Movie Meltdown

Movie Meltdown

We are a movie-themed podcast! Each episode is filled with a dealer's choice of interviews with interesting actors, filmmakers and other guests as well as lengthy discussions of specific movies. Plus our own brand of ridiculous humor with conversations about trends in Hollywood and changes in the film industry.

Episodes

July 9, 2025 104 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 645

This episode we’re coming to you “live” from WonderFest as we hang out and talk about movies, toys, models and eventually a bonus, full horror club discussion of Fear Street: Prom Queen directed by Matt Palmer. 

And while we determine the specifics of how you know you are in the 80s, we also bring up… Godzilla Minus One, Midnight Mass, Summer of 69, Empire of the Dark, Demon Ci...

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Movie Meltdown - Episode 644 (For our Patreon "Horror Club")

A talking teddy bear, a hole full of murderous beasts, a random ghost and a horned up 12-year-old with boundary issues… what could go wrong? Find out as we discuss Lew Lehman’s 1981 classic The Pit

And while we have cake on Halloween, we also delve into… The Rule of Jenny Pen, Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!, Strange Darling, making food, Teddy, a ve...

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Movie Meltdown - Episode 643

Sam Drog returns as we try to decide just what it is that’s trying to kill Hollywood. And while we try to mimic the Magnum P.I. lifestyle, we also address… Minecraft, Andor, The Studio, The Da Vinci Code, Gods of Egypt, Black Mirror, Cherry 2000, Barry, Eyeborgs, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Viy, religious discussions over the internet, Barbenheimer,...

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April 27, 2025 11 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 642 (For our Patreon "Horror Club")

Listen as the Meltdown Horror Club comes together to discuss Dead & Buried directed by Gary Sherman and featuring James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson and Robert Englund. 

And while we’re dropping off our film, we also mention… The Dead Don't Die, Mikey Madison,  Longlegs, The Banana Splits, Slugs, filming people, Scouts Guide to the ...

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Movie Meltdown - Episode 641

Join us as we drop in to the Lexington Comic and Toy Convention and talk about celebrities, cool merchandise, watching movies and how returning to skateboarding as an adult makes you the most interesting man in the world. 

And as we attempt to rock the fakie, we also cover… Baymax dancing around, the monkeys have brown eyes, Tom Savini, H-Street’s Hokus Pokus, Soleil Moon Frye,...

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March 5, 2025 153 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 640

This episode, Sam Drog returns as we try to wrap our heads around just how ahead of its time David Cronenberg's Videodrome truly was back in 1983.

And as we plug into the network of idiots, we also bring up… the evolutionary chart of man, Mick Garris, American Ultra, Scanners, YouTube rabbit holes, The Franchise, Debbie Harry, a movie every night on the UHF channels, the rubber...

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February 13, 2025 19 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 639 (For our Patreon "Horror Club")

The horror club gets together to discuss ghosts, monsters and the immigrant horror stories contained in Santiago Menghini’s No One Gets Out Alive.

And while we try to figure out which attempted murders are real and which are fake, we also delve into… slacker pioneers, weird residual ghost pains, Aztec weaponry, Bed Bath & Beyond coupons, dream logic, the new Property Brot...

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January 6, 2025 111 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 638

This episode Sam Drog returns and we discuss Tim Burton’s return to his early feature with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. We remember our response to the original and dig into the characters and plotlines of the new entry. 

We also address… legacy sequel, It's a Wonderful Life: Abridged Edition, Wednesday, Willem Dafoe, Heathers, latchkey kids versus helicopter parents, practical eff...

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January 1, 2025 16 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 637 (For our Patreon "Horror Club")

Gather around the empty dinner table at Grandma's house as The Meltdown Horror Club comes together to discuss the 1989 holiday "classic" - Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! And even more interesting than the movie itself, we also talk about the fascinating life of the director Monte Hellman.

And while we plan our trip to the mall, w...

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December 6, 2024 22 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 636 (For our Patreon "Horror Club")

Come celebrate the holiday as we make pizza and discuss Eli Roth's Thanksgiving.

And while we try to pick our favorite unnecessary pizza toppings, also cover… The People Under the Stairs, Stopmotion, Woman of the Hour, Night of the Living Dead… the stage production, the later Nightmare on Elm Street films, retail PTSD flashbacks, Joh...

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November 8, 2024 59 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 635

Join us as we recap our day at Scarefest. And as we make a point to not annoy celebrities at their table, we also bring up… Clive Barker, Don Coscarelli, The Midnight Meat Train, Rose McGowan, cenobite girl, Cyborg, The Fanatic, Gregory Nicotero, Billy Zane sportin' a look, The Wolf has a line, Felissa Rose, the Gorton's fisherman, sexy sax man, the Mandela effect, Skeet Ulrich, pyramid hea...

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October 27, 2024 118 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 634

Come join the party… as we celebrate Halloween by watching Late Night with the Devil, directed by Cameron and Colin Cairnes and starring David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss and Ingrid Torelli. 

And while we toast with glasses of blood, we also delve into… Oddity, Ghostwatch, the Bohemian Grove, Sleepaway Camp 2 and 3, Agatha All Along, weird jelly beans, getting bumped,...

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October 10, 2024 158 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 633

This episode Sam Drog returns as we delve into our own history with the original movie The Crow, give a recap of all the failed incarnations in-between and then get into an honest discussion of our thoughts on the new film directed by Rupert Sanders.   

And while we comprise our ultimate anti-social movie experience, we also address… Bill Skarsgård, Brandon Lee, James O'Barr, w...

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September 25, 2024 20 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 632 (For our Patreon "Horror Club")

Join us as the horror club discusses She Beast, directed by Michael Reeves and starring Barbara Steele, John Karlsen and Ian Ogilvy.

And while we try to decide our favorite thing about Ghost Toast, we also mention… Sarah Squirm, pumpkins, Longlegs, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs, Alien: Romulus, Halloween encroachment, a dunking chair, because Communism, terrible fashion...

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September 4, 2024 79 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 631

This episode we sit down with Max Neace, a writer, director and producer originally from our neighborhood. So listen as we find out how he took his interest in film from shooting YouTube videos to getting his own feature films made. Plus we discuss the conception and challenging execution that is his most recent movie - Shift

And while our guest may wish he was conversing wit...

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August 21, 2024 12 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 630  (For our Patreon "Horror Club")

The Horror Club is back with Mario Bava's giallo classic - Blood and Black Lace.

And as we narrow down where we want to put our secret bookcase/door, we also bring up… When Evil Lurks, The Exorcist, Shaun of the Dead, The Ninth Configuration, Dick Tracy, her hair, her makeup, the eyeliner, the outfits, I was like - I love her, I wanna look like ...

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July 30, 2024 107 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 629

Sam Drog returns… and this time we kick things off with a book club discussion on how reexamining children’s books as an adult can ruin your life. Or perspective of it? Then eventually we also discuss some movies we’ve watched. 

And as we decontextualize someone's feelings, we also delve into… Bucket of Blood, Abigail, Charles Beaumont, The Million Eyes of Sumuru, Roger Corman,...

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July 11, 2024 10 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 628 (For our Patreon "Horror Club")

After taking care of our nuptials we are finally back to discuss our previously announced (quite a while ago) feature - Alice, Sweet Alice.

And as we recap how we may have gotten lost and murdered during the post-ceremony activities, we also address… The First Omen, Them, Near Dark, that’s a huge chapel, The Howling, Luke James, the crazy age rev...

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June 13, 2024 58 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 627

We're coming to you “live” from WonderFest as we hang out and talk about toys and marriage… and possibly even a few movies. 

And while we’re confused about converting things to the metric system, we also mention… getting married to George Romero, Lego storylines, Kill Bill 1 and 2, head trauma, Greg Nicotero, bringing a howler monkey to a fancy affair, Shrek 2, a specific face ...

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May 21, 2024 165 mins

Movie Meltdown - Episode 626

Sam Drog returns… and this time I’m not sure we truly represent both sides of the argument as we discuss Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver

And as we bust into a large box of Wheat Thins, we also cover… Close Encounters of the Third Kind, bag-head musicians, Maximilian, shoveling coal, let’s not forget holes, The Island, badass robot arms, Irish jig dancing, a...

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