Castle Of Horror Podcast

Tonight we’re chatting with the co-creators of a new graphic novel project called THE MATRON, co-authors David Bowles and Drew Edwards and artist Monica Gallagher. They all have amazing resumes and I have spoken many times with David, who besides being an Eisner-nominated comic creator and author of some forty books, presently serves as the president of the Texas Institute of Letters and co-editor-in-chief of Chispa Comics. And I speak regularly with Drew, who is a Best of Austin award-winner, two-time Ringo nominee creator of the comic Halloween Man. But it is my great pleasure to for the first time speak to Monica Gallagher, a Ringo Award winner for Assassin Roommate and has co-created numerous series including The Black Ghost and Anti-Stepbrother, not to mention a number of indy series.For fans of PEARL, HACK/SLASH, and YELLOWJACKETS—The Matron, Volume 1: A Wind that Kills is a 52-page horror graphic novel from award-winning creators David Bowles and Drew Edwards. Check out THE MATRON at https://www.kickst

This week we have a look at the 1974 horror film THE BEAST MUST DIE.  This is Episode #455! The Beast Must Die is a 1974 British horror film directed by Paul Annett. The screenplay was written by Michael Winder, based on the 1950 short story "There Shall Be No Darkness" by James Blish, originally published in Thrilling Wonder Stories. The film stars Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Charles Gray, Anton Diffring, Ciaran Madden, Tom Chadbon, and Michael Gambon. The plot involves a millionaire big game hunter who gathers six people at his remote English mansion, announcing that he suspects one of them is a werewolf. The viewer is invited to unfold the mystery along with the characters.Also once more we are joined by a very special guest. This writer received the Tony award for his play Red and wrote the book for the Tony award-winning Moulin Rouge. As a screenwriter, he has been nominated for the Oscar three times and has received Golden Globe, BAFTA, WGA and Edgar awards. His film work includes Sky

On this episode of Castle Talk, Castle Bridge Media intern MacKenzie Cole interviews author Rebecca Anne Nguyen on her book The 23rd Hero.News on The 23rd HeroRebecca Anne Nguyen’s Audiobook The 23rd Hero Nominated for Prestigious Audie AwardCastle Bridge Media is thrilled to announce that Milwaukee-based novelist and playwright Rebecca Anne Nguyen has received an Audie Award® nomination for her groundbreaking audiobook, The 23rd Hero! Published by Castle Bridge Media, this gripping time-travel adventure, in which a woman races to stop climate change before it begins, is a finalist in the highly competitive Narration By The Author category. Nguyen’s debut has placed her among industry icons like Whoopi Goldberg and Salman Rushdie.The Audie Awards®, often referred to as the Oscars of audiobooks, celebrate the very best in the field. Past nominees and winners include luminaries such as Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, and Sam Heughan.In The 23rd Hero, Nguyen delivers an extraordinary performance, voicing over 30 ch

This week we have a look at the 2000 horror film GingerSnaps.  This is Episode #454! Ginger Snaps is a 2000 Canadian supernatural horror film directed by John Fawcett and written by Karen Walton, from a story they jointly developed. The film stars Emily Perkins and Katharine Isabelle as Brigitte and Ginger Fitzgerald, two morbid teenage sisters whose relationship is tested when Ginger (who has started her period for the first time) is attacked and bitten by an unknown animal, and then later, during the next full moon, slowly starts to transform into a werewolf. The supporting cast features Kris Lemche, Jesse Moss, Danielle Hampton, John Bourgeois, Peter Keleghan, and Mimi Rogers.Ginger Snaps received a limited theatrical release in May 2001. Despite modest box office receipts, the film was a critical success. It has since amassed a cult following and has been reexamined for its feminist themes. It was followed by a sequel, Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed, and a prequel, Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning, which were

Tonight, Castle Bridge Media intern Zeek Ortiz interviews Ty Drago, author of the novel ST. DAMNED from Castle Bridge Media. ABOUT THE BOOK“ST. DAMNED is a hell of a book. It’s a devious collision of raw horror and existential weirdness. Highly recommended!” -–Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of NecroTek and The Dragon in WinterFive years ago, paranormal researcher Dr. Mia Lakatos was the sole survivor of an ill-conceived reality TV investigation of St. Damien’s Lutheran Church in Camden, New Jersey, a bloody encounter that destroyed her reputation and poisoned her life. Now, out of the blue, the government has asked for her help. A vicious Columbian drug czar will be attending a key underworld summit across the street from the famous haunted church. The FBI is planning a stakeout inside St. Damien’s, and they need Mia along for her expertise. But nothing, absolutely nothing, will convince Mia to re-enter that hellish place, except maybe a cryptic decades-old message that might hold the key to cl

Tonight we’re chatting about Antonio Margheriti’s 1964 gothic horror film Castle of Blood with pop culture scholar Nicholas Diak who focuses on topics such as sword and sandal films, horror studies, industrial music, and exploitation movies. He edited the book The New Peplum and co-edited Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Moderne. As an essayist his works have appeared in venues such as the Journal of Graphic Arts and Comics, Exotica Moderne, and books on Stranger Things, James Bond, the Twilight Zone, and others. Along with his partner Michele Brittany, he is a co-host of the HP Lovecast Podcast. He lives in Arizona with Michele and his 8 cats. He enjoys retro, tiki, pinup, mixology, and midcentury things and does play a lot of video games. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

This week we have a look at the 2024 horror film WEREWOLVES.  This is Episode #453! Werewolves is a 2024 American action horror film directed and produced by Steven C. Miller. It stars Frank Grillo, Katrina Law, Ilfenesh Hadera, James Michael Cummings, and Lou Diamond Phillips. The story takes place in the night of a supermoon event that causes humans to turn into werewolves, which first occurred the preceding year, and follows the attempts to control the situation. The film was released theatrically on December 6, 2024.This Week’s Endorsements:Tony: The Pizza Show, Wolf Man coming this month on video, Project Wolf HuntingJulia: Severance, political thriller Paradise, School SpiritsDrew: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, SNL Peacock SeriesJason: Magic & Melody by Rain NoxBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

Written and directed by Spencer, and produced by Ward 9 Productions and Carm One Productions, South of Hope Street is a dystopian sci fi Impact film that tells of a mysterious event in the sky.  Only a young woman and her alienated friends try to call attention to it - but they are voiceless misfits.  As the sky gets stranger above, it becomes more fascist below, until, suddenly, the powers-that-be build a “wall” to cover the mystery of the sky…South of Hope Street  is being distributed by Buffalo 8.Jane's other films include The Ninth Cloud and Little Noises. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

In this episode of Castle Talk, intern MacKenzie Cole chats with Caroline Kelly Franklin, author of the debut gothic thriller THE THING THAT HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE LITTLE from Castle Bridge Media.THE THING THAT HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE LITTLE: Book 1 in the Scared Trilogy by Caroline Kelly FranklinThe Thing That Happened When We Were Little16 years after surviving a childhood abduction, three women struggle with whether they should keep the dangerous secret of how they survived from their image-obsessed town or unleash it on the predators of their adult life. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

Tonight we’re chatting with Richard Harland, author of the new book Ferren and the Invaders of Heaven from IFWG Publishing. This is the third book in what’s called the Ferren Trilogy, which is a fantasy series that takes on the Biblical war in heaven but featuring characters who are human, angel, and technologically advanced replacement races. It’s epic and we’re gonna talk about it. Richard has had nineteen books published in all the spec fic genres: fantasy, SF, horror, steampunk. His biggest international success has been his steampunk fantasy, Worldshaker, which was published by Simon & Schuster in the US and won the Prix Tam Tam du Livre Jeunesse in France.Richard’s home is now in Australia, south of Sydney, where green escarpment butts up against blue sea with a string of golden beaches. He lives with partner Aileen and Yogi the Insatiable Labrador.Websiteshttps://richardharland.auhttps://ferren.com.auAmazon Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HCZCHG                                   Good

This week we have a look at the 2025 horror film WOLF MAN.  This is Episode #452! Wolf Man is a 2025 American horror film directed by Leigh Whannell from a screenplay he co-wrote with Corbett Tuck. A reboot of The Wolf Man (1941), the film stars Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, and Sam Jaeger. The plot follows a family man seeking to protect his wife and daughter from a werewolf, only to become infected and slowly transform into the creature. Jason Blum produces alongside his Blumhouse Productions banner.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

This week we have a look at the 2000 independent horror film Shadow of the Vampire.  This is Episode #451! We're joined in this episode by the cast of the Monster Movie Happy Hour Podcast. Shadow of the Vampire is a 2000 independent period vampire Gothic mystery film directed by E. Elias Merhige and written by Steven Katz. The film stars John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe. It is a fictionalized account of the making of the classic vampire film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, directed by F. W. Murnau, during which the film crew begin to have disturbing suspicions about their lead actor.The film received positive reviews from critics and received nominations at the 73rd Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Best Supporting Actor for Dafoe's performance.Endorsements:Mary: Twin Peaks, Snowpiercer, Night WatchTony: The RigDavid: The Half Price Horror PodcastDrew: The MatronScott: KilldozerJulia: SeveranceJason: I Drink Your BloodBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror

Tonight we’re chatting with Director/Producer Scott Jeffrey and Producer Rhys Frake-Waterfield of PETER PAN'S NEVERLAND NIGHTMARE which is out January 13th in the US. The film is the newest entry into what Jagged Edge Productions calls the Twisted Childhood Universe or the Poohniverse follows Wendy Darling as she strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from the clutches of the evil Peter Pan who intends to send him to Neverland. Along the way she meets a twisted Tinkerbell, who is hooked on what she thinks is fairy dust.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

This week we have a look at the 2024 vampire film Nosferatu directed by Robert Eggers.  This is Episode #450! Nosferatu is a 2024 American gothic horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers. It is a remake of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu, which was inspired by Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. The 2024 film stars Bill Skarsgård as the titular character, Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp as the married Hutter couple, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe in the supporting roles.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

Tonight we’re chatting with attorney Joshua Lastine, who has been recognized by Variety Magazine as a top deal maker in Hollywood, and is a former Creative Artist Agency, Lionsgate and ViacomCBS attorney, and today is at the helm of Lastine Entertainment Law, protecting the artistry and livelihood of actors, production companies, writers, producers, directors, animators, social media influencers and podcasters. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

Tonight we’re chatting with Warren Skeels, director of the new thriller THE MAN IN THE WHITE VAN. Based on actual events of the serial killer Billy Mansfield Jr., the film captures a bone-chilling story of a young girl's unimaginable horrors, and every parent's worst nightmare. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

Tonight we’re chatting with producer Matt Manjourides, producer of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs which has just returned on AMC+ and Shudder with Joe Bob's Christmas Carnage and of the 2024 film Street Trash, among many other things.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

This week we have a look at the 1976 short ghost film The Signalman directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark.  This is Episode #449! The Signalman is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas. Written by Andrew Davies, produced by Rosemary Hill, and directed by the series' creator, Lawrence Gordon Clark, it is based on the ghost story "The Signal-Man" (1866) by Charles Dickens, and first aired on BBC1 on 22 December 1976, the earliest airdate in the series relative to Christmas.It stars Denholm Elliott as a lone signalman who is visited by a traveller (Bernard Lloyd). The signalman reveals that he is being haunted by a spectre which has appeared at the entrance of the tunnel next to his signal box, and these visions begin to likewise trouble the traveller in his sleep.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

Jason Henderson hosts a live panel of writers on the resilience of the thrillerHosted by Castle Bridge Media in celebration of the release of A FORGERY IN MARSEILLE: A FRENCH DECEPTION THRILLER (which you can find here: https://amzn.to/48T3YTd) by Janice Nagourney. Panelists:Jonathan Maberry - NY Times bestselling author of the Joe Ledger thrillers, NecroTek, and many others, as well as editor of Weird Tales MagazineHerta Feely - award-winning author of two domestic thrillers, ghostwriter of three memoirs, and editor at Chrysalis EditorialTeel James Glenn- former stuntman and author of the Bob Howard adventure series and Paradise Investigations SeriesJanice Nagourney - creator of the 'French Deception’ a series of international thrillersBobby Nash - Slinger of words, BEN Books publisher, and author of the Snow and Tom Myers series.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

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.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.