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We are a late night movie show, with reverence to the shows & hosts that came before. Welcome to New Castle after Dark!

We are a movie channel bringing you films that are a feast for the mind, playing movies that range from classic to the obscure. In the vein of the old time hosts such as "Chilly" Billy Cardille, Rich Morgan and Superhost, nothing too extreme or gory, but entertaining. So grab a corner of your couch with the one you love and enjoy!

03/30/2026

From the madness of March we return to bring you a true forgotten gem! The Ninth Configuration (1980) is William Peter Blatty's directorial debut. He adapts his own novel for the big screen in this challenging film about an astronaut (Scott Wilson) who's reached his breaking point and a military doctor (Stacy Keach) who's trying to reach out to him. The cast has a who's who of Hollywood (William Peter Blatty has a cameo himself as one of the patients as well as Moses Gunn, Joe Spinnel, Neville Brand and Robert Loggia) A brilliant mixture of witty humor, gothic settings, enigmatic characters and theological debates about the existence - or nonexistence - of God combine to provide a rare insight into men experiencing the onset of madness after suffering the horrors of war. A film that inevitably defies any sense of classification, it can be viewed as a drama, a mystery, or a thriller, but in the final analysis it most appropriately fits the label of a theological thriller like it's predecessor 'The Exorcist'.
Simply put 'The Ninth Configuration' is a wow of a movie.

02/17/2026

We have finally returned after many delays! Our first presentation of 2026 is Images(1972) by the great director Robert Altman. “Images” is a very atypical Altman film. For one thing, the dialog doesn’t overlap, and the visual style is more lyrical at some times, more jagged at others, than his usual approach of sticking his cinematic nose here and there and rummaging about in his plot. The photography is by Vilmos Zsigmond, who does a skillful job of staying within the woman’s point of view while nevertheless suggesting what’s really going on. There’s an especially good use of images to suggest her confusion over time and real events. Is infidelity of the mind or the body? How much should a child know of their parents? This film, now over fifty years old, has been long forgotten by critics and audiences alike for reasons that have always baffled us. The bizarre, rural horror maps the story of children’s author Cathryn (Susanna York) and her jolly but unsympathetic photographer husband Hugh (René Auberjonois) in their retreat to the Irish countryside after a series of distressing phone calls which tumbles Cathryn into hysteria. So put on your thinking caps, get good and fuzzy, and kick back with your hosts, The Management!

12/19/2025

We've been absent for a minute but our Christmas Special will arrive Saturday evening, it's another forgotten gem we hope you will enjoy!

10/29/2025

We have finally returned to present to you our tenth annual Halloween Special! In our opinion, Frankenstein: The True Story is one of the top made for tv horror films, with a run time of around 3 hours, it goes by very quickly. The literate script was the creation of novelist Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy. The movie was directed by journeyman Jack Smight and can likely be considered his best effort. As for the cast—no horror movie before or since has boasted such a talented crew. Leonard Whiting, who was Romeo in Zefferelli’s Romeo and Juliet, was brilliantly cast as young Victor Frankenstein. The aforementioned James Mason was superb as the suavely sinister Dr. Polidori. In fact, this is the role that made me a lifetime fan of the smooth-tongued Englishman. Also appearing were Michael Sarrazin as the Creature, David McCallum as Dr. Clerval, a ravishing young Jane Seymour as Prima, and Nicola Pagett as Victor’s wife, Elizabeth. John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Michael Wilding, Agnes Moorhead and Tom Baker also popped up in smaller roles. So get your fright wigs on, pour yourself a nice tall drink, and enjoy Halloween with your hosts, The Management!

08/29/2025

Our presentation for August is up, if you haven't stopped by the channel in a minute, this months feature is Body Bags! Showtime Networks planned to create Body Bags as a television series similar to HBO's Tales from the Crypt. However, shortly after filming began, Showtime decided not to pursue the series. The three completed stories were assembled around John Carpenter's narration segment, and Body Bags became a horror anthology. So swing by this weekend for an enjoyable hangout with your hosts, The Management!

07/20/2025

We have returned from our pause last month, ready for our July presentation! "Strange and haunting" is how the Encyclopedia of Horror described The Premonition, and they were right. It's a difficult film to absorb: slower paced, odd, and enigmatic, but worth the effort. It lingers and resonates, if you'd like immediate action this may not be to your taste. Director Robert Allen Schnitzer orchestrated a highly atmospheric and offbeat little horror-oddity, on a meager budget, and amidst some decidedly no-frills locations. Though a little rough around the edges at times, The Premonition delivers the same eerie, sustained mood of a film like "Don't Look Now", but with a fraction of the resources. I think most fans of obscure, 70's horror with a somewhat "artistic" flair will find this one pretty enjoyable! Starring Richard Lynch, Sharon Farrell and Jeff Corey, and featuring a haunting score from accomplished classical composer Henry Mollicone! So come join your hosts The Management and have a cold beverage and snack ready!

04/27/2025

We have returned in the waning days of April with a true gem, 1989's The Woman in Black. When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent in to settle her estate. Following cryptic warnings from the locals regarding the terrifying history of the old woman’s house, he very soon begins to see visions of a menacing woman in black…

Atmospherically directed by BAFTA-nominated Herbert Wise and starring Adrian Rawlins as the unfortunate young solicitor and Pauline Moran as the terrifying revenant, this unsettling drama remains a high watermark for ghost story adaptations on British television and still retains its significant potential to shock.

So turn down the lights, pour yourself a nice beverage, and get comfortable as your hosts The Management deliver this feast of fear!

03/30/2025

We have returned with our March selection, this time it's from the year 2000! Shadow of the Vampire" is a film that posits ... what if Max Schreck, the star of "Nosferatu," was in fact an actual, real-life vampire? Think of it like one of those Oscar bait-y movies about making movies, except in this one a director has to wrangle an old world vampire with a thirst for the blood of his fellow cast and crew. Willem Dafoe plays Max Schreck, the vampire star of the movie, John Malkovich is F.W. Murnau, the famed director of "Nosferatu," and the rest of the cast is rounded out with familiar faces like the wonderfully bizarre Udo Kier, the always charming Carey Elwes, and Eddie Izzard, who at the time was most famous as a hilarious stand-up comedian, but turned in a great serious performance. So get your spot on the couch ready, line up those snacks and kick and enjoy Shadow of the Vampire with your hosts The Management!

03/03/2025

We have returned to bring you another underappreciated gem! Hollywood legends Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier face off in a sinister plot to rekindle the Third Reich, in 1978's sci-fi thriller THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL. Hiding in South America, the notorious Dr. Josef Mengele (a scenery-chewing portrayal by Peck) convenes a covert gathering of N**i war criminals. Tipped off by a young investigator, skeptical N**i hunter Ezra Lieberman (Olivier, in an Oscar-nominated role) goes to Paraguay to uncover the truth for himself. There, he discovers a horrific conspiracy...Based on the bestseller by Rosemary’s Baby author Ira Levin, this terrifically chilling adaptation received Academy Award nominations for Best Editing and composer Jerry Goldsmith’s ominous score. So warm up YouTube and pour yourself a nice beverage and relax with your hosts The Management!

02/04/2025

We are back for 2025!! If the purpose of this show is, at least in part, to remind people of extraordinary films they may have forgotten, or even never seen, then Witchfinder General (retitled The Conqueror Worm in America) qualifies better than most. Michael Reeves, its British director, died at the age of 25. This was the last of his three films, made when he was 23, and it is one of the finest! Filmed on a very modest budget in East Anglia, the movie stars Vincent Price, an actor often on the edge of parodying himself but, under a good director, able to drop his camp mannerisms and produce something special. He plays Matthew Hopkins, an infamous lawyer-turned-witchhunter, culled from history, who travels the countryside rooting out those opposed to the revolution by accusing them of being witches. So kick back and relax with your hosts The Management over on YouTube!

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