Castle Of Horror Podcast

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 realm.

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 the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues the would-be thieves are left to fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined.

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.

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.).

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 words of the genre. Castle Bridge Media organizes this panel in celebration of the release of Bruce Wright's Nightwalkers: Gothic Horror Movies: The Revised Edition (Castle Bridge, August 4).Moderated by Jason Henderson, Co-Publisher of Castle Bridge Media, author of The Book Man and Young Captain NemoPanelists:Grady Hendrix New York Times Bestselling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying VampiresMark Jordan Legan, NPR Film Historian/Commentator & Host of the "Film Freaks Forever" PodcastDanielle Trussoni, New York Times Columnist and New York Times Bestselling author of The AncestorBruce Wright, au

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.

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-filled... horror fans won’t want to put this down." Along the way Anderson also reveals some of his secrets for getting more writing done, including learning to dictate your novels.

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 Finch was named one of Entertainment Weekly‘s Top 10 Books of the Year, and he has won two Odyssey Awards (for both Rotters and Scowler) and has been a Library Guild selection, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, Bram Stoker finalist, and more.His new books is The Living Dead, a posthumous collaboration with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. Kraus’s work has been translated into over 25 languages. He lives with his wife in Chicago. Visit him at danielkraus.com.

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.

This week we’re wrapping up this summer’s SATANIC PANIC series with the 1975 horror film DEVIL’S RAIN.

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.

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).

In this episode Tony Salvaggio talks to Writer/Director Gavin Rothery about his soon to be released Sci-Fi thriller Archive. Gavin fill us in on the development of the film, his influences, and what it is like to transition from being an artist and production designer to being the writer and director on his first feature film.

Jason chats with futurist Cory Doctorow on the re-branding of the Disney attraction Splash Mountain away from the problematic 1946 film Song of the South and towards The Princess and the Frog.

We discuss the 1957 film Blood of Dracula, a female variation on I Was a Teenage Werewolf.

We’re talking to David Bowles, author of the new series 13th Street, launching in July from HarperCollins. David describes it as a sort of Latinx Stranger Things for kids ages 5-9 from HarperCollins the new HarperChapters imprint.

This week we continue our Satanic Panic Summer Series with the 1973 film Satan's School for Girls. Satan's School for Girls is a 1973 American made-for-television horror film directed by David Lowell Rich, and produced by Aaron Spelling. The film has been named as one of the most memorable television movies of the 1970s.This week's endorsements:•Endorsements: oDrewSecond Season of Doom PatroloTonyThis is Not a Story About Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-is-not-a-story-about/id1506800406)Overcooked (game)oJuliaDefending JacoboJasonThe Silent Patient (by Alex MichaelidesZombo.com

This special episode we invite you to listen in to a very special gathering-- Jason Henderson invites the authors of the Castle of Horror Anthology Volume 3 in to talk about their stories of "Summer Lovin'" horror. The Castle of Horror Anthology Volume 3 (available in Kindle and paperback) is the third collection of horror stories to be put out under the Castle of Horror brand. This go-around, the theme is summer! If you're headed to the beach in reality or in your dreams, watch out for our collection of ghostly gothic tales, deadly toys, time warps, wasp women and other sun-drenched terrors.The collection features stories from David Bowles, Jo Whittemore, Sam Knight, Michael Aronovitz, Alethea Kontis, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Leanna Renee Hieber, John Peel, P.J. Hoover, Drew Wolle, David P. Geister, Jason Henderson, In Churl Yo, and Rob Nisbet.

This week we continue our Satanic Panic Summer Series with the 1982 TV film Mazes and Monsters directed by Steven Hillard Stern. Mazes and Monsters (also known as Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters) is a 1982 American made-for-television drama film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern about a group of college students and their interest in a fictitious role-playing game (RPG) of the same name.The movie starred a 26-year-old Tom Hanks in his first leading film role.