Darryl Hickman, Judith Evelyn, Pamela Lincoln
Vincent Price stars as Dr. Chapin, a scientist who discovers a caterpillar-like parasite that grows in the human spine when someone is afraid. Unless the victim screams, the parasite can grow large en...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 7, 1999
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October 21, 2009This cheesy fright flick from WIlliam Castle was actually better than I expected it to be, and I don't mean that in a "so bad it's good " way. Vincent Price's performance wasn't nearly as hammy as usual as a doctor studying the effects of fear on the human body. Too bad the rest ...( read more)
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July 17, 2009The Tingler marks the second teaming for horror's greatest actor - Vincent Price, and horror's greatest showman - William Castle. This film was released later in the same year that their first venture - House on Haunted Hill - was unleashed upon audiences across the world, and th...( read more)
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June 22, 2009Okay, what if everyone had this tiny little caterpillar thing that lived in the base of their spine? And what if, every time they got scared, this caterpillar thing started to grow? And what if the only way to stop the caterpillar thing from growing was to scream real loud? An...( read more)
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October 30, 2008relentlessly campy with a ridiculous plot and hilarious effects but it sure was fun :)
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February 3, 2008time has made this a novelty; for film historians, though, it's an important watch - the tingler itself is echoed throughout movie history - Cronenberg's whole career could have been spawned from the tingler art
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November 1, 2008i love William Castle's little introduction...and the use of the color red for only one scene.
Wikipedia says that this is the first ever major motion picture that talks about the LSD expirience...it was still illegal when the film came out. i like that quite a bit. this film ca...( read more) -
October 30, 2008I heard Vincent Price was kind of creepy (I don't know if he's dead, he prolly is he looked like he was aging...I only know him though through the brady bunch when they went to hawaii) Vincent Price plays this scientist who makes this discovery of a living organism inside of the ...( read more)
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January 24, 2007I would like to see this movie. I have heard alot of great things about it.
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