Joe Castro

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, Castro has Produced, Written & Directed 16 feature films.

Directing

1994

[ ] Ceremony (Director)

2000

[ ] Legend of the Chupacabra (Director)

2002

[ ] Terror Toons (Director)

2003

[ ] Blood Sisters (Director)
[ ] Maniacal (Director)
[ ] Butchered (Director)
[ ] Evil Unleashed (Director)

2004

[ ] The Jackhammer Massacre (Director)
[ ] Near Death (Director)

2006

[ ] The Young, the Gay and the Restless (Director)
[ ] Terror Toons 1.5 (Director)

2007

[ ] Terror Toons 2 (Director)

2011

[ ] The Summer of Massacre (Director)

2014

[ ] FrankenFake (Director)

2015

[ ] Terror Toons 3 (Director)

2019

[ ] Xenophobia (Director)
[ ] It Wants Blood! (Second Unit Director)

2022

[ ] Terror Toons 4 (Director)

Writing

1994

[ ] Ceremony (Writer)

2002

[ ] Terror Toons (Story)

2003

[ ] Evil Unleashed (Screenplay)

2019

[ ] Xenophobia (Screenplay)

Crew

1991

[ ] Teenage Exorcist (Special Effects)

1994

[ ] Ceremony (Special Effects Coordinator)

2000

[ ] Legend of the Chupacabra (Special Effects Coordinator)

2001

[ ] Demonicus (Special Effects Coordinator)

2002

[ ] The Zombie Chronicles (Special Effects)
[ ] Terror Toons (Special Effects)
[ ] Hell's Highway (Special Effects Coordinator)
[ ] Bleed (Special Effects Coordinator)
[ 2/10 ] Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled (Makeup Effects)

2003

[ ] Blood Sisters (Special Effects)
[ ] Butchered (Special Effects Coordinator)
[ ] Maniacal (Special Effects)
[ ] Evil Unleashed (Special Effects)

2004

[ ] Near Death (Special Effects)
[ ] Near Death (Special Effects Coordinator)
[ ] The Jackhammer Massacre (Special Effects Coordinator)

2006

[ ] Driller (Special Effects Coordinator)
[ ] The Wailer (Special Effects Coordinator)
[ ] Another Gay Movie (Special Effects Coordinator)

2007

[ ] Terror Toons 2 (Special Effects)

2008

[ ] Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! (Special Effects Coordinator)

2010

[ ] L.A. Zombie (Special Effects)

2011

[ ] The Summer of Massacre (Special Effects Coordinator)

2019

[ ] RoboWoman (Special Effects)
[ ] Nation's Fire (Special Effects Coordinator)
[ ] Iron Sky: The Coming Race (Special Effects)
[ ] Half-Cocked (Visual Effects Editor)
[ ] The Haunting of La Llorona (Special Effects)

2020

[ ] The Occultist 2: Bloody Guinea Pigs (Special Effects)
[ ] Hexatic Phase (Special Effects)
[ ] The Amityville Harvest (Special Effects)

2022

[ ] Appetite for Sin (Special Effects)
[ ] Clowning (Special Effects)
[ ] Maya (Special Effects)

2023

[ ] Mutilator 2 (Special Effects)
[ ] Clownado (Thanks)
[ ] That's a Wrap (Special Effects)
[ ] Maya (Special Effects)
[ ] The Beast Comes At Midnight (Special Effects)

2025

[ ] Queen of the Rats (Special Effects)

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[ ] Demon Wind 2: The Serpent’s Coil (Special Effects)

Production

2000

[ ] Legend of the Chupacabra (Producer)

2002

[ ] Terror Toons (Producer)

2004

[ ] Near Death (Producer)
[ ] The Jackhammer Massacre (Producer)

2007

[ ] Terror Toons 2 (Producer)

2011

[ ] The Summer of Massacre (Producer)

2015

[ ] Terror Toons 3 (Executive Producer)

2018

[ ] Personal Demons (Producer)

2019

[ ] Xenophobia (Producer)

2022

[ ] Terror Toons 4 (Producer)

Costume & Make-Up

1991

[ ] Teenage Exorcist (Makeup Artist)

1992

[ ] Evil Toons (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

1994

[ ] Ceremony (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

1997

[ ] Campfire Tales (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

2002

[ ] Hell's Highway (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
[ ] Demon's Kiss (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

2003

[ ] Maniacal (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
[ ] Butchered (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

2004

[ ] Vampz (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

2006

[ ] Porn of the Dead (Makeup Artist)

2007

[ ] Terror Toons 2 (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

2010

[ ] L.A. Zombie (Makeup Artist)

2011

[ ] The Summer of Massacre (Makeup Effects Designer)
[ ] The Summer of Massacre (Prosthetic Designer)

2019

[ ] RoboWoman (Special Effects Key Makeup Artist)
[ ] Xenophobia (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

2020

[ ] Abominable (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

2024

[ ] Elf in the Hood (Prosthetics)
[ ] Elf in the Hood (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
[ ] Lady Parts (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
[ ] H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones (Special Effects Makeup Artist)

Visual Effects

2015

[ ] Terror Toons 3 (Creature Design)

2018

[ ] Lake Michigan Monster (Creature Design)

2019

[ ] Half-Cocked (Special Effects Supervisor)
[ ] It Wants Blood! (Creature Design)
[ ] Xenophobia (Visual Effects Supervisor)

2024

[ ] The Beast Inside (Visual Effects)

????

[ ] Tin Roof (Special Effects Supervisor)

Art

2004

[ ] Near Death (Art Direction)

2022

[ ] The Blue Drum (Prop Designer)

Editing

2015

[ ] Terror Toons 3 (Editor)

Actor

2002

[ ] Hell's Highway (Guard)

2011

[ ] The Summer of Massacre (Michael Rose)

2018

[ ] Personal Demons (Asylum Doctor)

2022

[ ] The Once and Future Smash (Blaze Pauling)
[ ] I Am Worthless (????)
[ ] Terror Toons 4 (Man Attacked by Bees)

2023

[ ] The Horror We Make (Self)
[ ] Scalper (Father Burman)
[ ] That's a Wrap (Cop #2)
[ ] Dirty Freaken Joe: Sci-Fi Sam (Dr. Carnage)
[ ] Tip (Thomas / Pedro)

2024

[ ] Sincerely Saul (Joe)

2025

[ ] Name the Demon (Father Noah Marcus)
[ ] Dorothea (Pedro Montalvo)

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[ ] Tin Roof (Sheriff Denny Majors)