In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with Caryn Richman, who plays a key role as a psychic who may be in over her head in the new film The Puppetman on Shudder. In the movie, a young lady whose father is in prison for killing her mother believes that the same dark entity […]
On this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with Mick Davis, director of Walden, a remarkably deep story about a terminally ill court reporter who decides to start killing bad guys. The film was released on November 10th. The producers describe the film: Walden Dean is a stenographer, whose mind witnessed all types of injustices […]
This episode of Castle Talk, Jason is joined by Castle of Horror co-host Tony Salvaggio to chat with Demián Rugna, director of When Evil Lurks (Cuando acecha la maldad), which streams on Shudder starting Friday, October 27th. The producers describe the film: When brothers Pedro (Ezequiel Rodríguez) and Jimmy (Demián Salomón) discover that a demonic […]
On this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with Joe Lynch, director of the new horror thriller Suitable Flesh from RLJE Films, in theaters and on-demand on October 27, 2023. The producers describe the Lovecraft adaptation (based on "The Thing on the Doorstep") thus: SYNOPSIS: Psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient […]
In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with producers Trevor Doyle and Alexa Khan and director/co-writer Baatar Batsukh of the new film Aberrance, which was released on October 6 in select theaters. Aberrance is the first Mongolian horror film to play in US theaters. The film stars Selenge Chadraabal, Erkhembayar Ganbat, Yalalt Namsrai, Oyundary […]
On this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with movie producer Sara Risher of Chick Flick Productions. Ms. Risher was President of Production at New Line Cinema for over fifteen years, where she supervised the development and production of over 50 films, including the House Party, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and A Nightmare on Elm […]
In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with Scott Slone, director of Malibu Horror Story, which frames a found-footage horror film with a new expedition horror. The film comes out on October 20, 2023 in theaters. Say the producers: Malibu Horror Story follows a team of amateur paranormal investigators as they delve into a […]
In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with John McPhail, director of Dear David, which debuts in theaters, on-demand, and on digital on October 13th. Dear David may be the first movie based on a (series of Buzzfeed articles about) a viral Twitter thread. Since that site's demise (or at least renaming), it stands […]
In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with Sean King O'Grady, director of The Mill, which dropped on Hulu on October 9th. The film, which is reminiscent of a Twilight Zone episode for the mega-corporation era, stars Lil Rel Howery, Pat Healy, and Karen Obilom. In The Mill, a corporate "wage slave" becomes a […]
In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey, who, on October 3rd, releases a new book co-written by Kadrey and USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw called The Dead Take the A Train (Macmillan). Kadrey's Sandman Slim was included in Amazon's "100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books […]
In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with Phil Foglio, co-creator of Girl Genius, a comic series that has won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story three times, has been nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist and twice for Eisner Awards, and won multiple WCCA awards. Girl Genius has the tagline […]
In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with Maximilian Erlenwein, director and co-writer of the new film The Dive, which is in theaters now. The film is a white-knuckle-intense real-time diving thriller that will look terrifying on a giant screen. Say the producers: SYNOPSIS: A deep-sea diving trip at one of the world's most […]
Fans of metal, pop culture, and animation should rejoice over the releases of Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar and The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, which bring bittersweet closure, redemption, and their own signature brands of comedy back to their respective franchises. Releasing on Digital and Blu-ray on August 22, […]
In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with André Øvredal, the director of the new Dracula film The Last Voyage of the Demeter, which premiered in theaters on August 11th and will reportedly hit VOD on August 29th. Say the producers: Based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula, The […]
On this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with director Nathan Faudree, whose new film is Site 13, a new film with a curious history. The Lovecraftian horror film combines film genres– part Blair Witch Project-style found footage film and part traditional indy horror. The juxtaposition comes from the very unusual manner of the completion […]
In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with Tom DeNucci, director of The Collective, a new thriller that was released in Theaters, On Demand, and Digital on August 4, 2023. In the film, a young recruit to a mysterious agency of assassins finds himself going rogue on his first assignment, tracking down a dangerous […]
On this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with Mary Gallagher, director of the Irish-lore-haunted, house-rental horror film Holistay, released on July 25th from Breaking Glass Pictures on VOD/Digital. Say the producers: Holistay, which lensed in Vegas, follows two couples – Finn and Branna from Ireland and Tony and Gia from New York. They do […]
On this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with David Ryan Keith, director of I Am Rage, a new revenge thriller inspired by Keith's love of classic 80s and 90s action movies. The film will release on Digital and DVD on August 1, 2023. Say the producers: I Am Rage stars multi-award-winning actress Hannaj Bang […]
On this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with director Jim Towns, whose new zombie film End Times debuts this summer from The Asylum. Towns also wrote the film; some may know him as the host of the classic-horror-focused Borgo Pass Podcast. On the podcast, Towns focuses on classics and films emerging from the beginning […]
In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason Henderson chats with L.R. Jones, the author of the new book You Look Beautiful Tonight– she's also known as New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones, whose dark, edgy fiction includes the highly acclaimed novels The Poet, A Perfect Lie, and the Lilah Love […]
