[metternich1815]

I agree that William Castle's movies were brilliant, but one of the reasons he goes down in horror movie history was due his campaigns. He had a great deal of influence on many horror movies in the future due to this. I agree it is not fair to reduce him to that. But, it should be noted that I have never read a book or watched a documentary (that talked about William Castle) that did not have a great deal of discussion on his gimmicks (I have read and seen a lot of things on horror). Sadly, I would have to agree it was the are he influenced the genre the most, although in recnt years he has become popular for his films only (I myself discoverred him with no knowledge of these gimmicks). Besides the article was merely recounting the five best William Castle gimmicks, I don't think it reduced him.