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The Tingler (1959)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
William Castle
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    Dr. Warren Chapin Vincent Price
  • Profile picture of Philip Coolidge
    Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins Philip Coolidge
  • Profile picture of Judith Evelyn
    Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins Judith Evelyn
  • Profile picture of Darryl Hickman
    David Morris Darryl Hickman
  • Profile picture of Pamela Lincoln
    Lucy Stevens Pamela Lincoln
  • Profile picture of Patricia Cutts
    Isabel Stevens Chapin Patricia Cutts
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    Prologue Host (uncredited) William Castle
  • Profile picture of Bob Gunderson
    Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited) Bob Gunderson

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