The Offspring (1987)

Director:

Jeff Burr

Writers:

C. Courtney Joyner (written by) and
Darin Scott (written by) ...

Release Date:

25 September 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Fear......Times Four

Plot:

In a small Tennessee town, an historian relates four horror stories to a reporter.

Plot Keywords:

Tennessee | Razor Blade | Disfigurement | Murder | Nude Woman Murdered

Cast

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

Also Known As:

From a Whisper to a Scream (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

99 min | 92 min (video)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

West Germany:18 (video) | Italy:VM14 (VHS rating) | Australia:R | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Dalton, Georgia, USA

Company:

Conquest Productions

Trivia:

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.

Goofs:

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.

Quotes:

Julian White: One thing I've learned, my dear, is that one is never too old for nightmares.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Saw Is Family: Making 'Leatherface' (2003) (V)

great little antho-horror

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."