13 Ghosts (1960)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.9/10   

Director:

William Castle

Guionista:

Robb White (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

julio 1960 (USA)

Género:

Horror

Frase comercial:

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 | Supernatural | Seance

Comentarios de los usuarios:

This movie actually scared me!

Reparto

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

También conocida como:

Thirteen Ghosts
Los trece fantasmas (Spain) [es]

Duración:

85 min | 82 min (black and white version)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Clasificación:

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

Compañía:

William Castle Productions

Trivialidades:

The movie was filmed in "Illusion-O" and a pair of special glasses where needed to see the ghosts. This resulted in a number of sources incorrectly stating that the film was originally shown in 3D. The "ghost viewers" contained a red filter and a blue filter but unlike 3D viewers, both eyes would look through the same color filter. One color would cause the ghostly images to intensify while the other color caused the images to fade.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: When the ouija board is flying around the room, you can see the wires that are holding it up.

Citas:

Buck Zorba: There's furniture, and books, and most of it I haven't even seen yet.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

This movie actually scared me!

The reason I watched this film in the first place was because one of my favorite actors (Martin Milner) is in it, but now it's one of my favorites. I don't generally like horror films, but this one is great. It has everything: ghosts, spooky little people, screaming women, weird special affects, and people who are more than they seem. I actually laid awake that night listening to noises in my house! Plus the little boy in this movie is a pretty good actor.

The one complaint I have is that the ghosts are hard to see. I'd like to see this released either on DVD or again on video, but this time with the special illusion affects William Castle put in it in tact, and special glasses could come with the DVD/video.

This may look to some like a typical cheesy 50's & early 60's horror film, but it's one of the best.