The Movie Crypt

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan (FIXATION, SPOONFUL OF SUGAR) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss the making of her latest feature BONE LAKE (in theaters now). From first reading the sexy, violent and twist-filled script… to her thoughts on the current cultural temperature with erotica in commercial cinema… to how she approached shooting the sex and violence integral to BONE LAKE's plot… to the key in finding the ...

SPECIAL EPISODE! Legendary writer/director Shane Black (LETHAL WEAPON, THE MONSTER SQUAD, KISS KISS BANG BANG, IRON MAN 3, THE NICE GUYS) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope Studio to discuss his career journey and his new feature PLAY DIRTY - now available on Amazon Prime. From his writing process… to feeling the very same “imposter syndrome” we all feel despite his many massive successes… to what goes in to creating a terrific pr...

Academy Award winning make-up FX artist Christopher Nelson (KILL BILL Vol 1 & 2, SUICIDE SQUAD 2016, HALLOWEEN 2018, HALLOWEEN KILLS, HALLOWEEN ENDS, AMERICAN HORROR STORY) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss his incredible career journey. From growing up on a healthy diet of Fangoria magazines and going to the movies as often as possible… to becoming consumed with the dream of making movies after seeing NIGHT OF ...

Filmmakers Pierre Tsigaridis and Maxime Rancon (TWO WITCHES) join Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss their career journey and the making of their latest film TRAUMATIKA (in theaters now). From how the two randomly met at a Los Angeles club, bonded over their similar tastes in cinema and music and began working together… to how they put both TWO WITCHES and TRAUMATIKA together with their own resources rather than waitin...

Filmmaker Michael Chaves (THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MAE ME DO IT, THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA, THE NUN 2) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope Studio to discuss his career journey and closing the casket on the Warren saga. From his beginnings in the commercial arena… to working with Nickelodeon on a short lived digital series… to how he met James Wan and was “conjured” into taking the baton of THE CONJURING uni...

Producer Oren Koules (SAW 1-10, TWO AND A HALF MEN, DEAD SILENCE, RUN RONNIE RUN, SET IT OFF) joins Adam and Joe to discuss his career journey and the making of his new feature TRUST (in theaters now). From setting up at least half a dozen projects at studios only to have them never get made… to trying his hand at being a studio executive himself… to surrounding himself with talented professionals and learning how to produce on the...

Special BONUS mini-episode! Filmmaker and actor Macon Blair (GREEN ROOM, OPPENHEIMER, I DON’T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE, MURDER PARTY) joins Adam and Joe to discuss his new film THE TOXIC AVENGER (in theaters today)! Recorded during the second day of YORKIETHON IX, in this conversation Macon discusses how he got involved in the Legendary-produced remake of Troma’s seminal cinematic masterpiece… working with the great Peter...

Actress and filmmaker Sarah Nicklin (THE BLACK MASS, POPEYE THE SLAYER MAN, SPLATTER DISCO, EXHUMED) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss her career journey. From how her young fandom for HOME IMPROVEMENT’s Jonathan Taylor Thomas lead her to want to become an actress… to watching John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN and William Friedkin’s THE EXORCIST as her first ever horror movies… to going to college at Emerson in Boston ...

Actor/Filmmaker Peter Cilella (RESOLUTION, THE ENDLESS) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss his career journey and the making of his feature directorial debut DESCENDENT (in theaters now as well as SVOD). From his struggles doing various jobs while getting his acting career off the ground… to writing and directing his own short films… to how working with Rustic Films (Benson/Moorhead & Lawson’s production company)...

In THE MOVIE CRYPT’s annual Yorkiethon round up Adam recaps the weekend long charity benefit and replays the full interviews with director Chuck Russell (WITCHBOARD, THE MASK, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3) and actress Kate Siegel (HUSH, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, LIFE OF CHUCK). Yorkiethon IX was the most successful Yorkiethon yet with over 50 guests and $42,000.00 raised for Save A Yorkie Rescue! That’s A LOT of dogs who will be s...

Film editor Glenn Garland (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS, HALLOWEEN 2007, IT: WELCOME TO DERRY, POKER FACE) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss his career journey. From growing up with parents who didn’t understand why he would possibly want to work in the entertainment industry… to finding personal peace and joy in the edit suite as opposed to enduring the chaos of being on-set… to why as an editor it can be easier to sepa...

Filmmaker James DeMonaco (THE PURGE franchise, THIS IS THE NIGHT) joins Adam and Joe to discuss his career journey and the making of his new feature THE HOME (in theaters now). From growing up in Staten Island with no viable connections to the film industry… to teaching himself how to write scripts armed with only a copy of Syd Field’s book SCREENPLAY… to briefly attending NYU film school where he made a friend with a means to secu...

Visionary director Joseph Kahn (DETENTION, BODIED, TORQUE) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss his incredible career journey and the making of his new film ICK (in theaters now). From learning how to speak the language of cinema in the 80’s thanks to Spielberg films and MTV… to how a fake company name and a briefcase led to him becoming one of the greatest music video directors in history working with artists like...

Filmmakers Aaron B Koontz (SCARE PACKAGE, THE PALE DOOR) and Luke Boyce (REVEALER) join Adam and Joe to discuss their experience show running SyFy’s new series REVIVAL (also available on Peacock). From what it was like adapting Tim Seeley’s epic graphic novel for the small screen… to what it was like shooting Canada for America… to balancing horror, comedy and topical elements that have become almost proph...

Filmmaker, actress, comedian, and talk show host Aisha Tyler (CRIMINAL MINDS, ARCHER, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?, AXIS) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope Studio to discuss her career journey. From her start as a stand-up comedian and talk show host… to why certain comedians have been able to survive cancel culture… to the joy of working on WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? and her love and respect for the incredibly talented cast she gets t...

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaking collective Dirty Shot Clean (director Max Tzannes, writer David San Miguel and DP/Editor Jacob Souza) join Adam and Joe to discuss their career journey together and the making of their new hilarious/horrific genre bending film FOUND FOOTAGE: THE MAKING OF THE PATTERSON PROJECT (out now in theaters and on VOD). From how the team first met and came together making short form content… to the making of their ...

FULL VERSION. Filmmaker Doug Roos (BAKEMONO) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss his international career journey and shooting his latest film in Japan. From seeing ALIENS at age 6 and falling in love with genre cinema… to his fascination with making his own monsters and starting out with nothing but clear plastic bags and a flashlight… to making his first short film at 12 years old and why 1993’s CARNOSAUR was su...

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Sean Byrne (THE LOVED ONES, THE DEVIL’S CANDY) joins Adam and Joe to discuss his career journey and the making of his latest feature DANGEROUS ANIMALS - in theaters now! From his fateful decision to walk away from becoming a lawyer and pursue filmmaking instead… to why he is attracted to stories about humans hunting other humans… to what made him respond to Nick Lepard’s script for DANGEROUS ANIMALS and wh...

PUBLIC VERSION. Filmmaker Austin Snell (THEY CALL HER DEATH) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss his micro-budget western throwback - now available on Shudder. From the scene in TEMPLE OF DOOM that changed his life… to balancing a day job with making films… to how movies like EVIL DEAD and EL MARIACHI influenced his drive to make a “no-fi flick”… to the role that the pandemic played in pushing him to round up his ...