Charles herbert, jo morrow please visit our website for more historic archival film titles. Read the full synopsis of ghosts, 1960, directed by william castle, with charles herbert, jo morrow, martin milner, at turner classic movies. William castles wickedly witty, campy haunted house story plunks a. Plato zorba wills a large, creepy estate to his moneystrapped nephew cyrus zorba and his family. Jo morrow in ghosts 1960 margaret hamilton in ghosts 1960 ghosts 1960. The film also cofeatures experienced character actress margaret hamilton. With tony shalhoub, shannon elizabeth, embeth davidtz, matthew lillard. This is a great movie for kids and adults who love ghosts and spooky stuff, but are not at all ready or desirous of watching a movie full of gore, putrescent.
We let you watch movies online without having to register or paying, with over 0 movies and tvseries. In this movie he sets up a family nearing financial destitution despite the fathers white collar job. They will need to search the house to find the doctors fortune, but along with the property they have also inherited the occultists collection of ghosts. A family inherits what proves to be a haunted house, but a special pair of goggles allows them to see their ghostly tormentors. House on haunted hill is a classic, even with its soso remake, but i think thirteen ghosts deserves to be counted as castles best.
Description a professor and his family move into an ancient house which hides a treasure and is plagued by ghosts of the former owners. All the trivia you can handle about ghosts, 1960, directed by william castle, with charles herbert, jo morrow, martin milner. Fortunately for us all, castle printed a handy list of all ghosts in his autobiography. Still, ghosts was a financial success when it was released to theaters in 1960, earned itself a remake in 2001, and has cemented itself as a minor classic in william castles diverse filmography. Movie trailer to ghosts 1960 new castle after dark presents x. Nursing production quality over substance or content, thirteen ghosts is still a hugely underrated horror film with a unique concept based on a 1960s horror film and enamoring set pieces. It was released to theaters on october 26, 2001, shot entirely around lower.
William castle gets a bad rap these days due to the gimmicky tricks he. Sardonicus, homicidal, the old dark house, frightened girls. Zorba has died and left his mansion to his nephew cyrus and. Why it crackles haunted house thrills wrapped in a warm blanket of cheese as could have only been baked by visionary director william castle. Illusiono as with several of his more famous productions, castle used a gimmick to promote the movie. House of wax 2005 gothika ghost ship thirteen ghosts house on haunted hill 1999 3. So we have the bland mother and stolid father, ten year old buck and his teenage. Zorba has died and left his mansion to his nephew cyrus and his family.
See all condition definitions opens in a new window. William castle knew how to make really good haunted house pictures. Shjne love, romance, drama full movies recommended for you. Thirteen ghosts also known as ghosts and stylized as thiren ghosts is a 2001 supernatural horror film directed by steve beck.
Some critics over the years have also found fault with the title of the film, feeling that the arbitrary number of ghosts reflected the arbitrary nature of the movie as a whole. Exploring his newly inherited home, scientist cyrus donald woods, packing his dead uncles ghost viewer glasses, comes away pretty sure the place is haunted, in producerdirector william castles ghosts, 1960 view the tcmdb entry for ghosts 1960. It was filmed in illusiono, allowing viewers to see the ghosts using special glasses made of red and blue cellophane. A professor and his family move into an ancient house which hides a treasure and is plagued by ghosts of former owners. This is a fun little horror movie from castle, its about a family that moves to a haunted house that has ghosts, and its fun for the whole family. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. All including his house, his fortune, and his malicious collection of ghosts. This resulted in a number of sources incorrectly stating that the film was originally shown in 3d. Come to think of it, the story of dr zorba going from country to country capturing ghosts might make a good movie in itself.