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This is the definitive Full Moon Features podcast! Each week, we’re going to watch a different film from Charles Band’s madcap universe of low-budget horror thrillers, encompassing not only the Full Moon films but also the earlier stable of Empire International Pictures and sub-labels like Moonbeam and Torchlight!
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- 2 days ago1h 21m
Episode 192: Two Evil Eyes (with Kasey Baker)
Our new expanded format continues to reap rewards, as this week we're gifted the opportunity to talk about some horror heavy hitters. This week is all about TWO EVIL EYES, an anthology film that brings together the talents of American genre legend George A. Romero and Italian bad boy Dario Argento. These two adaptations of Edgar Allen Poe stories features performances from legends like Harvey Keitel, Adrienne Barbeau, and Tom Atkins, and some truly grisly effects from splatter god Tom Savini. We're joined by the great writer and bookstagrammer Kasey Baker of @the_evil_read for this grisly gem. Hosted by Jarrod Hornbeck and Steve Guntli Theme song by Kyle Hornbeck Logo by Doug McCambridge Email: puppetmasterscastlefreaks@gmail.com Instagram/Threads: @puppetmasters_castlefreaks YouTube: @PuppetMastersCastleFreaks Next week's episode: Trancers: The Whole Dethly Affair
- 1 weeks ago1h 5m
Episode 191: The Changeling (with Robert Ottone)
This week we're covering our classiest picture to date: the austere and scary haunted house drama THE CHANGELING from 1980! And who better to talk about an iconic haunted house than our guest, two-time Bram Stoker-winning author Robert Ottone, whose new book, AMITYVILLE AWAKENS, releases this October! We chat about the career of Oscar-winning star George C. Scott, and about the enduring appeal of the haunted house genre. Hosted by Jarrod Hornbeck and Steve Guntli Theme song by Kyle Hornbeck Logo by Doug McCambridge Email: puppetmasterscastlefreaks@gmail.com Instagram/Threads: @puppetmasters_castlefreaks YouTube: @PuppetMastersCastleFreaks Next week's episode: Two Evil Eyes
- 2 weeks ago1h 3m
Episode 190: Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go To College (with Stuart Wellington)
The Ghoulies are going to college, and I'm sorry to report: they're majoring in mischief. This week is all about the iconically-titled GHOULIES III: GHOULIES GO TO COLLEGE, the non-Empire third chapter of the foundational tiny terror series. We're joined this week once again by the amazing Stuart Wellington, part of the Flop House podcast crew, to keep a chronicle of all the pranks, yanks, and toilet tanks. Hosted by Jarrod Hornbeck and Steve Guntli Theme song by Kyle Hornbeck Logo by Doug McCambridge Email: puppetmasterscastlefreaks@gmail.com Instagram/Threads: @puppetmasters_castlefreaks YouTube: @PuppetMastersCastleFreaks Next week's episode: The Changeling
- 3 weeks ago1h 14m
Episode 189: The Day Time Ended (with Elliott Kalan)
We're travelling back to 1980 for the oddly sedate sci-fi thriller THE DAY TIME ENDED, a movie with just enough weirdness, and just enough dead air, to make for an excellent episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000." And as luck would have it, we're joined this week by the man who actually wrote said episode of MST3: the great Elliott Kalan, host of the Flop House podcast, former head writer of "The Daily Show," and all-around pop culture raconteur. Hosted by Jarrod Hornbeck and Steve Guntli Theme song by Kyle Hornbeck Logo by Doug McCambridge Email: puppetmasterscastlefreaks@gmail.com Instagram/Threads: @puppetmasters_castlefreaks YouTube: @PuppetMastersCastleFreaks Next week's episode: Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go To College
- 3 weeks ago56 min
Episode 188: BONUS- Catching Up With The Hosts
This week, we take a moment to just catch up and have a casual chat about whatever. We provide updates on some new Full Moon news, chat about some of our unexpected favorite properties, and test Jarrod's recall of our past episodes. Hosted by Jarrod Hornbeck and Steve Guntli Theme song by Kyle Hornbeck Logo by Doug McCambridge Email: puppetmasterscastlefreaks@gmail.com Instagram/Threads: @puppetmasters_castlefreaks YouTube: @PuppetMastersCastleFreaks Next week's episode: The Day Time Ended
- Aug 21, 20261h 0m
Episode 187: Shock Waves
This week, we're embarking on an exciting new direction for our show! Now, in addition to movies Charles Band directly produced or directed through Empire and Full Moon, we'll be folding in movies that appear on the Full Moon streaming service! This opens us up to a wide new range of oddities and classics. Which category does 1977's zombie-Nazis-at-sea movie SHOCK WAVES fall into? You'll have to listen to find out. Hosted by Jarrod Hornbeck and Steve Guntli Theme song by Kyle Hornbeck Logo by Doug McCambridge Email: puppetmasterscastlefreaks@gmail.com Instagram/Threads: @puppetmasters_castlefreaks YouTube: @PuppetMastersCastleFreaks Next week's episode: Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go To College
- Aug 14, 202659 min
Episode 186: Josh Kirby... Time Warrior! Chapters 3 & 4
By the Codes of Kang, we declare the JOSH KIRBY... TIME WARRIOR saga continues this week! We're looking at the next two chapters of the kid-friendly Moonbeam serial: TRAPPED ON TOYWORLD and EGGS FROM 70 MILLION BC. The former finds our hero stranded on a deeply unsettling toy-themed world, while the latter explores the backstory of some of the series' important supporting characters... and also has googly-eyed space worms. Hosted by Jarrod Hornbeck and Steve Guntli Theme song by Kyle Hornbeck Logo by Doug McCambridge Email: puppetmasterscastlefreaks@gmail.com Instagram/Threads: @puppetmasters_castlefreaks YouTube: @PuppetMastersCastleFreaks Next week's episode: Shock Waves
- Aug 7, 20261h 13m
Episode 185: PreHysteria! 2 / PreHysteria! 3 (with Lowell Greenblatt)
The hysteria concludes this week as we cover the remaining entries in Full Moon's best-selling movie ever, PREHYSTERIA! We're covering parts two and three of the tiny dino epic, as our cute, scaly buddies team up with a spoiled rich kid and a Scotland-obsessed little girl to wreak havoc and mend hearts. Author Lowell Greenblatt is back to chime in on this seminal Moonbeam series, and obviously there's lots of Freddy talk. Hosted by Jarrod Hornbeck and Steve Guntli Theme song by Kyle Hornbeck Logo by Doug McCambridge Email: puppetmasterscastlefreaks@gmail.com Instagram/Threads: @puppetmasters_castlefreaks YouTube: @PuppetMastersCastleFreaks Next week's episode: Josh Kirby... Time Warrior 3 and 4
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This is the definitive Full Moon Features podcast! Each week, we’re going to watch a different film from Charles Band’s madcap universe of low-budget horror thrillers, encompassing not only the Full Moon films but also the earlier stable of Empire International Pictures and sub-labels like Moonbeam and Torchlight!
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