Macabre (1958)

Macabre (1958)
Director: William Castle
==Summary==
After receiving a message that his daughter has been kidnapped and buried alive, a doctor (William Prince) races against the clock to find her.
==Male Deaths==
*Howard Hoffman [Hummel]
*William Prince [Dr. Rodney Barrett]
*Philip Tonge [Jode Wetherby]
==Female Deaths==
*Dorothy Morris [Alice Wetherby Barrett]
*Christine White [Nancy Wetherby]
==Trivia==
*The first film by director William Castle to utilize one of Castle's famous promotional gimmicks; in this case, the film was insured with Lloyd's of London to pay $1000 to the estate of any audience member who died of fright during a screening.
*The film's closing credits divide the cast members into "The Dead" and "The Living" over an animated sequence of a funeral procession. Jonathan Kidd is mistakenly included in the "Dead" portion of the credits, even though his character survives the film.
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