Scream Bloody Murder (1973/I)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Marc B. Ray

Writers:

Larry Alexander (screenplay)
Marc B. Ray (screenplay)

Release Date:

February 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

A disturbed boy kills his father with his farm tractor and his arm is mangled in the process. He's taken...

Plot Keywords:

Tractor | Mental Hospital | Dismemberment | Art Student | Nun

Cast

Fred Holbert	...	Matthew
Leigh Mitchell	...	Vera / Daisy Parsons
Robert Knox	...	Mack Parsons
Ron Bastone	...	Sailor
Suzette Hamilton	...	Brenda
Willey Reynolds	...	Lex (as Wiley Reynolds)
A. Maana Tanelah	...	Bridey-Lee
Florence Lea	...	Helen Anatole
Angus Scrimm	...	Dr. Epstein (as Rory Guy)
Cecil Reddick	...	Mr. Simpson
Gloria Earl	...	Mrs. Simpson
L.M. Jobin	...	Young Matthew
Dorhab	...	Wendy Miller
Rob Max	...	Matthew's Father
Middifred	...	The Dog

Directed by
Marc B. Ray

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Larry Alexander		screenplay
Marc B. Ray		screenplay

Produced by
Larry Alexander	....	associate producer
Ron Mitchell	....	associate producer
Marc B. Ray	....	producer
Alan Roberts	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Don Bagley
Rockwell

Cinematography by
Stephen H. Burum		(director of photography) (as Stephen Burum)

Film Editing by
Alex Funke

Set Decoration by
Bob Mulberick
Gale Peterson

Makeup Department
Bob Mulberick	....	makeup artist
Gale Peterson	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Herzog	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Mike Glaser	....	sound recordist
Ira Klugerman	....	boom operator (as Ira B. Klugerman)

Camera and Electrical Department
Rob Barbett	....	gaffer
Bruce Miller	....	grip
Hank Miller	....	grip
Steven Vance	....	grip
Chuck Wells	....	key grip

Editorial Department
B. Robert Barton	....	negative cutter

Other crew
Lorelei	....	script supervisor
Alan Roberts	....	presenter

Production Companies

• Alan Roberts Productions
• First American Films
• University Film Company

Distributors

• Saguenay Films (1975) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Apprehensive Films (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Boulevard Entertainment (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• Grindhouse Releasing (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Liberty Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Retromedia Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)  opticals (as Consolidated Film Industries)
• Producers' Sound Services  sound post-production
• Title House  titles (as Title House)

Also Known As:

Claw of Terror
Matthew (USA) (video title)
The Captive Female

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Crest)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Alan Roberts Productions

Trivia:

Filmed in 1971.

Quotes:

Matthew: See what I do for you? I get groceries and clothes and art stuff and kill people. And do you appreciate it? No.

Movie Connections:

References The Omega Man (1971)

You can't run from mommy!

Matthew is a young man just released from a mental hospital after many years for murdering his father.In the process of driving a bulldozer over poor man his hand is damaged terribly and in place he has a sharp metal hook when he returns home he finds that his mother has remarried to a man he doesn't approve of.After killing both he flees on a cross country murdering as many people as he can.Marc Ray's "Scream Bloody Murder" is an quintessence of early 70's trash.The killings are bloody and alarming and the gore effects are lovingly cheap.Of course one can treat "Scream Bloody Murder" as another flick about a momma-obsessed prudish psycho on the prowl.He is full of Oedipal rage and thinks that all decent women should hate sex.The score by Stephen Burum is wonderfully campy and the film is impossible to take seriously.So if you are into amusingly trashy and unpleasant 70's horror you can't miss it.7 out of 10.