In almost every scene in which the Tingler appears, the wires maneuvering it are visible.
Hair and nails do not continue to grow after one dies, as Dr.
Chapin asserts.
The illusion of growth is created by the shrinkage of the flesh surrounding the hair and nails.
However, the belief in growth after death has become so ingrained in common folklore that it is not surprising to see it used as "fact" in a horror film; such films play on our fears and knowledge of folklore to achieve their effects.
When Warren performs an autopsy on Ollie's wife he tucks up his sleeves and wears gloves.
The shot after shows his sleeves are down again, and then up again in a different way in the next shot.
When the Tingler is breaking out of the cage you can see a wire at the bottom pulling it open.
The title on the book that Warren is reading as he is waiting for Isabel to come home from her date is on the back cover instead of the front cover.
When Vincent Price takes the LSD he looks at his watch and reports the time as 8:03, but his watch shows the time as being about 10:08.
There is something quite surreal about this but it is still quite a fun watch. Vincent Price tones down his usual theatrical hamminess as a scientist who discovers a menacing woodlouse-looking creature "The Tingler" that feeds on fear.
When Mrs. Higgins dies, Mr.
Perhaps only that master of ballyhoo, and inventor of in-theater participatory hijinx, William Castle, could've produced (and directed) a movie such as this one, based as it is on the notion of a horror flick being described as "spine tingling." First, imagine the cigar-chomping Castle contemplating the premise: what if an actual creature inhabited a human host, "tingling" his/her spine, "feeding" off his/her mounting terror, until the host literally died of fright?
The Tingler is Camp all the way. Delightful, B-C movie foolishness from Hollywood's budget basement bin of 1959.
The Tingler, 1959.********* 9.
This is a ridiculous movie, with a "monster" that an elementary school art class would be ashamed to produce. Add William Castle's gleeful introduction and gimmicky and this should be a forgotten film.
I have to tell you, though many consider The Tingler to be one of Vincent Price's greatest horror films and certainly the idea is original enough, I find the cruelty in this film just a bit much. But I know I'm a minority opinion.
Vincent Price finds a nice level of commitment to his role in this comedic b-movie horror from 1959. Ably supported by Patricia Cutts and Judith Evelyn playing the two older ladies in a cast comprised of basically three matrimonial pairs who get into their freakishly exaggerated parts quite memorably.
Director William Castle and star Vincent Price reunite in this memorable thriller. Price plays Dr.
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