Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: THE TINGLER

Producer/director William Castle makes his debut on the show with the 1959 horror flick "The Tingler", starring Vincent Price.
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[@TheBrandonTenold]

Sadly, William Castle's plans for a foreign language spin-off called "The French Tickler" never ended up happening.

[@user-mx4fh4zp6f]

😂😂😂 finger bang bang...bang bang bang

[@maxtaylor5665]

You should do a video on puppet master

[@mathieuleader8601]

Reminds me of that guy in Family Guy where Quagmire performs at an airshow

[@2st486]

"things are a bit foggy" yeah no shit you shoot up lsd XD

[@danielseelye6005]

*Ba-dum tiss*

[@bigsarge2085]

Vincent "I'm good in anything" Price.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

The first movies I ever saw him in was The Fly and Great Mouse Detective.

[@frankgesuele6298]

Damn right he is😎

[@orwellianson]

He really was the best at everything he did. Loved that man dearly.

[@vincegamer]

He's entertaining in the Dr goldfoot movies, but they're still hard to watch.

[@frankgesuele6298]

@@vincegamer I watch for the 👙

[@otaking3582]

Vincent Price was probably the only actor that could make "The Tingler" not sound completely stupid.

[@funkyweapon1981]

And carries this whole movie like Atlas carries the heavens!

[@wstine79]

He had that charisma that could make any plot worth watching. Even in Theater of Blood, where he kills critics in Shakespeare style deaths.

[@thewanderingfool4435]

Yeah it sounds like a battery powered sex toy🤣

[@robertedson2374]

Peter Cushing might have been good, too!

[@ThomasGidley-kv2uj]

He made all movies jump up a notch.

[@chadharger9323]

What makes Vincent's sarcastic lines so funny is that he never changes his tone of voice. Just says them as he normally did any casual line.

[@2st486]

leslie nielsen ante litteram

[@wstine79]

He always had a mischievous grin

[@thewanderingfool4435]

The name for this kind of sarcasm & delivery is "Dead Pan" and it's the funniest type of sarcasm there is IMHO 🤣

[@mr.pavone9719]

Playing it straight is vastly underused in self aware movies. So many parodies could get a bump up in grade by 2 or 3 steps if they'd try it.

[@craigalexander966]

Yeh he knew how to elevate any role with just tone and demeanor a true actor.

[@rickdrais9737]

To me, the freakiest thing about William Castle is that he produced Rosemary’s Baby! WTF? He even made a cameo! Wow…

[@geoffreyfyfe2248]

He also wanted to direct it, but got pushed aside for Polanski because they didn't want people think it was a Castle-kind of film.

[@mathieuleader8601]

ooh a hitchscockian cameo neat

[@robotrix]

He had a long career in Hollywood before he became the face of his horror films.

[@SirSmoldham]

BEST CAMEO EVER... taken one step further by Roger Corman in "The Howling".

[@TheBrandonTenold]

@@geoffreyfyfe2248 Imagine if he had: he could've done one of his filmed introductions & included a gimmick where patrons would be given pregnancy tests to see if they were carrying the anti-Christ.

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

Further proof that even if a movie is lame, Vincent Price was always pure gold.

[@frankgesuele6298]

Dr Goldfoot.

[@Scipio488]

@@frankgesuele6298 Gold lamé.

[@madahad9]

John Waters tells an amusing anecdote about when he was a kid and saw the movie when it came played at a local theatre in Baltimore. He had heard that the gimmick was that certain chairs were wired to give a select few audience members a shock at specific points in the movie. They'd scream and cause others to scream. But by the time it got to his area only one seat was rigged to cause the effect and he arrived at the theatre early, found that chair, and sit there all day long "getting my ass buzzed." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@danielseelye6005]

I could see John doing that. 😆

[@funkyweapon1981]

@@danielseelye6005 He would be the guy who liked getting his ass buzzed.

[@LadyDiskette]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@skylx0812]

No wonder he cameod in an episode of Homicide: Life In the Street. The show is set in Baltimore. It was a cross over episode with Law & Order. He plays a suspect being extradited to New York and the detectives from Homicide have to hand him over to the detectives of Law & Order and they all exchage jibes and insults about one another's cities.

[@charleslee6324]

"Just as I suspected: He died from being in the electric chair." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dude, I love your channel!!!!!

[@jongroskin729]

Vincent Price was an absolute legend. One of the all time greats.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Quite true.

[@abbynormal5849]

William Castle + Vincent Price = Greatness

[@AliceBowie]

There was a Joe Dante film that came out in 93 with John Goodman as a William Castle inspired film guy screening his movies in Key West. It's called Matinee.

[@zerrodefex]

Yep and the movie in the movie was even a knockoff of "The Fly" called "Mant" where he was half-ant instead.

[@DaleRibbons]

@@zerrodefex Half Man... Half Ant... ALL TERROR!

[@julietfischer5056]

@@zerrodefex- With B-movie staples Kevin McCarthy and William Schallert in the fake movie. Plus Dick Miller.

[@AgentofLADON]

Was lucky enough to find the blu ray recently. Legendary movie. Though the Mant poster they had up in my local cinema teasing Matinee freaked me the hell out at age 4.

[@geoffreyfyfe2248]

Loved that you called William Castle the P.T. Barnum of movies, because that's exactly how I describe him.

[@robotrix]

But no mention of "Matinee".

[@FireFox64000000]

Dumb question but who is P.T. Barnum?

[@angelganon8213]

​@@FireFox64000000The creator of the circus. The musical the greatest showman (the movie with Hugh Jackman) was About him

[@louisduarte8763]

@@angelganon8213 Especially the freak show. I went to a museum about him in his hometown of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

It’s very accurate.

[@craigalexander966]

The bloodbath effect is amazing it looks like the arm is growing out of the bath rather than just some dude sticking his arm out.

[@conorhamersleyspage8173]

Genuinely surprised that this is your first William Castle film. Hopefully we see more

[@TheBrandonTenold]

You probably will.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

That would be wonderful.

[@godofzombi]

@@TheBrandonTenold 13 ghosts would be sweet.

[@michelleportelli5487]

​@@TheBrandonTenoldhey brandon can you review all monsters attack or Godzilla's revenge

[@KardboardKenny]

it's nice to know that the tingler made it to Seti Alpha 5.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

A tad smaller, but yes

[@johnwclick]

And P3X-888...

[@skylx0812]

When the Trek effects crew made the huge ear for the effects shot of the thing crawling inside they made a large Q-Tip to go with it.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

@@skylx0812 🤣

[@brianalice]

They also made it to Starfleet Headquarters in the TNG episode Conspiracy.

[@Melvinshermen]

For whatever reason i wish this one was remake in the 80s.

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Starring Jeffrey Combs, obviously! (And preferably Barbara Crampton too.)

[@Melvinshermen]

@@the_once-and-future_king. yes like the fly or the thing or any other 70 to 80s remake of horror or sci fi, Why i wish this was remake in that time period

[@funkyweapon1981]

@@Melvinshermen Don't forget The Blob.

[@Melvinshermen]

@@funkyweapon1981 yeah that too.

[@TheBrandonTenold]

Cronenberg could've given this one the same treatment he gave The Fly.

[@leeboy26]

And four centuries later, the Tingler would attempt to take over Starfleet by inhabiting key personnel.

[@bradencampbell464]

Fortunately for starfleet, they managed to figure out in the nick of time that vitamins were not the reason a geriatric admiral could throw Riker across the room.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Man Vincent Price was so amazing in anything he did no matter how insane it would be.

[@Brian-qn7fn]

I saw this in a theater a few years ago and they had a few seats hooked up with an effect for the Tingler scenes.

[@bradencampbell464]

17:39 "night of the living deaf" Brilliant pun! 😁👍

[@LoganHunter82]

"Looks like day time soap opera" THANK YOU!!! That's what I thought, too!

[@ClockworkOuroborous]

It reminded me the of the original BBC production of All Creatures Great and Small back in the '70's. Only with a nonsensical plot and far worse special effects.

[@peppermintspacecapsule9898]

I showed that moment to my Mrs and said "Y'see? It wasn't just me!" 😆

[@Yurt_enthusiast7]

One of the main reasons I can't stand does Hobbit movies. I tried to see the extended cuts a couple of years ago to see if it would make the story any better, but they're absolutely unwatchable

[@Belgand]

Avatar 2 found a way to make it look even worse by switching the frame rate around.

[@ellnats]

if this movie was called The Chiller, i bet they'd make the theater room so freaking cold your soda wouldn't need ice

[@darktower0603]

I remember watching this with my mom on a Creature Feature back in the early 80s. She told me about the gimmick when the movie came out. I'll always like this movie a lot.

[@joebikeguy6669]

When I was a young lad, I stayed up half the night watching such classics as "From Hell it Came", "The Killer Shrews" and yes, "The Tingler". I thought it was a good movie. Loved Vincent Price too.

[@24framedavinci39]

Dude, thank you. I thought I was the only one that saw high frame rate films as a daytime soap.

[@DMeyer1]

I'm sure William Castle would come up with a pretty cool popcorn bucket.

[@jliller]

Vincent Price had a very unique charm that makes a lot of otherwise forgettable movies worth watching.

[@wstine79]

I love William Castle. He was like the crazy grandpa who gave to cheesey spooky gifts all in good fun. House on Haunted Hill, 13 Ghosts, and Straight Jacket were awesome as well. And, who doesn't love Vincent Price?

[@TheBrandonTenold]

William Castle does seem like the type of guy who would put up tons of decorations in front of his house for Halloween.

[@dougrobinson8602]

@@TheBrandonTenold I could imagine reaching into his candy bowl and getting shocked.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

I bet William castle had the best haunted houses on trick or treaters. It'd be like going through a carnival spook house

[@bezoticallyyours83]

​@@dougrobinson8602the jolter

[@larrytalbot3824]

As a wee boy, whenever we had Arbroath smokies(fish) for dinner, my dad would take the left over spine & make it move menacingly towards us declaring it was 'the Tingler!' 😂

[@AndrewGivens]

Aww, that's sweet. I hope your mum was chiding him "Stop teaching the kids to play with their food!"

[@DaleyKreations]

My husband and I watched the Tingler not long ago (I think it was on Tubi) and it is FAR better than it has any right to be. We were truly surprised how much we enjoyed it.

[@dougrobinson8602]

The best way to see 'The Tingler' is on Svengoolie. Or pretty much any schlocky monster or early sci-fi movie, for that matter. If you can tolerate corny Dad jokes.

[@FlashTimberwolf]

There's an episode of "Space Ghost: Coast to Coast" where The Tingler is mentioned. A random caller to the show says; "The Tingler is loose in the theater. Scream, Scream for your lives!". I think about that clip a lot. Now I get the reference. :P

[@rexevans5477]

I'm leaving for a camping trip in a few hours, this is perfect timing!

[@Antropologopt]

The head/frontal part of the parasite reminds the bug Ceti eel from Star Trek 2!

[@Megarover]

Its kinda funny how this movie seems like it shouldn't work based on the gimmick nature of Castle's films but ends up making for a pretty entertaining watch.

[@roberthiltz2741]

Price yelling “The walls! The walls!!!” Is my new favorite classic movie audio clip of all time

[@daveroche6522]

14:25 "... He killed his wife to get her silent-movie theatre money" - BEST! LINE! EVER!

[@AmityvilleFan]

His 13 ghosts was a really working experience, I mean I still have a red/blue 3D glasses, and that's practicaly the same as his gimmick-device. Back then I bet a lot of people went to his films just for the gimmicks.

[@sfighter0085]

Awesome episode. Like I mentioned, I saw this movie a few times on "Svengoolie". While it is a traditional William Castle gimmick movie, a lot of the content was pretty ahead of its time. With the LSD scenes Body Horror element, it really make the movie stand out from most other horror movies at the time. I can definitely see a remake for this movie work, if they get good Writers, a competent Director, and a top notch special effects team.

[@dougrobinson8602]

Thumbs up for a fellow Sven fan. Been watching him since the early '80s.

[@vodkajaybulls]

This movie is legend status in my home!! Thanks!

[@LiamDalley-jd1kc]

William Castle was a genius director with all of his films having gimmicks that would lead the way to 3D and 4DX. No matter the film’s quality his filmography are very entertaining and interesting

[@ThomasGidley-kv2uj]

With Castle as the salesman and Price as the delivery man this movie was destined for glory. Nice review once again.

[@DchanZockt]

I'm baffled that they didn't create a dance for more promo of the movie ("Come on guys, let's dance the Tingler!"). I wonder what that would have looked like. 🤔

[@michaelk8860]

Absolutely LOVE that you added in the Gremlins clips. Vincent Price is the best part of this, obviously, and I'll watch anything with him at least once.

[@kemmdog4444]

RIP Darryl Hickman, Dave Morris, he just passed away on May 22nd.

[@kylo-juju3796]

19:19 🎶don't scream!!, i know just what you're saying 🎶so please stop explaining 🎶don't tell me cause it hurts 🎶don't scream!!, i know what you're thinking 🎶i don't need your reasons 🎶don't tell me cause it hurts

[@matthewgillies7509]

The 1950s had some of the worst rates of prescription drug overdoses and deaths in history, until it was eclipsed by the opioid crisis of the present day.

[@kali3665]

Say what you will about William Castle and his gimmicks, but the fact remains, he did make good and entertaining films. The Tingler is certainly my favorite of Castle's films. Definitely best remembered for the Percepto! gimmick (which, of course, I've never experienced), but the film works thanks to the delicious ham of Vincent Price. I don't think the movie would have worked without him, and that also applies to House on Haunted Hill since the remake - without Price - didn't work nearly as well. Sure, the science in The Tingler is bollocks and utterly inconsistent, but that's not why you watch these things. You watch to be entertained, and you are definitely not bored by the film. The Tingler creature is a wonderful creation, even if it's not believable for a second. And I just loved it.

[@annnichols3091]

I've enjoyed "The Tingler" since I was a child.

[@billybowers5850]

Vincent Price, a true legend in the horror community. You should review the Dr. Phibes movies.

[@AlucardNoir]

Ah, but did his 13 ghosts have Scooby, Shaggy and Vincent Price? I think not.

[@danielallen3454]

I first became aware of this film in reading Stephen King's 'Danse Macabre'. He devotes some few paragraphs to William Castle generally, and this film specifically.

[@angusmacfrankenstein7227]

Read that book in high school; it became my roadmap to a lot…

[@danielallen3454]

@@angusmacfrankenstein7227 Same here. Junior year.

[@funkyweapon1981]

@@angusmacfrankenstein7227 Was that lot Salem's Lot?

[@jonathanwatson4484]

it was a movie with a great concept in body horror, however that damm name, but Vincent prize absolutly kills it like he often does in any role.

[@TheGodzilla713]

I was at screening as part of Sci-Fi film festival, and they rigged the seats with vibrators and had someone run with a "tingler" attacking them. It was a hoot. I had a buzzer and I screamed when activated.

[@grieverkisaragi60]

instantly recognized Vincent price's voice

[@georgemetcalf8763]

Ooo, the inspiration for John Goodman's character from Matinee!

[@emsleywyatt3400]

Beat me by an hour!

[@nicholaschamberlain6239]

Saw this on T.V. on Halloween some years back and 2 years ago on KZbin, one of the best films I have seen, R.I.P Vincent Price, as well, one of the greatest actors.

[@williamgunderson3002]

That's exactly how I felt watching the Hobbit..."is this a telenovela?"

[@ryanwillson2751]

Me: no idea who Castle Brandon: mentions House On Haunted Hill and 13 Ghosts Me: oooohhhhh yeah I know him

[@ggrarl]

Another movie by William Castle where Vincent Price's wife cheats on him? Outrageous!

[@jamesabernethy7896]

Normally I save non-Godzilla videos for workout videos but I'm watching this one. Also, that creature had a long career, it was still working until the late 80's and was in an episode of Star Trek: TNG.

[@jantzenbruce2155]

My personal favorite William Castle film. I even have a prop replica of the Tingler waiting in the closet for Halloween this year. Dressing as Vincent Price this year. (FUN FACT: There was a sequel to this film in the form of a one-shot comic.)

[@BranRidire]

"With better effects I could see the Tingler in a modern monster film" or... Star Trek, mayhaps?

[@SwaggyG_2102]

A couple of years ago, I saw a 4D Shrek movie at Universal Studios and had such a amazing time. It makes me wonder what people in the 50s would've thought of immersive films today.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Em, a lot of those people are still alive. They're great grandparents now.

[@johnzero7]

15:29 Imagine the audience shouting: Tingler no tingle! Tingler no tingle!

[@ByTorthePinballWizar]

I saw the Tingler on a double bill with House on Haunted Hill at Detroit’s historic Redford Theater. When Vincent Price told everybody to scream, the crowd erupted! It was a lot of fun.

[@terrylandess6072]

This messed with my head when I was a child and I couldn't get enough. It was the concepts, not the execution of those which captured the imagination.

[@A1ml33y]

Vincent Price is a national treasure

[@bryanferratt6598]

I consider Tyrese Gibson as the Vincent Price of today 😊.

[@johnoneil9188]

For no mortal can resist the evil of the....Tingler! *cue bug dancing scene*

[@MonsterKidCory]

Tingler is fun, but my favourite Castle film is Thirteen Ghosts, because if you have a pair of 3D glasses the gimmick still works. And how you use the gimmick actually changes the movie from a story about a family haunted by ghosts to a man plagued by mental breakdown 😆

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

Fun Fact: John Waters actually came to my alma mater UNC-Asheville in 2007 during my junior year (at that time I was for a brief moment on the Dean's List, another fun fact) as a special guest artist speaker on the invitation of my Mass Communications advisor (and later MCOM chair) Dr. Donald Diefenbach (he had also brought Tom Savini as a guest speaker, due to the fact that Savini turned him into a foreground zombie for DAY OF THE DEAD), around the time of the release of the movie musical adaptation of Broadway's Hairspray (the original version which was directed by John Waters). I even got to usher for the event and stay for the special reception held next door in the Laurel Forum of Karpen Hall - managed to get even one picture of me with Waters during the closing autograph session! At Lipinsky Auditorium, where guest speakers discussed their work (we even had poet Mary Oliver and Anderson Cooper there at least once each), Waters touched a lot on his life, work and influences, which not only included William Castle films like The Tingler but also Herschel Gordon Lewis films like Blood Feast and Two Thousand Maniacs... speaking of which, when are you going to cover one of those next?

[@44excalibur]

Wait, this is Brandon's first video on William Castle? He hasn't done House on Haunted Hill yet? Awesome!

[@dansaikyo6664]

The mute lady's husband was the surly antique store owner from the episode of the original Twilight Zone with the player piano that controlled people's emotions, which is funny cuz the husband in that episode kinda looks like Vincent Price.

[@peppermintspacecapsule9898]

I saw this recently on Talking Pictures TV. It's enjoyable... but the viewing experience is hampered by even the most cursory knowledge of human anatomy. Takes you right out of the film! 😆

[@kyuss89]

Dude that vincent price was bad ass

[@DeweySizemore]

What I love about Vincent Price movies isn't their Quality or Script or even Story, it was the fact that VINCENT "I can Make Reading The Alphabet Terrifying" PRICE was in the Movie. Every movie he was ever in became a "Horror/Whatever" Movie just by him being I'm it. Even that horrible appearance on The Brady Bunch was Terrifying. Sadly for completely different reasons, but my point still stands....

[@ICE9RLN0]

this is the best well known of the gimmick flicks

[@jaymartin8273]

I saw this movie recently, and yes its a stupid premise but there are scenes that are genuinely creepy and unsettling, the bathtub in particular. Plus you've got Vincent Price :=)

[@TimelordPrime]

LMAO "Night of the Living Deaf"

[@bradencampbell464]

Yeah, that was a great pun

[@MrDurandal25]

....just throwing it up there again......for the 20th time ICE PIRATES

[@dougrobinson8602]

Second! Or maybe 22nd!

[@SkyP1e]

I always thought that to do justice to The Tingler it needs to be one of those live action Anime movies

[@mmattson8947]

I just realized the "tingler" monster looks a lot like the aliens used in the Star Trek:TNG episode "Conspiracy" (S1E24).

[@Maswartz226]

We need more experimental stuff like this now.

[@jeffbrinkerhoff5121]

All these movies came to the theater in our little midwest town. They were melodramatic monster, mutant, alien, haunted, radioactive crap and we loved it. Sci-fi and sarcasm make a great channel...

[@childofthe80s1981]

Vincent Price is always a class act and makes any movie better

[@galloe8933]

I found my grandma's Tingler hidden in her underwear drawer after she was cremated.

[@funkyweapon1981]

Was it a hand cranked one or a steam powered one?

[@thewanderingfool4435]

I guess it's true! Granny knows best!!🤣

[@galloe8933]

It had knobs, and was a wind up.

[@TheBrandonTenold]

Did you scream?

[@galloe8933]

@@TheBrandonTenold it didn't make the pain go away...

[@TheDoorman55]

One of the biannual classics shown every Saturday morning at 6am on Sunrise Theater. Growing up in NC in the mid 60's, Sunrise Theater was my gateway to 50's B movie Sci-fi and horror and I'm forever grateful.

[@Bacteriophagebs]

The Tingler would totally kill me. The closest thing to a scream I ever make is a quick shout.

[@DiarraHarris]

Too bad the creature wasn't a mutated orange astronauts drink. Then it could be......THE TANGLER!!! ....I'll close the door on my way out.

[@vitorafmonteiro]

No, please, don't go, come back...

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Ohhh 😖

[@threegoatpurse]

So happy to see you do this flick! My mom showed it to me as a kid and I've always enjoyed it.

[@dottiegillespie8067]

So glad you did this, I love it!!!! I hope you do more Castle!!! Thank you sir I love your content!

[@transopticon13]

I remember being in the theater for the Gremlins 2 gag. We all really thought the film broke before the shadows and laughing started.

[@strozombie.01]

The best part of *LSD* is the unstoppable laughing. Literally *EVERYTHING* is funny on acid.

[@BobHershey]

If William Castle was around today, his movies would have audiences use their phones to scan a QR code on the screen and use Augmented Reality to interact with certain scenes, and with drinking in the theater allowed his movies would have "take a drink every time..." moments.

[@serialzero1979]

I'm genuinely impressed with your understanding of what ASMR is. A lot of people tend to focus only on the weirder channels and wave it off as some kind of fetish.

[@vincegamer]

When I was around 8-10 I saw this movie and was terrified. I have never rewatched it. I prefer to remember it as scary

[@Mattteus]

As soon as I saw what movie you were reviewing I got excited! Also, if Bob Ross made monsters, they would be happy little monsters

[@drwobbuffet7153]

I honestly appreciate you. Reviewing movies like these, they're lost classics completely amazingly what did I see

[@michaelj.beglinjr.2804]

Brandon, thank you once again for making me laugh, bud. Your pick of (mostly) truly cheesy movies starts things off right, and your mild sarcasm makes your commentary a blast to listen to. My only complaint is that we have to wait too long between videos lol. Have a good one.

[@jimmyguy428]

For any car people, 1959 Mercury Montclair @ 4:07

[@elvinmateo6408]

Happy 4th brandon!!!!! Love your videos!!!! Keep on rocking dude!!!!

[@alexgeorge501]

I wanna go back in time and watch this movie with the “tingle” system installed in the theatre!