Castle of Horror Podcast Archives

We talk about the second half of Stranger Things 2 and wrap up our thoughts on the series so far. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Stranger_things_2_part2_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAxG5cJWIKMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: STRANGER THINGS 2: Part 2 (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAxG5cJWIKM) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

We talk about the first half (episodes 1-4) of Stranger Things 2 from Netflix — and get into nostalgia, class consciousness in the '80s, and whether binge-watching is killing the culture. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Stranger_things_2_1-4_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GSqlHXKTTsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: STRANGER THINGS 2: Part 1 (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GSqlHXKTTs) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to[...]

We talk about what went into this documentary and the many choices a documentarian makes. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/haunters_int_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWESOF44ytcVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: INTERVIEW: Haunters director Jon Schnitzer (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWESOF44ytc) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkgzrspm8sMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: HAUNTERS The Art Of The Scare – Official Trailer (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkgzrspm8sM)   Castle of Horror[...]

This week we look at the brand new documentary Haunters: The Art of the Scare directed by Jon Schnitzer. The film shows the growing rift between people who continue to put on traditional "boo-scare" haunted attractions and newer "extreme" experiences. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/haunters_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cCH4DskmycVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: HAUNTERS: THE ART OF THE SCARE[...]

This week, we discuss the strange third film in the Halloween series, this time a non-slasher Halloween story about an evil warlock industrialist out to use technology, witchcraft and Halloween masks to conduct a massive human sacrifice. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/halloween_iii_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4kwmmTl7LUVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Halloween III (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4kwmmTl7LU) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MnaYzBhx0AVideo can't[...]

This week's guest Michael Okon is the author of the new book Monsterland from Wordfire Press, about a theme park called "the scariest place on Earth." With real werewolves, vampires and zombies as the main attractions, what could possibly go wrong? Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/michael_okon_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XmaLAfQZJAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: INTERVIEW: Michael Okon, "Monsterland" (Podcast/Talk/Reviews)[...]

To cap off our Flatliners retrospective, we take a look at a related film: the 1990 psychological horror film Jacob's Ladder, in which Tim Robbins plays a Vietnam vet dealing with the trauma of his wartime experiences and increasingly unnerving visions of demons in New York City. Special guests Destiny 2 writer Adam Foshko and prolific novelist David Bowles join. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Jacobs_Ladder_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJfFHPH-pEoVideo[...]

Special guests Destiny 2 writer Adam Foshko and prolific novelist David Bowles join. Is it worth the trouble of remaking the original? Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/flatliners_2017_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMzsv7B0S_QVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: FLATLINERS (2017): The Flatliners Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMzsv7B0S_Q) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUDV0CUzG0kVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: FLATLINERS – Official Trailer (HD) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUDV0CUzG0k) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to[...]

We talk about the book and about writing horror. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/aronovitz_2_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iniKi6SLMnsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: INTERVIEW: Michael Aronovitz, "Alice Walks" Author (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iniKi6SLMns) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

Special guests Destiny 2 writer Adam Foshko and prolific novelist David Bowles join. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Flatliners_1990_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgFsb_JLuDcVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: FLATLINERS (1990): The Flatliners Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgFsb_JLuDc) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCm_NMU6PhwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Flatliners Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCm_NMU6Phw) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

Check it out below! Check out the trailer for The Houses October Built 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bATQnJzkOp8Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Houses October Built 2 – OFFICIAL TRAILER (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bATQnJzkOp8) This post was brought to you by the Castle of Horror podcast Check out episodes here! [...]

Special guest Jamie Bahr of Danger*Cakes, with music from Danger*Cakes new horror-themed song Love Bites! Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/rose_red_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpl4-NS_XnIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: ROSE RED: The Stephen King Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpl4-NS_XnI) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vZlrlTbudwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Rose Red (2002) Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vZlrlTbudw)     Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to[...]

This is an extra-long discussion full of spoilers, so you've been warned! Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/IT_2017_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch-Qv71ZhQIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: IT (2017): The Stephen King Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch-Qv71ZhQI) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgHEI-yW60MVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: IT Trailer 2 (2017) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgHEI-yW60M) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show[...]

As separate fates draw them apart, the twins must face the terrible truth about their family's ghostly tormentors. This post was brought to you by the Castle of Horror podcast Check out episodes here! The Irish Film Board, Epic Pictures, and Tailored Films have shared the trailer for gothic horror film The Lodgers, which will make[...]

This week we kick off our latest Stephen King retrospective with an ode to youth in America and car culture: John Carpenter's 1983 film based on King's novel Christine. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/christine_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Ts0rzngwgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: CHRISTINE: The Stephen King Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Ts0rzngwg) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YSaIc0cpuAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled:[...]

We're back to the Piranha series with a look at the second film, Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981), directed (mostly) by James Cameron and starring Lance Henriksen, about a seaside resort attacked by flying, genetically modified piranha. Be back next week when we kick off our 2017 Stephen King Retrospective, including the new It! Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/piranha_2_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXzEqDkQabMVideo[...]

Lots of audience participation in this one! Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Wicked_City_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8kaUp8S5p0Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Wicked City LIVE: The Animefest Episode (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8kaUp8S5p0) Check out the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jDSbHomlrsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Wicked City Trailer HD (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jDSbHomlrs) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

In Jaws 3 (known as Jaws 3-D when it was released in 1983), Dennis Quaid and Bess Armstrong manage a sealife park under attack from an enormous shark. We discuss the third Jaws movie and ponder: what is this movie? A bad horror movie? An excellent disaster film? Something else? Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/jaws_3_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LkXBB4LVlkVideo can't be loaded[...]

Martins/Griffin). Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/maberry_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBzes78BVzwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Interview: Jonathan Maberry on new anthology Nights of the Living Dead (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBzes78BVzw) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

This week, we continue our celebration of summer with the best killer-fish movie that wasn't Jaws ever: Piranha (1978), directed by Joe Dante. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Piranha_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3mGmJW4bLcVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: PIRANHA: The Summer 2017 Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3mGmJW4bLc) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9rLKMjbJGUVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Piranha (1978) Trailer [HD] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9rLKMjbJGU) Castle[...]

  This week, we discuss the strange, melodrama-with-a-monster third and final entry in the series that brought us the last Universal monster: the Creature From the Black Lagoon. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Creature_Walks_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UaKRCzeW8kVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US: The Summer 2017 Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UaKRCzeW8k) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIBjBkfMCZMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript[...]

#gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ This week on Castle Talk, we talk to guest Michael Haspil about his new book and entering the writing world. Graveyard Shift is a hard-boiled noir about an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh masquerading as a detective[...]

Her newest release is Perilous Prophecy, a Strangely Beautiful novel featuring about a team she calls "Victorian Ghostbusters." Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Leanna_Hieber_2017_comb_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3DL0JwIUpwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Castle Talk: Leanna Renee Hieber, "Perilous Prophecy, A Strangely Beautiful Novel" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3DL0JwIUpw) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

This was Clint Eastwood's film debut in a blink-and-you'll-miss-him scene. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Revengeofthecreature_rev.mp3  Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sISorwMtLeUVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: REVENGE OF THE CREATURE: The Summer 2017 Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sISorwMtLeU) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE6XCkjjE5QVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Revenge of the Creature (1955) – Original Theatrical Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE6XCkjjE5Q) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us[...]

This is a wild, fun film full of 60s spy tropes, an obsession with a world-ruling UN, and one giant robot ape. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/King_Kong_Escapes_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZRdsuYcDOIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: KING KONG ESCAPES: The King Kong Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZRdsuYcDOI)   Check out the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrUFlFD4LvoVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: King Kong Escapes –[...]

GODZILLA: The King Kong Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFnB0SyeJhI)   Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljLQZXOUNjwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: KING KONG VS GODZILLA (1962) [trailer] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljLQZXOUNjw)   Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

We continue our look at Kong with Peter Jackson's 2005 3-hour-plus tribute to the 1933 King Kong, featuring Andy Serkis' moving performance as the emotions of the great ape. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/King_Kong_2005_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEk-gbL9GPUVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: KING KONG (2005): The King Kong Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEk-gbL9GPU)   Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYaTCPbYGdkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript[...]

Enjoy!   Part 1 Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/TS-855615.mp3 Or listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oykz8dm885w&index=4&list=PL-xt7vKTkrv8sLGq8Rtht8g4wl5RigU8G   Part 2 Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/TS-855615.mp3 Or listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiCvF3AXQHE&index=5&list=PL-xt7vKTkrv8sLGq8Rtht8g4wl5RigU8G Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMspVKv56vQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Stephen King's IT (1990) – Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMspVKv56vQ)   Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

Does this sometimes-problematic, often-political movie deserve rehabilitation? Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/King_Kong_1976_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6E9rBsczQgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: KING KONG (1976): The King Kong Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6E9rBsczQg)   Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bIlM7rnEV4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: King Kong – 1976 (trailer) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bIlM7rnEV4)   Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is[...]

The podcast talks about where Skull Island fits in with previous giant apes, and why this movie manages to find freshness by going back in time to the Vietnam War. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/king_skull_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyj6cydF_L4Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: KONG: SKULL ISLAND: The Kong Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyj6cydF_L4) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP0-9FBs2RsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is[...]