Silent Scream (1980 film)

"Silent Scream" is a 1980 horror film written by Jim and Ken Wheat, and Wallace E. Bennett, produced by Jim and Ken Wheat, directed by Denny Harris [cite web
title = Silent Scream (1980)
work = The New York Times: Movies
url = http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/44706/Silent-Scream/overview
accessdate = 2008-01-03] and starring Rebecca Balding, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Steele and Yvonne De Carlo. The film's tagline is "Terror so sudden there is no time to scream". Released by American Cinema, the film runs for 87 minutes and grossed $15,800,000 in the US. [cite web
title = Silent Scream
work = allmovie
url = http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:44706
accessdate = 2008-01-03] It marks scream queen Barbara Steele's only 1980s film appearance, and was among the early cycle of slasher films to appear after the genre was popularised by "Halloween" and "Friday the 13th". [cite web
last = Scheib
first = Richard
title = The Silent Scream (1980)
work = The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
publisher =
date = 1998
url = http://www.moria.co.nz/horror/silentscream.htm
accessdate = 2008-01-03]

Plot

Four college students, unable to find on-campus housing, take up residence in Mrs Engels's (De Carlo's) hilltop mansion, where she lives with her strange son, Mason (Reardon), and her daughter, Victoria (Steele), whom Mrs Engels secretly keeps hidden in the attic, a botched lobotomy having left her mute and homicidal. After one of the students is found dead, a police investigation is launched, which uncovers the history of the mansion and its owners, as the remaining students become endangered.

Cast

*Rebecca Balding – Scotty Parker
*Cameron Mitchell – Lt. Sandy McGiver
*Avery Schreiber – Sgt. Manny Ruggin
*Barbara Steele – Victoria Engels
*Steve Doubet – Jack Towne
*Brad Rearden – Mason Engels
*John Widelock – Peter Ransom
*Juli Andelman – Doris Prichart
*Yvonne De Carlo – Mrs. Engels
*Jack Stryker – Police Chief
*Thelma Pelish – Housing Lady
*Tina Tyler – Victoria at 16
*Jason Zahler – Mason at 3
*Annabella Price – TV Rape Victim
*Joe Pronto – TV Rapist
*Joan Lemmo – Rooming House Lady
*Ernie Potvin – Boarding House Husband
*Virginia Rose – Boarding House Wife
*Ina Gould – Landlady
*Rachel Bard – Nurse in Psycho Ward

Releases

The film has been released on VHS by Video Treasures.cite web
title = Silent Scream (1980)
work = Variety
url = http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/70426/Silent%20Scream.html?dataSet=1
accessdate = 2008-01-03]

Code Red DVD will be releasing the film on DVD in the near future with commentaries from the writers and lead star.

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