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- 6 days ago3h 58m
BEACH HOUSE (1982) – The Greatest Forgotten Sex Comedy of the ’80s?
Your sensitive boys are back! Listen as we pack into a grimy little Beach House and spend 76 sweaty minutes obsessing over one of the most forgotten sex comedies of the early 80s. From Jersey boardwalk hangouts and chaotic house parties to doo‑wop punks, softball grudges, and one especially questionable horndog named Marty, this hangout movie somehow dodges the usual sleaze and lands as a genuinely sweet, punk‑rock time capsule. Along the way, the crew digs into the tangled history behind the film: New Line’s involvement, surreal mob‑adjacent production stories, how Adam Roth’s songs and band end up stealing the movie, and the wild six‑degrees connections from this tiny beach flick to Dennis Leary, Madonna soundtracks, Evil Dead, and beyond. They also talk about why the movie’s been so overlooked, what certain critics miss about it, and why Beach House deserves a spot in the summer‑party‑movie rotation. PLUS: a truly cursed “would you rather” about spider‑rotted pinkies versus flying table‑saw thumbs, and a brand‑new Battle of the Bands segment featuring cult Aussie weirdo‑rapper Siggy Retz, comedy‑rap hurricane Auntie Hammy, and a Plastic Bertrand vs Elton Motello showdown over the greatest stolen backing track in punk history. Subscibe to our Youtube Join our Patreon if you can! Hey, why not call us on our hotline? (724) 246-4669!
- 3 weeks ago4h 24m
ALIEN ARSENAL (1999) | Charles Band Loves Teens
ALIEN ARSENAL (1999) | Charles Band Loves Teens This week we’re covering Charles Band’s attempt at kid-friendly sci-fi — the Moonbeam years — then following the trail into Pulsepounders and its teen-skewing sub-label ActionXtreme, and eventually land on David DeCoteau’s ALIEN ARSENAL. Join our Patreon if you can! Hey, why not call us on our hotline? (724) 246-4669!
- Apr 30, 20264h 9m
Is The Match Stick Flame the Best Modern Action Trilogy? | MSF 3: Red Mafia (2026)
The litigious duo is back! More lovely vanity-project-insanity from Craig Bruss and Vineeta Prasad! These two lovebirds are the heart and brains behind our favorite modern action saga, and the happy couple deliver the goods with their third installment of this very personal action film—complete with their very own real-life wedding! It’s a perfect union of nunchucks, romance, and weird times! PLUS: CDR returns!, Battle of the Bands, what we’ve been watching and so much moreeeee! WATCH! us stream recordings on youtube! JOIN! our Patreon piss cult! CALL! our horny hotline (724) 246-4669!
- Apr 16, 20263h 10m
Camp Fear (1991) | A Cheerleader Camp Sequel With Bikers and Druids??
It's spring break. We're skipping the belly-flop contest and going artifact hunting — which is exactly what the cast of Camp Fear (1991) thought they were doing before the earthquakes, bikers, and George Buck Flower showed up. Betsy Russell stars in what was intended to be a Cheerleader Camp Sequel, but as will be explained, things went whacky in all the right ways to make a very very interesting film. Plus, we crack the case about the mysterious one-credit director! Also on this episode: Waffle House Records Battle of the Bands, important news, and so much moreeeeee Camp Fear (1991) / Mystic Mountain — dir. Thom Keith, distributed by Fred Olen Ray's Retromedia WATCH! us stream recordings on youtube! JOIN! our Patreon piss cult! CALL! our horny hotline (724) 246-4669!
- Mar 26, 20265h 53m
BLACK COUGAR (2002) | New Jersey’s Greatest Superhero?
News reports warn of missing children as a mysterious young man named Sylvio appears wherever kids are in danger. Nobody seems especially alarmed except Sylvio, a quiet drifter with frosted tips and unclear motives who spends his time watching over local playgrounds. At home, Sylvio lives with his elderly father in a tiny blue room with a clown door, where memories are hazy and answers are scarce. Spray paint, cryptic conversations, and strange encounters hint at a hidden purpose behind Sylvio’s obsession with protecting children. Is BLACK COUGAR a superhero movie, outsider art experiment, or something else entirely? We break down Sylvio DiSalvatore’s obscure DIY oddity scene by scene. PLUS: Battle of the Bands What We’ve Been Watching Listener feedback Subscribe for weekly deep dives into cult films, regional oddities, and Psychotronic delights! BlackCougar #CultFilm #ObscureCinema #DIYFilm #Superhero #MovieMelt #VHS #Psychotronic #vanityproject Join our Patreon if you can! Hey, why not call us on our hotline? (724) 246-4669!
- Mar 11, 20264h 6m
The Episode They Nuked Mid-Stream | The L.A. Riot Spectacular (2005)
YouTube tried to erase us — but they can’t kill the tape Halfway through our live breakdown of The L.A. Riot Spectacular (2005), the broadcast suddenly disappeared with zero warning while we were still on air, still talking, still laughing at the mysteriously empty viewer count. No strike notice. No explanation. Just gone. So here it is — the full, resurrected episode. We finally dig into one of the strangest spoof comedies ever made: an Airplane-style gag movie about the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Directed by music-video veteran Marc Klasfeld and starring Snoop Dogg, Emilio Estevez, and T.K. Carter, the film plays like ZAZ chaos dropped straight into one of the most combustible moments in modern American history. We break down how it got made, what works (if anything), what absolutely doesn’t, and why this thing even exists — plus what actually happened when the original stream vanished mid-recording. PLUS: Battle of the Bands, What We’ve Been Watching, and the content YouTube was TOO AFRAID to air.----- Join our Patreon if you can! Hey, why not call us on our hotline? (724) 246-4669!
- Feb 27, 20263h 34m
MMTV#1 W.A.V.E Productions Extended Universe - Pamela Sutch's GENETICS (2008)
Subscribe to Movie Melt TV On Youtube - I WANT MY MMTV!! Before we’ve even covered a straight-up W.A.V.E. movie, in true Movie Melt fashion we went the deep-cut route — diving into the W.A.V.E. Productions extended universe through one of their oldschool regulars who went on to make her own fascinating work: Pamela Sutch. We went LIVE on YouTube to discuss Pamela’s GENETICS (2008) — a SOV body-swap vanity project extraordinaire. We also get into other New Jersey DIY films that refuse to die, and Gary Whitson’s W.A.V.E. influence in the mix. Recorded LIVE with listeners in the chat as it happened. PLUS: Gowing Pains &Technical SNAFUs Galore, Battle of the Bands, What We’ve Been Watching, C-Bear turns 40! Subscribe to our YouTube channel @moviemeltpod and jump into the comments next time. If you want more live episodes, that’s where they’ll be. Subscribe to our Youtube Join our Patreon if you can! Hey, why not call us on our hotline? (724) 246-4669!
- Jan 28, 20264h 21m
S2E11 Bank (2016) We HEART Belize
It's our casual 10-year celebration of the show with more vanity project insanity from a man who calls himself Jah and his gangster-buddy-heist passion project. Things get contentious (and kinda thirsty) when we discuss our fashion red lines in the sand, and somehow it all comes back to deez nuts. Plus a battle of the bands! Join our Patreon if you can! Hey, why not call us on our hotline? (724) 246-4669! Klon's Podcast THE LATE LIST
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