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And Now the Screaming Starts! [1973]

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 90 mins
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Amicus Productions / Harbor Productions
Executive Producer: Gustave Berne
Producers: Max J. Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky
Prod Manager: Teresa Bolland
Unit Manager: Ivo Nightingale

SCRIPT
Script: Roger Marshall
Novel: Fengriffen by David Case

DIRECTION
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Assistant Director: Derek Whitehurst
2nd Assistant Director: Lindsay Vickers [uncredited]

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Denys Coop
Camera Operator: John Harris
Focus Puller: David Wynn-Jones [uncredited]
Clapper Loader: Trevor Coop [uncredited]
Stills: Barry Peake [uncredited]

EDITOR
Editor: Peter Tanner
Assistant Editor: Tom Cornwall [uncredited]

MUSIC
Music / Conductor: Douglas Gamley

SOUND
Sound Editor: Clive Smith
Sound Mix: Norman Bolland
Dubbing Mixer: Nolan Roberts
Boom Operator: Michael Tucker [uncredited]
Sound Camera Operator: Peter Myers [uncredited]

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Chief Make Up: Paul Rabiger
Chief Hairdresser: Mibs Parker
Wardrobe Supervisor: Betty Adamson
Wardrobe Mistress: Dulcie Midwinter

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Titles: G.S.E. Ltd

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Tony Curtis
Set Dresser: Fred Carter
Construction Manager: Jim Brown [uncredited]

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Betty Harley

LOCATIONS
Studio: Shepperton, Middlesex, England, UK

CASTING
Casting Director: Ronnie Curtis

CAST
Peter Cushing [Dr Pope]
Herbert Lom [Henry Fengriffen]
Patrick Magee [Dr Whittle]
Stephanie Beacham [Catherine Fengriffen]
Ian Ogilvy [Charles Fengriffen]
Geoffrey Whitehead [Silas]
Guy Rolfe [Maitland]
Rosalie Crutchley [Mrs Luke]
Janet Key [Bridget]
Gillian Lind [Aunt Edith]
Sally Harrison [Sarah]
Lloyd Lamble [Sir John Westcliffe]
Norman Mitchell [constable]
John Sharp [Henry's friend]
Frank Forsyth [servant]
Kay Adrian
David Barclay
Blake Butler
Vic Chapman
Daniel Jones
Hilary Martin
Sylvester Morand
Beth Owen
Toni Sinclair
Elsa Smith
John Stamp
Larry Taylor [bearded drunk]
Rocky Taylor
Gloria Walker
Drew Wood

SUMMARY

Catherine Fengriffen is raped on her wedding night by a one-handed man. She discovers her husband's grandfather brought a curse on the family when he violated the new wife of one of his tenant farmers and cut off the protesting farmer's hand. Her baby bears the same facial birthmark as her rapist, but she eventually accepts it as her child.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Theatrical distributor: Fox / Rank
Video Distributors: Guild; Vipco; 4Front Video [0573803]

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Cinerama; Lara Classics
Video Distributors: Facets Video; Interglobal Video; Movies Unlimited; Prism Entertainment; TNM
DVD Distributor: Image [The Euroshock Collection] [ID6143TVDVD] - click here for DVD review

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

UK
Rating X [no cuts made]; 15

USA
Rating: R

TIMELINE

1972
July

17: Principal photography begins

1974
April

29: Passed by British Board of Film Censors

1998
June

8: UK - video release [4Front Video [0573803]]

1999
December

31: UK - video deleted [4Front Video [0573803]]

POSTER TAGS

The dead hand that crawls KILLS and LIVES!!!

AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS for them and for you!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Bride of Fengriffen
Embryo des Bösen
- German title
Fengriffen - shooting title
I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream
La maledizione
- Italian title
Saat des Bösen - German video title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

The Dark Side April 1993 pp.17-18 [UK]
credits, review

BOOKS

Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood p. 102 [ed. Allan Bryce; UK: Stray Cat Publishing]
credits, synopsis, production notes, review

The Director's Cut - Roy Ward Baker [UK: Reynolds and Hearn (2000)]
Production notes

Elliot's Guide to Films on Video p.27
credits, review

English Gothic - Jonathan Rigby [UK: Reynolds and Hearn (2000)]
Synopsis, review, production notes, main credits

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.23
credits, review

Horror Film Handbook p.13 - Alan Frank
credits, review

Peter Cushing - Deborah Del Vecchio and Tom Johnson [USA: McFarland (1992)]
Synopsis, review, production notes, credits

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

book into film; curses; disembodied hands; ghosts; babies

CONTRIBUTORS

Roger Keightley; Kevin Lyons

 


Last Updated: 15 July, 2007

 


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