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C. Courtney Joyner (written by) and
Darin Scott (written by) ...
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Release Date:
25 September 1987 (USA) more
Tagline:
Fear......Times Four more
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In a small Tennessee town, an historian relates four horror stories to a reporter. full summary | add synopsis
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great little antho-horror more (25 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Martine Beswick | ... | Katherine White | |
| Lawrence Tierney | ... | Warden | |
| Rick Cox | ... | Doctor | |
| Nicos Argentiogorgis | ... | Priest | |
| Susan Tyrrell | ... | Beth Chandler | |
| Vincent Price | ... | Julian White | |
| Clu Gulager | ... | Stanley Burnside | |
| Megan McFarland | ... | Grace Scott | |
| Terence Knox | ... | Burt (as Terry Knox) | |
| Miriam Byrd-Nethery | ... | Eileen Burnside | |
| Bob Hannah | ... | Harry Essex | |
| Frank Shaheen | ... | Truck Loader | |
| Paul Barberi | ... | Truck Loader | |
| Terry Kiser | ... | Jesse Hardwick | |
| Katherine Kaden | ... | Mary Hardwick |
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From a Whisper to a Scream (USA) (alternative title)
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99 min | 92 min (video)
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West Germany:18 (video) | Italy:VM14 (VHS rating) | Australia:R | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted
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Jeff Burr was a young, new filmmaker when he boldly approached Vincent Price and asked him to star in his film. Price was so impressed with Burr's confidence that he readily agreed to take the role. more
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Continuity: When Stanley pours the champagne for himself and Grace at the funeral home, he is seen draining his glass. The next shot of the glass shows it filled again, and he never refilled it. more
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Julian White: One thing I've learned, my dear, is that one is never too old for nightmares. more
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Referenced in The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface' (2003) (V) more
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A fun multi-story horror narrated by Vincent Price (as a librarian!) to cult icon Susan Tyrrell (as an 80s reporter) featuring four shorts about a cursed town. Small parts by horror icons abound, necrophilia, a killer mutant baby thingamajacque, circus freaks, dismemberment, and a group of kids that make the Children of the Corn look like the Little Rascals. How could you not love this?! This feels like a precursor to the Tales from the Crypt series, but it goes for horror more so than humor. The last segment is the creepiest, but all of them are good in their own right. Anyone who digs on anthology horror should find plenty to like in "The Offspring"/"From a Whisper to a Scream."