The Tingler (1959)
07/29/1959 (US) • 1h 22m
Ghastly Beyond Belief!
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
Dr. Warren Chapin
Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
David Morris
Lucy Stevens
Isabel Stevens Chapin
Prologue Host (uncredited)
Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)
Projectionist (uncredited)
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