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Castle continued to specialize in thrillers, but the gimmicks began to fade, especially if they complicated theater owners’ lives. John Waters wrote that Strait-Jacket (1964) employed “the biggest gimmick of them all- Joan Crawford.”
T hroughout the 1950’s and 60’s, William Castle produced and directed a series of horror films marked by their outrageous audience participation gimmicks. Castle treated moviegoers to buzzing seats, flying skeletons, luminescent ghosts and life insurance policies — and they loved every minute of it.
A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife. Director: William Castle | Stars: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal
Sep 2, 2014 · Once described by John Waters as “the greatest showman of our time,” director William Castle best embodied that title with HOMICIDAL, his 1961 classic that i...
Oct 18, 2020 · 4. 13 Ghosts (1960) William Castle’s films live or die by their gimmicks, and the one for 13 Ghosts is a hoot. As you entered the cinema, you were given a pair of red/blue spectacles – similar ...
Oct 31, 2017 · Castle wasn’t the only one experimenting with gimmicks and different ways of affecting audiences. Screenings of the classic 1931 version of Dracula included nurses in the theater and a dose of ...
William Castle (April 24, 1914 – May 31, 1977) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Castle was known for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies.
