13 GHOSTS told of a typical American family that inherits an old estate which proves to be haunted by multiple ghosts. Turns out the former owner was a collector of ghosts! The ghosts become visible whenever a character wears some special glasses, and on this hangs the William Castle gimmick. Patrons were given their own "ghost viewer" when they came into the theater, which had two strips of colored cellophane. To see the ghosts, you looked through the red filter. If you were chicken and didn't want to see the ghosts, you looked through the blue filter! This process, called Illusion-O, was one of the few Castle gimmicks that could be translated to a home entertainment medium. A lovely DVD release includes the Illusion-O version as well as the TV version! A bit more whimsical than HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, but it still has some good moments.
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