心惊肉跳是由威廉·卡斯尔  执导，文森特·普莱斯  朱迪思·伊夫林  菲利普·柯立芝  达里尔·希克曼  帕梅拉·林肯  等人主演的，于1959年上映，该科幻片讲述的是：A pathologist, Dr. Warren Chapin (played by Vincent Price), discovers that the tingling of the spine in states of extreme fear is due to the growth of a tingler—a spinal parasite which can kill the host unless it is destroyed by screaming.