Is The Tingler scary?

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Tingler end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Tingler easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Tingler violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less sad than 59% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Tingler

Name: The Tingler
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1959
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Vincent Price, Philip Coolidge, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Pamela Lincoln

Ghastly Beyond Belief!

Directed by William Castle

Produced by Columbia Pictures, William Castle Productions

195982 min6.4 / 10

A lurid 1950s creature-feature that weaponizes a deaf-mute woman in the name of pseudoscientific horror, blending exploitation with genuine strangeness and theatrical gimmickry.

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.

Questions people ask

Is The Tingler scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Does The Tingler end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is The Tingler easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Tingler violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is The Tingler sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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