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Director: William Castle

Macabre (1958)

21 July 201318 March 2025
Macabre (1958) poster

Psycho-Thriller

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: William Prince, Jacqueline Scott, Jim Backus, Philip Tonge, Ellen Corby and Susan Morrow.
Crew: William Castle and Robb White.
Themes: Psycho-Thrillers and Films of 1958.

The Tingler (1959)

10 May 200926 June 2022
The Tingler (1959) poster

Capturing the Spirit of Fear

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 4.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: Vincent Price.
Crew: William Castle, Robb White and Columbia.
Themes: Parasites, Drug Hallucinations, Cult Films, Films of 1959 and Scientific Experiments Amok.

House on Haunted Hill (1959)

18 November 200017 June 2021
House on Haunted Hill (1959) poster

Haunted House

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 3.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Elisha Cook Jr, Richard Long and Alan Marshal.
Crew: William Castle, Robb White, Carl E. Guthrie, Von Dexter, Herman Townsley, Jack Dusick, David Milton and Allied Artists.
Themes: Hauntings and Ghost Stories, Old Dark House Thrillers, Rationalised Fantasy, Films That Were Remade and Remakes and Films of 1959.

13 Ghosts (1960)

8 July 200114 October 2022
13 Ghosts (1960) poster

Haunted House

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: Donald Woods, Margaret Hamilton, Martin Milner, Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Rosemary DeCamp and John Van Dreelen.
Crew: William Castle, Robb White, Joseph Biroc, Von Dexter, Butler-Glouner Inc, Cary Odell and William Castle Productions.
Themes: Hauntings and Ghost Stories, Seances, Rationalised Fantasy, Films That Were Remade and Films of 1960.

Homicidal (1961)

30 July 200224 August 2021
Homicidal (1961) poster

Psycho-Thriller

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: Glenn Corbett, Jean Arless and Patricia Breslin.
Crew: William Castle, Robb White and William Castle Productions.
Themes: Psycho-Thrillers and Films of 1961.

Mr. Sardonicus (1961)

11 January 201227 October 2019
Mr. Sardonicus (1961) poster

Man With a Frozen Grin

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 3.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: Guy Rolfe, Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton, Oscar Homolka, Lorna Hanson, Erika Peters and Vladimir Sokoloff.
Crew: William Castle, Ray Russell, Burnett Guffey, Von Dexter, Ben Lane, Cary Odell and William Castle Productions.
Themes: Deformity and Disfigurement and Films of 1961.

The Old Dark House (1963)

27 June 201721 June 2021
The Old Dark House (1963) poster

Old Dark House Comedy

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 1.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott, Fenella Fielding, Peter Bull and Mervyn Johns.
Crew: William Castle and Hammer Films.
Themes: Old Dark House Thrillers, Horror Comedy, Anglo-Horror, Films That Were Remade and Remakes and Films of 1963.

Strait-Jacket (1964)

6 April 200417 June 2021
Strait-Jacket (1964) poster

Psycho-Thriller

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 3.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: Joan Crawford, George Kennedy, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Mitchell Cox, Howard St John, Edith Atwater and Rochelle Hudson.
Crew: William Castle, Robert Bloch and William Castle Productions.
Themes: Grand Dame Guignol, Psycho-Thrillers and Films of 1964.

I Saw What You Did (1965)

4 June 201513 December 2024
I Saw What You Did (1965) poster

Prank Phonecall Psycho-Thriller

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: John Ireland, Joan Crawford, Leif Erickson, Patricia Breslin, John Archer, Joyce Meadows and John Crawford.
Crew: William Castle and Universal.
Themes: Psycho-Thrillers and Films of 1965.

The Night Walker (1965)

9 August 200321 June 2021
The Night Walker (1965) poster

Dream Lover/Psycho-Thriller

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Lloyd Bochner and Hayden Rorke.
Crew: William Castle, Robert Bloch and Universal.
Themes: Dreams, Psycho-Thrillers, Rationalised Fantasy and Films of 1965.

The Spirit is Willing (1967)

5 September 200422 June 2021
The Spirit is Willing (1967) poster

Ghost Comedy

Categories: Fantasy.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: Sid Caesar, Vera Miles, Barry Gordon, John McGiver, Jill Townsend, Robert Donner, John Astin and Mary Wickes.
Themes: Ghosts in Light Fantasy, Hauntings and Ghost Stories, Comedies and Films of 1967.

Project X (1968)

30 November 200014 February 2025
Project X (1968) poster

Future Mental Probing/Reality Simulations

Categories: Science Fiction.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: Christopher George, Monte Markham, Henry Jones, Harold Gould and Keye Luke.
Crew: William Castle, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera and Paramount.
Themes: Simulation, Conceptual Breakthrough, Altered Memory, Future Scenarios, Communism and the Cold War, Brainwashing, Mind Control, Psychic Powers and Films of 1968.

Shanks (1974)

13 October 202113 October 2021
Shanks (1974) poster

Puppeteer Resurrects the Dead

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: William Castle.
Actors: Marcel Marceau, Cindy Eilbacher, Larry Bishop, Don Calfa and Biff Manard.
Crew: William Castle and Paramount.
Themes: Resurrection of the Dead, Dolls and Puppets and Films of 1974.

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