{"id":1828,"date":"2006-11-26T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2006-11-26T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2021-12-25T13:00:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T20:00:09","slug":"13-ghosts-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1828","title":{"rendered":"13 Ghosts (1960)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;This house is not a gift, really &#8212; it&#8217;s a burden. Perhaps a curse!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Poster-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Poster.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe financially-strapped Zorba family &#8212; Cyrus (Donald Woods), Hilda (Rosemary DeCamp), Medea (Jo Morrow), and Buck (Martin Milner) &#8212; inherit a furnished mansion (<em>and <\/em>twelve restless ghosts) from an eccentric uncle.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ghosts<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Inheritance<\/li>\n<li>William Castle Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing his success with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1705\"><em>The Tingler<\/em> (1959)<\/a>, William Castle produced and directed this innocuous horror flick featuring a brand new gimmick: &#8220;Illusion-O&#8221;. Audience members were given a special &#8220;Ghost Viewer&#8221;  to use at opportune times during the movie, and those brave enough to face the ghosts were instructed to look through the red frame, while sissies were told that looking through the blue screen would erase the ghosts from view. Cheesy gimmick aside, <em>13 Ghosts<\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0245674\/\">remade in 2001<\/a>) remains a quaintly unscary haunted house thriller, made slightly more tense by the possibility of hidden treasure and a double-crossing acquaintance. The ghosts in the film appear courtesy of double-exposure and hidden-wires &#8212; silly, yet perhaps appealing to the ten-year-old in all of us. Fortunately, the good-natured Zorbas (why the fancy Greek names?) make us root for their ultimate success regardless of the film&#8217;s half-baked production values. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Margaret Hamilton reprising her role as a &#8220;witch&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Hamilton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Hamilton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Hamilton.jpg 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Hamilton-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Hamilton-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Hamilton-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Hamilton-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A few creepy ghost scenes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Ghosts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Ghosts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Ghosts.jpg 853w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Ghosts-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Ghosts-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Ghosts-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/13-Ghosts-Ghosts-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. This one is for fans of Castle&#8217;s notorious &#8220;gimmick movies&#8221; only. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0053559\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1960\/08\/06\/archives\/screen-haunted-house-13-ghosts-arrives-at-forum-theatre.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s311ghosts.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This house is not a gift, really &#8212; it&#8217;s a burden. Perhaps a curse!&#8221; Synopsis: The financially-strapped Zorba family &#8212; Cyrus (Donald Woods), Hilda (Rosemary DeCamp), Medea (Jo Morrow), and Buck (Martin Milner) &#8212; inherit a furnished mansion (and twelve restless ghosts) from an eccentric uncle. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Ghosts Horror Inheritance William Castle Films Review: Following his success with The Tingler (1959), William Castle produced and directed this innocuous horror flick featuring a brand new gimmick: &#8220;Illusion-O&#8221;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1828\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1828"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79197,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions\/79197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}