Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth macabre/thriller feature masterpiece.
A snippet from William Castle’s classic mammoth Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) with Vincent Price. Sidebar: This is from the now-out-of-print Shout! Factory (Shout! Studios)/Scream Factory Vincent Price multi-film anthology Blu-Ray compilation set, “The Vincent Price Collection: Vol. II;” which featured Warner Bros.‘ official/authorized High-Definition restoration of Castle’s classic mammoth 1959 Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece production**. -C.H.
The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth thriller feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) this Sat., Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.
“House on Haunted Hill” (1959) was directed by legendary veteran macabre-thriller feature film masterpiece director William Castle. Alongside his classic mammoth 1959 macabre/thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” for Allied Artists Productions, he also directed his classic mammoth Allied Artists macabre/thriller masterpiece production of “Macabre” (1958) with William Prince, Christine White, Jim Backus (of “Mr. Magoo” and TV’s “Gilligan’s Island” fame) and Jacqueline Scott.
For the majority of his feature film directorial career, Castle directed numerous productions for Columbia Pictures, notably for his classic mammoth macabre/gimmick screen thriller masterpieces and various genres of feature film productions, including numerous classic mammoth film noir, mysteries and western masterpieces for Columbia. Some of Castle’s best-known classic mammoth Columbia macabre/gimmick-thriller masterpiece productions include “The Tingler” (1959), “13 Ghosts” (1960, with Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner of TV’s “Route 66” and “Adam-12” fame, Margaret Hamilton of MGM’s “The Wizard of Oz” fame and John Van Dreelen), “Homicidal” (1961, with Glenn Corbett), “Zotz!” (1962, with Tom Poston of TV’s “Newhart” fame, Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Margaret Dumont; who previously appeared in seven of The Marx Brothers’ classic mammoth feature film comedy masterpieces from 1929–41 and Fred Clark), “The Old, Dark House” (1963, with Poston and Janette Scott) and “Strait-Jacket” (1964, with Joan Crawford, Diane Baker and young George Kennedy).
Later in his career, Castle’s directed his classic Universal Studios mammoth thriller masterpiece productions of “The Night Walker” (1964) with Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor and “I Saw What You Did” (1965) with Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, Sara Lane, Andi Garrett, Sharyl Locke, Patricia Breslin. William Castle also directed his classic mammoth Paramount Pictures sci-fi/mystery masterpiece production of “Project X” (1968) with Christopher George and Greta Baldwin.
Castle’s “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) was released theatrically through Allied Artists, according to IMDB. The classic 1959 mammoth Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece production was co-produced by Castle and veteran associate producer Robb White, who also wrote the screenplay for the Allied Artists production of “House on Haunted Hill” with Castle.
40 years after the original theatrical release of William Castle’s classic mammoth Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece, director William Malone re-made “House on Haunted Hill” (1999) for Warner Bros.** with Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Peter Gallagher, Ali Larter and Chris Kattan (of “Saturday Night Live” fame). Warner Bros. owns the rights to the majority of the Monogram/Allied Artists/Lorimar Productions library, including the original “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) as part of Warners’ 1989 acquisition of Lorimar Productions/Lorimar-Telepictures, Lorimar Productions acquired Allied Artists after Allied Artists went bankrupt in 1979. Warner Bros. also produced and released a follow-up direct-to-video sequel to the 1999 re-make version of “House on Haunted Hill” in conjunction with director Víctor García, titled “Return to House on Haunted Hill” (2007) with Amanda Righetti, Cerina Vincent, Erik Palladino and Tom Riley.
This will mark Sven’s third big coast-to-coast broadcast of William Castle’s production of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) on the airlanes of Me-TV. He previously showcased Castle’s classic mammoth 1959 macabre-thriller masterpiece production as a coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in Aug. 2021. He showcased “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) as a regular coast-to-coast big broadcast on the airlanes of Me-TV back in May 2022.
In Sven’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; he previously showcased William Castle’s mammoth classic Allied Artists macabre thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” as a Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast premiere back in Oct. 1998 on WCIU-TV, according to IMDB.
Who was in William Castle’s Allied Artists classic mammoth macabre thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959)?
The players who appeared in William Castle’s classic mammoth Allied Artists macabre-thriller masterpiece production of “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) were Vincent Price (as Frederick Loren), Carol Ohmart (as Annabelle Loren), Richard Long (as Lance Schroder), Julie Mitchum (as Ruth Bridgers), Elisha Cook Jr. (as Watson Pritchard), Carolyn Craig (as Nora Manning), Alan Marshal (as Dr. David Trent), Leona Anderson (as Mrs. Slydes), Howard Hoffman (as Jonas) and the Skeleton (as himself).