13 Ghosts (1960)

Director:

William Castle

Writer:

Robb White (written by)

Release Date:

July 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

IT'S FUN TO BE SCARED BY 13 GHOSTS (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

A family inherits what proves to be a haunted house, but a special pair of goggles allows them to see their ghostly tormentors.

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Haunted House | Mansion | Ouija | Supernatural

Cast

Charles Herbert	...	Buck Zorba
Jo Morrow	...	Medea Zorba
Martin Milner	...	Ben Rush
Rosemary DeCamp	...	Hilda Zorba (as Rosemary De Camp)
Donald Woods	...	Cyrus Zorba
Margaret Hamilton	...	Elaine Zacharides
John Van Dreelen	...	Van Allen

Also Known As:

Thirteen Ghosts

Runtime:

85 min | 82 min (black and white version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (No. 19630) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | UK:PG | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec)

Company:

William Castle Productions

Trivia:

The last feature film of Charles Herbert.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After Buck slides down the banister and walks off we see money fall to the floor,it's clearly noticeable that the money didn't fall out of the hidden area in the stairs,if you look closely you can tell that it comes from somewhere above the stairs.

Quotes:

Buck Zorba: That was Emilio.
Cyrus Zorba: Who?
Buck Zorba: Emilio, he killed his wife, his mother in law and his sister in law with a meat cleaver whack,whack,whack. You'd better stand over there
[points to wall]
Cyrus Zorba: Why?
Buck Zorba: He doesn't mess up the kitchen often, but when he does WOW
[meat cleaver hits the wall]
Buck Zorba: . Now Emilio is through.
Hilda Zorba: Now I'm through.
[takes off apron and storms out of the kitchen]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "TCM Underground: 13 Ghosts/The Tingler (#1.37)" (2008)

AWSOME IN DVD FORMAT!!!

this is SO COOL!!! i love wlm castle!!! this is the coolest in dvd's just for the sheer kitch factor. the damn thing comes with ghost glasses! (red to see them, blue if you're a scaredy cat) i sat and watched this w/ my 8-yr old and he thought that is was the best thing since bionicles! we watched it several times just to play with it. i got this when it was released (or re-released) on dvd after the thirteen ghosts w/ matthew lillard came out. (see my comments there)this is the best that wlm castle put out besides the tingler -and i don't think they're going to include a seat buzzer in THAT dvd!!