from The House on Haunted Hill

Calling William Castle!

The Outré Oeuvre

[24 January 2007]

by Bill Gibron

Short Ends & Leader Editor

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What we need today is a man who is willing to subject himself to ridicule, disrespect, and misrepresentation, all in the name of motion picture propaganda – someone like William Castle.

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