Best movie of this year hands down!

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I think this film is a soupier classic like I think the acting was great in my opinion. My score is a 7.5/10 by the way. Honestly I don't care if it's "cheesy" or it's "black and white" this film don't need color to be good. I love how you can use 3D glasses to see ghost with them like that's the cool part like I wish they did that in the remake. I'd pretty much like the film.

The "Illusion-O" Gimmick in this William Castle Movie plays a more Significant Role than Most of the other "Come-On" Stuff that the Popular Pop-Culture Icon and Huckster Delivered in His "Road-Shows" that had Kids (and Adults) waiting in Line on the Sidewalks of Theaters across America.This isn't Castle at His Best behind the Camera and the Story is Standard, although Creepy at times. There are Moments that are Surprisingly Graphic and Lines like..."When I met him his back was broken...and his lips were ripped from his face." Kiddie Fun, huh. That was William Castle. His Films were sometimes taken as Silliness, but often the Director would Insert some Real "Shocks" among the Romping.This Movie is not really as Hokey as People Remember. There is a Genuine Mystery, an Attempted Murder of a Child, a Meat Cleaver to the Head, You get the Picture. That's why when some Folks say "Scared me to death as a Kid", They mean it.That's not to say that this is "Not for Kids", it was and is, "Fun" as They say, but it has a Certain Edge to it that Resonates Real Chills. The Sound and Score are Effective, and the Ghosts are Horrifying. Members of the Family are but through the Ringer and are Genuinely Scared. Watch "Buck" (Charles Herbert) Cover His Ears to Escape the Horror that is Reflected on His Little Boy Face.All of this Sounds rather Gruesome and it is. But most View the Film with No Suspension of Disbelief and make it all a Hoot. Maybe that 's because...They "Don't Believe" in Ghosts, and have Looked at the Film through the Appropriate Filter.

I saw the remake of 13 ghost before I saw the original. In comparison, the remake is pretty good. It makes use of the fact that it has a bigger budget which makes the story of a man who has discovered how to capture ghost with technology more realistic. The remake also has a series of ghost that are pretty scary.The biggest issue with this movie is that the gimmick somewhat gets in the way of the scary. William Castle was known for his gimmicks and in this one he gives us a set of glasses that we need to use to see the ghost or not see them based on what you believe in. I saw the movie without this device and maybe that effected how scary I thought the ghost were.The best part was at the beginning when the opening title showed us the symbols of the ghost which was chilling. I think it was one of those films that was made for the first wave of 3D culture and became dated as a result.

These ghosts don't mess around! And neither did the writers in coming up with some silly names for the characters-Buck and Medea, the children of Hilda and Cyrus Zorba (whether or not they are actually Greek is never determined) with William Castle directing, you know there's intentional camp, and for the most part in this entry, it works, unlike most of his later films.The camp starts the minute paleontologist Donald Woods calls his wife Rosemary De Camp who is sitting in a living room being stripped of its furniture. An Igor like delivery man brings them a package from Woods' late Uncle, an eccentric who worked with paranormal activity with the help of his dour housekeeper Elaine Zacharides (Margaret Hamilton). This house on haunted hill is possessed already by twelve ghosts (including the late uncle). Who will be the 13th?"Emergency" star Martin Milner plays the uncle's lawyer, while Hamilton's housekeeper is a delightfully camp presence. Not as sinister as similarly clad housekeepers played by Gale Sondergaard and Judith Anderson, she's still a mysterious presence, even able to perform a séance. Castle gives this wonderful veteran actress several key scenes she underplays seriously, and presents her with the curtain line as well.As for the gimmicky "Illusion-O", the DVD includes some of the garish color footage previously not included on the VHS. It's funny to see Hamitlon all in blue as opposed to the green of her skin in "The Wizard of Oz", as well as the witch and broom references to her character. Without Hamilton's presence, this film would have suffered greatly.