Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Directed by Jeffrey Schwarz
Produced byJeffrey Schwarz
Starring William Castle
CinematographyAdam Cindric
Steve Coleman
Robert Elfstrom
Matt Faw
Eugenia Fiumi
David A. Ford
David Hallinger
Chris Meagher
Jim Newport
Mark Putnam
Matt Stell
Clay Westervelt
Edited byPhilip Harrison
Jeffrey Schwarz
Music byMichael Cudahy
Production
company
Release date
  • November 8, 2007 (2007-11-08)(AFI Fest)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story is a 2007 American biographical documentary film directed by Jeffrey Schwarz about legendary Hollywood showman William Castle, who specialized in producing low-budget shockers.

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Production

Hailed as a "fittingly lively portrait" [1] of its subject, the film features interviews with Castle's daughter Terry, John Waters, Joe Dante, John Landis, Leonard Maltin, Roger Corman, John Badham, Diane Baker, and Marcel Marceau, among others.

Release

Spine Tingler! premiered at the 2007 American Film Institute's AFI Fest and was awarded the Audience Award for Best Documentary. [2] [3] It received many other festival honors [4] and was released as part of the William Castle box set [5] in 2009 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. In 2011 the film was released as a stand-alone Special Edition DVD and is currently streaming on Vimeo. It has aired on The Documentary Channel and TCM.

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