Scream and Scream Again
Year: 1969
Director: Gordon Hessler
Written by: Christopher Wicking
Threat: Mad Scientist
Weapon of Choice: Acid
Based upon: novel - "The Disoriented Man" - Peter Saxon
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Rish's Reviews
I saw this in a double bill with the much-superior The
House That Dripped Blood at a tribute for its producer, Max Rosenberg, who
was almost my employer a couple of years ago and is now very dead. The screening
was actually free, so I have no place to complain about this flick.
But I will anyway.
The London police try to track down a murderer who drains the blood from his victims.
They get more than they bargained for when they meet an eccentric scientist (Vincent
Price) with some connection to the killer.
You've got the triumvirate of Hammer-era Horror icons in this film (though they appeared
together a few times in other movies). Vincent Price is great as usual, bringing some
kind of twisted decency to even the most macabre of characters. He is truly one of
our greatest Horror icons. Christopher Lee's character, however, seemed out of a
totally different movie, and made no sense at all. Peter Cushing was in here somewhere,
but it was less than a one minute cameo. The film actually starred Alfred Marks as the
policeman investigating the crimes.
An odd, disjointed, poorly done film with seemingly unconnected storylines, the only
detail of interest (besides the cast), is that it had Nazis in it. Beyond that, and a fairly
great title, this was a bad film, and so dull that I struggled with sleep the whole time.
This did make me realise that we have reviewed a TON of films with "scream" in the
title, even without Scream Blacula Scream.
Beyond that, I don't remember much about it, and I wish I had written this review
months ago. Sorry. I realise that this is a pathetic review, though in the early days of
this website, it would've been par for the course. I just have nothing to say about
Scream and Scream Again. It was unremarkable, and except for Price's
presence, has nothing to recommend it.
Posted: March 14, 2005
Total Skulls: 9
| Sequel | ||
| Sequel setup | ||
| Rips off earlier film | ||
| Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
| Future celebrity appears | ||
| Former celebrity appears | ||
| Bad title |  |
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| Bad premise | ||
| Bad acting | ||
| Bad dialogue | ||
| Bad execution | |
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| MTV Editing | ||
| OTS | |
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| Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
| Wanton sex | ||
| Death associated with sex | ||
| Unfulfilled promise of nudity | ||
| Characters forget about threat | ||
| Secluded location | ||
| Power is cut | ||
| Phone lines are cut | ||
| Someone investigates a strange noise | ||
| Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
| Camera is the killer | ||
| Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
| Victim locks self in with killer | ||
| Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | |
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| Toilet stall scene | ||
| Shower/bath scene | ||
| Car stalls or won't start | ||
| Cat jumps out | ||
| Fake scare | ||
| Laughable scare | |
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| Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
| Dream sequence | ||
| Hallucination/Vision | ||
| No one believes only witness | ||
| Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth | ||
| Warning goes unheeded | ||
| Music detracts from scene | ||
| Death in first five minutes | ||
| x years before/later | ||
| Flashback sequence | ||
| Dark and stormy night | ||
| Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
| Killer wears a mask | ||
| Killer is in closet | ||
| Killer is in car with victim | |
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| Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
| Unscary villain/monster | ||
| Beheading | ||
| Blood fountain | ||
| Blood spatters - camera, wall, etc. | ||
| Poor death effect | ||
| Excessive gore | ||
| No one dies at all | ||
| Virgin survives | ||
| Geek/Nerd survives | ||
| Little kid lamely survives | ||
| Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
| Unresolved subplots | |
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| "It was all a dream" ending | ||
| Unbelievably happy ending | ||
| Unbelievably crappy ending | |
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| What the hell? | |