Joe Castro
Biography
Joe Castro is an American filmmaker and special effects artist. He began making latex masks and molds at twelve, influenced by Fangoria magazine and films like Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster and An American Werewolf in London, and he started filming on his family's land. At fifteen he won a national mask making contest held by Forrest J Ackerman, earning five days in Hollywood to study gore makeup with Joe Dante and John Carl Buechler. By seventeen, PM Magazine showed his werewolf transformation effect, and he provided effects for a March of Dimes charity haunted house. In 1988 he created an eleven room haunted motel for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. His directing credits include The Summer of Massacre (2011), Terror Toons (2002), Maniacal (2003), and The Jackhammer Massacre (2004); the first of these holds the Guinness World Record for the greatest number of deaths in a slasher film.
56years old
Turns 57 on May 17in 214 days
- Born San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 23 years2002 to 2025
Every film, newest first
- 2025Ed KemperIMDb rating 5.0
- 20229 Ways to HellIMDb rating 3.3
- 2022Night CallerIMDb rating 4.8
- 2002Hell's HighwayIMDb rating 4.4
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Chad FerrinDirector, 2 films, 2022 to 2025
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