William Castle Movies

[scenesixty]

I have just bought a copy of "Macabre" from Movie-mars inc via Amazon. It was described as Region 1 NTSC playable. Unfortunately it turns out to be from "Warner Archives" and is un-playable on my Sony multi-region player/recorder and my PC won't touch it either. I have now sent it back in the hope of being given a refund. I won't be holding my breath though!

Oh No! Thought about purchasing this!!! Mind you they say it's a 'legit' release-and is on Amazon US???

[paul kersey]

Macabre is on Amazon US and Amazon UK, Macabre [DVD] [1958] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]: Amazon.co.uk: William Prince, Jim Backus, Christine White, Jacqueline Scott: DVD
I have purchased dozens of Region 1 NTSC playable DVDS in the past and never had a scrap of trouble playing them on my Sony player. To be honest it never entered my mind that this disc would be any different. I doubt that I will be bothering this supplier again should they turn down my request for a refund, customer loyalty doesn't seem to matter nowadays.

[Grant]

I just received the Warner Archive disc and it plays fine here. It actually says on the back that it won't play in PC's or in recordable players. The truth is that it won't play on OLDER PC's DVD-ROM drives and recorders. Plays fine on my player and in the PC.

[Hugo]

The documentary: Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) 82 minutes crops up from time to time on Sky Arts 2 and is well worth looking out for.

[paul kersey]

I just received the Warner Archive disc and it plays fine here. It actually says on the back that it won't play in PC's or in recordable players. The truth is that it won't play on OLDER PC's DVD-ROM drives and recorders. Plays fine on my player and in the PC.

Thanks Grant. My DVD player/recorder was only purchased in February last year and My PC is 21 months old so it seems that I am just unlucky?. At least I will know not to risk puchasing Warner Archive material anymore.

[Gaumont]

William Castle's 13 Ghosts was billed as being in Illusion-O and some cinemas billed it as being in 3-D because of the red and blue cardboard spectacles "Ghost Viewer" issued to every patron. But it wasn't 3-D at all. I went to see it in 1961 and still have my "Ghost Viewer" 48 years later. The film was in black and white with the ghost sequences in colour. The ghosts were red on a blue background. If you wanted to see them when the ghost sequences came on, you looked through the red sellophone window (which was wide enough to use both eyes) and if you didn't want to see them, you looked through the blue one.



Unfortunately, when the film was released on a PAL VHS video in 1996, it was all in black and white, including the ghost sequences, so my "Ghost Viewer" was rendered useless. The ghost sequences were also different than those I remember seeing in the original film at the cinema.

Columbia/Tristar produced a Region 1 DVD a few years ago which had the complete (Cinemascope) version complete with Illusion-O and the full complete complement of ghosts. I still have mine, along with the ghost viewer.

[Gaumont]

And here, in fact, is the 13 Ghosts 'ghost viewer':

[m35541]

Yes - I have this too. The DVD includes two versions of the film; one a straight b/w wversion and the other in full Illusion-O. The print on the William Castle collection box set is the b/w standartd print only.

[Grant]

In regard to the 3D glasses, Mike Schlesinger reveals that you don't actually need them in here...

SPHE Press Release: William Castle Film Collection - Home Theater Forum Community

[scenesixty]

The documentary: Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) 82 minutes crops up from time to time on Sky Arts 2 and is well worth looking out for.

Would dearly love to see this!

[scenesixty]

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I have seen a USA Ebayer selling this-it is quite good!!

I received a beautiful (and) watchable copy from a fellow member who Pm'd me! Superb too!