Scream and Scream Again (Screamer) (1970)
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70% of critics liked it
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42% of users liked it
(1,126 ratings)
Strange and terrible things are afoot and the police are helpless to stop them in this taut, complicated thriller. First a heart attack victim goes to the hospital and awakens to find limbs missing, and later, the body of a rape victim is found with two strange puncture wounds upon her wrist.… More Strange and terrible things are afoot and the police are helpless to stop them in this taut, complicated thriller. First a heart attack victim goes to the hospital and awakens to find limbs missing, and later, the body of a rape victim is found with two strange puncture wounds upon her wrist. Meanwhile in Europe, a military officer is murdered by someone with inordinate strength. After another girl is murdered, Inspector Bellaver gets on the case. The trail of clues has many twists and turns and before he is led to the mysterious estate of Dr. Browning, another dies. There he discovers that the insane scientist has engineered a master race of emotionless, mindless beings as part of an international conspiracy. Now Bellaver and his cohorts must somehow stop the doctor and his friends from taking over the world. This marks one of only two features to include all three great horror actors Christopher Lee (as the head of British Intelligence), Peter Cushing (the leader of a fascist government) and Vincent Price (mad Dr. Browning) in the cast. (The second was 1983's House of Long Shadows). Interestingly, except for one brief moment at the end with Lee and Price, the actors never appear in the same scene together here. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gordon Hessler
- Written By
- Peter Saxon, Christopher Wicking
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
R,
- In Theaters
- Feb 11, 1970 Wide
- Studio
- Orion Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
High camp horrorfest starring Vincent Price and Christopher Lee.
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Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser
A marvelous combination horror film and spy film
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Incomprehensible twaddle that wastes all-star horror cast.
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Scott Weinberg, Apollo Guide
Two essentially unrelated tales jammed serviceably into one rather bizarre film.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The three biggest superstars in the horror genre are in this film.
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Cast
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Vincent Price
as Dr. Browning
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Christopher Lee
as Fremont
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Peter Cushing
as Maj. Benedict Heinrich
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Judy Huxtable
as Sylvia
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Alfred Marks
as Superintendent Bellaver
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Michael Gothard
as Keith
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Anthony Newlands
as Ludwig
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Marshall Jones
as Konratz
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Peter Sallis
as Schweitz
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Uta Levka
as Jane
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Christopher Matthews
as David Sorel
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Judi Bloom
as Helen Bradford
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Kenneth Benda
as Prof. Kingsmill
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Clifford Earl
as Detective Sgt . Jimmy Joyce
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Julian Holloway
as Griffin
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David Lodge
as Detective Inspector Strickland
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Yutte Stensgaard
as Erika
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Rosalind Elliot
as Valerie
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Nigel Lambert
as Ken Sparten
