Wednesday, October 28, 2015

MPM: Ep. 197 - Log in to the TNDB

Creepshow | The Dark Half - Happy Halloween everyone!Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We're finishing up our horror-director themed month by hitting some movies that most people may not have known were directed by the zombie-master himself, George Romero. This week Dehart, Cheats, Phil and myself roast through the two Stephen King/George Romero projects, The Dark Half and the horror anthology fan-favorite, Creepshow. In this episode, you'll hear us discuss our favorite horror anthologies, we talk about how no sane person would ever let themselves be buried alive, and we talk about the our new invention, The Terrible Names Data Base. Enjoy!

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

MPM: Ep 196 - Your Foster Zombies Are Dead

Zombie | The Beyond - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode to Motion Picture Meltdown! This week we continue to focus on an acclaimed horror director and go through a couple of movies directed by possibly one of the most underrated horror directors ever, Lucio Fulci! Cheats, Phil, Dehart and myself go through the 1978 classic cult film, Zombie as well as one of Fulci's more confusing and gory projects, The Beyond. In this episode, you will here us throw out our favorite zombie films, you will hear describe hell's parking lot, and Cheats and myself discuss whether character development is a necessity in zombie/horror movies. Enjoy!

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

MPM: Ep. 195 - I Was Gonna Do Some Science, But Then I Got High

Shocker | The Serpent In The Rainbow - Hi everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! As you know, for the month of October we are picking an acclaimed horror director each week and roasting through a couple of their movies. This week we have picked the "late great" Wes Craven and Dehart, Cheats, Phil and I roast through one of Craven's biggest bombs ever, Shocker as well as possibly one of his best movies, The Serpent In The Rainbow. In this episode, we talk about the most well-liked and financially successful horror franchises, we discuss how long it would take to recover from scrotal mutilation, and we talk about how easy it is to ruin a great special effect. Enjoy!

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

MPM: Ep. 194 - Shrodinger's Punch

In The Mouth of Madness | The Prince of Darkness - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This October, we have decided to devote the entire month to acclaimed horror directors and roast through two movies each week! To kick things off, we are joined by The Pod People Podcast host Joel Mengel, and go through a couple of movies by horror master John Carpenter. This week we roast through In The Mouth of Madness as well as The Prince of Darkness. In this episode, you'll hear us pick one movie to be originally made or remade by John Carpenter, you'll hear my re-casting of the lead actor in Prince of Darkness, and you'll hear us give Cheats lots of shit for sleeping during the podcast. Enjoy!