The Tingler

The Tingler
by William Castle

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Actor: Darryl Hickman, Judith Evelyn, Pamela Lincoln, Patricia Cutts, Vincent Price
Director: William Castle
Brand: PRICE,VINCENT
Producer: William Castle
Cinematographer: Wilfred M. Cline
Editor: Chester W. Schaeffer
Writer: Robb White
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-09-07
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Reviews of The Tingler

DVD Review: Memorable
Summary: 5 Stars

I saw this movie 50+ years ago. I remember the screaming in the theater when the "Tingler" shadow was on the screen. Great old SiFi movie but the effects are obvious if you look for them..

DVD Review: oldie but goodie
Summary: 4 Stars

I love the classic oldies and you cant beat Vincent Price for a smooth performance. The simplicity of the film that focuses on the motivations and not just the gore and carnage that todays movies are full of.

DVD Review: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Summary: 4 Stars

In one of the very best of William Castle's popular B-horror offerings, the matchless Vincent Price stars as an obsessive pathologist who discovers the existence of a creature that lives in the human body, grows when its host experiences extreme terror and can only be diminished by the noise of a scream!

Despite its notoriously poor special effects (strings are quite visible!) and Castle's conventional direction, this kitsch classic is enlivened by compelling performances, a fantastic premise and another of Robb White's cunning, unpredictable plots, which he churned out for most of Castle's best pictures. Price is at the top of his form as the misguided scientist, and although his performance of an acid trip (the very first in film history) isn't even remotely realistic, his expressed panic certainly is.

Always keen to promote his movies with gimmickry as a supplement to his own craftsmanship, Castle had vibrating electric buzzers installed in the seats of random audience members, which were activated whenever a scream in the movie occurred. Paid shills were also planted in the audience to scream during key moments. Even the cinematography was touched by Castle's ambition: splashes of bloody red color in a crucial scene hideously complement the B&W photography.

While it's hardly as effective a horror movie as it was a half-century ago, "The Tingler" is still great fun, for both its hilarious flaws and legendary leading man make this required viewing for anyone who still cares about light, enjoyable genre pictures and magnetic screen acting. There might be some potential for a remake of this, but while the effects could certainly be improved on, who could possibly replace the Merchant of Menace?

DVD Review: Tingler Rocks!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

Vincent Price can sell. This is an outrageous movie, but Vincent is so convincing that it all seems so believable. Gorgeous picture for black and white DVD. And sound is not bad either.

DVD Review: I Liked 'Ollie' Best!
Summary: 4 Stars

"Ollie" was my favorite person in this movie. What a strange dude! He was full of surprises, including reactions to things, comments he makes and, of course, deeds he commits.

Yeah, Vincent Price proves again what a fine actor we was, and is the star of the film, but I really enjoyed Philip Coolidge's (Ollie) performance. As for Price, watching this other day made me scratch my head and wonder how such a good actor could play in so many cheesy films?

Whatever, those two along with Patricia Cutts (the tramp wife), Judith Evelyn (Ollie's deaf-mute wife), Darryl Hickman and Pamela Lincoln all did a pretty nice job, although Price's acting talents stand out among the cast.

It also would have fun to see this in the theater 50 years ago when they rigged the seats to tingle during certain scenes! That really happened! Director William Castle really tried everything to get the audience. He even stopped the film and asked the audience to scream! It must have been hilarious. You have to give it to the man for his effort to promote his "horror" films.

The DVD looks good. This is a nice transfer, which is important with all the lights and shadows. You can see some alternate scenes, too, which are interesting.

Description of The Tingler

Price stars as a doctor who discovers a parasite that grows on the spinal cord of terrified people. If they scream it dies, but if they don't it severs the spinal column; he isolates it only to have it escape in a theater.
Genre: Horror
Rating: UN
Release Date: 7-DEC-2004
Media Type: DVD

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