Scream Bloody Murder 1972
director: Marc B. Ray
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United States
Alternative Titles
- Captive Female
- Claw of Terror
Cast
Fred Holbert Leigh Mitchell Robert Knox Ron Bastone Suzette Hamilton Wiley Reynolds A. Maana Tanelah Florence Lea Rory Guy [Angus Scrimm] Cecil Reddick Gloria Earl J.M. Jones Ron Max
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Average User Rating: 2 Vote(s)
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| Distributor | 21st Century (VCL) |
| Catalogue Number | X018 |
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| Release Date | August 1981 |
| Duration: | 82m 15s |
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| Notes | Cassette box. Read more about this video, which is featured in the book The Art of the Nasty |
User Reviews:
Beginning with a sensationalist, attention-grabbing scene where a miserable-looking kid killing his farmer father for shits and giggles before losing his hand under the wheels of a tractor, [i]Scream Bloody Murder[/i] captures the scummy, low-rent, anything-can-happen vibe of early seventies grindhouse with something approaching panache. Fast forward a few years, and our budding psycho is another Norman Bates-style mother-obsessed misfit who goes on a killing spree. Shot in 1971 on a clearly low budget, [i]Scream Bloody Murder[/i] plays like a warped TV movie for the most part, occasionally throwing the drive-in crowd a juicy bone by way of a meat cleaver dismemberment, the senseless killing of a useless guard dog (thankfully off screen), psychedelic hallucinations and the increasingly bizarre lengths the one-handed loon goes to in order to keep his latest playmate under his (remaining) thumb. The last half hour drifts into tedium, unfortunately, but there's more than enough scum-encrusted goodness in the first two thirds to keep fans of trash cinema grinning like goons.