Best EMERGO ever!

HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959)
Date: October 22 (Saturday)
Time: 7:30pm
Theater: The Aero
1328 Montana Ave, Santa Monica
Admission: $11.00

"House on Haunted Hill" (1959) is the first of William Castle's Horror "gimmick films." When it was originally screened, a plastic skeleton (sometimes an inflatable skeleton) was hoisted over the audience in effort to scare the patrons. Most of the time, people just threw popcorn at it (but had great fun all the same). This trick would later be employed at Disneyland's Haunted Mansion (it's debatable whether its any scarier there).

This classic horror film has a special place in GHOULA's black heart. The very first GHOULA event was a screening of this movie (with Emergo) as a fundraiser for the preservation of the Ennis House (the movie's "House"). Also, this film was in the line-up of GHOULA's first year of its "Haunted Films @ Haunted Places" free outdoor fim series.

Now, GHOULA is pleased to announce its involvement with a special screening of the film at the Aero in Santa Monica. GHOULA has been asked by Terry Castle (William's daughter) to provide the EMERGO for this screening, where she will be introducing her father's masterpiece, and signing copies of "House on Haunted Hill: The Annotated Screenplay."

It is our understanding that this will be the most elaborate, and realistic, EMERGO ever attempted in a movie theater, and is definitely a sight that should not be missed by any true movie buff.

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