Mary Jane and the Lost City of Eerie, Indiana
Movie Meltdown
Movie Meltdown - Episode 660 Join us as we hang out after Louisville Horror Con and discuss Eerie, Indiana, Tod Browning, legal cannabis, and the questionable decision to watch Jane and the Lost City. And while we try to decide how inappropriate it is to have someone dress up as your deceased father, we also bring up… Omri Katz, The Mystic, Joe Dante, Coy and Vance, Hocus Pocus, Firewalker, Just One of the Guys, Maud Adams, British humor, Disturbing Behavior, The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak, Danielle Harris, Sean Murray, the knife game, eating edibles, Harry Goaz,...
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Takeout from the Die-ner (Promo)
Movie Meltdown
Movie Meltdown - Episode 659 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") The Horror Club metaphorically convenes at a remote diner to eat burgers and discuss Jem Garrard's 2025 film Takeout. And as we create our own Mandela Effect, we also delve into… The Monkey, House aka Hausu, Let the Corpses Tan, cockroach saliva, Disney trademarking, Michael B. Jordan, 70s genre movies, lots of exposition, very obvious serial killers, Mandy Patinkin paying for breakfast, plot conveniences, the horse with the human skull, a walk-in with a window, Osgood Perkins, The Dollkeeper, the reward scenario, streaming ads,...
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Nostalgia World
Movie Meltdown
Movie Meltdown - Episode 658 Join us as we discuss our day at the Lexington Comic and Toy Convention and talk about celebrities, watching movies and things from back in the olden days. And while we give you an old man skate club update, we also address… Marli Renfro, Ray Wise, Inland Empire, The Rocky Horror Show, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Chuck Norris, murder games, head check, Bob creeping around the Christmas tree, normal girls, it came from the mall in Bangkok, Ghost World, Tim Curry, Lollipop Chainsaw, George Lindsey, MTV's AMP, Psycho, The Cure, David Lynch, Invasion...
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It Gives Me Purpose and Direction in Life
Movie Meltdown
Movie Meltdown - Episode 657 Sam Drog returns for another of our on-going movie talk therapy sessions. And as we make recommendations that most people don’t get, we also mention… Sinners, the X film series, Blue Moon, Is God Is, Honey Don't!, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Tura!, The Bride!, accumulating things, The Fabelmans, Predestination, leaving the house only when necessary, movies where nothing happens, different cinema formats, Critters 2 and/or 3, there are days… when I feel my anger might consume me, I'm kind of like Jeremiah Johnson now, people’s deranged hard drive, artsy remakes...
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A Lot of Things We Thought about Scream 7 (Promo)
Movie Meltdown
Movie Meltdown - Episode 656 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") The Horror Club once again comes together to discuss the latest installment in the Scream series, this time directed by its co-creator Kevin Williamson. And as we attempt to recover from getting hit in the head with a 90s TV, we also cover… Countdown, The Fall, Jasmin Savoy Brown, the cold open, Jill, meta themes, burning down the house, the reveal, Neve Campbell, deepfakes, Gale’s story arc, that entrance, Mckenna Grace, Scary Movie, Joel McHale, disappearing from public life, the boyfriend, Ethan Embry, Pine Grove, Indiana,...
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Voices in your Head (Promo)
Movie Meltdown
Movie Meltdown - Episode 655 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Do listen to the voices in your head, as long as they are the Meltdown Horror Club, as we discuss Don't Listen directed by Ángel Gómez Hernández. And while we smack our flashlights that don’t work, we also bring up… Guts & Glory, The Curse of La Llorona, The Toxic Avenger, M3GAN 2.0, Circus of the Stars, Greg Nicotero, flipping houses, Linda Cardellini, spectrum kids, they keep you guessing, the orifice that's oozing flies, didn’t see that coming, plastic sheeting, flies in your ear, do ghosts have teeth, dead...
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The State of the Media
Movie Meltdown
Movie Meltdown - Episode 654 Sam Drog returns as we use this moment in time to stop and take a look at the state of the media that we love. We examine things like… kids watching black and white movies, shooting movies vertically, the look of Super 8 film, watching multiple versions of vintage films, the general population talking about ‘movies today’, different eras of older directors, a new wave of CG technology, add to cart links during commercials, stories can re-wire your brain and fighting robots to reclaim our humanity. And as we recalibrate the measure of suck, also delve...
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Silent Night, Gooey Night (Promo)
Movie Meltdown
Movie Meltdown - Episode 653 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") It’s the Naked Lunch Holiday Special! Or is it a Kafka-fueled metamorphic nightmare?! Or is it just an excuse for lots of bugs and goo?! Whatever the reason, the Meltdown Horror Club gathers together for Yuletide fun that will make you spontaneously combust - as we watch Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation starring Maud Adams, Neith Hunter, Tommy Hinkley, Clint Howard and Allyce Beasley. And as we all eat from an open bowl of loose dates, we also address… Home Alone 2, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Hand That...
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Loaded with Predators
Movie Meltdown
Movie Meltdown - Episode 652 This episode Sam Drog returns as we discuss the new movie Predator: Badlands, but not before we give a recap of every Predator movie that has come before. It’s an extensive look at the franchise as a whole and how things have changed since director Dan Trachtenberg has gotten involved. And as we try on the fashionable look of fishnets and a space helmet, we also mention… Cleaner, Elle Fanning, a jungle room night club, Weyland-Yutani, testosterone overdrive, Danny Glover, The Wendigo, Waterworld, John McTiernan, bro code, Godzilla characters, cooperation...
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Murder by Jake (Promo)
Movie Meltdown
Movie Meltdown - Episode 651 (For our Patreon "Horror Club") Gather around the table with the beloved family members of the Horror Club as we celebrate Thanksgiving Jake-style. Together we discuss the state of the holiday season as well as the Thanksgiving classic Home Sweet Home starring Jake Steinfeld. And while we’re trying to figure out family relations, we also cover… IT: Welcome To Derry, Doctor Sleep, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, being addicted to PCP, close-up magic, Steve Guttenberg, Trapper Keeper artwork, Jacob Elordi, cutting someone's brakes for the holidays, a...
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Join us as we recap our day at Scarefest, discuss things we’ve watched lately and reminisce about going out to look for dead bodies.
And as we reveal the best way to break your ribs, we also bring up… Billy Wirth, Legacy of Rage, Stand By Me, Scream Queens, Night of the Creeps, the official Back to the Future skateboard, Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen, American Gladiators, Brandon Lee, collector’s cards, Linda Miller, Gleaming the Cube, Wednesday, a broken toe, that six-foot hole is just for landscaping, Doug Bradley, burying bodies, old guys using outdated terms, zombie kids, Emma Roberts, learning lip tricks, Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, asking to see your x-rays, The Lost Boys, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Ashley Laurence, I wanna know, what’s going on at the trash can, sexy pyramid head, boards slides, Tim Burton, Jason Patric, zombie etiquette and spine transfers.
“So yeah, we were trading dead people stories.”