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A family inherits a house with 12 ghosts who want a 13th.A family inherits a house with 12 ghosts who want a 13th.A family inherits a house with 12 ghosts who want a 13th.
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
Rosemary DeCamp
- Hilda Zorba
- (as Rosemary De Camp)
Jeanne Baker
- Ghost
- (uncredited)
John Burnside
- Ghost
- (uncredited)
William Castle
- William Castle
- (uncredited)
Ralph Helfer
- Shadrack's Ghost
- (uncredited)
David Hoffman
- Messenger
- (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
- Ghost
- (uncredited)
William Kelley
- Ghost
- (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns
- Ghost
- (uncredited)
Darryl Scott McFadden
- Ghost
- (uncredited)
Jack Nestle
- Ghost
- (uncredited)
Zamba
- Lion Ghost
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWilliam Castle: [gimmick] The movie was filmed in "Illusion-O" and a special viewer was needed to see the ghosts. This resulted in a number of sources incorrectly stating that the film was originally shown in 3D. The "ghost viewers" contained a red filter and a blue filter, but unlike 3D viewers/glasses, both eyes would look through the same color filter. The red filter would cause the ghostly images to intensify while the blue filter caused the images to fade.
- Goofs(at around 44 mins) Dr. Zorba is investigating his dead uncle's bedroom when eerie wind blows through and blows out all the candles. Then one by one the candles relight on the candelabra. One candle floats up on its own from the candelabra with its shadow cast upon the wall. As the candle floats an occasional glimmer of the filament used to "float" the candle can be seen; as the candle returns to its place in the candelabra you can see the shadow of the filament cast upon the wall.
- Quotes
Buck Zorba: Elaine?
Elaine Zacharides: Yes, Buck?
Buck Zorba: You really are a witch, aren't you?
Elaine Zacharides: Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.
- Alternate versionsThe original version was shot in black and white, but included a few color-tinted sequences. The ghosts were colored in red and shot on a blue background. These sequences were preceded by the message "Use Viewer" and followed by "Remove Viewer". In the prologue, director William Castle explain to the audience how the Illusion-O Ghost Viewer works (for the ghost sequences), while in the epilogue he invites the audience to bring the Ghost Viewer home to try to find more ghosts with it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: 13 Ghosts (1967)
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I was 8 years old when this movie came out. We saw it as a family at the Baseline Drive-in. At the time it really scared me and my siblings. I just saw it recently on video and my impressions now are of course different. What I remember were the special glasses that you had to use to see or not to see the ghosts. William Castle at the time was the PT Barnum of horror movies and this was one of his latest gimmicks. Probably what I remember the most was finding for weeks afterward the discarded special glasses in our families orange grove since we lived about 1 mile from the drive-in and our road was on the way home for many people. My dad couldn't stand trash on our property and would pay each of us 5 cents for each one we brought to him.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- 13 fantasmas
- Filming locations
- Natural History Museum 900 W Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA(Los Angeles County Museum)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,270,000
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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