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The Movie Crypt

ArieScope Pictures

Filmmakers Adam Green (FROZEN, the HATCHET franchise), Joe Lynch (MAYHEM, EVERLY), and Arwen the Yorkie host this inspirational and educational program that offers a fully comprehensive look at the entertainment industry, the artistic process, and the enduring struggle of not giving up on your dreams. By candidly sharing their own trials and tribulations in Hollywood, Adam and Joe create an extremely honest and heartfelt dialogue with their guests. The hilarious, heartbreaking, and therapeutic

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01:24:06

Ep 650: Izzy Lee

The Movie Crypt ·

2025/11/10

Filmmaker Izzy Lee (HOUSE OF ASHES) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to share her career journey and discuss the making of her debut feature film (now available on most every VOD platform). From living in Boston working every job she could while making a name for herself as a journalist covering movies, festivals, and entertainment culture… to making a whopping 27 short films- many of which made splashes at well known festivals around the world- only to still find herself without any

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01:41:52

Ep 649: Ken Kirzinger

The Movie Crypt ·

2025/11/03

Legendary stuntman and actor Ken Kirzinger (FREDDY vs JASON, WRONG TURN 2, WATCHMEN, BAD MOON, X-FILES) joins Adam and Joe to discuss his career journey. From a young Canadian man obsessed with the magic of movies who made the move to Los Angeles in the hopes of becoming a stunt performer… to heading right back to Canada where he began training with (what would become) Canada's leading stunt team… to his first job as a stuntman doubling the late Christopher Reeve in SUPERMAN III and the non-stop run

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01:40:06

Ep 648: John-Michael Powell

The Movie Crypt ·

2025/10/27

Filmmaker John-Michael Powell (VIOLENT ENDS, THE SEND-OFF) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss his career journey and the making of VIOLENT ENDS (opening in theaters this Friday 10/31). From a kid growing up in Arkansas riding his bike to the video store… to going to college in Texas and heading straight to Los Angeles after graduating… to his decision to get into editing and work his way towards directing… to the incredible amount of filmmaking knowledge he gained by being in the

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01:46:28

Ep 647: Jill Schoelen

The Movie Crypt ·

2025/10/20

Actress and musician Jill Schoelen (POPCORN, THE STEPFATHER, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 1989) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to share her career journey. From a 7 year old girl with alopecia who loved to sing for whoever would listen… to landing her first agent at age 10… to auditioning for the role of “Emmeline” in THE BLUE LAGOON as a teenager seven times only to not get the role… to her audition for “Sarah” in LABYRINTH alongside Jennifer Connelly and Ally Sheedy (Jill didn’t get that role

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01:42:34

Ep 646: Matt Sampere

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2025/10/13

Filmmaker Matt Sampere (CREEPING DEATH) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope Studio to discuss his journey bringing his debut feature film to life. From watching GODZILLA and KING KONG with his father as a child and developing an early love for monsters and genre films… to being told by teachers that it wasn’t realistic to pursue a career as a filmmaker… to attending community college while playing in a band before heading to Syracuse to pursue a degree in film production… to PA’ing on David

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01:47:55

Ep 645: Dennis Cahlo & Bethany Watson

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2025/10/06

Filmmakers Dennis Cahlo and Bethany Watson join Adam and Joe to discuss the making of their new series THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA (now streaming on Screambox). From meeting on a podcast and getting together romantically… to making the decision to leave previously established careers and become full time filmmakers… to making short films together before putting together a mock trailer to sell their vision for THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA… to pulling off the feat of shooting their 6 episode series with

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01:27:01

Ep 644: Mercedes Bryce Morgan

The Movie Crypt ·

2025/09/29

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan (FIXATION, SPOONFUL OF SUGAR) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss the making of her latest feature BONE LAKE (in theaters now). From first reading the sexy, violent and twist-filled script… to her thoughts on the current cultural temperature with erotica in commercial cinema… to how she approached shooting the sex and violence integral to BONE LAKE's plot… to the key in finding the right location as a character… to how she pulled off this very

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01:16:20

Ep 643: Shane Black

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2025/09/26

SPECIAL EPISODE! Legendary writer/director Shane Black (LETHAL WEAPON, THE MONSTER SQUAD, KISS KISS BANG BANG, IRON MAN 3, THE NICE GUYS) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope Studio to discuss his career journey and his new feature PLAY DIRTY - now available on Amazon Prime. From his writing process… to feeling the very same “imposter syndrome” we all feel despite his many massive successes… to what goes in to creating a terrific protagonist and how he makes every character a memorable one despite

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01:43:35

Ep 642: Christopher Nelson

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2025/09/22

Academy Award winning make-up FX artist Christopher Nelson (KILL BILL Vol 1 & 2, SUICIDE SQUAD 2016, HALLOWEEN 2018, HALLOWEEN KILLS, HALLOWEEN ENDS, AMERICAN HORROR STORY) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss his incredible career journey. From growing up on a healthy diet of Fangoria magazines and going to the movies as often as possible… to becoming consumed with the dream of making movies after seeing NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD on TV and then enamored with make-up FX after seeing

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01:32:46

Ep 641: Pierre Tsigaridis & Maxime Rancon

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2025/09/15

Filmmakers Pierre Tsigaridis and Maxime Rancon (TWO WITCHES) join Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss their career journey and the making of their latest film TRAUMATIKA (in theaters now). From how the two randomly met at a Los Angeles club, bonded over their similar tastes in cinema and music and began working together… to how they put both TWO WITCHES and TRAUMATIKA together with their own resources rather than waiting for outside financing… to the many pivotal crew positions the duo

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01:31:21

Ep 640: Michael Chaves

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2025/09/08

Filmmaker Michael Chaves (THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MAE ME DO IT, THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA, THE NUN 2) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope Studio to discuss his career journey and closing the casket on the Warren saga. From his beginnings in the commercial arena… to working with Nickelodeon on a short lived digital series… to how he met James Wan and was “conjured” into taking the baton of THE CONJURING universe… to working with Billie Eilish on the “Bury A Friend” music

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01:30:59

Ep 639: Oren Koules

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2025/09/01

Producer Oren Koules (SAW 1-10, TWO AND A HALF MEN, DEAD SILENCE, RUN RONNIE RUN, SET IT OFF) joins Adam and Joe to discuss his career journey and the making of his new feature TRUST (in theaters now). From setting up at least half a dozen projects at studios only to have them never get made… to trying his hand at being a studio executive himself… to surrounding himself with talented professionals and learning how to produce on the job… to just how close SAW came to either never being released or

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Ep 638.5: Macon Blair

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2025/08/29

Special BONUS mini-episode! Filmmaker and actor Macon Blair (GREEN ROOM, OPPENHEIMER, I DON’T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE, MURDER PARTY) joins Adam and Joe to discuss his new film THE TOXIC AVENGER (in theaters today)! Recorded during the second day of YORKIETHON IX, in this conversation Macon discusses how he got involved in the Legendary-produced remake of Troma’s seminal cinematic masterpiece… working with the great Peter Dinklage… the long road to its UN-RATED release into theaters and

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01:41:15

Ep 638: Sarah Nicklin

The Movie Crypt ·

2025/08/25

Actress and filmmaker Sarah Nicklin (THE BLACK MASS, POPEYE THE SLAYER MAN, SPLATTER DISCO, EXHUMED) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss her career journey. From how her young fandom for HOME IMPROVEMENT’s Jonathan Taylor Thomas lead her to want to become an actress… to watching John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN and William Friedkin’s THE EXORCIST as her first ever horror movies… to going to college at Emerson in Boston and launching her career in New England through whatever auditions

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01:35:03

Ep 637: Peter Cilella

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2025/08/18

Actor/Filmmaker Peter Cilella (RESOLUTION, THE ENDLESS) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss his career journey and the making of his feature directorial debut DESCENDENT (in theaters now as well as SVOD). From his struggles doing various jobs while getting his acting career off the ground… to writing and directing his own short films… to how working with Rustic Films (Benson/Moorhead & Lawson’s production company) “set him up for success” with making his first feature DESCENDENT…

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01:32:41

Ep 636: YORKIETHON Round-Up: Chuck Russell & Kate Siegel

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2025/08/11

In THE MOVIE CRYPT’s annual Yorkiethon round up Adam recaps the weekend long charity benefit and replays the full interviews with director Chuck Russell (WITCHBOARD, THE MASK, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3) and actress Kate Siegel (HUSH, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, LIFE OF CHUCK). Yorkiethon IX was the most successful Yorkiethon yet with over 50 guests and $42,000.00 raised for Save A Yorkie Rescue! That’s A LOT of dogs who will be saved! Thank you to everyone who watched the 3-day LIVE marathon,

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01:38:32

Ep 635: Glenn Garland

The Movie Crypt ·

2025/08/04

Film editor Glenn Garland (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS, HALLOWEEN 2007, IT: WELCOME TO DERRY, POKER FACE) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss his career journey. From growing up with parents who didn’t understand why he would possibly want to work in the entertainment industry… to finding personal peace and joy in the edit suite as opposed to enduring the chaos of being on-set… to why as an editor it can be easier to separate yourself from the overall production process and just focus on

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01:34:02

Ep 634: James DeMonaco

The Movie Crypt ·

2025/07/28

Filmmaker James DeMonaco (THE PURGE franchise, THIS IS THE NIGHT) joins Adam and Joe to discuss his career journey and the making of his new feature THE HOME (in theaters now). From growing up in Staten Island with no viable connections to the film industry… to teaching himself how to write scripts armed with only a copy of Syd Field’s book SCREENPLAY… to briefly attending NYU film school where he made a friend with a means to securing some financing… to making his first independent film RED which

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Some bloody and disgusting news about Yorkiethon 9

The Movie Crypt ·

2025/07/23

THE MOVIE CRYPT has partnered with BLOODY DISGUSTING for this weekend's 9th annual Yorkiethon to benefit Save A Yorkie Rescue! Watch the entire marathon FREE on ArieScope.com OR Bloody-Disgusting.com and help us save as many dogs as we can this weekend!

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01:44:20

Ep 633: Joseph Kahn

The Movie Crypt ·

2025/07/21

Visionary director Joseph Kahn (DETENTION, BODIED, TORQUE) joins Adam and Joe in the ArieScope studio to discuss his incredible career journey and the making of his new film ICK (in theaters now). From learning how to speak the language of cinema in the 80’s thanks to Spielberg films and MTV… to how a fake company name and a briefcase led to him becoming one of the greatest music video directors in history working with artists like TAYLOR SWIFT, KORN, MUSE, BRITNEY SPEARS, PUBLIC ENEMY, ROB ZOMBIE,

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