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From a Whisper to a Scream

1987 · 100 min

A grim, campfire-style anthology that wraps nasty small-town fables in a dusty, sinister atmosphere, rewarding patience with morbid shocks.

Directed by
Jeff Burr
Genres
Horror
Starring
Vincent Price, Clu Gulager, Terry Kiser
Tagline
Welcome to Oldfield. Stop in for a night of pure terror.
Overview
The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter. In the first, an elderly man pursues a romance with a younger woman, even to the grave and beyond. In the second, a wounded man on the run from creditors is rescued by a backwoods hermit who holds the secret to eternal life. In the third, a glass-eating carny pays the ultimate price for looking for love on the outside. And in the fourth, a group of Civil War soldiers are held captive by a household of orphans with strange intentions for them.

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Directed by
Jeff Burr
Genres
Horror
Starring
Vincent Price, Clu Gulager, Terry Kiser
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • violence
  • obsession
  • corruption
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour3
Realism4
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
horror
Directed by
Jeff Burr
Written by
Jeff Burr, Darin Scott, C. Courtney Joyner
Starring
Vincent Price, Clu Gulager, Terry Kiser, Harry Caesar, Rosalind Cash, Cameron Mitchell, Susan Tyrrell, Martine Beswick
Cinematography
Craig Greene
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
German, English

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