Castle of Horror Podcast (2024)

Castle Talk: Out of Darkness Director Andrew Cumming and cast members Safia Oakley-Green and Kit Young

Episode | 11 min | Feb 7, 2024

Tonight we’re chatting with Director Andrew Cumming and cast members Safia Oakley-Green and Kit Young of Out of Darkness, which releases in Theaters on February 9, 2024. Per Hollywood Reporter, The film received multiple nominations at the British Independent Film Awards, including best debut director for Cumming, best breakthrough for Oakley-Green, best music for Adam Janota Bzowski, best hair and make up for Niamh Morrison, and best debut screenplay for Ruth Greenberg. Oakley-Green won the British Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performance on the night.

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11 min

GRIZZLY (1976) - Podcast/Discussion

Episode | 69 min | Jan 24, 2024

This week we have a look at the 1976 film Grizzly. This is Episode #424!
Grizzly (also known as Killer Grizzly on U.S. television) is a 1976 American horror thriller film directed by William Girdler, about a park ranger's attempts to halt the wild rampage of an 18 ft (5.5 m) tall, 2,000 lb (910 kg) Man-eating grizzly bear that terrorizes a National Forest, having developed a taste for human flesh. However, a drunken hunting party complicates matters. It stars Christopher George, Andrew Prine and Richard Jaeckel. Widely considered a Jaws rip-off, Grizzly used many of the same plot devices as its shark predecessor, which had been a huge box office success during the previous year. The giant grizzly bear in the film was portrayed by a Kodiak bear named Teddy, who was 11 ft (3.4 m) tall.

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69 min

Castle Talk: Psychological Horror ABERRANCE (new on digital) Producers Trevor Doyle and Alexa Khan

Episode | 15 min | Jan 22, 2024

Tonight we’re chatting with with producers Trevor Doyle and Alexa Khan of the film Aberrance by director/co-writer Baatar Batsukh, which is now having its digital release–Aberrance is the first Mongolian horror film to play US theaters. SYNOPSIS: When city dwellers Erkhmee and Selenge arrive at an old cabin deep in the Mongolian wilds, a foreboding settles over the couple. Erkhmee's seemingly keen desire to provide a safe and nurturing space for his artistic wife is at odds with the violent actions and mannerisms their quizzical neighbor observes. As the neighbor digs deeper for the reason behind this aberrant behavior, only more questions and trouble arise. We talk the film and current work on a prequel in the same bizarre world.

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15 min

ORCA (Podcast/Discussion)

Episode | 72 min | Jan 16, 2024

This week we have a look at the 1977 film Orca. This is Episode #423! Orca (also known as Orca: The Killer Whale) is a 1977 American thriller film directed by Michael Anderson and produced by Dino De Laurentiis, starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling and Will Sampson. The film follows a male orca tracking down and getting revenge on a fishing boat and its captain for killing the whale's pregnant mate and their unborn calf.
Upon release, the film was a minor box office success, but received mostly unfavorable reception from critics and audiences alike due to its similarities to the film Jaws, released two years prior.

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72 min

Castle Talk: Rami Ungar, author of the new collection HANNAH AND OTHER STORIES

Episode | 25 min | Dec 26, 2023

Tonight we’re chatting with Rami Ungar, author of the new collection HANNAH and Other Stories from BSC Publishing. The seven stories in the collection delve into ghosts, revenge, creepypasta legends, dissection, manipulation, deceit, carnivorous horses, extragalactic beings, occult summoning, and pandemics. Additionally, some characters represent the Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities. It's a genuinely shudder-inducing collection and a fun conversation.

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25 min

There's Something in the Barn (Podcast/Discussion)

Episode | 74 min | Dec 13, 2023

This week we have a look at the 2023 film There's Something in the Barn. This is Episode #422!
There's Something in the Barn is a 2023 Norwegian comedy horror film starring Martin Starr, Amrita Acharia, and Kiran Shah. Directed by Magnus Martens and written by Aleksander Kirkwood Brown, the film tells the story of an American family that, after moving to Norway, encounters murderous elves.
The film premiered on 23 September 2023 at Fantastic Fest, and was released in Norway on 10 November 2023, to positive reviews.

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74 min

PANEL: DECEPTIONS & DEATH: TALKING THRILLERS

Episode | 62 min | Dec 8, 2023

PANEL: DECEPTIONS & DEATH: TALKING THRILLERS – A live panel of thriller writers on the resilience of the thriller –Hosted by Jason Henderson, Publisher at Castle Bridge Media in celebration of the release of A FORGERY IN LYON: A FRENCH DECEPTION THRILLER (which you can find here: https://amzn.to/40l6iy1) by Janice NagourneyRecorded LIVE Monday, December 4Panelists (in alphabetical order)

JENNIFER BROZEK
- Jennifer Brozek is a wordslinger and optimist, an author and an editor, and a collector of antique occult literature. She believes the best thing about being a full-time freelance publishing industry professional is the fact that she gets to choose which 60 hours of the week she works. Visit her at
- Find the backerkit landing page for Jennifer’s new passion project: "Dear Penpal, Belgium 1980” at https://bit.ly/dear_penpal
- Her book Shadowrun: The Kilimanjaro Run is at https://books2read.com/ShadowrunTheKilimanjaroRun
- Find her at jenniferbrozek.com and https://linktr.ee/JenniferBrozek
TEEL JAMES GLENN
- Teel James Glenn has killed hundreds and been killed more times--on stage and screen, as he has traveled the world for forty-plus years as a stuntman, swordmaster, storyteller, bodyguard, actor, and haunted house barker.
- He has published dozens of novels and his poetry and stories have been printed in over two hundred magazines including Weird Tales, Mystery, Mad, Mystery Weekly, Blazing Adventures and Sherlock Holmes Mystery.
- His novel A Cowboy in Carpathia: A Bob Howard Adventure won best novel 2021 in the Pulp Factory Award
LEE MURRAY
- Lee Murray is a multi-award-winning author-editor, essayist, poet, and screenwriter from Aotearoa-New Zealand. A USA Today Bestselling author, Shirley Jackson- and five-time Bram Stoker Awards® winner, she is an NZSA Honorary Literary Fellow, a Grimshaw Sargeson Fellow, and 2023 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize winner. Find Lee at leemurray.info.
JANICE NAGOURNEY
- After a stint working in a law firm in New York City, Janice relocated to Italy and then France, settling in Montmartre she says long before the movie Amelie made it trendy. She taught law and founded an international speaker’s bureau. The books in the series FRENCH DECEPTION grew out of her decades of living, working and traveling in France.
- Find her new book A FORGERY IN LYON at https://amzn.to/3Rbms97
- Janice can be found at https://janicenagourney.com/.
BRYAN THOMAS SCHMIDT
- Bryan Thomas Schmidt is the Hugo-nominated, #1 bestselling author of 4 thrillers, including his latest, SHORTCUT. He’s edited hundreds of novels including THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir, and is working on his 23rd anthology as editor. His short fiction includes official tie-ins to PREDATOR, ALIENS VS. PREDATOR, Decipher’s WARS, Joe Ledger, and Monster Hunter International.
- Find Bryan at www.bryanthomasschmidt.net. His new book Shortcut is here: https://www.amazon.com/Shortcut-Jason-Maxx-thriller-Thrillers-ebook/dp/B0CF6SSSST/
- For Bryan’s editing services, go to www.topshelfediting.com
SERITA D. STEVENS
- An award-winning writer of books and scripts, Serita Stevens is also a forensic nurse and the author of The Book of Poisons and The Ultimate Writers Workbook For Books And Scripts. Her forensic nurse series has just been optioned for TV. She helps others with their medical, poison, and forensic questions for their stories.
- Find her at www.seritastevens.com
- See The Unborn Witness, a short about domestic violence and proceeds go to a DV shelter at The Unborn Short- https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-unborn/id583046946

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62 min

GODZILLA: MINUS ONE (Podcast/Discussion)

Episode | 99 min | Dec 5, 2023

Welcome to Castle of Horror, the show dedicated to horror, movies and awesomeness. This week we have a look at the 2023 film Godzilla Minus One. This is Episode #421!
Godzilla Minus One is a 2023 Japanese kaiju film directed, written, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. Produced by Toho Studios and Robot Communications and distributed by Toho, it is the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise, Toho's 33rd Godzilla film, and the fifth film in the franchise's Reiwa era. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki. In the film, postwar Japan deals with the emergence of Godzilla.Godzilla Minus One had its red carpet premiere at the Shinjuku Toho Building on October 18, 2023, and was the closing film at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival. Toho released it theatrically in Japan on November 3, the same day as the first film was released throughout Japan in 1954, to celebrate the franchise's 70th anniversary. The film has grossed $35 million against its $15 million budget and received critical acclaim; American critics praised the film's visual effects, direction, story, characters, musical score and social commentary, with many comparing it favorably in opposition to recent Hollywood films.

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99 min

Castle Talk: Chad Boykin, author of The Twilight Zone Haiku

Episode | 29 min | Nov 22, 2023

Tonight we’re chatting with Chad Boykin, author of The Twilight Zone Haiku newly out from Jobber House Press. The Twilight Zone Haiku explores the essence of the iconic, uncanny 1960s television show through haiku, giving us dazzling, spot-on snapshots of each episode. In seventeen syllables, Boykin captures the show’s main objective: to deliver a keen jolt of existential awareness. As you read, you find yourself marooned on an alien planet, lost in time, trapped inside a mannequin, surrounded by the debris of a nuclear attack, and always, always powerless to forces beyond your control.
The Twilight Zone has long captured our national psyche—its precarious power, its hypocrisy, its hyper-focused individualism—through riveting storytelling. Boykin’s haiku conjure the trappings of each haunting plot, but more astutely, its scalpel-edged soul.
Even if you have never seen a single episode of The Twilight Zone these haiku are spellbinding, incisive, and trenchant – taking you to parts unknown and beyond.

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29 min

Psycho II (Podcast/Discussion)

Episode | 101 min | Nov 21, 2023

This week we have a look at the 1983 film PSYCHO II. This is Episode #420!
Psycho II is a 1983 American psychological slasher film directed by Richard Franklin, written by Tom Holland, and starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Robert Loggia, and Meg Tilly. It is the first sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho and the second film in the Psycho franchise. Set 22 years after the first film, it follows Norman Bates after he is released from the mental institution and returns to the house and Bates Motel to continue a normal life. However, his troubled past continues to haunt him as someone begins to murder the people around him.
Psycho II was released on June 3, 1983, and grossed $34.7 million at the box office on a budget of $5 million– so a huge hit. The film is unrelated to the 1982 novel Psycho II by Robert Bloch, which he wrote as a sequel to his original 1959 novel Psycho.

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101 min

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