Screamtime (1983)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Directors:

Michael Armstrong
Stanley A. Long

Writer:

Michael Armstrong (writer)

Release Date:

February 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

Don't believe the rumors about all the dead bodies... They're the people who fainted watching!

Plot:

Compilation of three short horror films: "That's The Way To Do It", "Dreamhouse" and "Do You Believe In Fairies?" plus some new linking material. |

Plot Keywords:

Garden Gnome | Haunted House | Couple | Stabbing | Maniac

Cast

Vincent Russo	...	Ed
Michael Gordon	...	Bruce
Marie Scinto	...	Marie
Kevin Smith	...	Shop Owner
Robin Bailey	...	Jack
Ann Lynn	...	Lena
Jonathon Morris	...	Damien (as Johnathon Morris)
Dione Inman	...	Suzy
Bosco Hogan	...	Doctor (as Boscoe Hogan)
John Styles	...	Punch (voice)
Ian Saynor	...	Tony
Yvonne Nicholson	...	Susan
Lally Bowers	...	Mrs. Kingsley
Veronica Doran	...	Miss Burns
Brenda Kempner	...	Woman

Runtime:

Australia:91 min | UK:87 min | USA:89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Rankcolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:R | Iceland:(Banned) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Salon Productions

Movie Connections:

References The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)

Good old 80's at its best.

I watched this film when i was about 14 and spent the next decade hunting for it after it became deleted, i recently came across it and watching it now i can appreciate it in its silly 80's glory! Bad acting, a jump from an American start where two guys steal some videos from a video shop and then hide away in a female friends flat to watch them. For some unknown reason all the films they watch are British and star some familiar faces of the time. All three short films have a kind of twilight zone type feeling to them, the grainy 80's backdrop for me made it more eerie than the typical horror you see these days, of all the short films it was the second one 'Dreamhouse' that got me...a woman seeing horrific images of people being slaughtered before her eyes in her new home, even going as far as calling in a medium, her husband thinks shes crazy and it has a very intense bloody climax that had me grossed out as a 14 year old but not so much as a 30 year old! Over all its a typically poor film, hence why it was possibly deleted, but maybe for a fan of the older stuff, or Hammer house of horror, this may be worth a watch.