Review of The Tingler (1959) by Julie W — 08 Feb 2007

I saw this as a kid and it scared the willies out of me. Not much scares me now as I am "desensitized" and still seek a truly chilling movie to scare me, but this is a fav. It is a clever plot about a doctor who manages to catch the creature that forms in our spines and causes that "tingling" up our backs when we are very frightened.

But it gets loose. The only way to stop it is to SCREAM! A great William Castle film, where he actually had seats wired up in some theaters to shock the sitter when the moment was right. Oh, to have been around in those days when they messed with you "during" the film.