6.9
“Ghastly Beyond Belief!”
The Tingler (1959)
July 29, 19591h 22mEN
6.4
193 votes
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.
Director
William CastleWriter
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$250K
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Columbia PicturesWilliam Castle Productions
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dennyjt
6.0William Castle was a master showman and this was his grandest triumph. He loved a gimmick, in this case Percepto, a device fitted beneath theater seats to enhance the climactic scenes by giving the patrons a short, sharp shock! Vincent Price, at his most maniacally deluded, is a pathologist who says he has discovered fear produces an actual physical creature that only be overcome by the release of a scream. He hopes to get his hands on someone who has died of fright to test his theory and this proves simpler than one might think, thanks to the company he keeps. It is a mad, nightmare of a horr…
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