The Tingler 1959
The Tingler
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.
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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All 1 Videos & 9 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Dr. Warren Chapin
... Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
... Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
... David Morris
... Lucy Stevens
... Isabel Stevens Chapin
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See All 1 Reviews26 Jul 2022 by dennyjt
William 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 horror that hurtles through scenes of capital punishment, a bad LSD trip (first time on film), an unfaithful wife, a silent movie theater (showing Tol'Able David, a true classic), younf love and a cheap looking monster. Even though the story is patently absurd, this is a fun-filled thrill ride, even without the threat of an electric jolt!
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Release Date:
Jul 29, 1959 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 22`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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The Tingler
William 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 horror that hurtles through scenes of capital punishment, a bad LSD trip (first time on film), an unfaithful wife, a silent movie theater (showing Tol'Able David, a true classic), younf love and a cheap looking monster. Even though the story is patently absurd, this is a fun-filled thrill ride, even without the threat of an electric jolt!
Cast & Crew of
The Tingler
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
... Assistant Director
Cast
... Dr. Warren Chapin
... Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
... Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
... David Morris
... Lucy Stevens
... Isabel Stevens Chapin
... Prologue Himself - Host (uncredited)
... Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)
... Projectionist (uncredited)
LA
Leon Alton... Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
... Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
... David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
... Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
PC
Pat Colby... Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
... Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
AF
Amy Fields... Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
... Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
... Luke Hatburn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Produced By
... Producer