Joe Castro
Biography
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.
Known For & Full Filmography14 Titles
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Joe
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.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Thomas / Pedro
A group of young adults treat their server poorly and don't leave a tip. Soon, they start dying one-by-one and anyone could be the killer.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Pedro Montalvo
A twisted true crime nightmare where serial killer granny Dorothea Puente lures the vulnerable, kills without remorse, and buries secrets in her garden. Evil wears a smile. You’ll never trust kindness again.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as 'Jack's in the box' Killer Clown
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.
Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • as Guard
Four college friends take a fateful road trip. The road, Hell's Highway--a direct route to terror. They pick up Lucinda: A hot young hitchiker, full of sexual deviance and lust for the bloody kill. After being terrorized and nearly killed, the group manages to turn the tables. They thought they killed her, but around the next ben--around every ben-- she appears like a mirage ready to murder again. Is she the devil? Can anyone stop her killing spree?
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Cop #2
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.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Father Burman
Everyone around psychic Clementine Carter is being brutally murdered by a masked killer dubbed ‘The Scalper.’ Is it dead psycho Andrew Lubitz back from the grave, a copycat killer or a horror beyond imagination? Clementine must use her second sight to stay one step ahead of the maniac’s blade to solve the mystery.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Down-on-his-luck single father, Ernie Ester has had enough. The cruel, relentless scientists that work with the gentle giant at Worth Bio Tech have finally gone too far. They crossed a line and awakened the hunter lurking deep within him, and unleashed his bloody retribution. Their begging is worthless…Their apologies are worthless…Their lives are worthless… Ernie is WORTHLESS!
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Man Attacked by Bees
Anthology based on the original "Terror Toons", featuring evil villains Dr. Carnage and Max Assassin.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Blaze Pauling
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.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Father Noah Marcus
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.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Self
A documentary featuring interviews from horror movie icons, filmmakers, actors and enthusiasts of the genre. Together they discuss why the horror genre is so important to creators and fans.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Michael Rose
Ungodly brutal beatings turns Chris, a young man, into a fiend that sets off a bloody, like never before seen, rampage. Beauty is truly only skin deep - Watch a young paraplegic, whose body is also wrecked with spinal bifida, fight for her life as her older, beautiful sister tries to murder her. It’s been 36 years since Jesse’s loving mother was raped by his biological father. Now, after hiding and running their entire lives in fear of this murderous rapist --- He has found them! A group of Christian teenagers are stalked, mamed and burned by a local legend in a haunted forest. Three legendary serial killers terrorize downtown Los Angeles by murdering countless innocent souls and the killer plan is to go out with a real bang. There’s nothing like the sweltering heat of summer to set off a massacre. The Summer of Massacre is a 100 mph slasher ride that never slows down. Packed with enough gore and insanity to send you looking for your barf bag.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Asylum Doctor
An actress recently released from a mental institution inherits a mansion where she's forced to face her haunting past.