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Actor Rodrigo Obregón, the antagonist in Hard Ticket to Hawaii, chats with Blake about playing villains, the legacy of director Andy Sidaris and why he feels loves giving back to his homeland of Colombia.

Actress Kelli Maroney, the star of Chopping Mall, chats with Blake about surviving slasher films, crying in soap operas and how the internet made public every project she once tried to forgot (and why now, amazingly, she couldn’t be happier about that).

Veteran filmmaker Peter Hyams, who directed Timecop in 1994, chats with Blake about battling unions, the ingenuity inspired by limitations and his time-behind quest to make the best Jean Claude Van Damme movie ever made.

Actor Michael Paré, who stars in Streets of Fire, chats with Blake about playing rugged antiheroes, the way New York City used to be and his wild 1980s journey from aspiring chef to aspiring actor. 

Actress Chelsea Field, who plays Teela in Masters of the Universe, chats with Blake about saving the world with He-Man, hanging out with Courtney Cox and how she danced her way to a big break back in the 1980s.

Actor Shane McDermott, who stars as Mitchell Goosen in Airborne, chats with Blake about teenage modeling, the awesomeness of Seth Green and inadvertently becoming a roller-blade icon. 

Actor Kevin Thompson, who plays Ali Gator in The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, chats with Blake about becoming an Ewok, maneuvering puppets and life as a little person in Hollywood. 

“Body double” Vinny DeGennaro, who’s got Vin Diesel’s back in xXx: Return of Xander Cage, chats with Blake about casting tough guys, his love of fake wrestling and the odd- but-charmed experience of being someone’s body double.

Master of horror Mick Garris, who directed Sleepwalkers in 1994, chats with Blake about adapting Stephen King, the agony of cinematic masturbation and his lifelong quest to creep people out.

Actor Mackenzie Astin, who stars as Dodger in The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, chats with Blake about sibling rivalry (with brother Sean Astin), becoming a child actor and how a counterculture phenomenon turned into such a horrible, horrible movie. 

Actor Ernie Reyes Jr., who stars as Johnny in Surf Ninjas, chats with Blake about his background in martial arts, scoring a breakout role in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II and the strangely powerful legacy of a little film called Surf Ninjas…

Actor Nic Cowan, who plays little brother Adam in Surf Ninjas, chats with Blake about the odd life of being a child actor, his strange bond with Tone Loc and whether or not he’d be willing to pick up the proverbial surfboard if he were called upon to reprise his role for a Surf Ninjas sequel role.

In Part III, screenwriter Dan Gordon reveals what his misadventures with the mob taught him about who really killed JFK. 

In Part II, screenwriter Dan Gordon talks about how Passenger 57 taught him to always bet on black, how Wyatt Earp spawned a showdown with a copycat project and how after years and years of struggling to get The Hurricane made, all it took in the end was a three-word realization. 

Surf Ninjas screenwriter Dan Gordon chats with Blake about breaking into the business, getting blackballed by Hollywood and the unique horror of slowly discovering that his directorial debut was actually a meant-to-fail, money-laundering scheme for the mob.

Director Brian Taylor chats with Blake about the agony and ecstasy of making high-voltage films like Crank, Gamer and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. 

Legendary filmmaker Mel Brooks chats with Blake about the lone dud in his canon:  Solarbabies, a film so bad The New York Times declared it “an embarrassment.”