Hysteria (2011)

Awards
- 2 nominations

Videos12

Watch "Hysteria Is a Catch-all Diagnosis"

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Watch "Phrenology"

Clip 1:31

Watch "Bicycle Accident"

Clip 1:34

Watch Hysteria: Bicycle Accident

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Watch Hysteria: Phrenology

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Watch Hysteria: Molly The Lolly

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Watch Hysteria: Hysteria Is A Catch-All Diagnosis

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Watch Hysteria: Vibrations

Featurette 5:38

Watch Hysteria (Featurette)

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Trivia
Dr. Granville's electromechanical vibrator was portable but had a wet cell battery that weighed about 40 pounds.

Goofs
The film suggests that the Granville Electric was the first mechanical vibrator. While it pioneered the use of electricity in the vibrator, hand-cranked models existed before the Granville.

Quotes
Edmund St. John-Smythe: [brainstorming] The Rubby-Nubby.
Mortimer Granville: The Vibratorium.
Edmund St. John-Smythe: The Jiggly-Wiggly?
Mortimer Granville: Paroxysmator.
Edmund St. John-Smythe: Oh, the Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Mortimer Granville: The Excitetator?
Edmund St. John-Smythe: Mr. Wobbly.
Mortimer Granville: Oh, please.
Edmund St. John-Smythe: What about, The Squealer?

Crazy credits
During the end credits images of several different vibrators throughout history are shown.

Connections
Featured in Maltin on Movies: Battleship (2012)

Soundtracks
Rule Britannia
Written by Thomas Augustine Arne
Performed by The Band of the Royal Marines

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Review

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Very interesting

This is a very interesting portrayal of a little known but highly interesting medical history. It keeps a serious tone, but it still makes you laugh by the strange medical concepts that prevailed at that time.