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The Tingler (1959)

NR ★ 6.4/10 82 min Horror, Science Fiction United States English
Director: William Castle
Screenplay by: Robb White
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Description

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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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)

The Tingler Appears on 4 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

BFI The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
British Film Institute #191

Critic Curated

Paste Magazine The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Paste Magazine #99
Paste Magazines 100 Best Films Of The 1950s
Paste Magazine #100

Genre Curation

The 100 Best B Movies Of All Time According
Paste Magazine #60

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