The Signalman (1976) - Podcast/Discussion

Tonight we’re chatting with producer Matt Manjourides, producer of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs which has just returned on AMC+ and Shudder with Joe Bob's Christmas Carnage and of the 2024 film Street Trash, among many other things.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

This week we have a look at the 1976 short ghost film The Signalman directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark.  This is Episode #449! The Signalman is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas. Written by Andrew Davies, produced by Rosemary Hill, and directed by the series' creator, Lawrence Gordon Clark, it is based on the ghost story "The Signal-Man" (1866) by Charles Dickens, and first aired on BBC1 on 22 December 1976, the earliest airdate in the series relative to Christmas.It stars Denholm Elliott as a lone signalman who is visited by a traveller (Bernard Lloyd). The signalman reveals that he is being haunted by a spectre which has appeared at the entrance of the tunnel next to his signal box, and these visions begin to likewise trouble the traveller in his sleep.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

Jason Henderson hosts a live panel of writers on the resilience of the thrillerHosted by Castle Bridge Media in celebration of the release of A FORGERY IN MARSEILLE: A FRENCH DECEPTION THRILLER (which you can find here: https://amzn.to/48T3YTd) by Janice Nagourney. Panelists:Jonathan Maberry - NY Times bestselling author of the Joe Ledger thrillers, NecroTek, and many others, as well as editor of Weird Tales MagazineHerta Feely - award-winning author of two domestic thrillers, ghostwriter of three memoirs, and editor at Chrysalis EditorialTeel James Glenn- former stuntman and author of the Bob Howard adventure series and Paradise Investigations SeriesJanice Nagourney - creator of the 'French Deception’ a series of international thrillersBobby Nash - Slinger of words, BEN Books publisher, and author of the Snow and Tom Myers series.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

This week we have a look at the 1981 horror film Ghost Story directed by John Irvin.  This is Episode #448! Ghost Story is a 1981 American supernatural horror film directed by John Irvin and starring Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson, and Alice Krige. Based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Peter Straub, it follows a group of elderly businessmen in New England who gather to recount their involvement in a woman's death decades prior when one of them suspects her ghost has been haunting him.Ghost Story was the final film for Astaire and Fairbanks, the final completed film for Douglas and the first film to feature Michael O'Neill. The film was shot in Woodstock, Vermont; Saratoga Springs, New York; and at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. Ghost Story was released in the United States on December 18, 1981.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

Tonight we’re chatting with Actor / Co-Writer Mike Capes, Co-Writer Johnny Wickham, and Director Mike Hermosa of The Invisible Raptor, which comes out In Theaters and On Digital December 6th. The film had its World Premiere at the Sitges Film Festival and currently sits at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.SYNOPSIS: After a top-secret experiment goes wrong, a hyper-intelligent invisible raptor escapes the lab and begins wreaking havoc in the surrounding neighborhood. When the creature’s identity is uncovered, it soon becomes clear that a disgraced paleontologist—alongside his ex-girlfriend, an unhinged amusement park security guard, and a local celebrity chicken farmer—is the town’s only hope for surviving the raptor’s ravenous rampage.Order the film on AppleTV here: https://tv.apple.com/ca/movie/the-invisible-raptor/umc.cmc.4pcepzn000w3wiymxh14ohvfeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

Tonight we’re chatting with Jukka Vidgren and Juuso Laatio, directors and writers of HEAVIER TRIP, called by Screen Zealots "A raucous, offbeat buddy comedy from Finland that revels in metal culture, absurd European humor, and a healthy dose of dorky slapstick” The world’s most ferocious death metal band, Impaled Rektum, is back and ready to unleash hell! In the film, our heroes stage a prison break to get to the Wacken m usic festival where they hope to win the money to save their lead guitarist’s farm. Complicating things are a vengeful prison guard and a record executive whose name seems to almost be Mephistopheles. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

Jason and Tony chat with with Kier-La Janisse. Janisse is a film writer, publisher, producer, acquisitions executive for Severin Films and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University. She is the author of several books including House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films (2012/2022); and a prolific editor.  She wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021), and produced the acclaimed blu-ray box sets All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror (2021) and The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle (2023), and now her newest release is ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS: VOLUME 2. The new box set includes 24 International Folk Horror Classics on 13 Discs, 55+ Combined Hours of Special Features, a 252 Page Hardcover Book…and More!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

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).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

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.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.

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.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/castle-of-horror-podcast--4268760/support.