I've always been fascinated by the wacky and bizarre movie gimmicks from the 20th century. This video was meant to be about them, and more, but ended up being about William Castle - the undisputed king of gimmicks and one of my favourite directors of all time.

If you get a chance, check out his movies, read his autobiography and definitely watch the documentary about him starring his daughter and frequent collaborators called "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story". It is incredible.

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No Marks On The Floor Podcast
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Chapters:
0:00 The History of Movie Gimmicks
0:20 Alfred Hitchcock and the Gimmick Behind "Psycho"
1:25 The Gimmick Behind "The Tingler"
3:03 The Gimmick Behind "House on Haunted Hill"
4:00 The Gimmick Behind "13 Ghosts"
5:14 The Gimmick Behind "Mr. Sardonicus"
5:58 The Gimmick Behind "Homicidal"
6:54 William Castle

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Toni's Film Club is all about interesting film history, movies, directing, writing, editing and everything else that goes into this wonderful art form. Oh yeah, and bad jokes. You've been warned.

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