Comments on: I’m tingling with excitement! http://www.b-masters.com/2009/08/18/im-tingling-with-excitement/ Meh. I've seen worse. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:33:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Beerman http://www.b-masters.com/2009/08/18/im-tingling-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-6241 The Beerman Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:43:11 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=1658#comment-6241 My enthusiasm for the Castle Box-Set is tempered only a little by the lack of "The Spirit is Willing" ... Which means my search will continue for the formative meat-cleaver massacre that went so far in developing my taste in movies. And has anyone here purchased anything from the Warner Archive yet? I understand they're no-frills, but am still curious about quality of the transfer. My enthusiasm for the Castle Box-Set is tempered only a little by the lack of “The Spirit is Willing” … Which means my search will continue for the formative meat-cleaver massacre that went so far in developing my taste in movies.

And has anyone here purchased anything from the Warner Archive yet? I understand they’re no-frills, but am still curious about quality of the transfer.

]]> By: El Santo http://www.b-masters.com/2009/08/18/im-tingling-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-6240 El Santo Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:43:43 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=1658#comment-6240 "Is there any particualr reason why <I>Macabre</I> isn’t on the Castle box set? Rights issues, or something?"   That would be my guess. From <I>The Tingler</I> on, Castle worked mostly for Columbia, whereas <I>Macabre</I> and <I>The House on Haunted Hill</I> were released through Allied Artists. Most of the Allied catalog (or at least that part of it that didn't fall through the copyright renewal cracks over the years) seems to have ended up with Warner Brothers after the smaller company went under, so Sony might well have been limited to the Columbia titles. (Columbia was <I>The Old Dark House</i>'s original US distributor, even though Hammer normally went through Warner-Seven Arts in those days.) Say... If Warner does hold the current rights to <I>Macabre</I>, maybe we'll see a Warner Archive Collection edition of it one of these days. “Is there any particualr reason why Macabre isn’t on the Castle box set? Rights issues, or something?”
 
That would be my guess. From The Tingler on, Castle worked mostly for Columbia, whereas Macabre and The House on Haunted Hill were released through Allied Artists. Most of the Allied catalog (or at least that part of it that didn’t fall through the copyright renewal cracks over the years) seems to have ended up with Warner Brothers after the smaller company went under, so Sony might well have been limited to the Columbia titles. (Columbia was The Old Dark House‘s original US distributor, even though Hammer normally went through Warner-Seven Arts in those days.) Say… If Warner does hold the current rights to Macabre, maybe we’ll see a Warner Archive Collection edition of it one of these days.

]]> By: Ken Shinn http://www.b-masters.com/2009/08/18/im-tingling-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-6235 Ken Shinn Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:01:05 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=1658#comment-6235 Is there any particualr reason why Macabre isn't on the Castle box set? Rights issues, or something? I mean, c'mon. It's possibly his single best film (and Haunted Hill isn't far behind)... Is there any particualr reason why Macabre isn’t on the Castle box set? Rights issues, or something?

I mean, c’mon. It’s possibly his single best film (and Haunted Hill isn’t far behind)…

]]> By: MatthewF http://www.b-masters.com/2009/08/18/im-tingling-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-6232 MatthewF Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:44:27 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=1658#comment-6232 surely it's impossible not to own a copy of the house on haunted hill? there was a time when I was wading through those at the bargain bin. surely it’s impossible not to own a copy of the house on haunted hill? there was a time when I was wading through those at the bargain bin.

]]> By: ProfessorKettlewell http://www.b-masters.com/2009/08/18/im-tingling-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-6230 ProfessorKettlewell Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:30:08 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=1658#comment-6230 Yes...this is my Mea Maxima Culpa as well.... Yes…this is my Mea Maxima Culpa as well….

]]> By: lyzard http://www.b-masters.com/2009/08/18/im-tingling-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-6229 lyzard Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:32:52 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=1658#comment-6229 NOTHING surpasses the shame of not having seen a William Castle film!! Read wins! :) (The picture is a Wordpress thing, I gather, but I'm absolutely not the right person to explain it to you.) NOTHING surpasses the shame of not having seen a William Castle film!!

Read wins! :)

(The picture is a WordPress thing, I gather, but I’m absolutely not the right person to explain it to you.)

]]> By: Read MacGuirtose http://www.b-masters.com/2009/08/18/im-tingling-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-6228 Read MacGuirtose Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:23:12 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=1658#comment-6228 Whoa, that's weird... I registered and uploaded a profile photo on <I>another</I> site, and suddenly that profile photo is showing up here too... huh. Anyway, back on topic, one of my own secret shames is that I don't think I've ever seen a William Castle movie... this is something I really ought to rectify. (<I>One</I> of my secret shames; there are actually a number of other comparable or worse gaps in my movie-watching history as well...) Whoa, that’s weird… I registered and uploaded a profile photo on another site, and suddenly that profile photo is showing up here too… huh.

Anyway, back on topic, one of my own secret shames is that I don’t think I’ve ever seen a William Castle movie… this is something I really ought to rectify. (One of my secret shames; there are actually a number of other comparable or worse gaps in my movie-watching history as well…)

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