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The Tingler

1959 · 82 min

A campy, gimmick-driven horror romp with Vincent Price and a silly creature, fun but not truly scary.

Directed by
William Castle
Genres
Horror, Science fiction
Starring
Vincent Price, Philip Coolidge, Judith Evelyn
Tagline
Ghastly Beyond Belief!
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.

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Directed by
William Castle
Genres
Horror, Science fiction
Starring
Vincent Price, Philip Coolidge, Judith Evelyn
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Tone
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • death
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • science
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour5
Realism3
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
horror, science fiction
Directed by
William Castle
Written by
Robb White
Starring
Vincent Price, Philip Coolidge, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Pamela Lincoln, Patricia Cutts, William Castle, Bob Gunderson
Music
Von Dexter
Cinematography
Wilfrid M. Cline
Runtime
82 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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