From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) on Netflix
In Oldfield, Tennessee, historian Julian White tells local journalist Beth Chandler four tales from the town's past. She has just attended the execution of his niece, a serial killer.
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Plot summary
In Oldfield, Tennessee, historian Julian White tells local journalist Beth Chandler four stories from the town's past. She has just attended the execution of his niece Katherine, a serial killer. In the first, set in the present, grocer Stanley Burnside cares for Eileen, his ailing sister, and pursues Grace, his younger boss, who agrees to dinner. In the second, set in the 1950s, Jesse Hardwick, wounded by gangsters over a gambling debt, is nursed back to health in a swamp cabin by Felder Evans, a man who practices magic. In the third, set in 1933, Amarrillis Caulfield falls for Steven, a glass-eating carnival performer, whose show is run by a controlling snakewoman. In the fourth, during the Civil War, Union soldier Sgt. Gallen and his men reach a remote farmhouse where disfigured children live alone.
Cast
- Ron Brooksas Steven Arden
- Miriam Byrd-Netheryas Eileen Burnside
- Didi Lanieras Amarrillis Caulfield
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- To secure Vincent Price for the role of Julian White, the historian in the frame story, director Jeff Burr went to Price's house in person with a bottle of wine, knowing Price was a wine connoisseur, and handed him the script himself.
- Vincent Price, then reluctant to do more horror movies, later regretted taking the part, writing to German actor and puppeteer Gerd J. Pohl that his agent had misrepresented the film.
- The film became Vincent Price's last horror role, though he went on to play a villain in the zombie-themed action-comedy Dead Heat.
