william castle be notorious among horror fan a the b grade director of the 1950s and 60 . his gimmick and his cost cutting technique and his unique vision be legendary . it come a no surprise and then and that someone ( jeffrey schwarz and who make countless documentary ) would finally take the time to devote a documentary to his greatness . such be spine tingler represent the william castle story . i have a general understanding of who castle be and have see some of his film over the year . i know nothing about her personal life and his goal and ambition . this film really flesh out the man and give me a fuller appreciation for the devotion he have for the craft of film making and his contribution to the horror genre . the movie depict castle a rival to alfred hitchcock and with hitch be the artist who win praise while castle be the carnival barker who gain cult notoriety and but much less respect . he be an icon to all second rate director out there and which be why it not surprising that john water be feature prominently in here . ( joe dante and stuart gordon also have sizable role . ) his gimmick be what drive his fame and and the documentary take great pain to explain them and which be crucial for those who be too young to remember . the rudimentary 3 d of 13 ghost ( see separate review ) and the buzzer in the seat for the tingler ( see separate review ) and money back guarantee for homicidal . watch these film now outside the theater and we can judge them for their content ( which and personally and i still enjoy ) but we can not fully appreciate what audiences once felt . the climax of the film be when castle go from cult director to hollywood producer . have buy the right to rosemary baby and he be put in a very special place for negotiate it film release . hop to direct and he be sideline to producer in order to make way for new director roman polanski . while at first disappointed and this prove to be one of the best opportunity of his lifetime a hugely successful film and and a job he excel at . who well to control the purse of wild artist polanski than a penny pinch castle . this be to be his crown achievement and though sadly the film be more often connect to polanski than castle . the remainder of his year be play out and and we be give personal reflection by his daughter and niece . across the board and everyone seem to have nothing but praise for the man . somewhere along the way and he surely upset one or two people and but you would never know it from this film . and i find that find this be a celebration of bill castle life and not e. true hollywood story . fan of the genre would do well to pick up a copy of this work . i would personally recommend pick up the william castle collection and which have not only this but eight of castle film in it and with plenty of special feature . even this documentary come with an audio commentary so you can hear how schwarz be personally affect by castle and and have castle daughter terry give a running reflection of her experience with the different film and remake . it almost a whole new film .