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Tony Salvaggio of the Castle of Horror Podcast is on the ground in Austin, reporting on Fantastic Fest and chats with Castle of Horror host Jason on the third batch of new movies that Tony highly recommends Tony will be attending about 35 films for the Castle of Horror, so we'll be checking back with[...]

Tony Salvaggio of the Castle of Horror Podcast is on the ground in Austin, reporting on Fantastic Fest and chats with Castle of Horror host Jason on the second batch of new movies that Tony highly recommends Tony will be attending about 35 films for the Castle of Horror, so we'll be checking back with[...]

Tony Salvaggio of the Castle of Horror Podcast is on the ground in Austin reporting on Fantastic Fest and chats with Castle of Horror host Jason on the first batch of new movies that Tony highly recommends– Smile, Blood Relatives, Venus and Shin Ultraman Tony will be attending about 35 movies for the Castle of[...]

Fantastic Fest takes over Austin, TX starting today and running through September 29th at the Alamo Drafthouse right in the heart of the city Featuring all sorts of world premieres and first looks at upcoming highly anticipated horror and genre films, this is the first time in three years that the festival is being held[...]

This season's Fantastic Fest debuted two new music documentaries focusing on heavily mystique-driven bands: This is GWAR, directed by Scott Barber, and Who Killed the KLF? directed by Chris Atkins.  In this episode of Castle Talk, Jason chats with Deserts of Mars lead singer and comic creator Tony Salvaggio (Clockwerx, Psy-Comm) on the new docs. Castle Talk logo and This[...]

In this episode of Castle Talk, manga author Tony Salvaggio (Psy-comm, Clockwerx) chats with Co-writer/director Eric McEver (directorial debut), Quinn Lord (Netflix's Firefly Lane, Trick' r Treat), Ronak Gandhi (You are Here, Age of Summer) and Christina Higa (Am I OK?) of the new film Iké Boys, which debuts at Fantastic Fest Sunday, September 26. Ike Boys[...]

I'm tired of dealing with this pic.twitter.com/lepcEDCtd8 — LA DIFÍCIL (@sick__66) September 23, 2017 Allegations against Knowles have come out as part of a larger scandal involving Fantastic Fest, the Austin genre film festival Knowles co-founded along with Alamo Drafthouse CEO Tim League Things started to go south for the festival a few weeks before it began[...]

As Ain't It Cool News founder Harry Knowles steps back from the website in the wake of multiple sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations, who will step up to defend him? The Toxic Avenger will! No, wait, sorry, it's Lloyd Kaufman! The Troma co-founder and director of films such as The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo and[...]

As the nonstop @#$% show of sexual assault and harassment allegations surrounding this year's Fantastic Fest continues, festival co-founder Harry Knowles has stepped away from the website he founded, Ain't It Cool News. Knowles's sister Dannie will take over running the site in Knowles absence, he announced on Twitter: Teaching my sister the ins and outs of[...]

Lisa Petrucci runs Something Weird Video, the film distributor specializing in old exploitation films that hosted a secret screening at Fantastic Fest of Ed Wood's lost 1970 softcore pornographic comedy, Take It Out In Trade The screening has been criticized for not letting people know about the content of the film before the event, potentially[...]

Another woman has made allegations of sexual harassment at Alamo Drafthouse and failure by management to take appropriate action to prevent it. Fantastic Fest has been embroiled in scandal this year, following a series of revelations about festival co-founder and Alamo Drafthouse owner Tim League, Ain't It Cool News founder and Fantastic Fest co-founder Harry Knowles, and former Alamo Drafthouse employee Devin Faraci. Faraci parted ways with[...]

The CEO of Alamo Drafthouse and co-founder of Fantastic Fest, has responded to the multiple claims of sexual assault and sexual harassment that have plagued this year's festival. Fantastic Fest has been embroiled in scandal this year, following a series of revelations about festival co-founder and Alamo Drafthouse owner Tim League, Ain't It Cool News founder and Fantastic Fest co-founder Harry Knowles, and former Alamo[...]

Following earlier reports of a secret screening of Ed Wood's once-lost pornographic comedy Take It Out In Trade which disturbed viewers who say they weren't warned about the film's content beforehand, another screening at Fantastic Fest has once again disturbed its audience And this time, video was published on Fantastic Fest's own Facebook page. The Square[...]

The fallout from the various scandals surrounding Fantastic Fest continues. Following allegations of sexual assault against Ain't It Cool News founder and Fantastic Fest co-founder Harry Knowles, longtime contributor Eric "Quint" Vespe has announced his departure from the site, along with fellow contributors Steve "Capone" Prokopy and "Horrorella." Vespe announced the news in a statement posted to[...]

A Fantastic Fest screening of Ed Wood's Take It Out In Trade, a softcore pornographic comedy filmed in 1970 that was believed lost until 2014, sparked negative reactions after some attendees say they weren't adequately warned about the film's content. Advertised as a secret screening and organized by Lisa Petrucci, Something Weird, and the American Genre[...]