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The Tingler
Monsters, Body & Contagion

The Tingler

1959

Ghastly Beyond Belief!

Directed by William Castle

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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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Written by
Robb White
Produced by
William Castle
Composer
Von Dexter
Cinematographer
Wilfrid M. Cline
Origin country
United States
Runtime
1h 22m
Language
en
Rating
NR
TMDB
6.4/10 (194 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
78% Fresh
IMDb
6.6/10 (9,795 votes)
Released July 29, 1959·$250,000 budget

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