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Joe Castro

Born May 17, 1970 · San Antonio, Texas, USA (age 56)

Director, Producer, and Special Effects Artist, Joe Castro was born in San Antonio, Texas and began his career at age 15 when he was hired to create special effects make-up for a PBS affiliate and graduated to writing and directing his own feature films. Altogether, Joe has won over 46 awards in producing, directing, and creating special effects. Since teaming with his partner, Steven Escobar, Cas…

Known For

Iron Sky: The Coming Race

Iron Sky: The Coming Race · 2019

Iron Sky: The Coming Race

MovieActionComedy

29 years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity - or destroy it once and for all. An old enemy leads our heroes on an adventure into the Hollow Earth. To save humanity, they must battle the Vril, an ancient shapeshifting reptilian race, and their army of dinosaurs.

Evil Toons

Evil Toons · 1992

MovieComedyHorror

Four sexy young girls are to clean an old house for the new owners. They get delivered an old book full of magic incantations, and while reading it they accidentally bring a cartoon character to life. The cartoon character likes the blood of young girls...

Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled

Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled · 2002

Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled

MovieHorrorFantasy

The unspeakable evil of the soul-devouring djinn rises again in this fourth electrifying installment of the unstoppable Wishmaster horror legacy! But now, as a host of new victims see their most nightmarish wishes come true, the world faces the ultimate demonic terror: an onslaught of multiple djinns hell-bent on destroying everything in their path!

Another Gay Movie

Another Gay Movie · 2006

Another Gay Movie

MovieComedyRomance

Andy is your typical All-American eighteen-year-old gay virgin. Like everyone else, he's dying to have sex. Totally out of the closet and mad-crazy horny, this naïve high school senior is caught in that awkward vortex between child and adult. Much to the dismay of his mom (who wonders why all her carrots and cucumbers keep disappearing), Andy spends much of his private time practicing for the big moment when he'll finally take the plunge.

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! · 2008

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!

MovieComedyRomance

Four university students head to Florida for spring break and enroll in a contest to see who can get the most sexual partners.

Campfire Tales

Campfire Tales · 1997

Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.

Sincerely Saul

Sincerely Saul · 2024

MovieComedyDrama

Stuck at home with his bedridden Grandma, Saul plans to kill himself on his 27th birthday if he doesn't lose his virginity by then.

H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones

H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones · 2024

H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones

In 1930, sea captain Russel Marsh saw the light, and for 93 years his body was not his own. Inhabited by a Great Old One, he committed unspeakable acts in the name of the Esoteric Order of Dagon. Now free, he is in search of a way to go back in time to reverse the horrors wrought upon the world. But the cult has other plans and will stop at nothing to destroy him.

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Iron Sky: The Coming Race

Iron Sky: The Coming Race · 2019

Iron Sky: The Coming Race

MovieActionComedy

29 years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity - or destroy it once and for all. An old enemy leads our heroes on an adventure into the Hollow Earth. To save humanity, they must battle the Vril, an ancient shapeshifting reptilian race, and their army of dinosaurs.

Special Effects

Evil Toons

Evil Toons · 1992

MovieComedyHorror

Four sexy young girls are to clean an old house for the new owners. They get delivered an old book full of magic incantations, and while reading it they accidentally bring a cartoon character to life. The cartoon character likes the blood of young girls...

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled

Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled · 2002

Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled

MovieHorrorFantasy

The unspeakable evil of the soul-devouring djinn rises again in this fourth electrifying installment of the unstoppable Wishmaster horror legacy! But now, as a host of new victims see their most nightmarish wishes come true, the world faces the ultimate demonic terror: an onslaught of multiple djinns hell-bent on destroying everything in their path!

Makeup Effects

Another Gay Movie

Another Gay Movie · 2006

Another Gay Movie

MovieComedyRomance

Andy is your typical All-American eighteen-year-old gay virgin. Like everyone else, he's dying to have sex. Totally out of the closet and mad-crazy horny, this naïve high school senior is caught in that awkward vortex between child and adult. Much to the dismay of his mom (who wonders why all her carrots and cucumbers keep disappearing), Andy spends much of his private time practicing for the big moment when he'll finally take the plunge.

Special Effects Coordinator

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! · 2008

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!

MovieComedyRomance

Four university students head to Florida for spring break and enroll in a contest to see who can get the most sexual partners.

Special Effects Coordinator

Campfire Tales

Campfire Tales · 1997

Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Sincerely Saul

Sincerely Saul · 2024

MovieComedyDrama

Stuck at home with his bedridden Grandma, Saul plans to kill himself on his 27th birthday if he doesn't lose his virginity by then.

Joe

H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones

H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones · 2024

H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones

In 1930, sea captain Russel Marsh saw the light, and for 93 years his body was not his own. Inhabited by a Great Old One, he committed unspeakable acts in the name of the Esoteric Order of Dagon. Now free, he is in search of a way to go back in time to reverse the horrors wrought upon the world. But the cult has other plans and will stop at nothing to destroy him.

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Bleed

MovieHorrorThriller

A naïve young girl desperate to fit in with her new boyfriend's tightly knit crew learns that membership may be deadly. Upon arriving at a party with her new boyfriend, Shawn, desperate-to-fit-in newcomer Debbie learns that the friends have formed a mysterious brotherhood nicknamed "The Murder Club." As Debbie accepts her invitation to join the mysterious club, a murderer who seems to take the group's name to heart begins killing off members one by one.

Special Effects Coordinator

Mutilator 2

Mutilator 2 · 2023

Many years after its initial 1984 release, The Mutilator is being remade. A wrap party has been scheduled for the night following the final day of shooting. Cast members of the original film have been invited, and everyone is excited. Unfortunately, they are besieged by an unknown killer who favours the use of the same or similarly-flavoured nautical implements of death as used by Big Ed, the original grief-crazed Mutilator maniac.

Special Effects

That's a Wrap

That's a Wrap · 2023

A film cast arrives at a wrap party, but someone has dressed up as the slasher in the movie and begins to stage their own kill scenes. One by one, the cast disappears until the true nature of the evening is revealed.

Special Effects

Devil's Disciple: The Night Stalker

Devil's Disciple: The Night Stalker · 2026

Devil's Disciple: The Night Stalker

MovieCrimeHorror

A relentless, killer-POV descent into the mind of Richard Ramirez as he stalks 1980s Los Angeles, leaving terror, bloodshed, and belief-driven brutality in his wake.

Julian Ramirez

RoboWoman

RoboWoman · 2019

MovieScience Fiction

On her last day at a temp agency, Vivica Stevens is attacked, beaten and left for dead by a co-worker and his friends. Through the use of futuristic “cybernetic” upgrades, she tracks down her assailants to execute bloody revenge.

Special Effects

The Beast Comes At Midnight

The Beast Comes At Midnight · 2023

The Beast Comes At Midnight

An outcast, teenage live streamer must enlist the help of four popular kids after he discovers that a werewolf is tracking one of them in their small rural town.

Special Effects

Xenophobia

Xenophobia · 2019

MovieScience Fiction

Six complete strangers recall the details of their individual experiences with alien forces-sharing the terrifying stories of their abductions and possessions.

Director

The Amityville Harvest

The Amityville Harvest · 2020

The Amityville Harvest

While staying at an aging manor to research its liquor-smuggling history, Christina and her documentary video team interview their spooky host Vincent—but no one can capture his image or voice on video. After shocking dreams and bloody encounters, the crew members fall under Victor’s hypnotic spell.

Special Effects

Teenage Exorcist

Teenage Exorcist · 1991

Teenage Exorcist

MovieHorrorComedy

Diane is a repressed, neurotic grad student, who moves into a cursed mansion only to be possessed by the house's demonic master. She is then transformed into a raven-haired, leather and lingerie-clad seductress, who seeks a virgin sacrifice for her master. Meanwhile her sister, brother-in-law, a priest, and a pizza boy try to rescue her while avoiding the demon's wrath.

Makeup Artist

Clown Motel 3: 3 Ways to Hell

Clown Motel 3: 3 Ways to Hell

Clown Motel 3: 3 Ways to Hell

From director Joseph Kelly comes the third installment of the 'Clown Motel' Franchise. In a surreal Clown Dimension, soldiers face off against a clown society's sinister plot for a chilling human sacrifice, battling to save both worlds.

'Jack's in the box' Killer Clown

Clownado

Clownado · 2023

MovieHorrorComedy

Cursed demonic circus clowns set out on a vengeful massacre using tornadoes. A stripper, Elvis impersonator, truck driver, teen runaway, and a dude get caught in the supernatural battle between femme fatal and the boss clown from hell.

Thanks

Name the Demon

Name the Demon · 2025

The only hope a team of exorcists have to save a possessed women is to discover the name of the demon that has possessed her.

Father Noah Marcus

Hexatic Phase

Hexatic Phase · 2020

In the aftermath of a sexual trauma, a woman begins to melt away.

Special Effects

Nation's Fire

Nation's Fire · 2019

MovieActionThriller

The former leader of a female motorcycle club loses her son in a school shooting caused by a known gangster. With the help of her old gang, they seek retaliation against those responsible to prove her son was not the shooter.

Special Effects Coordinator

The Once and Future Smash

The Once and Future Smash · 2022

The Once and Future Smash

MovieComedyHorror

In 1970, Mikey and William both portrayed football cannibal Smash-Mouth in the influential cult hit, End Zone 2. Now, 50 years later, only one can wear the mask.

Blaze Pauling

Terror Toons 2

Terror Toons 2 · 2007

MovieHorrorComedy

A girl gets a DVD entitled Terror Toons for her birthday. Meanwhile, "cartoon" characters Hansel and Gretel wander into the house of a witch who poisons them, but instead of dying, they transform into an ugly gigantic-headed psycho and a giant rat, respectively. After the girl plays the DVD, Hansel and Gretel are sucked into the real world through her TV and wreak havoc. —christianmellinger55

Writer