Castle Talk Podcast Archives

Gober calls herself a lifelong horror fan who "still can't quite believe she got lucky enough to spin that into a career."  The Midnight Movie Society's creators explain they allow viewers to "gain access to a film library of shocking underground, outrageous gore, creature features, cult classics, and much more! Those with a taste for the[...]

Horror fans may know Towns from his deep, knowledgeable dives into cult horror, the YouTube series 66 Horror Flix, and October Country.  The cover of American Cryptic and the official logo of Castle Talk Podcast.   Anubis describes the new book: American Cryptic is an open-minded cynic's take on the uncanny and sometimes frightening things that border our accepted[...]

You can find their show wherever you find your podcasts and at  https://www.adaptorperishcast.com/ The official logos for the Castle Talk Podcast and Adapt or Perish Podcast. The question of how to discuss adaptation is tricky– the hosts found that their best conversations come out when they can dive deep into works that have had many iterations, allowing[...]

The trip immediately takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick (Kevin James), suddenly invade the lake house. The official logo for the Castle Talk podcast and the official poster for Becky. The directors talk about James' efforts to create a truly menacing character– Dominick in[...]

Her new book is about the tool that authors use for pitching: the query letter. Cover of Query Craft and the logo of the Castle Talk Podcast, used by permission The query letter is a single page—usually closer to half a page—whose purpose is to explain who the writer is and what their book is about[...]

The logo of the Castle Talk podcast and used with permission. The publisher says: A combination of detective thriller, cosmic horror, and historical fiction, LAKE OF DARKNESS takes readers deeply into Chicago's very dark history. When a series of child murders takes place, Officer Joe "Flip" Flippity is summoned by the city's mayor, the legendary Big Bill Thompson himself–during a[...]

The official logo for the Castle Talk Podcast and used with permission. Holroyd, an English director who moved to Australia during post-production on The Haunted, discusses how quarantine has only continued what had been started—movie-makers are learning to work remotely, with crews scatted across continents and oceans. Holroyd talked about what it takes to make an independent[...]

The official logo for the Castle Talk podcast and used with permission. Leslie Lutz is a devoted diver and fan of creature horror Her writing has appeared in various journals, including Orca Literary Journal, Kaaterskill Basin Literary Journal, Typishly, Number One, The Lyric, and Raintown Review She is a member of International Thriller Writers and Horror Writers Association[...]

The logo for the Castle Talk Podcast and used with permission. Flame Tree Press reports that, "In 2015 [Campbell] was made an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University for outstanding services to literature He is the President of the Society of Fantastic Films The Influence, the film based on his novel, is now a major[...]

The logo for the Castle Talk podcast and used with permission. Nairne joined Castle Talk from his home in the UK, where he also is under quarantine Nairne is a remarkably prolific creature actor with who has appeared in the five most recent Star Wars films, as well as playing Hondo Ohnaka on screens throughout the[...]

It's a brutal, often breathtaking vision which no less than Guillermo del Toro called "an unsparing blend of fantasy and brutality, innocence and evil." Official poster of Tigers are Not Afraid and the Logo of the Castle Talk Podcast, used with permission Tigers Are Not Afraid has collected at last county fifty awards in Film Festivals around the[...]

He's one of the founders of the New York Asian Film Festival, which the New York Times called "one of the city's most valuable events." You can discover more about Hendrix at gradyhendrix.com. Listen here: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/25860268/download.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO8dGipz5mgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Castle Talk: Grady Hendrix, author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying[...]

With any luck, we'll get to talk with her again when her autobiography appears next year. Listen here: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/25675465/download.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO-6vOC9GFYVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Castle Talk: Cassandra Peterson on Being Elvira and Creating a Character That Endures (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO-6vOC9GFY) Jason Henderson is the host of the Castle of Horror and Castle Talk Podcasts, the editor of[...]

He notes that at the time there were constant conversations about first amendment rights in which the arguer would condemn the movie while "defending its right to exist." Briggs says his attitude was, "let me defend them because I like these movies." Joe Bob Briggs and The Last Drive-In returns to Shudder this month, image courtesy[...]

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9qSYysIdl0) Check out the Crypto-Z trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDinMJFP2DQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: A New Dark Age Is Coming May 4th | Crypto-Z is a new immersive audio drama | Subscribe Now | (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDinMJFP2DQ) Jason Henderson is the host of the Castle of Horror and Castle Talk Podcasts, the editor of the Castle of Horror Anthology series, and the author[...]

This book is labeled straight fantasy, and Van Praag says she's warned people with young teens that some of the themes and violence of the book might not be YA-appropriate. As always we also discussed process—Van Praag says she's a café writer who haunts the shops of Cambridge, but she has morphed into early-morning writing since[...]

On the set version of the vessel, the actors could be arranged in the cramped space while the camera sat in the place of the wall, with the crew "outside" and out of the way. Hardiman tells us that one of the things inspiring her to make the film is her realization that we know "more[...]

Like the baby in Eraserhead, the baby is an interloping monster, a metaphor for the loss and alienation all parents feel from time to time. But Lorcan also explains that film takes on a second, strange meaning now, as the empty streets of the neighborhood echo our own.         Listen here: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/24225294/download.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30kz2O1enDcVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript[...]

It allows him to avoid what he calls the "Jessica Fletcher problem," where no one ever believes the lead is in danger. He also talks about his process—five doubled-spaced pages a day, whether on his series or on the many singular novels he writes.   Listen here: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/24231646/download.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IRGOSuJ0rYVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: "Last Odyssey"[...]

She teams up with a soldier for hire, Caleb, and Neema, a secret revolutionary as she ventures back out into the real world. Yo, who lives in Seattle, talks about how he had not anticipated that around the time of release, the world of the book would reflect the world he was living in. Yo chatted about[...]

We also talk about what it takes to churn out two doorstopper science fiction books a year (at over 400 pages, Wagers says A Pale Light in the Black is big enough to act as an effective weapon), and dealing with the stress of disrupted writing schedules during a pandemic. A Pale Light in the Black[...]

The one major exception is that the current stories feature cell phones, which of course need to be unavailable when necessary. Fair warning from the host: Katherine Hall Page is a delight to talk to, so we go long on this one, chatting about the book, plotting, the industry, aging, and "reading in the time of cholera." You[...]

Now, the pair have captured an alien and begun to torture it—first to get information, but soon enough just for revenge. We talked on the podcast about what the book has to say about torture, the lessons the young learn from those in power, and the legacy of "enhanced interrogation tactics" long outlawed by the Geneva[...]

You can find out more about Connor at http://www.connorhoover.com.  Listen here: http://audio.voxnest.com/stream/6f142deca77f468b96afa07d21684af0/pdcn.co/e/traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Connor_Hoover_2020_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4L33VPI_7I&pbjreload=10Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Castle Talk: Connor Hoover on "Trapped in the 80s," a "Pick Your Own Quest" Interactive Book… (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4L33VPI_7I&pbjreload=10) Castle Talk Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

  Haycock talks about the effort it took to make a feature film on a "micro" budget—his ode to classic sci-fi took seven years to make.   Invasion Planet Earth comes out on February 4, 2020 (VOD & Digital HD On Leading Digital Platforms & DVD).   EXTRAS INCLUDE: The Making of Invasion Planet Earth Deleted Scenes Director Commentary Track with writer/director Simon[...]

The only way to adapt, Stanley says, is to confront by taking the stories deliberately in places the writer would not have gone: a world of hope or at least compassion, and where Lovecraft's detective-like grad student can be black. Stanley also revealed that he's not done yet: The Color Out of Space is the first[...]

Having these new versions is a treat for fans, but it's a way into a strange world that new listeners will find enticing. We chatted with Kathryn Leigh Scott first, then Steve. Listen here: http://audio.voxnest.com/stream/6f142deca77f468b96afa07d21684af0/pdcn.co/e/traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Dark_Shadows_Audiobooks_-rev2.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2fwwvovPtgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Castle Talk: Kathryn Leigh Scott & Steve Smith on Reviving Dark Shadows Audiobooks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2fwwvovPtg) Check[...]

Following The Grudge, Tara will star alongside David Arquette and Ashley Greene in Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story, which focuses on the Brooklyn-native street basketball legend Jackie Ryan.   Listen here: https://audio.voxnest.com/stream/6f142deca77f468b96afa07d21684af0/traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Tara_Westwood_Grudge_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyNbO6t_NcQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Castle Talk: Tara Westwood Just May Be The Grudge in The Grudge (2020) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyNbO6t_NcQ) Check out the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMikVmOhDN0 Castle[...]

She also chats about her writing process. Beyond the Gate is new this month from Kensington/Lyrical Press. Listen here: https://audio.voxnest.com/stream/6f142deca77f468b96afa07d21684af0/traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Mary_SanGiovanni_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFJfnANbIlEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Castle Talk: "Beyond the Gate" Author Mary SanGiovanni (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFJfnANbIlE) Castle Talk Podcast Links: Join us over on Facebook to chime in. The show is hosted here[...]

Samuel Goldwyn Films will release the horror/thriller DANIEL ISN'T REAL in theaters, on digital and on demand December 6, 2019.     Listen here: https://audio.voxnest.com/stream/6f142deca77f468b96afa07d21684af0/traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Daniel_isnt_Real_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPjXjWCen6AVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Castle Talk: Adam Egypt Mortimer, director of Daniel Isn't Real (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPjXjWCen6A) Check out the Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4zOUxHxhXMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: DANIEL ISN'T REAL Official[...]