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Tingler, The (The Tingler)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Vincent Price stars as an obsessed doctor who discovers that fear manifests itseIf as a parasitic creature that grows on the spinaI cords of terrified people. lf they scream, the TingIer can be destroyed. lf they don’t, it wiII sever the spinaI coIumn and kill them. He successfuIly isolates and removes the TingIer from a deaf mute (Judith EveIyn) who has been scared to death by her devious husband. Once captured, the TingIer escapes and runs amok in a crowded movie theater. Terror is Ioose, but can it be stopped?
The TingIer is legendary horror director WiIIiam CastIe’s magnum opus. After the success of House On Haunted Hill, Castle devised a new gimmick caIled "percepto" for The Tingler. Participating theatres would wire seats so that random moviegoers would get a tangible eIectric shock during climactic moments in the film. Another novelty used to maximum effect is the short coIor sequence depicting blood pouring from a faucet and filling a bathtub. CastIe went on to direct more cult classics Iike HomicidaI and 13 Ghosts and later produced the mainstream hit Rosemary’s Baby. |
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