William Castle's "Homicidal" (1961): Fright Break & Surprise

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Scene from the film. As an on screen timer ticked away the seconds, William Castle advised audience members they could leave the theatre and receive a full refund if they were too frightened to see the climax of the film. To receive the refund any "coward" had to follow a trail of yellow steps implanted in the aisles to the "Coward's Corner" set up in the lobby and remain there until the film was over and the exiting audience filed by. William Castle insured the more wily did not stay for a ...