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Vincent Price - The Tingler (1959) dir. William Castle

For those who did not know about "The Tingler", it's a movie starring Vincent Price (of course). When it was released, director William Castle had an excellent gimmick to mesmerize and startle movie-goers.

Below is a copy and pasted article about said "gimmick".

During the climax of the film, The Tingler was unleashed in the movie theater, while the audience watched a climactic fight scene in Tol'able David (1921). The film stops and, in some real-life theaters, the house lights came on, a woman screamed and pretended to faint and was then taken away in a stretcher; all part of the show arranged by Castle.[12][8] From the screen, the voice of Price mentioned the fainted lady and asked the rest of the audience to remain seated. The film-within-a-film resumed and was interrupted again. The projected film appeared to break as the silhouette of the tingler moved across the projection beam. The image of the film went dark, all lights in the auditorium (except fire exit signs) went off, and Price's voice warned the audience, "Ladies and gentlemen, please do not panic. But scream! Scream for your lives! The tingler is loose in this theater!"[15] This cued the theater projectionist to activate the Percepto! buzzers, giving some audience members an unexpected jolt, followed by a highly visible physical reaction. The voices of scared patrons were heard from the screen, replaced by the voice of Price, who explained that the tingler was paralyzed and the danger was over. At this point, the film resumed its normal format, which was used for its epilogue.

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cronennerd · 5 days

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David Cronenberg as Dr. Aloysius Wimmer JASON X (2001) dir. James Isaac

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You wanna know what happens to an eyeball when it gets punctured? Do you got any idea how much blood jets out of a guy's neck when his throat's been slit?

The Hitcher (1986) dir. Robert Harmon

#the hitcher #80s movies #horror #horror movies #rutger hauer

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