List of the best William Castle movies: The Night Walker(1964), House on Haunted Hill(1959), Strait-Jacket(1964), Johnny Stool Pigeon(1949), The Tingler(1959), Mr. Sardonicus(1961), Hollywood Story(1951), Mysterious Intruder(1946), The Whistler(1944), Voice of the Whistler(1945), I Saw What You Did(1965), Crime Doctor's Manhunt(1946) ... ...
Horror
South Africa|USA
1964
86 Minutes
Director
Robert Taylor Barbara Stanwyck Judith Meredith
During the 1800s, a safari guide, two elephant hunters and their crew run into trouble with the natives in the South African veld when they refuse to offer gifts to the tribesmen.
Horror
USA
1959
75 Minutes
Director
Vincent Price Carol Ohmart Richard Long Alan Marshal Carolyn Craig Elisha Cook Jr. Julie Mitchum Leona Anderson Howard Hoffman
millionaire estranged wife lover secretary homeowner pilot creepy dark outlandish offbeat haunted house dining room basement hill party haunting murder plot survival greed supernatural
A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.
Horror
USA
1964
89 Minutes
Director
Joan Crawford Diane Baker Leif Erickson Howard St. John John Anthony Hayes Rochelle Hudson George Kennedy Edith Atwater Mitchell Cox Patricia Krest
killer mother daughter psychiatrist fiancé brother campy gory unrestrained farmhouse countryside serial murders mother/daughter relationship violence insanity family history mystery discovery wretched excess 1940s
After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
76 Minutes
Director
US Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.
Horror
USA
1959
82 Minutes
Director
Vincent Price Judith Evelyn Darryl Hickman Patricia Cutts Pamela Lincoln Philip Coolidge Gail Bonney Pat Colby
scientist friend wife doctor creepy suspenseful emotional laboratory household movie theater scientific experiments insects fear death hallucinations murder discovery escape 1950s
An obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host.
Horror
USA
1961
89 Minutes
Director
Oscar Homolka Ronald Lewis Audrey Dalton Guy Rolfe Vladimir Sokoloff Erika Peters Tina Woodward Constance Cavendish Mavis Neal Lorna Hanson James Forrest
baron father wife doctor butler old flame eerie suspenseful shocking melodramatic graveyard mansion train station mountain london village disfigurement medicine greed medical experiments
A mysterious and cruel Baron, whose face has become frozen in a horrifying grin, demands that a prominent London physician apply experimental treatments on him to restore his face.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
77 Minutes
Director
During the 1950s Hollywood, an independent producer unwisely opens an old can of worms when he decides to make a movie about the 1929 unsolved murder of a famous silent-film director.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
61 Minutes
Director
Richard Dix Barton MacLane Nina Vale Regis Toomey Helen Mowery Mike Mazurki Adele Pearce Charles Lane
Amid murders and kidnappings, a private detective is hired to find a missing girl whose family inheritance contains two rare collectible song recordings worth a lot of money.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
59 Minutes
Director
widower wife hit man criminal thrilling dark shocking suspenseful street apartment united states suicide murder deception car crash contract killing escape rescue 1940s
A depressed man hires an assassin to kill him when he least expects it, but when his life takes an upward turn, he finds he now wishes to live.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
60 Minutes
Director
Richard Dix Lynn Merrick Rhys Williams James Cardwell Tom Kennedy Gigi Perreau Frank Reicher Martin Garralaga
The 4th film of the Columbia series based on the CBS radio program, "The Whistler", finds wealthy John Sinclair, with no health or friends, being advised by his doctor to take a long ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1965
82 Minutes
Director
Joan Crawford John Ireland Leif Erickson Sarah Lane Andi Garrett Sharyl Locke Patricia Breslin John Archer John Crawford Joyce Meadows Douglas Evans
teen girl neighbor murderer parent sibling creepy suspenseful intense united states small town house woods murder practical jokes baby-sitting mystery escape pursuit 1960s
Teenagers Libby and Kit innocently spend an evening making random prank calls. These calls lead to murderous consequences.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
64 Minutes
Director
criminologist patient police detective astrologer woman father dark dense doctor's office street police station apartment carnival abandoned house psychiatry murder investigation sister relationship multiple personalities amnesia
The Crime Doctor comes up against a criminal with a dual personality.
Romance
USA
1948
76 Minutes
Director
A would-be playwright and a young woman escaping from a job at a gas station meet cute and fall in love.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
66 Minutes
Director
Chester Morris Erik Rolf Jeanne Bates Richard Lane George E. Stone Lloyd Corrigan Walter Sande Douglas Fowley Cyrus W. Kendall Larry Joe Olson Sally Cairns
Sleuth Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) helps a wartime convict (Erik Rolf) who was framed for a murder while out on parole.
Horror
USA
1960
88 Minutes
Director
Charles Herbert Jo Morrow Martin Milner Donald Woods Rosemary DeCamp Margaret Hamilton John Van Dreelen
ghost witch father mother daughter son frightful creative eerie thrilling mansion haunted house ghosts witchcraft haunting hidden treasure inheritance fear adventure discovery
A family inherits what proves to be a haunted house, but a special pair of goggles allows them to see their ghostly tormentors.
Western
USA
1954
71 Minutes
Director
George Montgomery Richard Denning Martha Hyer John Crawford Emory Parnell Michael Granger Freeman Morse Bill Bryant Charles Evans Lee Roberts Frank Sully
In Oregon, the Army is ordered to negotiate peace with the Indians but unscrupulous businessmen, who profiteered during the conflict, secretly sabotage the peace process.
Fantasy
USA
1974
95 Minutes
Director
Marcel Marceau Tsilla Chelton Phillippe Clay
puppeteer mad scientist young girl alcoholic sister-in-law biker eerie outlandish offbeat frightening mansion cemetery party laboratory reviving the dead medical experiments puppetry loneliness friendship control
A mute puppeteer uses a deceased scientist's invention to control dead bodies like puppets.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1967
90 Minutes
Director
Sid Caesar Robert Ryan Arlene Golonka Anne Baxter Kay Medford Jan Murray Richard Pryor Charles McGraw Ben Blue Dom DeLuise Bill Dana
Sid Caesar stars as the bumbling right hand man of mob boss Robert Ryan who is sent to find a corpse buried in a suit lined with stolen mob money.
Horror, Comedy
UK|USA
1963
86 Minutes
Director
Tom Poston Robert Morley Janette Scott Joyce Grenfell Peter Bull Mervyn Johns Fenella Fielding Danny Green
car salesman relative millionaire twin serial killer hysterical eerie mansion england murder murder plot murderous rampage mystery 1960s
In England, an American car salesman ends-up spending a stormy night at the mysterious and deadly mansion of a client's family.
Sci-Fi
USA
1968
97 Minutes
Director
Christopher George Greta Baldwin Henry Jones Harold Gould Philip Pine Lee Delano Ivan Bonar Robert Cleaves Charles Irving Sheila Bartold Patrick M. Wright
A spy is brought back from cryogenic suspension after being almost killed in a plane crash returning from a mission to learn about a deadly new weapon being developed in the East. But the ... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Director
Set against the backdrop of the French and Indian war in colonial America, the British soldiers attempt to route the French Army from Fort Ticonderoga.
Adventure
USA
1954
73 Minutes
Director
An American living in 19th-century Tahiti gets involved in intrigue against the French colonial government.
Western
USA
1954
65 Minutes
Director
Brett King Barbara Lawrence James Griffith Bill Phipps John Cliff Rory Mallinson William Tannen Richard Garland Nelson Leigh Raymond Largay
The son of Jesse James joins up with the notorious Dalton gang.
Western
USA
1954
73 Minutes
Director
Scott Brady Betta St. John James Griffith Alan Hale Jr. Paul Cavanagh Wm. "Bill" Phillips
ranch hand sheriff rancher niece foreman pat garrett brooding melodramatic new mexico territory ranch saloon cabin hotel billy the kid friendship cattle ranchers posse shoot-out murder fall
Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.
Western
1951
76 Minutes
Director
Macdonald Carey Alexis Smith Edgar Buchanan Victor Jory Hugh O'Brian Houseley Stevenson Charles Horvath Jimmy Van Horn Tim Graham
gold smuggler thief outlaw investigator sheriff miner engaging brooding suspenseful tense intense emotional arizona thievery train robbery gold suspicion outlaws ex-convicts discovery
An ex-convict (Macdonald Carey) returns to Carlsbad Caverns to look for his loot, followed by a Wells Fargo detective (Edgar Buchanan).
Crime, Drama
1956
79 Minutes
Director
oil driller gangster murderer thief girlfriend federal agent dark gripping thrilling galveston, texas oil field nightclub theft scam oil business gangsters crime investigation quest pursuit
Having discovered a way to steal huge amounts of fuel, oil worker Frank Duncan (Gene Barry) links up with mobster Paul Atlas (Edward Arnold) in the hope that they can sell the oil without arousing suspicion.
Comedy
1962
87 Minutes
Director
Tom Poston Julia Meade Jim Backus Fred Clark Cecil Kellaway Zeme North Margaret Dumont James Millhollin Mike Mazurki Jimmy Hawkins Bart Patton
professor niece dean rival love interest spy amusing outlandish spirited lighthearted california university superhuman abilities moral dilemma cold war academia kidnapping discovery rescue 1960s
An ancient coin gives a professor (Tom Poston) rare powers; he offers himself to the Pentagon as a secret weapon.
Mystery & Thriller
1944
60 Minutes
Director
A drifter's (Richard Dix) claim to a dead bank account interests a newswoman (Janis Carter), storekeeper (Porter Hall) and two brothers.
Mystery & Thriller
1966
92 Minutes
Director
Nigel Green Mary Badham Pat Cardi Robert Pickering Linda Lawson Reff Sanchez Nestor Paiva
An orphan English heir (Pat Cardi) and his playmate (Mary Badham) plot to kill his uncle (Nigel Green), who is plotting to kill them.
Mystery & Thriller
1945
69 Minutes
Director
Warner Baxter John Litel Dusty Anderson Tom Bryson
criminologist artist mother model criminal mysterious woman tense offbeat new york city artist's studio nightclub mansion blackouts murder mistaken identity painting art world investigation mystery pursuit
Criminologist Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) delves into the modern art scene when two artist's models are murdered and a third model seems to be missing.
Drama
1950
74 Minutes
Director
Paul Dale Lorraine Miller Will Geer Nina Koshetz Steve Brodie Todd Karns Margaret Field Anne Sholter
A compassionate district attorney tries to steer a disillusioned little person away from a life of crime.
Comedy
1967
100 Minutes
Director
Sid Caesar Vera Miles Barry Gordon John McGiver Cass Daley Ricky Cordell Mary Wickes
Three ghosts play pranks on a couple (Sid Caesar, Vera Miles) and their teenage son (Barry Gordon) renting a house in New England.
Mystery & Thriller
1963
89 Minutes
Director
Kathy Dunn Murray Hamilton Joyce Taylor Hugh Marlowe Khigh Dhiegh Charlie Briggs Norma Varden Garth Benton Lynne Sue Moon María Cristina Servera Janet Mary Prance
criminal diplomat murder victim classmate daughter teen girl intense suspenseful school government building embassy city switzerland conspiracy unintended consequences fear seduction corruption spying pursuit
A diplomat's teenage daughter (Kathy Dunn) spies with the daughters of diplomats from 12 different countries.
Comedy
USA
1975
112 Minutes
Warren Beatty Julie Christie Goldie Hawn Lee Grant Jack Warden Tony Bill Carrie Fisher Jay Robinson George Furth Ann Weldon Randy Sheer
hairdresser girlfriend lover husband hedonistic offbeat melodramatic hair salon party beverly hills, calif. sex business political campaign infidelity money love wretched excess temptation growing up 1960s
On Election Day, 1968, a hairdresser and ladies' man is too busy cutting hair and dealing with his various girlfriends and his mistress, whose husband he meets and finds out is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend.