Scott LeBrun This offbeat horror film, scripted by Christopher Wicking based on a novel by Peter Saxon, has a rather busy plot. It ties together separate threads: one about political intrigue, one about a "vampire" styled serial killer, and another about a mad scheme to harvest human body parts for some unknown purpose. The perplexed but determined police inspector in charge of the serial killer case is a man named Bellaver (Alfred Marks); even after the killer, Keith (Michael Gothard), is apprehended, he escapes again and leads the cops to the operation of a doctor named Browning (Vincent Price).Fans of Mr. Price, Sir Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing are likely to feel disappointed after watching this. After all, they're billed as star attractions, yet their combined screen time doesn't add up to much, leading one to believe that they were hired principally for name value. It's the excellent Marks that does the true heavy lifting in terms of acting. He plays his role with humour and charm, and makes "Scream and Scream Again" worth seeing. It's also fun to see a British genre film from this period that so obviously is of its era. We even get to see a brief musical performance by a band named The Amen Corner, who perform two songs, "When We Make Love" and the title track. The actual music score is courtesy of David Whitaker and adds to that off the wall quality because it's rather jaunty, not exactly your typical horror film score. One unqualified highlight that occurs is the protracted chase sequence between the cops and Keith. And it's hard to completely dislike any horror story that includes a couple of acid baths.Lee and Cushing are really rather wasted, but Price has as much fun as he can in his somewhat limited role. In addition to Marks, other actors doing fine work are Peter Sallis as Schweitz, Christopher Matthews as the inquisitive young Dr. Sorel, Kenneth Benda as Professor Kingsmill, and Marshall Jones as Konratz.This isn't all that *good* a movie, in all honesty, but it certainly rates as a real curiosity.Six out of 10.

gavin6942 A killer who has a literal thirst for blood is prowling the nightclubs for fresh young victims. The police decide to set a trap to catch this man. A young policewoman poses as his new victim while wearing a wire. The killer meets the young policewoman and takes her with him to a secluded spot where he proceeds to drink her blood...Vincent Price in interviews a number of years after the film was made, said he never understood the script at all. Not surprising, as the novel featured aliens and the film changed them to Communists (or something like that). And that is probably the least of the problems...I mean, the choking of women and the pointless blood sucking? A jogger who is getting his legs removed? Yellow acid for some sort of research? It does not really all add up. Really sweet cars, though.Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee appear, though not much. Heck, even Vincent Price does not really show up until the second half. But if you like these guys, do not mind waiting, and are okay with not really understanding what you are watching, check this one out.

Tom Jeffrey This is one of my all-time favorite horror movies. I saw it when it was first released almost 40 years ago, and I have watched it many times since. At first, this appears to be four quite separate movies all rolled into one. There's a mad doctor movie starring Vincent Price and assorted body parts. Then there's a modern-day vampire movie with Michael Gothard as the blood drinker and Alfred Marks as the intrepid inspector on his trail. There's an espionage movie with Christopher Lee at the helm. And, finally, a movie set in a country with a Nazi-like government, with Peter Cushing as the Supreme Leader and Marshall Jones as his much-too-ambitious subordinate.Gradually, the various strands deftly begin coming together, like the pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, until we finally see the complete picture. I actually enjoyed this movie more on my second viewing, as I could more clearly see the picture taking shape. I will say nothing more about the plot(s), but for those who want to learn more, and don't mind spoilers, there's a link to an excellent synopsis on the main page.Because of the film's complex structure, the three masters of horror -- Price, Lee, and Cushing -- share no screen time together with the exception of a brief (but important) scene involving Price and Lee. Cushing and Lee have roles that are little more than cameos. Price's role as the mad doctor is more substantial, and this is vintage Price at his hammiest and most endearing. Marks is drolly funny as the very British police superintendent, Gothard is appropriately creepy as the almost superhuman blood drinker, and Jones is a villain to be reckoned with. The director, Gordon Hessler, is a longtime collaborator of Alfred Hitchcock, and he also produced and directed some of American International's Edgar Allan Poe movies.For those who are incapable of non-linear thinking, this movie may appear to be a chaotic mess, but I enjoyed it immensely and will certainly watch it again next time it shows up (without commercials) on a cable channel.

Prichards12345 My video copy isn't the original cinema version, unfortunately, but as Scream and Scream Again's not available on DVD in the UK yet, it'll have to do. The music sound track is not the original one - rights issues with Amen Corner's performances sometimes result in the lead singer giving it his all only for nothing to heard on the sound track! Well, enough of my dodgy videos!This is a bizarre and at the same time entertaining horror flick, with almost totally unrelated story threads being forced together at the climax to make some kind of sense. The main section concerns the hunt for "The Vampire Killer", although why Michael Gothard's character needs blood is never made clear. This is by far the best part of the movie though, and includes a long chase sequence between Gothard and the boys in blue when they finally catch on to him (in what must be the stupidest honey-trap in cinema history). One horror book I own describes Gothard's character as a sort of "bionic Mick Jagger." which is so accurate a term I couldn't improve on it.And we also have Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee turning up at various points. Those cinemas goers of the time who went expecting a triple-teaming of three great horror stars were probably sorely disappointed. Cushing has one scene - not with the other masters of menace - and Price and Lee have only a couple more, sharing a brief bit at the end of the film. A great shame.The real star of the film is Alfred Marks as the dead-pan police inspector, dropping laconic quips by the minute, he gives full value for his screen time.We also have a Nazi-type dictatorship sub-plot, and a collapsed jogger who keeps waking up minus another limb. MI6 getting involved. And a downed spy-plane plot. This lot really shouldn't work at all, but somehow it does, holding both narrative interest and the odd surprise. It's all good fun. All it needed was Steve Austin and a few slow-mo fights to really make an evening of it!