Poster for the movie The Tingler

The Tingler

1959 • 82 minutes
HorrorScience Fiction

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.

Picture of Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Dr. Warren Chapin

Picture of Philip Coolidge

Philip Coolidge

Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins

Picture of Judith Evelyn

Judith Evelyn

Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins

Picture of Darryl Hickman

Darryl Hickman

David Morris

Picture of Pamela Lincoln

Pamela Lincoln

Lucy Stevens

Picture of Patricia Cutts

Patricia Cutts

Isabel Stevens Chapin

Picture of William Castle

William Castle

Prologue Host (uncredited)

Picture of Bob Gunderson

Bob Gunderson

Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)

Picture of Dal McKennon

Dal McKennon

Projectionist (uncredited)

Picture of Leon Alton

Leon Alton

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Picture of Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Picture of Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)

Picture of Gail Bonney

Gail Bonney

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Picture of Pat Colby

Pat Colby

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Picture of George DeNormand

George DeNormand

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Picture of Amy Fields

Amy Fields

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Picture of Clarence Straight

Clarence Straight

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Picture of Ernest Torrence

Ernest Torrence

Luke Hatburn (archive footage) (uncredited)