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William Castle career

William Castle averages 6.22 across 13 rated films as a director, with House on Haunted Hill on top at 6.7.

Average
6.22
13 rated films
Best rated
6.7
House on Haunted Hill
Peak five
6.33
1959 to 1961
Votes
2,009
across every film
William Castle, directing career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 1959 to 1961, 6.335678194519501955196019651970House on Haunted Hill 6.713 Ghosts 5.8Career avg 6.22

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

William Castle's career barcodecoolhot
194342 films1974
Current formLast 5: 6.20 vs career 6.22 (−0.02)
  1. L13 Frightened Girls1963 · 5.9−0.3
  2. LThe Old Dark House1963 · 5.9−0.3
  3. WStrait-Jacket1964 · 6.6+0.4
  4. WThe Night Walker1964 · 6.4+0.2
  5. WI Saw What You Did1965 · 6.20.0
William Castle career
Shanks posterShanks1974·22
The Spirit Is Willing posterThe Spirit Is Willing1967·23
The Busy Body posterThe Busy Body1967·9
Let's Kill Uncle posterLet's Kill Uncle1966·17
I Saw What You Did posterI Saw What You Did19656.272
The Night Walker posterThe Night Walker19646.451
Strait-Jacket posterStrait-Jacket19646.6136
The Old Dark House posterThe Old Dark House19635.965
13 Frightened Girls poster13 Frightened Girls19635.928
Zotz! posterZotz!1962·20
Mr. Sardonicus posterMr. Sardonicus19616.379
Homicidal posterHomicidal19616.489
13 Ghosts poster13 Ghosts19605.8170
The Tingler posterThe Tingler19596.4205
House on Haunted Hill posterHouse on Haunted Hill19596.7639
Macabre posterMacabre19586.048
The Houston Story posterThe Houston Story1956·7
Duel on the Mississippi posterDuel on the Mississippi1955·12
The Gun That Won the West posterThe Gun That Won the West1955·8
New Orleans Uncensored posterNew Orleans Uncensored1955·6
The Americano posterThe Americano1955·13
Masterson of Kansas posterMasterson of Kansas1954·15
Battle of Rogue River posterBattle of Rogue River1954·7
Conquest of Cochise posterConquest of Cochise1953·9
Fort Ti posterFort Ti1953·5

Feature films with 25+ TMDB votes count toward the average. Peak five is the best run of five films in a row; the 7+ run counts films in a row rated 7.0 or higher.

Sources: TMDB (as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z).

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