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Director:

William Castle

Writer:

Robb White (writer)

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Release Date:

June 1961 (USA) more

Tagline:

A WORD OF WARNING! Please don't reveal the ending of this picture or your friends will kill you - IF THEY DON'T, I WILL! - William Castle more

Plot:

The brutal stabbing murder of a justice-of-the-peace sparks an investigation of dark family secrets in a sleepy small town in Southern California. full summary | add synopsis

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(9 articles)

DVD: Review:The William Castle Film Collection
 (From The AV Club. 10 November 2009, 10:01 PM, PST)

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Another under rated horror classic more (58 total)


Cast

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Glenn Corbett ... Karl Anderson
Patricia Breslin ... Miriam Webster
Eugenie Leontovich ... Helga Swenson
Alan Bunce ... Doctor Jonas
Richard Rust ... Jim Nesbitt
James Westerfield ... Alfred S. Adrims (Justice of the Peace)
Gilbert Green ... Lt. Miller
Joan Marshall ... Emily / Warren (as Jean Arless)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-15 (2005) | UK:12 (1996) | UK:X (1961) (cut) | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Solvang, California, USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

In the final reel, when Miriam is about to go into the house for the big climax, there was a one minute "Fright Break" in which producer/director William Castle advised the audience that anyone too scared to see the climax could go into the lobby and get their money back. For this gimmick, Columbia shipped a cardboard "Coward's Corner" to theaters playing the film. Supposedly, audience members too frightened to see the climax could go to the "Coward's Corner" and wait there until the film ended and the rest of the audience filed past. more

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, the calendar in the hotel shows the date as September 5th. Miriam/Emily tells the bellhop they must marry on September 6th (this is so they will be married by Warren's 21st birthday). But in a close-up of Warren's birth certificate, it shows August 7th, 1940 as his birth date. So they're gonna have to wait nearly a year to celebrate. more

Quotes:

Prologue Host: We've been to Haunted Hills, and through Tinglers, and even Ghosts... but now we're going to meet a group of people who just happen to be... Homicidal. more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Zotz! (1962) more


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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Another under rated horror classic, 17 January 2003
8/10

I watched this late one night on my own in the 1970s and was scared and shocked. For years I wondered who Jean Arliss was until I was able to do some research on the internet. William Castle was a master of horror and gimmicks. This was one of a few horror movies that really left an impression on me.

Other movies which scared me on TV as a child or teenager in the 1960s and 1970s were:- The Tingler, 13 Ghosts, Psycho, Carnival of Souls, The Mad Magician and House of Wax.

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Am I the only one who found Warren's dubbed voice to be distracting? danielscissorhands
Television ads for this movie scared me waterless as a child mlraymond
Entertaining but improbable brand78
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Emily's murder weapon a private joke? mlraymond
Miriam's name is a pun b-rad
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