When the Screaming Starts

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When the Screaming Starts

2021

1h 26m

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Comedy

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When Norman Graysmith is invited to the home of aspiring serial killer Aidan Mendle, he thinks he's found the subject of a documentary that will save his failing career.

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Bee Delores

B-Sides & Badlands

Jul 11, 2024

3.5/5

As the film vaults to its third act, there’s a twist that makes the feature a surefire delight.

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Leo Brady

AMovieGuy.com

Nov 29, 2022

3/4

When the Screaming Starts is filled with laughs, some genuine scares, and deserves a cult following.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Sep 28, 2022

3/5

…When The Screaming Starts is a surprisingly polished little film, best approached as a comic thriller rather than an out and out comedy, but genuine fun for those who can take it…

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Shaun Munro

Flickering Myth

Sep 22, 2022

Delivering fully on the potential of its premise, this witty, stylistically sharp mock-doc marks the arrival of a talented filmmaking voice in Conor Boru.

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Rob Aldam

Backseat Mafia

Sep 22, 2022

A fun and inventive mockumentary which plays with the public’s obsession with serial killers.

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Sarah Cartland

Caution Spoilers

Sep 21, 2022

4/5

Very funny, very British and drowning in fake blood. And unlike a murderous cult breaking into your house while you’re having a dinner party, it never outstays its welcome.

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Timothy P

@timop1919 Nov 10, 2025

This movie is not funny even though it clearly thinks it is.

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Aldis H

@plever Jul 11, 2025

One of the most grasping, unfunny, worst movies in the history of cinema.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Mar 11, 2023

I didn't get the humor and there was definitely no horror. Just weird wanna be cultists.

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B P

@Bradster69 Feb 23, 2023

When the Screaming Starts is a laugh-out-loud funny dark comedy, and the film breathes a lot of life back into the mockumentary subgenre.

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paul h

@webgrunt Nov 4, 2022

This was like "What We Do in the Shadows", but without the humor, imagination and fun.

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daniel t

@DannyinLondon Nov 2, 2022

Very difficult to watch. I even had to force myself to finish this film. One of the few films where audience and critics scores were high, yet this film was a huge disappointment. I felt the jokes went on too long in the scene as well as they were hardly funny.

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When Norman Graysmith is invited to the home of aspiring serial killer Aidan Mendle, he thinks he's found the subject of a documentary that will save his failing career.

Director: Conor Boru
Producer: Conor Boru, Ed Hartland, Dom Lenoir, Jared Rogers
Screenwriter: Conor Boru, Ed Hartland
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2022
Runtime: 1h 26m

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