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Movie Meltdown - Episode 533

This episode we talk with the famous (or infamous) Sam Drog about a lesser-known documentary - Demon Lover Diary. In the wilds of Michigan, three unsuspecting filmmakers get themselves in over their heads as they sign on to help make an independent horror film.\\xa0

And as we make the obvious observation that we\\u2019ve all become lame, sad shut-ins, we also mention\\u2026 missing fingers, Ted Nugent, Tenet, Basket Case 3, a Terry Gillian and/or George Orwellian nightmare, Geostorm 2, The 100, George Miller, the evil scientists, Divergent, Wargames, James Cameron, the history of movies you don\\u2019t hear about, gunplay, Charles Bronson, leather buckles everywhere, Ferris Bueller\'s Day Off, being so certain about something, New York vs. Michigan, New World Pictures, a bad mojo, fly on the wall, The Devil\'s Rain, it\\u2019s really almost like they found a movie in a box they forgot to release, with his sheer force of personality, memories of Jason Voorhees, True Lies, have a little artistic flare when you\\u2019re gonna go murder people, exposition scenes, time caspsule, hey we\\u2019ve got these guns laying around, if you\\u2019re gonna comment about society - you\\u2019ve gotten be from a safe distance, man\\u2019s folly, The Ann Arbor Film Festival, havok-causing dreams, you don\\u2019t see the waves of madness that you are generating, a certain level of success is pretty fleeting, a window into the 70s, reality distortion field, I Like to Hurt People, it\\u2019s an amazing thing\\u2026 films\\u2026 how they tie us all together like that, Dushku in our lives, Gerard Butler, being a trucker, Ally Sheedy, watching the pretty pictures go by, that scene is haunting, everybody is under the tyranny of somebody else\\u2019s dream, zombie apocalypse, the public discourse has moved on, Galaxy of Terror, culture differences, dreams are weird\\u2026 they can set you free - and they can also crush you, Fury Road, keep the kids and the guns in their own area, George Romero and a speedometer factory.

Spoiler Alert: Sure it\\u2019s a documentary\\u2026 but there are still some strange turns that come along that you may not see coming. So go watch \\u201cDemon Lover Diary\\u201d before you listen.

\\u201cIt\\u2019s just such a raw like... something smuggled out of somebody\\u2019s closet kind of movie.\\u201d

Sam Drog artwork by Liam Jax - Demon Lover Diary artwork by Jenn Woodall