The Tingler (1959)

Name: The Tingler
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1959-07-29
Duration: 82 min
Cast: Vincent Price, Philip Coolidge, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Pamela Lincoln

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.

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Released 1959-07-29 · 82 min · Horror, Science Fiction

Directed by William Castle

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
William Castle as Prologue Host (uncredited)
Bob Gunderson as Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)
Dal McKennon as Projectionist (uncredited)
Leon Alton as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Richard Barthelmess as David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gail Bonney as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Pat Colby as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
George DeNormand as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)