该电影由威廉·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·林肯等主演，于1959年上映。在83分钟的叙事中，《心惊肉跳》（又名：刺痛者、夺命第六感）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.