From a Whisper to a Scream
Welcome to Oldfield. Stop in for a night of pure terror.
1987 · 1h 40m · R
Horror
Directed by
Jeff Burr
Overview
The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter. In the first, an elderly man pursues a romance with a younger woman, even to the grave and beyond. In the second, a wounded man on the run from creditors is rescued by a backwoods hermit who holds the secret to eternal life. In the third, a glass-eating carny pays the ultimate price for looking for love on the outside. And in the fourth, a group of Civil War soldiers are held captive by a household of orphans with strange intentions for them.
Director and cast
- Jeff Burr Director
- Vincent Price as Julian White
- Clu Gulager as Stanley Burnside
- Terry Kiser as Jesse Hardwick
- Rosalind Cash as Snakewoman
- Cameron Mitchell as Sgt. Gallen
- Susan Tyrrell as Beth Chandler
- Martine Beswick as Katherine White
- Ron Brooks as Steven Arden
- Miriam Byrd-Nethery as Eileen Burnside
- Didi Lanier as Amarrillis Caulfield
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