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Also Known As
- Bride of Fengriffen
- Embryo des Bösen (Germany)
- Fengriffen
- Forbannelsen (Norway - video box title)
- I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream
- Katkaistu käsi (Finland)
- To Kommeno heri tou vrykolaka (Greece)
- La Maledizione (Italy)
- Saat des Bösen (Germany - video title)
Taglines
- A Technicolor film set in a ghostly gothic manor house, England 1785
- You've got to hand it to this movie. It's a classic. It's bizarre. It's spine-chilling. It's shocking and still it remains a classic!
- And Now the Screaming Starts. And the suspense. And the horror. And the drama.
- The dead hand that crawls KILLS and LIVES!!!
- AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS for them and for you!
Main Details
- Released in 1973
- Color
- Running Time: 91 Min.
- Aspect Ratio: (1.85:1)
- Production Co: Amicus Productions
- Distribution Co: Cinerama Releasing Corporation (USA) | Filmways Australasian Distributors (Australia) | Ambassador Film Distributors (Canada) | Radio Films A/S (Norway)
Cast and Crew
- Directed by Roy Ward Baker
- Written by David Case (novel "Fengriffen") and Roger Marshall
- Starring Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, Stephanie Beacham, and Ian Ogilvy
- Produced by Max Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky
- Original Music by Douglas Gamley
- Cinematography by Denys N. Coop
- Film Editing by Peter Tanner
Synopsis
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. It stars Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, Stephanie Beacham and Ian Ogilvy, and was directed by Roy Ward Baker.
Film Review
One of the best things about Hammer and Amicus period horror films is the warm feeling of being trapped along with the cast in a dank old mansion in a rainy corner of the English countryside. There's something that gets me nostalgic about creaky spiral staircases, the roving eyes of ancient family portraits, and ghosts that yearn to expose their troubled pasts. Films like Dracula (1957), Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, and AIP's Poe-inspired series all showcase the elaborate (albeit small and budgeted) sets, heaving bosoms, and sordid family secrets that mark the genre's highpoints, much of which are mirrored in the well-meaning and underrated And Now The Screaming Starts. Unfairly maligned, this "old dark house" film is quite fun and fast-paced, perfectly blending modern violent excesses with the familiarity of previous gothic horrors. It may not be the best of its type, but it's perfect for a Saturday afternoon and even packs a few unexpected scares along the way.
Days before her marriage to Charles, a member of the wealthy and well-respected Fengriffen family, Catherine is introduced to his family's estate, a crumbling landscape with an eerie graveyard and a shocking secret. While checking out her new digs (which look extraordinary for the budget) and walking the sprawling hallways, she's drawn to a portrait of the dark and mysterious Henry Fengriffen, Charles' grandfather. As she stares at the painting, and Henry's brooding eyes force her into a deep trance, a hand jumps from the canvas at her throat and quickly disappears.
Later than evening, as she lies in bed, the hand comes for her again, exposing its bloodied and eyeless corpse along the way. Although Charles claims that her imagination is getting the best of her, the house staff isn't so sure, and they struggle to restrain themselves from exposing the truth behind her night terrors, or the identity of the lurking woodsman on the estate, Silas.
This original and intriguing tale is quite well-written, with an exceptional cast to boot. Patrick Magee is great as usual as the family doctor, showing a little of his usual flair (or overacting, whichever you prefer) and Peter Cushing gives it his all, even though he's mostly confined to the final 40 minutes. The murder scenes are also respectably gory, never going overboard, but mirroring the status quo of the 1970s. The ending revelation is a bit obvious, but inevitable, and features a pretty "disarming" flashback sequence. Overall, it's a tasty little gothic number from the Amicus crew that will please genre completists and the casual horror fan alike.
Reviewed by Mdeapo
