Product: 13 Ghosts (1960)
Rating: 3.0
NOT ONE OF CASTLE'S BEST.....
A displaced family complete with a cute little kid gets a bargain on a creepy old house complete with a sinister housekeeper. Then they learn it has a still very active history of spooky doings. The father finds a journal of the former owner that explains the house is haunted and a weird pair of glasses that enable him (and the audience) to see the "ghosts". It all turns out to be about money on the property and someone's after it. Despite the 3-D gimmick stuff, I find this William Castle spook effort frustratingly disappointing. The combination of "haunted house" movie and family flick just doesn't work for me. It's just too silly and too many good ideas are used to inane effect. Interesting, though, to see Rosemary DeCamp in a Castle movie but she's wasted as the mom. Still, I can't recommend this with much enthusiasm. It plays like a 50's family sitcom. If that's your cup of tea then you might enjoy this. Otherwise, it's too tame for a "horror" movie. I like Castle's other films a lot better.