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Silent Scream

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Several college students take rooms in an old house where a grisly and still-unsolved murder was committed years earlier.
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Frank J. Avella The Contending Aug 19
D-
This was my very first viewing of Silent Scream, thanks to Kino Lorber’s 4K release, and it’s a fairly dull sit until the denouement, with very few scares and head scratching scenes that lead nowhere. Go to Full Review
Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Jul 28
2.5/5
Although impressive from a perspective of technical acuity, the indifferent impression left by 1979's "Silent Scream" reminds you that slasher-movie serendipity is often in short supply. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Jul 28
1.5/4
An interesting assortment of aging has-beens merges with a dull collection of young never-weres to produce an increasingly dopey chiller. Go to Full Review
John Brosnan Starburst 07/26/2022
It's all very boring and I actually found the token sub-plots more interesting... other questions of equal importance are never resolved but simply disappear amid all the violence and sudden deaths. Go to Full Review
Jeremy Heilman MovieMartyr.com 06/11/2012
43/100
The Silent Scream is something less than a classic of its genre, but still manages to be worth a look for aficionados of the era's horror films. Go to Full Review
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Ian S Nov 30 Well filmed, but pretty obvious and run of the mill. Some good veteran actors wasted. Nothing very interesting or surprising just a very average genre film that cherry picked better movies of it's type. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Sep 24 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas de terror são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more michael b 09/25/2023 Very Good Thriller Movie,Got The Dvd,Good To See Barberia Steel Again ,Always Love Her Movies,Thank You.😀😀😀😀😀 See more Steve D 03/13/2023 It is too slow and unscary to work. See more 01/09/2014 The crumbling seaside board house makes for a creepy setting to begin with, and this slasher ramps things up nicely in the latter half, building to a cat and mouse of a climax that actually left me a little nervy, as it's shot in a fairly unique and quiet manner that you don't find in a lot of horror films. Well worth a rental. See more 09/03/2013 A somewhat forgotten horror film, THE SILENT SCREAM is modestly effective at establishing a creepy mystery story within the confines of a "mad killer" framework. The script does a nice job of giving us a group of fairly likable college students who are staying at a boarding house run by a family of weirdos. It seems - at first glance - to be a pretty conventional type of slasher film (albeit one that never feels sleazy or exploitative; it's actually a fairly low key affair), but it gets a bit more complex than just that, and the ultimate resolution of the story's central mystery works well. It's worth noting that the film predates the formation of the so-called "rules" of this genre, and it's interesting to see the movie actually break a couple of them, which is somewhat refreshing. THE SILENT SCREAM isn't anything ground-breaking, but it's perfectly fine for what it is, and nowhere near as stupid as it probably should have been. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Several college students take rooms in an old house where a grisly and still-unsolved murder was committed years earlier.
Director
Denny Harris
Producer
Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat
Screenwriter
Ken Wheat, Jim Wheat, Wallace C. Bennett
Distributor
American Cinema Releasing
Production Co
Denny Harris
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 16, 1979, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 26m
Sound Mix
Surround
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