Tag Archives: 60’s
Double Feature: The Old Dark House/13 Frightened Girls! (1963)
For tonight’s double feature, we continue our survey of the films of William Castle. When last we checked in, he was taking a break from abject gimmickry and horror with Zotz! (1962), a slapstick comedy-fantasy of the sort that Walt … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature
Tagged 60's, Comedy, Hammer, horror, lovable animals, Secret Agent, Slasher, William Castle
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Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide gives Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969) two-and-a-half stars and a fragment of a sentence. Until the Warner Archives recently released the film on DVD, I had hardly heard of it before; but upon learning … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Midnight Matinee
Tagged 60's, Fantasy, Jules Verne, Killer Shark, Luciana Paluzzi, Submarine, Utopia
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Zotz! (1962)
When last we checked in with William Castle, I suggested that Mr. Sardonicus (1961) was about one gimmick too far for the great schlockmeister. Gimmicks had made him famous, but they were becoming a prison, and starting to harm the … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 60's, Comedy, Fantasy, Jim Backus, Russians, slapstick, William Castle
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