Castle Talk with Castle Bridge Media

Travis Stevens talks about his writing and directing debut, GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR, which premieres in March at South by Southwest.

Eyal Kless is a classical violinist who currently teaches violin in the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, and performs with the Israel Haydn String Quartet, which he founded. He calls in from a visit to Stuttgart to discuss his new post-apocalyptic book The Lost Puzzler, a rich vision about the search for a boy who can unlock any puzzle.

Kelly Meding’s STRAY MOON from Harper Voyager is a follow-up to her book Stray Magic which about one Shiloh Harrison and her team of Paranormal Marshals who are once again put between upholding the law and doing what is right. Werewolves are going missing and it’s up to Shiloh to help. We talk about dark fantasy, paranormal, and Meding's writing process.

Daniel Farrands chats about his new film THE AMITYVILLE MURDERS, which tells the story of Ronald "Butch" DeFeo, who one sleepy day in 1974 murdered his entire family in Amityville, Long Island.  We talk about the pluses and minuses of life in that analog era and the horrors that can hide in a house. Farrands also shares news on his other priod piece, the upcoming THE HAUNTING OF SHARON TATE.

St. Agatha is a brand-new psychological horror film (but don't worry, it gets intense and sometimes gory) about a young con woman (Sabrina Kern) in the 1950s who, finding herself broke and pregnant, joins a convent only to find herself trapped by an evil Mother Superior (Carolyn Hennessy.) It's an amazingly powerful performance from both, and we chat with director Darren Lynn Bousman on bringing this dark, pulse-pounding tale to life.

This week we wrap up our retrospective dedicated to the films of Bela Lugosi, this time with Lugosi’s performance as a character that David Skal called “Dracula in all but name,” vampire Armand Tesla in the 1943 Columbia picture THE RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE.

Mari Mancusi's The Camelot Code: The Once and Future Geek is a fast-paced middle grade adventure from Disney Hyperion, in which an adolescent King Arthur comes to the 21st Century and decides he doesn't go back. We chat about how the book came to be, the long process of publishing, and how to make the sometimes-adult Arthurian legends work in a family adventure.

Tonight we’re chatting with Anthony Rotolo, the creator of the TV Terror Podcast. TV TERROR is the show devoted to horror, thriller, and suspense programming from the movie-for-the-week golden age and beyond.

Leanna Renee Hieber is back to discuss her new book THE SPECTRAL CITY, from Kensington's new Science Fiction / Fantasy imprint Rebel Base Books. It's the beginning of a new series featuring a group of young lady psychics and mediums, and their ghostly best friends, as The Ghost Precinct solves weird and unsettling crime in 1899 New York City. We discuss ghosts, history and where to write in New York.

Bram Stoker Award-nominated author James Hornor Jacobs is the author of THE SEA DREAMS IT IS THE SKY. The story features a strong female lead, a powerful LGBTQ protagonist, a horrifyingly gripping plot, and a culturally-sensitive perspective as John worked directly with South American readers to shed light on aspects of distinct South American cultures and history. We talk about Jacob's process in creating this gripping story.