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From a Whisper to a Scream

Summary: In a small Tennessee town, a historian relates four horror stories to a reporter.

Release Date: September 25, 1987

Genres: Action, Drama, Horror

Director: Jeff Burr

Writers: C. Courtney Joyner

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: Conquest Productions, Whisper Scream Limited Partnership

Distributor: International Video Entertainment (IVE), Live Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Scream Factory, TGG Direct

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,100,000

Domestic: $ 1,355,728

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1950s 19th century abducted man abduction accidental killing african american african american antagonist african american stereotype american civil war american flag anthology anthology film apology arm cut off attempted murder axe back stabbing bad dream bad guy wins barbecue bare breasts bare butt bare chested male barefoot female barefoot male bathtub blackmail bleeding ear blindfold blood blood on hands bloody face body deformity body part bondage bone as a weapon bossiness bound to a chair boy boyfriend girlfriend relationship breaking a bottle breaking a window breaking and entering breaking down a door breaking through a door broken bottle broken mirror broken window brother sister relationship burned to death burning to death cabin camera shot from under a bed camera shot of a woman's bare feet camera shot of an eye camera shot of bare feet camera shot of eyes camera shot of feet camera shot of mouth camera shot of screaming mouth campfire cannibalism caravan card game card playing carnival carrying a dead body cat cemetery character's point of view camera shot characters say the same line simultaneously chase chased by a car checking for a pulse child gang child in jeopardy child strangling child vigilante childish woman chronicle church cigar smoking cigarette smoking civil war close up of an eye close up of eyes close up of mouth clothed male naked female scene co worker murders co worker coffin corpse covered in blood covering someone's mouth coworker coworker relationship cracked mirror creepy child criminal criminal as protagonist crying crying female crying male crying man crying woman cult film curse cutting oneself dead body dead body in a bathtub dead body in a car dead child death death by gunshot death by immolation death of boyfriend death of protagonist death sentence decapitation destilation disbelief disembodied arm disembodied eye disembodied head disfigurement doctor dream dream sequence dream sequence within a dream sequence drinking beer drinking champagne drinking wine dripping blood drowning duck sculpture duck statuette eating a razor blade eating glass embracing a dead body emotional blackmail employer employee relationship episodic structure escape ethnic stereotype evil baby evil boy evil child evil woman execution explosion eye eye in the chest eye injury eye patch eye poked out f word facial disfigurement facial scar fair falling into water fantasizing fantasy scene feeding someone female antagonist female bare butt female blackmailer female bondage female boss female criminal female in a bathtub female journalist female nudity female objectification female rear nudity female reporter female serial killer female star appears nude female star appears topless female vigilante female villain fiance fiancee relationship fight fight in a car finger injury flashback flashback within a flashback former slave fragments of glass framing story freakshow freeze frame frontier justice full moon game gang gang leader garden party getting away with murder girl girl wears an eye patch glass eating gore gramophone gramophone record grandfather clock grave graveyard greed green slime grill gunshot hairy chested man hallucination hand injury hanged woman hiding place historian hit on the head hit on the head with a bone hit on the head with a paddle hit on the head with a statuette horror anthology horror host hotel hotel room hubris human doll ice bath ill woman illusionist immolation immortality impaled to death impalement independent film infantile woman infusion injection invitation invitation for a dinner irony of fate jack in the box jar jealousy journalist kidnapped man kidnapping killer child kiss on the forehead kissing a dead body kissing someone's chest kissing someone's hand knife through the neck knife throwing knocking on a door knocking on a glass window in a door legend lethal injection librarian library lighting a cigarette limping limping girl limping man listening to a radio listening to music little boy little girl little person living in a caravan living in a trailer loneliness lonely man looking at oneself in a mirror loss of boyfriend luna park lust magic trick male bondage male female fight male horror host male objectification male star appears shirtless malice malicious woman man on fire man on the run man overboard man tied to a chair man wears a leather jacket man wears a tank top man wears an open shirt man wears eyeglasses man wears pajamas man wears suspenders man with long hair manipulative behavior manipulative man manuscript masturbation reference medallion mentally unstable man mine mistaken belief that someone is dead monster monster baby monster child motel motel room multiple protagonists murder murder attempt murder by burning murder by drowning murder by gunshot murder by shooting murder by strangling murder by strangulation murder of a child murder of a nude woman murder of protagonist murderer as protagonist murderess mutant baby mutilation mysterious event neck breaking necrophilia newspaper article newspaper clipping nightmare nudity nurse occult ritual occultism occultist off screen sex old man oldfield tennessee omnibus film on the run one armed man one eyed girl one eyed man open coffin opening a champagne bottle orphan overboard overheard conversation paddle as a weapon paramilitary organization party performance person on fire photograph playing cards playing harmonica playing poker poetic justice pointing a gun at someone poker game portmanteau film potion pouring gasoline on someone prayer praying priest psychological manipulation psychotronic film punishment racial stereotype raising a flag razor blade redhead redneck redneck horror reference to edgar allan poe reference to god reference to h. p. lovecraft reference to h.p. lovecraft reference to howard phillips lovecraft reference to superman reporter restaurant revenge revenge from beyond the grave rising from the grave ritual rocking chair rose rowboat sadism sadistic boy sadistic child sadistic cruelty sadistic violence sadistic woman saying the same thing simultaneously scar scream screaming man screaming woman sculpture secret admirer secret mission senior citizen serial murder sex with a dead body sex with a dead woman shirt lifting shooting shot in the back shot to death shot while trying to surrender sideshow sign of the cross sitting on the floor slave sleeping fully clothed sleeping shirtless sleeping with shoes on slime slow motion scene slut shaming snake socially awkward socially awkward man sororicide speech rehearsal spilled beer spilled drink spitting spitting on someone spurting blood stabbed in the crotch stabbed in the neck stabbed to death stabbing standing on a table statuette statuette as a weapon strangled to death strangulation supernatural horror supernatural power surprise ending swamp switchblade symbol taking a bath talking to a dead body telephone call tennessee tent throwing a knife tied tied hands tied legs tied man tied to a chair tied up timeframe 1950s timeframe 19th century told in flashback topless female nudity torture trailer tunnel uncle niece relationship unpunished antagonist unpunished crime unpunished murder unrequited love urban legend usa horror host usa male horror host veteran vigilante vigilante justice villainess violence violent boy violent child visit visitor voodoo voodoo doll waking someone waking up screaming wanted man war veteran washing someone washing someone's back watching tv whistling witch witchcraft woman in a bathtub woman kisses a man's chest woman kisses a man's hand woman wears a bathrobe woman wears eyeglasses woman wears sunglasses woman wrapped in a towel womanchild wound wraparound story wrapped in a towel year 1933

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