Chicken Jockey and the Robotic Companion
Movie Meltdown
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, Seth Rogen, parent your kid, Dracula 2000, Godzilla Minus One, content creation, sacrilege, Gerard Butler, Phil Tippett, Starship Troopers, Adam Wingard, watching money...
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Dead and Confused
Movie Meltdown
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 Zombie Apocalypse, Scream 7, witchcraft/voodoo teacher, Superbad meets Shaun of the Dead, Oscar-winning slashers, Christopher Lee, taking photos, public domain horror,...
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Drop in the Convention with the Most Interesting Man in the World
Movie Meltdown
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, cheesy '80s slasher movies, a muscled version of Borat, combative training, Lost Highway, the Gmork is the most amazing creature that's ever existed, Tony Curtis, tattoo size and...
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The Videodrome is the Message
Movie Meltdown
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 reality and all the latex, Robert Pattinson, a cyber doppelganger of ourselves, The Lawnmower Man, Canadian tax shelter horror movies, Stan Winston, Crash, moving meat on a skeleton,...
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Monster in a Box
Movie Meltdown
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 Brothers, Willem Dafoe, I gotta good work ethic, he’s having death, how much of the budget was candles, experimental camera moves, goddess in the box, they...
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The All You Can Eat Buffet of Beetlejuice
Movie Meltdown
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 effects, math and it's cruel cruel hand on reality, people need restrictions, the animated series, I don’t think kids care about movies either, Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian, Jimmy...
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A Silent Night Trip to Grandma's House
Movie Meltdown
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, we also mention... The Night of the Hunter, Demon Seed, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, an abnormally large hat, buying gift sets, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Krang, Mulholland Drive, John...
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Hooray for Thanksgiving Pizza
Movie Meltdown
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, John Carver, the trampoline scene, the Brothers Quay, silent stairs, Grindhouse, Nell Verlaque, Plymouth, Springwood Ohio, Piranha 3D, she E.T.’d herself, gnarly is a good way to describe that...
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A Tote Bag Full of Laserdiscs
Movie Meltdown
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 heads, the creeper truck, Kung Fu Hustle, CG effects, Nightbreed, Velma vs Daphne, getting married to Roach, Hellraiser, showing a movie on your backpack, Devon Sawa, I Know What...
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Halloween Party with the Devil
Movie Meltdown
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, Abraxas, weird musical instruments, I don’t know a moments peace, Doug Jones, drinking blood, making a sequel, the reality of hypnotism, 1977, production company intros, black...
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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, John Carver, the trampoline scene, the Brothers Quay, silent stairs, Grindhouse, Nell Verlaque, Plymouth, Springwood Ohio, Piranha 3D, she E.T.’d herself, gnarly is a good way to describe that film, slumping dead bodies, Patrick Dempsey, a lot of body stuff, cooking people, Gina Gershon and Detroit that place is great, right?
Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for 2023’s “Thanksgiving”, so go watch the movie before you listen.
“I’m not sure where it stops sounding appealing and starts sounding upsetting.”