The Screaming Woman (1972)
Directed by Jack Smight
Genres - Mystery, Horror, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Crime Thriller |
Release Date - Jan 29, 1972 (USA) |
Run Time - 76 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Olivia De Havilland plays a middle-aged woman who has recently been released from a mental institution after suffering a breakdown. She insists one evening that she can hear the muffled scream of a woman emanating from beneath the ground. Since no one else can hear these screams, De Havilland is dismissed as a crank. But Ms. De Havilland is steadfast in her conviction that the screams are real, and to that end investigates on her own. She discovers--at the peril of her own life--that the screams are those of a woman buried alive at a construction site by her recluse husband. Losing credibility long before the denouement, The Screaming Woman is based on a vastly superior short story by Ray Bradbury, in which the protagonist is not an adult ex-mental patient but a precocious little girl with a reputation for lying.
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mental-institution, woman, buried-alive, construction, craziness, credibility, hearing [sense], patient [medical], scream, estate, husband, premature-burial, search, missing-person