Her one flaw was the way she toyed with boys and men. The Bound Woman: Susan LeGrow was the richest girl in town and was very popular.His ghost appears as a torso with a severed head nearby, and is more a neutral spirit than actively hostile. After he lost a boxing bet and didn’t have the money to pay up, the Mafia cut him into pieces and wrapped him in cellophane, dumping the remains in the ocean. The Torso: Jimmy 'The Gambler' Gambino was a gambler in the early 1900s, who caught the attention of the Mafia.Unlike most of the ghosts, this one is a mild threat, never attacking anyone and just saying 'I want to play.' One day, another little kid challenged Billy to a duel, but that boy’s cap gun was no match for the real steel- tipped arrow that Billy's ghost still carries. The First Born Son: A ghost of a little bratty boy named Billy Michaels, who loved to pretend to be a cowboy.With a few exceptions, they seem to become more dangerous as their numbers increase. While the backstories for nearly all the ghosts are not mentioned in the movie, they are hinted at and are explicitly described in the 'Ghost Files', a special feature on the DVD. Ken Kirzinger as Station Stunt performer.John DeSantis as Horace 'Breaker' Mahoney/The Juggernaut (credited as John De Santis).Herbert Duncanson as George Markley/The Hammer.Laurie Soper as Margaret Shelburne/The Dire Mother.Ernst Harth as Harold Shelburne/The Great Child Xantha Radley as Isabella Smith/The Pilgrimess.Shawna Loyer as Dana Newman/The Angry Princess.Craig Olejnik as Royce Clayton/The Torn Prince.Kathryn Anderson as Jean Kriticos/The Withered Lover.
The walls of the house shatter as the malfunctioning machine rips itself apart, freeing the ghosts. With the encouragement of Dennis' ghost, Arthur jumps into the machine, avoiding the rings and saving his children.
The ghosts hurl Cyrus into the rings, slicing him to pieces. Discovering Cyrus' true fate, Arthur fights Cyrus while Maggie disrupts the machine's controls, releasing the ghosts from its power. Retrieved March 30, 2012.Īrthur arrives at the main hall and witnesses all twelve ghosts orbiting a clockwork device of rotating metal rings, with his children at the center. Beyond ballyhoo : motion picture promotion and gimmicks. Scare tactic : the life & films of William Castle. Showmanship: The Cinema of William Castle. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross. ^ 'Rental Potentials of 1980', Variety, 4 January 1981 p 47.Like the original, the film was distributed by Columbia Pictures, except in the United States and Canada, where it was distributed by Warner Bros. The film was remade in 2001 with a spelled-out title, Thirteen Ghosts, and was directed by Steve Beck. At the end of the film the special goggles are blown into smithereens by an unknown force, witnessed by Elaine, who gets a broom and permits herself a small enigmatic smile. The next morning, Cyrus and his family count the discovered money, Buck keeps the mask used by Benjamen Rush to scare Buck's older sister, Medea, and they decide to stay, with a fortune in cash. Rush becomes the 13th ghost, and the ghosts disappear. Zorba, whose ghost catches him in the act, driving the terrified Rush to his death in the bed just as Buck escapes. He attempts to kill Cyrus' son, Buck, using the falling bed canopy Rush had used to kill Dr. The villain turns out to be the lawyer, Benjamen Rush.
However, there is someone in the house who is also looking for the hidden fortune in money and is willing to kill for it.
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