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Also known as Tingler

1959 film directed by William Castle

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6.4

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.

Released: 1959-07-2982 minDir: William CastleHorror, Science FictionBudget: $250,000

Cast

  • Vincent Price as Dr. Warren Chapin
  • Philip Coolidge as Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
  • Judith Evelyn as Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
  • Darryl Hickman as David Morris
  • Pamela Lincoln as Lucy Stevens
  • Patricia Cutts as Isabel Stevens Chapin

Themes

  • adultery
  • deaf-mute
  • lsd
  • autopsy
  • cheat on husband
  • black and white
  • creature
  • scientist
  • pathologist
  • human experiment

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Ratings

IMDb

6.6/10

9,795 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

78%

Year
1959
Runtime
82 min
Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi
Rated
Approved
Awards
1 nomination

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Internet Archive

audio

698 - My Pillows Are Comforted By The Realization That I'm OK | Tingler Crossover

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Cast member
Philip Coolidge
Cinematographer
Wilfred M. Cline
Duration
82
FilmAffinity ID
828899
Distribution format
video on demand
Image
Percepto.jpg
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Commons category
The Tingler
publication date
1960-03-31
title
The Tingler
distributed by
Netflix
assessment
Bechdel test
set in environment
movie theater
review score
78%
capital cost
400000
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