The Tingler

After much hard work, a pathologist discovers and captures a creature that lives in every vertebrate and grows when fear grips its host…

• Director: William Castle
• Genre:Horror / Sci-Fi
• Runtime:82 minutes

Cast

Vincent Price : Dr. Warren Chapin
Judith Evelyn : Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
Darryl Hickman : David Morris
Patricia Cutts : Isabel Stevens Chapin
Pamela Lincoln : Lucy Stevens

A pathologist, Dr. Warren Chapin (played by Vincent Price), discovers that the tingling of the spine in states of extreme fear is due to the growth of a “tingler”—a spinal parasite which can kill the host unless it is destroyed by screaming. An acquaintance of the pathologist, whose wife (Judith Evelyn) is mute and cannot scream, uses his discovery to frighten her to death. In an autopsy, Dr. Chapin removes the Tingler from the wife’s spine. The slug-like creature soon escapes, and mayhem ensues. Read more