USA, 1986
99m
35mm film, colour
stereo, English
An American horror film directed by Jeff Burr.
Plot Summary
A man tells a reporter four strange stories about his home town, Oldfield: an old man falls in love with a much younger woman, even refusing to let her go after death; a wounded man flees his creditors and stumbles upon a hermit who has discovered the secret of eternal life; a carnival sideshow performer falls in love with an outsider and pays the ultimate price; Civil War soldiers are held captive by a house full of sinister orphans.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Jeff Burr
© 1986 Whisper-Scream Limited Partnership
Conquest Productions presents a Darin Scott/William Burr production. A Jeff Burr film
Executive Producer: David Shaheen
Produced by: Darin Scott, William Burr
Associate Producers: Ron Arnold, Craig Greene, Mark Hannah, Mike Malone, Allan Posten
Written by: C. Courtney Joyner, Darin Scott, Jeff Burr
Additional Story Material: Mike Malone
Director of Photography: Craig Greene
Film Editor: W.O. Garrett
Music by: Jim Manzie
Sound Mixer: Jerry Wolfe
Costume Designer: Cindy Charette
Makeup Artist: Lisa Taylor
Special Makeup Effects Designed and Created by: Rob Burman
Special FX Coordinator: Kelly Ott
Production Design: Cynthia K. Charette, C. Allen Posten
Locations: Dalton, Georgia, USA; Santa Monica, California
Cast
Vincent Price (Julian White)
Clu Gulager (Stanley Burnside)
Terry Kiser (Jesse Hardwicke)
Harry Caesar (Felder Evans)
Rosalind Cash (snake woman)
Cameron Mitchell (Sergeant Gallen)
Susan Tyrrell (Bess Chandler)
Ron Brooks (Steven Arden)
Miriam Byrd-Nethery (Eileen Burnside)
Didi Lanier (Amaryllis)
Tommy Nowell (Andrew)
Ashli Bare (Amanda)
Terry Knox (Burt)
Megan McFarland (Grace Scott)
Angelo Rossitto (Tinker)
Gordon Paddison (Leonard)
C.J. Cox (Pike)
Leon Edwards (McBride)
Lawrence Tierney (warden)
Tim Wingard (Bullock)
Martine Beswick (Katherine White)
Alternative Titles
Do Sussurro ao Grito – Brazil
From a Whisper to a Scream
Die Schreie der Nacht – West Germani
Sussurrando Até Gritar – Brazil (TV)
Il villaggio delle streghe – Italy
References
Periodicals
- Fangoria no.52 p.10 – note
- Fangoria no.56 p.11 – note
- Fangoria no.62 pp.54-56 – illustrated interview
- Films and Filming July 1986 p.6 – note
- Is It Uncut? no.3 p.31 – illustrated review
- Video World April 1988 p.34 – review
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.418
- Elliot’s Guide to Home Entertainment p.309 – credits, review
- The Films of the Eighties by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan p.410-411
- Hoffman’s Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-1992 p.145 – credits, review
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis pp.368; 556
- Merchant of Menace: The Life and Films of Vincent Price by Denis Meikle pp.335-337; 383
- Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990 by Brian Albright p.204
