The Tingler (1959)

Director
William Castle

Main cast
Vincent Price; Judith Evelyn; Darryl Hickman; Patricia Cutts; Philip Coolidge

Genres
Horror

Description
After much hard work, a pathologist discovers and captures a creature that lives in every vertebrate and grows when fear grips its host. "Scream for your lives!"


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