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The Tingler

The Tingler

Ghastly Beyond Belief!

19596.41h 22m

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.

Directed by William Castle
Written by Robb White
Produced by William Castle
Box OfficeBudget: $250K0

Top Cast

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Dr. Warren Chapin

Philip Coolidge

Philip Coolidge

Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins

Judith Evelyn

Judith Evelyn

Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins

Darryl Hickman

Darryl Hickman

David Morris

Pamela Lincoln

Pamela Lincoln

Lucy Stevens

Patricia Cutts

Patricia Cutts

Isabel Stevens Chapin

William Castle

William Castle

Prologue Host (uncredited)

Bob Gunderson

Bob Gunderson

Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)

Dal McKennon

Dal McKennon

Projectionist (uncredited)

L

Leon Alton

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

adulterydeaf-mutelsdautopsycheat on husbandblack and whitecreaturepathologisthuman experimentfrightadulterous wifespinal columnpsychotronic filmmovie theaterfrightened womangimmickweird taleweird sciencespine breaker

About The Tingler

The Tingler is a horror, science fiction film released in 1959 exploring themes of adultery, deaf-mute, lsd, autopsy, cheat on husband, black and white. Directed by William Castle, it stars Vincent Price, Philip Coolidge, Judith Evelyn. 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.

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