Scream for Help (1984)

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Scream for Help is a 1984 American horror film directed by Michael Winner, written by Tom Holland, and starring Rachael Kelly, David Brooks, and Marie Masters. FIlmed and set in New Rochelle, New York, the film follows Christie Cromwell, a teenage girl who discovers that her stepfather Paul Fox is trying to murder her and her mother Karen, but her repeated claims of her findings are disbelieved by those around her. Former Led Zeppelin member John Paul Jones composed the musical score.

Production

Tom Holland wrote Scream for Help shortly after completing Psycho II with Holland saying he wanted to do a horror film with a psychological bent that was based in reality. Holland also stated that the film was meant as something of a reaction to the over-saturation of the slasher genre as he felt it had become too reliant on special effects, violence, and gore and wanted to emphasize the psychological aspects of horror rather than the exploitativ…

The exterior sequences were filmed on location in New Rochelle, New York over the course of two weeks, while interior sequences were shot in Finchampstead in Berkshire, England. The two weeks in New Rochelle were to accommodate an elaborate action sequence which was one of the few additions Winner made to Holland's script saying of the process "I have never done less work on a script in my life".

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