Castle Of Horror Podcast

The Frankenstein Retrospective enters the garish, glamorous land of Hammer Horror with the film that launched the modern gothic era, The Curse of Frankenstein.

John Pitts is the author of the Sarah Beauhall urban fantasy series including Black Blade Blues (2010), Honeyed Words (2011), Forged in Fire (2012), with the fourth book, Night Terrors (2016), coming out now from Wordfire Press. 

Lara Parker has written a series of gothic novels that follow up on the original TV series Dark Shadows-- and this month she releases the most anticipated Dark Shadows story yet. Heiress of Collinwood promises a solution to the mystery that drove the show's very first seasons: the secret origin of Victoria Winters, the governess whose trip to Collinwood sprung the whole series. But there's a more pressing mystery at hand for Victoria: when she returns to Collinwood this time, the whole Collins family is GONE. (And by the way, did we mention that Parker actually played the twisted Angelique on the show and in the scary film NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS?)

In this retro episode we discuss CARRIE, a story of a meek, bullied girl with the power to exact revenge on her entire 1970s high school.

We wrap up the first half of our tour of Frankenstein movies with 1939's SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, which boasts an amazing cast-- Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff-- and cements many of the tropes we associate with Universal Horror.

We take a look at the terrifying Netflix miniseries.

We discuss one of the most influential and unforgettable horror movies of all time, now out in a brand new Blu-Ray: John Carpenter's original HALLOWEEN.

We look at James Whale's followup to the 1931 classic Frankenstein.

We kick off our look at classic adapations of the Mary Shelley classic with the iconic first Universal Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff and Colin Clive.

Bradford Tatum talks about his new book in which a single mysterious young girl affects all of horror movie history

We talk to author Ruth Franklin about her new biography of Shirley Jackson, author of The Lottery and The Haunting of Hill House.

We talk to the fabulous duo Bridget and Mary Jo, whose collection of oddball mid-century short films are often as challenging and saddening as they are funny.

We talk about the strange ocean thriller starring Dennis Hopper.

For eight years, the Bug Theatre in Denver has presented a live adaptation of Night of the Living Dead. We talk to Kris Hipps on how to translate the most anxious film of the 60s into a stage play.

We talk to the makers of the new thriller FORCED MOVE, about a man who realizes on his morning job that a serial killer is working the way through his neighborhood.

We discuss the classic Tobe Hooper miniseries adaptation of Stephen King' Salem's Lot. (Repeat)

We talk to marketing for Humanoids comics #SHOWUSYOURCLOCK, the social media campaign behind CLOCKWERX, and the challenges of publishing comics today.

We talk about the strange hybrid beach-party/AIP horror movie, technically the last of the beach party films.

We talk to Kevin Killiany about his SF books, including many YA Star Trek novels.

A chat with USA Today Bestselling Author Kristine Rusch, who writes in multiple genres under multiple names, and is now the editor of a collection of short SF fiction written by women throughout the 20th Century.