Ep1228: Castle Freaks: The Tingler (1959) - Movie Review
Ian and AC face their fears with a look back at William Castle's landmark 1959 thriller, The Tingler!
Vincent Price stars as Dr. Warren Chapin, a pathologist obsessed with discovering what scares people to death. Turns out there's a creepy microscopic organism living in all of us that, at peak moments of fear, grows exponentially and grips our spinal columns. The only release...is to SCREAM!
Will the good doctor use this newfound knowledge to help humanity? Or will he do something quite different?
In this spoilerific examination of the movie that gave us "Percepto" (which, contrary to myth, does not involve jolting moviegoers with electric shocks), the guys dig into what makes the movie cheesy instead of campy--and why its "cheesy" reputation is unfair!
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Watch the Tingler (1959) trailer.
"Castle Freaks" is the next leg in our classic horror journey. If you're new to the channel, catch up with our 5-year "Hammerland" series, which wrapped up last year!
