scary films

[Goater]

It was actually called 'The Tingler, William Castle was the man behind it obviously. The King of gimmicks. Vincent Price starred too

[steve56]

was that the one where price was xperimenting with a parasite in an old cinema hse?

[Ace]

Thats it, not The Shocker. GREAT fucking gimmick, huh, Goater?

[Goater]

Never got a chance to taste the gimmicks first hand, mores the pity, Ace. Yes, Steve that's the one. Another thriller i thouroughly enjoyed was 'Pacific Heights'. Thought it was just superb on all fronts and Michael Keaton was absolutely perfect.

[Ace]

I had my deposit on an apartment held back by a bastard landlord when I worked in Bermuda, and I REALLY wish I'd done to my room what Keaton did to his. That would have been worth it to lose my deposit!!

[Goater]

LOL! Yeah, had some pretty bad experiences with landlords. Like mobsters or summat. You move in and within a week you owe them 10 weeks rent!

[DC]

That's the fella. Supposedly a load scream would displace the nasy beastie, hence wiring up some seats to get some 'audience participation' going.

Another Castle gimmick was 'Emergo', a plastic skeleton thing that would swoop down on the audience. I think that was for 'The house on Haunted Hill'.

Puts me in mind of the very amusing movie with John Goodman as just that sort of exploitation film-maker set in Miami during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Can't recall the title off hand, but the schlock-horror pastiche ('Mant! Half-man, half-ant!) was a joy.

[Goater]

Yes, that was what Emergo was used in. Apparently the skeleton got pelted with all and sundry