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"Hammer House of Horror" The Silent Scream (1980)
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"Hammer House of Horror" (1980)Original Air Date:
25 October 1980 (Season 1, Episode 7)Plot:
When Chuck Spillers (Brian Cox) is released from prison, he tells his wife Annie (Elaine Donnelly) that he had been visited by an old man... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Hammer House Of Horror: The Silent Scream (Alan Gibson, 1980) (TV) *** moreCast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Peter Cushing | ... | Martin Blueck |
 | Brian Cox | ... | Chuck Spillers |
 | Elaine Donnelly | ... | Annie Spillers |
| Antony Carrick | ... | Aldridge |
| Robin Browne | ... | Police Officer |
| Terry Kinsella | ... | Lionel |
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A very good episode with, for Hammer, an unusual sociological theme – revolving around an original (and fascinating) premise, where a system of 'prison without bars' is tried on an inveterate petty thief (played by a young Brian Cox). The identity of his deceptively sympathetic captor (the ever-reliable Hammer stalwart Peter Cushing in his final effort for the studio which made him famous) supplies a twist eventually which is, frankly, predictable…but, imbued with the star's idiosyncratic pragmatism and authority, the characterization is completely believable – chilling in its implications, but still essentially human. The pet-shop-housing-a-private-zoo setting adds flavor – and excitement – to the already tense proceedings (aided immeasurably by having two such powerful, yet totally opposite, personalities at work); along the way, Cox' wife and even a police sergeant become involved in the situation. Improbable though it may be, the final twist – in which Cox and wife discover they've merely exchanged one prison for another, with rescue a lot harder to come by this time around! – is a real beauty; this is actually followed by yet another involving Cushing's own ironic fate. By the way, the title refers to the sound-proof, electrically-wired booth in which virtually all the characters end up at one time or another. Director Gibson had helmed the last two sorry entries in the Hammer Dracula series; he proves more adept at dealing with psychological - as opposed to supernatural - issues.