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5.3/10   186 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Michael Sloan (additional screenplay)
Michael Sloan (story)
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Release Date:
September 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Millions loved him, could someone hate him enough to kill and kill again? more
Plot:
A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion. | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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Keeps you guessing..... more (16 total)

Cast

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Jack Jones ... Nick Cooper
Pamela Stephenson ... Linda Everett
David Doyle ... Webster Jones
Bill Owen ... Mr. B
Sheila Keith ... Mrs. B
Holly Palance ... Gail Cooper
Peter Turner ... Harry
Richard Johnson ... Macauley
Patrick Brock ... Dr. Paulsen
June Chadwick ... Nurse
Penny Irving ... Girl Singer
Jeff Silk ... Police Officer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Encore (UK) (alternative title)
The Day the Screaming Stopped (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
USA:100 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Norway:16 (cut) | UK:18 (video rating) (1998) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The role of Linda Everett was offered to Melanie Griffith. more
Soundtrack:
TRACES OF A LONG FORGOTTEN TUNE more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Keeps you guessing....., 25 March 2005
7/10
Author: christopher-underwood from Greenwich - London

True, this is rather more pedestrian than Walker's infamous horror trilogy and this clearly would have benefited from a McGillivray script. This is much more one dimensional and at times rather plodding with the fabulous Sheila Keith unfortunately sidelined. However, this is nothing like as bad as has been made out, has vigorous kills a most eerie atmosphere and decent performances from both Jack Jones and Pamela Stevenson, not to mention a restrained but most effective one from the aforementioned Ms Keith. Keeps you guessing but by the end there is nobody else it could be. Despite comments I have seen elsewhere, both leads do disrobe even if the flesh is carefully shot. Enjoyable.

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