Carry on Screaming! (1966)

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writer:

Talbot Rothwell (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 April 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Carry On Screaming with the Hilarious CARRY ON Gang!!

Plot:

The sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores...

Plot Keywords:

Carry On | Sequel | Mad Scientist | Independent Film

Cast

Harry H. Corbett	...	Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung
Kenneth Williams	...	Doctor Orlando Watt
Jim Dale	...	Albert Potter
Charles Hawtrey	...	Dan Dann
Fenella Fielding	...	Valeria Watt
Joan Sims	...	Emily Bung
Angela Douglas	...	Doris Mann
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Sockett
Peter Butterworth	...	Detective Constable Slobotham
Jon Pertwee	...	Doctor Fettle
Michael Ward	...	Mr. Vivian
Tom Clegg	...	Oddbod
Billy Cornelius	...	Oddbod Junior
Norman Mitchell	...	Cabby
Frank Thornton	...	Mr. Jones
Frank Forsyth	...	Desk Sergeant
Anthony Sagar	...	Policeman
Sally Douglas	...	Girl
Marianne Stone	...	Mrs. Parker
Denis Blake	...	Rubbatiti
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gerald Thomas	...	Oddbod Junior (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Gerald Thomas

Writing credits
Talbot Rothwell		(screenplay)

Produced by
Frank Bevis	....	associate producer
Peter Rogers	....	producer

Original Music by
Eric Rogers

Cinematography by
Alan Hume		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Rod Nelson-Keys		(as Rod Keys)

Casting by
Weston Drury Jr.		(uncredited)

Art Direction by
Bert Davey

Costume Design by
Emma Selby-Walker

Makeup Department
Stella Rivers	....	hairdressing
Geoffrey Rodway	....	makeup artist (as Geoff Rodway)

Production Management
Ron Jackson	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Bolton	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ted Ambrose	....	draughtsman (uncredited)
Jock Kay	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
George Noonan	....	prop buyer (uncredited)
Helen Thomas	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ken Barker	....	sound recordist
Arthur Ridout	....	sound editor
C.C. Stevens	....	sound recordist
Paul Smith	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Vivian Temple-Smith	....	sound camera operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Godfrey A. Godar	....	camera operator (as Godfrey Godar)
Bert Bosher	....	electrical chargehand (uncredited)
John Crawford	....	focus puller (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Selwyn Petterson	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Eric Rogers	....	conductor

Other crew
Penny Daniels	....	continuity
Joy Bayley	....	production secretary (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Peter Rogers Productions

Distributors

• Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (1966) (UK) (theatrical) (presents) (as Anglo Amalgamated)
• Sigma III Corp. (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner-Pathé Distributors (1966) (UK) (theatrical) (released throughout the United Kingdom by) (as Warner - Pathe Distribution Ltd.)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Sinister Cinema (2010) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R)
• Sinister Cinema (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1988) (UK) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Fire Station, St Leonard's Road, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

Peter Rogers Productions

Trivia:

Although a vocal version of the theme sung by Boz Burrell was released as a single in the UK, many people believed the uncredited singer of the theme song was Jim Dale. However it was actually performed in the movie by Ray Pilgrim, a session singer for the Woolworths-owned Embassy label.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Oddbod turns the handle which carries the cage in which the dummy is being carried, prior to it being dropped in the vat, the attached cables do not move.

Quotes:

Valeria:Why don't we do what they did to your friend Dracula, drive a spike through his heart.
Dr. Watt:No , I don't really feel like driving tonight.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2011/II) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Carry on Screaming

Entertaining Without Being A Classic Comedy Horror

I had often thought this was the best movie in the CARRY ON series , an opinion brought about by the fact that there's a couple of DOCTOR WHO references and that it combines the genres of comedy and horror . After seeing it recently I would say that both CARRY ON CLEO and CARRY ON UP THE KYHBER are better movies But CARRY ON SCREAMING still remains one of the better films in the series even if ( Or because )it's off centre with its peers : the main character is played by an actor who's not a regular member of the cast , there's references to other popular TV shows of the time like Z-CARS and STEPTOE AND SON , and there's little of the cringe making innuendo seen in the later movies .

There are some flaws that may rile fans of the post modernist SCREAM movies like no one noticing monsters stalking the woods or a lack of internal continuity where monsters being able to knock down doors then not being able to when the script requires it but CARRY ON SCREAMING remains a fairly entertaining movie almost 40 years after it was made