The Shout
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The Shout is a 1978 British horror film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, based on a short story by Robert Graves that was adapted for the screen by Michael Austin. The film was the first to be produced by Jeremy Thomas under his Recorded Picture Company banner.
Plot
Crossley (Alan Bates), a mysterious travelling man invades the lives of a young couple, Rachel and Anthony Fielding (Susannah York and John Hurt). Anthony is a composer, who experiments with sound effects and various electronic sources in his secluded Devon studio. The couple provides hospitality to Crossley but his intentions are gradually revealed as more sinister. He claims he has learned from an Aboriginal shaman how to produce a "terror shout" that can kill anyone who hears it unprotected.
Cast
- Alan Bates as Crossley
- Susannah York as Rachel Fielding
- John Hurt as Anthony Fielding
- Robert Stephens as Chief Medical Officer
- Tim Curry as Robert Graves
- Julian Hough as Vicar
- Carol Drinkwater as Wife
- Susan Wooldridge as Harriet
- Jim Broadbent as Fielder in cowpat
