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.
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Movies (72)
Devil's Disciple: The Night Stalker
2026 · Julian Ramirez
Robot Dracula
2026 · Sharp Hand Joe, Producer
Queen of the Rats
2025 · Special Effects
Dorothea
2025 · Pedro Montalvo
Clown Motel: 3 Ways to Hell
2025 · 'Jack's in the box' Killer Clown
Cuando el demonio llama
2025 · Father Noah Marcus
The Beast Inside
2024 · Visual Effects
Elf in the Hood
2024 · Prosthetics, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Sincerely Saul
2024 · Joe
Lady Parts
2024 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones
2024 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Mutilator 2
2023 · Special Effects
Clownado
2023 · Thanks
The Horror We Make
2023 · Self
Scalper
2023 · Father Burman
Dirty Freaken Joe: Sci-Fi Sam
2023 · Dr. Carnage
That's a Wrap
2023 · Cop #2, Special Effects
The Beast Comes At Midnight
2023 · Special Effects
Tip
2023 · Thomas / Pedro
Maya
2023 · Special Effects
The Once and Future Smash
2022 · Blaze Pauling
Terror Toons 4
2022 · Man Attacked by Bees, Director, Producer
Appetite for Sin
2022 · Special Effects
Maya
2022 · Special Effects
The Blue Drum
2022 · Prop Designer
I Am Worthless
2022
Clowning
2022 · Special Effects
The Amityville Harvest
2020 · Special Effects
Hexatic Phase
2020 · Special Effects
The Occultist 2: Bloody Guinea Pigs
2020 · Special Effects
Abominable
2020 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Half-Cocked
2019 · Visual Effects Editor, Special Effects Supervisor
Xenophobia
2019 · Director, Screenplay, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Producer, Visual Effects Supervisor
The Haunting of La Llorona
2019 · Special Effects
RoboWoman
2019 · Special Effects, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
It Wants Blood!
2019 · Second Unit Director, Creature Design
Nation's Fire
2019 · Special Effects Coordinator
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
2019 · Special Effects
Lake Michigan Monster
2018 · Creature Design
Personal Demons
2018 · Asylum Doctor, Producer
Terror Toons 3
2015 · Editor, Creature Design, Executive Producer, Director, Writer
FrankenFake
2014 · Director
The Summer of Massacre
2011 · Michael Rose, Makeup Effects Designer, Writer, Special Effects Coordinator, Producer, Prosthetic Designer, Director
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
2008 · Special Effects Coordinator
Terror Toons 2
2007 · Writer, Director, Special Effects, Producer, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Driller
2006 · Special Effects Coordinator
The Wailer
2006 · Special Effects Coordinator
Another Gay Movie
2006 · Special Effects Coordinator
Terror Toons 1.5
2006 · Director
The Young, the Gay and the Restless
2006 · Director, Writer
Vampz
2004 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Near Death
2004 · Producer, Director, Art Direction, Special Effects Coordinator, Special Effects
The Jackhammer Massacre
2004 · Director, Writer, Producer, Special Effects Coordinator
Evil Unleashed
2003 · Special Effects, Screenplay, Director
Maniacal
2003 · Director, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Special Effects
Blood Sisters
2003 · Special Effects, Director
Butchered
2003 · Director, Special Effects Coordinator, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Bleed
2002 · Special Effects Coordinator
Demon's Kiss
2002 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Zombie Chronicles
2002 · Special Effects
Terror Toons
2002 · Producer, Special Effects, Director, Story
Wishmaster 4: La profecía
2002 · Makeup Effects
Hell's Highway
2002 · Guard, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Special Effects Coordinator
Demonicus
2001 · Special Effects Coordinator
Legend of the Chupacabra
2000 · Director, Producer, Special Effects Coordinator
Campfire Tales
1997 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Ceremony
1994 · Writer, Director, Special Effects Coordinator, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Evil Toons
1992 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
Teenage Exorcist
1991 · Makeup Artist, Special Effects
Tin Roof
· Sheriff Denny Majors, Special Effects Supervisor
The Mourning Architect
· Edmund Harrowe / The Mourning Architect, Special Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Visual Effects, Executive Producer
Demon Wind 2: The Serpent’s Coil
· Special Effects
TV shows (0)
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