Episodios

  • Baron Blood (1972) - Podcast/Discussion

    Baron Blood (1972) - Podcast/Discussion
    Nov 12 2024
    This week we have a look at the 1972 horror film Baron Blood directed by Mario Bava. This is Episode #447! Baron Blood (Italian: Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga, lit. 'The horrors of Nuremberg Castle') is a 1972 horror film directed by Mario Bava. An international co-production of Italy and West Germany, the film stars Joseph Cotten as Baron Otto Von Kleist, a murderous noble who is resurrected from the dead by his descendant, Peter (Antonio Cantafora), and a college student named Eva (Elke Sommer).

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    1 h y 32 m
  • Mario Bava's Black Sabbath (1963) - Podcast/Discussion

    Mario Bava's Black Sabbath (1963) - Podcast/Discussion
    Nov 5 2024
    This week we have a look at the 1963 anthology horror film Black Sabbath directed by Mario Bava. This is Episode #446! Black Sabbath (Italian: I tre volti della paura, lit. 'The Three Faces of Fear') is a 1963 horror anthology film directed by Mario Bava. The film consists of three separate tales that are introduced by Boris Karloff.

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    1 h y 13 m
  • Ghostwatch - Podcast/Discussion

    Ghostwatch - Podcast/Discussion
    Oct 29 2024
    This week we have a look at the 1992 British film Ghostwatch. This is Episode #445! Ghostwatch is a British mockumentary supernatural horror television film, first broadcast on BBC1 on Halloween night, 1992. Written by Stephen Volk, and directed by Lesley Manning, the drama was produced for the BBC anthology series Screen One by Richard Broke, Ruth Baumgarten and Derek Nelson. The narrative presents itself as a live television broadcast. Many elements of the story would be present in later works like Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project.

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    1 h y 24 m
  • Salem's Lot (2024) - Podcast/Discussion

    Salem's Lot (2024) - Podcast/Discussion
    Oct 15 2024
    This week we have a look at the 2024 film Salem’s Lot. This is Episode #444! 'Salem's Lot is a 2024 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Gary Dauberman, based on the 1975 novel by Stephen King. The film stars Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, John Benjamin Hickey, Bill Camp, Jordan Preston Carter, Nicholas Crovetti, Spencer Treat Clark, William Sadler, and Pilou Asbæk. It is the first feature film adaptation of the book, preceded by miniseries versions from 1979 and 2004. The plot centers on a writer who returns to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot in search of inspiration, only to discover the presence of a vampire. The film was announced in 2019 and shot in 2021, with additional photography in 2022. The film's release was delayed multiple times.'Salem's Lot had its world premiere as the opening film at the Beyond Fest on September 25, 2024, and was released on Max on October 3, 2024. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

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    1 h y 34 m
  • Castle Talk: Director Jim Towns of Killer Ex and The Possession of Anne

    Castle Talk: Director Jim Towns of Killer Ex and The Possession of Anne
    Oct 14 2024
    Tonight we’re chatting with director Jim Towns. Towns is a Pittsburgh-born / LA-based writer, filmmaker and artist. His feature films include Prometheus Triumphant, STIFF, House of Bad, End Times, Killer Ex and the upcoming The Possession of Anne (on streaming Nov. 2nd). His books include Bloodsucker City, Whiskey Stories and Braddock’s Falls; he’s currently in post on his black and white arthouse feature drama Mandromeda, and is about to shoot his next film, The Stickfighter.

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    39 m
  • Castle Talk: Jack Dignan, director of the new film PUZZLE BOX

    Castle Talk: Jack Dignan, director of the new film PUZZLE BOX
    Oct 11 2024
    Tonight we’re chatting with Jack Dignan, director of the new film PUZZLE BOX, which will be released across digital platforms on Friday, October 11th. Jack is an award-winning writer, director, and producer, is best known for his critically acclaimed film After She Died, about which The Australian deemed him "the new [James] Wan.”In Puzzle Box, Recovering drug addict Kait flees to a house in the woods to self-rehabilitate. Joined by her sister Olivia, who documents the process, strange things begin to happen as the house's layout begins to change, and the two find themselves trapped inside an inescapable, nightmarish puzzle box.

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    14 m
  • Black Sunday (Podcast/Discussion)

    Black Sunday (Podcast/Discussion)
    Oct 8 2024
    This week we have a look at the 1960 Mario Bava-directed horror film BLACK SUNDAY, AKA THE MASK OF SATAN and other related titles. This is Episode #443!
    Black Sunday (Italian: La maschera del demonio, lit. 'The mask of the demon') is a 1960 Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava in his official directorial debut, and starring Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici and Enrico Oliveri. Loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's short story "Viy", the film takes place in Moldavia and tells the story of a witch who is put to death by her brother, only to return two centuries later to seek revenge upon his descendants.

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    1 h y 23 m
  • Castle Talk: Leslie Lutz, author of SWEETEST DARKNESS

    Castle Talk: Leslie Lutz, author of SWEETEST DARKNESS
    Oct 2 2024
    Tonight we’re chatting with Leslie Lutz, author of the new book SWEETEST DARKNESS from Holiday House. SWEETEST DARKNESS is a supernatural horror novel in which a teenage psychic is drawn deep into the honeycomb of an abandoned hotel—and into a cat-and-mouse game with a predatory entity. This is Dark Americana, from the crumbling Hollywood glamor of the Alvarado Hotel, to the neon-lit diner where the final showdown happens, to the shining horizon of the Chihuahuan Desert just outside town. It’s a horror set in a moody Southwestern landscape. Leslie Lutz is a young adult author whose poetry and prose have been widely published and whose debut YA thriller, FRACTURED TIDE, was voted best of 2020 by Suspense Magazine and was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard pick. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and daughter, along with three cats and two spoiled chickens.

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    31 m