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xsBusiness - Scream for Help
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Rachael Kelly, Marie Masters, David Allen Brooks, Lolita Lorre, Rocco Sisto
Directed By: Michael Winner
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301651844
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6301651847
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1993-12-13
Running Time: 89
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1984-07
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Summary: For Bad Movies....This one's a Hit
Comment: I can't begin to tell you how much I love this cheesy movie. From the weird pedophile of a Police Commissioner swinging back and forth in his chair while talking to the main character, Christy, you just expect him to ask her to jump aboard and take a swing herself...."Wanna ride little muff?" Then you have the main protagonist use the word "foible" which is a highly unused word if you ask me. The music is just the best I've even encountered, even better than Blackenstein. Wow! The suspense! Where do I go from here? The death scenes are unbelievable. When Christy's best friend is hit by the mad driver, I don't know how they got the dummy to slide that fast...she went light years faster than the Millennium Falcon, but I also expected more blood during this event. I guess they couldn't do that though, being that the movie was so low budget, they used all of the blood when Christy's cherry got popped! I did love the way they abused the mother very much! The "Look Christy! No Hands" had me on the floor as well as the tangle of arms and legs every time she got pushed down the stairs. I never knew that this was going to be the comedy that it was. Then you have the doctor full of all of the sympathy of Charles Manson telling the family that their daughter is dead! That other review couldn't have said it better...."No compassion! No Tact! No Sympathy!" But they also left out...."No Academy Award" either! Damn! And we were all rooting for him! Well, if you have nothing better to do then waste an hour and a half that you'll never get back each and every time that you watch this movie, it's worth it! I'm up to 15 hours I'll never get back and I loved every minute of it! Enjoy!
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Summary: A shiny little bauble hidden in the sands of forgotten horror/suspense films
Comment: Sure, the acting's fair to middling, and the cinematography doesn't invoke oohs or aahs, but I enjoyed this movie. The presentation is a little weird, in that the film is basically a bunch of flashbacks, but we never actually get back to where we started from. You probably won't even notice, though, thanks to the film's energetic last half hour. Scream for Help doesn't have it all, but it does have a lot: a mysterious death, amateur sleuthing, raunchy sex, plenty of violence, explosions, romance, and - last but not least - a pretty hot young actress (Rachael Kelly). It also has several unintentionally humorous moments (such as the good doctor who obviously failed his bedside manner class), but I think all those little things actually make the film more endearing. Director Michael Winner wasn't exactly working with a big budget, you know.
Christie (Rachael Kelly) has had trouble adjusting to her parents' divorce and her mother's new marriage to Paul Fox (David Brooks), a smarmy fellow who used to work for his rich new wife. She even spent some time in therapy when it all went down. That's why no one believes her when she accuses Paul of trying to kill her mother. Even she would admit her evidence is all circumstantial at first, but that just makes her more determined to find out what the guy is up to. Not surprisingly, good old Paul is having an affair. Here is where Christie makes her big mistake: after her mother refuses to believe her story, she calls Paul out in front of her. A word to the wise - when you suspect someone of being a murderer, especially if that person lives in your own house, don't go telling him everything you've discovered. If you do that, you're basically just inviting the guy to go ahead and kill you off, too. As things quickly go from bad to worse, Christie has only one person taking her seriously. That would be Josh (Corey Parker), who starts out as her best friend's boyfriend.
The story gets a little more complicated as it moves along, setting the stage for a memorable last half hour in which Christie is forced to fight to keep both her mother and herself alive. Christie has no skills whatsoever in the art of running away when the bad guys are distracted, but she is a pretty resourceful young lady who refuses to take her own murder lying down. I love seeing girls stick it to the man.
I can't say the film ever takes on an atmosphere of deep suspense, but there's just something that makes Scream for Help much more entertaining than it has any right to be. Don't worry about the fact that the movie starts slowly and doesn't seem to be going anywhere interesting - it finds its groove about halfway through, developing into a pretty darn entertaining film. There is still a slight "you'll love it or you'll hate it" aura about it, but don't let the negative reviews convince you that Scream for Help is an object of universal scorn. I quite enjoyed this film.
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Summary: Low budget but is so intense!
Comment: I have to agree with Tony Lewis about the Dr's. blase way of saying "I'm sorry your daughter died". The other scene that stuck with me was When lacy informed christy cromwell that Paul fox got beaten up by the burgular", and that he will be back to kill her and her mother in about two hours. I have been watching this movie since i was fourteen, and am now thirty. My husband thinks i'm odd for watching this for 16 years! What a great movie!Chelsea Johnson
Fairbanks, Alaska
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Summary: One Of Best Films Of The 80's
Comment: I been watching this movie since i was little. It's still a good movie. It's has alot of suspense and also a mind blowing ending. A Must See.
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Summary: Bad movie. Great fun watching.
Comment: The one scene from this movie that sticks out for me, is when Christie's friend gets hit by the car. The doctor comes out from surgery and curtly says..."I'm sorry, your daughter is dead."Damn, no compassion. No tact. No sympathy. Hilarious!!!
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