The Tingler

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Audience Member The real Tingler were the friends we made along the way. Some of the worst acting I've ever seen, and a plot full of so many holes it started to look like swiss cheese. That being said, good fun-bad movie, but I don't think I could watch this again. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/26/24 Full Review Joel H I'd read about The Tingler as a child and heard about the buzzing-seat gimmick they used in theaters, so I was excited to finally watch it. Is it scary? No, not really. Is it amusing? Absolutely. I found myself chuckling multiple times about how campy this horror movie is. The plot is ludicrous, but that's what makes it engaging. Vincent Price is quite entertaining, as always, and does not disappoint in his role as the villainous Dr. Warren Chapin. And even though the creature was laughable, there were a couple impressive visual effects. I wish I could have seen this one with Percepto! in theaters. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/05/23 Full Review Joey O Interesting idea for a story but bad scriptwriting, bad story telling, bad acting and, bad gimmicks that can’t be reproduced all drag this film down. It is a product of its time in attempt to turn the theater into a roller coaster ride but feels like your stuck in the only non working bumper car and your waiting for the time to be up so you can stop getting hit. There is no justifiable reason to seek this movie out unless you’re a film student writing a paper on gimmicks used in theater, or have a relative who was in it. It is a bad film, probably made for some amusing dates when it came out but that time has come and gone and so has my time wasted watching this movie. My eardrums want a refund. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/24/23 Full Review Jens B Even Vincent Price can't save this.. The Tingler is quite adorable. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/28/23 Full Review CodyZamboni Z Fun sci fi horror, with a campy gimmick, And one really startling scary scene in blood red color, Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/24 Full Review Audience Member "The Tingler" is no classic despite it's reputation. This 1959 horror film does not have much horror in it. It is not a terrible movie, it's just dull and has a seemingly incomplete script. I was planning to give the movie only a two star rating, but upped the rating with an additional half star because of the terrific (as usual) performance by the late Vincent Price as Dr. Warren Chapin. The problems I have with "The Tingler" are similar to those of producer and director the late William Castle's previous (and better, but that is not saying much) film "The House on Haunted Hill". The script feels incomplete. The film's final scene is a perfect example of that. More specifically, the scene where it is revealed that theater owner Oliver "Ollie" Higgins (Played by the late Phillip Coolidge.) murdered his deaf and mute wife Martha (Played by the late Judith Evelyn.) First of all, it's amazing that Dr. Chapin was able to put The Tingler back in to Martha's dead body with such little effort and not a drop of blood spilled. Second, Dr. Chapin says he is going to report Ollie to the Police. Ollie draws a gun and threatens the Doctor, but then he just lets Dr. Chapin leave! He does not fire a shot. What? I also think William Castle's "Percepto" gimmick was rather stupid. The movie should be able to stand on its own and not reply on dumb gimmicks and people planted in the audience to play along with the movie. In the end "The Tingler" is not a very good movie, but it is worth seeing at least once for another great performance by one of the greatest horror actors of all time. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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