Castle of Horror Podcast

Jason is joined by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and X-Files artist Greg Scott to talk about Batman-- more specifically, the Batman seen in the trailer for Matt Reeves' 2021 film The Batman. Is Batman just Death Wish now, a fascist vision of violence, fun for adults and abandoning the principles of the past? Or is it too early to tell? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podc...

For this Hangout Episode--m one of the unstructured talks we have between the mainline episodes-- Tony, Jason and Drew talk about the 1986 Hong Kong supernatural adventure film "The Seventh Curse" based on the Dr. Yuen novel series from Ni Kuang. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

This week we continue our Ed Wood retrospective with the 1955 film Bride of the Monster. (Episode 312.) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

This episode we’re chatting with JH Moncrieff, whose book City of Ghosts won the 2018 Kindle Book Review Award for Best Horror/Suspense. She won Harlequin's international search for “the next Gillian Flynn” and her horror book Monsters in Our Wake was a TOP Amazon horror bestseller. But a lot of people know her as the resident writer/commentator on the True Crime Network show Cruise Ship Killers....

This episode we’re chatting with Simon Stephenson, whose book SET MY HEART TO FIVE debuts from HarperCollins this September. Set My Heart to Five is on tap for adaptation by Edgar Wright, the director behind Baby Driver and the upcoming Last Night in Soho (set for an April 2021 release). The book is set in the year 2054, and follows a human-esque bot named Jared as he slowly becomes sentient and s...

This week we kick off an Ed Wood retrospective with the director’s most famous work, Plan 9 from Outer Space. (Episode 311) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

Jason joins Director/Writer Will Wernick, who also directed ESCAPE ROOM, to talk about his new film NO ESCAPE. The story here is: a social media star travels with his friends to Moscow to capture new content for his successful VLOG. Always pushing the limits and catering to a growing audience, he and his friends enter a cold world of mystery, excess and danger. As the line between real life and so...

For this hangout episode, Jason, Drew and Tony discuss the 1955 Mike Hammer film Kiss Me Deadly, which not only exemplifies great noir but shocks and surprises from beginning to end. Special thanks to the great audio commentary on the Kiss Me Deadly Criterion disc by by film noir specialists Alain Silver and James Ursini and excerpts from The Long Haul of A. I. Bezzerides, a 2005 documentary on th...

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This week we continue our Night Stalker retrospective with the 1973 telefilm THE NIGHT STRANGLER. (Episode 310) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

For this week's hangout episode-- our first of the 2020 Fall Season-- we discuss the 1977 sf film Planet of Dinosaurs, which meshes amazing stop-motion dinosaur effects with dubious acting and amazing 70s fashions. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

This episode we’re talking to Glen Zipper and Elaine Mongeon, authors of the new SF book Devastation Class from HarperCollins. Zipper is known for creating the wildly popular Netflix series Dogs and producing such films as the Academy Award ® winning Undefeated and the critically acclaimed Showbiz Kids directed by Alex Winter (Bill & Ted Face The Music), currently streaming on HBO, and Elaine Mong...

This week we kick off our Fall 2020 Season with The Night Stalker, the original 1972 movie that introduced the character of Carl Kolchak. (Episode 309.) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

This episode we’re talking to Leanna Renee Hieber whose new book A Summoning of Souls comes from Kensington/ Rebel Base Books… At the dawn of the twentieth century, New York City houses both the living and the dead. And when it comes to crimes of an otherworldly nature, it falls to the psychics and spirits of the city’s finest secret agency—The Ghost Precinct—to serve justice beyond the earthly re...

This episode we’re talking to Julius Berg, co-writer and director of The Owners, in theaters and on demand Sep 4, 2020. The film stars Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, Rita Tushingham. In the film, a group of friends think they found the perfect easy score - an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early...

Jason chats with Chris Mooney, author of the new thriller Blood World, in which a cop must investigate an illegal trade in enhanced blood that renders those receiving a transfusion younger and healthier. We talk a lot about the craft of writing. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

Jason is joined by Julia to chat with the Rifftrax comedy team of Bridget & Mary Jo-- Bridget Nelson and Mary Jo Pehl-- on their new feature-length riff of the late-50s monster movie Frankenstein's Daughter (Astor, 1958.). Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

Castle Bridge Media presents a live panel on Mid-Century Gothic Horror Films featuring leading voices in horror fiction and commentary. From Britain's Hammer Horror (home of Christopher Lee's Dracula and Peter Cushing's Frankenstein) to Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe movies starring Vincent Price, to standalone works of genius like The Innocents, we'll explore our favorites and the most important...

Jason chats about the Shudder miniseries Cursed Films with the miniseries' director / Writer / Editor Jay Cheel and writer Mitch Horowitz (As a Man Thinketh), who provides much of the commentary on the series. They ta;l about the films the series covers, with an episode each for The Exorcist, The Omen, Poltergeist, The Crow and The Twilight Zone. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spr...

Jason chats with many-time New York Times Bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson on two brand-new projects-- "Stake," a new novel about a cynic and a believer investigating a man who may be a vampire hunter-- or may just be a serial killer-- and "Monsters, Movies and Mayhem," a brand-new anthology of movie-inspired monster stories from top writers which Publisher's Weekly calls "fun and nostalgia-fi...

This episode we’re talking to Daniel Kraus, author of The Living Dead from Tor. Kraus is a New York Times bestselling author. With Guillermo del Toro, he co-authored The Shape of Water, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro, Kraus co-authored Trollhunters, which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. Kraus’s The Death and Life of Zebulon F...

This episode we’re talking to Danny Wolf, director of the documentary series Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time. We talk about Danny's experience interviewing the stars of movies like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rock & Roll High School, Dawn of the Dead, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, and more. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-po...

This week we’re wrapping up this summer’s SATANIC PANIC series with the 1975 horror film DEVIL’S RAIN. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

This week we take on the 1988 classic Child's Play, discussing its themes and wondering why the first film in a horror series tends to have the purest themes. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .

This episode Jason talks to Jeffrey A. Brown, writer and director of The Beach House, which comes to AMC’s horror streaming service Shudder July 9th (US/Canada/UK/Ireland). Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support .