We hope you enjoyed or Halloween epsiode on “Head of the Family!” Now begins Noirvember: a month long look at the @fullmoonfeatures.bsky.social movies that have been getting the B&W treatment! First up: 2024’s “Quadrant,” featuring writer/filmmaker Sean Redlitz! Check it! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

I know we don’t update much on here but this is something we wanna plug, because it was awesome!

Check out our latest episode! Episode 132: Pulse Pounders (1988) Rachel Reeves of the Halloweenies podcast (any lots of other rad stuff) joins us to discuss this unfinished Empire curiosity. Combs! Crampton! Thomerson! Hunt! Gale! Warner! Moll! They’re (almost) all here! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 131: Talisman (1998) w/ Meredith Borders of @fangoria.bsky.social ! Check it out, wherever you get your podcasts! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 130: The Resonator: Miskatonic U (complete series) w/ @fullmoonfeatures.bsky.social stalwart Topher Hansson! Check it out wherever you get your podcasts! Don’t forget to rate & review! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 129: Evil Bong 2: King Bong/ Evil Bong 3: The Wrath of Bong 3D (2009/2011) Welp. Here we are. We weren’t looking forward to heading back to the Bong-iverse but at least we have the wonderful Corinne Halbert (ACID NUN) with us for the journey! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

No, thank YOU, Scott! Always a pleasure!

Episode 128 is OUT NOW! The wonderful Gena Radcliffe of the terrific Kill By Kill podcast joins us to discuss Metalstorm 3D: The Destruction of Jared-Syn! Check it out wherever you get your podcasts and don’t forget to rate and review! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 126: Denice Duff Vampire Extravaganza! Denice joins Jarrod and Steve to talk about the oft-maligned 1998 entry SUBSPECIES 4: BLOODSTORM, 2023's SUPSPECIES V: BLOOD RISE, and 2003's VAMPIRE RESURRECTION! Check us out, wherever you get your pods! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episodes! 🚨 (Sort of) Episode 124: Jigsaw (2002) Episode 125: Crash! (1976) w/ Edward Douglas I am two weeks behind promoting on here. Check these out! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 123: Prison of the Dead (2000) This week on the show, author Nathan Tolle joins us to discuss this oft-overlooked Dave DeCoteau joint that is very, very much rooted in the year 2000. Check it out, wherever you get your podcasts! Rate and review! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨Bonus Episode!🚨 Episode 122: Robot Jox 2.0 (an interview with Joe Haldeman and Mary Gay Haldeman) John Torrani returns to help moderate an interview with Joe Haldeman, the legendary sci-fi author of THE FOREVER WAR and the screenwriter of Stuart Gordon's ROBOT JOX! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 121: Transformations (1988) Author Clay McLeod Chapman joins Jarrod and Steve this week for an absolutely bizarre sci-fi thriller, TRANSFORMATIONS! Check it out, wherever you get your podcasts! Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 120: Josh Kirby…Time Warrior (Planet of the Dino Knights/ The Human Pets) (1995) Jarrod and Steve go guestless to discuss the first two chapters in Full Moon Features’ pre-teen adventure series “Josh Kirby…Time Warrior!” Check it out, rate, review! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨 New Episode!🚨 Episode 119: Demon in the Bottle A group of curious kids accidentally unleash an ancient demon from Middle Eastern mythology in the fun effects-driven Moonbeam film DEMON IN THE BOTTLE! Cameron Chaney (Library Macabre) joins us for a great chat! Check it! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

1/2 of PM/CF will be here and it will be a star-studded event as usual!

There's an all-new edition of Final Exam Horror Trivia happening at 2PM this Sunday, July 13th, at Rockbar! Join us for five rounds of expert level trivia, celebrity surprises, drink specials, tons of killer prizes, and the best community the horror scene has to offer! Mark your calendars now, NYC!

🚨Bonus Episode!🚨 Episode 118: A Conversation with Richard Band Just like it sounds, and it’s a good one! Check it out! Don’t forget to rate and review! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 117: Cutter’s Club (2005) Tony Todd was the man, and it’s very cool that we get see him in another deliciously over-the-top performance, as well as another Mac Ahlberg shot, JCB creature effect Full Moon joint. Check it out! Also rate and review! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 116: Hell Asylum (2002) We're committing ourselves to discussing HELL ASYLUM, a 2002 reality TV ghost flick! A surprisingly gory, effectively shot micro budget gem, HELL ASYLUM hearkens back to the brief craze of haunted reality shows like MTV’s “FEAR.” With Jerry J. Sampson.

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 115: Voodoo Academy/ 2: Voodoo Academy Enroll this semester in the VOODOO ACADEMY, David DeCoteau's quietly groundbreaking queer softcore opus. We’re joined by filmmaker-urban mystic Sarah Lyons to talk about the film and its long-delayed sequel! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

Before you get our new ep tomorrow, check out our most recent release on @puppetmasters_castlefreaks ! Episode 114: The Haunted Casino (2007) featuring Katie Hettenbach of @katieafraidy ! Check it out wherever you get your podcasts! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 113: Ravenwolf Towers (2016) We're checking in to the RAVENWOLF TOWERS from 2016! This bizarre flick was repurposed from a Full Moon streaming series, that unfortunately was cancelled in the middle of it's season, just as it was setting itself as Kushner-Locke era AVENGERS.

Boy oh boy have I been bad at promoting on Bluesky…well, here we go. 🚨Recent Episodes!🚨 Episode 111: An Interview with Tiffany Shepis Episode 112: Savage Island/ Savage Streets w/ Sean O’Connor of @macabredaily ! Before you check out today’s new one, give these two bangers a listen!

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 110: Sideshow (2000) Step right up! This week we're stepping into the SIDESHOW, Fred Olen Ray's loving homage to Tod Browning's FREAKS! Filmmaker Frank Sabatella joins us on our tour through the horrors of this carnival treat.  Check it out! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 109: Curse of the Puppet Master / Retro Puppet Master PM scholar and expert @natbrehmer.bsky.social returns to the show to discuss these two much maligned entries in the enduring @fullmoonfeatures.bsky.social franchise! Check it out! Rate and review! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

I’m always a day late here promoting the show, but I’m so glad Nat posted this!! We’re glad he got to talk about these ones. We could tell he was excited!

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 108: Seedpeople (1992) and Shrieker (1998) The amazing Jed Shepard (HOST, Dashcam) joins us for one of our most unorthodox double Full Moon Features! Check it out, wherever you get your podcasts! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 107: Laserblast (1978) Pew pew! This week, friend of the show Adam Torkel returns to talk about one of Band's earliest hits, the sci-fi thriller LASERBLAST! This film not only looms large in Band's pre-Full Moon catalogue, it also inspired one of the best MST3Ks of all time!

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 106: AImee: The Visitor (2023) This week we're talking about AIMEE: THE VISITOR! Director Aimee Mayumi Kuge (CANNIBAL MUKBANG) joins us for one of Full Moon's most recent entries, a film that introduces cinema's first AI-generated femme fatale! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 104: Deadly Stingers (aka Mega Scorpions) One of the quietly more controversial Full Moon films, the fun giant arachnid flick DEADLY STINGERS marked the contentious end of the Tempe era and sent the studio off on a new path.

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 103 We're going guestless this week for one of the most recent Full Moon films, DEATH STREAMER! This movie tries to bring vampire mythology into the modern age, and in the process helps kick off a new Full Moon sublabel, the sordid Pulp Noir!  linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 102: Unlucky Charms (2013) This week Jarrod and Steve are joined by @macabredaily.bsky.social Matt Orozco to discuss the climactic showdown between lingerie models and leprechauns that we have always wanted. Check it out! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 101: Deathbed (2002) This week on the show, Jarrod and Steve are joined by director Danny Draven to discuss his 2002 Full Moon drama presented by Stuart Gordon, “Deathbed.” Check it out wherever you get your podcasts! Don’t forget to rate and review! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨Episode 100 is here!🚨 Barbara Crampton and Michael Gingold join us to discuss the amazing “Re-Animator,” which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year! It’s an absolute classic, and this episode was the only way to cap off our milestone of 100! Check it out! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨 New Episode! 🚨 Episode 99: Dragonworld (1994) Perhaps the crowning achievement of the entire Moonbeam universe, Ted Nicolaou's DRAGONWORLD is as close to a legit blockbuster as Full Moon gets. We chat about this engaging kids movie with Lowell Greenblatt of Macabre Daily! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 98: Cryptz (2002) This week on the show, we’re joined by the amazing NYC horror podcaster n media personality Xero Gravity to discuss the Vampire strip club scene in 2002’s “Cryptz!” Listen to our conversation, wherever you get your podcasts! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 97: Join us for this disco dancing delicacy disaster! Killer confection or Roller Boogie Man? You decide. We’re joined by Brad Hanson of the Gore Things and Brain Rot podcasts. Check it out! Don’t forget to rate and review the show! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 96: Get to Know the Hosts! We’ve got a brand new bonus episode up where we take a short break from talking Charles Band movies and let the listeners get to know us a bit more. We’ll return on Friday with “Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver!” linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 95: Huntress: Spirit of the Night Erin of the Manic Movie Monday podcast joins us on another trip to taudry Torchlight Town! Check it out wherever you get podcasts! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 94: Baby Oopsiepalooza! This week on Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks, Kelly of Kelly’s Taboo Terrors joins Jarrod and Steve to discuss not one, not two, but three Baby Oopsie features, much to Steve’s dismay! Check it wherever you get your podcasts! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 93: Enemy Territory (1987) Eric Walkuski, contributor to JoBlo.com and Arrow in the Head returns to the show to discuss this absolute banger of a movie, Empire’s mostly forgotten distribution starring Ray Parker, Jr and Tony Todd - Enemy Territory! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 92: We return to another family friendly Friday when Logan from Video Villa Entertainment joins us to discuss Moonbeam’s response to “Home Alone” - 1993’s “Remote” Check it out wherever you get podcasts! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 91: Deadly Weapon (1989) Horror buff, blogger, and author Michael Cucinotta joins Jarrod and Steve to discuss this largely forgotten soft reboot of Laserblast! But with Joey from Nightmare 3 and 4! Check it out, wherever you get your podcasts! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

I swear I’m always a day late on this platform! 🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 90: This week on PM/CF, Cayley from the Once-Over with Cayley show joins us discuss a double dose of Jim Wynorksi debauchery! Giant women kaiju battles…what more could you want?? Check us out! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 89: Amber Kloss and Marc Gottlieb joins us to discuss this often overlooked Clive Barker adaptation. Great music, slick neon 80s vibes, some cool freak designs…but does it all work? Listen to our ep to find out! Don’t forget to rate and review! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 A little late here for this one but our newest episode features author Max Evry joining us to discuss David Allen’s stop motion opus, The Primevals! Definitely check it out, and listen to our show as a companion piece! Don’t forget to rate and review! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 87: Veteran podcaster and Thirty Twenty Ten co-host, Chris Antista, joins us to these two Billy Butler festive features! One’s a commercial but…not bad!Check us out, wherever you get podcasts, and Happy Holidays to all! Also, rate and review please! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Episode 86: Brain Rot host Stevie Webb returns to the show to discuss these two killer clown franchise sequels! Sepia tones, incorrect frame rates, novelty boxing gloves. One of) these movies (sort of) has it all! Find us wherever you get your podcasts! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...

🚨New Episode!🚨 Today on Puppet Masters/Castle Freaks, we travel back to the town of Oblivion w/ author Dylan James Quarles! This is a terrific talk about this fun, campy sequel with the spirit of a syndicated adventure series! Check it out, wherever you get your podcasts! linktr.ee/puppetmaster...