{"podcast":{"title":"Puppet Masters / Castle Freaks","slug":"puppet-masters-castle-freaks-6411389","podcast_index_feed_id":6411389,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/puppetmasterscastlefreaks/feed.xml","website_url":"https://puppetmasterscastlefreaks.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/16540632/Logo_Large_zvi62e.jpg","author":"puppetmasterscastlefreaks","episode_count":183,"summary":"This is the definitive Full Moon Features podcast! Each week, we’re going to watch a different film from Charles Band’s madcap universe of low-budget horror thrillers, encompassing not only the Full Moon films but also the earlier stable of Empire International Pictures and sub-labels like Moonbeam and Torchlight!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T00:17:28.838578+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/puppet-masters-castle-freaks-6411389"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 167: An Interview with Brad Sykes","slug":"episode-167-an-interview-with-brad-sykes","published_at":"2026-04-28T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/puppet-masters-castle-freaks-6411389/episode-167-an-interview-with-brad-sykes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/puppet-masters-castle-freaks-6411389","url":"https://puppetmasterscastlefreaks.podbean.com/e/episode-167-an-interview-with-brad-sykes/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dqk4a9dccudtqzbi/Brad_Sykes_FINAL_6tj0g.mp3","summary":"As a special bonus, we sat down for an interview with author, writer, and indie horror filmmaker Brad Sykes! In addition to directing films like CAMP BLOOD, PLAGUERS, GOTH, and many others, Brad worked first-hand on a number of Full Moon projects in the 90s, and he's here to share his first-hand experience of working with David DeCoteau, Charles Band, and a number of other FM luminaries. Hosted by Jarrod Hornbeck and Steve Guntli Theme song by Kyle Hornbeck Logo by Doug McCambridge Email: puppetmasterscastlefreaks@gmail.com Instagram/Threads: @puppetmasters_castlefreaks YouTube: @PuppetMastersCastleFreaks","meta_description":"As a special bonus, we sat down for an interview with author, writer, and indie horror filmmaker Brad Sykes! In addition to directing films like CAMP BLOO…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4490,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/puppet-masters-castle-freaks-6411389/episodes/episode-167-an-interview-with-brad-sykes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/puppet-masters-castle-freaks-6411389/episode-167-an-interview-with-brad-sykes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}