William Castle
Eccentric director of low-budget horror films, with a flair for self-promotion. William Castle's standout efforts include the B thriller, "When Strangers Marry" (1944), with Robert Mitchum in his first important role and the camp gem, "House on Haunted Hill" (1958). Like a latter-day P.T Barnum, upon whom he modeled himself, Castle lured audiences to his chillers by appearing in their trailers and psyching the audience up to be scared. Most of his films included outrageous gimmicks such as an insurance policy against death by fright for "Macabre" (1957), skeletons that whistled over the audience in a process called "Emergo" during critical scenes in "House on Haunted Hill" and his most audacious stunt, "Percepto," which literally shocked the audience by wiring selected seats in the theater with electricity and administering mild jolts during moments in "The Tingler" (1959). Castle is also noted as the producer of the psychological thriller "Rosemary's Baby" (1968).
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William Castle
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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63% |
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The Day of the Locust | Director (Character) | - | 1975 |
38% |
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Bug |
Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1975 |
68% |
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Shampoo | Sid Roth (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet |
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Shanks |
Director, Executive Producer |
- | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sex Symbol | Jack P. Harper (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Riot | Producer | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Project X | Director | - | 1968 |
97% |
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Rosemary's Baby | Producer | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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The Spirit Is Willing | Director | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet |
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The Busy Body |
Director, Producer |
- | 1967 |
No Score Yet |
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Let's Kill Uncle |
Director, Producer |
- | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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I Saw What You Did |
Director, Producer |
- | 1965 |
No Score Yet |
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The Night Walker |
Director, Producer |
- | 1964 |
89% |
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Strait-Jacket |
Director, Producer |
- | 1964 |
No Score Yet |
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The Old Dark House |
Director, Producer |
- | 1963 |
No Score Yet |
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Thirteen Frightened Girls |
Director, Producer |
- | 1963 |
No Score Yet |
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Zotz! |
Director, Producer |
- | 1962 |
40% |
|
Mr. Sardonicus |
Director, Producer |
- | 1961 |
73% |
|
Homicidal |
Director, Producer |
- | 1961 |
36% |
|
13 Ghosts |
Self, Director, Producer |
- | 1960 |
78% |
|
The Tingler |
Director, Producer |
- | 1959 |
80% |
|
House on Haunted Hill |
Director, Producer |
$6.5K | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
|
Macabre |
Director, Producer |
- | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Uranium Boom | Director | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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The Houston Story | Director | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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The Americano | Director | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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New Orleans Uncensored | Director | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gun That Won the West | Director | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Duel on the Mississippi | Director | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charge of the Lancers | Director | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jesse James vs. the Daltons | Director | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Battle of Rogue River | Director | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Law vs. Billy the Kid | Director | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Iron Glove | Director | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Drums of Tahiti | Director | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Saracen Blade | Director | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterson of Kansas | Director | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conquest of Cochise | Director | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fort Ti | Director | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Slaves of Babylon | Director | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Serpent of the Nile | Director | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cave of Outlaws | Director | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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Hollywood Story | Director | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fat Man | Director | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's a Small World |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Undertow | Director | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Stool Pigeon | Director | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven | Director | - | 1948 |
85% |
|
The Lady From Shanghai | Associate Producer | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gentleman From Nowhere | Director | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Crime Doctor's Gamble | Director | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet |
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Mysterious Intruder | Director | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime Doctor's Manhunt | Director | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just Before Dawn | Director | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet |
|
Voice of the Whistler |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1945 |
No Score Yet |
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Crime Doctor's Warning | Director | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet |
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Betrayed | Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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The Whistler | Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She's a Soldier, Too | Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mark of the Whistler | Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When Strangers Marry | Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chance of a Lifetime | Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Klondike Kate | Director | - | 1943 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elvira's 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special, Special | Director | 2021 |