Cast & creator
Joe Castro
Best known for Iron Sky: The Coming Race, Evil Toons, Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled
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.
125
film credits
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television credits
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1991–2026 · acting roles
3.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (125)
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Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Special Effects
2019
Evil Toons
Special Effects Makeup Artist
1992
Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled
Makeup Effects
2002
Another Gay Movie
Special Effects Coordinator
2006
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
Special Effects Coordinator
2008
Campfire Tales
Special Effects Makeup Artist
1997
Demonicus
Special Effects Coordinator
2001
H. P. Lovecraft's The Old Ones
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2024
Sincerely Saul
Joe
2024
The Once and Future Smash
Blaze Pauling
2022
Tip
Thomas / Pedro
2023
The Wailer
Special Effects Coordinator
2006
Bleed
Special Effects Coordinator
2002
Clown Motel 3: 3 Ways to Hell
'Jack's in the box' Killer Clown
Hexatic Phase
Special Effects
2020
Evil Unleashed
Director
2003Evil Unleashed
Screenplay
2003Evil Unleashed
Special Effects
2003
That's a Wrap
Cop #2
2023That's a Wrap
Special Effects
2023
Devil's Disciple: The Night Stalker
Julian Ramirez
2026
Dorothea
Pedro Montalvo
2025
Mutilator 2
Special Effects
2023
Robot Dracula
Sharp Hand Joe
2026Robot Dracula
Producer
2026
Xenophobia
Director
2019Xenophobia
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2019Xenophobia
Producer
2019Xenophobia
Screenplay
2019Xenophobia
Visual Effects Supervisor
2019
Elf in the Hood
Prosthetics
2024Elf in the Hood
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2024
The Amityville Harvest
Special Effects
2020
Butchered
Director
2003Butchered
Special Effects Coordinator
2003Butchered
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2003
The Horror We Make
Self
2023
The Summer of Massacre
Michael Rose
2011The Summer of Massacre
Writer
2011The Summer of Massacre
Producer
2011The Summer of Massacre
Makeup Effects Designer
2011The Summer of Massacre
Prosthetic Designer
2011The Summer of Massacre
Special Effects Coordinator
2011The Summer of Massacre
Director
2011
The Young, the Gay and the Restless
Director
2006The Young, the Gay and the Restless
Writer
2006
Terror Toons 4
Man Attacked by Bees
2022Terror Toons 4
Director
2022Terror Toons 4
Producer
2022
Clownado
Thanks
2023
Appetite for Sin
Special Effects
2022
Maya
Special Effects
2023
Nation's Fire
Special Effects Coordinator
2019
Clowning
Special Effects
2022
The Beast Comes At Midnight
Special Effects
2023
The Occultist 2: Bloody Guinea Pigs
Special Effects
2020
Legend of the Chupacabra
Director
2000Legend of the Chupacabra
Producer
2000Legend of the Chupacabra
Special Effects Coordinator
2000
Teenage Exorcist
Special Effects
1991Teenage Exorcist
Makeup Artist
1991
It Wants Blood!
Creature Design
2019It Wants Blood!
Second Unit Director
2019
Scalper
Father Burman
2023FrankenFake
Director
2014
Terror Toons 2
Director
2007Terror Toons 2
Writer
2007Terror Toons 2
Special Effects
2007Terror Toons 2
Producer
2007Terror Toons 2
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2007
Name the Demon
Father Noah Marcus
2025
Vampz
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2004
Terror Toons 3
Executive Producer
2015Terror Toons 3
Editor
2015Terror Toons 3
Creature Design
2015Terror Toons 3
Director
2015Terror Toons 3
Writer
2015Dirty Freaken Joe: Sci-Fi Sam
Dr. Carnage
2023
Abominable
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2020
The Beast Inside
Visual Effects
2024
The Haunting of La Llorona
Special Effects
2019
Lake Michigan Monster
Creature Design
2018
Demon's Kiss
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2002
RoboWoman
Special Effects
2019RoboWoman
Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
2019
Hell's Highway
Guard
2002Hell's Highway
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2002Hell's Highway
Special Effects Coordinator
2002
Near Death
Director
2004Near Death
Producer
2004Near Death
Art Direction
2004Near Death
Special Effects
2004Near Death
Special Effects Coordinator
2004
Terror Toons
Director
2002Terror Toons
Special Effects
2002Terror Toons
Producer
2002Terror Toons
Story
2002
Terror Toons 1.5
Director
2006
The Blue Drum
Prop Designer
2022
I Am Worthless
2022
Queen of the Rats
Special Effects
2025
Ceremony
Director
1994Ceremony
Writer
1994Ceremony
Special Effects Makeup Artist
1994Ceremony
Special Effects Coordinator
1994
The Jackhammer Massacre
Director
2004The Jackhammer Massacre
Writer
2004The Jackhammer Massacre
Producer
2004The Jackhammer Massacre
Special Effects Coordinator
2004
Personal Demons
Asylum Doctor
2018Personal Demons
Producer
2018
Maya
Special Effects
2022Demon Wind 2: The Serpent’s Coil
Special Effects
Half-Cocked
Visual Effects Editor
2019Half-Cocked
Special Effects Supervisor
2019
Blood Sisters
Director
2003Blood Sisters
Special Effects
2003
The Zombie Chronicles
Special Effects
2002Tin Roof
Sheriff Denny Majors
Tin Roof
Special Effects Supervisor
Lady Parts
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2024Driller
Special Effects Coordinator
2006
Maniacal
Director
2003Maniacal
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2003Maniacal
Special Effects
2003