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Tormented (1960) -- A man lets a former flame fall to her death rather than let her interfere with his new relationship, but her ghost returns to disrupt his impending nuptials.
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Director:
Bert I. Gordon
Writers:
Bert I. Gordon (story)
George Worthing Yates (screenplay)
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Release Date:
22 September 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
A ghost-woman owned him body and soul! more
Plot:
A man lets a former flame fall to her death rather than let her interfere with his new relationship, but her ghost returns to disrupt his impending nuptials. full summary | add synopsis
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Hey, I Thought It Was A Hoot....... And Scary Too! more (40 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Richard Carlson ... Tom Stewart
Susan Gordon ... Sandy Hubbard
Lugene Sanders ... Meg Hubbard
Juli Reding ... Vi Mason
Joe Turkel ... Nick, The Blackmailer
Lillian Adams ... Mrs. Ellis
Gene Roth ... Mr. Nelson, lunch stand operator
Vera Marshe ... Mrs. Hubbard (as Vera Marsh)
Harry Fleer ... Frank Hubbard
Merritt Stone ... Clergyman
George Stanley
Dick Walsh
Leslie Thomas
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Directed by
Bert I. Gordon 
 
Writing credits
Bert I. Gordon (story)

George Worthing Yates (screenplay)

Produced by
Bert I. Gordon .... producer
Joe Steinberg .... producer
 
Original Music by
Albert Glasser 
 
Cinematography by
Ernest Laszlo 
 
Film Editing by
John A. Bushelman  (as John Bushelman)
 
Art Direction by
Gabriel Scognamillo 
 
Set Decoration by
Eugene Redd  (as Gene Redd)
 
Makeup Department
Bill Cooley .... makeup artist
Buddy King .... hair stylist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph Boyle .... assistant director (as Joe Boyle)
William Forsyth .... assistant director (as Bill Forsyth)
 
Art Department
Arnold Goode .... property manager
 
Sound Department
John K. Kean .... sound recordist (as John Kean)
 
Special Effects by
Herman E. Townsley .... special effects (as Herman Townsley)
 
Visual Effects by
Bert I. Gordon .... special visual effects
Flora M. Gordon .... special visual effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Don Carstenson .... electrician
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marjorie Corso .... wardrobe supervisor (as Marge Corso)
 
Music Department
Calvin Jackson .... composer: additional modern jazz sequences
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Tormented... by the She-Ghost of Haunted Island! (USA) (promotional title)
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Runtime:
75 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:PG (re-rating) (2005) | UK:X (original rating) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
Malibu, California, USA more
Company:
Cheviot Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
A portion of the score actually came from William Castle's House on Haunted Hill (1959) which Allied Artists had distributed the previous year. more
Quotes:
Sandy Hubbard: What's the matter with a jazz magician? more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Tormented (#5.14)" (1992) more

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6 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
Hey, I Thought It Was A Hoot....... And Scary Too!, 18 July 2006
7/10
Author: greyeyesoul from Toronto

Of course, I was ten years old in 1960 and back then disembodied talking heads, mysterious winds that attack weddings and kill all the flowers, and a white-ish, translucent ghost woman who swoops directly at you was pretty decent entertainment. Us kids ate this stuff up during the matinée; then, all the teens and adults arrived in the evening and I was captured by that delicious shared experience of shouted-out banter, witticisms and wise-cracks to appreciative audience laughter. Now and again a scene was intense enough to elicit some girl screams and the whole place would crack up.

See, this is the problem with writing 'dated' b-horror commentary. We're talking about the olden days here. Ya kinda had to be there. Just try recommending this to the average young adult of today! I can imagine how he'd be looking at you if he actually watched it - I'm laughing my ass off already. Yep, most of the people in this world are gonna rate this melodramatic dinosaur pretty darn low.......and yet, recently viewed, the final scene - the final 'movement' of the scorned woman was still chilling to me. Okay, so I'm a total melvin.

Anyway, if you've got the right eyes, this is a kitschy, 'modern' haunting in glorious black and white, complete with the very middest level of late fifties' special effs. If that encourages you to watch it, you are a kindred spirit, no matter your age

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