AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Executscan Expected more

Borserie it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

szweda-18555 Saw this many years ago and it has remained with me ever since. Watched it again recently and the effect though diminished by knowing the upshot the atmosphere remained just as vivid. In fact I would place it among the top horror films I have seen down the years and superior to many more recent ones. Have always enjoyed Vincent Price's performances and his like will never be seen again. Here he is on form and makes the most of the tension teetering on the edge of comedy but he was a master of this balance like few others have been. A recommended movie not just for horror fans but for those who enjoy someone trying something a little different.

charlesisachs I was born and grew up in South Bend, Indiana. I lived first next to the State Theater (still there being preserved) and was the standard Saturday afternoon for all the kids to see usually 2 westerns, maybe 2-3 serials of a science fiction 10-15 part and occasional, a new film concept to compete to the "new rival" television. My best memory was seeing the Tingler. Well, many seats were "wired" to vibrate when "The Tingler" entered "The real theater" seen "in the film" which "was a movie theater" coming through the projection room windows, which in the film went black as "if came out" into the "real world" from the "reel world" so to say. I sat through it twice, so in the second screening was a space where I sat, then an empty chair and then a "black girl" sat at the isle. In those days many kid groups went to this theater and each had "their section" to sit and cheer, etc. So, waiting for the "Tingler" to start "it's tour", in sound and seat locations. I waited for the seat to vibrate under the girl. YES, that "special" moment. WELL, she jumped up out of her seat almost airborne. It was, indeed "A scream" and my best "kid" memory for those special early 50's Saturday movie days, long vanished.I got a 25 cent allowance. It was 14 cents for the film and 10 cents for popcorn. I penny got little. BUT, the manager knew me and often I got in free.That did "a quarter get you" in 1958????? A half dozen freshly baked donuts, warm out of the bakery at the Ten Cent Store across the street. If lucky had the frosting on them and made when you came in. Can no be any fresher. Fondest of many memories. Hope you have many today, with the films now released in many ways. From small screen to 3D IMAX. And FILM "has a different look" that the new DVD projection. And key is those center seats, right in the middle. And with the sometimes NOW 6 channel stereo, and even better as people move across a screen or talk "behind" you. Enjoy.

GL84 Undergoing an autopsy, a doctor discovers a creature on the spine that occurs through sheer fright and experiments on a colleague's deaf-mute wife only it accidentally gets loose in a movie theater, forcing them to race to stop it before the creature grows stronger.While nowhere near a classic, this one still provides enough entertainment to prove worthwhile of a watch. One of the best features is that there's a really new and creative idea presented in the film to inspire terror. The fact that the creature is born from the human body's attempt at processing fear, and through a sense of experiments it comes to reason that its whole being is itself entirely creative. The film's at its absolute best, though, during it's dream sequences, which are quite creepy. The second one is the film's highlight, where the hallucinations range from a masked psycho with a machete to a skeleton coming to life to an insect's arm wielding an ax and many more as well. These are all quite creepy and more than a little different from the other types out there. The design of the creature isn't that bad either, coming off as a mutated slug with a pair of antennas and a forked tail, which give it a really different look than many other creatures. The fact that it never really grows to a super-huge size and is kept at a rather smaller size is a nice move and makes it a lot more believable rather than being huge. These elements help the film become more watchable. While these are all quite fun, there's not a whole lot wrong with this one. The film's biggest flaw is that this is just way too cheesy. This is the wrong kind of cheese, where it's simply annoying rather than becoming part of the fun. This is especially true of the really annoying theater sequences at the end, quite obviously put in there as gags for the theater experience long ago but come across as just corny without that. The film stops dead for these few scenes and rather than coming off as something to be feared, they're just laughable and quite aggravating. The opening and closing monologues are more examples of this by featuring him talking directly to the audience, but the movie theater scene is the big one. Granted, they're inherently charming in their own way with the attempt to stop the creature providing some chills anyway, but there's just the more obvious fact that you're watching a gimmick rather than actually being around something like this in real life. The only other one that strikes the film down is that there are way too many subplots at the beginning which just drag the opening out. The beginning really should've been about the discovery of the creature and the condition that creates it, not the marital issues that plague the characters. That really makes it feel like it's a part of a really different film, and doesn't really offer a lot of good moments. Otherwise, this one was pretty good.Today's Rating/PG: Mild Violence and drug use.

bbickley13-921-58664 Vincent Price & William Castle unite to being us The Tingler.Vincent Price at the height of his iconic status teams up with William Castle milking the icon of horror success with this campy horror movie. Price plays up the campy very well and you feel like he's having a lot of fun in the role.the movie's opening title sequence with was actually the scariest part with William Castle introducing the movie and telling the audience to scream if they feel like it. Otherwise, the movie is best enjoyed from the campyness of the the monster.The monster concept was pretty good. Vincent Price plays a doctor who believes that fear is not just a emotion but an actual living thing he called the Tingler, his theory is proved to be right when he finds a Death and mute woman unable express her fear like others with screaming. Once again, William Castle uses audience participation for the movie, although I this time it transfer better onto DVD.The movie was very entertaining to watch not really for it's horror but for being campy.