Inmersión cinematográfica de bajo presupuesto: análisis de contenido del ciclo gimmick de William Castle

Miguel Ángel Pérez-Gómez; Milagros Expósito-Barea

doi:10.5294/pacla.2023.26.3.5

Authors

Miguel Ángel Pérez-Gómez Author University of Seville https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7315-1809
Milagros Expósito-Barea Author University of Seville https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7650-5054

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5294/pacla.2023.26.3.5

Keywords:

Horror cinem, haptic cinema, immersive cinema, William Castle, 4D

Abstract

This article studies the origins of 4D cinema through William Castle’s gimmick cycle between 1958 and 1967. Castle’s films are located at the crossroads of the fifties when exhibition technologies underwent changes that sought to distance themselves from television through spectacularity: screen enlargement, stereophonic sound, or 3D films. Against this backdrop, Castle’s films are based on tricks to create a new cinematographic experience that we can call pre-immersive.

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