From a Whisper to a Scream

From a Whisper to a Scream

Welcome to Oldfield. Stop in for a night of pure terror.

R 1987 · 100 min · ★ 5.8 · Horror

The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter. In the first, an elderly man pursues a romance with a younger woman, even to the grave and beyond. In the second, a wounded man on the run from creditors is rescued by a backwoods hermit who holds the secret to eternal life. In the third, a glass-eating carny pays the ultimate price for looking for love on the outside. And in the fourth, a group of Civil War soldiers are held captive by a household of orphans with strange intentions for them.

Directed by Jeff Burr · Written by C. Courtney Joyner

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Vincent Price Julian White
Clu Gulager Stanley Burnside
Terry Kiser Jesse Hardwick
Harry Caesar Felder Evans
Rosalind Cash Snakewoman
Cameron Mitchell Sgt. Gallen
Susan Tyrrell Beth Chandler
Martine Beswick Katherine White
Ron Brooks Steven Arden
Miriam Byrd-Nethery Eileen Burnside
Didi Lanier Amarrillis Caulfield
Thomas Nowell Andrew

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