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Back in the 60s When any gimmick was not too strange Mike Todd, Jr. came up with Smell-O-Vision. He tried it in a movie called The Scent of Mystery. The idea was to send a scent throughout the theater...

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I remember hearing about smell-o-vision but never experienced it. I would think that installing the system in a theatre would be pretty expensive - certainly too expensive for my small town theatre to...

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Captain Canuck: According to the article I read Smell-O-Vision was used only for the one movie The Scent of Mystery in the one theatre. I guess they decided that it was just not effective enough and...

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MUSTERY? LOL that must have ben one HECK of a Smell-O-Vision scent! There have of course been the scratch-and-sniff versions of this as well. Almost all of the attempts at this gimmick have been...

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39 O 13 wrote: MUSTERY? LOL that must have ben one HECK of a Smell-O-Vision scent! There have of course been the scratch-and-sniff versions of this as well. Almost all of the attempts at this gimmick...

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In the movie THE TINGLER director William Castle put a vibrator device under certain seats in some theatres. The Tingler was a creature that grew in your spine and the only way to release it was to...

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William Castle, King of the Gimmicks. What wonderful, fun schlock he gave us! Anyone know if there is a book about him and his movies out there? It would probably make for a great read.

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39 O 13 wrote: William Castle, King of the Gimmicks. What wonderful, fun schlock he gave us! Anyone know if there is a book about him and his movies out there? It would probably make for a great read....

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Smell-O-Vision has tried a few comebacks over the years. In 1982, John Waters released the notorious Polyester in Odorama, giving the audience scratch and sniff cards. Fox TV tried a similar gimmick...

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39 O 13 wrote: William Castle, King of the Gimmicks. What wonderful, fun schlock he gave us! Anyone know if there is a book about him and his movies out there? It would probably make for a great read....

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