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Robb White (writer)
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June 1961 (USA)
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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
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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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DVD: Review:The William Castle Film Collection
(From The AV Club. 10 November 2009, 10:01 PM, PST)
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(From The Flickcast. 20 October 2009, 1:00 PM, PDT)
(From The AV Club. 10 November 2009, 10:01 PM, PST)
New on DVD This Week
(From The Flickcast. 20 October 2009, 1:00 PM, PDT)
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Strange, entertaining and fun!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | 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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87 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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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.
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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.
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Miriam Webster:
I remember when we were kids, you took this doll away from me and I never saw it again.
Warren: You want it? Take it.
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Warren: You want it? Take it.
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"Homicidal" is a very strange movie. It's among the best of William Castle's gimmicky horror films, but unlike any of them. Fans of "camp" should have a field day with this one. Jean Arless plays a fascinating part, but her obvious disguises and stilted acting are sorely out of step with everyone else's naturalistic looks and behavior. However, the story is absorbing, clever and ultimately entertaining. Films that take their cue from "Psycho" normally make me bristle, but this time it's actually quite interesting to catch the references as they continue to pile up (There are so many). Would love to know what Hitchcock thought of this movie.