"Ladies and gentlemen, just a word of warning. If any of you are not convinced that you have a tingler of your own, the next time you're frightened in the dark... don't scream."Scientist and coroner Dr. Warren Chapin (Vincent Price) is researching the nature of fear, and believes that he has found a creature that exists in our spines that feeds off this emotion, but is rendered harmless by screaming. In the course of his research Warren comes to know Ollie Higgins (Philip Coolidge) and his deaf-mute wife Martha (Judith Evelyn). Shortly after getting to know her Martha dies. Dr. Warner undertakes the autopsy and finds in her spine the creature. He believes as it is controlled by screaming, and that Martha being mute could not scream and render it harmless. Instead it grew and grew until it killed her. Then the creature escapes and Dr. Warner and Ollie have to try and recapture it before it strikes again.
Another classic from director William Castle, an entertainingly campy romp.
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