Homicidal

Homicidal
Original film poster
Directed byWilliam Castle
Written byRobb White
Produced byWilliam Castle
Starring
CinematographyBurnett Guffey
Edited byEdwin H. Bryant
Music byHugo Friedhofer
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
William Castle Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 28, 1961 (1961-06-28)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.6 million[1]

Homicidal is a 1961 American horror-thriller film produced and directed by William Castle, and starring Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Eugenie Leontovich, Alan Bunce and Jean Arless. The film follows a murderous woman in a small California town whose presence unearths secrets concerning a prominent local family.

As with many of Castle's films, the film was released with a promotional gimmick—in this case, a "fright break," that allowed patrons to receive a refund if they were too scared to stay for the climax of the film.

  1. ^ "1961 Rentals and Potential". Variety. 10 Jan 1961. p. 58.