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.
Directed by William Castle
adultery
deaf-mute
lsd
autopsy
cheat on husband
black and white
creature
scientist
pathologist
human experiment
fright
adulterous wife
spinal column
psychotronic film
movie theater
frightened woman
gimmick
weird tale
weird science
spine breaker
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Cast
Vincent Price
Dr. Warren Chapin
Philip Coolidge
Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
Judith Evelyn
Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
Darryl Hickman
David Morris
Pamela Lincoln
Lucy Stevens
Patricia Cutts
Isabel Stevens Chapin
William Castle
Prologue Host (uncredited)
Bob Gunderson
Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)
Dal McKennon
Projectionist (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Richard Barthelmess
David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
Crew
William Castle
Director
Wilfrid M. Cline
Director of Photography
William Castle
Producer
Popular Reviews
64 reviews
michi
10.0★ · 10/12/25
vincent price told us to SCREAM and none of yall mfs made a peep. smh
vincent price told us to SCREAM and none of yall mfs made a peep. smh
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danny
5.7★ · 05/18/25
i want to pet it soooo bad like i need to give him a little scratch on his wiggly body and see him squirm about happily
i want to pet it soooo bad like i need to give him a little scratch on his wiggly body and see him squirm about happily
