{"id":1705,"date":"2006-11-01T14:44:20","date_gmt":"2006-11-01T21:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2020-12-15T14:20:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T21:20:20","slug":"the-tingler-1959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1705","title":{"rendered":"The Tingler (1959)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> &#8220;Remember: if you scream at just the right time, it might just save your life&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Poster-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Poster-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Poster-81x128.jpg 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Poster.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen researching the effects of fear on the human body, Dr. Warren Chapin (Vincent Price) discovers the presence of a creature he names &#8220;the Tingler&#8221;, which lives in our vertebrae and is rendered harmless by screaming.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deafness<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Mad Doctors and Scientists<\/li>\n<li>Mutant Monsters<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Vincent Price Films<\/li>\n<li>William Castle Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;pretty good William Castle chiller&#8221; features &#8220;one of the weirdest (though not one of the best) monsters in horror-film history,&#8221; and Vincent Price in yet another deliciously &#8220;hammy&#8221; Mad Scientist role. The scenes involving a deaf-mute woman (Judith Evelyn) who is &#8220;incapable of screaming away her deadly fears&#8221; are, as Peary notes, &#8220;genuinely creepy&#8221;; and while much of the film belongs squarely in campy B-movie heaven, you&#8217;ll nonetheless find yourself surprisingly freaked out by the story&#8217;s premise. Indeed, many of David Cronenberg&#8217;s later films (i.e., <em>The Brood<\/em> and <em>Shivers<\/em>) &#8212; which base their horror on the notion of unwelcome creatures nesting in our bodies &#8212; owe a debt to this earlier movie. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vincent Price as the cuckolded &#8220;mad doctor&#8221; who gets his revenge in the end<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Price.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Price.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Price.jpg 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Price-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Price-128x64.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A truly strange-looking &#8220;mutant monster&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Mutant-Monster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Mutant-Monster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Mutant-Monster.jpg 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Mutant-Monster-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Mutant-Monster-128x64.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Clever use of a deaf-mute woman as a plausible plot device<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Deaf-Woman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Deaf-Woman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Deaf-Woman.jpg 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Deaf-Woman-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Deaf-Woman-128x64.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some moments of genuine terror<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Terror.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Terror.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Terror.jpg 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Terror-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/Tingler-Terror-128x64.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>An amusing theatrical gimmick &#8212; &#8220;Percepto&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;whereby, at scary moments, motors would make theater seats &#8220;tingle&#8217;.&#8221; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply for the notoriety of its corny &#8220;theater gimmick&#8221; &#8212; but chances are you&#8217;ll enjoy the film on its own merits, as a uniquely campy B-thriller.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0053363\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twtd.bluemountains.net.au\/Rick\/liz_tingler.htm\">And You Call Yourself a Scientist! Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badmovies.org\/movies\/tingler\/index.html\">Bad Movies Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Remember: if you scream at just the right time, it might just save your life&#8221; Synopsis: When researching the effects of fear on the human body, Dr. Warren Chapin (Vincent Price) discovers the presence of a creature he names &#8220;the Tingler&#8221;, which lives in our vertebrae and is rendered harmless by screaming. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Deafness Horror Mad Doctors and Scientists Mutant Monsters Science Fiction Vincent Price Films William Castle Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1705\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1705"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58046,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1705\/revisions\/58046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}