MPM: Ep. 293 - The John Landis Playbook

Convoy | Steel Frontier - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We're keeping the Holiday picks going and apologize for being so busy lately. In this episode we pick a couple of movies with Dehart's favorite things, vehicle explosions! We roast through Convoy and Steel Frontier. You'll hear us come up with out own CB handles, we explain old phrases to Phil, and Cheats talks about his defense mechanisms. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 292 - Christmas SurPRICEs

Dead Heat | Game Over (3615 Code Pere Noel) - The Holidays have arrived! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Historically, December is a month where we let our listeners choose a shit-show of movies for us to torture ourselves with. This year, we've decided to try something new. Each week in December, three of us come together and decide on a gift of movies for the other co-host. This week, Dehart, Cheats, and Phil picked movies for me (Stephen). In this episode, we roast through Dead Heat and Game Over(3615 Code Pere Noel). You'll hear us come up with our own creative Christmas weapons, we talk about the benefits of having three noses, and wonder if Home Alone was Game Over first. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 291 - It Takes Two To Matango

Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People | Return of the Killer Tomatoes - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We're a little late finishing up Foodvember, but we don't care! This week Cheats picks our last food-themed episodes and we go through Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People as well as Return of the Killer Tomatoes. You'll hear us create our own food monsters, we debate what should or shouldn't be on pizza, and remember a time when Rob Lowe was famous, but George Clooney wasn't. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 290 - The Fresh Pants Of Bel Air.

The Silence of the Lambs | Ravenous - Hey everyone! We're still feasting for the holidays and have a delicious dish for you this week. Phil picks a couple of cannibal movies, and we go through The Silence Of The Lambs and finally get around to reviewing Ravenous, which was a pick from about five years ago, that we never got a chance to do. In this episode, you'll hear us talk about our favorite movie foods, we go into the anatomy of fake movie moths, and we realize how big Jeffrey Jones is. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 289 - Dessert Before Dinner

Ice Cream Man | Killer Klowns From Outer Space - Hey everyone! Welcome to the first (and probably only) Motion Picture Meltdown's Foodvember! We want you to be as stoked about food this month as we are, and in true little kid fashion, we want our dessert before the main course! This week, Dehart picks the first movies and we go through Ice Cream Man and Killer Klowns From Outer Space. Whether it's from creepy popcorn, cheesy effects, Clint Howard's face, or all out Clownery, we're sure you'll get your fill until the next dish. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 289 - Stephen King Can't Cuss

Christine | Killdozer - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We decided we weren't being spooky enough for this Halloween season, so I picked a couple of haunted/possessed vehicle movies. We roast through the 1974 made-for-TV movie, Killdozer, as well as the 1983 John Carpenter film, Christine. In this episode, you'll hear us come up with our own haunted vehicle movies, Phil argues about cop motives for 15 minutes, and we discuss Stephen King's inability to use swear words correctly. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 288 - Terminate Or Educate?

Firestarter | Class of 1999 - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week Phil picks a couple of Mark L. Lester flicks and we dive into some classic science fiction/horror. In this episode we roast through the Stephen King written Firestarter as well as Class of 1999. You'll hear what we'd give up for special powers, we're not surprised as Cheats hates everything fun, and Phil is incapable of saying Malcolm McDowell. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 287 - Slime Em, Dine Em, 69 Em!

Slime City | Dark City - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week, Dehart picks a couple movies for us to go through, and we go from low-budget horror to creepy science fiction. In this episode, we roast through Slime City and Dark City. You'll hear us create out own bizarre cities, including sticky city and clock city, we talk about how the Matrix may have taken some ideas from Dark City, and debate over the correct colors of slime. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 286 - Protect And Serve

Samurai Cop | Maniac Cop - Hey everyone! Welcome again to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Cheats picks a couple more cop movies for us to roast this week, and they really are the cream of the crop when it comes to perfect MPM movies. We go through Samurai Cop and Maniac Cop. In this episode, you'll hear us create our own undead occupation movies, Phil talks about how tired of watching porn he is, and we all shame Amazon Prime for their subtitle bot. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 285 - Swing Your Monkey, Round N Round.

Martin | Monkey Shines - George A. Romero Tribute - Hey everyone! Welcome back for another great episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week we celebrate the life (and a couple movies) of the recently deceased horror-directing great, George A. Romero. We go through a couple of his lesser-known movies in Martin and Monkey Shines. In this episode, you'll hear us talk about our favorite Romero flicks, why Capuchin monkeys are better for movies than Chimps, and whether Vampirism counts as Munchausen's. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 284 - The Fast & The Furyan

Pitch Black | The Chronicles of Riddick | Riddick - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Some life got in the way this week, so we decided to release an old episode that we had in the bank left over from Trilogy Month! Yay for surprises! In this episode, yours truly picked the Riddick Trilogy, and we roast through Pitch Black, The Chronicles Of Riddick, and Riddick. You'll hear us talk about what special powers we wish our eyes had, we all have a problem with the Necromongers, and we discuss why there's always that one guy that fucks things up. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 283 - Wacky Willy's Inflatable Arm Flailing Scalpel Men

The Blood of Heroes | Sunshine - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week Phil picks a couple of movies off of an "underrated Science Fiction movies" list, and we go through the post-apocalyptic sports movie, The Blood Of Heroes as well as the 2007 Alex Garldand/Danny Boyle collaboration, Sunshine. In this episode, you'll hear about the futuristic jobs we'd do, we debate common sense vs. nobility, and Cheats tells a bunch of shit about LARPING we don't give a shit about. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 282 - The Land Down Under!

Razorback | Turkey Shoot - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Dehart picks a couple of Australian movies for us to watch this week, one based on the The Most Dangerous Game, called Turkey Shoot as well as a lesser-known 80's creature feature, Razorback. In this episode, we create our own Australian deadly Cryptic animals, Phil does really terrible Aussie accents, and we definitely don't promote downloading things illegally. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 281 - Space Madness Is No Excuse For Space Rudeness

Strange Days | Outland - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week Cheats finally picks a couple of decent movies for us to watch, as we explore through a couple future cop movies that none of had ever seen. We check out the Kathryn Bigelow/James Cameron flick Strange Days and of course another one from Peter Hyams, Outland. In this episode we create our fictional cop teams, talk about how much we hate Tom Sizemore, and debate the laws in future space mining colonies. Enjoy!

MPM: Episode 280 - Scatman Begins

The Hole | Twilight Zone: The Movie - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Because I couldn't stop stroking it to Joe Dante a few weeks ago, I decided to pick a couple Dante movies (sort-of) for this week's podcast. We go through one his newer movie, The Hole, as well as one of my favorite anthology movies ever, Twilight Zone: The Movie. In this episode, we talk about how you shouldn't be able to make movies after you get someone killed, we talk about our favorite anthology TV show series, and how Dante is one of the best 80's directors ever. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 279 - Sharticular Puns On Porpoise

Shark Exorcist | The Shallows - Hey everyone! Welcome to another special (and late) Shark Week episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Once again Ed joins us as we dive in to another couple of shitty shark movies this year. In this episode, we go through one of the worst movies we've ever podcasted in Shark Exorcist as well as a 90 minute Go-Pro Ad, The Shallows. You'll hear us create our own demonic animal movies, Phil argues about using technology in movies, and not backing it up, and Dehart once again reveals his hatred for whales. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 278 - Wally Winka's Wax Factory

Waxwork | Waxwork II: Lost In Time - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Dehart brings us back into the horror realm (sort of), and picks the movies for us this week. In this episode, we roast through Waxwork and it's sequel, Waxwork II: Lost In Time. You'll hear us talk about which museum exhibits would draw us in to death, I talk about how much better Waxwork would be if Joe Dante directed it, and Phil has a problem with the everlasting concept of "magic, motherfucker". Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 277 - Don't Rock The Chestnut Cart

Rush Hour | The Shinjuku Incident - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We decided there was no way in hell we could watch any more Mockbusters, so we decided to do a couple of Jackie Chan movies instead. Strangely enough, we haven't done ANY Jackie Chan movies ever, so these were a real treat for us. Cheats chooses the movies for us this week, and we go through Rush Hour and The Shinjuku Incident. In this episode, we discuss whether heroes are allowed to be racist to villains, we talk about Jackie Chan as a villain, and discuss the Jackie Chan weapons we want to see. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 276 - The Jim Carrey School Of Faces

Avengers Grimm | Sinister Squad - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We continue Mockbuster Month with a couple of terrible superhero movie mockbusters. Sean Moriarty from the Nerds on Film podcast helps us roast through Avengers Grimm and Sinister Squad. In this episode, we all pick our own public domain teams, we make fun of washed up TV movie actors, and we all seem to disagree on which movie is worse. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 275 - The Mariana Treach

Alien vs. Hunter | Atlantic Rim - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Sorry for the small delay, but we're continuing on with Mockbuster Month and doing a couple of Dehart's picks. This we really scrape the bottom of the Asylum barrel and roast through Alien vs. Hunter as well as Atlantic Rim. In this episode, you'll hear us come up with our own "versus" Mockbusters, we make the poorest of the poorest puns, and some force above doesn't want us to watch these movies and podcast anymore. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 274 - The Magnificent Sideburns

Android Cop | Dead 7 - Hey everyone! Now that May is over and we're headed into the Summer, we've decided to have our first-ever Mockbuster Month! You've heard of Summer Blockbusters right? Well this month is completely dedicated to movies released that are trying to ride the coat-tails of those big Summer hits. This week Cheats picks the movies and we go through Android Cop as well as Dead 7. In this episode, you'll hear us create our own Mockbusters, we talk about how lazy these movies are, and Cheats starts to hate the thing she loves. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 273 - Aliens Don't Like Head

Grabbers | Attack The Block - Hey everyone! Welcome to the last episode of the Monster Month Of May from Motion Picture Meltdown! Trust me, you're going to need these movies when you find out what we have in store for June. This week, I make the picks and decide to do a couple of monster-alien movies. We go through a couple of foreign flicks in Grabbers as well as John Boyega's pre-Star Wars fame, Attack The Block. In this episode, you'll hear us talk about our least-favorite movie aliens, we research what English handcuffs look like, and argue about the importance of glow-in-the-dark teeth. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 272 - Godzilla: A Love Story

Godzilla (1998) | Reign of Fire - Hey everyone! We're on week 3 of Motion Picture Meltdown's Monster Month of May! In this episode, Phil picks the movies and decided we should roast a bunch of fire-breathing lizards. We go through the 1998 blockbuster Godzilla as well as the lesser-known creature feature from 2002, Reign Of Fire. This week, you'll us describe scores that ruin movies for us, Phil bitches about size consistency in movies again, and we think there should be an Oscar for gaining/losing weight for movies. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 271 - Cleptogrannyac

Bubba Hotep | Late Phases - Hey everyone! We're back with week two of Motion Picture Meltdown's Monster Month Of May! Dehart picks a couple of monster movies that have a little more in common than we initially thought. First we go through Don Coscarelli's Bubba Hotep as well as the newer and lesser-known werewolf flick, Late Phases. In this episode, we talk about the best tasting Universal Monsters, we discuss the elusive WereKoolaid Man, and we question the point of the iron lung. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 270 - Noodle Shack, Baby, Noodle Shack!

The Host | Train To Busan - Hey everyone! Welcome to another great episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! It's finally May, which means we've finally returned to MPM's Monster Month Of May! Cheats kicks things off the right way this week by choosing a couple South Korean monster movies for us to go through. We watched The Host and the new 2016 zombie thriller, Train To Busan. In this episode we all discuss our zombie apocalypse plans, Phil gets mad at me for bringing up Frankenfish and we all kind of agree that South Korea does horror better. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 269 - Dammed To Hell

In Hell | Sudden Death - Hey everyone! We're giving you a special extra episode this week to finish up Action April and prepare for the The Monster Month of May. In this episode of Motion Picture Meltdown, I pick a couple of Jean-Claude Van Damme movies for us to roast through. This week we touch up on In Hell and Sudden Death. You'll hear us rank our top five action stars, we take a look at how close Sudden Death is to Die Hard, and decide that Ghost Moth is a pretty good band name. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep 268 - Everyone Wants An Uzi, Go Uzi, Go!

True Lies | Sabotage - Hey everyone! We've got another action-packed episode of Motion Picture Meltdown for you, and we couldn't have Action April without the action master himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger! Phil takes the reigns of the picks this week and chooses one of his favorite Arnold movies, True Lies as well as having us all give "old man Arnold" a chance and watch one of his more recent films, Sabotage. In this episode you'll hear why James Cameron never went through with a True Lies sequel, we all create our own sequels to Arnold movies, and Dehart talks about how much he hates the characters in Sabotage. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 267 - Handburgers & Footlongs

Domino | Pain & Gain - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We're continuing Action April with Dehart making a couple blind picks. He chose these two movies based on their action-acclaimed directors, but we actually were a bit surprised. This week, we roast through Tony Scott's Domino as well as Michael Bay's Pain & Gain. In this episode, you'll hear us create our own action movies based on real people, we talk about when action directors leave their comfort zones, and Phil mentions that he hates both Top Gun and Point Break...again. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 266 - Hardcore Harry And The Hendersons

Hardcore Henry | Shoot Em Up! - Hey everyone! Welcome back to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We know, we haven't posted in a couple weeks and we have a really sweet Riddick Trilogy episode coming to you soon, but we're gonna go ahead and jump into Action April and roast a couple of Cheats' picks. This week we go through Shoot Em Up! and Hardcore Henry. In this episode, we decide how much of ourselves we would make cyborgs, I go into motion sickness details, and Phil tries to defend Shoot Em Up by bringing up The Grey. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 265 - He Doesn't Give A Chete.

El Mariachi | Desperado | Once Upon A Time In Mexico - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We're back to the trilogies this week and Phil picks a a great one to go with. He has us watch the popular Robert Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy. We roast through El Mariachi, Desperado, and Once Upon A Time In Mexico. In this episode, we decide on the worst Quentin Tarantino cameos, why Antonio Banderas became El Mariachi, and we're all very torn on Johnny Depp's performance in the third movie. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 264 - It's Always Judas

Frailty | Brain Dead - Bill Paxton Tribute - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown. We take a small break from trilogies this week while Cheats is out to cherish the acting career of the late, great Bill Paxton. Bill died a few weeks ago from surgery complications, and we decided to go through a couple of his movies. Due to having already podcast 9 movies with Bill Paxton in them, we did a blind pick called Brain Dead, and his directing debut movie that he also headlined, Frailty. In this episode, we talk about our favorite Paxton roles, we talk about what Clue: Bible Edition would be like, and try and figure out the divine weapons. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 263 - The Learned CHUD

Suspiria | Inferno | Mother of Tears - Hey everyone! Welcome to our second trilogy episode for March! All this month Motion Picture Meltdown is doing trilogies. This week, Dehart makes the picks and chooses for us to check out the Dario Argento Three Mothers Trilogy. In this episode, we roast through Suspiria, Inferno, and Mother Of Tears. You'll hear us talk about the Occult Job Fair, the weirdness of Dario Argento always having to see his daughter naked, and we come up with a great name for a new pub. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 262 - Ah Ah Meetings

Shaun of the Dead | Hot Fuzz | The World's End - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We haven't done a themed month in a while, so Dehart had the grand idea to do a trilogy theme for March. Cheats kicks things off with by picking the Cornetto Trilogy which consists of three movies starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and directed by Edgar Wright. This week we go through Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, & The World's End. In this episode, we talk about our most feared "apoc-u-lips" monsters, we talk about the progression of Simon Pegg's characters, and talk about how much of a twat David is. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 261 - Get Off My Mojo

Air Force One | White House Down - Hey everyone! Welcome to a special Presidential episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! To celebrate President's Day from Monday, we finally get around to roasting through Air Force One as well as a movie that constantly gets confused with Olympus Has Fallen, in White House Down. We get straight political in this episode, and talk about what shitty celebrities would make a better President than Donald Trump, we go into the science behind the Harrison Ford lunge, and we're all torn with each other about White House Down. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 260 - Campbell's Homestyle Suit

Moontrap | Mindwarp - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Phil picks a couple of Sci-fi movies this week, and we accidentally end up doing a Bruce Campbell episode. We roast through a couple of his lesser-known movies, Moontrap and Mindwarp. In this episode, we talk about our favorite Sci-fi movie monsters, we question the logic of aliens, and wonder what else Chekhov has done besides Chekhov. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 259 - Everybody's Workin' For The Warden

Wedlock | Split Second - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Dehart picks a couple of Rutger Hauer movies this week, and we go on a quest to tell whether or not he's a good actor, or whether Blade Runner is an anomaly. This week we roast through Wedlock as well as a movie that Mark had originally requested for December, and we thought we'd escaped, Split Second. In this episode, we create our own monster combinations, we talk about how the exploding head collar is an under-utilized idea, and we finally make our decisions on Rutger Hauer. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 258 - Tiramasku

The Streetfighter | Ricky-Oh: The Story of Ricky - Hey everyone! Welcome to another great episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! This week, Cheats picks the movies and wait for it....picks a couple of Asian Kung-Fu movies. In this episode we roast through The Streetfighter from 1974 and the early 90's gorefest, Ricky-Oh: The Story of Ricky. In this episodes you'll hear about the furthest we would go as mercenaries, we talk about not like surfer dude dubs, and gather that Ricky-Oh is the perfect movie for me. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 257 - Ya'll Got Any More Of That Warp Drive?

My Science Project | Weird Science - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Finally the circle has come around to where I get to choose the movies, and I decide to make us roast through a couple science themed 80's movies. This week we go through My Science Project and Weird Science. In this episode, you'll hear us decide on out real/fictional science partners, we discuss the importance of a jerk-off room, and finally find a movie where Dennis Hopper isn't a douche. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 256 - Moon Tunes

Moon | Haunter - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We're finally back in the regular rotation of things, and Phil picks a couple of time loop movies for us to go through. Tired of watching nothing but crap, he picks a movie he's always heard was good in Moon and a blind pick in the same genre, Haunter. In this episode, we talk about what we would do if we met our clones, we talk about whether clone murder is against the law, and wonder how many people know what sparkplugs look like. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 255 - 2 Drive 2 Angry

Drive Angry | Independence Day: Resurgence - Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! We've finally reached our last episode of request month and do a couple of real stinkers. Travis throws us a terrible Nic Cage movie from the last few years called Drive Angry, and Angela makes us dive into the 2016 summer blockbuster, Independence Day: Resurgence. In this episode, you'll hear us share our New Year Resolutions of what shitty movies we'll inflict on one another, we talk about how actors won't do well when no one gives a shit about source material, and discuss whether this contains top 5 worst Nic Cage hair. Enjoy!

MPM: Ep. 254 - Nobody Puts Baby In The Trash Can

Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers | The Killing Box - We're Back! After a few very hectic weeks, Motion Picture Meltdown is back on schedule, and we're finishing up the last two request episodes from December before we get back to our regularly picked podcasts. This week we honor Joel Mengel by going through Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers, but specifically the Producer's cut. We're also going through Spring's pick, The Killing Box/Grey Knight/Ghost Brigade/Lost Brigade. In this episode, we wonder why the hell a movie has four titles, we talk about what we'd hate the most about being Santa, and discuss how done we are with the Michael Myers bullshit. Enjoy!