Scream Movie Review

Trailer here.

Scream(not THAT Scream) is a 1981 slasher movie directed by Byron Quisenberry and starring Pepper Martin, Woody Strode and Ethan Wayne.

The film begins with a group of people who are going to visit an old ghost town. They decide to camp there. Soon, they realise that there is a killer there, who decides to kill some of them quickly. Three of them are dead and nine are left to try and figure out what is going on. They find that their rafts have been destroyed so they can't go back the way they came. Two men come on bikes and they take a man called Jerry with them so they can get help. One of the group, Lou wakes up from a nap and finds himself alone. He wanders off. The group are nervous as the bikers haven't come back. Little do they know that they have been killed, along with Jerry.

The rest of the group set up booby traps to catch the killer. They want to hear him when he comes. They hear a bell ringing and see a man on a horse who looks like a cowboy. He tells them that his name is Charlie Winters(Strode). Jerry is on the back of his horse, dead. The man tells them some story about a sea captain and then he rides off on his horse. The others hear a light and they go to investigate. They lock themselves into a room. Someone tries to break the door. One of the gang called Stan(Wayne) comes in and he is in a bad way. Another of the group called Andy gets attacked. Bob(Martin), who is the leader of the group, is next. Lou is attacked too.

Charlie arrives back with a car. The killer is invisible so it is a ghost. Charlie manages to shoot it and destroy it. Then he heads off. An old couple show up and that ends the film. I found this to be a boring film. I just didn't like it. It was bad and there were a lot of questions left unanswered. It isn't one of the better slasher films from this period.I wouldn't really bother watching this unless you are stuck for something to watch. I will give it a 3/10.

Village of the Damned Movie Review

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Village of the Damned is a 1960 horror/Sci-fi movie directed by Wolf Rilla and starring George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens, Michael Gwynn and Laurence Naismith.

The film begins in a village called Midwich in England. Everybody in the village suddenly falls asleep. Everyone else cannot understand what is going on. Any person who enters the village suddenly falls asleep too. Major Alan Bernard(Gwynn) comes to Midwich to investigate what is going on. The military are there and they cordon off the village. They send in a plane and it crashes when the pilot falls alseep. All of a sudden, everything and everyone comes back to life. Alan walks into the village and everything is fine.  Professor Gordon Zellaby(Sanders) was speaking to Alan on the phone when he fell asleep with his wife Anthea(Shelley). Alan calls to see them and tells them what happened. The army enters the village and search for answers.

Anthea is pregnant. More women in the village are also pregnant. It dates from the day that the strange event happened. The babies are growing faster than normal. The babies are all born. They have strange eyes. Gordon notices that his son David(Stephens) seems unusual. The children are advanced. They are highly intelligent. Gordon tests all of the children. They are exactly the same. They can make people do things just by looking at them with their flashing eyes. The locals want to do something about these weird kids. The kids know that they are coming. They make one of the locals set fire to himself. Alan goes into their house and he speaks to David. David tells him that he will have to leave them alone. 

Doctor Willers(Naismith) is puzzled. David shows up. He wants to speak to Gordon. He tells him that they have to leave the village. They want to form new colonies on earth. David wants Gordon to help them. Anthea and Alan leave for London. Gordon is alone with the weird kids. He has a bomb. He brings it to the children and he tries to shut them out from his mind. They eventually realise what he is doing but it is too late. He blows them all up, along with himself. Anthea and Alan have returned from London and they see the explosion.

This is a very entertaining film. I really liked it. The cast were great and the story was good.  There have been different versions of the book, but I think that this one is the best. A really enjoyable tale. I will give this a 6/10.