13 Ghosts

1960
Approved
1h 25min

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Trailer for this William Castle horror classic

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Horror Mystery

Une famille hérite de ce qui s'avère être une maison hantée, mais une paire de lunettes extraordinaires leur permet de voir les fantômes qui les tourmentent.Une famille hérite de ce qui s'avère être une maison hantée, mais une paire de lunettes extraordinaires leur permet de voir les fantômes qui les tourmentent.Une famille hérite de ce qui s'avère être une maison hantée, mais une paire de lunettes extraordinaires leur permet de voir les fantômes qui les tourmentent.

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7,7 k

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Récompenses
- 1 nomination au total

Hilda Zorba
(as Rosemary De Camp)

Donald Woods

Cyrus Zorba

Margaret Hamilton

Elaine Zacharides

John Van Dreelen

Van Allen

Jeanne Baker

Ghost
(non crédité)

John Burnside

Ghost
(non crédité)

William Castle

William Castle
(non crédité)

Ralph Helfer

Shadrack's Ghost
(non crédité)

David Hoffman

Messenger
(non crédité)

Roy Jenson

Ghost
(non crédité)

William Kelley

Ghost
(non crédité)

Hubie Kerns

Ghost
(non crédité)

Darryl Scott McFadden

Ghost
(non crédité)

Jack Nestle

Ghost
(non crédité)

Zamba

Lion Ghost
(non crédité)

Réalisation
- William Castle
Scénario
- Robb White
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Anecdotes
William Castle: [gimmick] The movie was filmed in "Illusion-O" and a special viewer was needed to see the ghosts. This resulted in a number of sources incorrectly stating that the film was originally shown in 3D. The "ghost viewers" contained a red filter and a blue filter, but unlike 3D viewers/glasses, both eyes would look through the same color filter. The red filter would cause the ghostly images to intensify while the blue filter caused the images to fade.

Gaffes
(at around 44 mins) Dr. Zorba is investigating his dead uncle's bedroom when eerie wind blows through and blows out all the candles. Then one by one the candles relight on the candelabra. One candle floats up on its own from the candelabra with its shadow cast upon the wall. As the candle floats an occasional glimmer of the filament used to "float" the candle can be seen; as the candle returns to its place in the candelabra you can see the shadow of the filament cast upon the wall.

Citations
Buck Zorba: Elaine?
Elaine Zacharides: Yes, Buck?
Buck Zorba: You really are a witch, aren't you?
Elaine Zacharides: Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

Versions alternatives
The original version was shot in black and white, but included a few color-tinted sequences. The ghosts were colored in red and shot on a blue background. These sequences were preceded by the message "Use Viewer" and followed by "Remove Viewer". In the prologue, director William Castle explain to the audience how the Illusion-O Ghost Viewer works (for the ghost sequences), while in the epilogue he invites the audience to bring the Ghost Viewer home to try to find more ghosts with it.

Connexions
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: 13 Ghosts (1967)

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7/10

William Castle Classic

Cyrus Zorba (Donald Woods) and his family learn they have inherited the house of his late uncle Plato. This couldn't come at a better time for the Zorba family as they are struggling with financial problems. However, once they move in they discover the house is haunted by ghosts that dear old uncle Plato collected from all over the world. Uh-oh.

Filmed in "Illusion-O," William Castle never missed a beat with a good gimmick. This is a fun movie with no pretensions about doing anything other than entertaining you for eighty minutes. Charles Herbert was an enjoyable child actor with a good screen presence. Sadly this was his last credited film role. I guess the same fate befell him that would many other child actors. Donald Woods, decades removed from his leading man days, is very pleasant and likable in this. Lovely Jo Morrow plays the daughter Medea. Margaret Hamilton has fun with her Wicked Witch reputation here. The direction is solid, the music very nice, and the special effects are fun. Okay, they are relatively simple effects but still fun. Maybe it's not that scary but it sure is enjoyable. Way more entertaining than the gory CGI remake.