in addition to our Geek Activities and The Buzz we also feature our interview with Amanda Bearse. Star of Fright Night, Married with Children and an established director in her own right!  Plus along the way we ponder the questions of the universe that touch on...where is the third-dimension?, The Kid’s in the Hall, H2, Population 351, Alien, Raising Hope, hating your new job, Amen, searching for a unicorn, Nathan Fillion, 3D Star Wars, High School Musical…on a train, beating the hell out of Vinnie Jones, The Last Airbender‘s not worth a dollar, Kate Hudson, Chili, The Longshots, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby and a monkey, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Misty’s celebrity dream match (according to the internet), Bryce Dallas Howard, having Jonie’s arm growing out of you, Tracy Morgan, the little rat-man, duct taping Marlena’s mouth shut, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog, Oscar-winner Fred Durst?, the monster cereals are back, Batman 3, hate mail from space, The Education of C

Movie Meltdown - Episode 97.2 SHARKTOPUS! That's all we need to say. Warning: If you don't have cable, and missed this one. Avast ye spoilers!! "Oh wow, Sharktopus is my new favorite Saturday morning cartoon character."

Movie Meltdown - Episode 97.1 This week we kick off our Sharktopus premiere party by defending our show and our twisted sense of humor. And obviously we carry on unfazed since we still continue to discuss beating your dead loved ones with a stick, making bread out of your Grandmother and the mentioned but never fully understood - monkey fisting. Hey, we are who we are, and there’s not really anything we can do about it. All that plus Sharktopus h'ordeuvres, Modern Family, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Crotchety Adventure, The Blob remake, Heather Donahue, OJ and Sea Monkeys, The Day of the Triffids, Speedos, The Morgue, gay white Oprah, outing yourself as a hobo, Chloe Moretz, trying to ugly-up Chris Pine, Sh*t My Dad Says, Bill Moseley, Kate Beckinsale, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Rob Zombie, watching random TV, owl titties, Bogus Journey, Emily the Strange, the awesome Karl Urban, we’re gonna have to have an ass-off!, Avatar - The Last Airbender, a candy dish full of human teeth, Whiteout, n

Movie Meltdown - Episode 96.2    This week the gang settles into the Sofa Theater to watch the arguable "classic" - Night of the Creeps. Including...hatin’ gingers, GPK??, creeps, redheads - same thing, daywalkers, Night of the Creeps, somber movie moments, didn't they cure Polio?, douche baggy 80’s guys, do they have a vaccine for redheads?, dick cops, Garbage Pail Kids and C.H.U.D.s put together, Ladies of the 80’s, Bubba, Misty bits, Dick Miller, the ultimate wingman and you know I don’t like people that are handicapped.   Warning: If you've been cryogenically frozen since '86 and missed this movie, you better watch it before you listen to this episode. Thrilling spoilers throughout... Plus a One from the Vaults introduction from Tom Atkins himself! And feedback on Night of the Creeps and the last several episodes. “Force the Evil out of your vagina!!”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 96.1 Join us for the Geek Week, The Buzz, random tangents and the introduction to our interview with Tom Atkins! All that plus...Inglorious Basterds, Voltron, Chairy, the front man, Til Schweiger, tent mansion, Severance, Steve Buscemi, Wolfman, Gypsy Rose Lee, invisible dog, running over kids, Hoarders, the return of Benicio Del Toro’s “face”, Sacha Baron Cohen, sidetracked by The Usual Suspects, In the Soup, I Know What You Did Last Summer - The Book, the bog of eternal stench, fat kung fu, Kingdom of the Spiders, RZA, Freddie Mercury, Sarah Polley and Sarah Silverman’s boobs. “No way…I’ve always been whorey-looking!”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 95.2 Join us as the geek gang heads Out on the Town to see the new entry in the franchise - Resident Evil: Afterlife. What does director Paul WS Anderson bring to the table this time? What do we think of Milla's new look and slight change in character? And how does the 3D technology play on the big screen? And how do we get around to discussing the mouthbreather, 40 shooters and zombie Odie?? Plus feedback from several locations including our new forums on Palavr (stop by and check them out... www.palavr.com ). “I have a problem with the story, but I don’t have a problem with the movie - if that makes sense?” Warning: Spoliers for this new movie, so go hit the theater and see it before we tell you something you don't want to hear.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 95.1  Geek week, buzz and massively random stories that at some point may include...advanced warning for Mystery Team, Machete Kills, anime Zooey Deschanel, the concrete unicorn and the dolphin rug, a newfound love for Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kenan Thompson, watching the THIS, Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, more on the blue man goods, Aunt Misty, the nastiest dirtiest slut she’s ever know, Be Cool, Sherman Williams Twister-proof paint, a Community tangent, reading The Watchman, Trejo trios, older action stars, Harrison Ford hooking up with an alien, Enemy at the Gates, pissing in the middle of the street, watching 45 minutes of The Hospital, fake one dollar bills, Fanboys, got any tips for Zelda Phantom Hourglass, El Camino, having tea parties with Karl Urban, Machete Kills Again, Mel B, Chris Pine IS Machete, Stan Helsing, the breakout role of The Rock, Gundam Battle Assault, shakin’ the baby, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, nailing a fat guy in an outhouse, everything’s better

Episode 94.2 - Movie Meltdown This week we head Out on the Town to see Ethan Maniquis and Robert Rodriguez's new movie - Machete! And not only do we discuss the blood, boobs and tacos featured heavily in this movie, but oddly enough for us, we discuss more serious topics like stereotypes and illegal immigration. Touchy subjects yes, but don't worry...we are equal opportunity offenders. As always. "F**k Jessica Alba" Warning: Loaded with lots of bloody spoliers, so the usual spoiler alert applies.

Episode 94.1 - Movie Meltdown Join us for this week’s buzz and geek activities, and as were find new and innovative ways to offend people, we also work in… Batman: Behind the Green Door, Aronofsky’s Wolverine 2, Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, all the horrors of Kenny Chesney, the one-two punch of a tiger and a hurricane, The Room - The Game, rewatching The Duke boys, the dog papoose, Mummies Unwrapped, buddy cops Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper, Book of Eli, Ray Wise, fur mittens, ginger fat useless kids, shirtless John Schneider, dogs in strollers, retroactively replacing Brendan Fraser, Burning Bright, hating Kirk Cameron, rebooting Midway, children on leases, Moonchild!!, nuke ‘em!, the ordeal of making Fanboys, cables snapping at your face in Fival Destination, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Island of Doctor Moreau, trading Marlena to the Amish, The Bad Seed, The Prowler, the actual NeverEnding Story, Dead End, Atreyu’s talking horse, Bender is The Joker, The Nothing is so cool, and F-ing Mummies. “It's

Movie Meltdown - Episode 93.2 It's futuristic. It's biblical. It's musical? Welcome to THE APPLE, a weird, wild ride through the eyes of two young singers from Moose Jaw, Canada as they are tempted by the evils of the all-powerful music industry. Words can't quite do this movie justice, but we certainly try to capture some of our wonder and confusion brought about by this film. And along the way we end up finding a lot more going on below the surface then we ever expected. Plus a "One from the Vaults" story from Catherine Mary Stewart herself, about how she ended up starring in "The Apple". “I think this ratchets up the quirky - past infinitum.” Warning: This is a movie, if not an experience, that must be seen to be fully appreciated. As usual, we delve well into spoilers, so go watch "The Apple" before listening.

Join us this week as we get into our geek activities, we follow that with several extensive discussions on the buzz of the week plus we round things out with Bryan's sappy interview with actress Catherine Mary Stewart.   And along the way we bring up...Piranha 3D, Them, how YOU can save Studio Ghibli, Army of Darkness, Assault on Precinct 13, unlimited shotgun shells, stolen library books, bonding with your mom deadite-style, Jessica Alba’s husband - watch your back!, Alexandre Aja, Skyscraper Stereo, Stories That Scared Even Me, The Day of the Dead (oh…the remake), Passions, everybody else can die - and does, Hamlet 2, Nerdcore Rising, Quills, being somehow involved with Skuzzelbutt makes you cool, at The Exit in Chicago watching Deathrace 2000 while listening to TSOL, History Channel feeding-cam, ass-kickin' Elizabeth Shue, Jim Henson's The Storyteller, screw that guy with the vacuum!, is Jerry O’ Connell really a jack-ass?, Piranha 4D - The Spawning?, Midnight Movie, zombies crawl on the ceiling?, finding