13 Ghosts (1960) + 13 Frightened Girls! (1963)
A Films by William Castle
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 16:9 | 01:27:28 + 01:24:24 | 6,87 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: None
Genre: Horror / Comedy, Thriller
A Films by William Castle
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 16:9 | 01:27:28 + 01:24:24 | 6,87 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: None
Genre: Horror / Comedy, Thriller
Intrigued by the circus of Barnum and Bailey, New York stage plays, radio and the movies, William Castle (1914 - 1977) knew what he wanted to do with his life and spent most of his teenage years working on the stage in a number of jobs ranging from set building to acting. He left Broadway for Hollywood at the age of 23, going on to direct his first film (The Chance of a Lifetime) six years later.
Castle honed his craft over the next decade turning out every manner of film. He also worked as an assistant to director Orson Welles, doing much of the second unit location work for Welles’ noir classic The Lady from Shanghai, starring Rita Hayworth. Castle had a reputation for getting the work done, and eventually decided to produce and direct his own pictures. The first, Macabre, boasted ad lines like “See it with someone who can carry you home!” and “If it frightens you to death, you’ll be buried free of charge!” The hype worked and Castle became famous for directing films with many gimmicks, which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. By the mid-60s, he abandoned the gimmicks and went on to produce the Roman Polanski classic Rosemary’s Baby (1968). His autobiography was entitled “Step Right Up! I’m Gonna Scare the Pants Off America.”
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13 Ghosts (1960)
Director: William Castle
Stars: Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner
Reclusive Dr. Zorba has died and left his eerie mansion to his penniless nephew Cyrus Zorba and his family. Along with the house, the Zorba family has also inherited the occultist's collection of 12 ghosts, who can only be seen through Zorba's special goggles. The family members, their lives at risk upon the discovery that Dr. Zorba's fortune lies hidden somewhere in the house, receive aid from unexpected quarters as the threat to their lives is revealed.
Probably Castle's most famous, most well loved movie, 13 Ghosts proves more than worthy of its reputation. Unlike the glitzy modern remake filled with gore and elaborate special effects, the original is filled with 'Illusion-O' and emphasis on low-level intrigue. The Zorba family ekes out a living on patriarch Cyrus's paleontologist's salary. Since that's not a lot of scratch, they're excited when they inherit a furnished mansion from Cyrus's crazy uncle - it beats living on the street without any furniture. Trouble is, Uncle Zorba's pet ghosts haunt the house. Luckily, the domicile hides a secret fortune, but sleazy lawyer Ben Rush (Adam 12's Martin Milner) wants to bilk the Zorbas out of their rightful inheritance with an additional spook show.
The youth of the day may have been frightened, but even in 1960 it would have been clear that Castle intended to populate this haunted house with fun-toms rather than phantoms, and that audiences would likely be most interested in seeing slimy Rush get his comeuppance. Light performances suitable to Perry Mason or I Love Lucy attest to this while making 13 Ghosts absolutely entertaining. In addition to the ominous presence of Margaret Hamilton (The Wizard of Oz) as witchy housekeeper Elaine, Castle lards proceedings with plenty of goofy spectral sequences. If you believe in ghosts, look through the red lens of your Illusion-O viewer (sadly not provided with this set - but standard 3-D glasses will do the trick) and see attacking lions, heads chopped off, and creepy possessions - none of which are remotely scary, but reliably fun. (If you don't have 3-D glasses handy, don't worry either, you'll still see the red ghosts superimposed onto blue backgrounds.) 13 Ghosts is nothing short of loveable and stands up to repeat viewings with ease.
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13 Frightened Girls! (1963)
Director: William Castle
Stars: Murray Hamilton, Joyce Taylor, Hugh Marlowe
Thirteen girls in a Swiss boarding school, particularly one Candace Hull ("Kitten", "Candy"), stir up trouble on their vacation as they mess with the diplomatic affairs of their elders and get into serious trouble when a Russian spy is discovered murdered.
Castle's career wasn't limited to gimmicky horror movies, as 13 Frightened Girls demonstrates, even though the title might lead you to believe otherwise (and indeed early intentions for this film were in line with Castle's 'showman' persona). No, this 90-minute color diversion nominally involves the 13 daughters of international diplomats, home on vacation from their boarding school. There are really only one - maybe two - frightened girls of which to speak, since our tale quickly focuses on young Candace, (Kathy Dunn) a girl with a severe crush on one of her father's attachés. But this hunky older spy isn't quite earning his pay lately, so Candace - AKA Kitten - decides to help out by becoming an international spy herself. Who would suspect her, right?
This campy cold war effort is certainly loopy, at times resembling the later World of Henry Orient crossed with a James Bond movie. Mixing kittenish humor with intrigue and extreme peril - like threatening to impale teenaged girls on meat-hooks style peril - makes this a sincerely weird effort. But despite incongruously strong violence and subject matter, our ride is mostly breezy and fun, with brutes dropping off balconies sharing space with impromptu twisting teen dance parties. With only one prior (now out of print) DVD release, this is a nice find.
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Special Features:The Tingler (1959) + Zotz! (1962) fom this Boxset is here –> Link
13 Ghosts (1960):
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- 'The Magic of Illusion-O' featurette (8 mins)
13 Frightened Girls!:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Original "British" Trailer Introduction
- Original Candy Web Trailer (Candy Web being the original title for the film)
- Original Candy Web Opening and Closing Message from William Castle
- Four International Alternate Openings
All Credits goes to Original uploader.
No More Mirrors, Please.
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