The Tingler

The Tingler (1959)

Ghastly Beyond Belief!

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.

Date of release
1959-07-29
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (205)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Director
William Castle

Casting

  • 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)
  • Gertrude Astor — Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
  • Richard Barthelmess — David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)

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