First up for the Grue-Crew is the surprising bloody and entertaining Castlevania animated original series found on Netflix. Doc and Thomas cannot let the Spider-Man: Homecoming film swing by without spinning a wondrous web around the latest Marvel film. Dave drops into the Horror News of the Week with Scream Factory’s release of The Poughkeepsie Tapes, a short horror film contest run by James Wan, and a scary discussion on “Post-Horror”.  Closing out the show Thomas and Santos participate in a battle of wits with this week’s Stump the Saint!

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Episode 223 — Castlevania (Netflix 2017) — Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
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SHOWNOTES

INTRO [00:00:39]

HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK [00:02:16]

1. John Carpenter signs TV deal with Universal – Tales For A Halloween Night heading to SYFY
2. After nearly a decade – The Poughkeepsie Tapes finally to see the light of day
3. James Wan want to include your short film in his Conjuring vision – Details!!!
4. Scream Factory orders up a double dose of Collector’s Edition Dead
5. Article exploring new wave of horror brings the term “Post-Horror” to the world

SUPPORT HNR [00:37:37]

• Patreon
• HNR & Gruesome Magazine T-Shirts
• Gruesome Magazine 2016 Yearbook
• Gruesome Magazine Sping 2017

FEATURE REVIEW [00:40:49]

• Castlevania (Netflix 2017)
• director: Sam Deats w/ script by Warren Ellis
• cast: Richard Armitage (Trevor Belmont), Graham McTavish (Dracula), Alejandra Reynoso (Sypha), James Callis (Alucard), Tony Amendola (The Elder), Matt Frewer (The Bishop), Emily Swallow (Lisa Tepes)

ANNOUNCEMENTS [01:03:15]

• Gruesome Magazine has launched a quarterly print magazine
  • Gruesome Magazine Spring 2017
• Convention and Film Festival Appearances
  • Raleigh Supercon (July 14-16, Raleigh, NC)
  • Monster-Mania (Cherry Hill, NJ – Aug 18-20)
  • DRAGON CON (Atlanta, GA, September 1 – 4)
  • Genre Blast (Winchester, VA, September 8-10)
  • Wreak Havoc (Greensboro, NC, Sept 22-23)
  • Monsterama (Atlanta, GA, Sept 29-Oct 1)
  • Nightmares Horror Film Festival (Columbus, OH, October 19-22)
  • Santos will once again be involved with the New York City Horror Film Festival (NYC October, 26-29)

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING [01:04:44]

• Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
• director: Jon Watts w/ Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and Jon Watts & Christopher Ford and Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers
• cast: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Gwyneth Paltrow, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Bokeem Woodbine, Tyne Daly, Kenneth Choi, Martin Starr, Michael Chernus, Michael Mando, Logan Marshall-Green, Jennifer Connelly, and Chris Evans

STUMP THE SAINT [01:46:02]

FEEDBACK [01:53:15]

• Thanks to Tear Out the Heart and Victory Records for use of the song Undead Anthem for the intro and outro of the HNR podcast

NEXT WEEK

• Wish Upon and War for the Planet of the Apes