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WilliamCastle
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<h1><span style="color: #000000;">My name is William Castle, but you can call me Bill.</span></h1>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">You’re not afraid of a dead man, are you? Did you know that I began my career on Broadway as very young man, but soon became fascinated with Hollywood? I met a man named Orson Welles who changed my world forever. Not only did I become enthralled with his creative genius and his love of story telling, but also his addiction to cigars. It wasn’t long before a young boy born William Schloss changed his name to William Castle and began to work under contract with Columbia Pictures.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I quickly learned the film making trade and knew that I wanted to create my own brand. William Castle had to stand for something unique.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I went to work to assure that a William Castle film was not just another movie, but something original. I woke up in a sweat one hot Los Angeles night and knew that I wanted my films to be the very first interactive movie experience and I wanted to scare the pants off America.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I created gimmicks to make my films original, scarier, a reason to be remembered. I tingled your butts in “The Tingler” with William Castle’s PERCEPT-O. I had Lloyds of London insure each movie-goer against ‘Death by Fright’ in “Macabre.” I created William Castle’s EMERG-O for my “House on Haunted Hill.” But I didn’t stop there. No, I was having too much fun. I couldn’t help myself when I made my first ghost viewer and the result ended with the fantastic William Castle’s ILLUSION-O, an integral part of the “13 Ghosts“ filmic experience.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Those were the days, the days before I produced a film called “Rosemary’s Baby.” I’m not sure I should have ever played with subject matter so dangerous. The world of William Castle changed after this successful film. It is a masterpiece of film and a legend for horror buffs. To me, it represents evil. It premiered in 1968. The world changed after this film and so did I.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">But that was then. Now William Castle is dead and buried. Or so you think. But I couldn’t resist the opportunity to come back “From the Grave” and begin scaring a whole new generation. William Castle will write and produce “From the Grave” if I can find an audience not too afraid to watch, listen and read the musings from a man who has been dead since 1977. Perhaps it will be you. That is, if you dare!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Visit me at www.williamcastle.com</span></p>
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5/8/11
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