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-- And Now the Screaming Starts!
(1973)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 90m
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Technicolor
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: mono
DIRECTION
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
CREW
 PRODUCTION
Copyright: © Amicus Productions Ltd., MCMLXXIII [1973]
Production Companies: Harbor Productions Inc. presents an Amicus production
Executive Producer: Gustave Berne
Produced by: Max
J. Rosenberg and Milton
Subotsky
Production Manager: Teresa Bolland
Unit Manager: Ivo Nightingale
SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Roger Marshall
From the novel 'Fengriffen' by David Case
DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Derek Whitehurst
2nd Assistant Director: Lindsay Vickers (uncredited)
Continuity: Betty Harley
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Denys Coop
Camera Operator: John Harris
Focus Puller: David Wynn-Jones (uncredited)
Clapper Loader: Trevor Coop (uncredited)
Stills: Barry Peake (uncredited)
EDITOR
Editor: Peter Tanner
Assistant Editor: Tom Cornwall (uncredited)
MUSIC
Music Composed and Conducted by: Douglas Gamley
SOUND
Sound Editor: Clive Smith
Sound Mixer: Norman Bolland
Dubbing Mixer: Nolan Roberts
Boom Operator: Michael Tucker (uncredited)
Sound Camera Operator: Peter Myers (uncredited)
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Wardrobe Supervisor: Betty Adamson
Wardrobe Mistress: Dulcie Midwinter
Chief Make-up: Paul Rabiger
Chief Hairdresser: Mibs Parker
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Titles by: G.S.E. Ltd
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Tony Curtis
Set Dresser: Fred Carter
Construction Manager: Jim Brown (uncredited)
LOCATIONS
Produced at Shepperton, Shepperton, Middlesex, England
CASTING
Casting Director: Ronnie Curtis
CAST
Starring
Peter Cushing
(Dr Pope)
Herbert Lom (Henry Fengriffen)
Patrick Magee (Dr Whittle)
Stephanie Beacham (Catherine Fengriffen)
Ian Ogilvy (Charles Fengriffen)
With
Geoffrey Whitehead (Silas)
Guy Rolfe (Maitland)
Rosalie Crutchley (Mrs Luke)
Gillian Lind (Aunt Edith)
Sally Harrison (Sarah)
Janet Key (Bridget)
John Sharp (Henry's friend)
Norman Mitchell (constable)
Lloyd Lamble (Sir John Westcliffe)
Kay Adrian
David Barclay
Blake Butler
Vic Chapman
Frank Forsyth (servant)
Daniel Jones
Hilary Martin
Sylvester Morand
Beth Owen
Toni Sinclair
Elsa Smith
John Stamp
Larry Taylor (bearded drunk)
Rocky Taylor
Gloria Walker
Drew Wood
PLOT SUMMARY
Catherine Fengriffen is raped on her wedding night by a one-handed
man. She discovers her husband's grandfather brought a curse on the
family when he violated the new wife of one of his tenant farmers and
cut off the protesting farmer's hand. Her baby bears the same facial
birthmark as her rapist, but she eventually accepts it as her child.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical distributor: Fox/Rank
Video Distributors: Guild; Vipco; 4Front Video (0573803)
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Cinerama; Lara Classics
Video Distributors: Facets Video; Interglobal Video; Movies Unlimited;
Prism Entertainment; TNM
DVD Distributor: Image (The Euroshock Collection) (ID6143TVDVD)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: M
UK
Rating X (no cuts made); 15
USA
Rating: R
TIMELINE
1972
July
17: Principal photography begins
1974
April
29: Passed by British Board of Film Censors
1998
June
8: UK - video release (4Front Video (0573803))
1999
December
31: UK - video deleted (4Front Video (0573803))
POSTER TAGS
The dead hand that crawls KILLS and LIVES!!!
AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS for them and for you!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Bride of Fengriffen
Embryo des Bösen - German title
Fengriffen - shooting title
I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream
Maledizione, La - Italian title
Saat des Bösen - German video title
REFERENCES
PERIODICALS
The Dark Side April 1993 pp.17-18 (UK)
credits, review
BOOKS
Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood p.
102 (ed. Allan Bryce; UK: Stray Cat Publishing)
credits, synopsis, production notes, review
The Director's Cut - Roy Ward Baker (UK:
Reynolds and Hearn (2000))
Production notes
Elliot's Guide to Films on Video p.27
credits, review
English Gothic - Jonathan Rigby (UK:
Reynolds and Hearn (2000))
Synopsis, review, production notes, main credits
Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies
1991 - 1992 p.23
credits, review
Horror Film Handbook p.13 - Alan Frank
credits, review
Peter Cushing - Deborah Del Vecchio and
Tom Johnson (USA: McFarland (1992))
Synopsis, review, production notes, credits
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
babies, book into film, curses, disembodied hands, ghosts
CONTRIBUTORS
Roger Keightley; Kevin Lyons
Last Updated:
16 March, 2009
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