Silent Scream (1980 film)
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Silent Scream is a 1980 horror film written by Jim and Ken Wheat, and Wallace E. Bennett, produced by Jim and Ken Wheat, directed by Denny Harris[1] and starring Rebecca Balding, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Steele and Yvonne De Carlo. The film's tagline is "Terror so sudden there is no time to scream". Released by American Cinema, the film runs for 87 minutes and grossed $15,800,000 in the US.[2] It marks scream queen Barbara Steele's only 1980s film appearance, and was among the early cycle of slasher films to appear after the genre was popularised by Halloween and Friday the 13th.[3]
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[edit] Plot
Four college students, unable to find on-campus housing, take up residence in Mrs Engels's (De Carlo's) hilltop mansion, where she lives with her strange son, Mason (Reardon), and her daughter, Victoria (Steele), whom Mrs Engels secretly keeps hidden in the attic, a botched lobotomy having left her mute and homicidal. After one of the students is found dead, a police investigation is launched, which uncovers the history of the mansion and its owners, as the remaining students become endangered.
[edit] Cast
- Rebecca Balding – Scotty Parker
- Cameron Mitchell – Lt. Sandy McGiver
- Avery Schreiber – Sgt. Manny Ruggin
- Barbara Steele – Victoria Engels
- Steve Doubet – Jack Towne
- Brad Rearden – Mason Engels
- John Widelock – Peter Ransom
- Juli Andelman – Doris Prichart
- Yvonne De Carlo – Mrs. Engels
- Jack Stryker – Police Chief
- Thelma Pelish – Housing Lady
- Tina Tyler – Victoria at 16
- Jason Zahler – Mason at 3
- Annabella Price – TV Rape Victim
- Joe Pronto – TV Rapist
- Joan Lemmo – Rooming House Lady
- Ernie Potvin – Boarding House Husband
- Virginia Rose – Boarding House Wife
- Ina Gould – Landlady
- Rachel Bard – Nurse in Psycho Ward
[edit] Releases
The film has been released on VHS by Video Treasures.[4]
Code Red DVD will be releasing the film on DVD in the near future with commentaries from the writers and lead star.
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[edit] References
- ^ Silent Scream (1980). The New York Times: Movies. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ Silent Scream. allmovie. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ Scheib, Richard (1998). The Silent Scream (1980). The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ Silent Scream (1980). Variety. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
