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2025 Summer Film Salon

By Carlos M. De la Torre,

Published June 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM MDT

The borderland's longest running film series kicks off a summer matinee devoted to under appreciated horror films. The Film Salon has been sharing classic films and film history with audiences for over two decades, and this summer we will share some film titles guaranteed to get to heart racing

Join Guest Host Carlos de la Torre with fellow film producer, film archivist, and founder of the Film Salon, On Film Host Charles Horak. On this edition of the show, they will discuss this summer's line-up of Horror films.

Additional Information/Links:

To know more about Charles Horak visit: https://elpasofilmfestival.org/festival/special-guests/charles-horak
For more information about The Film Salon visit: http://www.filmsalon.org/about2.html
For information about this upcoming summer horror films at the Alamo Drafthouse visit: https://drafthouse.com/el-paso/movies/the-film-salon

Originally aired on June 7, 2025

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Carlos M. De la Torre

Carlos M. De La Torre is a Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Co-Founder, and Chairman of Tower Productions, formed in 2016. He graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2018 with a Double Bachelor's Degree in Digital Media Production and History. Some of the films he's Written and Directed include the award-winning short films, “So, Who Was It This Time?”, "You Know What's Funny" , “The Tram”, and feature film, "Depth of Field".

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Charles Horak III

Since 2004, Charles Horak has been the host of the long-running radio program, On Film, creating more than 1,000 programs dedicated to film reviews, filmmaker interviews and discussions of cinema history and industry advancement. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Association and board member of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image.

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Sam Cassiano

Sam Cassiano is a native Californian who spent his formative years in the Bay Area. An army brat, his family toured Germany and Japan before settling in El Paso in 1973. Initially a Communications Major at UTEP, a radio internship at KPAS-FM 94, the PASS launched his broadcasting career. He can be heard as the morning news anchor on KTEP during NPR's Morning Edition, and Friday evenings at 10 pm as the host of Friday Night Blues.

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