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A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
Graham Kingsley Brown
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- TriviaThis movie was notable for its time, for its use of an electronic and avant-garde music score, which, when heard in theaters in Dolby Stereo, was aurally separating and distorting. Reportedly, forty different music tracks were used for the sound.
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Charles Crossley: Get out of here Anthony, or I'll shout your bloody ears off.
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Strange But Very Effective
Shout, The (1978)
*** (out of 4)
If a movie could win an Oscar for pure strangeness then this thing here would have swept just about every major award. The film tells the story of a newlywed couple (Susannah York, John Hurt) who move into a small house in the English country only to then have their lives taken over by a man (Alan Bates) who claims to have just returned from learning Aboriginal magic, which gives him the ability to kill by shouting. The thought of a movie being about a man who can kill simply by shouting would seem like a very stupid idea but it actually works here. This thing has been labeled and sold as a horror film but I think a lot of horror fans might be disappointed because there are very few elements of the genre. I think fans of art-house films are going to be the ones who really eat this thing up. There's very little that actually happens here as we're introduced to the three characters and slowly learn things about each one. There's nothing too flashy or outlandish, instead we're just given brief details that will eventually make up an entire story. Director Skolimowski does a masterful job at taking his time with all the material and really letting the atmosphere and mode carry everything. Again, the film doesn't rush anything but instead just lays back and lets everything slowly unravel itself. The mysterious of the drifter are never really explained and I'm sure each viewer could take away different things about what's really going on. The movie is very subjective and allows you to try and make up your own mind about what's going on. The director, who also wrote the screenplay, never spells anything out for you and instead leaves many allusions that most might not pick up on. You've got a very weird triangle as the drifter slowly starts to take over the happy couple and we get a couple rather bizarre sex scenes that are mixed in with some even more bizarre "shout" scenes. I think the three lead actors are all terrific and really help make this movie as magical as it is. York really stands out as she's certainly caught in the middle of these two men and their madness. Bates has always manages to do wonders with these weird characters and you can't help but believe everything he's saying and doing here. The supporting cast includes a very young Tim Curry from THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. This certainly isn't a movie that everyone is going to enjoy due to how slow it is and how it really doesn't lay everything out for you. There are a couple beautiful scenes including one where we see Bates "shout" and then Hurt goes rolling down a cliff. The way this was shot is terrific and is one of many highlights in this forgotten gem.
*** (out of 4)
If a movie could win an Oscar for pure strangeness then this thing here would have swept just about every major award. The film tells the story of a newlywed couple (Susannah York, John Hurt) who move into a small house in the English country only to then have their lives taken over by a man (Alan Bates) who claims to have just returned from learning Aboriginal magic, which gives him the ability to kill by shouting. The thought of a movie being about a man who can kill simply by shouting would seem like a very stupid idea but it actually works here. This thing has been labeled and sold as a horror film but I think a lot of horror fans might be disappointed because there are very few elements of the genre. I think fans of art-house films are going to be the ones who really eat this thing up. There's very little that actually happens here as we're introduced to the three characters and slowly learn things about each one. There's nothing too flashy or outlandish, instead we're just given brief details that will eventually make up an entire story. Director Skolimowski does a masterful job at taking his time with all the material and really letting the atmosphere and mode carry everything. Again, the film doesn't rush anything but instead just lays back and lets everything slowly unravel itself. The mysterious of the drifter are never really explained and I'm sure each viewer could take away different things about what's really going on. The movie is very subjective and allows you to try and make up your own mind about what's going on. The director, who also wrote the screenplay, never spells anything out for you and instead leaves many allusions that most might not pick up on. You've got a very weird triangle as the drifter slowly starts to take over the happy couple and we get a couple rather bizarre sex scenes that are mixed in with some even more bizarre "shout" scenes. I think the three lead actors are all terrific and really help make this movie as magical as it is. York really stands out as she's certainly caught in the middle of these two men and their madness. Bates has always manages to do wonders with these weird characters and you can't help but believe everything he's saying and doing here. The supporting cast includes a very young Tim Curry from THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. This certainly isn't a movie that everyone is going to enjoy due to how slow it is and how it really doesn't lay everything out for you. There are a couple beautiful scenes including one where we see Bates "shout" and then Hurt goes rolling down a cliff. The way this was shot is terrific and is one of many highlights in this forgotten gem.
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- Jul 18, 2010
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- Devon, England, UK(photographed entirely on location in North Devon, England)
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- £5,000,000 (estimated)
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