13 Ghosts (1960)

Director:

William Castle

Writer:

Robb White (written by)

Release Date:

July 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

IT'S FUN TO BE SCARED BY 13 GHOSTS (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

A family inherits what proves to be a haunted house, but a special pair of goggles allows them to see their ghostly tormentors.

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Haunted House | Mansion | Ouija | Supernatural

Cast

Charles Herbert	...	Buck Zorba
Jo Morrow	...	Medea Zorba
Martin Milner	...	Ben Rush
Rosemary DeCamp	...	Hilda Zorba (as Rosemary De Camp)
Donald Woods	...	Cyrus Zorba
Margaret Hamilton	...	Elaine Zacharides
John Van Dreelen	...	Van Allen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Burnside	...	Ghost (uncredited)
William Castle	...	Himself in prologue & epilogue (uncredited)
David Hoffman	...	Messenger (uncredited)
Roy Jenson	...	Ghost (uncredited)

Directed by
William Castle

Writing credits
Robb White		(written by)

Produced by
William Castle	....	producer

Original Music by
Von Dexter

Cinematography by
Joseph F. Biroc		(as Joseph Biroc)

Film Editing by
Edwin H. Bryant		(as Edwin Bryant)

Art Direction by
Cary Odell

Set Decoration by
Louis Diage

Makeup Department
Helen Hunt	....	hair stylist
Ben Lane	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Max Stein	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Harry D. Mills	....	sound (as Harry Mills)
Charles J. Rice	....	sound supervisor

Other crew
Dona Holloway	....	associate to producer

Production Companies

• William Castle Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1960) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (William Castle Collection)

Other Companies

• Butler-Glouner  photographic color effects (as Butler-Glouner, Inc.)
• Pathé  Eastman color by

Also Known As:

Thirteen Ghosts

Runtime:

85 min | 82 min (black and white version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (No. 19630) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | UK:PG | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec)

Company:

William Castle Productions

Trivia:

The last feature film of Charles Herbert.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After Buck slides down the banister and walks off we see money fall to the floor,it's clearly noticeable that the money didn't fall out of the hidden area in the stairs,if you look closely you can tell that it comes from somewhere above the stairs.

Quotes:

Ben Rush: Are you all moved in?
Buck Zorba: There wasn't anything to move except us.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Homicidal (1961)

AWSOME IN DVD FORMAT!!!

this is SO COOL!!! i love wlm castle!!! this is the coolest in dvd's just for the sheer kitch factor. the damn thing comes with ghost glasses! (red to see them, blue if you're a scaredy cat) i sat and watched this w/ my 8-yr old and he thought that is was the best thing since bionicles! we watched it several times just to play with it. i got this when it was released (or re-released) on dvd after the thirteen ghosts w/ matthew lillard came out. (see my comments there)this is the best that wlm castle put out besides the tingler -and i don't think they're going to include a seat buzzer in THAT dvd!!