Tuesday, December 25, 2012

MACABRE 1958 (WARNER ARCHIVE)

William Castle directed this under appreciated movie.

A doctor receives a mysterious phone call from someone who claims to have buried his daughter alive and he has five hours to find her.

This is a tense little film that has more plot twists and turns than most movies ever could have. William Prince is the doctor, Jacqueline Scott is his secretary, Jim Backus is the town Sheriff and Ellen Corby is the child's caretaker.

Castle insured everyone for 1000 dollars against death by fright, the gimmick worked and Castle was off to Exploitation Heaven. One of his best and for some reason not talked about a whole lot. Thanks to Warner Archive for putting out a beautiful print of this film. Recommended!!

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