Showing posts with label William Castle. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009

William Castle






Fifty years ago , journeyman director William Castle took out an insurance policy in case anyone died of fright during his first independent production, Macabre. Over the next seven years, Castle became the king of the gimmicks, as he promoted his pictures with hokey processes like Emergo, Percepto and Illusion-O,13 Ghosts......