Saturday, June 28, 2008

THE TINGLER - Von Dexter - "The Trip" (1959)

The 1959 William Castle film "The Tingler" is a trip!!!  

This is The Boss, Mr. Castle himself, you do what he says!!! 

This cat Bob Gunderson has the best EC Comics face of all time!!! It's very hard to translate a comic image into a real person or event to film, hence why all today's movies suck, but this guy proves it is possible!! 

Vincent's wife is a tramp, he's experimenting with fear, what do you expect? 

Patricia Cutts as Vincent's wife deserves all she gets and more!! 

Bill, you've got a cool concept, a great cast and story, and you damn near almost ruin the whole thing with the hokiest rubber monster on a string ever. How does that happen? 

Darryl Hickman, besides being a tremendous film star, also played his brother Dwayne's brother on the "Dobie Gillis Show" as Davey. 

Well, it probably wasn't a good idea to shoot up that acid!!! 

Pamela Lincoln says "I Do!" to co-star Darryl Hickman's real-life marriage proposal!! 

These bloody bathtub scenes were shot in color in a black and white room!! 

Eight years later..Here's Country Joe And The Fish.

3 comments:

  1. SPINE TINGLER, The William Castle Story, is hitting the film festivals! Better yet, you can read about it in SCREEM magazine!In a very fine article written by someone --

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  2. Not someone, but some rooster named Greg Goodsell!!! It's the latest issue, Screem #16 that includes Greg's Ray Dennis Steckler interview too, so do yourself a favor and go get a copy from your local bookstore!!!

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  3. You know, I think THE BRAIN EATERS actually look more realistic!.. OUCH!!!

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