The Spirit Is Willing

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Richard W @rdwoolf Aug 8, 2025 A very whimsical sixties comedy about a haunted house (and parents who don't listen to their teenage son). This is the type of old film I remember watching on weekend television as a child. I enjoyed it very much. And like Hitchcock, you can enjoy finding the scene where William Castle briefly inserts himself somewhere in the film. See more Dec 19, 2012 A delightful comedy in which a couple and their teenage son rent a house for the summer only to discover that the house is haunted. William Castle--best known for such classic horror films as The House on Haunted Hill and Thirteen Ghosts--uses this comedy to parody his own movies and along the way delivers some great laughs and spooky fun. See more Sep 22, 2012 watching this movie, funny!! See more Aug 24, 2012 I loved this movie when I was a kid and had the biggest crush on Jill Townsend..I haven't seen it years but now thanks to Olive Films putting out a bluray of it,I can enjoy it whenever the spirit moves me. See more Aug 12, 2011 I GREW UP WITH THIS MOVIE AFTER SEEING IT IN 1967(AGE 8) I CAUGHT IT ON T.V. THROUGHOUT THE SEVENTIES AND FINALLY GOT A COPY OF MY OWN...IN 2005 I RECIEVED AN ORIGINAL MOVIE POSTER FROM A CO-WORKER. IT IS OLD FASHIONED FAMILY FARE...GREAT FOR THE KIDS AND ANYONE WHO CAN LAUGH AT GREAT COMEDIANS LIKE SID CAESAR AND BARRY GORDON. JOHN ASTIN(MR. ADDAMS FROM THE ADDAMS FAMILY) IS A SHRINK AND THE GHOSTS ARE MIMES BUT VERY FUNNY. THE ENTIRE MOVIE IS A GAS AS 16 YEAR OLD STEVE(BARRY GORDON) WOULD SAY...WEIRDSVILLE! IF YOU LIKE THE GHOST AND MR, CHICKEN YOU'LL LOVE WILLIAM CASTLE'S THE SPIRIT IS WILLING! See more Feb 3, 2011 Fun, unsophistocated VERY 60's slapstick comedy featuring Sid Caesar and family (Wife Vera Miles, and ultra-whiny schmendrick-son Barry Gordon-) who rent an old New England house to get away from the hustle-bustle of city life, only to encounter a trio of rowdy and randy ghosts who were involved in a love triangle in their corporeal lives. Hokey, yet very enjoyable, with a dream cast of very recognizable character faces of the day: Mary Wickes, Jesse White, John Astin, Harvey Lembeck, Jay C. Flippen, and especially the wonderfully buck-toothed 1940's comedienne Cass Daley as the most violent of the sparring specters. Perfect Halloween fare! See more Read all reviews

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