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is this how the movie begins?

posted 10 years ago by wilft1
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may have seen part of this as a kid, starts off in some new england type town in either the 1700's or 1800's, has some sailor talking to some rich guy about how he will someday have his own ship, then the rich guy has the sailor look through a spyglass at his daughter, sees the wrong girl (who looks good), then looks again at the actual daughter (who isnt good looking at all), the rich guy mentions that whoever marries his daugher will eventually inherit his fleet of ships, to which the sailor looks through the spyglass again and reconsiders.

next scene shows the guy following the good looking girl into a room, followed by the unattractive woman carring a meat cleaver, goes in and then you see the ghost of the man come out with the cleaver in his back.

is this the same movie?

[–] raphael65 9 years ago

Yes, this is the movie that you saw as a kid. Your memories of it are pretty good – a little off – but pretty damn good. For YEARS, certain scenes from this movie stuck with me (I saw it in 1972, before I turned five). I finally deduced that it would most likely have been a William Castle production, asked the right person, and was proven correct. Then I managed to get a crappy VHS copy from a company called Video Search of Miami in 2001. Now I have the official Paramount release, Olive Films being the distributor (?). The print is in anamorphic widescreen and looks good. It’s a pretty entertaining film, and somewhat risqué considering when it was made. Just look at the cast!

[–] Edelweis1966 9 years ago

All I can say is "Thank You!" I have remembered this movie for the longest time and described it to other people. I was very young when I saw it, so I had no idea what I was watching. I just remember the murder at the beginning and the ghosts fighting and the boy getting blamed. I was beginning to think that I dreamed up this movie, but I have finally found it!!!!! It may be a disappointment to see as an adult, but I just want to see it for all times sake.