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29 July 1959 (USA) moreTagline:
In Screamarama morePlot:
After much hard work, a pathologist discovers and captures a creature that lives in every vertebrate and grows when fear grips its host... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Spine tingling terror. Just scream. moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Vincent Price | ... | Dr. Warren Chapin |
 | Judith Evelyn | ... | Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins |
| Darryl Hickman | ... | David Morris |
| Patricia Cutts | ... | Isabel Stevens Chapin |
| Pamela Lincoln | ... | Lucy Stevens |
| Philip Coolidge | ... | Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins |
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1.85 : 1 moreFun Stuff
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Used a couple of theater gimmicks. Whenever blood-curdling screams occurred in the movie, hidden buzzers vibrated the seats. (This feature was called "Percepto.") Shills planted in the audience let out their own screams. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When the tingler is breaking out of the cage you can see a wire at the bottom pulling it open. moreQuotes:
Dr. Warren Chapin: I came because I was a bit worried about your wife, a shock like that can have bad after effects you know.Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins: You know I've been worried about her too, she hasn't eaten hardly a thing and she can't sleep. Ever since she saw that blood, she just roams around the theater all night.
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Did Dr Chapin take LSD to induce a fear reaction in himself?A Note Regarding Spoilers
Was the Higgins' movie theater a real theater or a studio set?
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Directed and hyped by William Castle. Proof he is a master. Vincent Price is a pathologist that discovers that, when in a state of extreme fear, an organism grows along a person's spine enlarging up to the neck. The only thing that will stop the growth is the sound of screaming.
Along with Price are Darryl Hickman and Pamela Lincoln. This is a real gimmicky film, but still effective. Well acted by Price, one of his very best. Still creepy after all these years.