Castle of Horror Podcast
925 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 83 ratingsOn Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/castleofhorrorpodcast, a panel show on horror movies, vampire movies, and all around awesomeness. With "Alex Van Helsing" and "Ben 10" comic creator Jason Henderson, "Halloween Man" comic creator Drew Edwards, "Psy-comm" and "Clockwerx" manga creator and "Deserts of Mars" frontman Tony Salvaggio, and attorney Julia Guzman. (Formerly "Castle Dracula Horror Movie Podcast.")
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Castle Talk: Bodies to Die For author Lori Brand
June 12, 2024 16:46 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBTonight we’re chatting with Lori Brand, whose new book Bodies to Die For is out this month from Blackstone Publishing. she’s had articles published in STRONG Fitness Magazine, T-Nation, Inside Fitness Magazine, D’FYNE Fitness Magazine, and more. Bodies to Die For takes a hard look at social media, the $70 billion diet industry, and the war on women's bodies--the wars we wage with each other, and with ourselves.Popular fitness influencer Gemma has transformed herself from a Before into an Afte...
Castle Talk: Victoria Helen Stone, author of the new book FOLLOW HER DOWN (June 4)
June 05, 2024 17:56 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBTonight we’re chatting with Victoria Helen Stone, author of the new book FOLLOW HER DOWN (June 4); Victoria Helen Stone is the nom de plume for USA Today bestselling author Victoria Dahl, author of over 25 novels.In the thriller FOLLOW HER DOWN, Elise is getting her life together finally, running a bungalow hotel she owns in California, when she’s pulled into a new mystery that might connect the traumatizing loss of her sister years ago and now the murder of a married man she briefly dated. I...
Castle Talk: Nicholas Tomnay, Director/Writer for WHAT YOU WISH FOR
May 27, 2024 20:44 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBTonight we’re chatting with Nicholas Tomnay, Director/Writer for WHAT YOU WISH FOR, coming May 31 . SYNOPSIS: Ryan, a chef with gambling problems, meets an old friend in a Latin American villa where he's been hired to cook an elaborate private meal for incoming guests. After assuming his friend's identity to take over the lucrative gig, Ryan comes to realize he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-po...
Castle Talk: Elka Ray, author of A FRIEND INDEED
May 23, 2024 21:01 - 15 minutes - 14 MBTonight we’re chatting with Elka Ray, author of A FRIEND INDEED, which is new out from Blackstone Publishing.Elka has spent two decades living as an expat in Vietnam, working as a journalist, researching, copy editor and communications consultant. Early last year, she saw a meme going around social media of a drawing of two women yielding faux-antique dress wielding shovels and the caption read: “Real friends help you hide the bodies.” And it got her thinking… “How far would I go to help my ...
Castle Talk: James Cullen Bressack, director/Co-Writer of DARKNESS OF MAN (May 21)
May 20, 2024 15:50 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBTonight we’re chatting with James Cullen Bressack, director/Co-Writer of DARKNESS OF MAN, which releases On Digital May 21, 2024. The film starts Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kristanna Loken, Emerson Min, Spencer Breslin with Kirk “Sticky Fingaz” Jones and Shannen Doherty.Directed By: James Cullen Bressack, Written By: Alethea Cho and James Cullen Bressack. DARKNESS OF MAN Russell Hatch (Jean Claude Van Damme) is a washed up, former Interpol operative who vowed to protect the son of an informant k...
Castle Talk: Chandler Morrison, author of American Narcissus
May 18, 2024 16:22 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBTonight we’re chatting with Chandler Morrison, author of American Narcissus, which launches this month from Dead Sky Publishing.The book’s slogan is The American dream is dead, and Los Angeles is burning.The book follows a slew of generally well-to-do folks in Los Angeles. Stoned and porn-addicted surfer Baxter Kent is terrified of women and anxious to make things work with a sex robot. Acid junkie Arden Coover has a useless philosophy degree and a doomed relationship he believes might save h...
Castle Talk: J.D. Barker, author of Behind a Closed Door
May 17, 2024 16:17 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBTonight we’re chatting with New York Times bestselling author J.D. Barker, author of the new thriller Behind a Closed Door. The book has been described as a cross of David Fincher’s The Game and Fifty Shades. Book Summary: Sugar & Spice is the latest app craze taking the world by storm, but for Abby and Brendan Hollander, downloading it leads to a dangerous game of life and death. When the app assigns them a series of increasingly taboo tasks, they soon find themselves caught up in a twist...
Castle Talk: Nick Roth, Writer and Co-Director of Horror Comedy HANKY PANKY (out now!)
May 16, 2024 15:38 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBTonight we’re chatting with Nick Roth, writer and co-director of the bloody horror comedy Hanky Panky, which just came out on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, and Google Play, and which Kristy Puchko of Mashable recently called a "gleefully absurd avalanche of silliness," and which a random person on Letterboxd described as "an extremely dumb movie that I enjoyed immensely." We also talk about the WGA strike and getting Hollywood back to work-- and what you can do to create your own projects when you ...
THE CASTLE OF HORROR ANTHOLOGY - REVENGE Launch Party
May 08, 2024 18:33 - 1 hour - 78.6 MBJoin us for the launch of THE CASTLE OF HORROR ANTHOLOGY: REVENGE I(https://amzn.to/49QQk1F), featuring stories from authors around the globe on blood-curdling revenge. Hear the authors talk about their own tales, whether from the world of ghosts, assassins, or women getting even. Featuring stories of pulse-pounding, blood-curdling revenge from Leanna Renee Hieber, Claire Low, Dotti Enderle, Jeremiah Dylan Cook, Will McDermott, Sara Martinez, Scott Pearson, Rob Nisbet, Serena Jayne, Katya de ...
Castle Talk: Adele Parks MBE , author of THE IMAGE OF YOU - out on film May 10
May 07, 2024 14:45 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBTonight we’re chatting Adele Parks MBE , author of the novel THE IMAGE OF YOU on which the new film THE IMAGE OF YOU is based. THE IMAGE OF YOU is in Select Theaters and available to buy on Digital May 10. THE IMAGE OF YOU Synopsis: Directed by Jeff Fisher with a screenplay by Chris Sivertson. Sasha Pieterse (PRETTY LITTLE LIARS), Parker Young (IMPOSTERS), Nestor Carbonell (THE DARK KNIGHT RISES), and Academy Award® winner Mira Sorvino (MIGHTY APHRODITE) star in this twisted tale of deceptio...
Castle Talk: Francis Galluppi, writer-director of THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY (May 10)
May 06, 2024 16:39 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBTonight we’re chatting with Francis Galluppi, writer-director of THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY, which is released by Well Go USA in Theaters and Digital on May 10th. Synopsis: While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty—or cold, hard steel—to protect their bloodstained, ill-begotten fortune. Be...
Late Night with the Devil (Podcast/Discussion)
May 01, 2024 15:22 - 1 hour - 80.8 MBThis week we have a look at the horror film Late Night with the Devil. This is Episode #433! Late Night with the Devil is a 2023 supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Colin and Cameron Cairnes. It stars David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, and Josh Quong Tart. Incorporating elements of documentary filmmaking and found footage, the film follows the events of a late-night talk show episode aired on the night...
Castle Talk: Stefon Bristol, director of BREATHE (out April 26, 2024)
April 22, 2024 11:21 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBTonight we’re chatting with Stefon Bristol, director of BREATHE which opens in theaters and on digital April 26, 2024. Breathe is a heart pounding thriller set in the future featuring Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Quvenzhané Wallis, Raúl Castillo with Common and Sam Worthington. After Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen, a mother Maya (Hudson) and her daughter Zora (Wallis) are forced to live underground, with short trips to the surface only made possible by a coveted state...
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Podcast/Discussion)
April 17, 2024 15:17 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBThis week we have a look at the 2024 horror film Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. This is Episode #432!Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is a 2024 American monster film directed by Adam Wingard, produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and the fifth film in the MonsterVerse franchise, also serving as the 38th film of the Godzilla franchise and 13th in the King Kong franchise. The film stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree H...
Satanic Hispanics (Podcast/Discussion)
April 09, 2024 15:32 - 1 hour - 93 MBThis week we have a look at the 2022 horror film Satanic Hispanics. This is Episode #431! This episode we're joined by special guest author David Bowles. Satanic Hispanics is a 2022 American horror anthology film written by Alejandro Méndez, Demián Rugna, Lino K. Villa and Pete Barnstrom, directed by Mike Mendez, Demián Rugna, Eduardo Sánchez, Gigi Saul Guerrero and Alejandro Brugués and starring Efren Ramirez, Greg Grunberg, Jacob Vargas, Hemky Madera, Patricia Velásquez and Jonah Ray. Be...
Jakob's Wife (Podcast/Discussion)
April 02, 2024 14:27 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBThis week we have a look at the 2021 horror film Jakob’s Wife. This is Episode #430! Jakob's Wife is a 2021 American vampire horror film directed and produced by Travis Stevens from a screenplay by Stevens, Kathy Charles, and Mark Steensland. The film stars Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden, and Bonnie Aarons. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.
Castle Talk: Carter Wilson, author of new thriller THE FATHER SHE WENT TO FIND
March 29, 2024 15:05 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBTonight we’re chatting with USA Today bestselling thriller author Carter Wilson about his new book releasing April 2: THE FATHER SHE WENT TO FIND from Poisoned Pen Press. Carter Wilson is the USA Today bestselling author of eight critically acclaimed, standalone psychological thrillers. He is an ITW Thriller Award finalist, a five-time winner of the Colorado Book Award, and his works have been optioned for television and film. Carter lives outside of Boulder, Colorado. Dynamic and compelling,...
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Podcast/Discussion)
March 26, 2024 14:21 - 1 hour - 102 MBThis week we have a look at the 2024 film Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. This is Episode #429! Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a 2024 American supernatural comedy film directed by Gil Kenan from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jason Reitman. It is the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and the fifth film in the Ghostbusters franchise. The film stars Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Celeste O'Connor, and Logan Kim reprising their roles from Afterlife, alongside Bill Murr...
Cujo (Podcast/Discussion)
March 19, 2024 14:49 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBThis week we have a look at the 1983 film Cujo. This is Episode #428! Cujo is a 1983 American horror film based on Stephen King's 1981 novel of the same name and directed by Lewis Teague. It was written by Don Carlos Dunaway and Barbara Turner (using the pen name Lauren Currier), and starring Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Danny Pintauro.The film follows a mother and her son who are trapped inside their car, while protecting themselves from a rabid St. Bernard. Become a supporter of thi...
Castle Talk: Parker Adams, author of The Lock Box
March 15, 2024 19:45 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBJason chats with Parker Adams, author of the new book The Lock Box, on-sale March 19 from Crooked Lane, about an army vet-turned-safecracker who is forcibly recruited to be part of a dangerous heist.The son of a navy helicopter pilot, Parker Adams chased great white sharks as a marine biologist before becoming a patent lawyer who litigates multimillion-dollar cases for high-tech clients. In his spare time, he writes high-stakes thrillers that feature travel and technology, including the best-...
Wolfen (Podcast/Discussion)
March 12, 2024 15:35 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBThis week we have a look at the 1981 film Wolfen. This is Episode #427! Wolfen is a 1981 American crime horror film directed by Michael Wadleigh in his only directional feature film, based on Whitley Strieber's 1978 novel The Wolfen. It stars Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Gregory Hines and Edward James Olmos. The film follows a city cop who has been assigned to uncover what is behind a series of vicious murders. Originally, it is believed the murders are animal attacks until the cop discovers...
Alligator (1980) - Podcast/Discussion
February 27, 2024 15:28 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBThis week we have a look at the 1980 film Alligator. This is Episode #426! Alligator is a 1980 American independent horror film directed by Lewis Teague and written by John Sayles. It stars Robert Forster, Robin Riker and Michael V. Gazzo. It also includes an appearance by actress Sue Lyon in her last screen role. Set in Chicago, the film follows a police officer and a reptile expert who track an enormous, ravenous man-eating alligator flushed down the toilet years earlier, that is attacking ...
Castle Talk: LR Jones, author of The Wedding Party
February 20, 2024 19:43 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBTonight we’re chatting wih L. R. Jones, author of the new book THE WEDDING PARTY. (https://www.amazon.com/Wedding-Party-Thriller-L-Jones/dp/1662508891/) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: L. R. Jones is a pseudonym for New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones. Her dark, edgy fiction includes the novels You Look Beautiful Tonight, The Poet, A Perfect Lie, and the Lilah Love series. Prior to publishing, Lisa owned a multistate staffing agency recognized by the Austin Business Journal an...
Castle Talk: Bobby Lugosi of Lugosi Theatre (TikTok)
February 16, 2024 20:29 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBTonight we’re chatting with Bobby Lugosi– whose real name is Bobby Zier and whose TikTok channel “Lugosi Theater” (LucyDogYellow2024) has gotten over 2 million likes. He’s won a special recognition Rondo award for introducing classic horror to a new generation. His TikTok also encourages others to embrace what they love. Bobby Lugosi plays Dracula at haunted houses and horror conventions and has been shown on Svengoolie three times– we talk about Lugosi, Dracula, and the power of intense inte...
Castle Talk: Matt Vesely, director of SF Conspiracy Thriller MONOLITH (Feb 16)
February 14, 2024 13:09 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBTonight we’re chatting with Matt Vesely, director of the new film Monolith which releases in theaters and on digital February 16. About MONOLITH: While trying to salvage her career, a disgraced journalist begins investigating a strange conspiracy theory. But as the trail leads uncomfortably close to home, she is left to grapple with the lies at the heart of her own story. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.
Day of the Animals (Podcast/Discussion)
February 13, 2024 15:36 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBThis week we have a look at the 1977 film Day of the Animals. This is Episode #425! Day of the Animals (re-released as Something Is Out There) is a 1977 American natural horror film directed by William Girdler, based on a story by producer Edward L. Montoro. The film reunited Girdler and Montoro with stars Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel from the previous year's Grizzly. It co-stars Lynda Day George and Leslie Nielsen.Day of the Animals tells the story of a psychosis brought on by depl...
Castle Talk: Out of Darkness Director Andrew Cumming and cast members Safia Oakley-Green and Kit Young
February 07, 2024 18:35 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBTonight we’re chatting with Director Andrew Cumming and cast members Safia Oakley-Green and Kit Young of Out of Darkness, which releases in Theaters on February 9, 2024. Per Hollywood Reporter, The film received multiple nominations at the British Independent Film Awards, including best debut director for Cumming, best breakthrough for Oakley-Green, best music for Adam Janota Bzowski, best hair and make up for Niamh Morrison, and best debut screenplay for Ruth Greenberg. Oakley-Green won the ...
GRIZZLY (1976) - Podcast/Discussion
January 24, 2024 15:42 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBThis week we have a look at the 1976 film Grizzly. This is Episode #424! Grizzly (also known as Killer Grizzly on U.S. television) is a 1976 American horror thriller film directed by William Girdler, about a park ranger's attempts to halt the wild rampage of an 18 ft (5.5 m) tall, 2,000 lb (910 kg) Man-eating grizzly bear that terrorizes a National Forest, having developed a taste for human flesh. However, a drunken hunting party complicates matters. It stars Christopher George, Andrew Prine...
Castle Talk: Psychological Horror ABERRANCE (new on digital) Producers Trevor Doyle and Alexa Khan
January 22, 2024 19:09 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBTonight we’re chatting with with producers Trevor Doyle and Alexa Khan of the film Aberrance by director/co-writer Baatar Batsukh, which is now having its digital release–Aberrance is the first Mongolian horror film to play US theaters. SYNOPSIS: When city dwellers Erkhmee and Selenge arrive at an old cabin deep in the Mongolian wilds, a foreboding settles over the couple. Erkhmee's seemingly keen desire to provide a safe and nurturing space for his artistic wife is at odds with the violent...
ORCA (Podcast/Discussion)
January 16, 2024 15:35 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBThis week we have a look at the 1977 film Orca. This is Episode #423! Orca (also known as Orca: The Killer Whale) is a 1977 American thriller film directed by Michael Anderson and produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling and Will Sampson. The film follows a male orca tracking down and getting revenge on a fishing boat and its captain for killing the whale's pregnant mate and their unborn calf. Upon release, the film was a minor box office success, but receiv...
Castle Talk: Rami Ungar, author of the new collection HANNAH AND OTHER STORIES
December 26, 2023 22:01 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBTonight we’re chatting with Rami Ungar, author of the new collection HANNAH and Other Stories from BSC Publishing. The seven stories in the collection delve into ghosts, revenge, creepypasta legends, dissection, manipulation, deceit, carnivorous horses, extragalactic beings, occult summoning, and pandemics. Additionally, some characters represent the Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities. It's a genuinely shudder-inducing collection and a fun conversation. Become a supporter of this podcast: https:/...
There's Something in the Barn (Podcast/Discussion)
December 13, 2023 15:38 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBThis week we have a look at the 2023 film There's Something in the Barn. This is Episode #422! There's Something in the Barn is a 2023 Norwegian comedy horror film starring Martin Starr, Amrita Acharia, and Kiran Shah. Directed by Magnus Martens and written by Aleksander Kirkwood Brown, the film tells the story of an American family that, after moving to Norway, encounters murderous elves. The film premiered on 23 September 2023 at Fantastic Fest, and was released in Norway on 10 November 20...
PANEL: DECEPTIONS & DEATH: TALKING THRILLERS
December 08, 2023 22:34 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBPANEL: DECEPTIONS & DEATH: TALKING THRILLERS – A live panel of thriller writers on the resilience of the thriller –Hosted by Jason Henderson, Publisher at Castle Bridge Media in celebration of the release of A FORGERY IN LYON: A FRENCH DECEPTION THRILLER (which you can find here: https://amzn.to/40l6iy1) by Janice NagourneyRecorded LIVE Monday, December 4Panelists (in alphabetical order) JENNIFER BROZEK Jennifer Brozek is a wordslinger and optimist, an author and an editor, and a collector...
GODZILLA: MINUS ONE (Podcast/Discussion)
December 05, 2023 16:01 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBWelcome to Castle of Horror, the show dedicated to horror, movies and awesomeness. This week we have a look at the 2023 film Godzilla Minus One. This is Episode #421! Godzilla Minus One is a 2023 Japanese kaiju film directed, written, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. Produced by Toho Studios and Robot Communications and distributed by Toho, it is the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise, Toho's 33rd Godzilla film, and the fifth film in the franchise's Reiwa era. The film stars Ryun...
Castle Talk: Chad Boykin, author of The Twilight Zone Haiku
November 22, 2023 22:55 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBTonight we’re chatting with Chad Boykin, author of The Twilight Zone Haiku newly out from Jobber House Press. The Twilight Zone Haiku explores the essence of the iconic, uncanny 1960s television show through haiku, giving us dazzling, spot-on snapshots of each episode. In seventeen syllables, Boykin captures the show’s main objective: to deliver a keen jolt of existential awareness. As you read, you find yourself marooned on an alien planet, lost in time, trapped inside a mannequin, surrounde...
Psycho II (Podcast/Discussion)
November 21, 2023 15:40 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBThis week we have a look at the 1983 film PSYCHO II. This is Episode #420! Psycho II is a 1983 American psychological slasher film directed by Richard Franklin, written by Tom Holland, and starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Robert Loggia, and Meg Tilly. It is the first sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho and the second film in the Psycho franchise. Set 22 years after the first film, it follows Norman Bates after he is released from the mental institution and returns to the house...
Castle Talk: Caryn Richman on Puppetman (Shudder) and more
November 17, 2023 16:25 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBTonight Jason talkes to Caryn Richman, who plays a key role as a psychic who may be in over her head in the new film PUPPETMAN on Shudder. In the film, a young lady whose father is in prison for killing her mother believes that the same dark entity that led her father to kill is now stalking her and her friends. The film stars Alyson Gorske and is directed by Brandon Christensen. Caryn Richman has had a heck of a career from Broadway to soaps to sitcoms and nighttime dramas-- she’s a part of ...
The Last Voyage of the Demeter: Podcast/Discussion with guests the Monster Movie Happy Hour
November 13, 2023 15:39 - 2 hours - 136 MBThis week we have a look at the 2023 film The Last Voyage of the Demeter. This is Episode #419! Joining us this week are our very good friends The Monster Movie Happy Hour podcast: Mary Challman, Scott Chesebrough and Mary Challman. The Last Voyage of the Demeter (also known as Dracula: Voyage of the Demeter in some international markets) is a 2023 American supernatural horror film directed by André Øvredal and written by Bragi F. Schut Jr. and Zak Olkewicz. It is an adaptation of "The Capt...
Castle Talk: Greg Chapman, author of Midnight Masquerade (new from IFWG)
November 13, 2023 00:40 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBTonight we’re chatting with Greg Chapman, author of the collection Midnight Masquerade newly out from IFWG. Midnight Masquerade, a collection of Greg Chapman’s acclaimed and original fiction: Clown-for-hire, Harvey has the worst day of his life-- A childhood display of malice is resurrected thirty years later-- A priest finds true faith means devotion to blood and pain-- Revenge shows Emma what lies beneath her mask of fear-- A Halloween expert unleashes her own personal hell-- In these stor...
I Married a Witch (1942) - Podcast/Discussion
November 07, 2023 14:50 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBThis week we have a look at the 1942 film I MARRIED A WITCH. This is Episode #418! I Married a Witch is a 1942 American supernatural romantic comedy film, directed by René Clair, and starring Veronica Lake as a witch whose plan for revenge goes comically awry, with Fredric March as her foil. The film also features Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward and Cecil Kellaway. The screenplay by Robert Pirosh and Marc Connelly and uncredited other writers, including Dalton Trumbo, is based on the 1941 nove...
Castle Talk: Mick Davis, director of WALDEN (Out 11/10)
November 06, 2023 19:15 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBTonight we’re chatting with Mick Davis, director of Walden, which releases November 10, 2023. SYNOPSIS: Walden Dean is a stenographer, whose mind witnessed all types of injustices in the courtroom. After discovering he has a terminal illness, repressed anger deep within him surfaces - taking justice into his own hands in the most gruesome ways imaginable. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.
Castle Talk: Nick Risher, CEO of Dark matter TV
November 01, 2023 21:11 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBTonight we’re chatting with Nick Risher, CEO of Dark Matter TV. Nick grew up in the Hollywood studio system and has been involved in putting together films like The Demented and Netflix’s Animal Crackers, but three years ago he and TriCoast started the AVOD/Fast channel called Dark Matter TV which focuses on horror, action, and sci-fi. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.
Dear David (Podcast/Discussion)
October 31, 2023 14:44 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBThis week we have a look at the 2023 film DEAR DAVID. This is Episode #417! Dear David is a 2023 American supernatural horror film directed by John McPhail, based on Adam Ellis' Twitter thread of the same name. It stars Augustus Prew as Ellis with Andrea Bang, René Escobar Jr., Cameron Nicoll, and Justin Long in supporting roles. The film is the third co-production between BuzzFeed Studios and Lionsgate Films. It follows Ellis (Prew) who is haunted by the spirit of a boy at the mercy of demo...
Castle Talk: J. Andrew Deman, author of The Claremont Run (University of Texas Press)
October 30, 2023 20:12 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBTonight we’re chatting with J. Andrew Deman, author of The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X-Men. Deman’s book provides a data-driven deep dive into the legendary comics author’s subversion of gender norms, demonstrating how Claremont used his growing platform in his sixteen years writing Uncanny X-Men to articulate transgressive ideas about gender nonconformity, toxic masculinity, and female empowerment. Deman’s book reveals how Claremont challenged readers to see the real world dif...
Castle Talk: Demián Rugna, director of WHEN EVIL LURKS (Oct 27 on Shudder)
October 26, 2023 18:04 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBTonight we’re chatting with Demián Rugna, director of When Evil Lurks (Cuando acecha la maldad), which Streams on Shudder starting Friday, October 27th.In the film, a pair of brothers, Pedro and Jimmy, try to protect their family including their mother and Pedro’s two children from a demon that possesses its victim and can spread itself, almost like a zombie virus. It’s been called “shockingly grisly” by the New York Times and “delighting in unspoken terrors by the LA Times.” Become a supp...
Castle Talk: Joe Lynch, Director of SUITABLE FLESH (Out Oct. 27 on Shudder)
October 19, 2023 16:08 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBTonight we’re chatting with Joe Lynch, director of the new horror thriller SUITABLE FLESH from RLJE Films in theaters and everywhere you rent movies on October 27, 2023. Based on a Story by H.P. Lovecraft, SUITABLE FLESH is directed by Joe Lynch (Mayhem, Creepshow) with screenplay by Dennis Paoli (From Beyond, Re-Animator). The film stars Heather Graham (The Hangover Boogie Nights), Judah Lewis (The Babysitter, I See You), Bruce Davison (“1923,” “Ozark”), Johnathon Schaech (Prom Night, That T...
Totally Killer (Podcast/Review)
October 16, 2023 15:04 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBThis week we have a look at the 2023 film TOTALLY KILLER. This is Episode #416! Totally Killer is a 2023 American black comedy slasher film directed by Nahnatchka Khan from a screenplay by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, and Jen D'Angelo. The story follows Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) who, after her mother's friends are murdered by the Sweet 16 Killer on Halloween, travels back in time to 1987, where she pairs up with her mother to stop the young would-be-killer and return to her timeline before ...
Castle Talk: Nightmare on Elm Street/ New Line Exec Sara Risher
October 13, 2023 14:29 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBTonight we’re chatting with movie producer Sara Risher of Chick Flick Productions. Ms. Risher was President of Production at New Line Cinema for over fifteen years, where she supervised the development and production of over 50 films, including the HOUSE PARTY, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series, John Water’s HAIRSPRAY and POLYESTER, MENACE II SOCIETY, PUMP UP THE VOLUME, THE RAPTURE, WIDE SARGASSO SEA, POISON IVY, and Michael Apted’s BLINK. She was Executive Prod...
Castle Talk: Katya de Becerra, author of When Ghosts Call Us Home
October 12, 2023 13:45 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBTonight we’re chatting with Katya de Becerra, author of When Ghosts Call Us Home from Page Street Publishing this month. The publishers describe it as “Haunting of Hill House meets found-footage horror in this edge-of-your-seat thriller that explores the power of family ties and the trauma that lurks there.” Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.
Castle Talk: Scott Slone, Director of Malibu Horror Story (Oct 20 nationwide)
October 10, 2023 15:24 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBTonight we’re chatting with Scott Slone, Director of MALIBU HORROR STORY. Malibu Horror Story follows a team of amateur paranormal investigators as they delve into a 10 year old unresolved case, the disappearance of four popular high school boys on graduation night. While exploring a sacred cave in the hills of Malibu California, the team encounters chilling paranormal occurrences. As they analyze footage from the missing teens' camera, they make a terrifying discovery involving an ancient c...