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And Now the Screaming Starts!
United States cinematic release poster
Directed by
Roy Ward Baker
Produced by
Max Rosenberg
Milton Subotsky
Gustave Berne
Written by
Roger Marshall (screenplay)
David Case
Starring
Peter Cushing
Herbert Lom
Patrick Magee
Stephanie Beacham
Music by
Douglas Gamley
Cinematography
Denys Coop
Editing by
Peter Tanner
Tony Curtis (addl)
Studio
Amicus
Distributed by
Fox-Rank
Release date(s)
1973
Running time
91 mins
Country
British
Language
English
And Now the Screaming Starts! is a 1973 British gothic horror film. It is one of the few feature-length horror stories by Amicus, a company best-known for anthology or "portmanteau" films.
The screenplay, written by Roger Marshall, is based on the novel Fengriffen by David Case.[1] It stars Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, Stephanie Beacham and Ian Ogilvy, and was directed by Roy Ward Baker.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
4 Citations
5 Further reading
6 External links
[edit] Plot
In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of the husband, Charles Fengriffen (Ogilvy). The bride, Catherine Fengriffen (Beacham), falls victim to a curse placed by a wronged servant on the Fengriffen family and its descendants.
[edit] Cast
Peter Cushing
Herbert Lom
Patrick Magee
Stephanie Beacham
Ian Ogilvy
Geoffrey Whitehead
Guy Rolfe
Rosalie Crutchley
Gillian Lind
[edit] Reception
The film received a lukewarm reception in Britain and America on its release. Jonathan Rosenbaum of Monthly Film Bulletin praised Denys Coop's camerawork and the acting performances, yet felt the film never quite realised its potential.[2] A. H. Weiler reviewing the work in The New York Times commended Cushing's contribution, deeming it superior to the rest of the cast's, although considered its plot contrived.[3] Mark Burger, reviewing a home video release for the Winston-Salem Journal in 2002, similarly noted the strong cast though found the muddled screenplay led to a merely "watchable" film.[1]
[edit] Citations
^ a b Burger, Mark (17 May 2002). "Video View". Winston-Salem Journal: p. 3.
^ Rosenbaum, Jonathan (1974). "Feature Films". Monthly Film Bulletin, 41:480/491: p. 243.
^ Weiler, A H (28 April 1973). "Screen: A Creepy Legend". The New York Times: p. 21.
[edit] Further reading
Chibnall, Steve; Petley, Julian (ed.) (2005). British Horror Cinema. Oxford: Taylor & Francis, pp. 132จC134. ISBN 0-203-99676-3
Mayer, Geoff (2004). Roy Ward Baker (British Film Makers). Manchester Univ. Press. ISBN 0-7190-6354-X
[edit] External links
And Now the Screaming Starts! at AllRovi
And Now the Screaming Starts! at the Internet Movie Database
v กค d กค eFilms directed by Roy Ward Baker
1940s
The October Man (1947) กค The Weaker Sex (1948) กค Paper Orchid (1949)
1950s
Morning Departure (1950) กค Highly Dangerous (1950) กค I'll Never Forget You (1951) กค Don't Bother to Knock (1952) กค Night Without Sleep (1952) กค Inferno (1953) กค Passage Home (1955) กค Jacqueline (1956) กค Tiger in the Smoke (1956) กค The One That Got Away (1957) กค A Night to Remember (1958)
1960s
The Singer Not the Song (1961) กค Flame in the Streets (1961) กค The Valiant (1962) กค Two Left Feet (1963) กค Quatermass and the Pit (1967) กค Journey to Midnight (1968) กค The Anniversary (1968) กค The Fiction Makers (1968) กค Moon Zero Two (1969)
1970s
The Vampire Lovers (1970) กค Scars of Dracula (1970) กค Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) กค Asylum (1972) กค The Vault of Horror (1973) กค And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) กค The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
1980s
The Monster Club (1980) กค The Masks of Death (1984)
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