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Robb White (written by)
Release Date:
29 July 1959 (USA)
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After much hard work, a pathologist discovers and captures a creature that lives in every vertebrate and grows when fear grips its host...
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William Castle Film Collection Comes To DVD October 20th!
(From Icons of Fright. 17 August 2009, 11:17 PM, PDT)
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Cast
(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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82 min
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Originally had a short sequence filmed partially in color. It was the scene when the deaf-mute Mrs. Higgins (Judith Evelyn), terrified by unknown forces, runs into a bathroom to hide and sees blood coming from the faucets of her sink and her bathtub filled with blood. Everything else in the scene is black and white except for the blood, which appears in garish red color - a typical William Castle gimmick. The USA home video release and the Turner Classic Movies print shown on Oct. 31, 2008 include the restored partial-color sequence. The short sequence is grainy and appears to have been inserted from an old deteriorated copy, or possibly a 16 mm print, as the rest of the movie's quality is crisp and sharp.
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Continuity: When Price does autopsy on Ollie's wife he tucks up his sleeves and wears gloves. The shot after shows his sleeves are down again, and then up again in a different way in the next shot.
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Lucy Stevens:
Unless what, Dave?
David Morris: Suppose a person couldn't possibly scream?
Lucy Stevens: Well everybody can scream.
David Morris: A deaf mute can't scream.
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David Morris: Suppose a person couldn't possibly scream?
Lucy Stevens: Well everybody can scream.
David Morris: A deaf mute can't scream.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "TCM Underground: 13 Ghosts/The Tingler (#1.37)" (2008)
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Did Dr Chapin take LSD to induce a fear reaction in himself?Is "The Tingler" based on a book?
Was the actress who played Martha Higgins a deafmute in real life?
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"The Tingler" is the name that Vincent Price's likable scientist character gives to the creature that apparently is responsible for the sense of spine-tingling fear we all experience at some point in our lives. If we scream, The Tingler is rendered harmless. If we do not, The Tingler will get us!
This is classic William Castle gimmick stuff. When this black and white masterpiece of schlock was originally shown in theaters, devices would be rigged up underneath theater seats which would "tingle" during a certain scene. The film would then seemingly stop, and the audience would be encouraged to scream! Scream for their LIVES! Of course, the audience was happy to oblige and the Tingler would be defeated. Man, how I regret having missed those days of cheesy ballyhoo.
This film has some really nifty stuff in it. Highlights include Vincent Price's "acid" trip (reportedly the first acid trip ever seen on the silver screen), and a cool hallucinatory color sequence with a deaf mute woman menaced by a bathtub full of blood, among other things. The plot is clever and actually pretty well thought out for a B flick, and Vincent is superb, as he always is. This is an absolutely hysterical film that should not be missed. I can't say enough good things about it - it simply has to be seen to be appreciated. It's campy, seedy, bloody good fun!