RSI Score:
6.8
Realised Potential:
81.2%
Thriller
6.85
Horror
6.9
Sci-Fi
7.35
1
Integral
×5
1
Lead ActingCommunity · …
6.49
2
StoryCommunity · …
6.08
3
Script / Screenplay / DialogueCommunity · …
6.04
4
Score / SoundtrackCommunity · …
6.76
5
CinematographyCommunity · …
6.88
6
CharactersCommunity · …
5.5
7
DirectionCommunity · …
7.7
Category Avg
6.49
2
Important
×4
8
EditingCommunity · …
7.12
9
CastingCommunity · …
7.62
10
Support ActingCommunity · …
6.67
11
Sound Design / Audio MixCommunity · …
6.94
12
Practical Effects / SFXCommunity · …
6.33
13
Production & Art DesignCommunity · …
7.41
Category Avg
7.02
3
Major
×3
14
Execution Of Premise / Pitch / ConceptCommunity · …
7.92
15
Action / Fight Choreography / StuntsCommunity · …
4.19
16
Wardrobe / CostumeCommunity · …
7.42
17
OriginalityCommunity · …
8.25
18
Humour QualityCommunity · …
6.24
Category Avg
6.8
4
Minor
×2
19
Themes / CommentariesCommunity · …
6.54
20
Colour GradingCommunity · …
7.48
21
Hair & Make UpCommunity · …
6.46
22
Premise / ConceptCommunity · …
8.68
23
RewatchabilityCommunity · …
6.44
Category Avg
7.12
5
Peripheral
×1
24
Predictability / TwistsCommunity · …
5.98
25
Immersion / PlausibilityCommunity · …
5.85
26
Continuity / Plot HolesCommunity · …
7.12
27
IntangiblesCommunity · …
7.68
28
AmbitionCommunity · …
7.22
Category Avg
6.77
6
FINAL SCORE
Integral avg
6.49 × 5
= 32.45
Important avg
7.02 × 4
= 28.08
Major avg
6.8 × 3
= 20.4
Minor avg
7.12 × 2
= 14.24
Peripheral avg
6.77 × 1
= 6.77
TOTAL WEIGHTED SCORE
101.94
TOTAL WEIGHT
15
WEIGHTED MEAN
6.8
OUT OF 10
Last updated: 2026-11-02
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Prompt Version: 10.2
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Model Confidence: — —
·
Pipeline Model: gpt-5.6-terra
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68s
Runtime
82 min
Director
William Castle
Cast
Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman
Budget
$400K
Box Office
$1.5M
SUPPORTING CAST
Patricia Cutts, Pamela Lincoln
SYNOPSIS
A curious pathologist investigates a strange creature that emerges along the human spine when a person is terrified. To prove his theory, he pursues increasingly dangerous experiments that draw his family and a frightened theater owner into his unsettling work.
GENRE
Horror Sci-Fi Thriller
SUB-GENRE TAGS
Thriller
Mystery / Whodunnit
Horror
Creature / Monster
Body
Sci-Fi
Biological
CRITICAL RECEPTION
IMDb 6.8
RT 76%
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