The Tingler (1959)
29/07/1959
Horror, Science Fiction
1h 22m
- 64% (174 votes)
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Ghastly Beyond Belief!
Overview
A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed only when people scream when scared.
- William CastleDirector
- Robb WhiteScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$250,000
Keywords
- adultery
- deaf-mute
- lsd
- autopsy
- cheat on husband
- black and white
- creature
- pathologist
- human experiment
- fright
- adulterous wife
- spinal column
- psychotronic film
- movie theater
- frightened woman
- gimmick
- weird tale
- weird science
- spine breaker
Top Billed Cast
Vincent Price
Dr. Warren Chapin
Philip Coolidge
Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
Judith Evelyn
Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
Darryl Hickman
David Morris
Pamela Lincoln
Lucy Stevens
Patricia Cutts
Isabel Stevens Chapin
William Castle
Prologue Host (uncredited)
Bob Gunderson
Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)
Dal McKennon
Projectionist (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
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