History YMMV / TheTingler

* TheWoobie: Poor Martha is deliberately scared to death. Specifically, they make a bunch of scary stuff happen,causing to Tingler to manifest, but, being mute, she literally ''can't'' scream and the Tingler kills her.

* DudeNotFunny: Some people in theaters who got zapped with the 'Tingler seats' got jolted a little ''too'' energetically. [[SubvertedTrope Hilarity did NOT ensue.]] Lawsuits, however, did.
** Screenwriter Robb White relates a story in which some of the motors were installed in a theater in the Valley, to be ready in time for the release of ''The Tingler''. On the evening before its release, ''A Nun's Story'' was playing in the theater, and the projectionist (who apparently hadn't been told about the motors) happened to wonder what that new, never-before-seen button in his booth was all about. Oops.

* FridgeBrilliance: The one Tingler that was the main antagonist in the movie was harvested from a mute woman - someone who couldn't scream. We find out relatively quickly that it's preferred method of killing is strangulation. Why? Because you can't scream if you're choked to death. If you die without screaming, a brand-new, full-power Tingler is waiting to be pulled out of you. In short, [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong it was trying to reproduce]].

** Screenwriter Robb White relates a story in which some of the motors were installed in a theater in the Valley, to be ready in time for the release of ''The Tingler''. On the final evening before its release, ''A Nun's Story'' was playing in the theater, and the projectionist (who apparently hadn't been told about the motors) happened to wonder what that new, never-before-seen button in his booth was all about. Oops.