GHOSTS Pt 2: House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Evolution of Horror
Mike Muncer
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2018
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
The BFI's Michael Blyth returns to the podcast this week to discuss a subject very dear to his heart...the brilliant William Castle. In our first in-depth spoilerific reviews of the series, we discuss Castle's beloved ghostly classic House on Haunted Hill (1959) and his slightly less beloved 13 Ghosts (1960). We also discuss the life and career of horror legend Vincent Price
Music by Jack Whitney
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Michael Blyth is a programmer for the BFI and can be found on Twitter (@MichaelJBlyth). Find out what's on at the BFI South Bank by going to https://bfi.org.uk
Mike Muncer is a podcaster, producer and editor. He can be found on Twitter (@TheMovieMike).
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| 0:00.0 | The Good evening. I'm Mike, producer of the podcast you're about to listen to. I feel obligated to warn you |
| 0:28.0 | that during every moment of the running time of this podcast, you'll be insured by Lloyds of London against death by |
| 0:34.8 | fright however even Lloyds of London will not grant coverage for anyone who has a |
| 0:41.9 | heart condition a nervous disposition or for any |
| 0:44.9 | listener who commits suicide during the podcast. |
| 0:49.0 | For anyone who's too scared of what's to come, I would urge you to turn off the podcast immediately before it's |
| 0:56.0 | too late. |
| 0:57.0 | During the late 50s and early 60s, television was on the rise and studios were having to think up more imaginative ways to drive audiences into movie theatres. |
| 1:09.0 | Enter Horramystro William Castle, who not only terrified audiences with his ghost train like haunted house movies, but also brought the horror experience one step further beyond the screen, introducing gimmicks into the movie theater such as |
| 1:24.2 | illusiono or emergo. But are there more to these movies than just cheap gimmicks and scare tactics? |
| 1:34.4 | How have these movies aged 60 years later and without all the gimmicks are they still as |
| 1:39.8 | terrifying? |
| 1:40.8 | Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of the ghost story and review William castle's |
| 1:47.1 | camp classics, house on Haunted Hill and 13 ghosts. Welcome back to the evolution of horror. |
| 1:55.0 | Do you believe in ghosts? |
| 2:00.0 | I do. |
| 2:02.0 | And you will too. |
| 2:03.0 | Welcome back to the evolution of horror. |
| 2:05.0 | My name is Mike and as ever I am your host. |
| 2:08.0 | If you're joining us for the first time then welcome. |
| 2:10.0 | In this podcast we explore and dissect the evolution of the horror genre by looking at particular sub-genres across a number of weeks. |
| 2:17.0 | We are currently in the midst of exploring the evolution of the ghost story and this is part two in which we're going to delve into spoilerific reviews of William |
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