William Castle

[Reviews]

Remake Revisit: Thirteen Ghosts (2001)

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We open on a creepy junkyard. We’re told that some sort of malevolent entity calls the location home, and it appears that a mysterious man is attempting to stuff the monster into a glass box and use him for his own mischievous purposes. We have no idea who this man is or really what the …

[Movies]

Looking Back on William Castle’s Cinema Gimmicks

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30 years ago, A Nightmare on Elm Street was released. 40 years ago, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was released. And 100 years ago, William Castle was born. A producer and director, the late William Castle knew how to entertain audiences better than any other filmmaker, as the thrills and chills of his movies weren’t …