Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsEmmysToronto Int'l Film FestivalHispanic Heritage MonthIMDb Stars to WatchSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayMost popular celebsCelebrity news
    Help centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Shrieker

  • 1998
  • R
  • 1h 12m
IMDb RATING
3.9/10
769
YOUR RATING
Shrieker (1998)
Horror

It strikes without warning. It can morph through walls, ceilings, floors. Behind every corner lies a potential doorway to death. After 50 years the Shrieker has been summoned again. Five wil... Read allIt strikes without warning. It can morph through walls, ceilings, floors. Behind every corner lies a potential doorway to death. After 50 years the Shrieker has been summoned again. Five will die tonight. The sixth will become its master.It strikes without warning. It can morph through walls, ceilings, floors. Behind every corner lies a potential doorway to death. After 50 years the Shrieker has been summoned again. Five will die tonight. The sixth will become its master.

  • Director
    • David DeCoteau
  • Writer
    • Neal Marshall Stevens
  • Stars
    • Tanya Dempsey
    • Jamie Gannon
    • Parry Shen
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.9/10
    769
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David DeCoteau
    • Writer
      • Neal Marshall Stevens
    • Stars
      • Tanya Dempsey
      • Jamie Gannon
      • Parry Shen
    • 21User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Photos11

    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster

    Top cast10

    Edit
    Tanya Dempsey
    Tanya Dempsey
    • Clark
    Jamie Gannon
    Jamie Gannon
    • Zak
    Parry Shen
    Parry Shen
    • David
    • (as Parry Allen)
    Alison Cuffe
    • Tanya
    Thomas R. Martin
    Thomas R. Martin
    • Robert
    • (as Roger Crowe)
    Chris Boyd
    • Mike
    Jenya Lano
    Jenya Lano
    • Elaine
    Jason-Shane Scott
    Jason-Shane Scott
    • Orderly #1
    Brannon Gould
    • Orderly #2
    Rick Buono
    • Shrieker
    • Director
      • David DeCoteau
    • Writer
      • Neal Marshall Stevens
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews21

    3.9769
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10

    Featured reviews

    3Maciste_Brother

    Watching this movie will suck your brain dry!

    SHRIEKER is a Full Moon production. I knew what to expect (very little quality) but I didn't expect this to be as painful as SHRIEKER was to watch.

    It's just awful. Bad acting, confusing script and direction. Annoying characters I wanted to kill. The whole thing was probably made in one week. I've seen episodes of CHARMED that were more complex and convincing than this cheapie.

    It has the look and feel of an orphaned episode of a badly conceived TV series no one has ever seen. It was a chore to watch and I could feel my mind getting dimmer and dimmer by the minute. Watching a movie shouldn't be this much hard work.
    6KipBlount

    A good horror film from Full Moon

    Full Moon finally did it. Yes, they quit making those horror-comedies("Curse of the Puppet Master", "Hideous", and "Creeps") and finally attempted a serious horror picture. The film basically is set around a bunch of cheap college students who don't want to pay rent like the rest of us. They get this idea of residing in an old hospital that contains the evil spirit of the Shrieker. Victoria Sloan is once again taking the reins of director for Full Moon Studios and actually makes a worthy picture for once. She seems to understand the restrictions of her actor's talents and the lackluster special effects and works around them. However, I shouldn't be so rough, the acting is actually pretty good in terms of recent Full Moon actors. Tanya Dempsey, who plays the lead, is pretty convincing as the brave new tenant who solves the riddle of who is behind the Shrieker. A highlight of the film is one guy who is so self conscious of his sexuality that he spends the whole film stating he is not a homosexual(pretty interesting). I recommend giving this movie a try, especially if you are a fan of Full Moon films. I really feel it is one of their best movies in recent years.
    Sexyteen

    Jamie Gannon is the best part of this film.

    I have to say, not the greatest horror film out there. However, well worth a viewing if only to see Jamie Gannon in his first horror film. That boy is gonna be a big star. Not only is he extremely talented (working with a completely implausible script and a monster that looks like it was made out of paper mache), but he has to be the hottest young actor out there - yum!!! His second horror film (Final Stab, also a Full Moon picture) is infinetly better and well worth renting. He is certainly an actor whose career I will be sure to follow.
    BHorrorWriter

    Great Job By Decoteau

    Typically, I am not a fan of Director David Decoteau. However, under one of his many alias names, he does a good job with this film. Editing by JR Bookwalter probably helped alot, too. All the movies that have come out of Full Moon since their departure from Paramount have been made on extremely low, low budgets..and the product is normally crap! This is especially true since 2000....However, this film is different...Okay, corny dialouge, bad acting, or overacting tend to be very evident in this film...But it still tells a story...

    To much surprise, the guy that played the homophobic jock, was actually one of the best characters, and actors in the whole film. Though killed off, he was able to maintain a presence in the film, and delivered his lines well, and with professionalism. The Psycho-Lesbian militant woman was just suck! I hated her character!

    The Special effect are very amateurish, but compared to most Full Moon pictures being cranked out now...this is a 10 in that department. Something to check out...Would have liked to seen a sequel to this one...

    8 out of 10
    1capkronos

    "From hell it came! Born of darkness..."

    The creature? Yeah, it and the movie it stars in. Hell would seem infinitely more frightening if the damned were forced to watch this for all eternity. Six college students shack up in a condemned hospital to save money and end up victims of an ancient monster who must claim five victims before it returns to "the shadowy world from which it came!" Other than having major logic and coherence problems (plus the fact it appears to be unfinished), this disaster is terribly acted, written, edited (by J.R. Bookwalter) and directed, and the make-up FX are almost nonexistent. It's also significantly shorter than it claims (at only 80 minutes), but I'm not complaining. It's the worst movie I've seen from executive producer Charles Band's Full Moon productions and boy is that BAD!

    To note, I almost didn't bother with a review, but this has gotten inexplicably good reviews on here and I figured a varying opinion was in order. Proceed with caution!

    More like this

    Talisman
    3.7
    Talisman
    Witchouse
    3.7
    Witchouse
    The Killer Eye
    2.9
    The Killer Eye
    Dreamaniac
    3.4
    Dreamaniac
    Hideous!
    4.8
    Hideous!
    The Creeps
    4.3
    The Creeps
    Skeletons
    5.3
    Skeletons
    Netherworld
    4.3
    Netherworld
    Totem
    3.2
    Totem
    Prison of the Dead
    2.8
    Prison of the Dead
    The Frightening
    3.5
    The Frightening
    Kraa! The Sea Monster
    3.5
    Kraa! The Sea Monster

    Related interests

    Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    Horror

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      A sequel was planned where the Shrieker would return with three heads instead of two.
    • Connections
      Edited into Monsters Gone Wild! (2004)

    Top picks

    Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations
    Sign in

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • September 1, 1999 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Shriek
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Full Moon Entertainment
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    • Budget
      • $300,000 (estimated)
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      • 1h 12m(72 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb App
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.