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Macabre   1958         N/R, 73 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller Director: William Castle   Cast: William Prince, Jim Backus, Christine White, Jacqueline Scott, Susan Morrow, Ellen Corby, Dorothy Morris, Philip Tonge, Jonathan Kidd, Howard Hoffman   When this film was released, theaters used the gimmick of insuring its moviegoers for $1,000 against "death by fright." The story involves a diabolical plot by a father (William Prince) to fake his daughter Alice's (Dorothy Morris) kidnapping and bring on her grandfather's heart attack.