31 Horror Movies in 31 Days (2015): 13 Ghosts (1960)
13 Ghosts (1960)
A perpetually broke professor and his family unexpectedly inherit a large, old house - and the ghosts that inhabit it!
When the movie came out in 1960 it was played in theatres with the gimmick - it was a William Castle movie so of course there was a gimmick - intact. In this case it was the "Illusion-O!" glasses that would permit you to see the ghosts on the screen in different intensities. The ghosts were also visible to the naked eye, but if you looked through the red band of the glasses they'd appear with greater intensity, and if you looked through the blue they'd disappear. Lacking red or blue cellophane I'm not able to test how well this transferred to DVD.
13 Ghosts (it was the remake that spelled out the number and was also very terrible) hasn't really aged that well. You'll probably guess the plot from the beginning, and the ghosts are pretty obvious double exposures. I wouldn't call it frightening. It's just become a cute, fun, little ghost movie. It's still worth giving a watch if you're a fan of b-grade horror though.
A perpetually broke professor and his family unexpectedly inherit a large, old house - and the ghosts that inhabit it!
When the movie came out in 1960 it was played in theatres with the gimmick - it was a William Castle movie so of course there was a gimmick - intact. In this case it was the "Illusion-O!" glasses that would permit you to see the ghosts on the screen in different intensities. The ghosts were also visible to the naked eye, but if you looked through the red band of the glasses they'd appear with greater intensity, and if you looked through the blue they'd disappear. Lacking red or blue cellophane I'm not able to test how well this transferred to DVD.
13 Ghosts (it was the remake that spelled out the number and was also very terrible) hasn't really aged that well. You'll probably guess the plot from the beginning, and the ghosts are pretty obvious double exposures. I wouldn't call it frightening. It's just become a cute, fun, little ghost movie. It's still worth giving a watch if you're a fan of b-grade horror though.