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“Once Upon A Nightmare” Crowdfunding Final Episodes Of First Season

A new series, “Once Upon a Nightmare” is headed your way from director and SFX master Joe Castro (Terror Tunes, Uncle Sam). Over the next eight months, the horror anthology series is poised to release thirteen episodes featuring monsters, ghosts, clowns, serial killers, and many other creatures and situations from your darkest nightmares. The goal is to, with your help, add twelve more episodes. “We want to put out 13 episodes over the next 12 months and once again notch up the quality to a level not yet seen from a horror web series. To do that, though, we need your help. We have already been hard at work at those upcoming episodes and 6 of them are currently in various stages of completion. We are seeking finishing funds to finish those episodes and begin producing the other 7.” The Indiegogo campaign has already begun and offers perks like posters, phone cases, early access, set visits, and more. Don’t miss

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 7, 2021

MoviesNewsTrailers

Zombie Movie ‘Z Dead End’ Adds New Cast Member

The cast of the upcoming zombie movie Z Dead End continues to expand. News has come today that Paul Mormando (Bound By Debt) has joined the ensemble cast that already includes George Lazenby (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), Robert Lasardo (The Mule), Felissa Rose (SleepAway Camp), and Robert Allen Mukes (Rob Zombie’s House of a Thousand Corpses). Legendary B Movie Mogul Roger Corman making a cameo appearance. Mormando will play an ass-kicking soldier who gets to use some of his badass martial arts skills on the evil zombies in award-winning writer-director Robert Resto’s (Brain Hunter) post-apocalyptic movie set on July 4th,2015. Steven Rear’s Cinema Factory is producing the project in conjunction with Robert Resto, as well as Sheri Davis and Production manager Steven Escobar. Legendary special effects master Joe Castro is also attached. Help Z Dead End get made by getting involved, visit the film’s Indigogo campaign.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 31, 2020

IndieMoviesReviews

Movie Review: Xenophobia (2019)

Holy hell, what do we have here cats n’ creeps? Why I do believe it’s an alien anthology of the terror kind! Following a coda, titled Pinnacles (written and directed by Stephen J. Escobar), that tells the story of Eric (Baker Chase Powell), a young dude getting his close encounter on in the middle of the desert; we are introduced to Xenophobia‘s wrap around (also written and directed by Escobar) featuring a support group for abductees relating their various diabolic dealings with sinister space-men through stories that include: First up we get Doomsday (written and directed by special effects genius Joe Castro); the tale of comely Becky (Kristen Renton) and her man Harry (Nick Principe of The FP and Chromeskull fame) who go camping in the woods and discover they are not alone in that freaky forest as one hell of a fucked up alien roams those worlds as well… seriously this thing has two faces, an emaciated body, screams

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DanXIII

Aug 29, 2019

MoviesNews

Alien Abduction Film ‘Xenophobia’ Lands On DVD And Digital This August

Vision Films Inc. are set to unleash the suspenseful new tale of alien abduction, Xenophobia on DVD and VOD this August. Written, directed and produced by Steven J. Escobar, Joe Castro, and Thomas J. Churchill, Xenophobia follows victims of alien abduction who discover that their experiences were not isolated incidents. Starring Manu Intiraymi (Star Trek: Voyager, One Tree Hill), Kristen Renton (Days of our Lives, Sons of Anarchy), Angie Stevenson (Sons of Anarchy, Sigma), and Baker Chase Powell (Dating Pains, Irrational Fear), Xenophobia will make its red carpet premiere at The Landmark Theater in Los Angeles on August 1, 2019 with its cast and crew in attendance. In the film, “six complete strangers recall the details of their individual experiences with alien forces—sharing the terrifying stories of their abductions and possessions—but the biggest challenge still lies ahead. Can they overcome their fears and trust each other in order to survive?” Special Effects master, co-writer, co-director, producer Joe Castro teased the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 24, 2019

InterviewsMoviesNews

Director And Special Effects Master Joe Castro Talks About His Past And Present Projects In An Interview

Anyone who really knows me is aware that I love special effects, so of course, I was really excited when I found out that SFX master Joe Castro had agreed to speak with me. Joe is the man behind the effects in horror and sci-fi films like Blood Feast II, Bonehill Road, The Dawnseeker, and The Haunting of La Llorona. But he’s not only any a special effects master, he’s also the director that brought us the Terror Toons franchise, Xenophobia, and many more. Joe sat down with me to talk about how he fell in love with filmmaking and effects, as well as some of his projects, and his journey. Horror Fuel: “How did you come to realize that you wanted to work in special effects?” Joe: “Basically, when I was seven-years-old, I was being babysat by my father who worked on a ranch in Texas. My mother was away for the weekend. I had a real fondness for

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 24, 2019

Trailers

1988’s ‘Ghosthouse’ Getting A Remake

Director Dustin Ferguson, who directed Nemesis 5 and editor of Sleepaway Camp IV, recently launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise initial funds for production on the remake of 1988’s Ghosthouse, re-written by Mike Reeb (Nemesis 5) and Jason Harlow (Another Evil Night). The remake of the Italian cult classic by director Umberto Lenzi (Cannibal Ferox) will begin filming this Autumn in Los Angeles. Paul Taylor (Hellraiser: Judgment) will star with special effects by Joe Castro (Wishmaster 3 & 4) and music by Justin Apone (The Toolbox Murders 2). The remake centers on a group of college kids who follow a mysterious broadcast on an old television set to an abandoned (and obviously haunted) house in the woods. Ectoplasm pits, flying objects, ghostly apparitions and the Grim Reaper himself are only a few of the horrors that await them inside! Ferguson is finalizing the details with rights holders Film Export Group now, so we should hear more soon. In the meantime,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 23, 2018

IndieNewsParanormal

‘CLOWNADO’ Needs Your Help!

From director Todd Sheets and Extreme Entertainment comes a roller coaster of gory goodness, CLOWNADO. The film promises to be a splatacular film with killer clowns out for blood on a revenge-fueled destructive rampage from hell! The film will be in the style of Neo-noir mixed with John Carpenter, Lucio Fulci, Evil Dead, Dead Alive with buckets of gore with the emphasis on splatter that would make GWAR proud. The film will mix practical and old-school style special effects with make-up and special effects designer Joe Castro leading the insanity. The film has set up a Gofundme and an Indiegogo to allow lovers of gore and admirers of indie-films can donate to make the film become a reality with the promise that no matter if you end up liking the film or not that you will be entertained. You can support CLOWNADO by donating to the Gofundme HERE and/or the Indiego HERE! You can also keep up with the progress

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Capt McNeely

Apr 3, 2018

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