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  • Brain Melt Episode Seven: Maria Angela Giordano

    Brain Melt Episode Seven: Maria Angela Giordano
    Nov 1 2026
    The Brain Melt master list:
    https://boxd.it/df2Ns

    IG: brainmetlpodcast

    Welcome to Brain Melt Cinema! A cinematic sect for the outsiders and a burial ground where we lay lazy takes to rest.

    The pride of Dolcedo, Miss Liguria, one of the original screen queens, the inimitable Maria Angela Giordano. She has gone by Mariangela Giordano, Mary Jordan, and even Mary Gordan. No matter her name in the titles, she is immediately recognizable to horror fans and buried deep in the psyche of anyone who has dabbled in Italian exploitation. She has been asked to endure some awul on-screen torture, and no matter what she shows up and gives it everything. We love her, and she might just be the patron saint of the Brain Melt project.

    The Movies we have covered on Brain Melt along with the arthouse pairings:
    https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/list/the-movies-of-brain-melt/

    Free Patreon for those inclined:
    https://www.patreon.com/c/BrainMeltPodcast

    Bill's Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/corpsewizard/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/corpsewizard/

    Chris' Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/personalhistoryoffilm/

    Bill and Chris also both write for a nearly weekly Substack covering Shaw Brothers releases:
    https://shawproject72.substack.com/

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    1 h et 32 min
  • Brain Melt Episode Six: Melting Skulls & Bleeding Brains

    Brain Melt Episode Six: Melting Skulls & Bleeding Brains
    Oct 3 2026
    The Brain Melt master list:
    https://boxd.it/df2Ns

    IG: brainmetlpodcast

    Welcome to Brain Melt Cinema! A House of Dreams trying to find our own Cannibal Orgy in a sea of Phantasmatapes.

    Time to give Bleeding Skull their day in the sun. Although we focus on Folies Meurtrieres and Ogroff, we also expand the discussion the the broader release catalog of Bleeding Skull and show Joseph and Annie as much love as we can muster. As always, we match each Brain Melt selection with a canonical arthouse favorite as well, and would love to hear if you agree or disagree with our choice. Excited for anyone who catches us early and can start to follow along!

    The Movies we have covered on Brain Melt along with the arthouse pairings:
    https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/list/the-movies-of-brain-melt/

    Free Patreon for those inclined:
    https://www.patreon.com/c/BrainMeltPodcast

    Bill's Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/corpsewizard/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/corpsewizard/

    Chris' Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/personalhistoryoffilm/

    Bill and Chris also both write for a nearly weekly Substack covering Shaw Brothers releases:
    https://shawproject72.substack.com/

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    1 h et 34 min
  • Brain Melt Episode Five: Little Nightmares

    Brain Melt Episode Five: Little Nightmares
    Sep 1 2026
    The Brain Melt master list:
    https://boxd.it/df2Ns

    IG: brainmetlpodcast

    Welcome to Brain Melt Cinema! A diminuitive podcast looking to tackle the big world of outsider art. Episode five finds us shrinking our egos until we reach an embryonic state of consciousness and are ready to discuss two tiny masterpieces.

    We debate fascism and metaphor in 1979's The Tin Drum by Volker Schlöndorff, and empathize with the monster in 1993's The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb by Dave Borthwick. As always, we match each Brain Melt selection with a canonical arthouse favorite as well, and would love to hear if you agree or disagree with our choice. Excited for anyone who catches us early and can start to follow along!

    The Movies we have covered on Brain Melt along with the arthouse pairings:
    https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/list/the-movies-of-brain-melt/

    Bill's Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/corpsewizard/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/corpsewizard/

    Chris' Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/personalhistoryoffilm/

    Bill and Chris also both write for a nearly weekly Substack covering Shaw Brothers releases:
    https://shawproject72.substack.com/

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    1 h et 54 min
  • Brain Melt Episode Four: RIP Yoshihiro Nishimura

    Brain Melt Episode Four: RIP Yoshihiro Nishimura
    Aug 3 2026
    The Brain Melt master list:
    https://boxd.it/df2Ns

    IG: brainmetlpodcast

    Welcome to Brain Melt Cinema! A podcast where we try to make sense of the world that exists outside of any world that we know. The theme for episode four is paying tribute to the legendary Japanese special effects guru and surrealist, Yoshihiro Nishimura.

    Although we watch several Nishimuro movies, we focus on Tokyo Gore Police (2008) and Helldriver (2010). Two movies that would make Salvador Dali proud. As always, we match each Brain Melt selection with a canonical arthouse favorite as well, and would love to hear if you agree or disagree with our choice. Excited for anyone who catches us early and can start to follow along!

    The Movies we have covered on Brain Melt along with the arthouse pairings:
    https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/list/the-movies-of-brain-melt/

    Bill's Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/corpsewizard/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/corpsewizard/

    Chris' Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/personalhistoryoffilm/

    Bill and Chris also both write for a nearly weekly Substack covering Shaw Brothers releases:
    https://shawproject72.substack.com/

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    1 h et 53 min
  • Brain Melt Episode Three: Inanimate Object Horror

    Brain Melt Episode Three: Inanimate Object Horror
    Jul 1 2026
    The Brain Melt master list:
    https://boxd.it/df2Ns

    Welcome to Brain Melt Cinema! A podcast where we look at cinema like architects that bridge the absurd with the arthouse and treat both with equal respect. The theme for episode three is two movies from the insanely fun genre of inanimate object horror.

    Very helpful genre list from user creo318
    https://www.imdb.com/list/ls565353925/

    We watch George Barry's Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977) and Michael Fischa's Death Spa (1988). A glimpse into poetic realism followed by a cross-genre possessed gym. We match each Brain Melt selection with a canonical arthouse favorite as well, and would love to hear if you agree or disagree with our choice. Excited for anyone who catches us early and can start to follow along!

    The Movies we have covered on Brain Melt along with the arthouse pairings:
    https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/list/the-movies-of-brain-melt/

    Bill's Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/corpsewizard/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/corpsewizard/

    Chris' Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/personalhistoryoffilm/

    Bill and Chris also both write for a nearly weekly Substack covering Shaw Brothers releases:
    https://shawproject72.substack.com/

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    1 h et 48 min
  • Brain Melt Episode Two: Deep Franchise Surprises

    Brain Melt Episode Two: Deep Franchise Surprises
    Jun 3 2026
    The Brain Melt master list:
    https://boxd.it/df2Ns

    Welcome to Brain Melt! A foster home for outsider art and the movies that make us fall in love with film. The theme for episode two is movies deep into an established franchise that come out of nowhere and blow us away.

    We watch Producer Pierre David's Scanner Cop II: The Showdown and visionary director John Hyams' Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning. Listen as we dissect the wiggles, the scanpires, and JCVD in a sneaky surreliast masterpiece. We match each Brain Melt selection with a canonical arthouse favorite as well, and would love to hear if you agree or disagree with our choice. Excited for anyone who catches us early and can start to follow along!

    The Movies we have covered on Brain Melt along with the arthouse pairings:
    https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/list/the-movies-of-brain-melt/

    The surprisngly thoughtful and insightful interview with Scott Adkins and Director John Hyams
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDwUHcVfsqQ&t=365s

    Bill's Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/corpsewizard/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/corpsewizard/

    Chris' Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/personalhistoryoffilm/

    Bill and Chris also both write for a nearly weekly Substack covering Shaw Brothers releases:
    https://shawproject72.substack.com/

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    1 h et 51 min
  • Brain Melt Episode One: Doris Wishman and J.P. Simon

    Brain Melt Episode One: Doris Wishman and J.P. Simon
    Apr 21 2026
    The Brain Melt master list:
    https://boxd.it/df2Ns

    Welcome! This podcast was birthed from a Letterboxd list that Bill created to map his journey through the wild and unpredictable world of outsider cinema. Movies that take big creative swings, on any budget, and often represent the true voice of an auteur who fought to keep their vision in place.

    In episode one we watch Doris Wishman's Night to Dismember and J.P. Simon's Pieces. Two true auteurs to kick off Brain Melt, both highly influential in their own way. We match each Brain Melt selection with a canonical arthouse favorite as well, and would love to hear if you agree or disagree with our choice. Excited for anyone who catches us early and can start to follow along!

    Bill's Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/corpsewizard/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/corpsewizard/

    Chris' Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/personalhistoryoffilm/

    Bill and Chris also both write for a nearly weekly Substack covering Shaw Brothers releases:
    https://shawproject72.substack.com/

    A Someone's Favorite Production Podcast
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    1 h et 21 min
  • Brain Melt Episode Zero

    Brain Melt Episode Zero
    Apr 10 2026
    The Brain Melt master list:
    https://boxd.it/df2Ns

    Welcome! This podcast was birthed from a Letterboxd list that Bill created to map his journey through the wild and unpredictable world of outsider cinema. Movies that take big creative swings, on any budget, and often represent the true voice of an auteur who fought to keep their vision in place.

    In episode zero we provide the origin of the idea as well as a sneak preview for the two movies we'll cover in Episode 1. Excited for anyone who catches us early and can start to follow along!

    Bill's Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/corpsewizard/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/corpsewizard/

    Chris' Socials:
    LB: https://letterboxd.com/personalhistory/
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/personalhistoryoffilm/

    Bill and Chris also both write for a nearly weekly Substack covering Shaw Brothers releases:
    https://shawproject72.substack.com/


    A Someone's Favorite Production Podcast
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    23 min