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Castle of Horror Podcast

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  • 473 Episodes
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Ghost Story (1981) - Podcast/Discussion

Episode | 75 min | Dec 10, 2024
This week we have a look at the 1981 horror film Ghost Story directed by John Irvin.  This is Episode #448! 
Ghost Story is a 1981 American supernatural horror film directed by John Irvin and starring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson, and Alice Krige. Based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Peter Straub, it follows a group of elderly businessmen in New England who gather to recount their involvement in a woman's death decades prior when one of them suspects her ghost has been haunting him.Ghost Story was the final film for Astaire and Fairbanks, the final completed film for Douglas and the first film to feature Michael O'Neill. The film was shot in Woodstock, Vermont; Saratoga Springs, New York; and at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. Ghost Story was released in the United States on December 18, 1981.

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Castle Talk: THE INVISIBLE RAPTOR'S Star/Co-Writer Mike Capes, Co-Writer Johnny Wickham, and Director Mike Hermosa

Episode | 18 min | Dec 6, 2024
Tonight we’re chatting with Actor / Co-Writer Mike Capes, Co-Writer Johnny Wickham, and Director Mike Hermosa of The Invisible Raptor, which comes out In Theaters and On Digital December 6th. The film had its World Premiere at the Sitges Film Festival and currently sits at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
SYNOPSIS: After a top-secret experiment goes wrong, a hyper-intelligent invisible raptor escapes the lab and begins wreaking havoc in the surrounding neighborhood. When the creature’s identity is uncovered, it soon becomes clear that a disgraced paleontologist—alongside his ex-girlfriend, an unhinged amusement park security guard, and a local celebrity chicken farmer—is the town’s only hope for surviving the raptor’s ravenous rampage.
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Castle Talk: Jukka Vidgren and Juuso Laatio of HEAVIER TRIP

Episode | 20 min | Nov 25, 2024
Tonight we’re chatting with Jukka Vidgren and Juuso Laatio, directors and writers of HEAVIER TRIP, called by Screen Zealots "A raucous, offbeat buddy comedy from Finland that revels in metal culture, absurd European humor, and a healthy dose of dorky slapstick” The world’s most ferocious death metal band, Impaled Rektum, is back and ready to unleash hell! In the film, our heroes stage a prison break to get to the Wacken m usic festival where they hope to win the money to save their lead guitarist’s farm. Complicating things are a vengeful prison guard and a record executive whose name seems to almost be Mephistopheles. 

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Castle Talk: Kier-La Janisse, curator of ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS VOLs 1 & 2

Episode | 39 min | Nov 18, 2024
Jason and Tony chat with with Kier-La Janisse. Janisse is a film writer, publisher, producer, acquisitions executive for Severin Films and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University. She is the author of several books including House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films (2012/2022); and a prolific editor.  She wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021), and produced the acclaimed blu-ray box sets All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror (2021) and The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle (2023), and now her newest release is ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS: VOLUME 2. The new box set includes 24 International Folk Horror Classics on 13 Discs, 55+ Combined Hours of Special Features, a 252 Page Hardcover Book…and More!

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Baron Blood (1972) - Podcast/Discussion

Episode | 92 min | Nov 12, 2024
This week we have a look at the 1972 horror film Baron Blood directed by Mario Bava.  This is Episode #447! Baron Blood (Italian: Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga, lit. 'The horrors of Nuremberg Castle') is a 1972 horror film directed by Mario Bava. An international co-production of Italy and West Germany, the film stars Joseph Cotten as Baron Otto Von Kleist, a murderous noble who is resurrected from the dead by his descendant, Peter (Antonio Cantafora), and a college student named Eva (Elke Sommer).

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Mario Bava's Black Sabbath (1963) - Podcast/Discussion

Episode | 73 min | Nov 5, 2024
This week we have a look at the 1963 anthology horror film Black Sabbath directed by Mario Bava.  This is Episode #446! Black Sabbath (Italian: I tre volti della paura, lit. 'The Three Faces of Fear') is a 1963 horror anthology film directed by Mario Bava. The film consists of three separate tales that are introduced by Boris Karloff.

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Ghostwatch - Podcast/Discussion

Episode | 84 min | Oct 29, 2024
This week we have a look at the 1992 British film Ghostwatch.  This is Episode #445! Ghostwatch is a British mockumentary supernatural horror television film, first broadcast on BBC1 on Halloween night, 1992. Written by Stephen Volk, and directed by Lesley Manning, the drama was produced for the BBC anthology series Screen One by Richard Broke, Ruth Baumgarten and Derek Nelson. The narrative presents itself as a live television broadcast. Many elements of the story would be present in later works like Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project.

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Salem's Lot (2024) - Podcast/Discussion

Episode | 94 min | Oct 15, 2024
This week we have a look at the 2024 film Salem’s Lot.  This is Episode #444! 'Salem's Lot is a 2024 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Gary Dauberman, based on the 1975 novel by Stephen King. The film stars Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, John Benjamin Hickey, Bill Camp, Jordan Preston Carter, Nicholas Crovetti, Spencer Treat Clark, William Sadler, and Pilou Asbæk. It is the first feature film adaptation of the book, preceded by miniseries versions from 1979 and 2004. The plot centers on a writer who returns to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot in search of inspiration, only to discover the presence of a vampire. The film was announced in 2019 and shot in 2021, with additional photography in 2022. The film's release was delayed multiple times.'Salem's Lot had its world premiere as the opening film at the Beyond Fest on September 25, 2024, and was released on Max on October 3, 2024. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

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Castle Talk: Director Jim Towns of Killer Ex and The Possession of Anne

Episode | 39 min | Oct 14, 2024
Tonight we’re chatting with director Jim Towns. Towns is a Pittsburgh-born / LA-based writer, filmmaker and artist. His feature films include Prometheus Triumphant, STIFF, House of Bad, End Times, Killer Ex and the upcoming The Possession of Anne (on streaming Nov. 2nd). His books include Bloodsucker City, Whiskey Stories and Braddock’s Falls; he’s currently in post on his black and white arthouse feature drama Mandromeda, and is about to shoot his next film, The Stickfighter.

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Castle Talk: Jack Dignan, director of the new film PUZZLE BOX

Episode | 14 min | Oct 11, 2024
Tonight we’re chatting with Jack Dignan, director of the new film PUZZLE BOX, which will be released across digital platforms on Friday, October 11th. Jack is an award-winning writer,  director, and producer, is best known for his critically acclaimed film After She Died, about which The Australian deemed him "the new [James] Wan.”In Puzzle Box, Recovering drug addict Kait flees to a house in the woods to self-rehabilitate. Joined by her sister Olivia, who documents the process, strange things begin to happen as the house's layout begins to change, and the two find themselves trapped inside an inescapable, nightmarish puzzle box.

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