Castle of Horror Podcast

Jason chats wiith Julia Lynn Rubin whose new book PRIMAL ANIMALS is just out from Wednesday Books/Macmillan. About the book: Midsommar meets "Yellowjackets" in this new YA horror novel where a girl gets sucked into a secret society at an elite summer program, with deadly consequences. Protect the girls Arlee Gold is anxious about spending the summer at the college prep Camp Rockaway—the same camp...

Tonight we’re chatting with Leanna Renee Hieber about her upcoming contemporary Gothic romance novel, Ghosts of the Forbidden: Glazier’s Gap Book 1, which will be released just in time for spooky season on October 11. The cover—and a special vintage-style “stepback” cover—were revealed this week at fantasybookcafe.com. Hieber’s work includes the timeslip novellas in the Time Immemorial trilogy; th...

Tonight we’re chatting with Fernando González Gómez, co-director of The Passenger or La Pasajera, in Theaters June 3, 2022 and On Demand and DVD June 28, 2022. The film had its World Premiere at the 2021 Sitges Film Festival in which it was nominated for the Audience Award. THE PASSENGER (original title: La Pasajera) stars Ramiro Blas (“La Fuga”), Cecilia Suárez (“The House of Flowers”), Paula Gal...

Tonight we’re chatting with Neal E. Fischer, author of Being Patrick Swayze: Essential Teachings from the Master of the Mullet. Find it here: https://amzn.to/3MMwpq7 Neal E. Fischer is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and pop culture fanatic. Neal cut his teeth as a musician and performer on stage before ultimately transitioning behind the scenes. Neal's credits include the award-winning docume...

This week we have a look at the 1984 film FIRESTARTER. This is Episode #370! Firestarter is a 1984 American science fiction horror-thriller film based on Stephen King's 1980 novel of the same name.[4] The plot concerns a girl who develops pyrokinesis and the secret government agency known as The Shop which seeks to control her. The film was directed by Mark L. Lester, and stars David Keith, Drew B...

This week we have a look at the 2022 film FIRESTARTER. This is Episode #369! Firestarter is a 2022 American science fiction horror film directed by Keith Thomas, from a screenplay by Scott Teems, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. It is a remake of the 1984 film adaptation of the same name. The film stars Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, Kurtwood Smith, John Beasle...

This week in honor of Mother’s Day, we’re discussing the 1976 film Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby. This is Episode #368! Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (also known as Rosemary's Baby Part II) is a 1976 American made-for-television horror film and a sequel to Roman Polanski's 1968 film Rosemary's Baby starring Stephen McHattie, Oscar-Winning Actor Patty Duke, George Maharis, Oscar...

This week we take a look at the 1988 film The Blob. This is Episode #367! The Blob is a 1988 American science fiction horror film co-written and directed by Chuck Russell. A remake of the 1958 film of the same name, it stars Shawnee Smith, Kevin Dillon, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Paul McCrane, Art LaFleur, Robert Axelrod, Joe Seneca, Del Close and Candy Clark. The plot follows an acidic, amoe...

Tonight we’re chatting with Russell Owen, writer and director of Shepherd, in theaters May 6 and on Demand and Digital May 10th. In the film, a young Scottish an takes a job as a shepherd on a desolate island following the death of his wife, where he is haunted by loneliness, guilt, and increasingly nightmarish and haunting visions. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podc...

Tonight we’re chatting with Keoni Waxman, writer/director of The Ravine, which is released in theaters and on demand and digital from Cinedigm on May 6. The film stars Eric Dane (“Euphoria"), Teri Polo (Meet the Parents), Peter Facinelli (The Vanished), Byron Mann (The Big Short), Leslie Uggams (Deadpool) and Kyle Lowder (“Days of Our Live”). In THE RAVINE, when an unspeakable crime rocks a peacef...

Tonight we’re chatting with Chris Cullari and Jennifer Raite, directors of the new film THE AVIARY which Premieres April 29 In Theaters and Digital and On Demand From Saban Films — The film follows two women (Malin Akerman and Lorenza Izzo) on the run from an oppressive and controlling cult led by Seth (Chris Messina), and the lingering hold it has on them despite the distance they so desperately...

This week we have a special Easter Episode with a look at the 1972 film Night of the Lepus. This is Episode #366! Night of the Lepus (also known as Rabbits) is a 1972 American science fiction horror film directed by William F. Claxton and produced by A. C. Lyles. Based upon Russell Braddon's 1964 science fiction novel The Year of the Angry Rabbit, the plot concerns an infestation of mutated rabbit...

Tonight we’re chatting with Kiah Roache-Turner, director of Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, out in digital in the US April 14. Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner and produced by Tristan Roache-Turner, and co-written by the two, the film is a sequel to the 2015 breakout hit Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, and it follows the character Rhys as he realizes the life he's been living in a zombie-infested wasteland has be...

This week we continue our retrospective on The Fly films with the 1986 David Cronenberg film The Fly. This is Episode #365! The Fly is a 1986 American science fiction-horror film directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. Produced by Brooksfilms and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film stars Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and John Getz. Loosely based on George Langelaan's 1957 short story of th...

This week we continue a retrospective on The Fly films with 1965’s Curse of the Fly. This is Episode #364! Curse of the Fly is a 1965 American horror science-fiction film and sequel to Return of the Fly (1959), it is the third installment in The Fly film series. It was released in 1965, and unlike the other films in the series was produced in the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Don Sharp...

This episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with Kate Dolan, writer and director of the new horror film You Are Not My Mother, releasing March 25 in theaters and on VOD. You Are Not My Mother marks the feature debut from Dublin-based filmmaker Dolan, 2022 Dublin Film Festival Discovery Award recipient and Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) Rising Star nominee. Say the producers about the film: It...

This week we continue a retrospective on The Fly films with 1959’s Return of the Fly. This is Episode #363! Return of the Fly is a 1959 American horror science-fiction film and sequel to The Fly (1958), it is the second installment in The Fly film series. It was released in 1959 as a double feature with The Alligator People. It was directed by Edward Bernds. Unlike the previous film, Return of the...

This week kick off a retrospective on The Fly films with 1958’s The Fly. This is Episode #362! The Fly is a 1958 American science fiction horror film and the first installment in The Fly film series. Produced and directed by Kurt Neumann and starring David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, and Herbert Marshall. The screenplay by James Clavell was based on the 1957 short story of the same nam...

Tonight we’re chatting with Alejandro Hidalgo, director and co-writer of THE EXORCISM OF GOD, in Theaters, on Demand and Digital on March 11th. THE EXORCISM OF GOD is directed by Alejandro Hidalgo (The House at the End of Time) from a script by Santiago Fernández Calvete (Sangre Vurdalak) and Hidalgo. The film stars Joseph Marcell ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"), María Gabriela de Faría ("The Mood...

Tonight we’re chatting with Mickey Keating, Director and Writer of Offseason, In Select Theaters, On Demand and Digital March 11, 2022. Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother’s grave site has been vandalized, Marie quickly returns to the isolated offshore island where her late mother is buried. When she arrives, she discovers that the island is closing for the offseason with the bridge...

This week we continue our series on Foggy terrors with the 1972 British film Tower of Evil AKA Beyond the Fog. This is Episode #361! Tower of Evil, also known by the titles Horror on Snape Island and Beyond the Fog in the United States and Horror of Snape Island in Canada, is a 1972 British horror film. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--...

Tonight we’re chatting with Guadalupe Garcia McCall on her new book The Keeper from HarperCollins. Inspired by a terrifying true story, acclaimed author Guadalupe Garcia McCall creates a twisty tale about a boy desperately trying to survive in a new town with a secret past. James always knew moving from Texas to Oregon was going to be horrible.. But no sooner have he and his family arrived in thei...

Tonight we’re chatting with Rio Youers, author of the new book NO SECOND CHANCES., out from HarperCollins this month. New York Times best-selling author, Joe Hill, called Youers’ latest book, Lola on Fire, “…a novel that rivals Killing Eve in intensity and atmosphere.” NO SECOND CHANCES features the same “blinding speed” (New York Times Book Review on Lola on Fire) as his previous novel and follow...

Tonight we’re chatting with Matt Serafini, the author of the new book Scared to Death from Encyclopocalypse, and what’s fascinating here is that this book is a novelization for a movie that came out in 1980. Hailed as "one of the best new voices in genre fiction" by horror grandmaster Brian Keene, Matt Serafini's books include RITES OF EXTINCTION, FERAL, and UNDER THE BLADE, which Fangoria called...

This week we continue our series on Foggy terrors with the 2005 remake The Fog. This is Episode #360! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .