31 Day Horror Challenge Day Twenty Six: Homicidal(1961)

This is the third William Castle film to be reviewed this year and I’m glad I’m catching up on his work.  He was a great and very unique filmmaker that is sadly forgotten by the vast majority of people out there.  Homicidal is definitely among the best of his films and should be viewed by horror fans everywhere.

The story starts with a woman paying a bell hop $1,000 to marry her and then immediately have the marriage annulled.  The bell hop accepts but he has no idea what is about to happen.  During the ceremony, the woman stabs the justice of the peace to death and runs off.  This starts a very serious investigation into a very strange family with dark, murderous secrets.  It leads up to a very surprising twist ending that will make your head spin!

William Castle’s style of audience participation was always great and his direction is spot on in this film.  The acting and writing are also very enjoyable.  See this one!

9/10 stars.