Chats with creatives and meetings on the macabre! Film. Fiction. Art. Music. Hosted by Justin Young.
Conjuring the cast and crew of your favorite flicks, the best musicians metal has to offer, writers of the Weird, and seekers of the odd and occult - there's something for everyone within the Sanctuary of the Strange!
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Justin is a writer of weird fiction and host of the Monsters, Madness and Magic podcast. His literary diet consists of a few morsels of mystery, a significant side of Sword and Sorcery, with a heavy helping of horror. He is a fan of cult films, heavy metal, the occult, vintage video games, and classic cartoons.
His fiction fiction has appeared in Lovecraftiana: The Eldritch Magazine of Horror and the Tales To Terrify podcast. He is also a writer and contributor at Rue Morgue Magazine and Wicked Horror.
Join Justin, Daniel, and Angelique as they chat with director, writer, and Master of Horror Mick Garris about Ray Bradbury, Rod Serling, Stephen King, creativity, short fiction, the Post Mortem Podcast, and his recently released autobiography!
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Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with Fright Night and Child’s Play director Tom Holland about the origins and evolution of horror, Stephen King, vampires, creepy dolls, and creativity!
Read MoreJoin Justin and crew as they chat with effects artist and director Stephen Chiodo about monster movies, Critters, space clowns, and trolls!
Read MoreJoin Justin, Daniel, and Angelique as they chat with director Ted Nicolaou about Subspecies, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Full Moon, and filming in Romania after the fall of communism.
Read MoreJoin Justin and Angelique as they chat with actor Courtney Gains about acting methods, mushrooms, Children of the Corn, and more within the Sanctuary of the Strange!
Read MoreJoin Justin and crew as they chat with prolific film composer Richard Band within the Sanctuary of the Strange!
Read MoreJoin Justin, Angelique, Nicholas, and Henry as they chat with prolific producer, writer, and director Brian Yuzna about the origins of the horror genre, financing films, Necronomicon, and Stuart Gordon.
Read MoreJoin Justin and Nick as they chat with film producer and founder of Storm King Comics Sandy King-Carpenter about navigating the industry, constructive criticism, production woes, and classic horror!
Read MoreJoin Justin and Nick as the chat with Virgin Steele vocalist David DeFeis about theater, mythology, concept albums, the age of technology, and swords!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with DJ and voice actor Steve Downes about science fiction, radio, Halo, and Rock N’ Roll!
Read MoreJoin Justin and Daniel as they chat with make-up and effects artist Christopher Biggs about his early years working for Roger Corman, the Unnamable, working for Disney, and being mistaken for the Hillside Strangler in the late 70’s!
Read MoreJoin Justin and Angelique as they chat with writer and actor Andrew Lowery of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and My Boyfriend’s Back about films, transitioning to behind the camera, and acting in the early 90’s!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with actor Tyler Mane about wrestling, his role as Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Halloween Franchise, horror films, and his new Netflix show Jupiter’s Legacy!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with Howie K. Bentley and Matthew Knight of Cauldron Born about Sword and Sorcery, films, heavy metal, and what’s on the horizon for the band!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with magician, author, researcher and host of the Rune Soup podcast Gordon White about high strangeness, synchronicity, belief systems, films, and maneuvering in a magical universe!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with vocalist, founder, and guitarist of Incantation John McEntee about horror movies, creativity, physical media, and death metal!
Read MoreJoin Justin and Angelique as they chat with filmmaker and founder of Glass Eye Pix Larry Fessenden about tales told around the campfire, coming to terms with our darkness, horror, and the love of making films!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats chat with author, explorer, and lecturer L.A Marzulli about the levels of UFO disclosure, giants, alien implants, and exploring the esoteric!
Read MoreJoin Justin as he chats with actor and author Nicholas Vince about Hellraiser, Nightbreed, Clive Barker, theater, fiction writing, and the indie horror scene in the UK!
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