‘The birth of your worst nightmare.’
From a Whisper to a Scream is a 1987 American anthology horror film directed by Jeff Burr (Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III; Stepfather II; Pumpkinhead II) from a screenplay co-written with C. Courtney Joyner (Prison; Puppet Master IIII) and Darin Scott (Tales from the Hood; Dark House).
The movie stars Vincent Price, Clu Gulager (The Initiation; Uninvited; Feast trilogy), Terry Kiser, Harry Caesar, Rosalind Cash (The Ωmega Man; Doctor Black, Mr. Hyde), Cameron Mitchell, Susan Tyrrell (Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker), Martine Beswick, Lawrence Tierney. The special makeup effects were created by Tom Burman (Cat People).
Plot:
In Oldfield, a small Tennessee town, an elderly historian named Julian White (Vincent Price) relates four horror stories to Beth Chandler, a reporter (Susan Tyrrell): “One is never too old for nightmares”. The stories are connected to the past and present of Oldfield, which seems to be an epicentre for pure evil…
The first, set in modern times, involves awkward grocery clerk Stanley Burnside (Clu Gulager) who attempts to date his glamorous boss (Megan McFarland) with disastrous results (the film’s video title The Offspring presumably refers to this segment).
The second segment, set in the 1950s, is the tale of a wounded man (Terry Kiser) on the run from murderous gangsters, who encounters a mysterious man (Harry Ceasar) who may be guarding a powerful secret.
The third segment, set in the 1930s, involves a local girl (Martine Beswick), who falls in love with a glass-eating carnival performer (Ron Brooks), much to the displeasure of the carnival’s controlling Snakewoman (Rosalind Cash).
The fourth and final segment, set during the American Civil War, finds Union Sgt. Gallen (Cameron Mitchell) and his men encountering a group of children living alone, apparently without adults, on an isolated farmhouse. They appear to be war orphans, but all is not what it seems, as Gallen and his men quickly learn.
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