Castle of Horror Podcast Archives

The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and tells the story of two vampires living out what may be their final days on modern earth which has become dissolute, predictable, and contaminated. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/only_lovers_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEAeIGXgty8Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE: The Sexy[...]

But when we looked at the film we all found ourselves asking, is this movie, with its 90210-inflected 90s fashions and strangely demure orgies, sexy? Or is it just pretty commercial? Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Embrace_of_the_Vampire_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnCRN2AWeYsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: EMBRACE OF THE VAMPIRE (1995): The Sexy Vampire Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnCRN2AWeYs) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhIrmGWOkU0Video can't[...]

Vampira, et al) concept to American audiences in the 80s. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/devilswedding_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XObRQRkJeWMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: THE DEVIL'S WEDDING NIGHT (with Elvira): The Sexy Vampire Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XObRQRkJeWM)   Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtvAA1M59xQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: "The Devil's Wedding Night" – Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtvAA1M59xQ)       Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over[...]

Stars Gerard Butler and Christopher Plummer, and just like last week, at least one of us hates this movie.   Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/dracula_2000_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Fd6kN4hLkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: DRACULA 2000: The Sexy Vampire Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Fd6kN4hLk) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOKKL_rwoKkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Dracula 2000 Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOKKL_rwoKk) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us[...]

 During the discussion we talk about Tarantino's defiant structure for the film and whether a "Sexy Vampire Movie" means "a sexy movie about vampires," which this is not, or whether the label can expand to mean "a movie with a sexy vampire," which this absolutely is (see Salma Hayek's "Santanico Pandemonium.") Also at least one of[...]

Vampyres is a delight of sexy vampire cinema– shot around Oakley Court, one of Hammer Studios' favorite settings, film stars Marianne Morris  and Anulka as female vampires inhabiting a derelict country estate where they seduce and kill passersby, until into their lives come a man that one of the vampires finds impossible to kill, and[...]

Starring Jean-Loup Philippe and Annie Belle. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/lips_of_blood_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziVEBux0M9oVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: LIPS OF BLOOD: The Sexy Vampire Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziVEBux0M9o) Check out the (slightly NSFW) trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMqXQWGIk8sVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: levres de sang trailer jean rollin (lips of blood) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMqXQWGIk8s) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to[...]

We talk about writing, what makes Weird Westerns versus Urban Fantasy, and more. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/bickle_rev.mp3 Or listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn0y8xmjMmQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: INTERVIEW: Laura Bickle, Author, "Nine of Stars" (Harper Voyager) (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn0y8xmjMmQ) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

We chat about what went into this brand-new urban fantasy. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/dobranski_rev.mp3 Or listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNcUqSr6T2EVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: INTERVIEW: Anthony Dobranski, author of The Demon in Business Class (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNcUqSr6T2E) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

Perfect for your holiday drive! Included in the set are long, spoiler-filled discussions of Krampus, Gremlins, Rare Exports, Scrooged, Nightmare Before Christmas and Black Christmas. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-xt7vKTkrv9ajOnzCztgPD6QJwHtmHQAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Christmas Horror (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-xt7vKTkrv9ajOnzCztgPD6QJwHtmHQA) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

We talk about Michael Dougherty's spooky, odd, disturbing and kind of wonderful 2015 film Krampus starring Adam Scott, and wrap up our 2016 season. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/krampus_rev.mp3 Or Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7KdSivSnDUVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: KRAMPUS: The Christmas Episode (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7KdSivSnDU) Check out the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k-uig5obaAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Krampus Official Trailer #1 (2015) –[...]

We talk to Darren Lynn Bousman, director of the noir-infused "ultimate haunted house movie" about the challenges of scaring people who won't pay attention and the many influences on Abattoir. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/bousman_rev.mp3 Or listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCHP-JVcmeAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: INTERVIEW: Darren Lynn Bousman, Director of ABATTOIR (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCHP-JVcmeA) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over[...]

We talk about the brand-new "ultimate haunted house movie" Abattoir, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman of the SAW series, starring Jessica Lowndes, and based on the Radical comic series. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/abattoir_rev.mp3 Or Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8YdqOjbgkMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: ABATTOIR: Our Spoiler-Filled Discussion (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8YdqOjbgkM) Check out the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUI5tBtfgCkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled:[...]

In the book, Pioneer doctor Charles Zimmerman must save not a prairie town of White Pine and the starving Lakota from an ancient, hungry evil. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/travis_heerman_rev.mp3 Or listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9MJz3521JcVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: INTERVIEW: Travis Heermann, "Death Wind" (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9MJz3521Jc)     Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

We talk about how strange it is to have a protagonist who is also a straight-up villain. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Frank_MBD_rev.mp3 Or listen on YouTube if you prefer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHc310AELqkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed: The Frankenstein Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHc310AELqk) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ylPaweSVfwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed /[...]

New York Times Best-seller Gregg Hurwitz talks about The Rains: A Novel from Tor Books, in which all the adults are becoming mindless murderers, and a pair of brothers must race to defeat the plague before one of them falls victim. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Gregg_hurwitz_rev.mp3 Or listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF-WUhRIa0MVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: INTERVIEW: Gregg Hurwitz,[...]

The Frankenstein Retrospective continues! Hammer Horror continues to define itself with the 1958 follow-up to Curse of Frankenstein, Revenge of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing. Listen here:  http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/revenge_frank_rev.mp3 Or listen on YouTube if you prefer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et3MLvwWveoVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN: The Frankenstein Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et3MLvwWveo) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxrXFxOt5JAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled:[...]

But wait! He also has a new novel out, LORDS OF THE EARTH, a kaiju novel about giant lizards attacking Mexico.  Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/davidbowles_ghosts_rev2.mp3 Or listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob6Mj-iPYDAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: INTERVIEW: David Bowles on Ghosts of the Rio Grande and Lords of the Earth (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob6Mj-iPYDA) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over[...]

The Frankenstein Retrospective jumps forward and enters the garish, glamorous land of Hammer Horror with the film that launched the modern gothic era, The Curse of Frankenstein. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/curseoffrankenstein.mp3 Or listen on YouTube if you prefer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iGI86GZgjMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN: The Frankenstein Retrospective (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iGI86GZgjM) Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEz02uxCPOMVideo can't be loaded[...]

(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?) Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Lara_Parker.mp3 Or listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgsg6anpqOMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: INTERVIEW: Lara Parker, author of Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood (Podcast/Talk/Reviews) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgsg6anpqOM) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over[...]

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. Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/son_of_frankenstein_39.mp3 Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6B7zDZe9gwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Son of Frankenstein 1939[...]

Listen in! The team is all here, too: Tony Salvaggio, tech director at Rooster Teeth Studio, is back from Fantastic Fest to let us know how Shin Godzilla looks, and Drew Edwards of Halloween Man is back from Europe where he's been touring with the band Danger*Cakes. Listen here: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-1121295.mp3 Check out the trailer: https://youtu.be/rYD3-pIF9jQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript[...]

First up: Frankenstein (1931) from Director James Whale. The team is all here, too: Tony Salvaggio, tech director at Rooster Teeth Studio, is back from Fantastic Fest to let us know how Shin Godzilla looks, and Drew Edwards of Halloween Man is back from Europe where he's been touring with the band Danger*Cakes. Listen here: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-1117506.mp3 Check out the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8K-4osNb0Video[...]

We talked to Tatum on his new book and what brings us back to classic horror. Listen here: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-1117506.mp3   Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here Get our RSS Feed Subscribe at iTunes[...]

Jason and Julia of the Castle of Horror Podcast talk to Bridget and Mary Jo about riffing, industrial shorts and how comedy has changed for women in the industry. Listen here: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-1116846.mp3 Check out a snippet of Bridget and Mary Jo (here on "Marriage is a Partnership."): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MARHsE6KIxAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Marriage is a Partnership[...]

In our conversation she talks about whether or not the reputation of the author of The Lottery and The Haunting of Hill House needs to be reclaimed, and how sometimes researching someone else's life means looking for boxes of treasure in old barns (but mostly it involves long hours at a computer.) Brooklyn, New YorkMay 6,[...]

The Castle Talk Podcast talks to producer Barry Barclay and writer/director Tony Bloodworth about their indy thriller Forced Move— we touch on the challenges of indy filming and why serial killers stick together.   Listen to this episode here: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-1114673.mp3 Check out the trailer:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3nUeLowsrMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Forced Move 2016 Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3nUeLowsrM) Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us[...]

Hey gang! Today we're talking to Leanna Renee Hieber, whose new book Eterna and Omega (new from Tor) is a return to a world she calls "Victorian X-Files." We talk about gothic literature, the new realm of gaslamp fantasy, and what's up with "Women Running From Houses." Listen to this episode here: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-1110370.mp3 Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us[...]

The Castle of Horror Podcast talks to comic book artist Greg Scott, whose cinema-inspired, gritty art will be adorning Season 2 of The Black Hood from Dark Circle/Archie Comics Scott talks about his movie habit, LA Noir, and the strangeness of urban life. Listen to this episode here: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-1106517.mp3 Black Hood Season 2 #1 Script: Duane Swierczynski Art: Greg Scott, Kelly Fitzpatrick,[...]

these girls are dressing [this way] because that's what they want to wear."   Listen to this episode here: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-1109786.mp3 Castle of Horror Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here Get our RSS Feed Subscribe at iTunes[...]