Castle of Horror Podcast

Tonight we’re chatting with writers/directors Adam Leader and Richard Oaks of the new film FEED ME. XYZ Films will release the horror film (Feed Me) on Digital and On Demand on October 27, 2022. The film will have its World Premiere on October 6th at Beyond Fest. SYNOPSIS: Following the death of his wife a broken man spirals into an abyss of night tremors and depression and finds himself in the ho...

This week we have a look at the 1985 film The Midnight Hour. This is Episode #385! The Midnight Hour is a 1985 American made-for-television comedy horror film directed by Jack Bender and starring Shari Belafonte-Harper, LeVar Burton, Peter DeLuise, and Dedee Pfeiffer. Its plot focuses on a small New England town that becomes overrun with zombies, witches, vampires, and all the other demons of hell...

This week we have a look at the 2022 film HALLOWEEN ENDS. This is Episode #384! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

Tonight we’re chatting with Jason Pargin, author of the new novel If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe: A John, Dave, and Amy Novel, this month from St Martin’s Press, this is the fourth book in Pargin’s John Dies at the End series JASON PARGIN is the New York Times bestselling author of the John Dies at the End series as well as the award-winning Zoey Ashe novels. He previously publi...

This week we have a look at the 2022 special from Disney+, Werewolf by Night. This is Episode #383! Werewolf by Night is an American television special directed by Michael Giacchino and written by Heather Quinn and Peter Cameron for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics featuring the character of the same name. It is the first Marvel Studios Special Presentation in the Marvel C...

This week we have a look at the 1970 Hammer film Scars of Dracula as part of our march to Halloween. This is Episode #382! Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Films. It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, along with Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Patrick Troughton, and Michael Gwynn. Although disparaged by some critics, the film does restore a f...

Tony Salvaggio of the Castle of Horror Podcast is on the ground in Austin reporting on Fantastic Fest and chats with Castle of Horror host Jason on the fourth batch of new movies that Tony highly recommends: Mister Organ Kids Vs. Aliens Triange of Sadness Huesera Disappear Completely Decision to Leave Joint Security Area H4z4rd Smoking Causes Coughing Solomon King Bad City Finally, some thoughts o...

Tony Salvaggio of the Castle of Horror Podcast is on the ground in Austin reporting on Fantastic Fest and chats with Castle of Horror host Jason on the third batch of new movies that Tony highly recommends: Medusa Deluxe, Evil Eye, Project Wolf Hunting, Unidentified Objects, The Visitor from the Future, Hellraiser, and Leonor Will Never Die. Tony will be attending about 35 movies for the Castle of...

Tony Salvaggio of the Castle of Horror Podcast is on the ground in Austin reporting on Fantastic Fest and chats with Castle of Horror host Jason on the second batch of new movies that Tony highly recommends: Vesper, Year of the Shark, Living With Chucky, Satanic Hispanics, and Everyone Will Burn. Tony will be attending about 35 movies for the Castle of Horror, so we'll be checking back with him fo...

Tonight we’re chatting with Scott Friend, Director of To the Moon, which will be available on digital platforms on this month in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand from 1091 Pictures. To the Moon is written, directed, and stars Friend. The film will also have a one-night engagement special screening on Monday, September 19th at Nitehawk Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York. A dys...

Tonight we’re chatting with Leigh Fryling, author of the new book Surf Mystic: Dark of the Curl from Castle Bridge Media. Leigh Fryling is an itinerant teacher, actress, adventuress, mother, full time hobbit, craftswoman, singer and musician who sometimes edits, and on rare occasions writes, novels. When she’s not watching spooky movies or correcting grammar, she travels the world with her spouse...

This week we have a look at the classic film Son of Dracula as part of our march to Halloween. This is Episode #381! Son of Dracula is a 1943 American horror film directed by Robert Siodmak with a screenplay based on an original story by his brother Curt Siodmak. The film stars Lon Chaney, Jr., Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Evelyn Ankers, and Frank Craven. The film is set in the United States,...

Tony Salvaggio of the Castle of Horror Podcast is on the ground in Austin reporting on Fantastic Fest and chats with Jason on his first batch of movies that he highly recommends-- Smile, Blood Relatives, Venus and Shin Ultraman. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

Tonight we’re chatting with Simon Stephenson, author of the new novel SOMETIMES PEOPLE DIE which comes out this month from Hanover Square Press and HarperCollins. The new novel is about a young doctor in a struggling hospital inspired by Simon’s own experience as a physician. Amid the sick patients, over-worked staff and underfunded wards, the protagonist begins to realize: too many patients are d...

Tonight we’re chatting with PJ Hoover, author of the new book PROBLEM SOLVERS: 15 INNOVATIVE WOMEN ENGINEERS AND CODERS. P. J. (Tricia) Hoover wanted to be a Jedi, but when that didn’t work out, she became an electrical engineer instead. After a fifteen-year bout designing computer chips for a living, P. J. started creating worlds of her own. She’s the award-winning author of The Hidden Code, a Da...

This week we have a look at the thriller Saloum which is now available on Shudder. This is Episode #380! Saloum is a 2021 Senegalese thriller film directed by Congolese director Jean Luc Herbulot and produced by Pamela Diop. The film stars Yann Gael, Mentor Ba and Roger Sallah in the lead roles and Evelyne Ily Juhen, Bruno Henry, and Marielle Salmier in supportive roles.[4] The film revolves aroun...

Tonight we’re chatting with Christopher Hatton, writer/director of Raven’s Hollow, a horror film that features Edgar Allan which comes to Shudder on September 22. Based on the life of Edgar Allan Poe, the Latest Feature from Christopher Hatton Stars William Moseley (The Chronicles of Narnia), Melanie Zanetti (Love and Monsters), and Multi-Award-Winning Actress Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones) Raven’s...

Tonight we’re chatting with Lance Lucero, owner/operator of Warehouse 9 Productions, Ltd. A production company utilizing talent from around the world specializing in filmmaking (with real film) and comic book creation. Lance chats about his comic BOB: Non-Union Psychic and his short film The Last Resort– Lucero is also the author of a series of very useful articles on ComicCrusaders.com called “Th...

Join us for this live panel featuring reading and discussion on horror from the authors of two new summer horror novels: Martin Ott, author of Dream State ( https://amzn.to/3PrzaNV) , and Leigh Fryling ("Peyton Douglas"), author of Dark of the Curl ( https://amzn.to/3K0tCZU) Castle Bridge Media is proud to host your final summer escape! This summer we've got two novels bringing thrills and chills...

Tonight we’re chatting with Neil LaBute, writer and director of House of Darkness, which releases in theaters September 9, 2022 and on Demand and Digital September 13, 2022. LaBute is the prolific director behind In the Company of Men, Nurse Betty, The Wicker Man, and much more. About House of Darkness: Written and directed by Neil LaBute (In the Company of Men, Nurse Betty, The Wicker Man, Lakevi...

This week we have a look at the 1956 film Forbidden Planet. This is Episode #379! Forbidden Planet is a 1956 American science fiction film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack, and directed by Fred M. Wilcox . It stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Shot in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, it is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s, a pre...

Charles R. Rutledge is the author of Dracula's Return and three novels in the Griffin & Price series, written with James A. Moore. His short stories have appeared in over thirty anthologies and he has co-edited several anthologies as well. Charles owns entirely too many editions of Dracula, keeps soil from Transylvania in an envelope on his desk, and is seldom seen in daylight. Become a supporter...

Mary Jo Pehl is a writer, comedian and commentator, published everywhere from magazines and anthologies to NPR’s All Things Considered, and she’s the author of the 2022 book DUMB DUMB DUMB: My Mother's Book Reviews which came out this past May. But a lot of us know her as one of the voices and minds behind the Peabody-Award winning Mystery Science Theater 3000, and over the last few years as a par...

Tonight we’re chatting with Perry Blackshear, writer and director of When I Consume you which comes out this month from 1091 Pictures. A unique urban folktale set and filmed in Brooklyn, When I Consume You confronts the vulnerabilities that people struggle with every day through a genre lens to create a chillingly intimate indie horror nightmare. When I Consume You marks the third feature for New...

DRACULA, THE RETURN - Tonight we’re talking with Dacre Stoker - bestselling author and also great grand nephew of Bram Stoker, and Chris McAuley who has written for the Terminator, Doctor Who and a variety of other franchises. Together they have teamed up to create the Stokerverse- a series of interconnected novels, audio dramas, tabletop and video games and now graphic novels set in Bram Stoker's...