The Tingler (1959)

The Tingler (1959)

Ghastly Beyond Belief! 1959-07-29 United States of America 82 Min. PG-13
6.4 160 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Vincent Price is Dr. Warren Chapin
Dr. Warren Chapin
Philip Coolidge is Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
Judith Evelyn is Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
Darryl Hickman is David Morris
David Morris
Pamela Lincoln is Lucy Stevens
Lucy Stevens
Patricia Cutts is Isabel Stevens Chapin
Isabel Stevens Chapin
William Castle is Prologue Host (uncredited)
Prologue Host (uncredited)
Bob Gunderson is Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)
Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)
Dal McKennon is Projectionist (uncredited)
Projectionist (uncredited)
Leon Alton is Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor is Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Richard Barthelmess is David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)