Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Good concept, poorly executed.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

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.

*Spoiler/plot- The Tingler, 195? A morgue scientist has a theory about a invisible creature that effects people to death when they cannot scream to express their fright. This creature kills people by breaking their spine.*Special Stars- Vincent Price. DIR: William Castle.*Theme- Science helps mankind.*Trivia/location/goofs- B&W. 3-D. William Castle was the 50's film producer that had many different gimmicks in the theaters to add to the film going experience. With the screening of this film, certain theater seats were wired with lox voltage shocks for the seated film watcher to feel and react to with their loud screams during specific terrifying times of the film's gruesome crime scenes.*Emotion- A great and fast paced film. Would be nice to see it in 3-D and have the theater seat wired for that special effect. Quite fun.*Based On- 50's film going race.

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.

This is a William Castle movie and if you don't know who he is then please look him up as possibly one of the best director, producer, screenwriters the horror industry has ever had. Hitchcock has real competition here.This is a very well written and directed and more believable movie than most of our current talent in his category. Castle was known for his "gimmicks" as seen before this movies even starts. So he has lost some respect of movies goers. But not the real fans of horror.On this film he uses one of his "gimmicks" at the start of the movie, but backs it up will a real horror film. I am a huge fan of horror movies in all the decades. If you want to see a movie that does not rely on a woman running and falling down because she tripped on a pebble, or the bad guy getting a small stab wound and "OK we can forget about him" so he gets up later. If you want to see a movies and bear in mind it is from 1959, that does not try to insult you just by watching it with predictable endings and lazy writing that makes no sense. Than watch this movie and then you will want to see the rest of Castle's movies.Having said that I am a fan of stupid horror moves, but people like Castle and Hitchcock, we should all watch and know want real horror movies, be as it is in decades past should be looked up to and respected.This movies is worth watching, it is not "Michael Mires" scary as in the first "Halloween". But it does deserve respect and I would like to see more of the true effort put into this movie to make it "scary" in its day, in new films.But just my opinion, Oy