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.

• Released: 1959-07-29
• Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
• Runtime: 1h 22m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 203 votes

Directed by William Castle.

Top cast

• Vincent Price as Dr. Warren Chapin
• Philip Coolidge as Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
• Judith Evelyn as Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
• Darryl Hickman as David Morris
• Pamela Lincoln as Lucy Stevens
• Patricia Cutts as Isabel Stevens Chapin
• William Castle as Prologue Host (uncredited)
• Bob Gunderson as Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)
• Dal McKennon as Projectionist (uncredited)
• Leon Alton as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Tingler

• United States: stream on fuboTV, FlixFling, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel; watch free on Fawesome, Plex, Plex Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: watch free on Plex; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
• India: watch free on Plex, Plex Channel; rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on FlixFling; watch free on Plex; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, FlixFling, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, FlixFling, YouTube
• Australia: watch free on Plex; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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