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29 OCT 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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15 OCT 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_horror_film written and directed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Dauberman, based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Salem%27s_Lot by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King. The film stars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Pullman, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makenzie_Leigh, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfre_Woodard, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benjamin_Hickey, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Camp, Jordan Preston Carter, Nicholas Crovetti, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Treat_Clark, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sadler_(actor), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilou_Asb%C3%A6k. It is the first feature film adaptation of the book, preceded by miniseries versions from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem%27s_Lot_(1979_miniseries) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem%27s_Lot_(2004_miniseries). The plot centers on a writer who returns to his hometown of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem%27s_Lot_(Stephen_King) in search of inspiration, only to discover the presence of a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Fest on September 25, 2024, and was released on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_(streaming_service) on October 3, 2024. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
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14 OCT 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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11 OCT 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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8 OCT 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 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language: La maschera del demonio, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_translation 'The mask of the demon') is a 1960 Italian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film film directed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bava in his official https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directorial_debut, and starring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Steele, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Richardson_(actor), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Checchi, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivo_Garrani, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Dominici and Enrico Oliveri. Loosely based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Gogol's short story "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viy_(story)", the film takes place in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldavia and tells the story of a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft who is put to death by her brother, only to return two centuries later to seek revenge upon his descendants.
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2 OCT 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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30 SEP 2024 · Jason chats with co-host Tony Salvaggio to recap the 2024 Fantastic Fest genre film festival. Tony saw about 30 films in seven days and he's here to tell us what we have to look forward to over the next year.
The Fantastic Fest organizers describe the fest thus:
Our merry band of misfits, muckrakers, and miscreants is making it's way to Austin, TX, for an 8-day carnival of cinematic delights – Fantastic Fest is back on Sept. 19th - 26th, taking place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar cinema.
Find the film listings here: https://fantasticfest24.eventive.org/films
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25 SEP 2024 · Hello and welcome to Castle Talk where we talk to writers and creators of today’s genre worlds, I’m your host Jason Henderson, PUBLISHER AT CASTLE BRIDGE MEDIA, HOME OF THE CASTLE OF HORROR ANTHOLOGY SERIES. Tonight we’re chatting with Director Patricio Valladares and Screenwriter Barry Keating of the new film INVOKING YELL. Patricio Valladares’ films have been showcased at festivals like Sitges, Fantasía, and Frightfest. In 2022, he directed three feature films, including the sequel to "Hidden in the Woods" for Germany and "Invoking Yell", acquired by Welcome Villain for release. Barry Keating has written 9 produced feature films, and has worked with genre icons such as Robert Englund (A Night On Elm Street), Ken Foree (Dawn of The Dead), Franco Nero (Die Hard 2) and the late Julian Sands (Naked Lunch) in one of his final roles.Set in 1997 in the south of Chile, INVOKING YELL is a love letter to black metal that follows a trio of metalhead twenty-something girls who venture into the woods to shoot the demo tape for their black metal band, Invoking Yell. However, things take a sinister turn as they document their disturbing and unorthodox process of recording paranormal phenomena to be used in the album’s final track.INVOKING YELL will be released on 9/20 and available via Fandango at home and AppleTV. It marks the fifth collaboration between Barry Keating and Patricio Valladares.
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24 SEP 2024 · Tonight we’re chatting with Shelly Bond, editor and author of Filth & Grammar: The Comic Book Editor’s Secret Handbook. Bond is Editor-at-Large and the creator, editor and curator of the BLACK CROWN and OFF REGISTER imprints, Shelly has been driven to edit + curate comic books, crush deadlines and innovate for over a quarter-century. She lives in Los Angeles.Shelly Bond and her team go through the entire process of managing the creation of a comic book: organizing oneself, pitching the concept to potential backers, writing the script, planning the layout of the book, creating the text and artwork, assembling everything, and checking that things are correct before going to print.
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23 SEP 2024 · Jason chats with co-host Tony Salvaggio as he continues exploring the 2024 Fantastic Fest and what he has to look forward to.
Fantastic Fest
Our merry band of misfits, muckrakers, and miscreants is making it's way to Austin, TX, for an 8-day carnival of cinematic delights – Fantastic Fest is back on Sept. 19th - 26th, taking place at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar cinema.
Find the film listings here: https://fantasticfest24.eventive.org/films
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