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.

Crew

The Jackhammer Massacre
Director, Writer, Producer, Special Effects Coordinator
The Zombie Chronicles
Special Effects
Terror Toons
Director, Special Effects, Producer, Story
Terror Toons 2
Director, Writer, Special Effects, Producer, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Blood Sisters
Director, Special Effects
Maniacal
Director, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Special Effects
Near Death
Director, Producer, Art Direction, Special Effects, Special Effects Coordinator
Teenage Exorcist
Special Effects, Makeup Artist
Ceremony
Director, Writer, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Special Effects Coordinator
The Young, the Gay and the Restless
Director, Writer
Legend of the Chupacabra
Director, Producer, Special Effects Coordinator
The Occultist 2: Bloody Guinea Pigs
Special Effects
Butchered
Director, Special Effects Coordinator, Special Effects Makeup Artist
The Beast Inside
Visual Effects
Hell's Highway
Special Effects Makeup Artist, Special Effects Coordinator
Mutilator 2
Special Effects
Clownado
Thanks
Hexatic Phase
Special Effects
FrankenFake
Director
Evil Toons
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Demon's Kiss
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Terror Toons 3
Executive Producer, Editor, Creature Design, Director, Writer
Terror Toons 4
Director, Producer
The Summer of Massacre
Writer, Producer, Makeup Effects Designer, Prosthetic Designer, Special Effects Coordinator, Director
That's a Wrap
Special Effects
Porn of the Dead
Makeup Artist
Demon Wind 2: The Serpent’s Coil
Special Effects
Appetite for Sin
Special Effects
Maya
Special Effects
Clowning
Special Effects
The Amityville Harvest
Special Effects
RoboWoman
Special Effects, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
Nation's Fire
Special Effects Coordinator
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Special Effects
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
Special Effects Coordinator
Driller
Special Effects Coordinator
The Wailer
Special Effects Coordinator
Vampz
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Another Gay Movie
Special Effects Coordinator
Bleed
Special Effects Coordinator
Demonicus
Special Effects Coordinator
Tin Roof
Special Effects Supervisor
Personal Demons
Producer
Terror Toons 1.5
Director
Lake Michigan Monster
Creature Design
Evil Unleashed
Director, Screenplay, Special Effects
Half-Cocked
Visual Effects Editor, Special Effects Supervisor
Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled
Makeup Effects
The Haunting of La Llorona
Special Effects
L.A. Zombie
Makeup Artist, Special Effects
Xenophobia
Director, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Producer, Screenplay, Visual Effects Supervisor
It Wants Blood!
Creature Design, Second Unit Director
Abominable
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Elf in the Hood
Prosthetics, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Lady Parts
Special Effects Makeup Artist
H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Campfire Tales
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Maya
Special Effects
The Blue Drum
Prop Designer
Queen of the Rats
Special Effects
The Beast Comes At Midnight
Special Effects