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Thanks, you too. Oh, you meant William Castle. Never mind.

Top secret, important prehistoric business can take precedence. I'll let it slide. This time. Speaking of manga, I've been reading SINoAlice because I'm a big Yoko Taro fan.

@@AtomicSnackBar ooh I heard that was really good. if I ever finish the game I wanna read it.

That would be great. Even just re-issues would be nice. Muffit II and the Ovion really need to be on my shelf.

Gemora will probably never be usurped from his gorilla throne. But Bob is definitely one of my favorite gorilla men. And Tracy/Kogar is one of my favorite gorilla suits.

Perfect. It's great when Saturday evening plans come together so well.

I saw Matinee in the theater as a lad. And even though I wasn't familiar with the showman side of William Castle, the monster kid elements really called to me. I then remember renting it when it hit video and watching it multiple times that weekend. Jump forward to when it hit blu ray, which was the first time I had seen it since that VHS rental. My thoughts on it were the same as yours. Woolsey should have been the focus, with the kids secondary at best. But all in all, still a neat little movie.

He had quite the impressive, and varied, resume. From film noir to westerns to scary movies. I've had a DVD collection of "The Whistler" series on my list for ages now. But, as you know, so many DVD and blu rays, so little time.

Yeah, it's right through the beaded curtain and past all those random guys in trench coats.

Might be time to bring the theaters gimmicks back. I've seen a few 4D shows at theme parks, and they are pretty neat.

I thought it was Pen Pineapple Apple William you were close with?

Agreed and seconded.

I hadn't noticed that, but I see it. Kind of a mix of John Mahoney and H.P. Lovecraft.

Ah, interesting line-up there. I wasn't aware that Oliver Reed had a book. Was it a biography or an autobiography? And with Cronenberg's book, did it talk any about the making of Nightbreed?

@@AtomicSnackBar Ollie Reed did write an autobiography - but he was off his tits nonsense and disappeared quickly - the one I read was a biography, sort of didn't like it, but he never said anything bad about his horror work. The Cronenberg book was mostly him as a director/writer as I remember - will have to give it another read - it is deep and very intelligent. It is almost a heavy metaphysical book and I don't really understand what metaphysical means.

@@wetdog1606 Off his tits nonsense. Sounds great to me. But Cronenberg's being "deep, very intelligent, and a heavy metaphysical book" . . . think I might just pass on that one.

He was one of the rare few with style and substance. Flash with something beneath. And just a neat fellow.

"House on Haunted Hill" is my favorite of his films as well. "13 Ghosts" is pretty darn close, though. "House on Haunted Hill" was one of the first movies I ever bought with my own money. I got it and "Plan 9" from a music store in the mall. But you should definitely look into grabbing a copy of the book. Never know when it'll go out of print and get rare and/or expensive.

@@AtomicSnackBar Oh i shall grab a copy which i did see they have many on Amazon for about 15 bucks which is for us money well spent. I want to learn a bit more on his dealings with Adolph & though his real last name was Jewish as he was that must have been quite the brave move to defy the earths worst creature this world has had. Sounds like you got a great deal getting those films& the fun as hell Plan 9 with the fantastic lady of horror Mrs. Nurmi. If this book sells out, I'll be shocked to find we have more fans of his than we may have though. Stirling i have to say i am glad the re releasees of House on Haunted Hill 1 & 2 & 13 ghosts never came close to the charm & frights of Williams films. I had to watch them anyway just to learn what i already knew.

@@paullevine1813 I would also recommend Roger Corman's book, "How I Made A Hundred Movies In Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime." It's just as good, if not a hair better.

@@AtomicSnackBar Much thanks for the tip i may yet kill two birds with one stone !!!

And I maintain to this day, I've even said it in the comments this weekend, that the first reveal of the old lady is one of the creepiest moments I've ever seen in a movie.

@@AtomicSnackBar Watched it again tonight. Still creepy.

@ First time I ever saw it in full was in my late teens. By the point I was watching some pretty wild stuff. It came as quite the surprise how much that scene got me.

On a similar adjacent note, I saw the remake of "13 Ghosts" before I saw the original, even though I was aware of it.

It's a darn good one. That was one of the first retro film reviews I ever did back on my old channel.

I missed out on that one. But I did have some cool, similarish toys like Count Creepyhead.

"Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story." That's the documentary about him, right? If so, I've heard that's good. And I do really like a good documentary. There's some, like "I Am Thor," that I've watched multiple times.

I have a feeling too that this generation will have bad necks and carpal tunnel early in life.

I quite liked House on Haunted Hill in my youth. And though I didn't see the movie until later, I loved the trailer for 13 Ghosts when I first saw it back in '86. I wasn't even aware of his gimmicks until I was adult.

@@AtomicSnackBar I believe he was behind the film "The Tingler" which is a favorite of mind.

@@larrydavis3645 He was indeed. And interestingly, I just finished Bob Burns' Monster Kid Memories book. There are a section about Castle and The Tingler. Great read.

@@AtomicSnackBar Thank for the info.

@ My pleasure.

Kinda like a Saturday morning cartoon. I can dig it. But you should probably eat some cereal whilst watching. Just to be on the safe side.

A great time to be a kid.

I don't know that one. But I'm surely about to go change that.

What's your favorite of the bunch?

Good, good. That's the proper thing to do. And we are all about the proper here at the Snack Bar.

That sounds neat. I'm a big fan of mash-ups like that. I will certainly take a look.

Or is that what they want you to think? Dun DUN DUNNNN.

Something I didn't know when I first saw the film at the theater. Now, it's unmistakable.

So Eighteen's Company? They are going to need a bigger boat.

@ Every week there’s an Italian guest star. Fulci, Bava, Dario Argento, etcetera.

@@kallianpublico7517 I have my VCR set to record the Ornella Muti episode.

I think you have him confused with Bob Ross again.

I would imagine you'd enjoy it. Castle is a really likeable fellow. I would also recommend Roger Corman's book. It's quite good. I'm glad you dug it. I have another book review-esque video coming next month. It's more of a top list, so you get more book bang for your buck.

The Glen Miller of horror, you say? That's interesting. Do tell.

@AtomicSnackBar they BOTH got to experience the entertainment change between the world wars, it was a time ,,radio and theater were becoming common,,movies went silent to sound and precode to code,, entertainment was evolving,,to bad we did not get more from miller

@AtomicSnackBar Rudy valley another that went thru the between war change era

Another entertainment change era is upon us now, post war to AI

@@wonyankeesays5661 Okay, I get you. An apt point and comparison. And Castle seemed to excel in both eras.

Castle's resume is pretty impressive when you look at it. He did quite a few westerns and film noirs as well. He was even a second unit director on the Orson Welles film "The Lady from Shanghai."

I haven't seen that. But the question is, are cravat's optional? Because I don't think I would care much for a party or event without the appropriate amount of cravats. But really, what kind of ne'er-do-well would go to a party sans cravat? Not one I want to know.

@@AtomicSnackBar Well, this is just my personal opinion, mind you, but I say cravats are mandatory. *ALWAYS* 😐 And cummerbunds, whenever possible, but i won’t necessarily _insist_ on that one, especially if you have a nice matching boutonniere to go with your cravat 😉 _Spats,_ on the other hand… is just wrong, they belong on the feet 😋

@ I am SO tired of frikkin YT shadow-banning my comments. I posted a jaunty little narrative about the joy of cravats and other haberdashery accoutrements, and >poof< gone 😡 I’ll try again tmrw, i gotta go to sleep.

@@Gappasaurus I neither can nor will argue any of the points made above. Only a madman would try.

@@Gappasaurus It's there on my end. At least, for the time being. But clearly, cravats are just too hot an issue for the tube right now.

I can imagine. Some pretty creepy imagery regardless of the amount of dimensions. And I still think that the reveal of the old lady in "House on Haunted Hill" is one of the creepiest movie moments of all time. On a kinda/sorta related note, I saw the trailer for "Carnival of Souls" as a kid, and I found it so creepy that I didn't watch the actual film until I was an adult.

@@AtomicSnackBar -- HP Lovecraft meets Raymond Chandler! They say Lovecraft's overwrought language was due to the fact he was trying to describe things that were basically indescribable; if he made movies during the 50s he would have run up against the limitations of the special effects of that era -- which does mar a lot of great films! But the scene from House that creeped me out as a kid was Carol Ohmart's ghost outside the window! Yikes! Cheers Warren, who still has a thing for Carol Ohmart!

I rememebr those goofy glasses. The ones we got had printed on them "to see ghosts, look thru here. to NOT see ghosts look thru here". Just in case one got scared of the ghosts.

@@garfieldsmith332 -- I don't remember the glasses from watching "13 Ghosts" but I would have been too scared to look! But around 20 years ago, we had a local screening of :the 3-D version of "Creature from the Black Lagoon" with free glasses -- I still have mine somewhere! Cheers Warren from the white lagoon -- its under 4 feet of snow!

I appreciate that you appreciate them, especially when I step outside the norm a bit like this one. Thanks, Dano. Always a pleasure, good sir.

Speaking of his noir, folks rarely seem to speak of the Whistler series. I want to say he directed four out of the eight films. Which is pretty impressive, especially for noir. "I Saw What You Did" is a good one. I first caught that on TV, I want to say on Svengoolie. And now that I think about it, I want to say I saw Strait-Jacket on Sven as well.

I'm wondering about the dangers of the Creepy Crawler Thingmaker process; especially if the kid gets distracted and leaves it on until the house goes up in flames.

@ Just another senseless Creepy Crawlers related incident.

@@AtomicSnackBar Your wit is as dry as your Martini, daddy-o. 😎

@ Definitely not the first time I've heard things of the like. Matters are made even worse by the fact that I never laugh at my own jokes.

I don't know. What did happen to your fierce, demanding passion?

That, good sir, is an acceptable reason for missing it. Thanks for checking it out now.

@@AtomicSnackBar I'm sorry

@ No reason to be sorry at all. It happens.

Yes, siree. I know that set well. Such a novel idea, more a craft goods than toy, but really interesting. And the danger just makes it all the better. Folks are too coddled today with their arts and crafts that won't possibly put them in the hospital. Back in our day, even silly putty was likely to explode.

@@AtomicSnackBar especially if that silly putty was actually C-4

@@chrisbridges4885 That would explain why we bought it at the Army Surplus Store.

@AtomicSnackBar I started building plastic models in 5th grade when I found out from a friend that there was an extracurricular club for it that my school offered. The teacher that ran it gave out lots of great tips for gluing, painting, etc. He knew of the dangers of huffing paint and glue, but put them in such a humorous light as to make the idea of doing it a really outlandishly stupid thing to even try! Mr. Jordan was quite a cool dude. 👍

Yeah, I think the gimmicks were a lot of fun. I certainly wouldn't take them away. It's just unfortunate how that's all folks seem to focus on. It's as if without the gimmicks, there would be nothing there, which is very far from the truth. And thanks, pal, I think I will keep it Snacky.

Such language and innuendo. It's not that kind of channel. You simply imagined all those older videos and their sauciness. As to the aforementioned story, I couldn't spoil one of the most interesting parts of the book. I really do think you would enjoy this one, especially for all the classic Hollywood talk. And I was going to make a joke about kids today not playing with dangerous toys. But on second thought, unless a cellphone counts as a toy, I rarely see kids in toy departments.

I never had a Creepy Crawler maker, but I did have a Count Creepyhead and Friends toy. And if you don't remember that guy, he was an awesome Play-doh toy.

He used LSD in the film.

Castle was a legend for using gimmicks in the theaters that showed this and other of his films. The larger theaters that showed this film had buzzers under random seats which added to the creep factor. Also, there were actresses posing as theater goers that pretended to faint and were taken away on stretchers. These gimmicks added to the film costs, but helped stoke the hype, putting more asses in seats. Marketing genius!

I always think of House on Haunted Hill. It was the first of his I ever saw, and one of the first movies I ever bought with my own money. Got it on VHS from a music store in the mall.

Speaking if the Tingler gimmick, just the other day I was reading Bob Burns' Monster Kid Memories book. There was an interesting section about William Castle. Bob spoke about helping set up the Tingler gag at one of the showings. Really good read.

@@AtomicSnackBar I didn't know Bob Burns had a book. I'll have to look into it.

I suspect that Ozzie and Harriet were sponsored by some toothpaste brand, but I couldn't tell you who. "Brought to you by..."

@@tonysantiago255 of course. I didn’t recognize them. Thanks!

I can’t think of anything more repulsive than any product with Listerine in it 🤢.

You mean eating toothpaste isn't a thing normal people do?

@@trappenweisseguy27 I feel that way about cilantro.