Dark Castle & William Castle
Curated by the horror codex · From Dark Castle Entertainment · 33 films
Dark Castle Entertainment was founded in 1998 to remake William Castle's gimmick horror films, starting with House on Haunted Hill and Thir13en Ghosts. This list puts the studio's films next to Castle's own, from Macabre (1958) to Bug (1975).
1Macabre
1958
2House on Haunted Hill
1959 ★ 3.5
3The Tingler
1959 ★ 3.8
413 Ghosts
1960 ★ 3.8
5Homicidal
1961 ★ 3.5
6Mr. Sardonicus
1961 ★ 3.5
713 Frightened Girls
1963
8The Old Dark House
1963
9Strait-Jacket
1964 ★ 3.8
10The Night Walker
1964
11I Saw What You Did
1965
12Let's Kill Uncle
1966
13The Spirit Is Willing
1967
14Rosemary's Baby
1968 ★ 4.4
Produced by William Castle; directed by Roman Polanski.
15Shanks
1974
16Bug
1975 ★ 1.8
Produced and co-written by William Castle.
17House on Haunted Hill
1999 ★ 2.7
Dark Castle's first film, a remake of William Castle's 1959 original.
18Thir13en Ghosts
2001 ★ 3.4
A remake of William Castle's 13 Ghosts (1960).
19Ghost Ship
2002 ★ 3.0
20Gothika
2003 ★ 3.0
21House of Wax
2005 ★ 3.0
22The Reaping
2007 ★ 2.7
23Return to House on Haunted Hill
2007 ★ 1.8
24Botched
2007
25Orphan
2009 ★ 3.0
26The Hills Run Red
2009 ★ 4.0
27Splice
2010 ★ 3.0
28The Apparition
2012 ★ 3.0
29Seance
2021 ★ 3.3
30Orphan: First Kill
2022 ★ 3.5
31Shell
2025 ★ 2.0
32Worldbreaker
2025
33Lockbox
2026