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Castle of Horror Podcast

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  • 473 Episodes
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Black Sunday (Podcast/Discussion)

Episode | 83 min | Oct 8, 2024
This week we have a look at the 1960 Mario Bava-directed horror film BLACK SUNDAY, AKA THE MASK OF SATAN and other related titles.  This is Episode #443!
Black Sunday (Italian: La maschera del demonio, lit. 'The mask of the demon') is a 1960 Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava in his official directorial debut, and starring Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici and Enrico Oliveri. Loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's short story "Viy", the film takes place in Moldavia and tells the story of a witch who is put to death by her brother, only to return two centuries later to seek revenge upon his descendants.

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Castle Talk: Leslie Lutz, author of SWEETEST DARKNESS

Episode | 31 min | Oct 2, 2024
Tonight we’re chatting with Leslie Lutz, author of the new book SWEETEST DARKNESS from Holiday House. SWEETEST DARKNESS is a supernatural horror novel in which a teenage psychic is drawn deep into the honeycomb of an abandoned hotel—and into a cat-and-mouse game with a predatory entity.  This is Dark Americana, from the crumbling Hollywood glamor of the Alvarado Hotel, to the neon-lit diner where the final showdown happens, to the shining horizon of the Chihuahuan Desert just outside town. It’s a horror set in a moody Southwestern landscape. Leslie Lutz is a young adult author whose poetry and prose have been widely published and whose debut YA thriller, FRACTURED TIDE, was voted best of 2020 by Suspense Magazine and was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard pick. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and daughter, along with three cats and two spoiled chickens.

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Recapping Fantastic Fest 2024

Episode | 60 min | Sep 30, 2024
Jason chats with co-host Tony Salvaggio to recap the 2024 Fantastic Fest genre film festival. Tony saw about 30 films in seven days and he's here to tell us what we have to look forward to over the next year.
The Fantastic Fest organizers describe the fest thus:
Our merry band of misfits, muckrakers, and miscreants is making it's way to Austin, TX, for an 8-day carnival of cinematic delights – Fantastic Fest is back on Sept. 19th - 26th, taking place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar cinema.

Find the film listings here: https://fantasticfest24.eventive.org/films

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Castle Talk: Director Patricio Valladares & Writer Barry Keating of INVOKING YELL

Episode | 21 min | Sep 25, 2024
Hello and welcome to Castle Talk where we talk to writers and creators of today’s genre worlds, I’m your host Jason Henderson, PUBLISHER AT CASTLE BRIDGE MEDIA, HOME OF THE CASTLE OF HORROR ANTHOLOGY SERIES. Tonight we’re chatting with Director Patricio Valladares and Screenwriter Barry Keating of the new film INVOKING YELL. Patricio Valladares’ films have been showcased at festivals like Sitges, Fantasía, and Frightfest. In 2022, he directed three feature films, including the sequel to "Hidden in the Woods" for Germany and "Invoking Yell", acquired by Welcome Villain for release. Barry Keating has written 9 produced feature films, and has worked with genre icons such as Robert Englund (A Night On Elm Street), Ken Foree (Dawn of The Dead), Franco Nero (Die Hard 2) and the late Julian Sands (Naked Lunch) in one of his final roles.Set in 1997 in the south of Chile, INVOKING YELL is a love letter to black metal that follows a trio of metalhead twenty-something girls who venture into the woods to shoot the demo tape for their black metal band, Invoking Yell. However, things take a sinister turn as they document their disturbing and unorthodox process of recording paranormal phenomena to be used in the album’s final track.INVOKING YELL will be released on 9/20 and available via Fandango at home and AppleTV. It marks the fifth collaboration between Barry Keating and Patricio Valladares.

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Castle Talk: Shelly Bond, editor and author of Filth & Grammar: The Comic Book Editor’s Secret Handbook

Episode | 57 min | Sep 24, 2024
Tonight we’re chatting with Shelly Bond, editor and author of Filth & Grammar: The Comic Book Editor’s Secret Handbook. Bond is Editor-at-Large and the creator, editor and curator of the BLACK CROWN and OFF REGISTER imprints, Shelly has been driven to edit + curate comic books, crush deadlines and innovate for over a quarter-century. She lives in Los Angeles.Shelly Bond and her team go through the entire process of managing the creation of a comic book: organizing oneself, pitching the concept to potential backers, writing the script, planning the layout of the book, creating the text and artwork, assembling everything, and checking that things are correct before going to print.

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Fantastic Fest Check-In with Tony Salvaggio - Monday Sep 23, 2024

Episode | 16 min | Sep 23, 2024
Jason chats with co-host Tony Salvaggio as he continues exploring the 2024 Fantastic Fest and what he has to look forward to. 
Fantastic Fest
Our merry band of misfits, muckrakers, and miscreants is making it's way to Austin, TX, for an 8-day carnival of cinematic delights – Fantastic Fest is back on Sept. 19th - 26th, taking place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar cinema.

Find the film listings here: https://fantasticfest24.eventive.org/films

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Castle Talk: Michael Day, director of the new thriller CLAWFOOT

Episode | 15 min | Sep 22, 2024
Hello and welcome to Castle Talk where we talk to writers and creators of today’s genre worlds, I’m your host Jason Henderson, PUBLISHER AT CASTLE BRIDGE MEDIA, HOME OF THE CASTLE OF HORROR ANTHOLOGY SERIES. Tonight we’re chatting with director Michael Day whose debut feature CLAWFOOT will be available on Digital Download from September 23. In the film, Francesca Eastwood (Old, A Violent Separation) stars as an upper-class housewife, Janet, tormented by a manipulative contractor, Leo (Milo Gibson), hired to remodel her bathroom. Joining forces with her best friend, Tasha (Olivia Culpo), they turn the tables on him and ignite a twisted battle of wits with deliciously unexpected outcomes.

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Castle Talk: Stuart Ortiz, Peter Zizzo and Terri Apple of STRANGE HARVEST: OCCULT MURDER IN THE INLAND EMPIRE

Episode | 17 min | Sep 20, 2024
Tonight we’re chatting with with Stuart Ortiz, Peter Zizzo and Terri Apple of STRANGE HARVEST: OCCULT MURDER IN THE INLAND EMPIRE. The film is directed & written by Ortiz (Grave Encounters 1 & 2, Extraterrestrial) and follows the trail of some disturbing killings, in a hyper-realistic way, and yet even am angst this very convincing sort of faux Dateline setup, there’s the hint of a Lovecraftian tale of cosmic horror. STRANGE HARVEST: OCCULT MURDER IN THE INLAND EMPIRE will make its world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2024 on September 22, 2024 at 11:50 p.m. CT.

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Fantastic Fest is happening with Tony Salvaggio - Day 1 Thurs Sep 19, 2024

Episode | 19 min | Sep 19, 2024
Jason chats with co-host Tony Salvaggio about the kickoff of the 2024 Fantastic Fest and what he has to look forward to. 
Fantastic Fest
Our merry band of misfits, muckrakers, and miscreants is making it's way to Austin, TX, for an 8-day carnival of cinematic delights – Fantastic Fest is back on Sept. 19th - 26th, taking place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar cinema.

Find the film listings here: https://fantasticfest24.eventive.org/films

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Castle Talk: Johnny Compton, author of the new horror book DEVILS KILL DEVILS (9/24)

Episode | 25 min | Sep 16, 2024
Tonight we’re chatting with Johnny Compton, author of the new book Devils Kill Devils. In the book, a woman who has always counted on the protection of a Guardian Angel has to work out why that angel would suddenly murder her husband on her wedding night. It’s a little bit horror and a little bit urban fantasy.

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