The Tingler
1959 · 82 min · Horror / Science Fiction · TMDB 6.4
The short version:Reads as horror comedy, creature feature. Contains medical & surgical.
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Synopsis
A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed only when people scream when scared.
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