Schrei, wenn der Tingler kommt (1959)
Der Pathologe und Forscher Dr. Warren Chapin lebt mit seiner bösartigen Ehefrau und seiner freundlichen Schwägerin Lucy Stevens zusammen. Er entdeckt, dass im Rückgrat eines jeden Menschen eine Kreatur lebt, die sich von der Angst ihres Wirtes ernährt. Fängt dieser im Zustand der Angst nicht an zu schreien, wächst die Kreatur, der so genannte „Tingler“, zu voller Lebensgröße heran, was zum Tod des Menschen führt. Bei der Autopsie einer zu Tode erschreckten Taubstummen befreit Dr. Chapin schließlich einen ausgewachsenen Tingler, ein ca. 30 cm langes langustenähnliches Wesen, aus dem Körper der Frau. Das Wesen verfügt über enorme Mandibeln und beachtliche Körperkräfte. Chapins Frau befreit den Tingler des nachts und dieser tötet Chapin fast. Der Tingler entkommt und versetzt mitunter das Publikum eines Stummfilmkinos, das gerade den Film Tol'able David ansieht, in Angst und Schrecken.
Der Regisseur:
William Castle
Der Autor:
Robb White
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Vincent Price as Dr. Warren Chapin |
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Philip Coolidge as Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins |
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Judith Evelyn as Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins |
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Darryl Hickman as David Morris |
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Pamela Lincoln as Lucy Stevens |
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Patricia Cutts as Isabel Stevens Chapin |
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William Castle as Prologue Host (uncredited) |
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Bob Gunderson as Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited) |
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Dal McKennon as Projectionist (uncredited) |
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Leon Alton as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited) |
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Gertrude Astor as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited) |
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Richard Barthelmess as David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Gail Bonney as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited) |
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Pat Colby as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited) |
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George DeNormand as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited) |
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Amy Fields as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited) |
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Clarence Straight as Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited) |
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Ernest Torrence as Luke Hatburn (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Writing | Robb White | Screenplay |
| Production | William Castle | Producer |
| Directing | William Castle | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hazel Keats | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Monty Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Herb Wallerstein | Assistant Director |
| Sound | John P. Livadary | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Harry D. Mills | Sound |
| Art | Clarence Peet | Property Master |
| Sound | Von Dexter | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Wilfrid M. Cline | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Chester W. Schaeffer | Editor |
| Art | Phillip Bennett | Art Direction |
| Art | Milton Stumph | Set Decoration |
