Product: 13 Ghosts (1960)
Rating: 3.0
Very Eerie
When I saw this movie c1961 at the Earl Theatre in Brooklyn, I was about 10. It paralyzed me with fear. As an adult, I don't have that reaction, however, there remains something about this film that I still find unsettling. It really works in the atmosphere that it creates. The ghosts seem very strange (even by the garbled sounds some of them make and the moans from others); they're almost comical and yet eerie at the same time. The strange blend creates a very interesting effect. William Castle's "13 Ghosts" is, to my mind, far superior to the high tech remake of a few years ago. Give over to it on a Friday night late in the evening. It's really quite entertaining.