Episodes

  • A WOUNDED FAWN: Sarah Lind & Josh Ruben
    Jan 5 2023
    Patrick Bateman meets Cabin in the Woods? A WOUNDED FAWN stars Sarah Lind and Josh Ruben join Knotfest’s Ryan J. Downey to talk about the new hallucinogenic horror film from writer/director Travis Stevens (Jakob’s Wife, Girl on the Third Floor). The art world, misogyny, narcissism, a serial killer; RogerEbert.com described A Wounded Fawn as ‘70s grindhouse cinema crossed with Dario Argento, combined with Francisco Goya. Watch it ad-free and uncut on Shudder.
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    16 mins
  • Jaeden Martell, Adrian Greensmith & Isis Hainsworth (Metal Lords)
    Apr 29 2022
    Ryan J. Downey spoke with the young cast of Netflix's latest title METAL LORDS - Jaeden Martell (It), Adrian Greensmith, and Isis Hainsworth - to find out what it was like working with Tom Morello and D.B. Weiss.
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    6 mins
  • Tom Morello & D.B. Weiss (Metal Lords)
    Apr 29 2022
    Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello and Game Of Thrones co-creator D.B. Weiss tell Ryan J. Downey about METAL LORDS, about three teenage misfits who enter a battle of the bands. Weiss wrote and Morello served as the executive music producer.
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    7 mins
  • Count D of Rob Zombie (Metal and Monsters)
    Mar 31 2022
    COUNT D tells Ryan J. Downey all about his new TV series, METAL AND MONSTERS. The first episode of the longtime Rob Zombie bassist’s GibsonTV show reunites Don Dokken with Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund. Downey and the Count talk about their love of Freddy and horror, the origin behind the show, and more.
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    24 mins
  • George A. Tramountanas (Writer/Director) WIN A TRIP TO BROWNTOWN!.mp3
    Mar 22 2022
    Is a new type of marital sex enough motivation for a middle-aged dad to lose 50 lbs? Writer/director George A. Tramountanas stars in Win a Trip to Browntown! He talks to Ryan J. Downey on the latest episode of Knotfest's Screen Crusades about comic books, Kevin Smith, micro-budget filmmaking, balancing raunchy comedy with heart, and actually losing 50 lbs in three months.
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    33 mins
  • Lucy Martin, Sophie Vavasseur & Chelsea Edge (The Seed)
    Mar 10 2022
    THE SEED skewers social media influencers with body horror, gore, and a practical creature. Ryan J. Downey talks to Lucy Martin, Sophie Vavasseur, and Chelsea Edge about the blend of comedy and commentary in THE SEED. Writer/director Sam Walker’s Shudder Original Film is the story of a weekend getaway at a remote luxury villa interrupted when a meteor crash lands into the swimming pool.
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    20 mins
  • Michael Vampire on THE LOST BOYS
    Mar 4 2022
    VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE! singer Michael Vampire talks THE LOST BOYS with Ryan J. Downey. Directed by the late Joel Schumacher, the 1987 classic stars Jason Patric, Keifer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, and the late Corey Haim. Plenty of Knotfest friendly bands draw inspiration from it. In fact, Vampires Everywhere! is the name of a comic book seen in the movie.
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    32 mins
  • Zelda Adams, John Adams & Toby Poser (HELLBENDER)
    Feb 24 2022
    HELLBENDER is the work of a teenage model, her sister, and their parents. Ryan J. Downey talks to the (actual) Adams family about the witchy horror flick’s creation. John Adams, Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and Lulu Adams are “the family that preys together” (The New York Times), acting collectively as the writers, directors, producers, and stars of a series of films produced from their Catskills compound. John, Toby, and Zelda talk with SCREEN CRUSADES about how they got started, HELLBENDER (the movie and the band), their next film on the way, and how the horror community embraced them.
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    33 mins