 In the final reel, when Miriam is about to go into the house for the  big climax, there was a one minute "Fright Break" in which  producer/director William Castle advised the audience that anyone  too scared to see the climax could go into the lobby and get their  money back. For this gimmick, Columbia shipped a cardboard "Cowards  Corner" to theaters playing the film. Supposedly, audience members  too frightened to see the climax could go to the "Cowards Corner"  and wait there until the film ended and the rest of the audience  filed past.