Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

JLRVancouver "The Tingler" features the eponymous monster, which grows in your spinal column in response to fear and that can only be vanquished by screaming. To make a movie out of such a premise requires an extremely contrived plot in which Vincent Price, who suspects that there is such a creature, encounters a man who then decides to kill his deaf mute wife by scaring her to death (thereby causing the creature to manifest without in the absence of screaming). Once that premise is accepted, the movie is pretty good. The 'scare to death' scenes are quite well done for what they are, especially the faucets running with blood (recall that this is pre-CGI – the whole thing was done photographically with makeup and set design). The consistency suffers as the movie progresses, especially the effects of screams on the critter, the movie theatre scene (the gimmick that is the raison d'être for the story) is a bit silly, and the ending of the movie is abrupt and somewhat unsatisfying. Never-the-less, the movie is great schlock from the master, William Castle. I envy those lucky viewers who got tingled when the movie first came out.

Hitchcoc In our dumpy old movie theater, we saw the film well after its release date. Unfortunately, they couldn't afford to put all the goofy technology under the seats. They would have gotten compromised by all the gum anyway. This film is a fantastic ride as the producers try to convince us that we all have tingler in us, and the only way to drive it out is to scream, scream like crazy. The plot of the movie is secondary to the marketing. The tingler is a creature that looks like a helgrammite and it makes its way into our spines. There are two issues. One has to do with the research into the "tingler effect" and the other is using this thing to commit the murder of a shrewish wife. No one thought it was Shakespeare, but it certainly is a novel idea. And, of course, Vincent Price is the consummate horror actor.

utgard14 William Castle classic about a pathologist (Vincent Price) studying the effects of fear on the human body who arrives at the conclusion that a creature exists in all of us that feeds on fear. He calls this parasite the Tingler. Price wants to capture a living Tingler to prove his theory, but it's virtually impossible since people scream when terrified and those screams kill Tinglers. Well, a theater owner with a deaf mute wife he's eager to dispose of might provide the answer to Price's dilemma.Complete and utter nonsense but I love it! Price is awesome, as usual. This is the movie where Vincent Price takes LSD, kids. That has to be seen to be believed. Backing him up is a nice cast. Philip Coolidge, Darryl Hickman, and Pamela Lincoln are all good. Patricia Cutts is great as Price's bitchy tramp wife. Judith Evelyn gets to silently ham it up as the deaf mute. This is William Castle's masterpiece. It has a very original story, a great horror star, and, of course, a patented Castle gimmick (Percepto!). While it does have tremendous camp value, it actually is effective as a thriller. I especially liked the creative use of color in one pivotal scene. It's just a fun movie. Do yourself a favor and watch it asap!

bbickley13-921-58664 Vincent Price & William Castle unite to being us The Tingler.Vincent Price at the height of his iconic status teams up with William Castle milking the icon of horror success with this campy horror movie. Price plays up the campy very well and you feel like he's having a lot of fun in the role.the movie's opening title sequence with was actually the scariest part with William Castle introducing the movie and telling the audience to scream if they feel like it. Otherwise, the movie is best enjoyed from the campyness of the the monster.The monster concept was pretty good. Vincent Price plays a doctor who believes that fear is not just a emotion but an actual living thing he called the Tingler, his theory is proved to be right when he finds a Death and mute woman unable express her fear like others with screaming. Once again, William Castle uses audience participation for the movie, although I this time it transfer better onto DVD.The movie was very entertaining to watch not really for it's horror but for being campy.