Heavens to Murgatroid! THANKS for posting! Quite a thrilling & exciting trailer. Interesting on so many levels: Paul Frees (the king of voice over artists) narrating the trailer, ex-spouses appearing in the same film many years after their divorce, William castle's well known tackiness & a stirring Vic Mizzy (the Adams Family) score! Who couldn't resist such a delightful mishmash! I saw part of this once way back in the 70's as a teen on local late night TV...never seen it shown since.
That opening sequence freaked me out more than anything I've seen lately. There was something about it that reminded me of all my nightmares as a kid and almost had me crawling into fetal position! Scary s**t!! The movie itself falls short, but the opening and the chapel sequences are worth it all!
The broken candelabra and the way it was hanging by the chain in the one church scene give me the suspicion that Slayer might have used that scene as the inspiration for their one album cover, "Haunting the Chapel" I think.
Paul Frees is the narrator (and also delivered the "What Are Dreams?" prologue in the film) for this January 1965 "TV trailer" for the movie; the last five seconds had space for a local announcer to add a line like this: "Coming soon to a theater near you"...
Then like a year ago, BANG. The Retro channel just putted it on. I was with my girlfriend, with other friends also, not paying attention to the tv, the volume was mute.But then i started recognizing stuff...it was it,It was finally it!!!I tried to explain to the presents the importance of me watching that movie, the relief of decades of wondering! They did their best effort not to show that they couldn't care less of a shit.
It is just impossible to explain my relief of having finally seen this!
You know what? I saw this when i was 7, and it always stayed in my mind.
The chapel scene, i remembered it as "A woman being forced to marry a ghoul" i've been YEARS i swear!!Like easily 20 years! Looking for a movie with that scene...I came to believe i was mixing movies, i don't know, Wax museum with the Tingler or something like that...for some reason i remembered the "let's scare this woman to madness" classic plot... but nothing, the movie wouldn't appear.
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MusicGeneration2008 5 months ago
Heavens to Murgatroid! THANKS for posting! Quite a thrilling & exciting trailer. Interesting on so many levels: Paul Frees (the king of voice over artists) narrating the trailer, ex-spouses appearing in the same film many years after their divorce, William castle's well known tackiness & a stirring Vic Mizzy (the Adams Family) score! Who couldn't resist such a delightful mishmash! I saw part of this once way back in the 70's as a teen on local late night TV...never seen it shown since.
JubalCalif 11 months ago
Great theme by Vic Mizzy of Addams Family fame.
dukeyflyswatter 1 year ago
I love Barbara Stanwyck's screaming in this fantastic movie. Barbara's scream are so deep!
rickram1961 2 years ago
The opening theme is scary in itself...
blacqueangel80 2 years ago
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Stanwycks last film (thank goodness). It looks like one of her worst, (even though most of her films are bad) !
janetleigh100 2 years ago
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Stanwyck's scream is halarious - but not as halarious as her acting!
janetleigh100 2 years ago
Another good 60's horror film never on released on dvd!,only tape.
12dave9 2 years ago
Say what you want about modern "scream queens", but Barbara Stanwyck has a helluva voice.
Bathia1795 2 years ago
That opening sequence freaked me out more than anything I've seen lately. There was something about it that reminded me of all my nightmares as a kid and almost had me crawling into fetal position! Scary s**t!! The movie itself falls short, but the opening and the chapel sequences are worth it all!
lucyd75 2 years ago
The broken candelabra and the way it was hanging by the chain in the one church scene give me the suspicion that Slayer might have used that scene as the inspiration for their one album cover, "Haunting the Chapel" I think.
Shawnster65 2 years ago
This is one of the weirdest movies ever.....the oddball music....the maniquins in the church
inkey2 2 years ago
The prologue, score and trailer are great, but the movie falls aoart following Babs' first exchange with Robert Taylor.
Like a lot of Castle films, it can't get past the "tacky" aspect, but the eerie, early-'60s mood made everything spooky.
scorpio888 2 years ago
Paul Frees is the narrator (and also delivered the "What Are Dreams?" prologue in the film) for this January 1965 "TV trailer" for the movie; the last five seconds had space for a local announcer to add a line like this: "Coming soon to a theater near you"...
fromthesidelines 2 years ago
Yes! Paul Frees had that perfect timber to his voice! Vic Mizzy's soundtrack added so much to this film too! I just recently purchased it!
Creepy stuff!
Actionguy1 2 years ago
Then like a year ago, BANG. The Retro channel just putted it on. I was with my girlfriend, with other friends also, not paying attention to the tv, the volume was mute.But then i started recognizing stuff...it was it,It was finally it!!!I tried to explain to the presents the importance of me watching that movie, the relief of decades of wondering! They did their best effort not to show that they couldn't care less of a shit.
It is just impossible to explain my relief of having finally seen this!
lucasaccardo 3 years ago
You know what? I saw this when i was 7, and it always stayed in my mind.
The chapel scene, i remembered it as "A woman being forced to marry a ghoul" i've been YEARS i swear!!Like easily 20 years! Looking for a movie with that scene...I came to believe i was mixing movies, i don't know, Wax museum with the Tingler or something like that...for some reason i remembered the "let's scare this woman to madness" classic plot... but nothing, the movie wouldn't appear.
lucasaccardo 3 years ago
im sorry what a mess, read the "You know what?" post before the "Then like a year ago, BANG." one.
lucasaccardo 3 years ago
Seriously this movie needs to be made available on DVD. I'd love to see it again.
claredontyoudare 3 years ago
We need this classic on dvd!.
12dave9 3 years ago
Indeed!
Bathia1795 2 years ago
Found this movie disturbing as a child..... still disturbing as an adult.
hamtrak 3 years ago
Dear God that woman can scream! These two were married in the past and Stanwyck and Robert Taylor were still friends. Lurid, fun shocker.
perrypearl 3 years ago
EXELLENT FILM!!!!
perrypearl 3 years ago