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The Tingler

Ghastly Beyond Belief!

6.4(206)19591h 22m2

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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Status
Released
Budget
$250K
Box office
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Language
English
  • adultery
  • deaf-mute
  • lsd
  • autopsy
  • cheat on husband
  • black and white
  • creature
  • scientist
  • campy
  • pathologist
  • human experiment
  • fright

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Writers

Robb White

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical29 Jul 1959
    • PhysicalNRVHS1 Jan 1996
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalRated X31 Mar 1960
    • Physical15DVD25 Oct 1996
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical28 Oct 1959
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical3 Nov 1961
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical124 Aug 1960
    • Physical1219 Aug 2016
  • MexicoMX

    • TheatricalB16 Jan 1964
  • TürkiyeTR

    • Theatrical26 Oct 1964

Frequently asked questions

The Tingler was released on 29 July 1959.

Audience reviews

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  • D

    dennyjt

    7/25/2022

    6/10

    William Castle was a master showman and this was his grandest triumph. He loved a gimmick, in this case Percepto, a device fitted beneath theater seats to enhance the climactic scenes by giving the patrons a short, sharp shock! Vincent Price, at his most maniacally deluded, is a pathologist who says he has discovered fear produces an actual physical creature that only be overcome by the release of a scream. He hopes …

  • S

    Sierbahnn

    5/5/2026

    7/10

    There's something to be said about line delivery in horror movies when the lines aren't panicked and screaming, but understated and build tension rather than relieve it. The conceit of this plot is ludicrous, of course, but it is fifties surrealism and it has a meta concept to it, which is very weird and rewarding. The movie is quite a little gem for its genre and I highly recommend it.

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