About Ghouls n' Gasoline

Gouls n' Gasoline's Creator, Eric Santelli grew up around classic cars and started wrenching on them as a teenager, learning the craft with his own hands and a garage full of old iron. Long before Ghouls n’ Gasoline existed, he spent years traveling to countless car shows across Arizona and beyond, soaking in the culture, the people, and the stories that kept vintage steel alive. Those early experiences shaped his love for the machines and the community that surrounds them.

Along with his love for the automotive world, Eric's creative roots run deep. He grew up watching classic Universal Monster and Atomic‑era films from the 1920s through the 1950s —Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Wolf Man, and The Ghoul—and he still devours both old creature features and modern horror. Those films shaped his imagination and aesthetic, along with his love for the eerie, nostalgic, and iconic.

In 2024, Eric created the Ghouls n' Gasoline YouTube channel, discovering a passion he couldn’t shut off. What started as curiosity quickly became a calling. Today he travels across the U.S. (mainly focussing on the Arizona scene), documenting the soul of American car culture through cinematic storytelling, capturing everything from small‑town gatherings to massive multi‑state events.

It’s a tribute to both worlds: the monsters he grew up watching and the vintage hot rods he’s dedicated to preserving. It’s horror meets horsepower, chrome meets creatures, gasoline meets ghouls. Eric's mission is simple: Honor the past, inspire the future, and keep the culture alive one axle turn at a time.