This week we're talking about AIMEE: THE VISITOR, a title that could refer to either our movie or our guest! Director and writer 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!  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: Laserblast

Full Moon takes on the slasher genre for... the first time? Can that possibly be true? We'll dig into it with BLEED, Devin Hamilton's micro-budget SCREAM-a-like that has more twists than they know what to do with.  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: AImee: The Visitor 

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.  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: Bleed

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!  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: Deadly Stingers 

Finally, the cinematic showdown between lingerie models and leprechauns that we all didn't know we needed! We're talking about UNLUCKY CHARMS, a deeply silly 2013 flick that is the only Full Moon movie, and maybe the only movie period, to be packaged with a novelty box of cereal. We're joined by the great Matt Orozco of Macabre Daily for this bizarre little confection.  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: Death Streamer 

2002's dark psychosexual thriller DEATHBED may have limited production values, but there's a smart and incisive story at the heart of it. Stuart Gordon saw it, too, and added it to his short-lived sublabel of STUART GORDON PRESENTS films, which aimed to bring Full Moon back to it's darker, nastier days. We're discussing the film with none other than Danny Draven, the director of this film plus many other Full Moon titles (HORRORVISION, WEEDJIES), who is not only a cool guest in his own right but brings a wealth of behind-the-scenes knowledge!  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: Unlucky Charms 

This is the big one, folks! Not only does this week mark our 100th episode, but we're also talking about one of the canonical best horror films ever made: Stuart Gordon's RE-ANIMATOR! If that wasn't enough of an honor, we are also joined by one of our favorite guests, horror historian Michael Gingold, and one of the stars of the film itself, the iconic Barbara Crampton! Why are you still reading this? Go listen! It's incredible!  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: 

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're chatting about this engaging kids movie with Lowell Greenblatt of Macabre Daily!  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: Re-Animator 

CRYPTZ follows an aspiring rap group into the world's grossest looking club, where they must fight against sexy stripper vampires in a film that is in no way like FROM DUSK TILL DAWN! We're joined this week by the amazing Xero Gravity from Blerdy Massacre, who helps us explore the history of low-budget Black horror and where CRYPTZ fits into that lineage.  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: Dragonworld 

The devilish doughboy is back for another exercise in low-taste gore gags with the impeccably titled GINGERDEAD MAN 3: SATURDAY NIGHT CLEAVER! Brad Hanson from Evolution of Horror has completed his internship at the Scientific Research Institute for the Study of Homicidal Baked Goods and is back to offer his specific expertise on just what makes this creepy cookie tick.  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: Cryptz

It's long overdue, but for this episode we're taking a step back and just enjoying a chill hang, talking about our lives and our various obsessions and the weird road that took us to the world of Full Moon.  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: Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver 

Crank up the sexy sax because we're heading back to Torchlight with what may be the sublabel's crowning artistic achievement, HUNTRESS: SPIRIT OF THE NIGHT! Erin Dawn of the Manic Movie Monday podcast returns to guide us through the sensuously-lit world of B-movie erotica with this tale of werewolves and literal bodice-ripping.  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: Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver 

It's a trio of films that seems specifically designed to torture one of your intrepid co-hosts, but William Butler's BABY OOPSIE trilogy has a few surprises in store. The singularly irritating Demonic Toy takes center stage this week for BABY OOPSIE, MURDERDOLLS, and BURN BABY BURN, three films adapted from a two-season web series. The titular Kelly of Kelly's Taboo Terrors joins us this week to honor one of her favorite horror icons. 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: Huntress: Spirit of the Night 

ENEMY TERRITORY is the first film bold enough to ask: what if the guy who sang the GHOSTBUSTERS theme was in ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13? Turns out the answer is a pretty rad underground action flick. Returning guest Eric Walkuski joins us as we talk about this wild piece of late-80s urban paranoia, as a milquetoast insurance salesman and a cable repairman try to survive a night in a tenement building against a bloodthirsty gang.  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 Baby Oopsie trilogy

In the early 90s, "HOME ALONE rip-off" was a legit genre, and there's no way Charles Band was going to let a zeitgeist go unexploited. This week we're talking about the 1993 Moonbeam romp REMOTE, where a resourceful young kid and his remote control toys take on a trio of bumbling burglars. We're joined this week by one half of Video Villa Entertainment, Logan, who helps us explore this odd little subgenre of 90's nostalgia.  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: Enemy Territory 

LASER BLAST gets an unofficial remake in the surprisingly dark and upsetting DEADLY WEAPON. Starring NIGHTMARE 3's Rodney Eastman as a bullied teen who acquires an ultra-powerful ray gun, this nearly-lost cult movie goes to some heavy places, both for better and for worse. Michael Cucinotta joins us to weigh in on this Empire-era weirdo.  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: Remote 

Hollywood: land of big dreams, big stars, and big... cam girls. It's time for ATTACK OF THE 50-FT. CAM GIRL and GIANTESS BATTLE ATTACK, a pair of ultra-trashy T&A comedies from schlockmeister Jim Wynorski. We're joined by the iconic Cayley of "Once-Over With Cayley" (@OnceOverwithCayley on YouTube), who talks us through all the radioactive nonsense of this gleefully sleazy pair.  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: Deadly Weapon

We're back in the twisted world of Clive Barker for UNDERWORLD, released stateside as TRANSMUTATIONS! This 1985 fantasy neo-noir is Barker's first screenplay and his first collaboration with RAWHEAD REX director George Pavlou, but it bears a lot of his cinematic hallmarks, albeit in a very early form. We're delighted to be joined on this weird little concoction by multi-hyphenates Marc Gottlieb and Amber Kloss!  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: Attack of the 50 Ft. Camgirl / Giantess Battle Attack 

An event nearly 60 years in the making, THE PRIMEVALS has one of the wildest production stories in Hollywood history. Luckily, we're joined by a special guest who is no stranger to troubled productions: Max Evry, the author of "A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch's Dune - An Oral History!" Max joins us to dissect Dave Allen's long-gestating passion project, a movie that he was developing since the 1960s and is now, 25 years after Allen's untimely death, finally complete.  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: Transmutations, aka Underworld 

Tis the season to... buy merch? This week we're talking about Full Moon's only Christmas "film," THE 12 SLAYS OF CHRISTMAS, a compilation of old Full Moon flicks that just so happens to also function as an ad for the Tiny Terrors toy line. We're joined by Mr. Christmas himself, Chris Antista, who lends his expertise into holiday specials to see where this flick lands in the canon. Then, as an extra treat, we're dipping back into the toy chest for the stand-alone feature DEMONIC TOYS: JACK-ATTACK, in which the titular jack-in-the-box takes center stage for a solo adventure. Happy holidays everyone!  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 Primevals