Castle Of Horror Podcast

This episode we’re talking to Robert Nairne, who stars in the new film The Jack in the Box. The Jack in the Box, Tues May 5, VOD Digital and DVDWhen a museum is donated a vintage Jack-In-The-Box, it’s not long before staff member Casey starts to think that the creepy clown doll inside has a life of its own. As he discovers his colleagues are dying, one by one, Casey realizes it's up to him to find a way to end the nightmare or become another victim of the box's curse. Jack In The Box is a heart stopping horror that will fuel your fear of clowns.

For our 300th episode, the team tackles John Carpenter's The Thing-- its relevance and its enduring legacy. We also take a moment to reflect on the meaning of 300 episodes of the Castle of Horror.Endorsements: •Drew:oDark Corner Reviews the Thing 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ApK2snPMwMoHoward Hawks’ The Thing from Another World (1951)oBlood Quantum on ShudderoThe Ringo Awards – please nominate Halloween Man for best hero, Drew Edwards for writer, on Halloween Man’s 20th anniversary! (http://ringoawards.com/)•Tony: oMST3K on Shout! Factory•Jason: ohttps://bestsimilar.com/movies/52388-my-blood-runs-coldoJason’s new surf-party-and-demons book The Book Man coming June 2, pre-order now: https://amzn.to/2KBikgP (Episode 300)

Jason chats with Issa Lopez, director of the stunning magical-realist film Tigers Are Not Afraid. Coming to DVD/BD on May 5, 2020

On this hangout episode we discuss the extraordinarily strange film The Dragon Lives Again (1977), in which Bruce Lee cleans up purgatory with the help of Popeye and Caine from Kung Fu, and faces off against a criminal gang mad up of James Bond, Clint Eastwood, the Exorcist, Emmanuelle and more.

We discuss John Carpenter's 1987 horror film Prince of Darkness-- which has us divided but definitely intrigued.Our endorsements this week:•Drew:oDark Corners Film Reviews (esp Devil’s Wedding Night) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYprCFdSTckoExtreme Ghostbusters animated series on HuluoSaturday Morning CartoonsoThe Ringo Awards – please nominate Halloween Man for best hero, Drew Edwards for writer, on Halloween Man’s 20th anniversary! (http://ringoawards.com/)•Julia:oRyan George and the Pitch Meetings (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Eydbls2PAE)•Tony: oBandcamp is having a Friday 5/1 discount day: https://desertsofmars.bandcamp.com/ and https://risefromfire.bandcamp.com/oKorean zombie show Kingdom on NetflixoOne Cut of the Dead on Shudder•Jason: oHasmukh on NetflixoJason’s new surf-party-and-demons book The Book Man coming June 2 (pre-order now!): https://amzn.to/2KBikgP

In this Hangout Episode we discuss the bizarre 1966 (US 1970) film War of the Gargantuas.

We’re talking to Grady Hendrix about his new book The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires.

This episode the Castle gang are joined by the cast of the Monster Movie Happy Hour Podcast (Dave Geister, Scott Chesebrough, and Mary Challman) to talk about one of the most beloved remakes of all time, the 1978 INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS.Afterwards we made the following endorsements:Mary Challman: The Last Days (film), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (film)Dave Geister: the work of Ramsey Campbell (author)Tony Salvaggio: The Platform (Netflix series), Virally Affected: Bands Of The Heavy Underground from RiffRelevant, which markets bands and merch during the current crisisScott Chesebrough: Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Richard Harris & Oliver Reed (book)Julia Guzman: Broadway Shows on YouTube in support of BroadwayCares.org and other causesDrew Edwards: Cursed Films on Shudder, the Ringo Awards for comics, and nominating Halloween Man on its 20th AnniversaryJasonHenderson: the fiction of Ray Russell, Mad Magazine's 1978 parody of Invasion..., and Jason's Ca

Jason chats with Cassandra Peterson, the actress and branding expert behind the unforgettable Mistress of the Dark, Elvira. As she puts the final touches on her upcoming autobiography, Cassandra talks about the creation of the character, the headaches of writing a movie commentary show, and reminisces about Vincent Price and fellow Groundling comedian Phil Hartman.

In this week's hangout episode we're discussing the 1965 kaiju film Frankenstein Conquers the World. NOTE: What is a Hangout Episode? That just means we approach the films in a less structured fashion, and we're more likely to hit more oddball films. Join us!

This episode we're chatting with Joe Bob Briggs, who host Jason first read when Joe Bob was the Drive-In movie critic for the Dallas Times Herald. Briggs is the author of books such as Joe Bob Goes to the Drive In and Profoundly Disturbing, and is now host of The Last Drive-In on Shudder, which returns this month.

This week we continue our series on anthology films with the 1985 film Cat’s Eye. (Episode 297)

This is a Hangout Episode, where we are much less structured than the mainline weekend episode. That means we follow less of an outline, keep the conversation less on track, and we can wander very far afield. This time we're discussing Monster Dog (1984) starring Alice Cooper, but we also discuss the Alamo Drafthouse's online efforts, Filipino horror Demon in Paradise, and Jason's rib recipe.

This episode we’re talking with Danielle Trussoni, the New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author of the Angelology series whose new book The Ancestor (reviewed Tuesday at the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/books/review/the-ancestor-danielle-trussoni.html), which called it "as creepy as you might expect from an author who also writes the Book Review’s horror column.") is a gothic thriller about a New York woman who receives a letter that informs her she has inherited a title and a castle in Italy. But for a book that starts out following what seems to be a gothic thriller of the old school, it winds up going places that twist and subvert the genre. One spoiler that the publisher is comfortable giving away is that the lead-inherits-a-castle story moves gradually, terrifyingly into a Michael Crichton-like scientific deep dive into crypto-zoology, the study of unknown creatures.

This episode we discuss the 1980 anthology film The Monster Club from famed Amicus Anthology producer Milton Subotsky. The film stars a cast of familiar horror names: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Anita Ekberg, Donald Pleasance, Richard Johnson, Simon Ward, and Stuart Whitman.

This episode, continuing our remembrance of director Stuart Gordon, we discuss Gordon's 1986 film From Beyond, based on the HP Lovecraft story and starring two of the stars of Gordon's 1985 film Re-Animator, Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton.

This episode we’re talking with Chris Vander Kaay, one of the authors of Spoiler Alert!: The Badass Book of Movie Plots: Why We All Love Hollywood Cliches by Chris Kathleen Vander Kaay, Kathleen Killian Fernandez, and Steven EspinozaCelebrate Hollywood film-making in all its formulaic and predictable glory. Spoiler Alert! takes 38 mainstream movie genres, from 'Teen Sex Comedy' and 'Buddy Action Comedy' to 'Film Noir Detective Thriller' and 'Alien Invasion Thriller', and through detailed illustrations reveals what makes them so hilariously recognizable – the plots, the key lines of dialogue, the essential visuals, the crucial characters, and even the indispensable props!

This episode we’re talking Menna van Praag, author of the new book The Sisters Grimm from HarperVoyager. In the book, four girls all about to turn 18, Goldie, Liyana, Scarlet and Bea, all are blessed with elemental powers and are preparing to return to the dimension they came from to face their demon father. We talk about the author's process and the demands of urban fantasy.

We continue our discussion of famous horror anthologies with a look at the 1987 film Creepshow 2, featuring three stories by Stephen King: Old Chief Wood'nhead, The Raft, and The Hitch-hiker. (Episode 295)

In a special "hangout" episode, Tony, Drew and Jason discuss the amazing Stuart Gordon/ Lovecraft classic Dagon.