Castle of Horror Podcast

This week we have a look at the 2025 horror film WEAPONS. This is Episode 497! Weapons is a 2025 American supernatural mystery horror film directed, written, produced, and co-scored by Zach Cregger. It stars an ensemble cast including Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Toby Huss, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan. Its plot follows the case of seventeen child...

Today we’re talking with Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, author of the new book Vengefully Matched. It’s the standalone sapphic paranormal romantic comedy in a series called Hallowcross, which is about about witches, mediums, devils, ghosts, and other supernatural residents finding love while confronting sinister magical threats in a quirky, perpetually spooky Vermont town.  Become a supporter of this podc...

This week we have a look at the 2025 horror film OBSESSION. This is Episode 496! Obsession is a 2025 American supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker . It follows the shop clerk Bear ( Michael Johnston ), whose friend Nikki ( Inde Navarrette ) falls dangerously in love with him after he makes a wish. Cooper Tomlinson , Megan Lawless , and Andy Richter appear in suppo...

Today we’re talking with Cassandra Khaw, the USA Today bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, The Salt Grows Heavy, The Library at Hellebore, and other acclaimed works of horror and speculative fiction. They’re also an award-winning game writer and as a scriptwriter at Ubisoft Montreal Their new novella is Find Me Where It Ends, coming October 6 from Tor N...

Tony wraps up his Fantastic Fest coverage with a final collection of new films, including: Death Has No Master — After her father’s death, a woman returns to Venezuela to sell her family’s decaying cacao plantation, only to confront its occupants and her family’s colonial legacy. Phreaker — A lonely blind teenager discovers the early world of telephone hacking and uses his perfect pitch and talent...

Tony checks in from Fantastic Fest with another round of discoveries, including: Cinema Recomposed: Silent Monsters — A live string quartet performs original scores created by young composers for seven classic silent-horror shorts. Red Snow — A disaffected Finnish teenager visiting her grandmother encounters a middle-aged vampire who disguises himself as Santa Claus to enter homes and devour famil...

Tony Salvaggio checks in from Fantastic Fest in Austin with his first impressions of: Resident Evil (2026) — Zach Cregger’s reinvention follows an ordinary medical courier trapped in Raccoon City during a horrifying outbreak of mutated creatures. Beware Boiúna — A medical mission deep in the Amazon becomes a desperate fight for survival when it awakens Boiúna, a colossal ancient serpent determined...

Today we're talking with John Barker, author of the new book ALL THE RIGHT MOVIES.  All The Right Movies is your exclusive look at the stories, people, and on-set surprises of 25 popular films dating back to the 1960s. Thoroughly researched and written by the team behind one of the biggest movie podcasts and film accounts on X, All The Right Movies (@ATRightMovies), this beautifully illustrated gu...

This week we have a look at the 1956 monster movie THE SHE-CREATURE. This is Episode 495!  The She-Creature (or The She Creature) is a 1956 American black-and-white science fiction horror film, released by American International Pictures (AIP) from a script by Lou Rusoff (brother-in-law of AIP executive Samuel Z. Arkoff). It’s premise was tied directly to the 1950s Bridey Murphy phenomenon. Morey...

Drew Edwards, creator of Halloween Man, chats with Phil Howell, pop artist whose memorable graphic designs and illustrations have included Buffy, Star Wars, MCU and other pop art. Josh Brolin of the MCU said his art "makes me happy it exists in this world." Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

Today we're talking with David Gregory and Carl Daft, founders of Severin Films, which is celebrating its 20-year anniversary. Severin focuses on preserving and issuing fantastic new releases of films both familiar and not, the strange, significant and spectacular. Their Blu-Ray and 4K UHD box sets for collections like the Eurocrypt of Chistopher Lee are the kind of thing that cinema devotees can’...

This week we have a look at the 1994 vampire movie NADJA. This is Episode 494!  Nadja is a 1994 American vampire art movie written and directed by Michael Almereyda, starring Elina Löwensohn in the title role and Peter Fonda as Abraham Van Helsing. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

This week we have a look at the 1979 zombie film from Lucio Fulci, ZOMBIE AKA ZOMBI 2. This is Episode 493!  ZOMBIE AKA ZOMBI 2 is a 1979 English-language Italian zombie film directed by Lucio Fulci. It was adapted from an original screenplay by Dardano Sacchetti to serve as a sequel to George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978), which was released in Italy under the title Zombi. The film was rele...

Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Chinese: 鬼打鬼; pinyin: Guǐ dǎ guǐ; lit. 'Ghost Against Ghost') is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts comedy horror film starring and directed by Sammo Hung, written by Hung and Huang Ying, and produced by Hung's film production company Bo Ho Film Company. Hung stars as Cheung, a rickshaw worker whose wife is having an affair with one of his wealthy clients. His wife and...

This week we have a look at the 1974 Shaw Brothers film The Ghost Lovers. This is Episode 491! The Ghost Lovers AKA A Woman with Half Soul) is a 1973/1974 Hong Kong–South Korean supernatural romance produced by Shaw Brothers Studio in collaboration with Shin Films. Directed by the South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok, the film stars Li Ching as a young upper-class maiden who dies waiting for the re...

Today we're talking with Chad Boykin, author of Kaiju Haiku: A Haiku Comics Zine which is brand new from Jobber House Press, available now wherever you look for books.  About the book: Japan is the land of giant monsters and tiny poems. Kaiju Haiku fuses these two cultural forces into one stunning full-color explosion! Remember the awe of discovering giant monster movies as a child? Imagine recapt...

This week we have a look at the 1969 Japanese fantasy horror film Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts. This is Episode 490! The third and final film in Daiei's "Yokai Monsters" trilogy, Along with Ghosts (Japanese title: Tōkaidō Obake Dōchū, "The Haunted Journey Along Tokaido") was directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and Yoshiyuki Kuroda, released March 21, 1969 on a double bill with Gamera vs. Guiron. Unl...

This week we have a look at the 1968 Japanese fantasy horror film Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare. This is Episode 489!  Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (Japanese: 妖怪大戦争, Hepburn: Yōkai Daisensō; lit. 'The Great Yokai War') is a 1968 Japanese fantasy horror film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda. It is the second in a trilogy of films produced in the late 1960s, all of which focus around traditional J...

This week we have a look at the 1981 Slasher film JUST BEFORE DAWN. This is Episode 488! JUST BEFORE DAWN is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Jeff Lieberman and starring Chris Lemmon , Gregg Henry , Deborah Benson, Ralph Seymour , Jamie Rose , and George Kennedy . The film follows a group of hikers who travel into a mountainous region of Oregon to visit property inherited by one of them, o...

Tonight we're talking about one of the most comprehensive Hammer releases in a while — Sangster Directs Hammer, a seven-disc box set from Severin Films featuring the three films director Jimmy Sangster made for Hammer at the turn of the 70s: The Horror of Frankenstein, Lust for a Vampire, and Fear in the Night. All three are now in their North American UHD premiere, scanned in 4K from original cam...

This week we have a look at the 1968 Japanese horror film Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters. This is Episode 487!  Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters ( Japanese : 妖怪百物語, Hepburn : Yōkai Hyaku Monogatari; lit. One Hundred Yōkai Tales) is a 1968 Japanese fantasy horror film directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda , with special effects by Yoshiyuki Kuroda . It is the first in a trilogy of films produced in the late...

This week we have a look at the 1973 film Battle for the Planet of the Apes. This is Episode 486!  Battle for the Planet of the Apes is a 1973 American  science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by John William Corrington and Joyce Hooper Corrington , based on a story by Paul Dehn . The film is the sequel to Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) and the fifth and final...

Tonight we're chatting with Aleese Lin, author of the debut novel Samantha Spük: Paranormal Wedding Planner, out right now from Saga Press / Simon & Schuster. This is a whimsi-goth contemporary romance — a spooky cozy, if you will — about Samantha "Sabby" Spük, a young woman who has spent her whole life trying to escape her family's legacy of supernatural chaos. She finally lands a normal nine...

This week we have a look at the 1972 film Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. This is Episode 485!  Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is a 1972 American science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Paul Dehn . The film is the sequel to Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) and the fourth installment in the original Planet of the Apes film series It stars Roddy McDowall , Do...

This week we have a look at the 1971 film ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES. This is Episode 484! Escape from the Planet of the Apes is a 1971 American science fiction film directed by Don Taylor and written by Paul Dehn. The film is the sequel to Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) and the third installment in the original Planet of the Apes film series. It stars Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Br...