William Castle Double Features (Homocidal, 13 Ghosts, Mr. Sardonicus, more!) - 7/5/16

[Akijama]

Coming from Mill Creek



http://www.millcreekent.com/william-...ned-girls.html

Two Films from the Master of Fright!

13 Ghosts
(1960) – B&W – 85 minutes – Not Rated
Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner, Rosemary DeCamp. Donald Woods, Margaret Hamilton

When an eccentric uncle wills a huge, ramshackle house to his impoverished family, they get the shock of a lifetime. Their new residence comes complete with a spooky housekeeper, plus a fortune in buried treasure and 12 horrifying ghosts.

13 Frightened Girls
(1963) – Color – 88 minutes – Not Rated
Murray Hamilton, Joyce Taylor, Hugh Marlowe, Khigh Dhiegh, Charlie Briggs, Norma Varden
The girls of a Swiss boarding school have one thing in common — they are all daughters of diplomats. One in particular finds out that she has a knack for espionage, and uncovers the murder of a Russian diplomat. Now she must escape using her girlish wiles.

http://www.millcreekent.com/william-...ardonicus.html

Two Films from the Master of Fright!

Homicidal
(1961) – B&W – 88 minutes – Not Rated
Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Eugenie Leontovich, Alan Bunce, Richard Rust, James Westerfield

In the small town of Solvang, there's a killer on the loose and the nurse taking care of a wheelchair bound stroke victim has a bedside manner is to die for. As the truth is uncovered, a town's most chilling mystery will be revealed... and a family's darkest secret.

Mr. Sardonicus
(1961) – B&W – 90 minutes – Not Rated
Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton, Guy Rolfe, Oskar Homolka, Vladimir Sokoloff, Erika Peters

Desperate to retrieve a winning lottery ticket, a greedy man unearths his father's corpse. An enormous jackpot is his reward, but not without a price: his face is frozen permanently into a hideous grin. He enlists his one-eyed servant to help him lift the curse.

[schlock]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Coming from Mill Creek

[Show spoiler]

http://www.millcreekent.com/william-...ned-girls.html



http://www.millcreekent.com/william-...ardonicus.html

I'm sure no "Illusion-O" for "13 GHOSTS" like the old DVD had, but still great news. So they probably don't have THE TINGLER, otherwise they wouldn't be regurgitating MR. SARDONICUS.

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by schlock

So they probably don't have THE TINGLER, otherwise they wouldn't be regurgitating MR. SARDONICUS.

They confirmed via email they don't have The Tingler. I guess I'll have to double-dip on Mr. Sardonicus to get Homicidal. I won't subject myself to 13 Frightened Girls again, but assuming these drop to $5.xx eventually like the Sardonicus/Satan disc did, I won't mind being saddled with the extra unwanted movie.


Edit: They told me in the same email, from 5 days ago, that they had no 60's titles planned either. Liars!

[Hubunkey]

If I was still a hardcore collector of everything Horror I would be going nuts right now. Still great news that these are getting a release and for such a great price

[MifuneFan]

I sense Mill Creek is going to have a very strong year. Definitely getting both of these

[lilboyblu]

This is nice. Glad to see that Mr. Sardonicus is being paired with another Castle flick instead of the terrible Brotherhood of Satan for a second time...

Maybe The Old Dark House and Zotz! will be on a third pairing through Mill Creek?

Originally Posted by NoirFan

They confirmed via email they don't have The Tingler.

I could see both The Tingler and Strait-Jacket coming through TT.

[NoirFan]

I'd really like to get The Night Walker as well, but that's stuck with Universal, who just gave it its first DVD (MOD) release late last year. Scream are releasing I Saw What You Did next month though, so they're an eventual possibility.

[Flanger-Hanger]

This is excellent news! Hopefully each title will have some bonus content.

As far as I know Sony has The Tingler and Warner Archive did Macabre on DVD so maybe this Halloween we'll get it from them? Those are the other two Castle titles I want on Blu-ray.

[glennstl]

Whoa! Did not expect these! So happy. Great movies! Will definitely pick up and upgrade from my DVD collection! Very cool news.

[Michael24]

Of the four I've only seen 13 Ghosts, which I enjoyed a lot. Great to see more Castle on Blu-ray.

Really hoping The Tingler shows up from someone eventually, too, but the one I really want is Strait-Jacket. Holy cow, that was a great little flick when I stumbled across it on TCM a couple years ago.

[Clark Kent]

The film transfer for Mr. Sardonicus looked pretty awesome. Hopefully these others turn out as well.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I sense Mill Creek is going to have a very strong year. Definitely getting both of these

to all the Mill Creek haters. They are one company that continues to keep Blus fun for those of us who can't afford to be perpetual "day one" buyers for every expensive new release.

[Jobla]

I was really hoping that Twilight Time would release HOMICIDAL and isolate Hugo Friedhofer's moody score. No doubt I'll pick up the Mill Creek and hope for the best.

[redrunner97]

Don't love the idea of double dipping on Mr. Sardonicus, but this is great news if only for the fact that we're finally getting 13 Ghosts!

[dohrmannmf]

William Castle features being released is all I need to know. It'll be great seeing 13 Ghosts again!

[babybreese]

Originally Posted by Flanger-Hanger

This is excellent news! Hopefully each title will have some bonus content.

Sadly Mill Creek & bonus content are mutually exclusive. It does help keep their costs down though!

[SuperFlyHighGuy]

I've wanted to get Mr. Sardonicus so I think I'll wait for this release. Also saw 13 Frightened Girls recently on tv and it's not a horror movie but I still thought it was kinda fun, paired with 13 ghosts I'll grab it too.

[Akijama]

Amazon pre-order:

http://www.amazon.com/William-Castle...rds=mill+creek

http://www.amazon.com/William-Castle...rds=mill+creek

[babybreese]

That price will drop to 7.99...Amazon already had them listed under $8.

[gigan72]

Definitely getting the pack with 13 Ghosts, though i'll probably keep my DVD if I ever want to watch the 'Illusion-O' version.